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The Weekend Sun
E N T E R T A I N M E N T G U I D E REVIEW
DVD MOVIES
OUT THERE
Film critic Laura Weaser reviews this year’s Best Picture Oscar winner.
Reviews of DVDs, old and new, as well as other bits and bobs.
Stories, snippets, strangeness, and general entertainment.
GUIDE The ever popular guide to ‘What’s On’ in the Bay.
Friday 2 March Monster Garage Sale
Baby & children’s gear, Tauranga Multiple Birth, QE2 Memorial Hall, 10am start. Gold coin entry.
Paintings by Val Helm & Julia Blackler
In ‘The Little Blue House’ downtown Katikati until March 3.
Saturday 3 March 25th Easter Book Sale
Rotary Club of Tauranga need your books. Sale held April 7, 8, 9 9am 5pm daily at Seeka Coolstore, Totara St, Mount. Please deliver unwanted books, magazines, sheet music, records, cassette tapes, CD’s, videos, DVDs & jigsaw puzzles to Caltex Welcome Bay, Bayfair, Greerton, 14th Ave, Katikati or for collection Ross 544 0817
Art in the Park
Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui 7.30am – 5pm. Tauranga Society of Artists offer for sale a variety of art to suit all tastes. Sunday if wet.
BOP Christian Singles
Born Again Church going over 40’s group who meet 1st Sat of every month socially. 575 5556
BOP Sun Club
Open weekend March 3-4 at 430 Manawahe Rd, Matata. Find out more about the naturist lifestyle with no obligation to disrobe or join. Free goody bags & lunchtime BBQ. Special discounted subscriptions for new members (conditions apply). 027 440 5157
Come Dance the Night Away
Sequence & old time dancing, Greerton Hall 8-11.30pm. Great music & supper. $5 entry. All welcome. Run by Tauranga Social Dance. Bev 543 0204
Crackerjack Bowls
Matua Bowls, Levers Rd 1-4pm. Be there 12.45pm. Make up a team of four or we will fit you into a team. Cost $5pp. Wear flat soled shoes. Bowls available. All welcome. 576 9980 or www.sportsground.co.nz/matuabowls
Maketu Kaimoana Festival
March 10 - A celebration of seafood at Maketu Sports Ground 12-6pm. Featuring Madsen Bros, tributes to Eagles, Bee Gees & The Beatles. Tickets at BOP
PaperPlus stores & www.ticketdirect.co.nz
Messianic Weekly Meetings
The Way now meet in the Kingfisher Room, Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk way, Mt Maunganui 10am. All welcome. 570 1438
Polish Club Meeting
Pot luck lunch at Tauranga Regional Multicultural office, Forresters Hall, Historic Village, 17th Ave 11.30am. Any person of Polish origin or interested persons welcome. Ewa 577 1644
Presentation on Buddhism
March 10. Are you happy? Find out how Nichiren Buddhism can help attain indestructible happiness. Free presentation, Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Mount 2-4pm. Ngaire 574 3571
Salvation Army - Youth Fund-Raising
Salvation Army, cnr Cameron Rd & 5th Ave 7am - 12pm.
The Sociables
Males/Females 30’s/40’s. 022 012 0376
Tauranga Farmers Market
Tauranga Primary School cnr 5th Ave & Cameron Rd every Sat 7.45am 12pm. Fresh & artisian produced food. Trixie 552 5278 or www.taurangafarmersmarket.co.nz
Tauranga Synchronised Swimming Club
Coastal Country Music Club Inc
RSA Cameron Rd, Greerton 1pm start. All welcome. June 579 5445
Family Fun Day
Organised by Katikati Lions at Uretera Domain. Wheel barrow racing plus heaps of other activities for the whole family. Fundraiser for the Lions Cancer Lodge. Maurice 549 4474 or wanderingcrocks@yahoo.co.nz
Kids Club ‘3.45 Live’
Games, craft & bible stories. Papamoa Library 3.45-4.45pm. For ages 4-7yrs. In association with changepoint.co.nz. Linda 572 5558
Badminton Club - Bethlehem College
Body & Soul Fun Fitness
Twilight bowls 5pm start, names in before 4.45pm. Bowlers & non bowlers welcome. Joy 574 8334
Petanque
Every Sun, Tues & Thurs at Cliff Rd 12.45pm, Boules available, tuition given, 1st 3 visits free. Neita 572 3768
Radio Controlled Model Yachts
Meet Sun 1.30pm & Thurs 5.30pm at pond behind 24 Montego Drive, Papamoa to race Electron class yachts. Graham 572 5419
Singles Mix & Mingle 50+
Meet 10am for an hour of mostly silent meditation, at the Annex, behind Brian Watkins Historic House cnr of Elizabeth St & Cameron Rd, followed by tea/coffee & biscuits & a chat.
Sundays Friends Meet
Tauranga Spiritual Society
Bible Seminars
Senior Citizens Hall, 14 Norris St 7.30pm. Speaker: Janice Priest. Cost $4, members $3. Enquiries - facebook.
