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Late for school Ready to go: Bus and turning bays, footpaths, landscaping and crossings are all in place ready for the school opening.

By Mary Anne Gill

“Fiscal constraints” have delayed the opening of Cambridge’s new primary school by two years, The News can exclusively reveal today.

Despite the infrastructure outside the school now largely in place, no buildings have gone up and the only sign of any activity on the 4ha greenfield site are masses of green grass and huge clumps of dirt moved into place by diggers.

Bus and turning bays, footpaths, crossings and landscaping are all completed outside the school’s entrances in the Bridleways Estate west of the town while stormwater infrastructure has been built and the neighbourhood reserve land ready to be developed as a playground.

In a cryptic response to The News for an update,

new Education minister Erica Stanford said the school’s construction was included in a review of the property delivery schedule before the coalition government was formed.

“The ministry will keep me updated on its priorities for their property delivery schedule,” said Stanford.

Taupō MP Louise Upston told The News she understood there was strong community support for the school to be opened as soon as possible.

“I appreciate this new timeframe will be frustrating for some.

“I believe this new school will be an important asset for Cambridge to help manage the demands of a growing population, and I will be doing everything I can as local MP to advocate for its delivery.”

Ministry property head Sam Fowler said other Cambridge stakeholder schools and the

community have been told the school’s updated delivery timeframe is now term one in 2026.

“This timeframe remains conditional to securing necessary funding.”

No costs have been finalised yet.

Then Education minister Chris Hipkins announced in July 2021 the new school for years one through to six would open in 2024 catering for 300 students and expanding to 650 within the decade to match Cambridge’s projected growth and demand.

Annual operational costs were estimated at $2.682 million with money for the project coming from $428.1 million set aside in Budget 2021 for new schools.

Final gazetting for educational purposes occurred later that year and an establishment board

Photo: Mary Anne Gill.

established.

In November 2022, the ministry announced a tight construction market and supplier resources challenges had delayed the opening until term one next year.

A contract to design the project was awarded to Auckland company Form Building & Developments Limited in March last year with completion scheduled for November.

The design was to include a two-storey 1354m2 building with 13 teaching spaces, an administration building, library, resource room, hall, four spaces for learning and behaviour specialists, a learning support unit, caretaker’s shed, hard courts, playground and fencing.

Waipā council approved building consent for stage one enablement and earthworks and is reviewing stage two.

Good Local heads south

Good Local Media – the company which publishes The News – has added another masthead to its portfolio.

Owner David Mackenzie announced this week he had purchased the King Country News, which had been part of the Beacon Media Group based in Whakatane.

In November he extended the company’s footprint north by buying the Waikato Business News.

Mackenzie said the King Country publication was a natural new sister operation to the Te Awamutu News and Cambridge News and it would continue to drive local news and issues.

He was “delighted” to have the King Country News and all its staff as part of Good Local Media.

“The King Country News has been publishing for over 110 years and is respected and well read in Te Kuiti and Ōtorohanga,” he said.

The King Country News – formerly known as Waitomo News - also produces the King Country Farmer, a website and app.

“King Country News will continue to serve these communities alongside Te Awamutu News and Cambridge News, with no cross over of distribution,” Mackenzie said. “No other media has this reach and readership across the Waipā and King Country regions.”

Good Local Media brings a raft of experience to the King Country News.

Advertising and commercial activities will be led by advertising director Janine Davy.

“We have customers who have business interests in Te Kuiti and Ōtorohanga so by adding the King Country News we are able to provide great advertising solutions assisting them with their marketing needs,” Mackenzie said.

Good Local’s editorial is headed by Roy Pilott and includes highly experienced journalists Viv Posselt and Mary Anne Gill.

“We see a strong future for community newspapers, and will continue to stand up and be voice for our communities we serve,” Mackenzie said.

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Beer O'Clock

Another beer, please

It’s been a long time between beers.

The last edition of this column ran before the Covid lockdown.

“I’ll get it up and running soon,” I have regularly told Gary and David between beers.

You might recall the column came about because David Mackenzie, the publisher of Good Local Media – and Gary Bulling, the man who designs and lays out the pages in the Cambridge News and Te Awamutu News – enjoy discussing the pros and cons of a good ale once the papers have been put to bed.

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The Three Beers – David, Roy and Gary

It surprised me even more to hear of the demise of Epic – liquidation was announced in July – was a real shame – they produced great beers constantly. This one might not be as memorable as some which were available at the Tap Room in Nelson St – but it was a nice drop and an even better conversation piece. And those low carb numbers are getting popular.

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No claims to fame of expertise, we just like a good beer.

So, at our end of year gathering, Gary’s contribution was enough to motivate me.

Gary arrived with a six pack of a one-off run of low carb Epic ales.

Beers that no longer exist from a brewer who stopped brewing.

What’s more, it was called Beer O’Clock.

This was a special run for the Trade Tested crowd – at the same time Epic had it under the Blue brand.

It surprises me that more companies do not get special runs of beer made with their logo attached as gifts.

Drama on the water Hello all, this week I have been asked to raise the issue of water safety.

Last weekend, a member of the public got themselves into a sticky situation below the Karāpiro dam. An inflatable tube was seen by a passerby pinned against a building in the river.

The people they were witnessing had become caught in the currents from the dam discharging water and been pinned into a building that belongs to the dam in the river.

They were calling for help.

Another person from their group with a second inflatable craft, paddled out to them to attempt a rescue with a rope unfortunately the rope snapped and both inflatables and their occupants then became trapped. No one involved was wearing a life jacket.

Police were eventually contacted via a call to an off duty member rather than a call to 111.

Police Search and Rescue (SAR) members deployed to attain an observation point and used Camjet, our local jet boat company to assist.

The dam controller was also contacted and asked to reduce the flow of water spilling from the dam. SAR deployed with Camjet and officers positioned themselves at the top and bottom of the dam providing updates. As all units reached the scene, a third inflatable from the group reached

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the trapped parties and facilitated a rescue. All members of the public involved were extremely lucky to come out of this incident unscathed.

Key lessons from this experience are to respect the water activities exclusion zones around the dam. They are there for a reason as it is a dynamic and dangerous environment. Secondly, life jackets are mandatory and launching a boat without wearing them puts all people on board at extreme risk.

We would like to acknowledge and thank Aaron from Camjet for his willingness to launch and assist our staff.

Still on the topic of water safety, we have had some very hot temperatures in the past week. This has not surprisingly led many people to seek out swimming spots. The Waikato river has some strong currents, eddies and submerged obstacles that make it a risky option. As mentioned above, depending on dam releases, the water level can also change without warning. It is not recommended to swim at the boat ramp on Dominion Ave. Cambridge swimming pools are close by and for a freshwater experience, Waipuke park, Lake Karāpiro is a good option. Keep cool this summer, but please be safe in the water.

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In August it was announced the Epic Beer had been bought by the Russell Group and Hancocks Group - so fingers crossed, we will see the brand on shelves again.

