BAY WAKA, issue 10 - Autumn, FEB-APR 2018

The exclusive community companion for Tauranga Moana inhabitants Issue 10 - Autumn 2018

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MOTORCYCLING Our very own Men's Shed Tauranga Page 10-11

Farewell to Counciller Gail McIntosh Page 19

Be part of our Long Term plan 2018-2028 Page 22-23

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Answer the following five questions correctly by 31 March 2018:

• What is the increase in Bay Waka circulation? (pg. 3) • Where is the Mens Shed? (pg. 10) • What is the final date for Long Term Plan submissions? (pg. 23) • What is the Bay Waka Exclusive Offer? (pg. 37) • Which fraternity delivers TLC bears to DHB EDs? (pg. 38) Email your answers to: rialto@baywaka.nz or post to: PO Box 137 Tauranga, 3140

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Editorial Feature Our Community Social Culture & Art Learning Children Food & Recipes Sport & Wellbeing Pets & Wildlife Business Classifieds Supporters Index

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About us Editor:

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Contact 7-days: 022 673 8006 editor@baywaka.nz Sub-editor:

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Photographer: Andy Belcher

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MOTORCYCLING MAKETU A most welcome back!

Special thanks to all who allowed my interruption of your holiday so that we could get this magazine to the finish line. That support truly made a positive difference; being able to connect with you while everything is shut down. The show must go on – you know it!

This issue made a significant jump up to 32,000 printed copies, allowing us to share our community magazine now with Papamoa, The Avenues and City.

A big warm welcome, if you are a first-time reader! Good to have you on board.

Our Feature articles and front cover highlight how a community spirited group of people can create something special for others to enjoy. The Maketū Gentleman’s Club have quietly established themselves over past years and recently hosted 500 motorcyclists from all around New Zealand for their biennial Poker Run. If you like a friendly bike rally, this is something to diary for November 2019.

Sadly, Tauranga City Councillor Gail McIntosh has gone back to the stars (pg. 19) and left behind big shoes to fill. If you ever presented to Council, you always knew what Gail was waiting to ask you, so you needed to have been prepared. Her departure has necessitated a by-election and the outcome will be determined before the coming Bay Waka winter issue 11.

The Tauranga City Council is now asking for our submissions towards the Long Term Plan (pg. 22-23), so unless you put pen to paper now, you have nothing to complain about later. Send your wisdom in and better still, present it before Council for the best effect. Let’s all work together to make a positive difference for our city’s future and support our Council to do the same.

Finally, I want to thank all our advertising supporters without whom, we couldn’t create this wonderful community magazine. If you come across one of our supporters, please tell them that you noticed them in Bay Waka. And if you need a new kitchen, or make-over the old one, have a house to sell, or need health treatment, use the services offered in Bay Waka. It really makes a difference.

Thank you too for YOUR ongoing support and feel free to email us your feedback and comments!

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History of the Maketūū Gentleman’s Club

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n 2000, as the new millennium dawned over the seaside village of Maketū, five childhood mates with a passion for motorbikes decided to start a club.

“We loved Harley Davidsons”, Bill Nicholas (aka Uncle), a club founder remembers, “We were just friends who wanted to ride and have our own place to socialise.”

Seventeen years down the track, the Maketū Gentleman’s Club has more than 70 members living in New Zealand and Australia. “We are family. Everyone is different but everyone is the same”, concludes Bill.

Years of working-bees pave the way

Feature - Motorcycling Maketu

The similarities to family are obvious when you visit the MGC clubhouse - a renovated half-round shed perched on a hill on the outskirts of Maketū.

First, there’s the orange flames - the club’s emblem - it adorns t-shirts, flags, ornaments and of course, motorbikes. A source of pride that’s not a patch - no gang patches are allowed at this club.

Laying down the concrete foundation for the current Clubhouse on 13 September 2007.

Secondly, there’s the evidence of teamwork from the customised wrought iron gate at the beginning of the driveway, to the fully kitted out kitchen and bar, to the performance stage made from a converted shipping container and outside to the snazzy women’s loos and landscaping that turned empty paddocks into an impressive complex of buildings.

Maketū’s own community function centre “There are many different tradesmen and business owners in the club and everyone chips in to help where and when they can”, Bill explains. “The clubhouse is used for all sorts of community events, weddings, birthday parties and whānau gatherings,” says Bill, “MGCs a social club that prides itself on hospitality.”

From high-tide to hill-top Looking back, Bill remembers the club’s first ‘Poker run’ at Newdicks, a private beach on the other side of town. Picture, a marquee just above the high-tide mark, generator power and long drop loos.

“It was pretty basic but about 300 bikes came from all around the country. People enjoyed themselves and once the word spread, that was it.”

Maketū Gentleman’s Club has kept growing from there and as more and more riders raise their hands hoping to join the club, the growth will continue.

By Bill Nicholas, Maketū Gentleman’s Club (MGC) I write for this magazine to share our passion for motorcycling.

The new covered stage area is still under construction and close to completion.

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Every which way but lost Every two years in November the Maketū Gentleman’s Club’s (MGC) Poker Run is held.

The first thing you hear is the roar, when nearly 500 motorbikes kick into life, it’s a sound you cannot mistake. For the doorslammers, the last thing you see is the taillights.

Cartoon promotional sketch of the 2017 Poker Run “Every Which Way But Lost”, drawn by local Maketū artist Alby Mascheretti.

Best poker hand wins For the uninitiated, a poker run goes like this - the aim is to get the highest poker hand, so at the beginning, each rider draws a single playing card, they then ride on to different locations where they draw another card each time, ending up back at the clubhouse where the final card is drawn.

This year a friendly neighbouring farmer was the winner triple aces - and he came away with $1,000 in prize money!

A weekend of local hospitality It cost $50 per head for riders and their passengers to enjoy the entire weekend which included among other things a hangi, five live bands and prizes.

Riders came from all around the country and overseas - one from America - all attracted by the club’s reputation for fun and hospitality. Men and women, young and old, and in between. More than 500 bikers altogether - something that would have given a Queensland policeman a coronary - but there was not even a whiff of trouble. The strongest smell was burnt tyres, after the burn-out display.

Mutual reciprocal support Bike clubs around the country host similar poker runs with the same purpose of fundraising and MGC join-in to support them as well. So, it’s a chance to reconnect, to meet new people and quietly check out each other’s bikes.

“We wholeheartedly thank everyone who supported us”, says club member, Bill Nicholas, “And we look forward to seeing everyone again in 2019.”

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his past November, the roar from the Maketū Gentleman’s Club could be heard for miles. It signalled the beginning of the club’s biennial poker run. This time a rider gave the light-hearted title – “Every which way but lost”.

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MGC community connections What does the Tauranga Waldorf School and the Maketū Gentleman’s Club (MGC) have in common? The answer is, 2017’s class Four, or 2018’s class Five!

Under a clear night sky in rural Pyes Pa in March 2017, parents gathered around the fire after a day supporting the overnight camping experience of their Tauranga Waldorf School children. Two of those Dad’s were Bay Waka’s editor Antoon Moonen and one of MGCs founders, Bill Nicholas.

Locals born to ride Antoon’s attention piqued when he heard from Bill how a home-grown motorcycle club from 17-years earlier had become a permanent feature on the landscape of Maketū, with its hillside club buildings facing towards the setting sun over distant Kaimai’s and Mauao (Mount Maunganui).

Bill was explaining about the coming ‘Poker Run’ bike rally planned for November 2017 when 100’s of people from around New Zealand and overseas descend on Maketū for a biennial Saturday ride around the Tauranga district together.

Heads up local bikers!

Feature - Motorcycling Maketu

To Antoon, this Poker Run sounded like just the special community event that went unnoticed and he vowed to be around to see for himself and bring it to the attention of the Bay Waka readers.

On Saturday 25 November 2017, Antoon and son Reilly, were present to watch the start and finish of the biennial Poker Run. There were 480 registrations and the run took place without incident, except for a wholehearted good time had by all!

Tauranga Waldorf School classmates Reilly (10) and Amorē (10) offer to take all the credit for their Dads' collaboration.

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Te Maire Martin rides into town Up and coming Kiwi league player, Te Maire Martin, who is currently playing for North Queensland Cowboys in Australia, was home in time to join in the MGC Poker Run with his family.

Cowboys playmaker Te Maire Martin.

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Bike sidelined by injury

“My brothers and cousins were getting ready to go to Maketū for the Poker Run. So, from out under the covers came my Harley V-Rod muscle.

“The ride on Saturday was wicked and I was just settling into it and bugger me, my bike started spewing oil.” To the rescue, a group of Maketū Gentlemen in a pick-up truck.

What a cool buzz it was meeting heaps of different people on all kinds of different Harleys. Folks had come from everywhere imaginable. This was a first for me, as my playing career hasn't allowed me the time to do this before.”

