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Sport – first and last By Jesse Wood
Sport and racing are taking centre stage in Cambridge – for different reasons. As Waipā based athletes prepare to compete in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow starting tomorrow, greyhound trainers are preparing for the last greyhound race day in Cambridge. Meanwhile, Hautapu has been celebrating this week after clinching the Waikato Breweries Shield in club rugby – on a day when their B team was crowned Rowe Cup champions. At the 23rd Commonwealth Games, Cambridge boxer Greer Hall steps into the ring tomorrow night. She is in Glasgow with a number of athletes with Waipā links including Devon Briggs, Nicole Murray, Emma Foy, Jessie Hodges, Hazel Ouwehand, Rebecca Petch, Ellesse Andrews, Bryony Botha and Ally Wollaston. The last greyhound race meeting in Cambridge will be held next Thursday – a day before a July 31 nationwide ban takes effect on the sport. The last race just after 3pm will be a swansong – Cambridge hosts one of six greyhound tracks in the country. Waipā-based greyhound advocate Jenny Bartlett said their priority now is ensuring every dog has the opportunity for a happy life beyond racing. Great Mates in Cambridge and Te Kūiti are among the rehoming agencies involved across the region. “We’re on the lookout for more responsible pet owners to give these wellcared for dogs a new home,” she said. Greyhound racing is shrinking internationally. One site campaigning for its complete ban records 49 remaining commercial racetracks in Australia – which broadcasts race meetings in New Zealand - two in the United States, 15 in Ireland and 20 in the United Kingdom where Scotland and Wales have announced bans.
There was some good news from racing at the weekend – apprentice jockey Ashlee Strawbridge from Waipā rode three winners at Oamaru. In rugby, and ahead of Luke Jacobson spending time in the sinbin before helping the All Blacks beat Ireland 40-21 at Eden Park, his Hautapu club mates were already celebrating. Hautapu won the Breweries Shield for an eighth time with a 27-23 win over Hamilton Marist. It followed recent success in 2019, 2020 and 2023. It was also the first time since 2007 that the club had won both the Breweries Shield and the B-team competition for the Rowe Cup. After being bridesmaids for the past two seasons, Hautapu beat Marist at their artificial turf in Hamilton – capping off a great first season for head coach Isaac Boss. It was the fourth time in as many years that the two powerhouse clubs had met in the final. Evergreen David Morris, winger Waisake Salabiau, halfback Harry Chittick and number eight Konelio Burgess scored tries, while fullback Patrick Hedley slotted two conversions and a penalty. “It was an awesome way to finish the season. The boys put in a huge amount of work from the start and to see that pay off by winning the Breweries Shield was really special,” Salabiau said. “It wasn’t just about the result — it reflected the commitment, resilience and trust the team built throughout the season.” Salabiau said having the B team win their competition, made it even more memorable. “It says a lot about the strength and depth of the club. It’s great to see all the hard work across both teams rewarded,” Salabiau said. The Hautapu B (development) side went through 2026 undefeated – 16 games and 16 wins. • No better feeling – See page 15.
Waisake Salabiau celebrates on his way to scoring in the Breweries Shield clash against Hamilton Marist. Photo: Matt Gould
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No one was injured when a car crashed into a pedestrian refuge island in Cambridge’s Queen Street on Saturday, but when Waipā District Council staff look at repairing it, they will consider whether any changes are needed to the structure. Police were called around 11.55am to the single vehicle crash at the refuge between Woolworths and Ingham car yard involving an east bound vehicle. There were no reports of injuries although a St John ambulance also attended. The bay was empty at the time of the crash. The road was closed while contractors cleared the scene. “Council will look at the barrier repair
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Starting with some arrests from last week, Te Awamutu Police attended two separate family harm assaults in situations where Protection Orders were already in place. Two men were arrested and respectively charged for both the assault and breaching the protection orders. They have both appeared in court. In another incident, staff spoke to a male in a vehicle and detected the smell of cannabis. The vehicle was searched under the Search and Surveillance Act, resulting in police locating not only the drug, but also an offensive weapon. The male driver faces related charges in court. In Cambridge, staff responded to an alarm activation at a retirement village. They located a vehicle parked outside the fenceline with signs indicating someone had walked from it over into a fenced area. A police dog handler successfully tracked from the vehicle and located a male inside the property. He has appeared in court. Also in Cambridge a female was arrested for breach of bail and appeared in court. Last week I mentioned speed in relation to the pedestrian crossing on Shakespeare street, Leamington. I want to spread the message about pedestrian crossings a bit wider this week. The presence of pedestrian crossings is usually marked by a diamond painted on
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New Zealand Darts player Mark “Maestro” Cleaver is encouraging the community to head along to a para-darts have a go day at Waipā Workingmen’s Club on Saturday. “We’re trying to spear anyone that wants to have a go at it. Anyone can play darts – age, disability – nothing holds you back,” Te Awamutu-based Cleaver said. “There’s guys with fingers missing and in wheelchairs that play. There’s world spots available for them now. The sport is all growing, it’s really coming alive. Cleaver has been playing darts since the 1980s and is a regular at the club alongside his 82-year-old mother and siblings. Thanks to the sport, he has seen the world and at 58, there’s no sign of slowing down. He recently won the New Zealand Open, entitling him to play in the WDF World Champs in England at the end of the year. He was also in the New Zealand team at the world cup in Germany and has been selected to play in Mongolia in October – alongside Kihikihi-based Josh Roberts. Last weekend, he finished runner up in a New Zealand pro tour event which gave him enough points to qualify for the New Zealand Masters in Auckland next month Cleaver said darts is continually growing and is one of the most accessible sports.