In the meantime, I’ll be reporting on what’s being sampled around me – I might even look at a zero alcohol wine and some offerings from the Williams Warn home brewing world.

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Briefs…

Dam road shut

Mercury contractors closed the Karāpiro Dam Road a week before scheduled on Sunday due to unexpected additional critical work on the refurbishment of a penstock unit. The road was to have been open during the annual Waka Ama championships on the lake but Mercury decided it was best to close it to keep people and the community safe.

Betty found

Betty G, the missing boat belonging to Cambridge fisherman Will Fransen, who spent almost 24 hours lost at sea earlier this month after falling overboard, has been found off East Cape, nearly 200 kilometres away.

Crash investigated

A crash involving an unmarked police car on the corner of Bruntwood and Victoria roads, north of Cambridge on Monday afternoon resulted in a twoand-a- half-hour road closure, the presence of serious crash investigators and a photography unit but no report of injuries. Check for updates at cambridgenews. nz

Sign gone

Waipā District Council will remove a Taylor Street road sign at the northern end of Hugo Shaw Drive in the Bridleways Estate. The announcement came after The News asked whether its presence 450m from the existing Taylor Street would confuse the public. See story page 5.

Rates idea

Waikato district councillor and The News columnists Mike Keir has penned a thought provoking column – where he says he is calling for a 20 per cent rate rise, and he hoped there will be a revolt. See his column today on page 16.

Waka ama - a whānau affair

By Jeremy Smith

The week-long 2024 Waka Ama Sprint Nationals at Lake Karāpiro will inject millions of dollars into the economy.

Accommodation providers district wide are reported to be “packed” as the event, which started on Sunday, progresses.

The event has attracted almost 3300 competitors – aged five to 83 - from more than 70 clubs. About 12,000 spectators will be at Karāpiro watching.

Mighty River Domain site manager Liz Stolwyk said eftpos transaction data from Waipā in previous years showed the event contributes at least $6 million

to the region’s economy.

She expects that figure to be higher this year.

A team of 12 is working across 16-hour days this week at the domain – and the event has almost 200 volunteers.

“This week, halls, marae, sports clubs and a wide range of accommodation providers are all fully booked – it’s fantastic opportunity for our district to be showcased and I hope we roll out the red carpet for the many thousands of visitors expected,” Stolwyk said.

Cambridge Chamber of Commerce CEO Kelly Bouzaid said the nationals give the town’s economy many “spin off benefits,”

adding they were desperately needed after a quiet start to 2024 for the town’s retailers.

“They have definitely been doing it tough,” she said.

“We are of course delighted to host the waka ama nationals. And, events like it generate income far wider than just the retail sector, which shouldn’t be under estimated.”

Waka Ama New Zealand CEO Lara Collins told The News waka ama is the fastest growing water sport in New Zealand and organisers love returning to Lake Karāpiro each year.

“Every year a huge amount of work is put in to organising the nationals, and there is simply nothing

Spectators lining the banks of Lake Karāpiro cheer for paddlers as they make their way past.

Photo: Jeremy Smith

like seeing the subsequent sense of pure excitement and joy across the board as the nationals happen.”

Meanwhile, Stolwyk

said she was delighted to see the facility at Mighty River Domain reaching its potential in terms of hosting events.

First competition for siblings ACC provides traditional support

By Jeremy Smith

There may have been just a touch of sibling rivalry on display as this trio set out to make a splash at this week’s 2024 Waka Ama Sprint Nationals.

Mostly though, they were beaming with pride.

More than 3000 paddlers from New Zealand and offshore – about 500 younger than 10 – are expected across the course before the event wraps up on Saturday.

Among them on opening day Sunday were Karāpiro Waka paddlers - Conrad, 10, Amber, 9, and Renee, 7, Pukape.

All three are first time competitors this year.

“I saw some paddling on tv and wanted to join,” Amber told The News.

So, they did so in September.

Amber is a Leamington School student, as is Renee, while Conrad goes to Cambridge Middle School.

At the nationals, the siblings were set to compete with six and 12-person crews over a distance of 250m.

“They went really well,

Karāpiro Waka paddlers, and first time Waka Ama Sprint Nationals competitors, siblings Renee, left, Amber, and Conrad Pukape on Sunday.

Photo: Jeremy Smith

I went as hard as I could,” Amber said of her first two races when The News spoke to her.

Conrad’s races meanwhile were set for Monday and Tuesday and he admitted to a mix of “nervous excitement”.

“It really important we work as a team and I’ll give my all to keep up the pace.”

“I’m so proud that the kids are getting to experience something new - and have opportunities I would have loved when I was younger,” the children’s dad Hunter said.

He said his family line is full of people who have a passion for paddling.

“While the kids have only been involved for a few months, they are already absolutely loving it.”

Karāpiro Waka chair LeeAnn Muntz said the club has about 50 paddlers at the nationals.

The club was launched in 2017. It was gifted two waka

by Waikato-Tainui that year for the area’s two iwi – Tuu Rangatahi for Ngāti Korokī Kahukura and Tuu Rangakura for Ngāti Hauā.

ACC is providing rongoā Māori – traditional Māori healing - at this week’s national Waka Ama championships.

Its partnership with Waka Ama is part of a strategy, Huakina Te Rā, which has the vision of Tōnui Ake Nei – A Thriving Aotearoa.

So the thousands of competitors at this week’s event at Lake Karāpiro have access to the biggest tent on site, a whānau zone where they can get a traditional ACC health message.

Rongoā Māori includes herbal remedies, physical therapies and spiritual healing.

Māori are twice as likely to suffer a serious injury than non-Māori, but 34 percent less likely to make an ACC claim. Similarly, Māori clients generally account for 12 percent of new claims but account for 16.7 percent of the population.

The agency wants to balance those figures up and has made efforts to lift its profile at Karāpiro.

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competitors in Waka Ama events are Māori or Pasifika and this week’s event is the biggest of its kind.

“Waka Ama as an event is truly unique,” ACC chief executive Lara Collins said.

“In the sense that multiple generations of one whānau can compete at the same event, from tamariki through to kaumātua, that’s what makes Waka Ama – mā te katoa, mō āke tonu (for all, for life).

Deputy chief executive – Māori Tumuaki Whakarae Renata Blair (Ngāti Whātua Ōrakei) said ACC was focussed on providing a better service to whānau Māori and Māori communities.

If ACC has agreed to provide support for an injury, claimants can request rongoā Māori as part of their rehabilitation.

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Rates: where to now for council?

By Mary Anne Gill

An early return to the debating chamber today for Waipā councillors to flesh out double-digit rates increases has been cancelled so staff can grapple with a longterm plan thrown a huge curve ball last month by the new government The Three Waters reforms, opposed by most local authorities including Waipā, is off – so costs from 2027, which were to be transferred to the mega water authority - are back in.

The impact on the council’s long-term planning and rates is significant, Strategy manager Melissa Russo warned councillors at an emergency council meeting four days out from Christmas.