“I may have just missed out on one of the best rides of my life, but the subsequent return journey in the truck with Rastus, Mooney and Alex, was a well substituted experience. Most enjoyable, cheers boys.

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That evening continued well. Ate a hearty meal, drank a little and listened to great music.”

“By the time you read this, reality will have set back in, as I have returned to Australia. It's going to be hot and I'm going to miss my bike."

By Te Maire Martin I write for this magazine because I can read it online in Townsville, North Queensland.

Feature - Motorcycling Maketu

"My league season had prematurely finished for the year and there I was back at home, on holiday for a few weeks with my family in our west coast village of Tahāroa (a small village on the west coast of the North Island, to the southwest of Kawhia Harbour – Ed).

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LJ Hooker initiates a $33,000 gift to tenants As Property Investment Managers we know that many of the tenants in properties we manage are wonderful people but whose circumstances are such that they can’t enter into the merriment of Christmas to the extent that perhaps others might. Caring about these people we decided to launch what we hope will become an annual Christmas tradition for LJ Hooker landlords and tenants in Bay of Plenty.

We asked our owners if they would like to gift their tenants a Pak N Save voucher for Christmas as a big “Thank You” to them for the way in which they conduct their tenancy. There was a cost borne by our owners for the vouchers, but we arranged everything else; sourcing the vouchers, advising those Tenants who were to receive them and the handover itself.

Pak N Save Tauriko made the process easy and we would also like to thank them for their support. We were blown away by the response from our owners. Over $33,000 was able to be gifted into our local communities, right when families need it the most.

The response from our Landlords in supporting this initiative was amazing and, of course the Tenants were absolutely overwhelmed. This sort of caring is virtually unheard of in “rentals”.

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Our very own Men’s Shed At a recent interview with Bay Waka, Dave Harper, Manager of the Tauranga Men’s Shed was singing the praises of our Tauranga Community.

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uring this past year, the in-flow of much loved machinery and timber has allowed the Shed to produce a continuous line of toys and wood products. Merchants have also come to the party with surplus or redundant stock.

This has allowed the Legacy Trust Christmas toy programme to reach new heights and distributors – St. Vincent de Paul (Vinnies), St. John’s Bureta and St. Aidan’s Church at Papamoa have done a wonderful job in finding needy homes for the toys made by the Shed.

The Tauranga City Council is also to the fore in the thank you stakes for providing the premises and maintenance at a rate which is liveable.

Dave has put together a great team of enthusiasts whose weekly pay envelope only contains the knowledge that they have brought a smile to a small face.

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Product from recycled materials is on show at the Shed and is well worth a look to show what can be done with materials that were destined for the dump.

The Shed at the Historic Village in Seventeenth Avenue is now a well-established community asset which is proving to be a great benefit to our City.

It would be considered a poor show to allow any donated timber to go to waste.

Even the Vikings know to find the Men's Shed at the Historic Village, 17th Ave.

You should be able to count 11 people in this photo (where's Dave).

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Vinnies - Saint Vincent de Paul Society WBOP Community Connections We have strong relationships with many community services and groups, particularly The Men’s Shed at the Historic Village and we have also adopted Brookfield School to support. We are all working together to weave a stronger community.

Projects • Fullstop – Free mobile food truck • Loaves & Fishes – Delivering free school lunches • Young Vinnies – Nurturing youth to be communityminded • Support Centre – First point of contact for help If things get tough or you face a crisis in your life due to illness, financial crisis, and loneliness – we can help. We have people at the ready in Tauranga, Mt Maunganui, Te Puke, Katikati and Omokoroa.

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Connecting people's transport systems Back in July 2017, Bay Waka visited the display at the Greerton Library to learn more about the Council plans to upgrade the Cameron Road/Chadwick Road intersection, to improve the safety of the area.

At the time, several visitors seemed anxious about the removal of the right turn from Cornwall Street into Cameron Road, so I took the opportunity to ask Transport Manager, Martin Parkes, who was there with his team and NZTA, just how it was that these decisions were made?

In order to understand how the proposed new Greerton traffic designs were determined, Bay Waka readers were first taken down the rabbit hole of traffic modelling in our previous Bay Waka issue 9 article (“Stop, Now Go! Its Traffic Flow”, on page 7).

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With more than a century of traffic management experience combined, the Council’s transport team comprising Martin Parkes, James Wickham, Haydn Wardley and Bruce Robinson assembled to share the facts for the Bay Waka readers.

James Wickham, Tauranga Transport Operations Centre Manager launched into the discussion, “There are many complexities and it’s a process. It is not

just the technicality of ‘traffic flow’”, he said. “The difficulty is first to determine what we are trying to achieve.”

Martin continued to explain that the goals of the Greerton Project were to: • Address the poor safety record of the Chadwick Road/Cameron Road roundabout (ranked among the top five crash sites in Tauranga.)

• Prevent vulnerable road users (people on foot, bike or mobility scooter) from getting injured.

• Retain and enhance the ‘village environment’.

• Create two new cycling routes.

• Maintain the Cameron Road carparks in the design.

Two other goals were: • Ensuring people could come to do shopping and business.

• Not impede traffic flow as Cameron Road is an arterial route “We’re in the ‘people moving business’; all modes, and the safest and most efficient way possible”, confirmed Martin, “but key changes to consider were that cycle, buses and pedestrian movements had to take priority.”

Haydn Wardley, Councils Traffic Signal Specialist continued, “At the very

Proposed new traffic design for Cornwell Street and Cameron Road intersection in Greerton.

beginning, option one was traffic lights at Chadwick Road and from here we started the intersection modelling using ‘Sidra’ traffic software which gives us indications of effects like potential congestion and queue distances, traffic delays and pedestrian delay too.

"We had to think laterally and we tried five or six different designs for signals, each one (somewhat) achieving our objectives or goals, but we had to ask ourselves things like, does this create new problems? Are we maintaining the trees and gardens, while making sure not to adversely affect business?”

“For this job ‘Sidra’ showed us that 4-laning would result in reducing congestion, but at a cost, i.e. removing trees and the village feel. Hence, why we constantly reassess against the goals and objectives”, concluded Hayden.

Martin added, “There were so many competing demands and some key aspects were: • Trying to bring the two-sides of the village together • Encouraging walk, bike or bus into the village • Slowing traffic to a safe and appropriate speed (already had an average speed of 32km/h anyway)

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• Reducing the roundabouts to single lanes to prevent traffic shockwaves (the ripple effect down the road causing traffic to stop – typically triggered by a single driver slowing down).”

In the end, the only traffic lights proposed were ‘light- controlled pedestrian crossing signals’; also, the roundabouts and traffic islands are bigger allowing for even more trees and that important village feel.

“Modelling without calibration beforehand to replicate existing conditions and validation afterwards to check against actual behaviour would be like playing Sim City”, suggested traffic engineering advisor, Bruce Robinson, “it allows us to evaluate our traffic modelling process with real data which in turn can confirm the original design intent.”

Proposed new traffic design for Chadwick Road and Cameron Road intersection.

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“Following 18 months of traffic modelling and consultation with Greerton main street businesses and residents we think we have the best design for the current circumstances, but the next phase after construction will be validating [the overall design] with the operations room real-time data. “

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City Councillors corner

Ready for change? Let’s go.

With the new Maungatapu underpass to Welcome Bay opening soon, a costeffective solution is being suggested as a quick option to provide relief to peak-time motorists using Fifteenth Avenue and Turret Road, sooner rather than later.

The current Council plan is to deliver a solution in 2026 at a cost of $60m to provide a continuous 4-lane road and duplicate bridge.

The alternative concept could potentially be in place much sooner and at considerably reduced cost.

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The idea is, to create only one additional lane within the existing road-space along Fifteenth Avenue and Turret Rd. This third lane would be used to implement a two-lane “tidal-flow” system – the extra lane switches direction to provide two continuous lanes for either the morning or afternoon peak flows.

Automated adaptive LED road markings imbedded into the road surface and overhead LED arrows would clearly define which lanes are open.

Now, here’s the really interesting bit… The existing two-lane bridge would be controlled by traffic lights so that the main flow is accommodated using both bridge lanes in one direction and one of the lanes is stopped long enough, at a frequency to allow time for the smaller opposing flow to pass over the bridge - just like at an intersection, or pedestrian controlled traffic lights.

Together, in collaboration with local architect and urban designer, Mark Wassung, a render of how the tidal-flow concept

Cr. Rick Curach in collaboration with Architect and Urban Designer, Mark Wassung of Design Engine Architects developed this Turret Road tidal-flow traffic design, not unlike a similar design implemented on the previous bridge of old.

could look like, has already peaked a lot of interest.

Interestingly, when the old single-lane Turret Road bridge was still in place, it also had a traffic light system implemented to control the ‘to and fro’ traffic flow, until the time came for the current two-lane bridge to be built.

Maybe it is time to consider the wisdom of old and allow the TCC Traffic Control Centre to manage traffic lights and LED signage on the Turret Road bridge until such time as a replacement solution is implemented?

