Book launch
Cook plate savour
Cambridge Primary School has launched a recipe book called Cook Plate Savour to raise money for a playground upgrade. Illustrations have been drawn by local artist Grant Jack, recipes supplied by school families and staff with photos taken by Juliette Drysdale.
Cyclist numbers soar
The shared zone at the intersection of Grey Street and Hamilton Road Cycleway.
There were 7,499 users on the Cambridge Cycleway last month – a whooping 2143 more users than in September last year. the busiest day was Sunday September 1 with 431 users.
Revenue up
Lake Karapiro
Revenue at Lake Karāpiro Domain for the 12 months ended June 30 was $1.011 million – up $246,000 on budget. But expenses of $1.457 million were also up on budget by $105,000, GL Events Ltd site manager Liz Stolwyk told Waipā district council’s Finance and Corporate committee meeting this week.
Vintage cars
A 25-car contingent from the Hawke’s Bay Vintage Car Club will visit Cambridge Raceway and a horse stud on Saturday and visit the Ross Brothers Museum in Hautapu and tour the Velodrome the following day.
New playground
King’s Garden playground
King’s Garden on the corner of Carnation Court and Tulip Drive in Cambridge north has a new playground which opened last week. Highlight is a new timber and rope climbing structure, the original swing set has been refurbished and the old slide replaced. There is also a toddler mound, carousel, timber play and plenty of shade and seating.
Ion to go in June
Gavin Ion
Gavin Ion, chief executive at Waikato District Council for 20 years, has resigned and will leave the council in June next year. He and his wife Maureen plan to move to Omokoroa. Mayor Jacqui Church said she was grateful for Ion’s support, helpfulness and excitement when she was elected two years ago. Former Waipā chief executive Garry Dyet – who left earlier this year after 15 years in the hot seat – led the response by saying Ion had been a “real inspiration” to the local government community.
Conference costs
Waipā spent nearly $18,000 sending seven delegates to the recent Local Government NZ conference in Wellington. Mayor Susan O’Regan, deputy Liz Stolwyk, councillors Mike Pettit and Dale Maree Morgan and community board members Alana Mackay and John Wood attended the three-day conference. Waipā pays $51,000 a year to be a member of LGNZ. Auckland and Christchurch councils both left the organisation this year.
International selection
James Gill representing the international team at the Bridges Cup in Korea.
Cambridge ex-pat James Gill, who was selected for the 12-strong international team in a Ryder Cup style golf competition for amateur golfers 25 years and over which started in South Korea on Monday, won his singles on the final hole earlier today.
Two New Zealanders – Gill, who is the Hong Kong champion, and Christchurch’s Nic Kay – were joined by golfers from Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland Australia, France and Holland playing against the United States, going down 17-15.
They never recovered after the opening sessions fourballs where they lost five of six matches.
See: The Bridges Cup
Christmas cheer initiative resumes
Some of the team intent on making Christmas a little easier for some Cambridge residents are, back from left, Amy Watkins (CCH), CCOSS chair Julie Epps, Maree Payne (Cambridge Citizens Advice Bureau), Annette Peake (CCH), Julienne Seath and, seated, Anneka Vuletich, both of the Salvation Army. Photo: Viv Posselt
The annual Christmas Cheer initiative aimed at bringing a little festive joy into the lives of those in need has launched. The initiative is organised annually by the Cambridge Community of Social Services, a joint collective of social services who work together to bring seasonal cheer into the lives of families who have engaged with those services during the year.
They are seeking donations of unwrapped gifts for children up to the age of 16, as well as donations of non-perishable Christmas goodies.
Collection points for donation will be at the following spots until December 9 – Paper Plus Cambridge, Comins Pharmacy, Cambridge i-Site, Citizens Advice Burean, Salvation Army and Cambridge Community House. Some schools may also have them. Those who prefer can also donate money instead of food or gifts.
Fast track
Adrienne Wilcock, Susan O’Regan, Paula Southgate, Chris Bishop, Pamela Storey and National Party MP Ryan Hamilton.
Mayors from four Waikato councils – Susan O’Regan (Waipā), Paula Southgate (Hamilton), Jacqui Church (Waikato) and Adrienne Wilcock (Matamata-Piako), plus Waikato Regional Council chair Pamela Storey – told Housing minister Chris Bishop last week they would work with developers to keep Waikato’s 19 fast-track projects moving.
Subdivision name
Papatakohe Park – meaning a place of leisure – will be the name of a new subdivision west of Cambridge. Developers 3Ms will build it in five stages and complete 212 residential lots and several public roads.
Johnson again
Kirsty Johnson
Cambridge accountant Kirsty Johnson was re-elected Cambridge Town Hall Community Trust chair at its annual meeting last week. New trustee Hannah Myers, who recently gave birth to a son and brought him along to the meeting, was elected deputy chair replacing Rob Feisst who died earlier this year. Other trustees are Antanas Procuta, Beth Tauroa, Charlotte FitzPatrick and Jason Tiller.
Golden dinner
Perago Trust fundraising dinner and auction
A trust established in 2012 to support young athletes in the Cambridge community will hold a fundraising dinner next month where 12 Olympic gold medallists of the last 24 years – from Rob Waddell in 2000 to Lucy Spoors and Ellesse Andrews this year – will mix and mingle with guests. Money raised will go to the Perago Trust which has supported more than 70 athletes including Andrews, sailor Micah Wilkinson, BMX rider Leila Walker and basketballer Ella Bradley.
Leases extended
A raft of new community leases of five years, with two rights of renewal of five years each, have been granted by Waipā District Council in Cambridge. Cambridge Scouts Group in Maclean St will pay annual rent of $314, Cambridge Netball Centre $47 a year for Scott St, Cambridge Rowing Club, $57, and St Peter’s School Trust Board, $16, for Karāpiro Lake Domain and The Order of St John $212 a year for Fort St.
Roads named
Private lanes in the new Kelly Road subdivision have been given the names Blanche, George Tuck and Ulmer after Blanche Carnachan, a Cambridge born teacher, George Tuck a builder, soldier and diarist and the Ulmer family – Sarah and Ron – both successful New Zealand cyclists. Public roads will be called Fisher Rd, after politician John Fisher, and Edward Wells Rd, after the Royal Air Force captain and World War II flying ace. Both had Cambridge connections.