A campaign discussing the rate increases

was signed off by councillors last year.

One councillor – Clare St Pierre – is already on record as saying she is concerned the long-term plan consultation is happening the same time as discussion on Ahu Ake, Waipā’s blueprint spatial plan for the next 30 years. It will say the district’s future looks bright.

D-day for councillors to get a handle on how the books look now with water back in is only 12 days away. Sources say the proposed cumulative three year rise of 38.9 per cent is at risk of creeping up to 50 per cent.

Finance staff will present a revised budget at a council workshop on January 30.

Councillors will look again at capital heavy projects in Cambridge - the Town Hall upgrade, new library/community hub and

Water Tower - and district-wide the Te Ara Wai land wars museum in Te Awamutu and recycling.

St Pierre said at one of the council workshops last month that Cambridge featured too heavily among the projects. “It’s a little bit skewed,” she said.

Mayor Susan O’Regan said at the same workshop she was concerned Waipā had too many big projects on go.

Councillors will drill down into other costs such as community grants and funding of external organisations.

Costs for Cambridge’s new $105 million wastewater treatment – due to be up and running by 2026 - will come back to council.

There could be thousands of dollars in savings from Local Government Minister Simeon Brown’s announcement council’s

consultation documents will not have to be audited.

Waipā would look to “peer review” instead using what it says would be from a qualified and credible third party.

But that is at odds with a warning from Auditor-General John Ryan last year that there is a lack of transparency in some councils’ finances.

Waikato Chamber of Commerce chief executive Don Good said he would look closely at what Waikato councils would settle on for their rates and which “pet projects” would be dumped in favour of core functions.

Ratepayers should be asking what led to double digit rate increases and which decisions “led to this state of affairs and who authorised the overspending.”

$10m cycleway work progresses

By Mary Anne Gill

You could be forgiven for thinking a bomb hit Bryce and Duke streets in Cambridge last week as contractors continued work on the $10.2 million pathway project.

The cycleway from Hamilton Road south down Bryce Street finished at Dallinger Court just before Christmas giving cyclists and pedestrians a preview of what they can expect all the way through to town by May. Last week contractors continued digging up Bryce Street to link up with the work on Duke Street -

between Dick and Wilson streets – which also got underway last week.

The work there is taking place during the school holidays to minimise disruption to Cambridge Primary School.

Funding for the work came from New Zealand Transport Agency (Waka Kotahi) which contributed $7.2 million and $3 million from Waipā District Council.

The speed with which the council started the work in October last year has paid dividends as other projects Waka Kotahi were planning to fund have been stopped by the new government.

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Lava flows usually don’t kill people, but they do inflict significant damage infrastructure and homes.

Being the focus of my research as I get into the new year, this is adding to my work on how the La Palma eruption impacted local communities and applying those lessons to Auckland.

On the surface we see buildings that are bulldozed, burned, or buried. Under the surface there are homes, livelihoods, communities, and memories. Beyond the obvious impacts to buildings is the damage to infrastructure. Responding to an eruption requires a range of utilities providers to work with information given by emergency managers and volcano monitoring agencies.

Volcanologists have to figure out important details so that people can make critical decisions.

Measuring a disaster by fatalities alone ignores the immense loss and trauma associated with these events. We can usually outwalk lava flows - but what happens when we can’t?

Nyiragongo is a volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that has an active summit lava lake, where very hot and fluid lava is cycling up and down within the vent, maintaining its fluid form. Goma, the capital of the North Kivu province, is about 15 km away. In 1977, when the population was around 50,000, an eruption of rapid lava flows from the lava lake draining down through fractures in the flank covered 16-20 square kilometres in a couple of hours, killing around 75 people.

On January 17, 2002, the ongoing eruption changed again. Lava began to extrude

from a large system of fractures across 10km on the southern flank, draining the lava lake.

Two lava flows entered communities, destroying 15 per cent of the city and leaving around 120,000 people homeless by the next day and ultimately up to 150 people died. Another similar event in 2021 also resulted in fatalities These are some of the few eruptions where lava flows have directly caused fatalities.

Those lava flows moved at speeds of tens of km/hour with the composition of the lava being a controlling factor here. This particular volcano produces magma (below ground) or lava (above ground) that has very low amounts of silica or SiO2. Generally, the higher the SiO2, the stickier or more viscous the magma/lava is, so these low contents mean it can flow faster.

When I talk about any hazard there is pretty much always a “usually” in my description. There are always those examples of when a volcano did something different, something unexpected, something disastrous. Those times have come with many harsh and painful lessons. It is our responsibility as volcanologists to take all of these into account to determine if they could happen at a given location, and to keep all the possible options in our minds as we focus in on which more likely hazards people should prepare for.

For just one word, “usually” holds within it these powerful stories, reminders to be mindful of all the possibilities and to be adaptable during an evolving situation.

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Council has it Taylor made Heath expert: use

Taylor Street outside the Raceway curves into Abergeldie Way presently A Taylor Street sign at but there are plans to build the northern end of Hugo a roundabout there and then Shaw Drive is about 450m build a new road across the of paddocks away as the paddocks to the extension. crow flies from another A new primary school Taylor Street sign outside will front the Taylor Street Cambridge Raceway. extension – bus and parking Confused? So was The bays, street News. lighting, footpaths The plan, and landscaping sometime in the are already future, is for a completed. connector road to But the primary be built extending school’s address Taylor Street across will be Hugo the greenbelt to the Shaw Drive, not west and linking Taylor Street, said up with the other Coutts.

Taylor Street.

“We’ve And the James Taylor definitely thought hundreds of about this one because it’s existing Taylor Street been quite a lot of work residents – the street goes working with the Ministry east from number 1 another 2.2kms to 197 – can rest easy, of Education to get this site established. no renumbering will be "They’ve had a few required. questions around naming as The expectation is that well.” there will not be any other The council has also addresses needed along that consulted over the last 18 new stretch of Taylor Street in Bridleways Estate, say the months with iwi and the Conservation Department council. to ease the changes through Waipā District Council with the minimum of fuss.

Growth principal engineer “Any land through the Tony Coutts said other than greenbelt, requires us to the sign already erected seek a revocation of land at the end of Hugo Shaw Drive, the public will not see through Department of any significant changes until Conservation.”

For the moment though, Abergeldie Way is realigned.

By Mary Anne Gill

‘trusted’ sites

The intersection of Vogel and Taylor streets with Abergeldie Way looking across the greenbelt towards the Taylor Street extension in Bridleways Estate at the northern end of Hugo Shaw Drive. Photos: Mary Anne Gill.

The eastern end of Taylor Street which intersects with Maclean Street.

if you want to get to the Taylor Street extension from 1 Taylor Street, Google says it is 2.3kms - an easy 32 minutes walking, nine minutes on a bicycle or five minutes in a car.

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Taylor’s Bardowie estate is named in recognition of the place in Scotland where Taylor’s father learned the rudiments of farming. Bardowie – in the area where the Cambridge Raceway is - was the centre of many social gatherings in Hautapu.