By Cr. Rick Curach I write for this magazine to inform local readers about new concepts of old.

To view tidal-flow drawing close-up, with animation: BayOnline.co.nz/tidal-flow

Tauranga City Councillor, Rick Curach has collaborated with Mark Wassung over tidal-flow designs for Turret Road bridge.

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Opinion: We believe everything we are told. Yeah right.

On 29 November 2017, 11:44am, the New Zealand Herald published an article online, “Latest North Korea missile launch puts Washington DC within reach.” Embedded in the article was the following statement:

The article casually implies that North Korea has seriously advanced space travel capability. This is no mean feat; to pass through the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere (just missing the International Space Station (ISS) at 408km) and passing into the exosphere at around 500kms, while continuing onwards into outer space for yet another 4000kms before swinging around and returning back to earth, while physically arriving only 1000kms from their launch pad.

Let’s not forget the 2,271 satellites currently in orbit. Lucky, they didn’t clip any of those as they passed by – twice.

To achieve this incredible feat within a 54-minute window, the North Koreans had to calculate precisely to bring their missile approximately 2400km from the launchpad due to needing to take into account the ongoing spin of the earth at 1600kph. What incredible trajectory control and communications technology they would need.

Furthermore, just the 9000km return trip into space within 54 minutes had this spectacular piece of machinery travelling at over 10,000km/h on average! That is over ‘eight times’ the speed of sound, which makes it one of, if not the most advanced intercontinental missile ever invented.

NASA states that the thermosphere can reach temperatures up to 2500°C and up to 2000°C in the exosphere is widely reported.

You have to take your hat off to the North Koreans, who must have built their missile out of the purest tungsten steel with a melting point of 3400°C because almost all other metals and internal componentry would have melted during this spectacular demonstration of their space technology. Not to mention the heat of re-entry which NASA has estimated other probes returning from orbit to be at 34g with a surface temperature of 2900°C. Perhaps if the west invades North Korea, we could acquire some of their insulation technology that sits under the burning tungsten steel skin to

protect the electronics beyond 1100°C, after which, not much can survive melting.

What strikes me most of all, is that no Government has complained about such a weapon of mass destruction, potentially hurtling (twice) past the ISS and 1100 active satellites while performing this extraordinary feat of space travel ability.

It does remind me of the time Tony Blair publicly misrepresented intelligence on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq during 2002.

Do we seriously believe North Korea can build a tungsten missile heated up to 2000–2900°C for nearly an hour, for a 9000km outer space journey at a speed eight times that of sound? Or, are the mainstream media softening up the public for a military strike on North Korea in the near future?

At school, do you remember being taught about Hitler’s false propaganda?

So, what do we have here?

By Jim Swan I write for this magazine to highlight what I think fake news might look like.

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How a simple dashboard can protect and guide Our car dashboards have an array of gauges and data that we constantly monitor. For example, monitoring speed maintains our vigilance with regards to safety for ourselves and other people on the road. Other information such as engine temperature can forewarn of a mechanical and fiscal catastrophic event in the making. Dashboards are good. They give you live information that keeps you moving in the right direction.

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The challenge for many Iwi Executives is in how we measure the social barometer to ascertain if we are making a difference to the ordinary people in the Iwi. Using the analogy of the dashboard, how can we have our own measurements and analytics operating so that we know we are serving our people and our community? When in Quebec, as the CEO of a First Nation Reservation, we developed a dashboard system that could give, not just me but the community at large, data generated feedback on the wellbeing of that very community.

So at Ngāi Te Rangi we are working on a similar process. Like a car dashboard the purpose is to quickly identify what data is available to confirm veracity of our journey. The key is to find the right indicators that can cover a myriad of issues.

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We are starting with four: 1. Children in the care of the state.

How are we decreasing this?

2. Housing. How are we working towards increasing home ownership across the tribe?

3. Reo. How are we increasing the number of te reo speakers across the tribe?

4. Schools suspension and truancy.

How do we work towards keeping our babies in school?

Ngāi Te Rangi Iwi children in care indicate some major whānau issues at stake to the extent that the State intervenes and uplifts children. These same children are put into long term care, and sometimes permanent care, then go on to become disenfranchised from their whānau, hapū and iwi to a level that can become culturally unhealthy. We are able to measure this with the assistance of Ministry of Social Development and Oranga Tamariki (Ministry of Vulnerable Children) with the goal, of course, to lower the numbers of Ngāi Te Rangi children in permanent care, as well as those who are temporarily placed in care.

Home ownership and a comfortable safe home not only encourages pride amongst people, it improves health (mental and physical) and education for children because it is less focused on the difficulties of home life and more on learning. It is long term, in some cases generational, investment for all of the whānau. Having a home you call your own, contributes more to wealth than just the money it brings in. We can intervene by working in partnership with groups to develop sub-divisions, not for us to own and run, but for the various sub-communities to own

and operate themselves. What could happen if we owned a bank or a credit union and were able to provide loans similar to Middle Eastern Community banks rotating the community money more efficiently?

For every Māori organisation, reo survival is critical so how do we maintain and sustain the language of this land.

With our babies and our whānau immersed in Te Reo a lot of social issues fall by the wayside, education learning and viability increases, and so too does general well being. If learning and sustaining Te Reo does this, even just in terms of self-worth, then this would make it an easy inclusion as a dashboard measurement. The question now for us is what exactly are we measuring that can give live feeds?

The natural response is the numbers of uptake on learning programmes.

When it comes to schools I don’t know whether its truancy or suspensions that we should be focusing our attention on.

They are quite different areas of foci for the solutions whilst recognising that there are several major government organisations whose central role is to address these issues. The issue with truancy and suspensions is that when young people fail to engage in education (or is it that education fails to engage with young people?) they are often in holding patterns for criminal activity, petty crime, police interest, the Vulnerable Children register, Corrections lists, justice department registration numbers. The list goes on, but it starts in truancy and suspensions.

We all have a vested interest in intervening long before issues get really bad, to ensure that any intervention is working and to understand how we can support schools to make great decisions on suspensions. It’s also about working with whānau to ensure that they have goals of education supremacy for their children.

So stage one of the Ngāi Te Rangi dashboard is understanding what to measure and how to analyse that measurement so we know how to mobilise solutions for these analytics.

That is the reason why my laptop continues to go flat late at night, and explains my move closer to coffee addiction. But we’ve gotta start somewhere, right?

By Paora Stanley, CEO, Ngāi Te Rangi Iwi I write for Bay Waka because articulating vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others

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More fish, flax and flocks

Back in 2009, iwi and the community set a 100 hectare wetland restoration target through the development of the Kaituna River and Ongatoro/Maketū Estuary Strategy. Since then a lot of work has been done to progress three major wetland restoration projects.

Māori landowners have partnered with Regional Council and Ngā Whenua Rāhui (DoC funding programme existing to protect the natural integrity of Māori land - Ed.) to retire and restore their 15-hectare Papahikahawai Island in the Maketū Estuary as a safe-haven and breeding ground for native birds and fish. Te Runanga o Ngati Whakaue ki Maketū and local Maketū volunteers are assisting with the $534,000 restoration project which involves planting 50,000 native plants over five years, and thousands of hours of plant and animal pest control across the site over twenty-five years.

Two causeways and 1.1km of stopbank that had blocked low-lying land and saltmarsh from natural tidal flows since the 1960s were removed from Papahikahawai Island in June 2017.

The island’s southern shoreline has also been re-contoured, using sand brought in from another wetland restoration site. As soon as the causeways were removed, many years of algae build-up started flushing out of the lagoon. Fish such as mullet, inanga, kahawai, flounder and stargazers are now returning to that part of the estuary. Saltmarsh plants are starting to pop up in the newly inundated parts of the island.

Near Maketū township another Māori landowner, Te Arawa Lakes Trust, has partnered with Regional Council, along with Western Bay of Plenty District Council and a community volunteer group to restore the 22 hectare Whakapoukorero freshwater wetland.

In the past, this swamp provided iwi with food, trade and building materials and although it has become

degraded over time, it’s still home to rare wildlife. So far three hectares of pampas and other weeds have been removed and replaced with 5,500 native plants. Rare wetland plants are already becoming re-established in the area. Work to improve water levels, fish passage and establish new open water areas has also begun.

New open water areas at a third freshwater wetland restoration site, in the lower Kaituna Wildlife Management Reserve, were also created in 2017 as an early step toward re-creation of 4580 hectares of freshwater wetland in parts of the reserve that are being used as grazing pasture.

Kōtuku-ngutupapa or Royal Spoonbills take flight at the Maketū estuary.

Photo: Andy Belcher.

The three wetland restoration projects are part of a $15m investment over ten years committed to in the Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s 2015-25 Long Term Plan to help deliver on Kaituna River and

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It is great to see that plans to restore more than 100 hectares of wetlands around the lower Kaituna River and Te Awa o Ngatoroirangi/Maketū Estuary are now bearing fruit and early signs of environmental recovery are starting to show.

