BAY WAKA, Spring issue 12 – AUG-OCT 2018

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Front Cover - Issue 12 All Saints Church, Maungatapu Photo: Andy Belcher Circulation:

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182 years old!

A most welcome back!

Having lived over a decade in Europe, at times drinking coffee in buildings measured by centuries, it was fantastic to discover a 182 year-old church in our own back yard. The long recorded history of the All Saints Church in Maungatapu (front cover) was too big to publish, so we have provided a brief snapshot of this fascinating slice of history (pages 4-8). You'll enjoy meeting some of the parishiners and if you would also like to attend a service, the invitation is extended to you on page 8.

Bay Waka would like to extend hearty good wishes to the two new CEO's of the Tauranga City and Regional Councils; Marty Grenfell and Fiona McTavish respectivly, who together bring a mountain of experience to their roles. We look forward to what must surely be a rewarding experience for them as it will equally be for our communities. You can get to know a little about Fiona and Marty on pages 22-23. Welcome on board both of you!

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Speaking of new beginnings! It occured to me, as I prepared this issue, that within our little community magazine publishing whÄ nau, we have had three baby boys born inside 6 months.

For such a small team this seems a bit extreme, but we still managed to meet all the deadlines between us. Congratulations to these three colleagues and their families. We are delighted to introduce two of the three little charmers here.

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Special shout out to NZTA who have shared onging progress of their projects with our community magazine for every single issue of the past three years since we started. This magazine marks the 12th issue and NZTA in our opinion are the icing on the cake. Often we have asked them to explain what a particular machine does, or how something is being built and they have willingly supplied the information in their next advertorial. They have left our community with the feeling that we are included in their projects and we look forward to watching the Baypark to Bayfair overpass evolve and the traffic lights development at Barkes corner (see inside).

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‘All Saints’, the 182 year-old Anglican Church in Maungatapu Overlooking the beautiful shimmering waters of Rangataua bay, All Saints church stands on the oldest consecrated church land in Tauranga. Built to last longer and after everything else, it remains spiritually fixed on its foundations. The only visible portion left from the earlier churches is the roof built from kauri.

The Early Years (1828-1836) The history of All Saints church, Maungatapu goes as far back as 1836.

It stands on what was the site of the Maungatapu Pā, on a hill overlooking Opopoti, before the new highway bisected the site, and the pa buildings

affected had to be shifted to the present site on the flat by the beach.

The local iwi, Ngāti Hē and Ngāi te Ahi wholeheartedly accepted Christianity.

The very first church was made of raupō (bulrush). Reverend Henry Williams and

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Rev. Henry Williams (1828) first recorded in Maungatapu, a large raupō building about fifty feet long and thirty feet broad.

Thomas Chapman were the visiting clergymen at that time.

The first recorded missionary visits to Maungatapu Pā were the Rev. Henry Williams in 1828 and Thomas Chapman in 1831. In his book, ‘Brown and the Elms’ Charles Vennell wrote, “After being ship-bound by a gale, the missionaries landed at Maungatapu on Sunday, 23 October, 1831.” Rev. Williams’s journal records, “...but rain coming on, they proposed that we should adjourn to a large raupo building...about fifty feet long and thirty feet broad.

All sat in order and were attentive to what we had to say; it was particularly gratifying.....they appear to remember that we were the first who came here and to regard us as old acquaintances.... it is doubtless an important field for missionary work and I trust, ere long, something may be done.”

A wooden Maungatapu Chapel replaces the raupō building (1850) At Maungatapu the chiefs Nuka, Te Mutu, and Kiharoa led their people in such peaceful endeavours that in 1850, by their own efforts, and on their own land, the local iwi built a small wooden church, replacing the raupō. They had actually launched the project a year earlier but had run into difficulties in acquiring timber as Maungatapu was covered largely with scrub and ti tree – not trees suitable for building. This caused some trouble with the Otumoetai iwi as they had tried to take a sacred tree from Otumoetai for this, to them a worthy purpose. Archdeacon Brown was actively involved in the project managed to affect an amicable compromise and so he lent pit-saws to help with the building. The church was simply known as Maungatapu chapel.

Kauri chapel constructed (1862) Over the years the chapel fell into decay with age, so a new church was built from kauri in 1862, and consecrated ‘Christ’s Church.’

In 1864, a year after the Battle of Gate Pā, Lieutenant Horatio Robley sketched the Maungatapu church, a painting which is now part of the National Museum Collection.

The last mention of Archdeacon Brown preaching at Maungatapu church was in July 1880 according to Charles Vennell (NZ Historian). Albert Nesbit Brown died 7 September 1884 and buried in the Mission Cemetery, Tauranga.

Wooden Mission Chapel within Maungatapu Pā (1864) by H.G. Robley in National Gallery.

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A New Century, A New Church

29 December 1905.... Christmas Day,... the opening of Christ's Church... The Rev Goodyear remarked that the site where the church now stood was originally covered by a church built in 1862, a small portion of which was used in the erection of the present sanctuary...

Standing strong against Mother nature Over the years the church has had its share of disasters. Its banks threatened by slips, caused by the surge of high tides. In 1952, during a very bad storm, the church was blown off its foundation.

Later alterations and additions were made and the church was moved further back from the cliff, but even the Wahine storm of 1968 rattled the building and bracing was needed thereafter.

All saints Maungatapu in 1960’s – Frame supports are a result of the Wahine Storm of 1968.

More history than meets the eye

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Ray Haua, a stalwart of All Saints from the 1950’s through the 1990’s, told that Rev. William Goodyear and his wife Catherine drove over muddy tracks (roads of those days), with an organ in their trap (horse and cart), to take the Sunday services. Ray also spoke about going to the church on one occasion and finding it occupied by pigs (for the second time in its history). Ray and his wife Phyllis looked after the grounds for many years. Miss Elizabeth Birley had great concerns for the church and was active in caring for it, and so the church was re-hallowed by Bishop Panapa in 1959 and in that year the church was re-named All Saints.

Moving Forward For a very long time this church had been under the guardianship of Holy Trinity and the Pākehā congregation of All Saints and during that time it has celebrated a 150th anniversary on the 14th September 1986 and a 175th anniversary on the 28th August 2011.

The church was handed back to Te Manawa o te Wheke (the Māori Anglican Diocese), Bishop Ngarahu Katene on Sunday the 29th of May 2016.

This year (2018) the All Saints Anglican church is 182 years old.

In 2018, All Saints church Maungatapu is no longer surrounded by scrub and ti tree, but rests proudly within a thriving urban community. (Photo - Andy Belcher)

Read more and keep in touch online: BayLive.nz/AllSaints Miss Elizabeth BIRLEY was a remarkable, saintly woman always ready to reach out to anyone in need. She came from England in the 1930’s and began her lifelong work with the Māori Pastorate. She valued education and the teachings of the Gospel and it pleased her to see the many children and adults being baptised. She was associated with All Saints church in Maungatapu for over 40 years. She was loved and respected and became our lady of missions.

For many years she travelled about her large district on horseback, but during the 1950’s she purchased a small Austin car which she used until failing eyesight forced her to stop driving. She retired and moved to Manurewa in the 1970’s to live with her adopted daughter. Her work continues through the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren she once taught in Maungatapu and Ohauiti. Her own is chapel still standing at 103 Ohauiti Road. Miss Birley is fondly remembered today by several of the older congregation.

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Isabel Weenink (86) On a fine Sunday in February 1969, my family and I arrived as strangers at All Saints’ for the very first time. We were so welcomed by those gathered, Māori and Pākehā, that we made an instant decision following the service to continue, although at that time there was only a monthly celebration of Holy Communion.

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After the Church was rebuilt and extended, services were held every Sunday and this is where my commitment is today. It is a joy and a blessing to be surrounded by so much love and care for both spiritual and earthly needs at all times and to share the richness of wisdom and understanding that abounds within these walls.

And let me not forget the great number of Vicars who have served here and given so freely by sharing timely sermons and spiritual guidance to us all – their names are too many to list.

To the end of my days here, I will delight in the grace I have been given to belong to All Saints’.

MEMOIRS . . .

Barbara Webb (87)

I moved to Tauranga in 1995 and went looking for a church to join. I live in Maungatapu so All Saints’ was closest.

The first time I went I was greeted at the door and welcomed in. There is a special warmth and aura so I am still here.

In those days it was still under the Holy Trinity Ministry. We have been well served over many years by many wonderful Clergy who have cared for us and the building. We celebrated 175 years of worship in 2011.