Health New Zealand’s chief clinical advisor is encouraging people to look only at “trusted sources of information” when trying to find answers to health questions.

Sharon Sime, Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand Chief Clinical Advisor Health Protection - was responding to questions from The News about a pre-Christmas post on the New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science website which asked if the government was using a measles outbreak to create a “fear for compliance” again.

The website referred to the Covid vaccination programme as a “terrible three year jabicide”.

It was responding to a statement from Health minister Shane Reti who reported plans were in place for a response to an outbreak, most likely measles, over a defined period – December 23 to January 7.

The planning was in place – but in fact there have been no new measles cases reported in New Zealand since November.

“Misinformation can spread very easily in a range of different ways, such as through social media, websites, pamphlets, posters and letterbox drops, and even via television, radio and print,” Sime told The News.

“One of the best ways to stop misinformation spreading is by only reading official sources… we all have a responsibility to do this and if people see any examples of misinformation about health issues… we encourage them to report it.

The website said a vaccine will decrease the chance of catching measles, but that it used to be called a ‘childhood disease’ until there was a vaccine to sell “and then it became a serious, highly contagious, life-threatening disease”.

A measles epidemic in 2019 infected almost 2200 people in New Zealand and resulted in two deaths. In Samoa where 5700 people caught the disease, 83 died.

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FAITH IN WAIPĀ

Finding treasure in 2024 Getting back into the swing of things and engaging mental ‘top gear’ at the outset of a new year has had its challenges for me.

What doesn’t help, is scanning headlines as media pundits forecast versions of what lies ahead in 2024.

Supposedly in the know about what is in store for us, many of these predictors and crystal ball gazers’ overarching tone is overwhelmingly bleak.

Confusingly, the negative projections are often contradictory in nature -which ought to tell us something.

To me it appears the way things are communicated is designed to create chilling fear, anxiety and uncertainty, calculated to paralyse hope for anything good ever happening.

Weather forecasts are dramatically conveyed, warnings about global warming, recession and collapse of economies, plagues and pestilences looming are just a few of the troubles we are told to submit to and steel ourselves for.

It’s patently obvious that not all is well in our world - here in Godzone we are facing layers of social brokenness and pain - it would be foolishness to

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ignore or discount the reality of the problems confronting us.

But is it all hopeless? I don’t believe so. In spite of issues abounding, wishing one another “Happy New Year,” needn’t be a mere platitude. The year 2024 can be filled with new joy in discovering treasure we have not yet encountered.

I like stories about overlooked or forgotten treasure being ‘discovered’.

Often such accounts kindle positivity and hope, reminding us that exciting possibilities outside the frame of previous experience, can happen.

Fifteen years ago this month, an exciting ‘discovery’ occurred in a British doctor’s garage. An extremely rare unrestored 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante Coupe was found. The black two-seater was one of just a dozen or so Atalante Coupes ever made by Bugatti.

It had been owned and kept in a garage

by English orthopaedic surgeon Harold Carr since 1955. He died in 2007, having not driven his treasure in five decades.

This vehicle’s name, remarkable history and features, added to its prestige. Capable of speeds exceeding

120mph at a time when the average car couldn’t do more than 50mph, it had won the 24 Hour Le Mans race. Still in good condition with only 26,284 miles on its odometer, the car was sent to Paris where it was auctioned, selling for $4.4 million.

Maybe it’s your year to unwrap a treasure of hope, a ray of sunlight that perhaps has been obscured by clouds of negativity, years of pain, disappointment and loss of expectation. My conviction, flowing out of personal experience is that in a dark world this good news radiates a beacon of hope for everyone. Life is not a lost cause.

Celebrating the Christmas advent just weeks ago, we considered the angel’s proclamation, “do not be afraid for I bring you good news of great joy for all people.” The gospel (literally ‘good news’), is the message that with Christ’s coming, God shone overcoming light, to heal broken, darkened lives.

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It’s Tyler to the rescue

By Roy Pilott

Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari neighbours are being offered “aversion training’ for their dogs – as part of the project to establish the North Island’s first breeding colony for over a century.

Community support for the sanctuary has been a key to its success – and thanks to the publicity it generates, one of its taonga is back in safe hands after hatching an escape plan.

Since being moved from the bottom of the South Island, the colony of male kākāpō have been working out ways to breach the perimeter fence on Maungatautari. Several have managed it, putting themselves in danger from dogs – and vehicles.

Elwin the kākāpō breached the security fence on the mountain last week – and was found thanks to an eagle eyed tanker driver.

“At first I thought it was a turkey,” Tyler Lindsay told the News It was after 1.30am and he was on his Fonterra milk pick up in Scott Rd when he rounded a bend to see Elwyn in the process of crossing the road.

Lindsay was thankful his

Tanker driver Tyler Lindsay spotted Elwin the kākāpō late at night.

speed was slow enough at the time to stop. He got out of his vehicle, but Elwin had already gone bush.

“It took me a second to work it out because I’ve never seen a kākāpō, but I have come across posts about them escaping – that’s what made me think it was one.”

He alerted the department of conversation hotline and

emailed Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari.

The conversation on the hotline clearly took the call centre by surprise – “she said it has to be a kea – but I explained the big green parrot had come out of Maungatautari and she realised what had happened.”

Rangers found Elwin, none the worse for his

outing.

Tyler, 32, a former Te Awamutu College student, lives in Rukuhia and works as a tanker driver and contract slaughterman.

Ten kākāpō were originally released on the maunga, but since the escapes three have been returned to the South Island.

A media release from Sanctuary Mountain applauded Tyler Lindsay’s help and noted “we have been recently reminded that conservation is and must be a community effort.”

“Trialling new habitat for kākāpō is an important step in the wider kākāpō recovery programme and we are grateful for the ongoing collaboration between the Kākāpō Recovery team, Ngāi Tahu, Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari and iwi and the vigilance of our community.”

Now that work could see dogs in the area trained to be part of the caring programme too.

“For residents surrounding Maungatautari, we are in the process of contacting you and offering the opportunity for dogs to have kākāpō aversion training as this is considered an area of risk,” the media release added.

Kākāpō Elwin.

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None have arisen suddenly - they have been slowly building up, sometimes for decades. Shocks from the rest of the world play only a very small part in any of them. We have succeeded in creating these enormous problems ourselves. I will look briefly at four of the biggest problems.

The infrastructure deficit: almost every day we read stories about infrastructure deficits in important sectors: roads, water pipes, hospitals, sewage pipes.

This week saw a story on the Department of Conservation. They have an estimated $300 million of deferred maintenance. This may force them to close tracks or huts or sell off conservation assets. Infrastructure NZ’s chief estimated recently that our total infrastructure deficit was around $200 billion. Our annual GDP is around $400 billion so our infrastructure deficit is now 50% of our GDP. It has taken decades of under-investment to reach this level. It will take decades to solve.