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Micro-volunteering the way of the future?

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Micro-volunteering could involve anything from signing a petition or retweeting a message to taking part in a flash Haka. The only requirements are that volunteers don’t need to go through an application process, the tasks may only take hours or even minutes to complete, and there’s no ongoing commitment.

The vast majority of micro-volunteering takes place online, but it doesn’t have to. Weeding a garden in a local community centre or going to visit a lonely neighbour for half an hour or so counts just as much.

People aged between 20-40yrs frequently cite the biggest barrier to volunteering as lack of time. Micro-volunteering tends to be done mostly by young people and one of the key advantages is flexibility. Micro-volunteering is quick and efficient, which can save charities and organisations time and money.

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My farewell to Gail McIntosh Rest in peace...

I met Gail when I arrived in Tauranga in 2012, a time when she had swapped her car for a wheelchair.

However, it wasn’t long before she was back driving and turning her mind to the future.

The world of politics had always intrigued Gail. Years earlier she had been the National MP for Lyttleton and with vigour and determination she again stood tall – literally and figurative speaking – as she prepared and entered for a life in Local Politics.

Many a weekend we spent together visiting locations, checking out proposed changes to the City, meeting key decision-makers or just discussing matters the Council was about to address. She thrived

on the challenge, but it was her ability to quickly identify facts and remove emotion that ensured she was always prepared and ready to put forward her view at the Council table.

It was the same determination to succeed that saw her face, fight and conquer cancer again in late 2015. I will always hold the memory of her during that time asking me, “Where’s my lippy, I must not let people see me looking like this”.

Her love for her family and partner was evident. She loved nothing more than spending weekends away with Jim (her partner) fishing somewhere in the Bay or in the Coromandel.

Her decisive approach, energy and enthusiasm will be a big loss to the Council, the City and big shoes for anyone else to fill.

Thank you so much for the time we shared - now Gail just rest in peace.

TCC Councillor, Gail Helen McIntosh, c. 1955 - 2018.

By Bev Edlin I write for this magazine so people can understand the strength and determination Gail displayed in the latter years of her life.

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The independent report by Community Housing Solutions and Livingston and Associates, paints a picture of eroding home ownership and increasing rental demand from couple-only and single-person households.

The report also predicts a big increase in senior renters.

Those aged over 65 and renting are set to increase by 222% over the next 30 years in Tauranga City, and by 182% in the Western Bay of Plenty District.

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We’re on track for an April 2018 completion.

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Baypark to Bayfair Link

Work well underway on Bay Link

The boundaries for the Baypark to Bayfair Link (Bay Link) project are now set up. The construction team has made great progress at the northern end, near Bayfair Shopping Centre.

The project is focussing on:

• Preparing the site for the new Maunganui-Girven intersection on and off ramps.

• Power relocation works along SH29A. • Locating and protecting underground services.

• Dust suppression initiatives, such as installing a bore and spraying polymer to form a hard layer over the exposed dirt areas, and carrying out regular monitoring.

A 50km/h temporary speed restriction is in place throughout the site for the duration of the project for the safety of drivers and their passengers, and also for the people working on the project. Please take care driving through the site.

During December a new stormwater line was installed along Matapihi Road to SH2, in readiness to cross under SH2 towards Bayfair Shopping Centre in January 2018.

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What da ya want? Respect.

When do ya want it? Right now.

It’s the respect that people really want, and it’s the respect that others try to take away because it has value.

Waitangi Day. Some people just want to make something of it for their own individual or ideological gain. I use my own analytical tool called REMIS, as a way of determining what drives people in an altercation, negotiation, merger or communication.

R – Revenge. Some people are tackling an issue or point simply because they seek revenge for some wrong done to them or their friends.

E – Ego. Self-explanatory really. What is often found is an egotist hiding behind ideology.

M – Money. Simply put they are in it for the coin, and often hide behind science or ideology to cover their desire for money.

I – Ideology. People say they are about a just society or a fiscally responsible community. They focus their energies or their arguments on this. The trick is to find out whether it really is ideology that they are arguing for, and invariably it isn’t. It’s merely a cover for the real issue.

“Talk will be swayed by the wind, but talk with authority will remain as solid as a rock.”

- Hauata Palmer

supposedly explains the issue. The psychological term is nominal fallacy.

‘PC gone mad’ is code for ‘I don’t agree with this and I don’t have a decent empirical or fully supported argument to sustain my view’.

I have no intention of analysing the Treaty and/or the Declaration of Independence, but there is something quite simple in any relationship, whether it’s within a marriage or within a country and its nationhood. Do you actually want to live together and respect each other and acknowledge each other? It’s as simple as that for every Kiwi from the Cape to the Bluff.

The answer is yes. Even if I call it Aotearoa and you call it New Zealand, can it still be the same place? Ae. Is it ok that when I call it Aotearoa and you call it New Zealand that it conjures up different connections to the land?

Aaah, yeah. Do I secretly want us all to get along and sing Kumbaya around the fire – yeah, nah… but secretly yeah.

Are there groups of people who, for whatever hurt or political ideological reasoning, do not want us to get along because they are inherently racists and want one side to be more devalued

S – Stupid. Some people are reinforcing the adage of ‘stupid is as stupid does’.

Sometimes Stupid could be sharing the bed with ego, money or ideology.

The Waitangi arguments are the prime beef of analytical tools such as REMIS. I often hear bleating arguments of “this is PC gone mad”. Not really buddy. You are merely trotting out a convenient statement that allows you to disregard the concerns of others by making an unfounded, unresearched and exasperating statement that

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than the other? Yes. What should we do about that? Perhaps celebrate the fact that we can say that in our country without (other than media) persecution.

In that song by Peter Paul and Mary, Kumbaya, the lyrics talk of someone singing, someone laughing, someone crying and someone praying. I pray for a country that is ok in its own skin, and that skin is tanned.

It does not subjugate a language, or come up with benign camouflaged racist BS about why it shouldn’t be used, because every other gosh darn continent in the world is alive with respected and multiplicitous languages.

You have to ask yourself, what is the worst that could happen to us all speaking at least two of several different languages? Nothing. You simply become enhanced.

I say that we are not brave enough as a country to do this, but we should be brave enough as individuals.

By Paora Stanley, CEO, Ngāi Te Rangi Iwi I write for Bay Waka because words are the most critical hope for a society.

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I have lived in countries in the world where tripartite and dualities of language are common. Like in the Gaspe’ Coast in Quebec where Mi’gmaq and French were freely interchanged during any part of any day. Near that place is the site of the final naval battle between English and the French – the battle of Restigouche. It was surprisingly a place where the First Nation, the French and English even today still vie for recognition and respect.

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How we talk and write to each other needs to change.

Too much talking out of turn. Gossip can be deadly – and not listening deadens talk.

Too many silences, taken by others as agreement when it is not. If you don’t agree, speak up!

Too many communications from official bodies that disregard good sense.

Like the IRD asking questions in an email whose return address is ‘No Reply.’

Like unsigned letters that therefore have no legal validity responding to some complaint you’ve raised. Or signed ‘Yours sincerely’ from the Department of This and That. Why can’t we know which human individual we’re dealing with? Is their policy No name, no blame?

The other day I was in McCafe with two friends, enjoying a proper conversation. At the next table were four teenagers, each with cellphone in hand and texting in a frenzy.

Texting whom? How rude if it’s someone outside the group. How insane if it’s not.

Face-to-face communication creates a third dimension, adding facial expression and body language to the mix. If that’s missing, let’s ensure our words work properly, or language itself declines.

We must know with whom we’re speaking, or that communication falters. And we must understand that spoken words work differently from words onscreen or on the page.

Otherwise, words will fail us.

Don’t you agree?

By Jenny Argante I write for the Bay Waka because I believe we get to know each other by talking and listening.

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Implementing zero waste behaviours within marae

Our organisation seeks to create behaviour change that diverts waste from landfills, reduces water and air pollution and educates the public to reduce plastic litter.

Para Kore is a Māori organisation and its programme is grounded in relationships and whakapapa to Papatūānuku, Ranginui me ō rāua uri.

Turning waste into resource Para Kore is working towards embedding zero waste behaviours within marae and Māori communities across Aotearoa. While ‘de-normalising’ the throwaway mentality that currently exists through much of our society, we aim to normalise the careful consumption of local products while promoting reuse, recycling and

composting as standard practices.

Our goal is to ensure that materials previously considered to be waste will instead be seen as a resource.

Free resources and support Para Kore provides free resources (recycling bins and signage), interactive waste audits/wānanga, help setting up recycling and composting systems and ongoing support for marae and organisations.

Para Kore was established in Tauranga Moana in 2014 and is currently working with 41 marae and community organisations across the region.