Over the years I have seen many friends and ministers pass on but that is life.

In May 2016, All Saints’ was passed back into Tikanga Māori care. I am still there enjoying the ongoing aroha and warmth and have made more friends.

Te Purewa Kururangi (83) (Whare karakia) is part of my life – I’ve always gone to church. He pai rawa atu!

It’s beautiful, lovely people – great singing and a message of peace – E Aroha ana ahau ki te haere ki te Whare Karakia! Āe… Āe! It has always been a part of my life– I was brought up with it. We always prayed together and worshiped with whānau, friends and neighbours.

My dad and father in-law did morning and evening services at home at the Marae. Ka waiatatia e mātou ngā waiata! Āe…

I was confirmed at All Saints by the Bishop or Priest…

1950’s or 60’s? .… Ray Haua and Heeni Te Kani were there and Mum, a big crowd, there was no heater in the church and I wore white; a white blouse and white skirt … Āe… Me aha … Kāti rā!

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Liz Rumbal (57) When I felt the need to come back to church, I decided All Saints’ was the place to come.

I used to come to Christmas Eve Services with my family when my parents were alive.

My Mum was part of the congregation there for many years.

For me now, it fills so many parts of my life not only for my spiritual needs. They love and support you when things go wrong and they pick you up emotionally when you feel the world is crashing in on you.

I now have a lot more mums, brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews. It’s a family!

This is ‘my other home’.

From left, Ms Vianney Douglas, Rev Matiu Best, Rev Wiremu Anania, Rev Kevin Taylor, Rev Moana Te Kani, Rev Karen Kururangi.

From left, back row, Barbara Webb (87), Isabel Weenink (86), youngster Liz Rumbal (57); front row Avril Clifton (88), Te Purewa Kururangi (83) who are all part of the furniture and whānau of All Saints.

The commencement of the Sunday Service.

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Geraldine (Dene) Reweti (92)

. . . O NGA KUIA

Ko Mauao te maunga Ko Tauranga te moana Ko Wairoa te awa Ko Wairoa te marae Ko Geraldine Hinemoa Reweti ahau.

Geraldine (Dene) Reweti was born in Paeroa 18 August 1926.

When Geraldine was about 10 her mother and some of the whānau around the hapū met Miss Birley. At the time Miss Birley would take Sunday school and confirmation classes.

In those days, Dene would also attend lessons at Miss Birleys quaint chapel; still standing at 103 Ohauiti Road. It was at these lessons that Dene would meet Hereaka who would one day become her husband.

Miss Birley played a big part in Geraldine’s life and the decision for her to attend Queen Victoria Māori Anglican Church College in Auckland. Miss Birley even paid Dene's tuition fees so she was able to attend the school.

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Sunday 26th August 2018 – St. Thomas Maketu 150th Celebration St. Thomas Māori Anglican Church in Maketu will be celebrating it’s 150th year! There will be a pōwhiri at Whakaue Marae on Saturday at 4pm for visiting bishops, clergy and whānau.

On Sunday the service will begin at 10am. Parking at Whakaue Marae and shuttle vans will carry passengers up to nearby St. Thomas Church.

Saturday, 25th August 2018, 4pm at Whakaue marae, 721 Maketu Rd Sunday, 26th August 2018, 10am at St. Thomas Church, Upper Church Road, Maketu For more information contact Rev. Wiremu Anania, 021 0246 8506

Feature - All Saints Anglican Church

On returning from College, Dene took a job at Maungatapu Primary School and she worked there for three years before getting married and starting a family of her own.

Together with Hereaka, they raised six children and Dene now has over 30 grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Dene later went to teach at Bethlehem Primary School where she stayed working until she was 88 years old in 2014.

Throughout Dene's life she has been involved with the Anglican church and has tried to maintain the things Miss Birley taught her, like baptisms, confirmations and upholding the lore’s of the church. Miss Birley wasn't strict or a bully but she was passionate about the church and her beliefs.

Dene still attends the Maungatapu All Saints church since the services at her local marae have been discontinued.

Rev. Canon Chris Huriwai with his daughter Teaomihia.

Dene Reweti (92) is one of Miss Birley’s girls.

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Music cannot be denied at All Saints Maungatapu, if you like goosebumps.

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All Saints Maungatapu: Coming Home

Feature - All Saints Anglican Church

When my wife Christine and I returned to the Bay after 40+ years working in Asia, Australia and the Middle East, it felt like Dylan’s “Rolling Stone” finding its own way home. A descent at sunset on the motorway from Bethlehem, Motuopae Island and the mud flats open up, with them something inside as well. A few emotions later I voice it aloud, “This is home”.

Like most who face the mellower years there is less one has to do yet more that wants doing. Our many chores and tasks can now defer to dreams long nurtured for this moment.

One is to learn Te Reo Māori, the language moving from regress to progress, that speaks of a culture that enriches us all, a worldview promising a stronger glue for the challenging years ahead. But how? Where?

Finding Te Wānanga O Aotearoa was like a gift, unexpected and better than hoped for. Off we went our ‘Ka’s and ‘wha’s fusing with our ringa’s and Tom unexpectedly discovered the All Saints Church in Maungatapu while out for a cruise on his motorbike. tanga’s in a chaos of short syllables until we realised we needed something more. Out for a cruise on my motorbike I found it, a place to blend our faith with our commitment and our hearts with our home.

Crossing the Maungatapu causeway it caught my eye. A tiny weatherboard building, red tin roof shining, standing as Kaitiaki over Rangataua bay. Another piece of the puzzle we increasingly call home.

Our first time at a Sunday service was a discovery, not so much of content or ritual but of belonging, of authentic presence, of fitting like a comfortable chair. Looking over a view that reminds us the secrets for our future lie hidden most likely in our past.

Most Sunday’s it is rua reo or bilingual and the service alternates between English and Māori each language side by side in the prayer book. Third Sunday of the Month is Te Reo weekly Service, i.e. no English and it’s time to open up our hearts Church Services and thoughts that little bit more. Time to submit once again to the wrench of minds wrestling with a language not yet my own. Warm greetings mid-service cheer us on as phrases take shape and their meanings merge into view.

It’s hard to say what I like most about our times at All Saints: the warm welcome, the uncluttered service, the spectacular outlook, the broader mindset two languages can All Saints bring, or the morning tea that would have done communities Māori Anglican 5th Sunday proud 40 years ago. Perhaps it’s the lot? Each element in turn Church Ngā Rātapu Mihana as well as the whole package in all. I only know that each 111 Te Hono Street - Mission Sunday time I crank my cruiser motorbike into life and click it in gear, Maungatapu Te Papa Chapel - The Elms I feel grateful for this little outpost, this lighthouse of hope Services start at 10 am 15 Mission Street, Tauranga for future generations and for now I say ‘Kia Kaha’ to us all.

1st, 2nd and 4th Sunday

All welcome!

Bilingual (English/Kaihapa Reo Māori) Communion Service 3rd Sunday - Kaihapa Reo Māori (Total Immersion Communion Service)

Services start at 10 am

2018 5th Sunday dates 30 September and 30 December

By Tom Martin, President, Tauranga Writers I write for Bay Waka because it gives a voice to the people and places we might easily overlook in our busyness.

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Transpower in Maungatapu - latest update

The new line will follow another existing line beside SH29A through Maungatapu by extending replacing those poles with new poles 50% taller. Transpower then have a number of options to take this line across the estuary leading to Rangataua Bay. Transpower has sought consent for the cheapest option which involves suspended the 3 conductors between what have been referred to as super

poles on either side of the estuary alongside the Maungatapu Bridge.

Ngāi Te Rangi Iwi on behalf of the Maungatapu Marae Trust and Ngāti Hē have supported the removal of the original line, but together with some 30 other parties have strenuously objected to the proposal to erect these super poles and sling aerial lines across the harbour. Doing so contravenes a number of Council policy statements designed to protect the natural, historic, and cultural features on both sides of the harbour. These parties also claim that Transpower’s proposal will detract significantly from the views both to and from the Maungatapu marae and many adversely affected residential properties.

Bayonline.co.nz and Bay Waka will keep you updated on the outcome of the hearing for Transpower’s application which was heard in Tauranga on 18-19 July 2018.

Quick link: BayLive.nz/Transpower

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In our last edition, one of our stories (pg. 12-13) was about Transpower’s application to both Tauranga City Council and Bay of Plenty Regional Council for consent required to erect a new 110,000 Volt line through Maungatapu and Matapihi.