What worries me is that there doesn’t seem to be any mechanism

in New Zealand for solving it. We have no medium- or long-term planning processes. The debate on these issues often involves central and local government arguing whose responsibility the investment is or saying “we can’t afford the investment”. Not making these types of investments is usually a classic case of false economy.

The problem won’t go away and delay is almost sure to make it more expensive.

A bloated and inefficient public service: the number of people on the public payroll (staff and consultants) has risen substantially in recent years.

But citizens’ and businesses’ satisfaction with the performance of the sector has fallen substantially. The sector seems to focus on reports and advertising campaigns rather than on final outputs and outcomes. People argue about the effectiveness and fairness of the raft of reforms that were labelled Rogernomics in the late 1980s. But one element of those reforms that I don’t think should be argued about was the introduction of strong performance criteria and monitoring systems throughout the public sector.

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Inflation and high prices: the inflation beast that central banks created and fed with their low interest rate policies has at least stopped growing. But it hasn’t yet been tamed and I think New Zealand has a bigger problem in this area. We have become a high price economy in almost all areas. Excess regulation, with little or no cost-benefit applied, low productivity and weak enforcement of competition laws all play a role.

Falling educational standards: some may say this isn’t an economic issue. But if our educational standards continue to fall, there will undoubtedly be economic consequences. The country will continue to get relatively poorer.

That’s what we have been doing for the last 30 years or more. Our GDP per head is now the 52nd highest amongst developed countries. I am old enough to remember when we were fourth.

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On watch with Gerry

By Mary Anne Gill

Nothing escapes Gerry Wake’s eagle eyes.

The Te Awa resident can often be seen sitting in his mobility scooter on the temporary Cambridge Road cycle/pedestrian path watching the traffic go by and the contractors go about their work.

At 99 years old Gerry can be forgiven the luxury of wasting time but he should be careful about taking a snooze.

As The News was taking the English-born former insurance salesman’s photo outside the retirement village, four people in a golf cart could be seen speeding towards him.

It carried his friend and fellow Te Awa resident Max Brown with Te Awa Lifecare general manager Mandy Hudson in the driving seat and two staff members in the other seats ready to revive him.

They had been told he had collapsed in his scooter out on the road.

“No, I’m only speaking to this journalist,” the care home resident told them.

CLASSICAL SONGSTRESS Gerry Wake in his favourite position outside Te Awa Lifecare Village in Cambridge.

Photo: Mary Anne Gill.

Gerry will be 100 on October 25. He emigrated to New Zealand from the village of Ingrave in Essex, England in 1962 with wife Joan, who died in 1984.

Their three children – Suzie, Cheryl and David all live in New Zealand.

Gerry has his views on

the orange cones and the progress of the work outside but the given concern being shown by Mandy and her team he heads back in from the sweltering heat into the village.

But most days he can be seen outside the village and available for a chat.

A drive in the country

Southbound drivers at Karāpiro were given what would have been for many, a different view of the countryside last week.

A detour took traffic along Karāpiro and Taotaoroa roads while work was carried out on State Highway 1.

The detour was a considerable one – and traffic at one point on Wednesday backed up two kilometres waiting to get back on to SH29 to turn left in the direction of Tauranga or right to get back to SH1.

But traffic lights ensured a relatively speedy trip.

The transport agency Waka Kotahi is working through a programme of safety improvements on SH1 around Karāpiro.

Most controversial is the roundabout at the intersection of SH1 and SH29 which began last week The queue of traffic at Taotatoroa Rd may have included some who wondered whether the traffic volume matched what NZTA quoted in convincing the Environment Court

last year a roundabout at the intersection was a better option than a flyover.

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THURSDAY JANUARY 18, 2024

Steph Bell-Jenkins finds a school caretaker who is a class act.

Wanted: creative caretaker who thinks like Peter Pan. We seek a resourceful person who is as comfortable cleaning toilets as they are constructing an adventure park from materials retrieved from the rubbish bin. Must have a passion for scouring the internet for broken-down vehicles.

It wasn’t the job description back when he applied, but it might be now.

Since he was hired as Goodwood School’s

caretaker six years ago, Grant Keane has moulded the role to suit his unique skills and abilities – while significantly boosting the playground’s fun factor.

Thanks to his rich imagination and aptitude for creating useful things out of junk, the school now boasts a power boat, a jet ski, a miniature house, a Big Foot boardwalk, a BMX track, an outdoor gymnastics zone, a chook house and a bike rack named The Jetty.

“I try to come up with names the kids will catch onto,” Grant said. “It’s much more appealing to put your bike away when you’re parking it at The Jetty.”

The school’s play vehicle collection started two years ago after Grant came across an old boat on Facebook Marketplace for $60 and decided it would be an entertaining addition to the playground.

“We’re in a bit of a PC world,” he said.

Goodwood School caretaker Grant Keane on the jet ski he refurbished for the playground, with students (from left) Jessica Hawkins, Beth Iremonger, Maddison Nally, Kaia Gundry, Riley Brier and Viktor Shilov.

“Once upon a time you could have a tractor in your playground, and that’s kind of gone. I’m probably going against the grain by bringing it back a little bit. But I think if everything’s safe, there’s no reason why it can’t be there.”

He repaired the boat in his school shed with recycled wood, got a seized engine from Cambridge Marine for free and mounted the vessel on a repurposed archgola.

It had since become “a bit of a social hub”, principal David Graham said.

“It promotes that adventure play. And we’re an Enviroschool, so it’s good to see stuff that would otherwise go to landfill being used.”

Amongst Grant’s other creations are a playhouse built from pine fence palings and recycled materials, and a Yamaha Waverunner jet ski, which he bought from a Kawhia couple for $300 and mounted on a recycled rock shaker from a quarry.

He’s currently building a mobile classroom out of a Kenworth truck cab, which a parent donated.

“We’re going to have a solar panel on the roof so all the lights will go all the

Grant’s power boat has become “a bit of a social hub”.

lunchtime, morning tea, and picked up rubbish. Now it’s the other way. They pick it up and they throw it in the bin. They’re really proud to come here.

“And the kids, I have to say, they never go past without saying hello. They have a lot of trust in me. You give to them and you get it back.”

Grant’s next project, if he can find room for it, will be an aeroplane.

“I was thinking a jet fighter myself, but anyway…one day,” he said.

time…and we’re going to put it on wheels so it can be towed around the school.”

Grant said he was “extremely lucky” to have the backing of his principal and community.

The dedicated caretaker said he’d always wanted the grounds to be “more like a park than a school yard”.

“It’s very satisfying because the kids tell you it, you know? If you look around the school, there’s not much rubbish lying around, is there? When I first came here I walked around at

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THURSDAY JANUARY 18, 2024

OBITUARY – RICHARD JOHN HORNER 11.8.1941 – 5.12.2023

Paint brushes and pedals … a colourful life for himself in cycling circles by breaking Cycling New Zealand’s then nineRichard Horner, who died in Cambridge year record with last month, was a widely-respected an epic 25-hour, landscape artist whose work graced the 18-minute ride walls of homes around the world. from Auckland to Marion Hunt, past-president and current Wellington. That vice-president of the Cambridge Society of was in 1981.