Please contact us: taurangamoana@ parakore.maori.nz or 027 5555 034 if your marae, kura, kōhanga reo or community organisation is interested in Para Kore.

By Rachael Ruakere I write for the Bay Waka to encourage everyone to take up the Para Kore (zero waste) challenge within their homes and community.

Rukuwai Lloyd – Kaiārahi Para Kore, Tauranga Moana working towards zero waste.

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He PitoPito korero CELEBRATING 25 YEARS AS A KURA KAUPAPA MĀORI This February the kura is celebrating its 25th year as a Kura Kaupapa Māori Te Aho Matua. Kura Kaupapa Māori were first established in 1985 with Māori language, Māori customs and knowledge forming the foundation of the students’ learning and school environment.

The demand for these kura arose out of Māori whānau having the strong conviction that their children need to learn within a context that is their own, and that celebrates and acknowledges who they are as individuals, as a Māori, as a member of a hapū, iwi and community.

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While there was little support for these kura by the Ministry of Education in the first 26 years, the academic and cultural success achieved over the years by these kura saw a rapid growth in numbers, and also contributed to the growth in other Māori kura and bilingual schools and classes throughout the country. Research has shown that students who attend Kura Kaupapa are more likely to achieve NCEA Level 3 and University Entrance.

We have three Māori language wānanga coming up.

Local people with any Māori language ability are invited to attend. The goal is to encourage more people to learn and develop their Māori language skills and fluency, as well as learn some waiata and local history along the way.

While TKKM o Otepou is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, it was first established in 1894 as Karikari Native School on the original site of Tamapahore Marae. It has since experienced a few changes, moving to Welcome Bay Road and becoming Papamoa Native School, then moving to its current site from across the road, and in 1968 after a community hui was named ‘Otepou’. This year’s celebration is the fore-runner to the kura’s 125 years celebration next year.

16 – 17 February, 23 – 24 March, 20 – 21 April at Te Whetu o te Rangi marae

We are planning to celebrate with several fun events for the current students in the week immediately following Easter Weekend, as well as a formal occasion on Friday, 6th April inviting the wider community and local schools to come and celebrate with us. We are looking forward to hosting and enjoying these events.

The dates for the wānanga are:

The venues for the first two wānanga are yet to be confirmed, but will hopefully be at one of the marae near the kura. If you have any queries please contact our office on 544 2525.

Our first wānanga was held on 1-3 December 2017 at Te Whetu o te Rangi marae. There was a good turn out with a number of the participants being new to learning te reo. The programme was supported by Maringirangi Pohatu, an enthusiastic, generous, patient and wonderful Te Ataarangi tutor. We really appreciated her support. All are welcome to the next wānanga.

The senior kapa haka in Gisborne at the Mana Kuratahi 2017.

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Exciting times for the Children’s Garden

“We’re coming fresh from current practices in both early childhood, primary and tertiary teacher training and are really passionate and committed to making a good children’s centre even better”, says Shaz.

“Enhancing children’s natural curiosity happens through a fun and a stimulating approach that is both planned and spontaneous. We know

that when children have a strong sense of belonging it helps build their confidence for future learning”, says Sharron.

More time and play outdoors One of the many points of difference this child centre offers is Johnson Reserve which is right on the back doorstep and the children love to explore this rich, natural environment through the ‘bush kindy’ programme. Recent research has shown there is a ‘Nature Deficit Disorder’ now apparent in children.

Sharron and Shaz have joined forces at the Children’s Garden Preschool and Childcare centres in Welcome Bay.

“Our commitment to connecting children with the natural environment is an important part of who we are”, say Sharron and Shaz.

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Homely and sized accordingly, while connected to the local communities of Selwyn Ridge and Welcome Bay primary schools, the Children’s Garden Preschool and Childcare centre is intended to be an extension of the child’s home and whanau. Sharron and Shaz are the delighted new owners of The Children’s Garden Preschool and Childcare in Welcome Bay.

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Chef Stephen’s - Food that brings people together

Summer Pasta and French Tarte aux Fraises I hope you all had as I did, a most wonderful refreshing and relaxing Christmas holiday.

On today’s menu we have got two very delicious dishes - my Summer Pasta dish and a French Tarte aux Fraises (Strawberry Tart).

The lovely summer weather is still with us and for me it's all about simple recipes that are quick to make, as I want to make sure I enjoy my pre-dinner drink (preferably a chilled glass of Pinot gris

or Rosé!) in the backyard while the sun is still out over our beautiful Tauranga Moana, therefore I choose recipes that don’t require a lot of preparation, but still are full of flavours... and why not double the recipe so that you don't have to cook the following day - Kapai!

The first dish is ideal for a summer lunch or dinner, and goes well with any pasta, but I prefer to serve it with spaghetti. It's fast, tasty and (without the steak in the recipe) well suited for vegetarians. I am highlighting the

Eggplant, also known as the Aubergine, for its amazing flavour and texture.

When choosing eggplants, they should be heavy in relation to size for the best quality. When cut it should be creamy white with no brown seed cavity showing as this is bitter. It may be the first time that you try this very delicious and fleshy vegetable so give it a go... you will love them. An alternative substitute would be courgettes.

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Stephens Summer Pasta • 1/2 Eggplant cut into small cubes • One handful of Black Olives pitted • ¼ cup sliced spring onion • Fresh Basil.

• Fresh grind of Black Pepper and sea salt Method • In a large pot, bring two litres of water to a rolling boil; add pasta and salt to taste. Stir gently, then cook pasta according to package directions (approx.8 minutes).

Time to make: 30 minutes Cost per serving: Cheap as - $2.50 pp Ingrediants • 1 box 500g Spaghetti (I prefer the Barilla brand) • 3 tablespoons Olive Oil / Vegetable Oil • 1 medium onion, thinly sliced • 4 cloves garlic (NZ is the best) • 1 medium red chilli (optional as the kids may not like it!)

• 200 g Rump/Sirloin Steak • 1 medium red pepper, seeded and sliced • 200 g button mushrooms • 1 corn cob (now that it's summer buy them fresh and slice off the kernels...easy peasy)

• Meanwhile, in a very large non-stick frying pan or wok, heat vegetable oil or preferably olive oil over mediumhigh heat. Add the garlic, onion, red pepper, red chilli,... it will smell divine. After two minutes add the thinly sliced steak. Cook off quickly turning the mix for a couple of minutes. Add the diced eggplant; cook for 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently. I usually add some of the pasta water (1/4 cup) to let the steam cook through the eggplants as they tend to soak up the liquid. Add the mushrooms, olives and sweet corn and continue to stir until all the vegetables are fork-tender. Season with fresh cracked pepper and sea salt and finally if you have some fresh basil, now’s the time to add it in. Yum yum!

• Drain pasta "al dente" and immediately add the delicious stir fry vegetables and steak; toss to mix evenly. I like to add an extra glug of good cold pressed olive oil for a light sauce. Spoon mixture into bowls and top with sliced spring onions . If you want you can add some grated parmesan cheese on top....and for the brave, to make it hot, just add some chilli peppers with the vegetables.Mama Mia so good!

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Strawberry Tart (Tarte aux Fraises) And now the taste of summers intense sweetness for dessert....

A 375g pack all-butter shortcrust pastry or make your own (see below).

Ingredients Pastry • • • • • • •

225g plain flour 150g cold butter, cut into small cubes 25g icing sugar 1 large egg, beaten 2 tbsp water 500g strawberries, hulled and halved 4 tbsp redcurrant jelly

For the crème pâtissière • • • • • •

500ml whole milk 1 vanilla pod, split lengthways 2 large free-range eggs 100g caster sugar 30g plain flour, plus extra for dusting Finely grated zest of 1 lemon

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Method • To make the pastry, measure the flour, butter and sugar into a processor. Whiz until the mixture looks like breadcrumbs and then add the egg and water. Whiz again until it forms a ball.

• Roll out the pastry thinly on a floured work surface until it is just a little bigger than the size of the tin. Line the tart tin with the pastry, letting the extra pastry hang over the sides of the tin. Place on a baking sheet and then chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.

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• Preheat the oven to 200C or fan 180C. Line the tin with non-stick paper and fill with baking beans. Blind bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven until pale golden brown.

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• Take out of the oven and remove the baking beans and paper.

Carefully trim the excess pastry from the sides using a sharp knife. Reduce the temperature of the oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Return the empty pastry shell to the oven for another 10-12 minutes or until it is completely dry. Set aside to cool.

• To make the crème pâtissière. Put the milk and vanilla pod in a large pan, bring to the boil, then turn off the heat. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs and sugar for 10 minutes until voluminous, then beat in the flour and lemon zest. Strain the warm milk slowly into the egg mixture, whisking continuously. Clean the pan, then pour the mixture back in and gently bring to the boil, stirring constantly until it has thickened. Take the pan off the heat, cover the surface of the crème pâtissière with baking paper and leave to cool. If you do not have time to make the creme pâtissière you can replace it with chilled Vanilla Custard easily sourced from any supermarket.

