Waikato Business News | January 12, 2024

JANUARY 2024
WAIKATO BUSINESS NEWS 13
Former Fieldays
chair honoured
Providers
merge
When Peter and Robyn Carr moved to Cambridge it was a matter of convenience, he
tells Waikato Business News editor Roy Pilott.
Auckland’s loss was Waikato’s gain
when in 2005 the lure of three married
daughters in Wellington brought Peter
and Robyn Carr south.
Tired of the bustle in the City of Sails,
they looked for a new home - and got
as far as Cambridge.
It was a town they knew one thing
about – it was a regular rest point
because it had an excellent Superloo.
Fast forward to 2024 and Peter Carr
is a life member of the Cambridge
Chamber of Commerce, served as
chair of New Zealand Fieldays Society
from 2016 to 2019, received the
Waipā Networks Award for services to
business in 2013, served as president
of the Retirement Villages Residents
of New Zealand from 2020 to 2022 –
and his views appear fortnightly in his
“Age of Reason” Good Local column in
the Cambridge News and Te Awamutu
News.
And, as of New Year’ Day, he is also a
Queen’s Service Medal holder.
“Extremely humbled” Carr said of
receiving the award.
“And you know there is almost always
a partner who get rather left behind
in all of this - and in my case I have
enjoyed total support from Robyn.”
When the couple decided it was time
to downsize from their initial Cambridge
home, “Robyn pointed out there was
a new retirement village at the end of
the street – there were 10 homes there,
today there are 200”.
Thirteen years ago this month they
moved not to a smaller home in the
suburbs, but to Lauriston Park – “and
we’ve never regretted it”.
It was there in 2019 that Peter Carr
invited me to speak to the residents at
Lauriston about what we were doing at
the Cambridge News – and later I asked
“can you write?”
Enter The Age of Reason, a rightwing
view of issues – although one
which is influenced by having a
vocal arch critic – one of those three
daughters.
That’s Peter Carr, Justice of the
Peace, a past Lions District
Governor, Rotarian, a member
of the Royal New Zealand
Yacht Squadron from 1981
to 2007 who chaired the
race committee and was
course marshal during the
2000 and 2003 America’s
Cup, a life member of the
Chartered Institute of
Logistics and Transport
– and now, QSM.
• Honours acknowledging
King Charles and using
the KSO and KSM
titles are expected
to be announced
as part of the King's
Birthday Honours
in June.
Peter Carr pictured when he MCed a candidates’ meeting at
Lauriston Rest Home in Cambridge. Photo: Mary Anne Gill.
John Calland
IT platform and managed
service providers Cloudland
and TMG have announced a
merger.
The brands will continue
to operate under their
established names, but the
collaboration is designed
to amplify services across
New Zealand and Australia,
especially in the healthcare
and professional services
sectors.
Cloudland chief John
Calland said clients
would benefit from the
complementary strengths of
the two providers.
“TMG’s impressive
track record within the
primary healthcare market
complements our strengths,
ensuring our clients benefit
from an even wider spectrum
of expertise."
TMG chief Andre Ducrot
saw the merger as a natural
evolution for his company.
“We have a lot of
Andre Ducrot
similarities, including our
comparable size, strong
local community roots,
and shareholders with
considerable experience
working in the primary
healthcare sector. The two
companies will complement
one another well, and our
customers will benefit as a
consequence.”
The merger makes Ducrot
and the existing Cloudland
directors shareholders in the
new entity, TMG Cloudland
Group Limited. Oriens
Capital, a Tauranga-based
investment group, has also
joined as a shareholder.
Community Living Trust,
a Waikato-based provider of
disability support services
and a Cloudland shareholder,
will continue as a shareholder
in the merged entity and
the merged companies will
retain their regional offices
in Hamilton, Whangarei, and
Christchurch.
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