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Police say a woman facing seven charges of scamming people out of an estimated $100,000 over a two month period on the social media Marketplace site has been remanded on bail after appearing in court in Hamilton. The 26-year-old was arrested after a police investigation into online scams Detective Sergeant Logan Oliver said. She is due back in court at the end of the month.
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An application for a sand quarry on the outskirts of Cambridge has been submitted to Waikato and Waipā district councils and will be processed under the Resource Management Act. The site is at 1466 Cambridge Road, just before the Waikato Expressway on ramp. The proposal is for 135 trucks on average a day while three quarters of the sand will head north.
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Saints’ service honoured By Viv Posselt
Waipā mayor Mike Pettit thanked regional members of Hato Hone St John on Sunday for their ‘inspirational commitment’ and acknowledged the generosity of families and workplaces that allowed St John responders to be their community’s ‘super-heroes’. Speaking at the Waipā and King Country St John Service Awards, he said: “Yours is a special calling … your work doesn’t go unnoticed. Our communities are stronger, safer and more resilient because of your dedication.” The annual awards, held this year at Cambridge Town Hall, acknowledge service given to St John, both paid and voluntary, by members from around the district. Recipients included those from Cambridge, Te Awamutu, Te Kuiti, Ōtorohanga, and further afield. Other guests included Hato Hone St John regional trust board chairman Gary
Salmon and Taupō MP Louise Upston, who brought an acknowledgement from King Country MP Barbara Kuriger. The event opened and closed with a karakia from St John padré, Te Awamutu’s Murray Olson. Awards were given for five, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and 40 years’ service, with just one given a gold service medal for 50 years’ service. That was awarded to Cambridge’s Brent Nielsen, who declared he was ‘absolutely tickled’ by the recognition. Gary Salmon said Nielsen, who started out as a Te Awamutu youth member, cadet sergeant and youth leader, had held so many roles within the organisation that it was too many to mention in detail. “He has served as an events volunteer in Te Awamutu and Hamilton, and as an ambulance officer in many parts of our region, and was promoted to ambulance operations manager,” Salmon said.
Brent Nielsen, left, pictured with St John regional trust board chairman Gary Salmon, and Te Awamutu area committee and regional order affairs committee member Tracy Chisholm. Photo: Viv Posselt
“Brent is well known as developing a keen interest in furthering the education of ambulance officers, and contributed much to their training. He was education service manager for the Midlands region, as well as the public education service
manager. He has also served on our top boards, having been a member of both Chapter and the Priory Board. “In more recent years, he has been associated with Cambridge where he has been active as a health shuttle
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Asphalt works on the Cambridge section of the Waikato Expressway remain ahead of schedule, and crews this week moved to the next stage which will involve closing the southbound offramp at the Cambridge West exit. Through to mid-August they will be working across both southbound lanes from just south of the Tamahere Interchange to the Cambridge West/Velodrome exit.
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The New Zealand Transport Agency is proposing a series of speed limit changes through the Waikato and Bay of Plenty. Included on the list is permanently reducing the limit from 70 to 50kph in part of Pirongia.