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• Spoon the crème pâtissière/Vanilla custard into the tart, then level the surface with the back of a spoon. Place a strawberry half in the centre of the tart, then arrange concentric rings of fruit around it until all of the crème pâtissière is covered.

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• Gently warm the jelly with 2 tbsp water until melted, brush over the strawberries and leave for 2 minutes to set. Serve.

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Sailing towards the next Olympics 2020

New York 40 classic class racing yacht "Rowdy", captained by Brendan McCarty on the path to victory in Antibe, France during the Panerai Classic series (September 2017).

Brendan took a well-earned break with his Tauranga family, midsummer 2018 with mum and dad Lynlee and Graeme McCarty.

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Greerton residents, Lyn and Graeme McCarty enjoy tracking the achievements of their youngest son Brendan who lives in Valencia, Spain.

his division of the 2017 Panerai Mediterranean Marconi vintage series.

For the past 4 years Brendan has been the captain of a 20-metre famous New York 40 classic class racing yacht from 1916 named "Rowdy". During this time Brendan and his Rowdy crew have either won or been on the podium (15 x 1sts, 2 x 2nds, 2 x 4ths, 1 x 6th) from 20 regattas, culminating in winning

Brendan commenced his sailing career aged 10 in a Sabot followed by a Laser Radial in which he represented NZ at the World Championships in Los Angeles 2007.

Paving the path to success

He later began a sail-making apprenticeship in a small loft in Opua,

Northland and three years later, having completed his internship, decided that Superyachts was the path for him, so he obtained his Yacht master certification and headed overseas.

Aiming to keep good company After some quality time on the big boats, Brendan had a realisation that he missed centre-board sailing and decided to also chase his childhood dream to compete in Finn sailing at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, hopefully by representing New Zealand.

Over 3.6 million people watched Finn sailing at the Rio Olympics and the sport reached 1.8 million users on Facebook. Part of what feeds the audience's enthusiasm is the live media feed from competitors’ Go Pro cameras during the races.

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“The Finn is an amazing boat that has produced some of the best sailors ever to live, such as the great Paul Elvstrom, Sir Ben Ainsley and of course our own Sir Russell Coutts”, says Brendan. “I figure, if I make it in this fleet, it will be an achievement I can hold proud for life.”

On his Olympic quest, ‘our Brendan’ is looking for sponsorship in exchange for “unprecedented marketing support".

To promote your export brand in international waters, contact Brendan directly: brendan2020@baywaka.com.

If you want to join Brendan’s crew, you can visit his web site: nzyachtconsultants.com.

By Lyn McCarty I write for this magazine because in 2020 you can say, “I first heard about it in the Bay Waka”.

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Local business digs deep for Club

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o more shivering in the wind and rain at Te Ariki Park in Maungatapu, home stomping ground of the 2016 Baywide Premier Champions, Rangataua Sports and Cultural Club, thanks entirely to the generosity of David Little of Ideal Buildings Tauranga donating two side-line team shelters to the Club.

“I just wanted to make it more comfortable for the team and managers and also visiting teams, “said David, “It’s not something a Club prioritises their spending on, so I just thought I’d help out.”

So, if you’re also thinking about a shed or garage at your place, why not give our local

Long time Tauranga resident David Little with new local, Antoon Moonen appreciating the brightly adorned side-line shelter at Te Ariki Park, painted by Tautoko Matehaere (a.k.a Sept).

Photo: Andy Belcher

lad David a call at Ideal Buildings, he is always happy to chat.

Lastly, our thanks to Tauranga photographer, Andy Belcher, who

used his secret powers to remove all the shadows from the inside of the shelter (above).

By Antoon Moonen

Sport & Wellbeing

The back of the Rangataua team shelter is adorned with a papaka (crab) painted by Tauranga urban artist Tautoko Matehaere (a.k.a Sept), who’s work can also be enjoyed at the Pop-Up Park Art site in Devonport Road in Tauranga city.

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Teddies on Call Emergency Departments are frightening places when you are small, unwell or hurt.

The people you meet seem bigger and if you are in pain it is overwhelming. Having a Love and Care Teddy Bear to hold can make all of the difference particularly when you can choose the colour.

Our team in ED are delighted with the gift of the Teddies It’s a brilliant idea that we can use so that children can show and point on Teddy what is hurting.

Using the Teddy bears as a model can also help parents to see what a therapy may look like particularly if a child needs oxygen or intravenous medications.

Feedback from the ED team members is that, “The Teddies make the children’s eyes light up”; and “It is a delight to see the change in the children’s faces when they see the Teddy and know that it’s theirs to keep”.

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The first box of 100 bears is almost empty with another box waiting to be opened. In ED we are all enjoying giving a bear to help reduce our children’s fears.

We are very grateful to be chosen by the Freemasons as the site for the Teddies for Loving Care bears (www.TLCappeal.org.nz).

By Stephanie Watson Charge Nurse Manager Tauranga Emergency Dept Bay of Plenty District Health Board I am writing for this magazine to thank the local Freemasons for their lovely gift of the Teddies for Loving Care bears.

A joke, by special ‘letter’ request from Tom Oates, Tauranga A duck walks into a pub and orders a pint of beer and a ham sandwich.

The bartender looks at him and says, "Hang on! You're a duck."

"I see your eyes are working," replies the duck.

"And you can talk!" exclaims the bartender.

"I see your ears are working, too," says the duck. "Now if you don't mind, can I have my beer and my sandwich please?"

"Certainly, sorry about that" says the bartender as he pours the duck a pint. "It's just we don't get many ducks in this pub. What are you doing around this way?"

"I'm working on the building site across the road," explains the duck. "I'm a plasterer."

The flabbergasted bartender cannot believe the duck and wants to learn more, but takes the hint when the duck pulls out a newspaper from his bag and proceeds to read it.

So, the duck reads his paper, drinks his beer, eats his sandwich, bids the barman good day and leaves.

The same thing happens for two weeks.

Then one day the circus comes to town.

The ringmaster comes into the pub for a pint and the bartender says to him: "You're with the circus, aren't you? Well, I know this duck that could be just brilliant in your circus. He talks, drinks beer, eats sandwiches, reads the newspaper and everything!"

"Sounds marvellous," says the ringmaster, handing over his business card. "Get him to give me a call."

So, the next day when the duck comes into the pub the bartender says, "Hey Mr. Duck, I reckon I can line you up with a top job, paying really good money."

"I'm always looking for the next job," says the duck. "Where is it?"

"At the circus," says the bartender.

"The circus?" repeats the duck.

"That's right," replies the bartender.

"The circus?" the duck asks again. "With the big TENT?" "Yeah!" the bartender replies.

"With all the animals who live in CAGES, and performers who live in CARAVANS?" says the duck.

"Of course," the bartender replies.

"And the tent has CANVAS sides and a big canvas roof with a hole in the middle?" persists the duck.

"That's right!" says the bartender.

Local Freemason, Bro Teddy Bear undertakes his hospital responsibilites with love and tenderness.

The duck shakes his head in amazement, and says: "What would they want with a plasterer??"

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Lifestyle changes can help prevent cancer Almost everyone in NZ has either suffered from Cancer or known someone who is close to them suffer from cancer.

However, few realise almost half of cancers are preventable.

Risky Behaviour You may know smoking causes cancer. Did you also know obesity, alcohol, inadequate vegetables and fruit, lack of dietary fibre and physical inactivity also increase risk of cancer? By making changes you may prevent yourself or your loved ones getting cancer!

Making Changes is not always easy!

The desire to improve your health sometimes is not enough.

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Emotional Freedom Technique EFT Practitioner Chatelle shows you how to use tapping to release mental blocks, limitations and disempowering beliefs, to help you make the changes you want.

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By Jaine Kirtley, Bay Naturopath Bay Health Clinic

Defend Yourself Against Cancer Now!

I write for this magazine because it’s a great way to help a whole community communicate to become happier and healthier.

Note, previous issue 9 article (pg. 37) about friendly bacteria: A subheading "Probiotics are Natures Antibiotics”, was added to the article. This is not in fact the case, although Probiotics do boost Immunity. Many herbal medicines we recommend are more accurately “natures antibiotics”.

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Critically endangered bitterns at ARRC Bitterns are a type of heron, a native species and are critically endangered in NZ. There could be as few as 900 bittern (Matuku) left in NZ. They are shy, well-camouflaged and rarely seen and their numbers have declined due to widespread habitat loss.

In January 2017, three juveniles were brought into ARRC Wildlife for care which was a rare and exciting occurrence.

ARRC worked with DOC and the birds were taken to Hamilton where they were reared into adults. Two of them survived and had transmitters attached so that they could be monitored and more could be learned about this threatened species once they were released back into the wild.