Arts, described him as an “accomplished The man who artist whose work transported you to his shaved more eye’s view”.

“He was inspiring, encouraging … always than five hours off that record with a twinkle in his eye. He wanted you to two years later enjoy painting just as much as he did,” she was Waikato told those gathered at St Andrew’s Church cyclist Brian Fleck. last week for his memorial service.

He told the St Richard and his wife Elizabeth settled in Andrew’s gathering Cambridge in 2012. He was best known that he met Richard in locally for his artistic prowess and support 1976 at a 70km cycling of the arts, yet years earlier he made a name event in Auckland at which the pair snagged first and second place.

“Richard’s time in that 1981 ride was very, very good,” he said.

Richard was born in Devonport, England, and came with his family to New Zealand in 1952. Even by that early age, said his brother John, Richard had been noticed for being particularly tidy.

“There was only one misdemeanour that I A determined Richard, on the left, powering through the 1965 National Road recall. When he was about 10, he pinched Championships in Dunedin.

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one of dad’s cigarettes and went that translated to many paintings done of behind the shed to smoke Raglan. it, but instead ended Richard joined the Cambridge Society of up setting fire to the Arts in 2013. He was president for a while shed.” in 2014 and retained his membership in Art was the years that followed. From the 1970s Richard’s onwards, he exhibited in several joint and preferred subject solo exhibitions around New Zealand, at school. He including at the Art Post Gallery in later trained as Hamilton. His work has been purchased a cartographer, by buyers as far field as the United States, drawing maps United Kingdom, Europe and Australia.

One of his commissions was of Auckland’s in pen and Glenfield War Memorial Hall, done for watercolour, inclusion in Fiona Jack’s 2011 book, Living honing the fine Halls. motor skills that Twenty of his paintings are on display took him into the at St Andrew’s Moxon Centre retirement field of drafting and complex, home to Richard and Elizabeth for further inspiring his the past few years. desire to paint and draw on a personal level.

John Horner said painting became an important vehicle to recovery after Richard suffered a traumatic accident in 1987. “Painting was terrific for him then because it kept him focused.”

Landscapes of all types were Richard’s preferred genre. He was inspired throughout his life by Turner’s windswept seas and skies, said Marian, leading him to a lifelong Richard and Elizabeth, pictured with railway modeller Paul Murphy at love of painting ships and a 2019 model railway exhibition in Cambridge, were fully involved in the sea. Once in Waikato, community events.

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Youngsters shine Rates woes? Here’s at Mt Smart an answer COUNCIL COMMENT

A 27-strong team of youngsters aged seven to 14 years represented Cambridge Athletic Club at the North Island Colgate Games in Auckland earlier this month.

The January 5-6 games, held at Mount Smart Stadium, are one of New Zealand’s largest athletics events.

There were several ribbon placings in the younger age groups and a suite of personal bests achieved throughout the three days of

competition. Medals were awarded in the older age groups.

Team managers Jonny McKee and Rob Brockett were delighted with the performance of the local athletes.

Among the notable individual results were: Maya Tebbutt, gold 13 years 100m (and grade 13 club record), silver 200m (under 18 club record); Josh Barclay, silver 10 years high jump, silver grade 10 1500m, silver

grade 10 800m (grade 10 club record); Tristan Breen, silver 12 years long jump; Matai Kiri, bronze 12 years 100m (grade 12 club record); Jemma Burke, bronze 12 years long jump.

The club also secured two medals in the relays – silver in the boys’ 12 years 4 x 100 relay (Michael Breen, Matai Kiri, Colin Johnston, Tristan Breen), and bronze in the girls’ 14 years, 4 x 100 relay (Olivia Taylor, Erin Bouwer, Erin McKee, Maya Tebbutt).

Cambridge Athletic Club silver medallists in the Colgate Games Boys 12 years were, from left, Colin Johnston, Michael Breen, Matai Kiri and Tristan Breen.

By Mike Keir, councillor, Tamahere Woodlands Ward

Our infrastructure costs are the highest in the developed world.

How did this happen? To fully understand we need to go back to the last significant reforms of the 1980s.

The Ministry of Works was split into state owned entities - Works Civil Construction (now Downer) and Works Civil Consultancy (now WSP) and prepared for sale.

At the same time local authorities were required to either sell off their civil construction divisions or set them up as local authority trading enterprises. I successfully managed one of these businesses in the 1990s.

The impact of these reforms was to move from a socialist model of government owned infrastructure service delivery and maintenance to a capitalist one provided by private sector organisations.

It involved major structural reform by splitting the industry into the silos of client, consultant and contractor organisations which was in line with international thinking at the time.

In the 1990s the reforms delivered real value as the old public sector model had become inefficient and bloated.

However, by the 2000s cracks were starting to show, particularly in the area of training which the public model had done very well at.

Industry stepped up here and invested in training systems led by companies like Opus (now WSP) but we still do not train enough.

At this time the effects of compliance and regulation were starting to noticeably impact on efficiency.

Now over another decade later this model is past its use by date. It is actually broken, delivering very poor value in terms of outcomes for each dollar spent.

The silos operate independently in their own self-interest and any innovation is stifled by compliance and regulation. This is driven by the approach taken to risk.

Councils want to minimise their risk so pay consultants to advise them as they do not have the engineering skills to fully understand the nature of that risk.

Consultants are also risk averse and will over design to mitigate this which also serves to increase the fees they can charge making it in their interest to do so.

The other problem is time. These different entities do not work well together and the processes involved mean that even simple

projects can take a long time to consent and facilitate.

Time adds cost. If you want to minimise costs, be fast and good.

This is near impossible in our current siloed environment although the recent bridge constructed on SH25a is a rare outlier showing that it can be done.

We do not reward excellence, we worship a conservative, safety first model – and that costs.

For example, at the other end of the spectrum, the Hamilton motorway, two years overdue with a budget blowout of $700 million and then Transmission Gully, budget blowout $500 million.

On top of this we have inflation eating away at any increased funding we can come up with.

What is the solution? I am advocating for 20 per cent plus rate increases for Waikato District Council. This is what we need to maintain our tired and non-compliant infrastructure.

Hopefully it will also stimulate ratepayers to revolt. The rating model is also broken.

We need radical reform, not the pathetic effort the last government made where the Resource Management reforms would have made the situation worse.

Instead of adding more bureaucracy in the form of Regional Planning Committees, take it out by remerging local and regional councils.

Set up a dedicated motorway division focused on efficiency and quality, allow them to operate without all the stupid compliance rules and keep them building motorways for the next 20 years and they can train while they are at it.

Highly skilled, motivated teams do not need to be told how to do stuff, they do it.

Take away the shackles and handcuffs.

Shock horror, these entities could even be government owned.

The corporates have proven they are not the gurus of efficiency. Get offshore investment and expertise to help with both road and rail tunnels through the Kaimais.