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driver, team leader, and a member of the area committee he went on to chair.” Louise Upston acknowledged the many sacrifices made by St John personnel and expressed gratitude to them for making the choice to turn up at often confronting situations many of us will never experience. She said 2026 was the United Nations’ International Volunteer Year, and said the generosity of volunteers in New Zealand placed us in the top ten of giving nations. “This government really supports your work, that is why our investment into road ambulances has grown over the last four years.” She also thanked families and workplaces who pick up the slack to enable St John members to do the work they do. The event was emcee’d by St John member and Cambridge businessman Jim Goddin. He said people join the service not to get a medal, but to help people, and expressed his gratitude to those who contribute many thousands of hours supporting the work it does. • Health shuttle donated – See Page 13
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The Government is designating New Zealand’s 25,000 strong Sika deer population in the Kaimanawa and Kaweka Forest Parks as the North Island’s first Herd of Special Interest. Sika deer, prized for their meat, were introduced to New Zealand in 1905 and the country has the only established wild herd in the Southern Hemisphere.
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A meeting at St Andrew’s church hall 50 years ago, arranged to test the town’s appetite for a bridge club, generated an enthusiastic response. Organisers of that March 1976 meeting found the room packed with around 100 people, including 18 tables and 72 players. The establishment of a bridge club was deemed to be feasible, and what was then called the Cambridge Contract Bridge Club was formed. The golden jubilee of that club – now simply the Cambridge Bridge Club – was celebrated this month, complete with a 1970s lunch, games played the oldfashioned way, a cake iced with the jubilee motto ‘The Little Club with a Heart of Gold’, and clubroom walls decorated with an exhibition of 1970s photographs taken by Reg Buckingham. Club captain Karen Payne said the idea was to take attendees down memory lane. After cutting the cake, “everyone played a few hands from the club’s original boards, manufactured by the late Henry Davys, husband of June, both keen members. Henry was manager of
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Celebrating the jubilee are, from left, club president Clare Coles, club captain Karen Payne, and founding members Estelle Cashmore and Marie Wilson (both past presidents), Laura Somerville, Sue Wrigley (past president), and Eileen Roberts. Photo: Viv Posselt
building firm Speight Pearce Nicoll Davys and his formica boards are unique,” she said. “All results were calculated manually in 1976. It was no different at our jubilee. Technology was banned… scores were entered on a sheet of paper. As a social experiment, it showed how far they had come. In the past, players relied on the newspaper to see how they performed.” Payne said the only thing they couldn’t replicate was smoking in the clubhouse. It was banned in 1992, but they set the scene for the jubilee with fake cigarettes and
ashtrays. Bridge has long been part of Cambridge life, played primarily in private homes with newspapers often reporting on games. The Lyceum Club, established in 1940, hosted regular sessions, while some players travelled to Hamilton or Te Awamutu to compete. The establishment of a Cambridge club in 1976 shifted play to a structured, community-based weekly competition. That inaugural bridge night held at St Andrew’s church hall resulted in the Cambridge Contract Bridge Club being
launched on March 22 of that year. Club nights moved to different venues in the early years as a kitty to purchase its own premises grew. On March 18, 1983, the club – by then an incorporated society – signed a lease with the then Cambridge Borough Council for a vacant property at 14 Fort Street. Funding initiatives saw enough money raised to build new clubrooms for $37,596. They opened in June 1983. Additional fundraising covered the cost of chairs and furnishings, and later the upgrade of kitchen and toilet
facilities. Club president Clare Coles, who has been a member for about 25 years, said it had been ‘a privilege to watch the club develop and flourish’. “It is now the largest bridge club outside of a New Zealand city,” she said. “It is known for its innovation, great teaching and enjoyment at the bridge tables. One aspect I find most special is the way members work as a team, volunteering their time and expertise. Something needs to be done, and a member does it without fuss.”
Cambridge Chamber of Commerce chief executive Kelly Bouzaid has been appointed patron of the Cambridge Riding for the Disabled Association. Bouzaid said she was looking forward to championing the organisation’s work, advocating for its mission, celebrating its successes and raising awareness in the community.