This new line would replace a line originally built in 1958 which passes over land belonging to Maungatapu Marae which includes Te Ariki Park and the Rangataua Rugby Club rooms. This original line now requires significant repair and Transpower consider it would be cheaper and easier to replace it.

Portion of Transpower’s proposed new 110 KV Line.

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Council commits to safe connected cycleways for school children and commuters

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auranga City Council is committed to getting more people riding bikes to school and work. In May, Councillors voted 11-0 in favour of increasing funding to provide a connected network of safe, attractive cycleways in Tauranga.

Cycleways that are installed on busy roads will be physically separated from traffic, while a range of treatments will be considered for quieter roads, including the creation of slower speed zones where people on bikes feel comfortable sharing the road with cars.

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“Extensive public engagement and surveys has shown that we have a significant number of people who want to ride a bike to work or school, but don’t feel safe riding on busy roads.

These are everyday people who just want a reliable healthy travel option.”

“People don’t need to ride their bikes every day, lots of people biking a couple of days a week will help with journey times for general traffic. Plus riding a bike is fun and healthy, it’s a great transport option,” said Martin Parkes the Council’s Transport Manager.

Riding bikes to school safely is important.

Public feedback

Funding

In late 2017, Tauranga City Council asked the public how they could get more people riding bikes. They received 1570 responses.

The council is hoping to leverage an increased funding assistance rate from the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) to provide a total of $100m of funding towards creating safe connected cycleways over the next 10 years.

When asked what puts them off riding a bike, 85% of comments related to concerns about safety and being too close to general traffic. Some other interesting themes from the feedback are displayed here below:

The Council has committed $9.8m over the next three years (if a NZTA subsidy is awarded this equates to at least

Public Feedback on the Tauranga Cycle Plan The Council needs to give more priority to people on bikes Tauranga needs cycle paths that are physically separated from traffic It is important that children have the opportunity to cycle to school safely Council needs to focus on getting people commuting to work/school by bike 0

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Is investing in cycleways a good use of rate payers’ money?

The simple answer is yes! There are a number of reasons why it’s a good investment decision: • Around a third of people in Tauranga own a bike so a lot of people will benefit from safe connected cycleways. While people riding to school and work are priorities, the cycleways will also benefit people who enjoy riding for recreation with family and friends and will enhance Tauranga’s appeal as a tourist destination.

parking, way finding signage, education campaigns and cycle training for kids and adults.

Working together to create positive change Well done to the Council’s Transport Department who worked hard over the last 18-months, often giving up weekends and evenings to develop the Tauranga Cycle Plan. Other community groups like Greater Tauranga, Bike Mount and Tauranga Connect gave up their personal time to help Councillors and transport staff understand the key issues. Martin Parkes, TCC Transportation Manager agreed, “The success of the Cycle Plan is due to community engagement”.

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Where to from here?

Within the next 11 years Council are focused on delivering a connected network of safe attractive cycleways in the Greerton to City Centre, Bellevue/ Matua/Otumoetai and the Mount Maunganui to Arataki areas. There are also improvements being delivered in other parts of Tauranga during that time, and the aim is to have connected cycleways across Tauranga within 22 years.

For more information please visit Tauranga.govt.nz/cycling. Only the draft Tauranga Cycle Plan is available at the moment, an updated Cycle Plan better reflecting the information above will be available at the end of August 2018.

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• Most adults who ride bikes contribute to rates (either directly or through rent) and nearly all adults who ride bikes own a car (and therefore pay vehicle licencing fees). Each time they ride to work, or get the kids to ride to school that’s potentially one less vehicle on the road adding to congestion, air pollution and wear and tear on the road.

• Transport projects are subsidised by central government through NZTA, so the rate payers share of any cycleway will only be 25% to 49% of the cost. Council has also capped rate payers’ contributions over the next 10 years at $22.48m - $36.2m, and will only commit $36.2m if NZTA provide a subsidy rate of 67% or higher.

• The Council (and NZTA) are looking to spend $100m to create or improve 79km of cycleways. Whereas a single road project less than 1km in length can cost significantly more, for example the Maungatapu Underpass at $45m and the Baypark to Bayfair upgrades at $120m.

Council is planning cycleways for everyday people to ride their bikes around our community.

• Riding a bike gets people active.

The estimated cost of physical inactivity in New Zealand in 2010 was $1.3 billion, nearly 1 percent of New Zealand’s GDP (Auckland Council, Waikato Regional Council, & Wellington Regional Strategy Committee, 2013).

Is it just cycleways?

Initially the main focus is on delivering a safe attractive connected network of cycleways, but Council will also deliver other initiatives such as cycle

Ngatai Road, Tauranga's first on-road physically separated cycleway, due for construction from February 2019.

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In search of the truth

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ocial media is a phenomenon where anything can be put up without verification but when we read newspapers or watch television or listen to radio we have an expectation there are systems in place to check, verify and triangulate information received because journalism is a profession that claims a higher level of credibility – journalists differentiate themselves from the rabble of social media by their professionalism and their accuracy. That credibility is created in our minds through the knowledge that a third party, without an emotional connection to the story, the journalists and editors, are looking for facts and not succumbing to any emotional bolting horse that must be chased.

We have seen two instances in recent weeks where two Maori leaders, each with considerable talent and

records of contribution to the betterment of society, have at lightning speed been deemed guilty after just one woman put out messages that denigrated them. Awanui Black and Deputy Police Commissioner Wally Haumaha. The nagging question is, why are people so instantly prepared to believe the worst even after a lifetime of service and good work?

Psychology researcher Daniel Goleman explains why emotion overwhelms reason. He contends the human mind has evolved to create mental shortcuts or reflex actions based on sub-routines of which people are generally unaware. Those shortcuts are a means of efficiency evolved over time to allow humans to survive – it allows us to react faster. Therefore, when we try to analyse, it can be prejudiced by sub-routines subconsciously pre-conceiving decisions. That of course leads to bias and pre-determination.

Philosopher Emmanuel Kant posited the human mind interprets all information through whatever lens it has already developed and presents it with that bias. The human mind is not designed to provide uninterpreted knowledge. That means new information consistent with deeply held bias is deemed to be of value and any information inconsistent with that bias is diminished in value.

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Kahneman and Tversky found pre-established perceptual prototypes of the mind influence how humans look at problems.

This leads to people arguing they are making judgments based on probability when in fact their judgments about a situation often depend on how much it resembles pre-set stereotypes.

According to Kahneman, people are much more sceptical processors of information they don’t want to believe. That is at the heart of confirmation bias where we only detect information that is consistent with an existing thought. This too supports narrative momentum where a human mind is likely to be blind to information that does not substantiate a preferred narrative.

In the case of Awanui Black it has been noticeable that in traditional media and social media writers have consistently referred to the woman making the allegations as Awanui’s wife or widow when in fact she was his ex-wife. Cognitively we would place different weight to an allegation made by a widow or wife as opposed to an ex-wife making negative allegations against a former husband.

One of the seminal pieces of research around this area of sexual abuse allegations was that by Otago researcher Lynley Hood who wrote about the Christchurch Civic Creche case in her highly recommended book 'A City Possessed'. Hood set out how allegations of secretive paedophile rings appear with reasonable regularity. Most often the narrative is the paedophiles are so well connected they can never be found, which creates a non-falsifiable argument that can never be tested.

While we wait for the results of investigations, it might be valuable to spend some time considering why two men of standing in our community were so quickly thrown to the wolves. To help that process it might be useful to find and watch the 1996 movie The Crucible starring Daniel Day Lewis about the Salem witch trials.

By Dr Del Carlini I write for Bay Waka magazine because I like its journalistic integrity.

Roundabout metering on two key Tauranga intersections The Transport Agency, alongside Tauranga City Council, is putting in roundabout metering at two key intersections in the city.

Traffic lights are being installed on two legs of the SH29A Barkes Corner roundabout; the Pyes Pa Road approach and SH29A Tauriko-bound approach; and the SH2 northbound approach to the Elizabeth Street roundabout.

The traffic modelling shows, by using traffic lights to control the vehicles accessing the roundabouts during peak times, the length of queues and delays for those traveling in the opposite direction will be reduced.

The work is part of a wider programme being implemented across the region to improve safety and journey times.

Safety tip

Standard give-way rules still apply when entering the roundabouts.

The traffic lights do not mean that the roundabouts are signalised like the Maungatapu roundabout (SH29A).

What is roundabout metering?