Relook at the way we fund infrastructure.

Change the risk model so councils are not the last man standing.

Their level of risk should be proportional to their role, then you will be able to get rid of some red tape.

Let’s get innovative.

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Future Proof Strategy open for consultation The Future Proof Strategy is a 30-year growth management and implementation plan for the Hamilton, Waipā, Waikato and Matamata-Piako sub-region. The Strategy is essential to managing growth in a staged and co-ordinated way while addressing complex planning issues.

The Strategy incorporates seven transformational moves for change: • Supporting iwi aspirations • Putting our rivers at the heart of planning • A comprehensive and fundamental evolution of our transport system • A vibrant metro core and lively metropolitan and town centres

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The Future Proof Strategy was updated in 2022 to include the Hamilton to Auckland (H2A) Corridor Plan and the Hamilton-Waikato Metropolitan Spatial Plan.

What’s happening now We have some further updates to the Strategy. In the 2024 version we have made minor adjustments to: • implement the provisions of the National Policy Statement on Urban Development, including meeting the requirements of a Future Development Strategy; • integrate Matamata-Piako as a partner to Future Proof; • recognise the importance of our sub-region’s connection to Tauranga; and • integrate our recently completed business cases for waste water and transport needs over the next thirty years.

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The Future Proof Strategy has been updated and the Draft Strategy is now open for consultation.

Feedback on the updated Strategy is welcome until 5pm Monday, 19 February 2024. To read the Strategy, find out more and to make a submission, please visit futureproof.org.nz Future Proof is made up of Waikato District Council, Waipā District Council, Matamata-Piako District Council, Hamilton City Council, Waikato Regional Council, tangata whenua, central government partners and Tamaki Makaurau partners (iwi and Auckland Council).

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DEATH NOTICES RISI, Marie Theresia (Theresa) – Passed peacefully at home on Tuesday, 9th January 2024 in her 91st year. Much loved wife of Joe for nearly 61 years. Proud and caring mother and mother-in-law of Peter & Vickie, Stephen & Raewyn, Marianne & Rob, and Barbara. Loving grandmother and great grandmother of nine. The Risi family wish to extend a heartfelt thanks for the outpouring of support they have received over the last week. The service for Maria has been held. All communications to Grinter’s Funeral Home, 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434.

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FOR SALE

PUBLIC NOTICES

LAWSON WOOD for sale.

Burns hot. $110.00 per cube.

Phone John 021 238 5052

Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

DOGS FOR SALE

Of an application for On Licence

PUPS FOR SALE – 3/4 Miniature Schnauzer 1/4 Foxy pups for sale. Great companions. Non shedding.

Ph Fran 027 442 9119

Caryn’s NZ Ltd, 5 Roseberry Crescent, Flagstaff has made application to the Waipa District Licensing Committee for the renewal of a on-licence in respect of the premises at T3, 34C Lake Street, Cambridge known as The Chilli House Cambridge.

SITUATIONS VACANT

CARETAKER POSITION AVAILABLE Paid position at Cambridge-based charity Kids in Need Waikato each Friday for a min of 3 hours. Grounds maintenance, cleaning and some heavy lifting reqd.

Applications close Monday 29 Jan. Please email: admin@kidsinneed.co.nz for more info.

Got a job to fill?

ADVERTISE YOUR VACANCY WITH US Call Janine 027 287 0005 or email janine@goodlocal.nz

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BRINGING GOD’S HIDDEN TREASURE INTO THE LIGHT

Haere mai / W Welcome elcome

Come along to our church service 9:30 am Sunday with Children’s Church & crèche 58 Queen Street Ph 07 827 6490

cambapchurch www.cambridgebaptist.co.nz

PUBLIC NOTICE

The general nature of the business conducted under the licence is restaurant. The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is sold under the licence are: Monday to Sunday 11am to 9.30pm.

The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Waipa District Licensing Committee, 101 Bank Street, Te Awamutu or 23 Wilson Street, Cambridge.

Any person who is entitled to object and who wishes to object to the issue of the licence may, not later than 25 working days after the date of the publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with the Secretary of the District Licensing Committee at: Waipa District Council, Private Bag 2402, Te Awamutu 3840.

No objection to the issue of a renewal licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in section 131 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

This is the first publication of this notice.

Vacancy – Office Manager

Part-time and fixed-term (parental leave position) 30 January 2024 – 13 December 2024 (term time only) Karāpiro School is seeking office support to cover our Office Manager who is heading off on parental leave. We need someone who has the ability to work effectively, professionally and confidentially. This is a frontline role in a dynamic school environment from 8.30am-10.30am, 5 days per week. We need your excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills. Duties will include: general office duties (including school absences, payroll & finance), communication support (maintaining our school website & newsletters) and first aid. Full training and support will be provided.

Please apply to the principal, Tina-Maree Thatcher, at principal@karapiro.school.nz (electronic applications only) before 5pm on January 26th 2024 with a covering letter of introduction, your CV, and the contact details of two referees.

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Cambridge Seventh-Day Adven�st Church

Cr. Shakespeare & Browning Streets

Corner of Queen and Bryce Street

Bible Study Each Saturday: 9.30am – 10.45am

Worship Service: 11.00am

Like us on Facebook: h�ps://www.facebook.com/cambridge.sda.9 email: cambridge.sda.nz@gmail.com Phone: 027 677 6433 Hope Channel – Freeview Ch 27, Sky 204

Join us this Sunday at Raleigh St. Christian centre, 9:30am only 24-26 Raleigh Street

We offer detailed study of the Bible and inspiring worship experiences.

All Welcome.

For live stream: www.rscc.co.nz

“A Spiritual “Catching iPod” on.”

Sunday service at 10am will be lead by Rev. Alistair McBride.

Sunday Service at 10am will be led by Rev. Mike Dye www.cambridgeunion.nz

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PUBLIC NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICES Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

PUBLIC NOTICE

Start Dates 2024 Thursday January 25 1.20 – 3.00 Enrolment time for in-zone students who have not yet enrolled at the school, please phone from 22 January for an appointment (827 5415 ext 0) Friday January 26 9.00 – 11.30 All students with a timetable clash or who wish to make a subject change come to the School Hall and M Block 1.30 – 3.00 Enrolment time for in-zone students who have not yet enrolled at the school, please phone from 22 January for an appointment (827 5415 ext 0) Monday January 29 Anniversary Day Tuesday January 30 9.00 – 9.30 Assemblies - Year 12 in New Gym, Year 13 on Old Gym 9.45 - 12.30 Course confirmation Year 12 & 13 When course confirmation is completed, students are free to go home. This may not take long.

Wednesday January 31 Teacher Only Day Thursday February 1 8:40 - 9.45 Powhiri for Year 9 students and Peer Support Leaders; meet at the front of the school.