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It’s a hundred – times two Talk about winners By Viv Posselt
It’s been all about the numbers recently at Arvida Lauriston Park. Two big birthdays marked three weeks apart celebrated 200 years and set off a chain of shindigs involving families, and the facility’s residents and staff. Joan Grice was the first to turn 100. Her birthday on June 23 kicked things off with a tea organised at Lauriston’s care home. Eunice Richardson’s 100th birthday fell on July 14, Bastille Day … that was marked by a guard of honour and morning tea at the main centre. Between those two events, the facility arranged for a photo op, where a large helium ‘200’ balloon marked Joan and Eunice’s combined milestones. The two women, who are firm friends, enjoyed a spin in a 1955 Oldsmobile, owned and driven by Te Awamutu’s Paul Vossen, a friend of another resident at the facility, Ian Cunningham. Not yet ready to quieten things down, both women turned up at the Cambridge Velodrome last Friday – Eunice to do a trike ride and Joan to join family and friends in supporting her. Eunice had ridden the track before, on her 90th birthday. The level of supportive cheering rose significantly when award-winning Olympian Sam Dakin met and congratulated Eunice on her birthday. He was putting in some final training before leaving over the weekend for the Commonweath Games in Glasgow. Both women have lived busy, full lives. Joan, born and raised in the Waikato, graduated from Auckland Teachers College in 1947. Her first role was at
New centenarians and good friends, Eunice Richardson, left, and Joan Grice.
Whitiora Primary School before she married and moved to Auckland, where she filled in as a relief teacher while raising five children. The family later moved to Tokoroa, then to Hamilton in 1960 where Joan became an inaugural teacher at Fairfield Intermediate. She also taught at Huntly Primary School and Sacred Heart Girls’ College, along the way attaining her Diploma in Teaching in 1982 and a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Waikato in 1984. After retiring in 1989, she embraced her lifelong love of travel. Eunice was born in Invercargill. The death of her father when she was four shaped her early years when her mother raised Eunice and her two brothers single-handedly. She grew into a woman of many talents, and became known for her elaborate wedding cakes, skilful knitting (something she still
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The life cycles of giants By Janine Krippner
FAITH IN WAIPĀ
Things that last By Murray Smith, Bridges Church
This series on submarine volcanism has covered some of the ways activity occurs below the waves. But what happens when the supply of magma declines or stops? At volcanic hotspots, this can happen as the movement of a tectonic plate slowly carries a volcano away from its magma source. We see this progression across the Hawaiian chain: older islands lie to the northwest, while the youngest and currently active volcanic centres are to the southeastern. Even while a volcano is active and adding fresh rock to its surface, destructive processes are already at work. Rock is weakened by physical and chemical weathering, while rain, rivers, waves and gravity remove and transport loosened material. Rockfalls and landslides reshape steep slopes, and flank collapses may carry a substantial part of a volcano into the sea. The life of a volcanic island is a constant contest between construction and destruction. While eruptions add rock faster than it is removed, the island can continue to grow. Once volcanic activity slows, erosion may begin to win. At the same time, the enormous weight of the volcano can bend the oceanic crust beneath it, while cooling of the underlying tectonic plate can contribute to longer-term subsidence, or sinking. Changes in sea level also alter how much of the island remains above water. In warm, shallow tropical waters, another process may join the party. Reef-building corals and other carbonate-producing organisms can build a fringing reef around the island. As the volcanic island erodes and subsides, reef growth may leave a lagoon
between the remaining land and the reef, creating a barrier reef. Eventually, the bulk of the volcanic island may disappear below sea level, leaving a ringshaped reef, low islands and a lagoon. This is an atoll. Biology has now joined geology in building land, as corals and other organisms produce carbonate material that can become new rock. This tidy sequence is the classic version of the story, but nature is rarely so simple. Not every volcanic island develops coral reefs, and not every reef can grow fast enough to remain near sea level. Repeated rises and falls in sea level, erosion and dissolution of limestone, sediment movement and changing conditions within the environment can complicate the journey. Erosion and subsidence continue. If reef growth cannot keep pace, the entire structure may eventually drown. A volcanic island or shallow seamount can also be worn down by waves. It may then remain beneath the ocean as a flat-topped seamount called a guyot. To us, islands can feel permanent. Communities may live on them for hundreds or thousands of years. However, an island is only one stage in a longer story: born beneath the sea, rising above through eruptions, reshaped by erosion and collapse, and perhaps eventually returning beneath the waves. This is a beautiful reminder that we are here for a short time, and we get to enjoy this singular snapshot of what our planet looks like. It is our responsibility to understand it and take care of it.