Almost one year later, one of the monitored birds has been seen incubating a clutch of eggs, a fantastic development since no other bitterns have survived in NZ for this long with a transmitter on.

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Last month ARRC received another two chicks, one from the Tauranga SPCA and another from a member of the public.

Both were found to be in good health and have now been transferred to Hamilton for further care. It is hoped that they will also be reared successfully and returned to the wild in the Tauranga region

By Dr. Liza Schneider, ARRC Wildlife Trust (arrc.org.nz) I write for this magazine to educate and empower people and help animals and the environment.

Critically endangered bitterns at ARRC

One health - the health of animals, people and the environment Considering the needs of animals, humans and the environment is a theme that is up and coming in our society and also known as “One Health”. This model recognizes that the health of animals, humans and the environment are intertwined and inter-dependent.

This concept is age-old and obvious to indigenous native people who live off the land for example Bushmen, Native American Indians and Eskimos. They know that if they overuse their resources with over-fishing or depleting animal or environmental supplies it will have a negative impact on them too. One Health is also well-known amongst conservationists where there is a greater understanding that if endangered species are to be saved they need to have their natural environment preserved and have the local community of people involved in helping.

Science has shown that there is a link between animal abuse and domestic violence and Mahatma Gandhi said “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated”. There is also research showing the tremendous benefit that animals have to human health and well-being and some work places are now encouraging pets to come to work!

Our environment and animals in our community deserve our respect and care, without this commitment our human well-being will ultimately suffer.

By Dr. Liza Schneider, Holistic Vets I write for Bay Waka because supporting our community and doing what we can to help our animals is important to us.

Thanks for this opportunity!

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February - April 2018

Amber is a seven year old Labrador Cross dog who does regular hospital visits, where her gentle and lovely nature no doubt brightens the day of many patients.

She was playing happily one recent Friday morning at the park; running, jumping, chasing - all the good stuff but her energy levels evaporated quite suddenly on the walk home and she became weak and sluggish.

Amber was taken straight to the vet clinic where it was seen her gums were very pale, indicating a likely drop in blood pressure (blood provides the normal healthy pink colour of gum tissue).

Her tummy felt tense and a bit swollen so an X-Ray was taken which showed the normal abdominal contents (intestines, kidneys etc) were blurred out by an abnormal build-up of fluid in the abdomen.

As an X-Ray can’t distinguish between different fluid types (pus/blood/water/ urine), a needle was carefully inserted into her abdomen and a syringe was used to suck some of that fluid out.

Books from our own backyard Writers in the Bay. Plenty to be proud about.

He’s known as Mattie to family and friends, and is now officially author Matthew Schwass with publication of his first book, Thoughts, Twinks and Truths From Me to You. This was a major challenge to write, because Matthew is severely autistic.

He has relied always on his faith in God and the support of his loving parents, but for a project like this he needed some outside assistance.

This came in the form of fellow-poet Shona-Ellen Barnett. From 2015, the two have worked closely together to perfect his text for publication. The result is not ‘writing by an autistic man;’ it’s creative and insightful literature in its own right.

Observation is the basis of all good writing, and keen observation the special talent of the poet. In that respect, Matthew has exceeded expectations, and produced something truly original and well worth reading.

Read an article on Matthew Schwass in this month’s issue of Freelance: bayonline.co.nz/book32

Once her condition had stabilised, exploratory surgery was performed, as a bleeding tumour (growth) was the likely cause, resulting in the removal of a tumour on the spleen weighing in at an impressive 3kg!

Amber made a speedy recovery and is back doing her hospital visits.

Although there was no evidence of any more tumours growing internally there is still a risk that tumours like this could recur elsewhere in the body. However, Amber’s owners are very positive and Amber herself certainly doesn’t give the possibility a second thought.

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A tern in time

Pets & Wildlife

The first thing you notice about white-fronted terns is their incredible resilience. They choose to nest in conditions that most of us would liken to a very bad day in Wellington.

The second thing you notice is that they don’t just fly, they dance in the air.

White-fronted terns (also known as Tara or the Kahawai bird) usually nest in isolated places such as rocky stacks or remote sandbars. Although widespread throughout New Zealand, they are so sensitive to disturbance that there is only one detailed study of their breeding ecology. They are listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as “at risk” due to declining numbers resulting from habitat loss, disturbance to colonies and introduced predators.

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Apart from some recent nesting in Bass Strait (Australia), these terns breed nowhere else in the world – except here in NZ – including on our very own Turret Rd Bridge.

And so you wonder. Why would such a beautiful and sensitive bird choose to breed on an old bridge with cars and trucks thundering by just metres away, and constant disturbance from people stopping to stare?

They have nested on the old Turret Rd bridge since at least 2009, although nobody seems to know when they first arrived.

Their breeding habitat was reconstructed in 2013 with the help of NZTA. Some of the old concrete bridge piles were lined with wooden sleepers, and the terns responded immediately

by building more nests in 2013 (22) than in any previous year.

Sadly, in November 2014, three early breeding females were killed by people throwing rocks. White-fronted terns live for up to twenty years, first breeding at three years, the older and more experienced birds produce most of the chicks. Early breeders are likely to be 10+ years old, and loss of those three females hit the colony hard.

Breeding success was poor in the years 2014-2016.

Some good news: 2017 was their second best year on record, with fourteen chicks fledged from twenty nesting attempts (70% success). The best year was 2013, when success was 77%. Worst was 2015, with 6 chicks from 15 nests (40%).

Apart from people throwing rocks, the main threat to colony survival is pressure from the eastern suburbs to widen the bridge in order to support increasing traffic flows.

This little colony of terns is unique for its accessibility, its tolerance of people, and the opportunity to observe and photograph breeding birds from above. It is a taonga. We all share the responsibility for supporting its ongoing survival in the face of economic development and urban growth.

By Ian G. McLean Associate Professor of Resource Management, Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology Ian.mclean@toiohomai.ac.nz.

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2018 looks like a tougher year for business

Stan Gregec, CEO, Tauranga Chamber of Commerce.

As Tauranga has enjoyed its building and population boom, the last few years have been pretty good for business in Tauranga, haven’t they?

But as we start a new working year, I can see some bumps in the road ahead.

With a whole raft of new workplace initiatives being brought in by the new government, the environment is likely to become a lot more unsettling for business – especially businesses employing staff or occupying their own premises.

For many small business owners, it sure has become a costly (and risky) exercise to employ staff. That’s if you can find quality, skilled staff in the first place.

Consider how much more costly and risky it will be as we see more pressure for equal pay, more generous parental leave entitlements and a general tightening up of employment and immigration laws.

These are all changes that will be no doubt be good for employees but probably not so good for the business owners who have to pay their wages, and meet all the other costs of running their businesses.

On top of that there’s a double whammy coming in the form of a massive rates hike proposed for Tauranga businesses under the Council’s new Long Term Plan.

Not only are rates going up across-

the-board to fund Tauranga’s growth monster over the next 10 years, but if the Council has its way, businesses will be expected to contribute a much larger share than they have in the past.

That’s going to come as a nasty shock to many.

These are all extra costs and obligations which I’m sure business owners don’t need to be facing right now - especially at a time when the local economy is starting to come off the boil.

The Tauranga Chamber has represented its members for over 100 years, and we will again be going into bat on many of these issues. As Tauranga’s largest business member organisation, we’ll be waving the flag for the whole business community. But we need your support and feedback to have the impact we need.

By Stan Gregec, Chamber of Commerce I write for this paper because it’s important for business people to be aware of and be responsive to what’s going on in their community.

Should I stay or should I go?

This is the question that many people ask themselves at least once during their working life and has a deeper significance than just quitting a job. It generally infers that an employee is no longer getting the satisfaction from the job that they want, and the organisation’s goals and values no longer align with the employee’s goals and values.

As an organisation this presents a major problem.

Many people say that people leave managers not companies. While this may be true in many cases, more people entering the workforce are choosing to work for companies that have goals and values they can relate to.

Money itself is often not a determining factor if the values of an organisation are contradictory, or don’t reflect the values of the surrounding community.

As a business, sharing your company’s values with your employees is important.

Even more important is involving employees in the development of a mission or value statement that incorporate their values as well.

A mission statement defines a company’s goals in three important ways: • It defines what the company does for its customers • It defines what the company does for its employees

• It defines what the company does for its owners

By Warren Scobie, BiznessWins Diversity Managers

It should be an eloquent, concise paragraph full of meaning and impact. Be clear and specific, and you’ll highlight the core of what makes your venture unique and worthwhile.

warren@biznesswins.com I write for this magazine because it is informative and reaches a wide cross-section of the community.

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From April 1st the minimum wage is set to increase to $16.50. That’ll go up again next year. It may not sound like much of an increase, but it will quickly add up if you’re employing a number of people in entry-level positions – not to mention the upwards pressure it will put on other wages.

