Singer wows
Guest of honour Elaine Wogan, centre with from left: Dianne Gwynne, Renata Stent, president Elizabeth O’Driscoll and Kaye Pollock.
Waikato soprano Elaine Wogan wowed members of the Cambridge Women’s Club at its recent annual meeting. Singing in German, French, Italian and Spanish, Wogan’s talent was abundantly on display, said Dianne Gwynne who was reelected to the committee with Renata Stent, president Elizabeth O’Driscoll, Kaye Pollock, Raewyn Handcock and Barbara Fisher. “We have an amazing list of guest speakers and entertainment ahead,” said Gwynne. The club meets monthly in Darcy’s Restaurant at Hidden Lake Hotel.
Service honoured
Dawn Inglis
Waipā District Council group manager Service Delivery Dawn Inglis has been honoured for her 40-year career by Taituarā, New Zealand’s local government professional organisation.
Inglis began her career as an engineering cadet, and she told councillors it had been a “fabulous and very rewarding” career to look back on.
Objections heard
Three objections to an application by Ultimate Rally Group for a temporary road closure during Labour Weekend to hold the Targa Rally were dismissed by Waipā District Council’s Service Delivery committee this week.
Clams found
Freshwater Gold Clams – Corbicula Fluminea – also known as corbicula or the Asian gold clam
Divers have found golden clams visible on the riverbed at Waipā’s Pukerimu River intake, but they are not impacting any water supply infrastructure and are not responsible for severe corrosion of the intake line. The Pukerimu Water Supply Scheme sources water from the Waikato River and services rural households between Te Awamutu and Cambridge, Hamilton Airport, Ōhaupō and Mystery Creek.
Clarification
The crowd of about 250 at the powhiri for Stephanie O’Sullivan at Karāpiro’s Sir Don Rowlands Centre. Photo: Mary Anne Gill
The story ‘We chose Steph’ which ran in The News (August 29) said there were 250 invited guests at new chief executive Stephanie O’Sullivan’s powhiri. There were 118 invited guests and more than 50 students from Te Awamutu Intermediate’s kapa haka group, plus their whānau and supporters. We estimated there were 250 people attended.
New leases
Cambridge’s Rochelle Jager watches as Joss comfortably navigates gate five during the Cambridge Dog Obedience Club’s championship show.
New five-year leases were to be granted to the Cambridge Dog Obedience and Hautapu Sports and Recreation clubs by Waipā’s Finance and Corporate committee this week. The dog club will pay $377 a year for its 2.1950ha of reserve land while Hautapu will pay $873 for 6.9ha with each paying an annual administration fee of $357. Both leases had expired and will have no rights of renewal after the five years while the council considers its sports field lease model review.
Temporary alcohol ban
An alcohol ban for events being held in Lake Karāpiro Domain from this weekend – when the New Zealand Masters Rowing nationals will be held – until May next year, at the conclusion of the Legion of Rowers regatta, has been approved by Waipā District Council. Temporary bans have been in place since 2011 but exclude the Don Rowlands Centre and a period between 5-9pm for campers in the domain to socialise informally.
Project underway
Work has restarted on the Cambridge stormwater outfall project in the C3 growth cell between St Peter’s School and Te Awa Lifecare Village, delayed by six months when archaeological features – fence posts and fire pits – were discovered. Iwi and Heritage New Zealand have said the work can continue.
Time extended
Enjoying a ‘teamwork’ moment after last week’s opening of the new whare are CCH general manager Gabby Byrne with her Te Awamutu counterpart, Kainga Aroha Community House general manager Kane Rangitonga. Photo: Viv Posselt
Cambridge Community House has varied its lease with Waipā District Council to extend it by eight years from March 2031 through to March 2039. The trust owns all the buildings on the site including the original cottage which it bought for $1 eight years ago. Services provided are drug and alcohol assessment, family/whānau, youth and general counselling, financial mentoring, family violence response, support and prevention.
Drought gardens
A campaign will get underway soon and include a scavenger hunt, workshops and a competition to showcase the best drought tolerant garden in Waipā. The council proactively plants drought tolerant plants around the district to set an example and show how beautiful the gardens can look without the need for excessive water.
Taste of honey
The low level of pH in manuka honey – a way of describing whether something is acidic, neutral, or alkaline – has been blamed for the corrosion in the Paterangi Road bridge’s wasterwater pipes. An urgent pipe renewal has taken place to replace the ductile iron sewer and prevent leakage into the stream underneath it.
Faecal matter found
Paterangi Road bridge wasterwater pipe replacement
A sewer manhole which overflowed in Paterangi Road near Te Awamutu has been blamed on a wastewater pipe which was leaking into the Mangapiko Stream. Samples taken originally showed high faecal matter. Waipā council’s water reticulation team discovered the leaky pipe a month later and replaced it.