Tamahere
Anyone who has done a house shift knows the upheaval that accompanies the process. We prepared recently to ‘pull up our tent-pegs’ again. I overlooked, or at least seriously misjudged, how much stuff we had accumulated since our last shift. Naively embarking on what I imagined would be straightforward was a mistake. Full credit to my wife at the outset for shouldering the ‘heavy lifting’ organising packing, and then stacking boxes in readiness. It was a bit dim of me not putting it together that our house contents were just part of the equation to deal with. Two storage lockers containing stuff accumulated over the decades also awaited us I imagined we had been progressively thinning down during previous shifts. But emptying those lockers presented a starkly different picture of how sentimentality had been winning hands down. Boxes and boxes of six children’s earliest artistic marvels, crafts, schoolbooks, certificates, costumes, touching wee notes, Father’s Day and Birthday cards, photographs and so on, provided hours of distraction in the pack-out… and yep, it all accompanied our shift once again. Less meaningful things are readily passed on - like bar stools, boxes of outdated tools, kitchen utensils or a host of unnecessary items of furniture - plus we had enough mirrors to satisfy a convention of narcissists. However more personal ‘treasures’ are not so readily discarded - they hold special memories. I was jarred opening one box with unexpected contents I hadn’t laid eyes on in well over 20 years. Time had ravaged my earliest childhood soft toys made by my seamstress par excellence Nana. A monkey (with infant)
and two teddies, though stored carefully, had deteriorated terribly. Once colourful fabric clothing is now tatty, dull and disintegrating – heads wobble, furry, characterful facial expressions are barely recognisable. Nana handcrafted hundreds of these to sell and raise support for missionaries. Wistfully holding my crumbling childhood ‘friends’, I became lost in thought, reflecting on how with time passing, things just never last. Everything material in life fades and ultimately passes away. Nothing of our temporal earthly life lasts forever and we can’t take ‘things’ with us. I’m certain that Jesus had this reality in mind when saying, “Don’t be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man can give you.” (John 6:27) Such thinking re-calibrates our fixation on accumulating material things in the here and now, without giving due regard to investing for eternal life beyond the grave. Holding ‘things’ lightly and not allowing ourselves to be captured by the pursuit of worldly ‘stuff’ is vital. Christian psychiatrist John White once said, “enslavement to the visible, makes faith in the invisible suspect.” Jesus’ words challenge us to focus on investing eternally. “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.” (Matthew 6:19,20)
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Hail the velodrome
In 2014 visiting UK royalty opened the Cambridge velodrome. It was built for $28.5 million after a prolonged multi-regional bid process with financial input from Sparc, which later evolved into Sport NZ and HighPerformance Sport NZ. Financing from outside of government related sources included $6 million from the regional council and a significant input from Waipa District Council. At the time of building, it was surmised that construction related activity would result in a socioeconomic impact on the high side of $6 million and Cambridge area benefits would top $5 million annually. That figure has been far surpassed as the multi-uses of the building have expanded. During the planning and building phases it was also estimated the facility would attract over 180,000 visitors a year. So why this velodrome coverage by me? Well during the first half of July we donated four days as repeat volunteers to assist 240 young people achieve further cycling greatness - thus building their recognised credentials to greater heights. Along
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with professional input from Cycling New Zealand and velodrome staff, 20 volunteers and officials gave long hours to ensure that almost 200 races took place safely – and that success was publicly recognised. A total of 240 young cyclists brought a plethora of school and club coaches and a large overlay of parents who spend large on accommodation, food and travel, backpackers, schools, clubs and air bnb – all were utilised to earn income from these welcome visitors. It was fun, it was tiring, it was educational (what are Keirin and Madison you may ask?). Did you know that track bikes require 200lb of tyre pressure… and these athletes feed their physically drained bodies with the right nourishment to burn off the demands of huge energy bursts especially down the final straight? And they greatly appreciated the ample fruit donated by Leamington Fresh Choice. My heart goes out to the physically brave and mentally focussed young riders who are seeking paraplegic sporting fame. Their dedication, and that of riders who man the all-seeing front seat on a
tandem are dampeyed joy to behold. Just imagine being a totally blind ‘back seat’ pedalling machine having total faith in the person just 3cm from your forehead. The velodrome is expanding –its internal usage is multiplying across several fronts with a large collection of different fitness regimes settling into the circular building. This will be enhanced with construction internally, soon, of the Sporting Hall of Fame which is transferring from Dunedin. The late Alan Livingston would have been very proud. Along with the rowing fraternity, cycling has brought huge financial and social gain to Cambridge. That the town is named The Town of Trees and Champions speaks for itself. A young female school rider who collapsed exhausted at my feet after blasting across the finish line to take a gold medal epitomised the spirit of her cycling mother who brought glory to New Zealand cycling, and Cambridge, at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
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Understanding the split
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Message from Mayor Mike Kia ora, In setting this year’s rates, we’ve kept our focus on the things that matter most: looking after the every day services our communities rely on, supporting a district that continues to grow, and keeping affordability front of mind for ratepayers.