Roundabout metering is used for controlling vehicles entering a roundabout. Traffic lights are installed at least 25 metres away from the roundabout intersection, and manage the flow of traffic entering the roundabout.

How do the lights work?

The traffic lights are green 24/7, until they are triggered to turn red during peak times holding the traffic until the lights turn green to allow them through again. Once the traffic lights have turned green, traffic will continue to flow until the red light is triggered again. The red phase is short and will turn green before another large queue is created.

Why use roundabout metering?

A mock-up visual of the Elizabeth Street roundabout lights.

This method is used when one road accessing the roundabout has a higher number of vehicles compared to the other roads, causing delays on the other roads entering the roundabout. By holding back the traffic entering from the right of the busiest road we can create an opportunity for a larger number of vehicles to pass through the roundabout.

How will it improve your trip?

Roundabout metering will improve the morning and evening peaks by controlling the traffic flow entering the roundabout and spread the queuing on each leg more efficiently. Most of the time the traffic lights will be green, except when high traffic queues activate the metering, then they will turn red to hold the vehicles in one direction, allowing the queue in the other to be reduced.

What is the difference between ramp metering and roundabout metering?

Roundabout metering works differently to ramp metering, as seen on Auckland’s motorways. Ramp metering allows one vehicle for each green light. Roundabout metering traffic lights are on 24/7 and stay green until they are triggered to turn red, during peak times, holding the traffic until it flows, and the green light allows them through again.

A mock-up visual of the SH29A Barkes corner Tauriko-bound lights.

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Get to know your rights

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t’s just over a year since our frosty early morning blockade of our Right of Way - a last-ditch attempt to get Council’s attention over concerns about the development we believed was contrary to Council’s own regulations. The development went ahead.

Five years ago we converted a shed on our section to a sleepout for my parents. We queried via e-mail having an independent dwelling - Council responded, “No, ROW is undersized.” (i.e. ROW is too narrow for more independent dwellings). Fair enough. We knew that the previous owner of our section wasn't allowed to sub-divide because he could not widen the accessway and he thus went bankrupt!

But in 2016 a sub-division (i.e. another independent dwelling) on our ROW (the same one previously considered to be “undersized”) was permitted on a non-notified basis (i.e. no-one is considered to be affected enough by the decision to be advised beforehand and given the opportunity to lodge an objection).

Once one regulation has been bypassed, who knows what regulations still apply? Increasing the number of properties along the ROW changes us to a Private Way. We are number 27.

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A Private Way can have up to 12 dwellings. Our Private Way is only wide enough for one vehicle, and by TCC’s regulations, should only have four dwellings.

What rules apply now? How many dwellings can there be?

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Council and us can’t agree on a few things; consistency of how regulations are applied, why this wasn’t a notified consent, why no traffic impact report was done (a requirement), why developers choose new Street names – not people who have lived there for years (developer kindly gave us all input) – apart from that we get on just great! The development went ahead. Did we lose? I learned a lot!

Lesson 1 – Once something has been approved, only a Court Injunction – potentially very costly – will halt work. You have to object BEFORE consent is given.

Lesson 2 – File hard copies, of ALL correspondence with Council.

Lost some, won some. We served a Trespass Order on the builders and after that, you better believe they came to let us know before they blocked the ROW with digging or machinery.

We are still in process of getting the Ombudsman’s opinion on all this. Why do I bother? Isn’t our issue too minor? Well maybe; think of Bella Vista. But I am bothering because if we just suck it up every time something is not right, things will keep happening that way. Kia kaha!

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Sticks and stones "Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me". were kids, to push back against nasty comments made by other kids. Many of those comments were directed at our ethnicity, or the fact that we were pohara (poor) in the eyes of our Caucasian classmates.

But when it came to name calling, the words from the wahanui of smallminded, mean-spirited tamariki were cutting - and they did hurt. However, we would never give them the satisfaction of knowing it.

What further galvanised our resolve was that we were rich in everything else other than money, and that was the currency we were taught by our ancestors to measure one's success in life.

Fast forward to today and now we have the added insult instrument of answerphones, tweets and Facebook - and its keyboard warriors - to add to the arsenal of derogatory darts they can randomly fire off without taking the time to think about the hurt their kino korero (hurtful comments) can cause.

Recently we have witnessed a huge wake-up call to what happens when random, racist comments are made by keyboard warriors and salespeople who may have to answer for their racist answerphone message for the rest of their lives. The fallout was catastrophic for two families, their community and a local company built on the cornerstone of community care, as was the case when we needed a vehicle seven years ago to ferry the homeless from one whare to another.

The real story is what has happened since the fallout and the first steps made to reconcile the hurting families.

This began with all of us sitting at a table face to face beneath a korowai of forgiveness. Thankfully, I went with a wise old kaumatua who knows more than a thing or two about life and the currency of its success being mana and not money - and other taonga you will never find on Facebook or Google.

His karakia (prayer) and his korero reached across the table in a language the hurting whanau and their gifted mediator could understand, and from that moment, an aura of aroha settled

on us and guided the two families together.

What will stay with me has nothing to do with keyboard warriors because, thankfully, I don't do Facebook and I have never tweeted. I will leave this to the likes of tito Trump and his koretake Korean mate, who fire off derogatory darts like missiles, without thinking where they may end up.

What will remain in my mind has nothing to do with sticks or stones but everything to do with the true map of the human heart and what happens when a family humble themselves and front up kanohi ki te kanohi, seeking forgiveness. Only time will tell if the apology was indeed pono (sincere).

This is a private matter between the two families to settle. For now, there are strong building blocks in place for a bridge of reconciliation.

And to see such leadership on both sides - none more so than the wahine toa who has stood strong throughout

– gives me great hope we can heal the hurts of not just individuals, but families, whanau and, according to Mandela himself, communities and a country. When Mandela spoke on a NgÄ ti WhÄ tua marae he said, "We must strive to be moved by a generosity of spirit that will enable us to outgrow the hatred and conflicts of the past.

No one is born hating another because of the colour of his skin." Wise words indeed.

We can all learn from this woman's courage to stand up for what is wrong about the underbelly of racism in this country, and we can all learn about a pathway forward from our racist past, paved in forgiveness. But it can only happen when we have the courage to face up to those who are hurting kanohi ki te kanohi.

By Tommy Kapai Wilson I write for this magazine because it plays a valuable role in our community to give people a voice.

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Kitchen still in use during revitalisation procedure Judith Absalom loves the rejuvenated kitchen in the Judea house that has been her home for the past 13 years.

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“It’s opened up the kitchen and made it much brighter and more modern. Everybody says it looks wonderful.”

And equally, Judith loves the fact that she didn’t lose the use of the kitchen while Tauranga-based kitchenmakeover.co.nz planned and carried out the updates late last year.

Judith says there was nothing fundamentally wrong with her kitchen, but it had become tired over the years.

“I didn’t want anything major changed because it worked really well as a kitchen,” she says. “But the surfaces had become quite shabby.

I didn’t want new cupboards or

cupboard doors – I just wanted them renovated.”

She called kitchenmakeover.co.nz’s Nelson Tkatch, who came and took numerous photos, then the company quickly responded with a time schedule and price estimate and got the go ahead.

The makeover, managed by Cherise Tkatch, included taking off all the kitchen cupboard doors and most of the panelling, which had become shabby with numerous coats of varnish over the years.

“There was very little left,” says Judith.

“But I was still able to use the kitchen because all the cupboards were still there. They took the doors and cabinetry away, refinished everything beautifully and brought them back and reinstalled them all.”

The only part of the kitchen that required some rebuilding was beneath the oven, where new cupboards were

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Judith Absalom is relaxed in her rejuvenated kitchen.

installed to clean up the space where various ovens of different sizes had been installed over the years.

Kitchenmakeover.co.nz also designed and arranged for the installation of a new laminate benchtop and sink. And because changes in regulations meant a power point had to be moved to a new position, they removed the splashback behind the gas cooker, clearing the way for new tiles to be installed.

The company even arranged and managed electrical, plumbing and cabinetmaking subcontractors throughout the process.

“All of the company’s staff were really good and pleasant to have in the house, and so were all the subcontractors,” says Judith. “And I was able to just carry on using the kitchen throughout.”

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Opinion

TECT - Election candidates galore!

Nineteen candidates stood for election to replace three of the Trust’s six trustees who are retiring by rotation from the Tauranga Energy Consumers Trust.