9.45 - 12.45 Form class activities and class photos 12.45 - 3.15Needs Drivers - Hamilton Special Core classes Permanent Part-Time Special Needs (SESTA) Friday February 2 - Whole school attends – car and van drivers required for the Hamilton and Timetables will be provided

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CAMBRIDGE OPEN HOMES CAMBRIDGE REAL ESTATE Saturday 20 January 75 Princes Street PBN 13 Hogan Road $1,750,000 26A Weld Street $995,000 4 Dick Street PBN 49 Byron Street PBN 147 Taylor Street PBN Sunday 21 January 41A Arapuni Road $490,000 12 Sanders Street $509,000 96 Tennyson Street $895,000 6 Alley Place PBN 15 Shadolt Drive $1,490,000 3 Alfred Back Place PBN 43 Ellicott Road $1,495,000 3 Ihimaera Terrace $979,000 12D Taylor Street $895,000 14 Grosvenor Street PBN 19A King Street $649,000 16 Cowley Drive PBN 445 Luck At Last Road PBN 147 Victoria Street $995,000 21 Alba Place PBN 61 Grsovenor Street PBN 26 Lilac Close $1,290,000 3A Hillary Place $749,000 7 Manuka Place $789,000 18B Abergeldie Way PBN 39 Princes Street PBN 79 Maungakawa Road $1,790,000 129 Maungakawa Road $1,590,000 147 Taylor Street PBN 10 Garland Lane PBN 6A Madison Street PBN 1534 Buckland Road Auction 328 Brunskill Road $1,089,000 5 Corrielea Crescent $935,000 101/49 Pengover Avenue $675,000

10.30-11.00am 10.30-11.00am 11.00-11.30am 11.15-11.45am 11.30-12.00pm 11.30-12.00pm 11.30-12.00pm 12.00-12.30pm 12.00-12.30pm 12.00-12.45pm 12.15-12.45pm 12.15-12.45pm 12.45-1.15pm 12.45-1.15pm 1.00-1.30pm 1.00-1.30pm 1.00-1.45pm 1.15-1.45pm 1.30-2.00pm 1.45-2.15pm 1.45-2.15pm 2.00-2.30pm 2.00-2.30pm 2.30-3.00pm 2.30-3.00pm 2.45-3.15pm 3.00-3.30pm 3.00-3.30pm 3.15-3.45pm 3.15-3.45pm

HARCOURTS Sunday 21 January 566 Marychurch Road 71 Arnold Street 4 Fort Street 55 Peake Road 50 Appleton Lane 2702 Tahuna-Ohinewai Road 530 Tenfoot Road

Deadline Sale PBN PBN Deadline Sale $1,650,000 Deadline Sale $790,000

10:00-10:45am 10:00-10:30am 11:00-11:30am 11:15-12:00pm 12:30-1:15pm 2:00-2:45pm 3:15-4:00pm

Housekeeper It is time to add a housekeeper to our existing team. Our staff are chosen for their skill and caring approach and we aim to create strong connections and trust with them. We will choose the right housekeeper for their attitude and fit in the team. Our team is proud of the environment they work in and the part they play in making it look at its best for our residents and guests.

LJ HOOKER Sunday 21 January 496 Roto-o-rangi Road 73 Thompson Street 19 Rose Leigh Drive 62 Southey Street

PBN Deadline Sale $1,275,000 Deadline Sale

12.00-12.30pm 12.45-1.15pm 1.30-2.00pm 2.15-2.45pm

Why you should work with us at Te Awa Lifecare – • You will work in a team that is supportive of each other and proud of the reputation they have developed • Your physical working environment and the resources you have access to are first class • You will feel a sense of belonging to the wider community of residents and staff • Your working hours will be sociable, and family orientated.

MORE RE Saturday 20 January 7B Dallas Place 5/24 Duke Street 24 Bracken Street Sunday 21 January 19 Mirbeck Ave 7 Lilac Close 1206 Kaipaki Road 5/24 Duke Street 45A Goldsmith Street 39 Todd Road 142 Williams Street 24 Bracken Street 9 Grosvenor Street 4 Alfred Back Place 39 Sunline Drive 116 Grey Street 42 Shakespeare Street 43 Hall Street 66 Whare Marama Drive 567 Maungakawa Road

$649,000 PBN PBN

11.00-11.30am 12.00-12.30pm 12.00-12.30pm

PBN PBN $1,749,000 PBN $795,000 $819,000 PBN PBN $939,000 $915,000 PBN Deadline Sale PBN PBN PBN PBN

11.00-11.30am 11.00-11.30am 11.00-11.30am 12.00-12.30pm 12.00-12.30pm 12.00-12.30pm 12.00-12.30pm 12.00-12.30pm 1.00-1.30pm 1.00-1.30pm 1.00-1.30pm 1.00-1.30pm 1.00-1.30pm 2.00-2.30pm 2.00-2.30pm 2.00-2.30pm

Of an application for On Licence Te Awa Lifecare Village, 1866 Cambridge Road, Cambridge 3434 has made application to the Waipa District Licensing Committee for the renewal of an on-licence in respect of the premises at 1866 Cambridge Road, Cambridge 3434, and known as Te Awa Lifecare Village Ltd. The general nature of the business conducted under the licence is a Other. The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is sold under the licence are: Monday to Sunday 10am to 11pm.

The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Waipa District Licensing Committee, 101 Bank Street, Te Awamutu or 23 Wilson Street, Cambridge.

Any person who is entitled to object and who wishes to object to the issue of the licence may, not later than 25 working days after the date of the publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with the Secretary of the District Licensing Committee at: Waipa District Council, Private Bag 2402, Te Awamutu 3840.

No objection to the issue of a renewal licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in section 131 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

This is the second publication of this notice. This notice was first published on January 11, 2024

SITUATIONS VACANT

surrounding areas, no less than 15 hrs per week.

School term work only plus four weeks paid annual SITUATIONS VACANT leave. Full training is provided.

What you need:

OPEN HOMES

Te Awa Lifecare is one of New Zealand’s leading privately owned residential villages. Located in the beautiful town of Cambridge in Waikato, NZ, in a spacious rural setting, Te Awa Lifecare is an outstanding purpose-built facility offering a full range of independent and assisted living care options including a rest home, hospital and dementia care suite. We pride ourselves on being a community within a community, offering not only quality care but also companionship, security and new experiences. Our housekeeping team contributes significantly to the experience, the culture and the community of Te Awa.

You will have: • an enjoyment of housework and helping people keep their homes in tip top condition • a passion for great customer service and respect for people personal space • the ability and flexibility to work as part of a team • excellent communication skills • common sense and a solutions focused approach • a positive and professional attitude If this sounds like you and you are motivated to be part of our unique and energising culture, please send a cover letter explaining why you are interested, along with your CV, to employment@teawalifecare.nz. Come and be part of the community, get to know our wonderful residents, support them to embrace life. We look forward to hearing from you!

Apply now!

Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.

11.00-11.45am 11.30-12.00pm 12.00-12.30pm 12.45-1.30pm 2.00-2.30pm 2.30-3.00pm

Contact listing agent prior-visiting as Open Homes times can change.

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