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MAY 11, 2023
Top marks for market
Water plan backed
By Mary Anne Gill
Jen Wilkinson, left, pictured on a market day with Karin Gubb from Sunset Orchard.
By Steph Bell-Jenkins
The Cambridge Farmers’ Market and its sister market in Hamilton have been named best in the country. The two markets, operating under the Waikato Farmers’ Market brand, have been recognised as the “most popular farmers’ market in Aotearoa” at the Organic NZ awards. “We’re very, very excited to have won,” said market manager Jen
Wilkinson. “Hamilton’s been operating since 2006 and Cambridge has been operating in Victoria Square since 2010 and this is the first time that our farmers markets have ever won anything – so it’s definitely something we would like to shout from the rooftops.” The Waikato Farmers’ Market, run by the Waikato Farmers’ Market Trust, was one of nine finalists for the award, which was decided by public vote. Nelson came second
and Otago third. Wilkinson said the win, announced last week in Wellington, was a morale boost for stallholders. “We’ve got about 80 stallholders over both markets at the moment, and they’ve had so many horrible things happen, even this year with the cyclone and crops flooded and whole orchards being wiped out. It’s a little boost in the grimness of what Mother Nature has thrown at them over the past five months.” The Saturday Cambridge market,
with up to 40 stalls, can attract 1500 visitors. “I think it started with about 10 stalls in 2010 and it’s just kept going,” Wilkinson, who has managed the market for 18 months, said. She said she was always on the lookout for new additions to the market. “That’s always our goal, just supporting small businesses.” • See more on the market at cambridgenews.co.nz
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All four candidates for the vacant Waipā Māori ward support the Government’s Affordable Water policy saying Aotearoa’s waterways need protecting. The News asked Bill Harris, Barney Manaia, Dale-Maree Morgan and Gaylene Roberts a series of questions and sought their views on the policy - previously known as Three Waters - cogovernance and how they would respond to a poor 23 per cent turnout at last October’s election. Last year, the successful candidate Takena Stirling secured 309 of the 566 votes cast. He resigned in March following his suspension as a lawyer. Harris said it was no secret he supported better partnership principles over water while Manaia cited his experience as a trustee of Kahotea Marae Continued on page 2