The Trust has had a tumultuous 12 months after trustee’s proposal on the evolution of the Trust was widely opposed by its consumers. Questions are being asked as to why the Trust exists and whether it is really of any benefit to anyone. The Trust holds almost half of the shares in TrustPower.

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Consumers, people and companies in the Tauranga area who buy their power from TrustPower can become eligible to receive a pro-rata distribution of annual dividends the Trust receives from TrustPower. The Trust makes this distribution to consumers with 80% of its dividend income and distributes 20% to charitable causes after operational costs including 4 office staff.

There is a suggestion however that TrustPower are charging consumers a premium for their power in Tauranga, which consumers appear to accept on the basis that they receive a share of TrustPower’s profits. But TrustPower also sells power in other regions and in order to be competitive to consumers who cannot be TECT beneficiaries, TrustPower offers power in those regions at a lower price.

Who wins?

Perhaps the most profitable sector of TrustPower’s business is supplying power to those who are TECT consumers, and who pay the higher power prices. TrustPower is considered one of the more profitable power companies in New Zealand. But only 26.8% of this profit flows to TECT. The very profitable utilities investment company which owns the rest of TrustPower surely benefits greatly from this arrangement?

In effect the Trust wanted to ‘buy out’ its consumers, and then distribute all of its income to community charities.

Likely, the Trustees were right in concluding that the electricity market will undergo a significant change in market conditions in coming years, and a much wider spread of investments by the Trust would be prudent. So, what was happening? The Trust was trying to buy out its Consumers so that it could become the beneficiary of income from its shares in TrustPower, and any other income earning assets (Tilt Renewables at the time). If the Trust was offering fair market price, surely the Trust would have debts equalling the value of its share purchases, which may not be resilient.

TECT needs to explain to its consumers why, or if it is prudent for its consumers, to continue to hold shares in TrustPower, whether its consumers are getting fair value from TrustPower, and why TECT should continue to exist.

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BayOnline.co.nz hits the ground running Bay Online is the internet online

and notification of community events have been uploaded, taking communications hub that provides a presence for community groups, not- advantage of the direct integration with Facebook and social media. for-profit organisations, government and motivated individuals who The establishment of Bay Online support our community and need (www.BayOnline.co.nz) was help to publish their stories and supported by the Freemasons events online.

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at large and Bay Online proved to be an outstanding contender by providing a digital communications service for many different groups to be able to make a use of.”

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Reflecting on creativity and landscaping Most people have done some landscaping around their property that reflects their creativity, this is great but is often spontaneously inspired and not necessarily part of a “big picture’.

So, it’s not about stopping your creativeness in terms of your landscaping, it’s about finding a theme you want to have and let your various creative outputs reflect that.

You might look around at the fruit of your efforts and say something like, “Yep that was 4 years ago when I played with some paving” … and “there we go that is last year’s herb garden” … and so on. There is nothing wrong with this - but consider the following.

“Ahhhh! but I don’t know what I want! I don’t know my theme!”

I came across this saying a number of years ago. “If you don’t watch out you will head to where you are going” . Nothing stands still - including us humans. And a landscape will reflect your episodes of creation. So, consider for a moment: where is your landscape heading to?

A good starting point, is to make a list of (1), “What I like”, and (2), “What I don’t like”, in a landscape. Now, when you do this, don’t think about your property. Just begin listing, e.g., "I don’t like pavers, I do like lawn, I do like red, I don’t like palms and boulders", and so on.

You will be surprised at how this steers you and begins the picture you need and to have a theme develop.

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I use this tool regularly in my consultations and get a good sense of what my client is looking for and get great clarity for them too.

Are these episodes of creativity integrated? Does the landscape feel as though it has a theme going through it? Or, does it have a feel of separate entities somewhat unrelated?

Finally, give yourself a wish list of two items that at some point you could see happening in the landscape. This will start you further down the track of painting your landscape picture.

A landscape with separate entities un-related or not integrated tends to be less restful.. The eye moves from one to the other and back again. The eye sees the landscape as separate parts and will rest on each before moving on.

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When there is a theme, or relatedness to what the landscape holds, then the eye tends to rest on the whole as one. To the observer there is less “busyness” and the scene feels more restful.

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I am writing for Bay Waka as I like the idea of a community connecting through community stories.

We first met Olaf when he purchased a property through us. We then went on to sell his family home for a price significantly over comparable sales. We believe this exceptional result was in large part due to the gardens Olaf had created on the property. We have since recommended him to another client who in turn did well when they sold. I believe money well spent on the right landscaping returns you more than the cost of it when you come to sell. Not only that it grows over time so with a bit of care your property will become more valuable year after year.

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Different Market - Different Thinking Required

Times have changed. We are returning to a more balanced market and sellers are now competing for buyers. Sellers need to offer an attractive proposition to buyers or else they don’t sell.

Making a positive first impression is where it all starts. It often pays to delay the launching of the property and making sure that the property is presented in its best form. Lawns cut, gardens weeded and paths swept are all great places to start. Moving on inside, windows cleaned, clutter gone, fresh flowers and wonderful fragrances will surely bring a smile to your prospective buyer.

But before we get buyers through the front door, we need to capture their attention. Often we come across owners who have an empty home without furniture. Photographing an empty room really doesn’t make for a positive first impression. Staging a property with furnishings (renting furniture) can be a costly option. An alternative many of our clients use is “virtual furniture.” We take a photo of an empty room, send it to our graphic designers who insert furniture into the photo. It looks really good, is very cost effective and super easy. And it’s not deceptive because we are not selling the furniture just the property.

Experience has taught us that if the first impressions are positive, then it’s a lot easier for the buyer to take their interest to the next level. You’re then one step closer to a successful sale.

If you would like to know more about maximizing the salability of your property, talk to one of the LJ Hooker Team today.

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By Neil Walker, LJ Hooker, Tauranga I write for this magazine to help people learn how to increase the value of their properties prior to selling.

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Recently we have come off the back of an incredible market. If you were selling then, you didn’t need to do much in order to achieve a sale. Just hint that you were selling and you had a barrage of buyers wanting to make offers.

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PROFILE ARTICLE Marty Grenfell Incoming Chief Executive – Tauranga City Council

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Incoming Tauranga City Council Chief Executive Marty Grenfell can’t wait to ‘get his teeth into’ what he knows will be a “complex, dynamic and challenging job”.

He aims to bring a pragmatic, nofuss approach to his role and says that while he is employed by the Council, he works for the community. “In my view, the key to success is aligning the expectations of the community, the interests and enthusiasm of elected members and the capability of the organisation to deliver the desired outcomes. The greater the synergy between the community and council, the better the results will be,” he says.

Marty’s career has involved a range of senior public service roles spanning a period of more than 35 years. He served in the NZ Police, rising through the ranks to become Area Commander for Wellington City. He then joined the local government sector, leading the Community Services groups at the Upper Hutt City Council and Hutt City Council before taking on the Chief Executive role at the Whakatāne District Council in 2011.

“I’ve absolutely loved my time in the eastern Bay of Plenty, and the opportunity I’ve had to build a strong, collaborative organisational culture and develop meaningful and effective partnerships with the community,” he continues.

Creating a team culture was a key focus, which Marty believes underpinned the progress the Whakatāne District Council has made in delivering quality, innovative and affordable community services.

Looking ahead, he intends to do “a lot of listening” over the coming months and is looking forward to soaking up the knowledge and advice that people with a stake in Tauranga City have to offer. “I’m sure everyone will have a view on what’s right, wrong, or indifferent about our city and I’ll be listening intently.

“I’m sure the first few months will be back-to-back meetings with people who have an interest in the current and future state of the city. That will involve staff, elected members and others in the community who are influential across the commercial and social sectors. It is also likely to include a range of supporters and protagonists of what the Council has been trying to achieve, and I will welcome all of those views.”

He says he has no doubt that everyone in Council wants to be part of an organisation that is appreciated and respected by the community. “Council staff want to be proud of the job they do and the organisation they represent.

I’ll be working hard with the team to achieve that.”

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PROFILE ARTICLE Fiona McTavish Incoming Chief Executive – BOP Regional Council “Other key projects I’ve been involved with include overseeing the Tauranga tertiary campus development, which has been funded through our Regional Infrastructure Fund and is now nearly at completion. It is an example of Tauranga City Council and Bay of Plenty Regional Council working with TECT and the Tertiary Education Partnership to invest in more people learning here for future jobs in the Bay of Plenty.

“It’s also been great to see the work carried out through our Environmental Enhancement Fund.