This is a simple example only, designed to help show how rates are split. We know rating levels can be tricky to understand and change according to many different things including location, value of property and targeted rates. You can get more information on our website or call or email us if you’d like more details for your property.
What about water?
That has taken a lot of careful work. After the transition of water supply and wastewater services to Waikato Waters Ltd, our starting point for the budget was higher than we wanted. We went back through the numbers line by line, challenged costs, and found $3.6 million in operating savings to help bring the average rates increase for this year back to 10.7 percent after growth. That is made up of an 8.1 percent increase for Council services and activities, and a 19.1 percent increase for water supply and wastewater, which must be ringfenced for Waikato Waters Ltd.
For now, the water share remains as part of this year’s rates bill with wastewater being on your rates account/bill and metered water on a separate water account/bill. This part is ringfenced to help look after the pipes, treatment plants and reservoirs our communities rely on every day, and supports the move to Waikato Waters Ltd, the new water organisation for our district. You can find out all you need to know here: www.waikatowaters.co.nz/en.
This has not been a simple budget to put together, but it has been approached with care, discipline and a strong commitment to doing right by Waipā. We have taken the waters transition into account, along with what that change means for us. We also know there are still some unknowns ahead, particularly following February’s severe weather event.
What will my rates bill look like this year?
As always, our commitment is to the people of Waipā — to deliver the services you need, support our communities, and make careful decisions so our district continues to be a great place to live, work and visit.
Mike Pettit Mayor
Jo Davies-Colley
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For households across Waipā, the main thing to know is that your day-to-day services will carry on as usual. Your water will keep flowing, your toilets will keep flushing, and your rates bill will still come from Council. This year, water supplied through metered connections will continue to be billed in four instalments. For now, Council remains your point of contact for billing and enquiries. Waikato Waters Ltd is expected to take over water billing in its second year. Council will also continue to manage stormwater for now. Find out more at: www.waipadc.govt.nz/our-services/rates.
Mayor Mike Pettit Your Elected Members
That leaves the funding required for the rest of Council’s services, including transport, parks and reserves, libraries, waste and recycling, community facilities and much more. You can find a full list of Council services at: www.waipadc.govt.nz/our-services.
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All for one… What is the problem? OPINION
To think big, or not to think big. That is the debate in the greater Waikato as local bodies debate the best options to offer up to an impatient government. Add to that concerns that the government’s “Head Start” push doesn’t allow time to evaluate proposals beyond looking at lines on a map. This week Waikato Business Chamber Don Good argued the logic for one Waikato unitary council was becoming increasingly simpler to understand and having 11 in the greater Waikato for 535,000 people had resulted in decision-making that was not in the best interests of its citizens. But rural communities are not necessarily convinced. In Te Kūiti Karen Barrett - the wife of Waitomo mayor John Robertson - is promoting a petition calling for resident to support a Waitomo-Ōtorohanga merger over a super council. In Ruapehu concerns have been raised that there has not been enough discussion with northern neighbours in the King Country. And in the South Waikato volunteers involved a community-led local government reform engagement process said discussion should focus more seriously on protecting local communities. Scott Tynan told The News feedback had raised key questions - people were being asked to comment on maps before they had been shown the governance model, the financial model, the local voice model, or the safeguards that would be built into any future arrangement. Councils have been instructed to submit preferred options for local government restructure by August 9. Decisions are set to be made in May next year.
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Don Good
Don Good says artificial boundary lines drawn on a map have proven to be a big problem for business and drive significant organisational costs for councils, which spill over very quickly into rates and fees increases. “Inevitably, the councils on either side of the blue line on a map adopt different cultures, attitudes, rules, regulations, and a competitive mindset entrenches in the staff,” he said. “A One Waikato model encourages collaboration, combined thinking and decision making.” In pointing to the importance of Waikato’s rural sector he also argued those artificial lines had potential to grow a “them and us” attitude between urban and rural sectors that would hamper Waikato’s development for decades.