Children’s Day
Meet at 11th Ave Carpark 8am for a tramp on the Rapurapu & Te Waihau walkway, includes stream crossing. $7 non members. Bring lunch, water bottle, sunhat, walking shoes. Mike 548 0122
Free party, lots of fun. Katikati Resource Centre 3-5pm. Gaye 577 1753 or www.christinaproductions.co.nz
Monday 5 March
Papamoa Outdoor Bowling Club
And wheelbarrow racing at Katikati Domain 11am - 3pm. Own 549 3550
Sunday 4 March
Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St, Greerton 1.45pm. Title: “Biblical creation - can we trust it to be true?” Interactive, Q&A. Refreshments provided. All welcome. Vic 543 0504
Session of 108 sun salutes at Tauranga Yoga Centre, Elizabeth St 10am. Session takes 2 hours. Movements explained so everybody can do a safe practice. Cooling down & restorative poses. Entry $10 donation for YST organisation. Email: jakarap@xtra.co.nz
Lions Club Family Fun Day
Coffee afternoon at Zaggers Cafe, Chapel St 2.30pm. Mix & mingle with other like-minded singles in a relaxed atmosphere. Gayle 027 439 3267
Incorporating arts & crafts indoors, at Bethlehem Town Centre car park. (Second entrance to town centre off Bethlehem Rd) 8am – 12pm. Stallholders $10 per site. On wet or fine. 576 0106
Yoga Stops Traffick
Season starts today. Mon & Weds 7.30-7.30pm. Members & casual players welcome. Ph/text Sue 543 0035 or 0211 944 335
A good swimmer but getting bored with swimming lengths? Come for a free trial lesson at Synchro, Baywave 9-10.30am, first Sat or each month. Pool entry fee applies. Angela 552 5416
Bethlehem Lions Market
12pm. Something for everyone. Suzane 573 3389 or 027 290 1168
Tauranga Tramping Club
Te Puke Lions Market
Farmlands carpark (opp Countdown Supermarket). Summer hours 8am -
For over 50’s, social events & guest speakers. Mon & Fri, Greerton Hall Cameron Rd. Tues Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave. Weds Memorial Hall, 11th Ave. All classes 9.15-10.15am. First class free. All welcome. Dianne 576 5031 Qualified Instructor/Cardiac Care leader.
Fire Brigade Indoor Bowling Club
Club night, Highbury Trophy 7.30pm at Greerton Hall, Cameron Rd. Anne 579 1079
Friends of the Libraries
Monthly meeting, Tauranga Central Library 7.30pm. Bruce Farthing, Deputy Principal Otumoetai College, discussing The Importance of Libraries to students in the digital age. Supper provided. Entry fee $2 members, $3 visitors. Use side door. All welcome.
Harmony a Plenty Barbershop Chorus
Every Mon at Bethlehem Community Church, Moffat Rd 7pm. New members welcome. 542 4191 or www.harmonyaplenty.co.nz
Katikati Art Group
Memorial Hall Bldg, Main St, Katikati Mon - Thurs 10am-4pm.
Mah Jong
Interested in playing or learning to play? Every Mon at Papamoa Sports Centre, Parton Rd 12.30-4pm. Entry $2. Sue 542 3073
Matua Bowls Twilight Mondays
Levers Rd, Matua 5.30pm. Make up a team of 4, or we will fit you in a team. $5pp per game, one game per evening.
The Weekend Sun’s guide to who’s playing and where. Sausage sizzle $1 at end of play. Raffles. Register, Geoff 513 1202 by midday on day of play. Wear flat soled shoes. Bowls available. www.sportsground.co.nz/matuabowls
Meditation
Free classes Mondays 10am & 7.30pm. Find peace, success & a new awareness. David/Trish 576 9764
Mount Badminton Club
Competitive club night at Mount Sports Centre, Maunganui Rd 7-9pm. All past & new players welcome. Janice 575 2438 or 027 201 0529
Nam Wah Pai Kung Fu
Papamoa club training at Tahatai Coast School, Evans Rd every Mon & Thurs 6.15-7.45pm. Brian 579 4358 or www.nwpkungfu.co.cc
Otumoetai Indoor Bowling Club
Club night, Matua School Hall, Clivedene St 7.15pm. Karen 576 0443
Recycled Teenagers
Gentle exercise for 50’s forwards, & injury or illness rehabilitation. Mon & Weds, 14 Norris St, Tauranga Senior Citizens Club, behind Pak n Save. Tues at St Mary’s church hall, Girven Rd. All 9am - 10.30am. Taken by Heart Foundation phase 3 cardiac instructor. First class free. Jennifer 571 1411
Relationships Aotearoa
Mon - Parenting Through Separation, free course for separating parents 10am - 12pm. Positively Me 4 Women - self esteem course for women 12.302.30pm. Blended Families, course for parents in combined household 7-9pm. ManMade, self esteem course for men 7-9pm. Tues - Parenting Through Separation 7-9pm. Positively Me for Women 12.30-2.30pm. Weds - Parenting for Success, parenting your 2-12yr olds 7-9pm. Sex, Drugs & Homework, course for parents of teenagers 7-9pm. Parenting through Separation, Papamoa 10am - 12pm. Thurs - Positively Me 4 women 7-9pm. Living without Pornography (new course) Weekend Course relationship secrets, for couples. 576 8392
Sequence Dance Class
Modern sequence dance tuition & revision every Mon 1-3pm St Johns Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai. $3pp. Gordon 573 4333