This provides seed funding for community-based projects that improve the environment and help to raise awareness of environmental issues, using the enthusiasm and skills of the community. Council has spent around $100,000 in the past year helping communities develop the Western Bay area through this initiative.

“The focus for council on building partnerships and collaboration is also a highlight for me and attending the Te Maru o Kaituna River cogovernace forum, where the Kaituna river document was approved, is one recent example of partnership in action.

“Away from work, I have a strong involvement with education, and have been fortunate to serve as the chairperson of the board of trustees

Fiona McTavish Incoming Chief Executive – BOP Regional Council

at Otūmoetai Intermediate School for the past four years. Through that role I have been involved in the development of a community of learning for the area, Otūmoetai Kāhui Ako. Helping that collaboration to develop has been extremely rewarding.”

Having taken up her new role on 30th June, McTavish is already very clear on the most important tasks she needs to undertake. “I need to listen and learn as a new CEO. Although I’ve been part of this organisation for the past six and a half years, there is plenty of learning to do and I’m really looking forward to the years ahead.”

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New Bay of Plenty Regional Council Chief Executive Fiona McTavish will have no problems finding her way around the organisation, as she’s been General Manager Strategy and Science since January 2012. She previously held key senior roles at the Ministry of Education, the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Capital and Coast District Health Board, before making the move into local government.

The transition has come at a good time for McTavish, with the council setting a clear direction for the future through its recent Long Term Plan process.

“I’ve very much enjoyed working for BOPRC and feel very privileged to be appointed the Chief Executive,” she explained. “It’s a great time to be coming in as CEO, as we have a council who know where they’re heading, having just signed off the new Long Term Plan for 2018-28.

“We’re on a journey as a regional council, as we work towards our vision of 'Thriving Together – mō te taiaō, mo ngā tāngata', and I’m looking forward to delivering on the council’s decisions.

“I’m really proud with what I’ve achieved for BOPRC in recent times, with one of the highlights being the blueprint for public transport in Western Bay which has been approved and will be going live from December 2018.

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Volunteering BoP General Manager moves on after nearly five years Volunteering BoP has accepted the resignation of its General Manager, Theo Ursum, who has taken a development role with Civil Defence, which also utilises volunteers extensively.

The Chair Alan Withy says, “The board is very sad to see Theo go, but releases him with gratitude after nearly five years of loyal service. During this period, he has strategically grown the organisation and leaves it in a robust state to meet the challenges of the future. Our loss is a Civil Defence gain”.

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Theo moved to Tauranga in 2011 to assume the role of Operations Manager at YMCA Tauranga. Prior to that he was ‘Out of School Care’ and Recreation Manager with YMCA Hawkes Bay. He sat on the Volunteering Hawkes Bay board, helping to develop the organisation’s administrative systems while contributing to the business and strategic plans.

Theo, a Dutch native, moved to New Zealand with his wife Iris in 2009.

Currently he is enjoying living on a lifestyle block just out of Tauranga.

“Many hours go into the garden”, Theo says. “We are turning a stretch of grass

into a nice garden with fruit trees, a veggie garden and of course a lot of flowers and native plants.”

About leaving the job behind Theo said, “It still feels strange that I won’t be working here in a couple of weeks as there is still some unfinished business. I hope that the new manager will be able to continue the progressive work of the centre."

During Theo’s tenure, the centre developed from referral services to a full 'service volunteer centre’. New innovative services to support nonprofit organisations in the Bay were introduced to improve the quality and professionalism in the voluntary sector.

"While there have been many highlights in my four years in the role I am proud to be contracted as volunteer coordinator for a local trust. Our centre is the first Volunteer Centre in New Zealand to be contracted to coordinate another organisation's volunteer engagement.

It shows that the centre has become a knowledge base for anything to do with volunteering - from volunteer recruitment to a full volunteer management service”, said Theo.

Theo Ursum is off to work for Civil Defence developing a robust strategy for co-ordinating volunteers during emergencies.

“I still will be in touch with Volunteering BoP, as I will be continuing to work with volunteers, so there will be opportunities to collaborate more together. I’m looking forward to taking Civil Defence volunteer engagement to the next level, but I hope that we never find out, because that means that disaster has struck!"

VolBoP seeks a dynamic leader Volunteering Bay of Plenty is seeking a new General Manager (GM) who can continue with the great work of the centre and lift it once again to new levels.

The recent leader Theo sees a bright future for the centre and articulates, "With many volunteers being time-poor and more selective in what they want to volunteer for, organisations need to invest more to attract and retain volunteers. Not every business Manager has the time to do this and that is where Volunteering Bay of Plenty can step in to help”.

With the impending move into ‘The Kollective’ (TECT Community Hub) the GM will need to hit the ground running. This is a new and exciting move for the centre with opportunities to promote, support and enable volunteering in the BoP.

Bring your skills to bear The organisation seeks a strategic and visionary leader who will promote Volunteering Bay of Plenty services while in particular, consulting with stakeholders and advocating for volunteering.

Networking and fundraising are also important skills required for this role alongside implementing strategies and while managing budgets. If you’re seeking a new and exciting challenge, register your interest today!

GENERAL MANAGER POSITION Applications are invited for this important position to be based within The KOLLECTIVE (TECT Community Hub) 17th Avenue, Tauranga Email the Board Chair with your CV to register interest or seek further information volbop@baywaka.nz

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Is the government blowing the budget?

My concerns about this Government’s economic agenda are continuing to mount. Already we are seeing business confidence plummet, thousands of workers across New Zealand on strike or announcing their intentions to including our local MBIE and Inland Revenue staff who just this month marched down Cameron Road to the Strand in protest - and the borrowing of $17 billion more than the previous National Government planned. That’s the equivalent of what we invested rebuilding Christchurch following the Canterbury earthquakes.

The Government is borrowing more, taxing more and spending more – but the borrowing isn’t the result of a global financial crisis or a natural disaster. Its business as usual spending driven through the roof by loose and untargeted promises. They have no plans for how we as a country can earn more and in the meantime it’s reducing New Zealand’s ability to cope with

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We need to continue to prudently manage our finances as a country to ensure we’ve got enough in the bank to cover the next unexpected event, just like a family does with their own weekly budget. You never know when you’ll need a new set of tyres or see an unexpectedly high power bill. But the Government doesn’t understand the

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Married 60-years. Let’s get married again!

Travel Safe

On May 30, 1958, Aunty Bubby and Reg were married.

Safer Journeys In 2018, Aunty Bubby was adamant about renewing their vows. So, when Uncle Reg thought he was going to renew his driver’s licence on Saturday 2nd June, he was surprised to find himself walking down the aisle again surrounded by 200 close friends and whanau.

How can you become part of the solution?

The answer lies with you!

The Ratana Apostle, Pahu August officiated the wedding. All the Our bodies are made for movement and children children, grandchildren and are happiest when they’re physically active. Our great were isnicely rolegrandchildren as their parents and caregivers to ensure dressed and the weather we provide protected and attractive cleared environments children cansome be themselves safely andsoshowed blueandsky forexplore surroundings. One alternative to driving kids the their ceremony.

Set the scene fo a healthier, sa r fe environment r aro your school… und and more importantly for your child learning life skills for the future

Getting to school under your own ‘steam’ can be a great social opportunity to catch up with friends. It also encourages children to be more independent while at the same time nurturing a level of freedom.

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Increased independence At the end of the ceremony there for children were quite a few speakers who Safer and closer communities were impressed with the day and we can assume thatOpportunities Reg andfor children to Bubby have started a trend – this interact with the road environment a safe and active way won’t be the last renewalinof TO WALK, CYCLE, vows we’ll see!

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KIDS ON FEET TheAReception was held at WALKING BUS the Citizens Club which was companionship a Providing and fun for both parents wonderful occasion for those and children who would normally be doing An environmentally friendly form the catering and organisation of transport to and back at the marae; so it was very from school relaxing and a chance to enjoy arrive at school fresh and the whole occasion byChildren everybody. congestion around school gates

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Reg and Bubby have 5 great-great-grandchildren, from 62 great-grandchildren, 27 grandchildren and 7 children.

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Use your feet to get to and from school!

Let’s keep moving ahead!

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Baypark Constructing new city-bound on and off ramps It’s been a busy few months on the Bay Link project with the major focus being on service relocation and constructing the on and off ramps for citybound traffic on the Bayfair flyover.