I’ve been following the Government’s local government reform process with interest. It’s being framed as a response to councils that are “too complex, too costly, and too hard to navigate.” Fair enough - but for most people, that’s not how the issue shows up. It shows up around the kitchen table in the cost of housing, power and food, the reliability of infrastructure, and whether their community feels liveable and connected. Low voter turnout is another sign that things need to change. Against that backdrop, the proposed solution is fewer, larger councils — with a narrow window for councils to decide what that looks like, or have it decided for them. It has an echo of Henry Ford’s famous line: you can have any colour, so long as it’s black. Councils are being asked to “choose” — but within tightly constrained parameters that point toward a predetermined outcome. The government campaigned on localism in 2023, yet this process feels at odds with that promise. Councils are now working through options at pace. Not necessarily because they want to — but because the alternative is central direction. These processes inevitably create tension: some districts positioning to anchor future structures, others working hard to retain identity, influence, and local voice. The options on the table — whether that’s a single Waikato unitary, sub-regional groupings, or variations on the status quo — could all work. Or fail. The process risks answering the wrong question: “how big can we tolerate getting?” rather than “what problems are we trying to solve?”
We’ve seen this before. Auckland’s amalgamation was meant to resolve fragmentation and inefficiency. It brought energy and coherence in some areas — but many of the same criticisms still apply today, more than 15 years on. Structure wasn’t a silver bullet. Restructures rarely are. Anyone who has worked in a large organisation knows the instinct: when performance falters, the new boss redraws the boxes. But without addressing root causes, culture, incentives, and capability, the lines on the org chart change — and little else. That’s the risk here. A kind of modern cargo cult: replicating the visible features of success in the hope that better outcomes will follow. But outcomes don’t come from form alone. What matters more is clarity on the real issues — housing affordability, infrastructure funding, water, and growth pressures — and the tools and leadership to address them. Because if those kitchen table pressures don’t ease, no amount of structural reform will feel like success. Take housing. There’s nothing inherent in a larger council that will make homes more affordable. The real levers sit in land supply, infrastructure financing, planning settings, and national policy frameworks — many of which sit with central government. If we want better outcomes for the Waikato, we need to focus less on form and much more on function. Otherwise, this risks becoming an expensive distraction. Again. • Harvey Brookes is the Executive Director of Wellbeing Waikato
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Health shuttle gifted
Addison’s double Cambridge Middle School student Addison Rouse is on the squash equivalent of a roll. Having won the North Island Under-13 girls title in Napier on July 11, the 12-year-old won the South Island Under-13 title in Nelson on Saturday. She was one of three Waikato juniors to collect titles at the event.
A family whose roots in this area go back 100 years is behind the gifting of a new health shuttle to Cambridge and surrounding communities. Ray and Trish Marx and their family were present when the new shuttle was blessed at a ceremony at Tamahere Country Club. Also present were Waka Ora Health Shuttle volunteers, St John Order members, ambulance staff and fundraising team members. An appreciation for the service provided by staff and volunteers, and their own family’s involvement with St John, led to the Marx family decision to give back to the community. “I was a volunteer with the organisation
in Hamilton for two years, and our granddaughter is a paramedic in Auckland,” Trish Marx said. Ray Marx said the family has been part of this community for over 100 years, tracing its roots back to Roto-o-Rangi. “Gifting this shuttle that ensures others can access the care and transportation they need, simply feels right,” he said. A weekday shuttle service transports people to and from essential health-related visits they may otherwise not be able to attend. Last year, the team of 16 health shuttle volunteers helped over 3000 people reach their appointments. In 2025, they did 1163 trips, travelling over 25,000km.
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Cambridge rider Lily Greenough in action before the world finals were called off. Photo: SWPix. Hautapu are 2026 Breweries Shield champions and their B side also took home the Rowe Cup.