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Online shopping and returning goods We had a very interesting interaction with online retailer Mighty Ape recently where two incompatible products, namely a Kobo E-Reader and cover were ordered by us.

copy and paste descriptions from their suppliers with little due diligence; after all they have so many products, right?

Once they arrived, it was obvious that we had the wrong cover for the Kobo E-reader so, I immediately contacted through Live Chat, their customer service to arrange returning the wrong item and to order the right one.

Finally, having been held in that Live Chat room for 1 hour 20 minutes to no avail, I was preparing an exposé (with screen shots) on Mighty Ape for the Government Consumer Protection people and Bay Waka readers when we suddenly received the following email:

To cut a very long story short, the customer service representative and her Manager were extremely unhelpful (to say the least) holding the stance, that ONLY if the original packaging of the cover was in mint condition, would they accept the product as a return.

Business

I didn’t tell them that our packaging was in good condition (or not), because I realised (in my opinion), the treatment that I was receiving was commonplace to these individuals and it wasn't hard to wonder, how many times they had got away with simply fobbing people off before now in simlar circumstances?

Up the garden path To sum it up, the software design and algorithms of the Mighty Ape shopping website and also Google AdWords, both offered up to us these two-incompatible products side-by-side. The shopping cart itself, also failed to inform us that these two items didn’t belong together.

Believe me, we bent over backwards to read all the product descriptions to confirm we had understood and ordered the correct products in the first place, but we were mightily let-down here as well, by Mighty Ape, who probably just

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Putting it right

My name is Dylan Bland and I'm the General Manager at Mighty Ape. Customer Service is one of my responsibilities and I've just learned about your case - which I'm sorry to say has been handled extremely poorly. I'm embarrassed by how you were treated by two members of my team - and I sincerely apologise.

Our "Customers also bought" website feature is designed to help customers find other products they might be interested in. Clearly in your case it's thrown up a bad suggestion - and this should have been acknowledged and fixed straight away. You should have received a no questions asked refund/return as clearly you would not have purchased this incompatible product had it not been for our poor suggestion. We like to make life easier for customers - not worse - and clearly, we have failed you this week, starting with the poor suggestion, and ending with our refusal to help you make it right.

our core values and I will address this.

I am confident that your experience is not the norm (the vast majority of our customers have a happy, positive experience which we are very proud of), but that is not an excuse and every customer should be treated fairly and should feel confident and happy shopping with us.

Once again please accept my apologies for the time you've wasted on this and the frustration you've experienced. [abridged] To our good Bay Waka readers, I say this. Know your rights. When a company allows errors, software and algorithms to misrepresent product information to you and you act on that, they are wholly responsible, whether you have damaged the original packaging or not.

By Antoon Moonen

Consumer Protection helpline Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) Freephone: 0508 426 678 (0508 4 CONSUMER)

Tomorrow at work I will be meeting with both [staff] (and later the entire CS team) to go over your case and ask why you weren't looked after, and how we can do better to ensure this situation doesn't happen again.

Clearly there is a gap in our training which I need to take responsibility for, and will fix. If the team didn't feel like your product could be returned under our return policy, then clearly, we need to update that - make it crystal clear - and re-train.

At Mighty Ape we have 10 core values and number 1 on the list is "Put customers first. Win them for life" and we even publish this on our website: mightyape.co.nz/help/corevalues Your experience this week with our customer service team does not reflect

Screen shots of the same incompatible products offered for sale, side-by-side by Google AdWords on behalf of MightyApe.co.nz.

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Ships, like whiskey, are all good When I heard from Neil Turner, of local business Triac AV Light and Sound, that he was off to install some lights on an overseas bulk cargo ship berthed at the Port of Tauranga, I was intrigued.

In fact, I was so intrigued that I promptly renewed my Port BAY CREMATION CARE CUSTOMER: of Tauranga Health and Safety induction certification, put REPhat ID: and T428 on my steel cap boots, overalls and hard joined the lighting installation crew at the Port to see first-hand just what value a small local business can deliver to these huge overseas bulk cargo carriers visiting Tauranga.

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If you’ve ever met Neil, you’ll know he seems to just take everything in his stride, as he explained the background to the business.

Clearly, it is work that Neil and his son Matthew enjoy doing. I’m sure the thrill of boarding different ships and clambering over pipes, tubes and hatches could never get boring. I mean, who wouldn’t want to do that?

If you have a bulk carrier that needs extra lighting while calling through the Port of Tauranga, now you know who to call! Triac; more than just a supplier of head-mics, amplifiers, speakers and disco balls!

Neil and Matthew tighten the spot lamps onto the side of the hold.

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“Over the past 18-years we’ve lit many 100’s of ships, starting originally with log carriers, steel and then coal but now it is mainly bulk cargo”, he explained. “We set-up these spotlights to shine into each of the ships holds from both sides, so they can work on into the night without stopping.”

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Struggling with living costs?

Contact Tauranga Budget Advisory now for free friendly assistance on 578 0969.

For an appointment, text us 021 0817 7107 or email: info@tgabudget.org.nz.

DIABETES - are you living with prediabetes or type two diabetes? Would you like to know more about your condition? Give us a call for free, friendly support and advice. Ph 07 571 3422 or debbie@diabeteshelp.org.nz

Lawn Mowing

A PLACE TO BEE, free craft session Thursday’s 11am-1pm at Welcome Bay Lighthouse Church. Knitting, crochet, adult colouring, handmade cards. Pop in to play, or call Mel: 027 576 3105.

FREEMASONRY Composed of men who strive to make a difference in themselves and in our community. Learn more about one of the world’s oldest and largest fraternal organisations.

Phone or text Glen today 027 918 9096.

MEDITATION CLASSES, weekly on Thursdays, 7pm – 8,30pm, Greerton Library (Meeting Room), 139 Greerton Rd, Greerton Village. Everyone is welcome - no previous experience reqd.

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COMMUNITY CONTACTS Merivale Comm. Centre 578 6450 Ohauiti Settlers Hall 0800 042 848 Oropi Comm. Hall: 0800 146 767 Rangataua Sports: 021 0261 6996 W.Bay Comm. Centre: 544 9774

DIABETES HELP TAURANGA YOUTH. Aged under 18 years with diabetes?

Join us for fun events and support. Call 07 571 3422 now.

GOOD FAIRY HOME SERVICES, sorting, removing clutter, and staging homes for quick sale. Carolyn (021) 029 77 572.

MOWING BROTHERS, high quality freindly, fast service for the most affordable price in the region. Prices start at $25 and free same-day quotes.

Call us now: 022 672 4896.

Sport CHESS CLUB GREERTON RSA Tauranga, 1237 Cameron Road, Greerton, Fridays, 5pm-7pm, Includes casual chess.

Email Caleb at chess@baywaka.nz.

CHESS CLUB RSA Mount Maunganui, 544 Maunganui Road, Mondays, 6pm9.30pm, includes casual chess. Email Caleb at chess@baywaka.nz.

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Welcome aboard the Mobile Library You can check out the full timetable details on the library website at: www.library.tauranga.govt.nz.

2018 Mobile Library stops

Weekday

Time

February

March

April

May

Maungatapu Shops

Monday

9.15 – 10.30 am

5

19

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30

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28

Change Point (Poike Rd)

Monday

10.45 – 11.30 am

5

19

5

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16

30

14

28

129 Haukore Street (Hairini)

Monday

11.40 – 12.15 pm

5

19

5

19

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16

30

14

28

Welcome Bay Primary School

Wednesday

10.00 – 12.15 pm

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21

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16

30

Greenwood Park Village

Wednesday

1.45 – 2.20 pm

7

21

7

21

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18

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16

30

77 Victory Street (Welcome Bay)

Wednesday

2.30 – 3.45 pm

7

21

7

21

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18

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16

30

Short Place (Off Karewa Pde - E. Papamoa)

Wednesday

3.15 – 3.45 pm

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28

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54 Osprey Drive (Welcome Bay)

Thursday

2.10 – 3.45 pm

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15

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29

12

26

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24

No service on Public holidays: Waitangi Day Tues 6 Feb; Easter Fri 30 Mar; Easter Mon 2 Apr; ANZAC Day Wed 25 Apr No service to schools during school holidays: Mon 16 Apr – Fri 27 Apr NB: All patrons are welcome to visit school stops but please note that these are very busy stops where school classes must be given priority of service.

Love your library? Become a friend of the library!

Friends of the Tauranga City Libraries is dedicated to supporting the libraries' services. We welcome the Tauranga City Council's decision to include the building of a new central library in their draft Long Term Plan (2018-2028). This will go out for public consultation in March 2018.

Book Groups - Monthly morning book groups at Greerton, Mount Maunganui

and Papamoa Libraries.

Visitors and new members are always welcome to join us at any of our activities. There is always friendly and lively discussion over a tea or coffee.

For more information check our website www.fol-tauranga.org.nz or contact Jenny secretary@fol-tauranga. org.nz 543 4760 or Betty 542 4322.

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