Carrying out seamless service relocation and installation has been a critical project milestone. Gas, water, telecommunications, power, sewer and stormwater services are all below ground, so this work has to be completed before any of the above ground work can begin. It’s vital that services are maintained to the nearby businesses and communities with little disruption. The team have used various techniques to do this, including drilling tunnels underground to pull cables through, and digging trenches or excavating areas to move services across, and with it all happening below ground it’s somewhat difficult for motorists and pedestrians to see the progress that has been made.

The other major focus is on preparing the ground for the city-bound on and off ramps for the Bayfair flyover, and the new local road city-bound lanes. The site has been a hive of activity with six diggers, three rollers, two water carts, one dump truck and a grader working on the site. These new lanes are being prepared for the traffic switch later this year, where the city-bound traffic will be moved across so work can begin in the existing lanes.

A lot of the work has also been affecting the local roads, particularly Matapihi Road. This has been a tricky site as access to Owens Place, local businesses and Home Zone needs to be retained, as well as access for pedestrians and cyclists across SH2. The project team has been working with Tauranga City Council on ways to improve flow through the area. The upcoming work will be to widen the road, and install new kerbing and a footpath. Thank you for your patience while we carry out the work through here.

The Baypark to Bayfair Link is designed to reduce congestion and improve safety by separating local and state highway traffic, and improve walking and cycling connections.

The key features include the construction of two flyovers and improvements to the SH29A and Truman Lane roundabout, and the SH2 and Maunganui-Girven roads roundabout.

Works continue in preparation for construction of the new north-bound off ramp

Stormwater drainage installation and utility service relocation on Matapihi Road

Stone column ground improvement Ground improvement works for the new flyovers will begin this month in the form of stone columns.

Installing stone columns involves putting vertical columns of stone (gravel) into the ground. This is done using a crane with specialist vibrating equipment attached to create vertical columns in the ground, moving the sand to make way for the stone.

the consequences of future liquefaction during an earthquake.

They are typically quick to construct and do not require dewatering or excavation. As a result it’s quite a ‘clean’ process, with little waste.

Each hole is relatively small and quick to complete. More than 3,500 columns will be constructed throughout the site to take the weight of the flyovers. The stone columns push against the surrounding ground, making it more dense and enabling the ground to support the weight of the on and off ramps that will be built on top.

• If you put all the stone columns end to end from the project site they would reach Waihi Beach (approximately 63km).

Stone columns are well suited for sandy soils and help limit

Facts on the stone column work for this project:

• The stone columns will cover more than one and a half rugby fields and use enough gravel to fill eight Olympicsize swimming pools • The stone column method, which uses gravity and vibration, was invented in Germany in 1958.

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Vibration monitoring Nearby residents can expect some vibration during the pavement and stone column works. We will make every effort to minimise the impact of noise and vibration during the project. Regular vibration monitoring ensures works are carried out within Tauranga City Council’s consent conditions. If you have any concerns, please contact us.

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Get me home safe. Slow down.

Get me home safe.

Slow down.

A 50km/h temporary speed restriction is in place for the duration of the project for the safety of drivers and their passengers, and also for the safety of people working on the project.

Please slow down, stay focused and drive to the conditions.

We will be running a local advertising campaign, using CPB Contractors’ project team members, to reinforce this message.

Vehicle activated speed signs will be installed to monitor motorists’ speed through the construction site. From 16 July, these screens will be activated to flash the speed an approaching vehicle’s travelling at.

An example from our upcoming advertising campaign

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Construction of the SH2 and SH29A flyover. This will take SH29A traffic over the railway line and the Te Maunga intersection.

Construction of the Bayfair flyover. This will take SH2 traffic up and over the Maunganui-Girven roads roundabout.

Work on the new signalised Maunganui-Girven roads roundabout will begin, and paths, landscaping and design features installed.

Landscaping and urban design will take place once construction is complete.

The project is expected to be complete.

Work on shared cycling and walking paths will begin. Sections of the footpaths will be completed throughout the project.

Ghost marking trial success CPB Contractors have found a solution to remove old line markings through the project area and eliminate ‘ghost marking’.

When traffic is moved temporarily and new line markings are installed, the existing line markings are removed or blanked out. However, when the road is wet or the sun is at certain angles the old line markings can sometimes still be visible - often referred to as ‘ghost marking’.

This can be confusing to road users.

CPB trialled various methods, including black paint, clay, sand and water mix, and hydro blasting, to completely remove the lines. Their most effective option was a combination of line grinding and hydro blasting at a lower pressure, which will be used as and when needed throughout the project site.

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The garden to table programme a need to sow the seed

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ropi School embarked on its ‘Garden to Table’ journey at the beginning of 2018 and has been steadily reaping the rewards.

The programme provides children with hands-on experience in growing and caring for their own produce and sharing a meal created with that produce.

Proud to have been the first school in the Bay of Plenty to join the programme, Oropi School currently offers this learning opportunity to three of its classes a week. Principal Andrew King's vision is that eventually the whole school will be involved.

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With the concept of 'grow, harvest, prepare and share' at its heart, this out-door based learning programme allows children to get their hands dirty in the garden and work safely in a kitchen using proper tools and appliances, guided by adults.

"This exploration translates to children gaining in self-confidence and learning important life skills", says Mr King.

Community volunteers are a priceless and essential part of the programme and more are needed to support the programme's growth. Volunteers can give as little as 90 minutes of their time each week and need no special skills other than a willingness to engage the children in learning about growing food and sharing it.

To volunteer for Oropi School's Garden to Table programme, contact the School office: 07 543 1479, or the Programme Coordinator, Fotina Thompson: 021 771 977

By Fotina Thompson I write for this magazine to offer a feelgood opportunity to our community so that this outstanding programme may grow through new volunteers.

Garden harvest time.

OPINION Museum-Why we said, “See you later” On 29 May 2018 our civic leaders voted down a motion to proceed with their own $55,000,000 museum project.

We already have a significant dusty collection of 30,000 objects and materials of cultural, religious and historical significance to Tauranga held in quite poor storage conditions in a tin shed inaccessible to the public and ongoing cost. The proposal was to present these to the public for education and enjoyment. What went wrong?

Two things went wrong, maybe more.

Firstly, the public had lost confidence in the Council as project manager who appeared be somewhat disengaged from the heart of the idea and lacking inspiration or vision for the project, as is needed to create space to display our collections. The idea was simply not managed by a Collections Manager.

Secondly, Council, for whatever reason, thought that to succeed as a museum, it must be housed in a superficially ‘iconic’

building. Not an historic building, not a building readily accessible to patrons like Dive Crescent Cargo Shed, but an 'iconic building' so out of the way, even its ‘iconic’ stature could not be widely appreciated above the railway tracks.

I recently visited the Bulls Museum in the main street of this small Manawhetu township. The floor was not flash, but the quality of the items on display and the stories told however, were ‘Remark-a-Bull’. These all demonstrate that a new iconic building is quite unnecessary for a successful museum.

Surely, we could have our own remarkable museum displaying our collections in Tauranga at a much lower cost than Council has suggested.

After all, The Elms Mission House from the 1840’s and the 1880’s Brain Watkins House, are both small but well maintained by volunteer groups and offer a truly amazing, quality insight into the history of Tauranga. It’s time to dust off some more of our collections!

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Fundraising with a difference – Homemade and Healthy – A recipe book to nourish the body and soul Home grown from a small school community right here in the Bay...

When I joined the Tauranga Waldorf School playgroup with my two small preschoolers, I loved the morning teas. Fresh fruit and warm homemade bread topped with nut butter or homemade jam! So simple … yet tasty and nutritious.

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Ten years on and I still love and marvel at the simple yet nutritious food that appears in our school lunchboxes, at shared morning teas and even at birthday parties!

Healthy and homemade food nurtures our children, our families and our community on so many levels and inspired a thought that we could share some of these recipes with our wider community. And from this thought came the idea to create a series of homemade and healthy recipe books as a school fundraising activity.

Parents and teachers from our school have enthusiastically and generously opened their hearts and kitchens to gift, trial and prepare their treasured recipes … so that you, our wider community may share these homemade and healthy recipes with your friends and family.

The theme of the first volume is ‘Healthy Lunchboxes and Shared Morning Teas’ The recipe book is currently in production and due for release in early September 2018. There are around forty recipes in this book. Each recipe has been trialed, prepared and photographed. Recipes are diverse and include both sweet and savoury offerings. All of them are refined sugarfree and there are many that are gluten, or dairy free.