By Jesse Wood
Jason Thomasen is a stalwart of 159 Hautapu premier games, and the latest win really hit home for him. Hautapu won the Breweries Shield, beating Hamilton Marist after losing to them in the 2024 and 2025 Waikato club final. And it came after Hautapu B had won their division and the Rowe Cup. “It was a huge win especially stopping the Marist three-peat and winning at their home ground. No better feeling having that final whistle blow and all our supporters and Bs guys still in full kit from there game storming onto the field,” Thomasen said. “For 13 years I’ve been involved with our great club and you never know when it’s going to be your last season, being
older now, so this one hit home hard. Especially doing it with guys like David Morris and Mitch Jacobson who started at the club at the same time. “But to do it for our community, we have huge support at our club - people who have been in involved at our club for over 50 years. To bring that shield back to our people and celebrate with them was something special. He said to win an A championship you have to have a strong Bs side. Players are fighting for positions all season and challenging each other at every training. It also capped off a great first season for head coach Isaac Boss. Evergreen David Morris, winger Waisake Salabiau, halfback Harry Chittick and number eight Konelio Burgess scored tries, while fullback
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Patrick Hedley slotted two conversions and a penalty. “It was an awesome way to finish the season. The boys put in a huge amount of work from the start and to see that pay off by winning the Breweries Shield was really special,” Salabiau said. Of the coaches, management, supporters, sponsors “and everyone behind the scenes” their effort often went unnoticed, “but they’re a massive part of what we achieved”. The Hautapu B development) side went through 2026 undefeated – 16 games and 16 wins after finishing fifth last season. Hosting Fraser Tech B at Cambridge Memorial Park in the Rowe Cup finale, they trailed 26-10 at the break before righting back to win 46-34 in front of home support.
Strong Brisbane winds forced cancellation of UCI BMX Racing World Finals where Waipā riders were competing this week. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announced the cancellation of the finals in the interest of rider safety at the Australian venue. Following repeated assessments of the prevailing weather conditions, it was determined that safe racing could not be conducted within the available competition window. The decision was taken with the support of the UCI Athletes’ Commission representative on site, the
National Federation Team Managers, and the Local Organising Committee. Podiums were decided on times recorded in the limited qualifying races. Cambridge rider Lily Greenough was the best of the kiwi riders in fourth place in her first year in the under-23 elite women. North Harbour’s Rico Bearman was fifth in the elite men. The pair were the only New Zealand riders in the top 10. Officials are hopeful of improving conditions with 3000 riders set to begin race in age group challenge racing on the smaller five metre start ramp.
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New home for old gateway By Jesse Wood
A piece of Ngāhinapōuri history has been rehomed and repurposed. The school front gates erected in 1954 have been moved from Kakaramea Rd, State Highway 39, around the corner to an entrance point at Stewart Reid Memorial Park on Reid Rd. The park was donated to Ngāhinapōuri by Neil and Gracie Reid in 1946, in memory of their son Pilot Officer Stewart Walter Reid who had been killed on active service in 1942. Descendent Marty Reid is on the Stewart Reid Memorial Park Trust which was involved in moving the gates and brick structures. The gates had once been the school bus drop-off point, but in the last 20 years or so hadn’t been used often as the main road became too busy. “The bus used to pull up there, kids would get out and there was no danger at all,” Stewart Reid Memorial Park Trustee Allan Kempthorne said.
“There was hardly any traffic, but it’s just so busy now. They’ve been sitting there for about the last 20 years not being used,” trust chairman Marty Vickers said. “In a meeting, we said do we want to move them? And are they moveable? “Marty Reid asked the Ngāhinapōuri School Board of Trustees if it was okay.” Work from several park trustees began on June 23 to move the structure and more than 100 man-hours followed. “We talked to a few people about what we should do, because they have huge concrete footings. We had to dig about 700mm deep,” Vickers said. “We had a working bee and took all the blocks, in between the pillars, down by hand. Then we came in with a telehandler, picked the pillars up and brought them around to the park’s Reid Rd entrance.” Once they had been moved and the bricks were cleaned, Tim McLennan rebuilt the brick work.
Trustee Brian Marcroft was pictured in front of the gates as a 12-year-old when they were built. “You talk to those that attended the school and they remember the gates very well,” Marcroft said. “By the park here, there was only ever an old wooden gate. It’s an entrance way that really was used more when cricket was still being played. Now it looks good and hopefully it’ll get used more. “There’s a few generational people involved in the gates being shifted, most of us trustees have been here for several generations. “When Marty Reid started school, he cut the school’s centenary cake in 1977. He’s probably a fifth generation in Ngāhinapōuri.” Marcroft said as the school looks to celebrate 150 years in 2027, the gates – that have been there for nearly half of that time – will now be used more and continue to add to the legacy of Ngāhinapōuri.
Brian Marcroft was pictured in front of the gates in 1954.
The 1954-built Ngāhinapōuri School gates have been moved to Reid Rd. from left, pictured are some of the Stewart Reid Memorial Park trustees - Angus Cunningham, Brian Marcroft, Marty Vickers, Campbell Thomas and Allan Kempthorne at the new gate site. Photo: Jesse Wood
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