Recipes include a healthy jelly alternative made from the probiotic drink kombucha, a simple four ingredient no-knead bread, flourless gluten and dairy free chocolate muffins, lunchbox chocolate mousse made with healthy ingredients.

Pre-order your own book E-mail: healthyum@baylive.nz, or Phone Rika: 027 416 6974. The cost of the book is just $25.

All funds raised go towards school camps.

Milk – daily fresh raw (unpasteurised) (Bring your own bottles, or buy reusable 1 litre glass bottles from us)

Eggs – free-range, from really happy hens Honey – from local bees Fresh Produce – spray-free seasonal fruit and veges from Walnut Tree Farm Visiting hours: Milking daily at 7.30am Phone: 027 379 8494

News and updates about this limited edition book can be found online: baylive.nz/healthyum

By Rika Milne Bay Waka rocks! I wrote an article for it, as I love the idea of a magazine that connects our community :] Thanks Bay Waka!

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Kia Ora Koutou Katoa, Talofa Lava, Malo e Lelei, Ni Hao, Anyoung Haseyo, Konichi Wa, Gruetzi, Guten Tag, Bonjour, Ola, Hello Tauriko School is proud of its 100-year history as a school of excellence in the Tauriko/Lakes communities. All students who live within the school’s enrolment zone are entitled to learn at Tauriko School – there are places for these students from our wee five-year-old New Entrants to our proud young adolescents in Year 8.

As a full primary, Tauriko School has the added benefit of providing a varied and highly personalised, boutique learning opportunity for year 7 & 8 students. These students are beautifully prepared for their college years.

Feedback from all colleges informs us that our students are confident, capable young people who successfully take on the new challenges that college offers them.

Our values School values of Integrity, Excellence, Respect and Innovation guide learning, decision making and action for students, their teachers, parents and the wider school community: •

The school community is proud of its involvement in and support of Tauriko School

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Annual Creative Community Curriculum (CCC) – parents and teachers run a range of learning opportunities for children e.g. scrapbooking, gardening, agricultural science, boot camp, mosaics, murals

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The BOT and PTA support the Principal and her staff to achieve wonderful outcomes for all students

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There is a strong belief that “it takes a village to raise a child” – the school and its community are wrapped around each student to support their success

Our students: Global citizens Tauriko School aims to support our students to develop as global citizens. This means they know themselves as New Zealanders, value their unique history and are able to interact online with other students both in New Zealand and overseas. Te Reo Māori, Mandarin and French are learnt throughout their years at school and students are encouraged to explore other cultures and interact with a diverse range of students from different countries who are immigrants or International students.

Students develop tolerance, respect for others and value difference and celebrate their ability to communicate and build friendships with a wide range of people.

Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow The School has a core focus on developing students who love learning and have skills that support them to be life-long learners. With a wide variety of leadership opportunities for all students, students are able to contribute positively to their communities and know they can make a difference in their community and beyond.

Arts, Agriculture, Horticulture, Sports and more!

Tauriko School has a strong Arts programme with strengths in visual art, drama, dance, music and singing. Students can also take part in school productions, art exhibitions, specialist music, choir and kapahaka.

The school has a proud history of Agriculture and Horticulture. This means Environmental Education and learning about sustainability are woven through our curriculum. This is achieved through the school gardens, the use of their produce, composting, worm farming, caring for the chickens and collecting eggs, supporting community environmental projects and a focus on waste minimisation. The annual Agriculture Day and Gala are a highlight of the school year.

(Y3 to 8), sporting events, Inter-school and regional sporting competition (including AIMS Games), live-in week-long sports camp – competing against other schools (Years 7 & 8) and the opportunity to participate in a range of different sporting codes during the week and in the weekend.

Contact details Tauriko School encourages prospective families and students to visit the school, book a meeting with Suzanne Billington, our Principal, and tour the school to discover the many and varied strengths of this warm community-friendly learning environment.

Enquiries about our Open Evening for prospective Intermediate aged students can be made to our Assistant Principal, Jo Te Whaiti, jtewhaiti@tauriko.school.nz Out-Of-Zone places are also advertised on the school’s website as limited spaces are available.

These students are only enrolled if they are successful in their application through the outof-zone enrolment process.

Phone 07 543 0430 or email Kay in our school office today ktaylor@tauriko.school.nz to take advantage of this wonderful learning opportunity for your child.

Our students are also involved in a wide range of sporting and Education Outside the Classroom (EOTC) Activities including physical Education programmes, annual school camps 768 State Highway 29, R.D. 1, Tauranga Phone: 07 543 0430 Email: ktaylor@tauriko.school.nz Website: www.tauriko.school.nz facebook.com/tauriko/

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Memories on my branches There has been a lot of talk about Kauri Dieback in the media recently.

The closing of tracks in the Waitakare Ranges, and the fear of Tāne Mahuta being sick in Waipoua Forest. Kauri Dieback is real. It is in Northland, Auckland, and the Coromandel. Kauri of Kaimai Mamaku Conservation Park currently have no identifiable symptoms of Kauri Dieback. I write this reflection in the hope other’s might learn the significance of the Kauri.

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Looking over the valley I see Kauri stretched out against the sky like the legs of Tāne-Mahuta as he pushed and separated Papatūānuku (Mother Earth) and Ranginui (Sky), allowing light into the world.

Eagerly I walk the short track to Tuahu Kauri, needing to get back to the place that offers me strength and support in my life’s journey. That quiet space where I have contemplated many thoughts, and decisions.

Today I have come to listen to remember.

Today it is my friend who needs me.

In this moment, as I lie here looking up into your branches, time stands still. For over 20 years I have made the short walk to visit this Rākau Rangatira (chiefly tree) who has stood proud for hundreds of years.

My thoughts meander from the mountains to the sea to my son who has tasted the salt air of his tūpuna, learning ancient traditions of navigation on board a waka hourua (double-hulled canoe).

I glance across to the stories written across my shoulders knowing that kauri soot was an ingredient for the pigments of tā moko (Māori tattoos).

Your leaves are unchanged, but the world around you, has transformed.

The track is now different. Many of your whānau (family) are sick from Kauri Dieback, and we need to help you. The decking I lie on is different, an attempt to protect you from a sickness with no cure. I’m grateful you’re still here.

I continue to drift into the gaping canopy. I think of what Kauri is to me, I wonder about time unwritten. As I close my eyes I hear the faint giggling of children, people talking as they move past. A chisel tapping in the distance echoing through time. Tap, tap, tap, the song of a chisel carving, stories of hunters, warriors and people who remain part of this land. I can hear the hollow drumming of carving; a pou (post), and a Waka (canoe) displaying the mana of those who call the Kaimai home.

I watch as tui come and go, listening for their song. Instead I hear a distant call, an echo whispering through time.

The call is getting louder. Beware, be ready. It whispers to me. Something is coming, something is not right. Again, the Pūkāea (trumpet) sounds be aware,

be alert. The call to battle is loud and sharp the trumpet sounds the wero (challenge) of the Kauri stand-up be alert. It's the cry of the kauri help me protect me keep me safe.

As I lie here under your branches, I realise from the time Tāne Mahuta separated his parents, the identity of tangata whenua (people of the land) from the Kaimai north are intrinsically linked to the Kauri.

If the Kauri falls to Kauri Dieback, who will we be?

By Gavin Smith Kaitiaki Manutataki - Iwi Engagement Ranger Department of Conservation, Tauranga www.kauridieback.co.nz I write for this magazine to share my passion for conservation and the protection of Kauri.

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Kia ora, I’m Oscar!

It’s normal for me to . . .

• Sleep – a lot • Have weepy eyes, cuts or abrasions/scratches • Look skinny or malnourished

Only call the Department of Conservation if a seal is being harassed, or is severely injured or entangled.

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So just chill and leave me be.

Watch from 20 metres away and keep your dog on a lead near seals.

Seal numbers in the Bay of Plenty have steadily increased since the 1800s, when seals were hunted to the brink of extinction.

Over winter many more South Island seals holiday here, and stay to feed and gain strength before the breeding season. We will be sharing our beaches and coastal walks with seals more often.

Seals can be real clowns. They often play in the water and sleep on rocks – watch and take photos from a safe distance.

Seals spend most of their energy feeding at sea, so when they come to shore they sleep for long periods of time.

The young ones may look malnourished or unhealthy, but that’s just part of their natural lifecycle. Leave them be!

Kia tau! Kua hoki mai au.

It’s our 30th birthday!

This year the Welcome Bay Vet Clinic is celebrating its 30th birthday, so we’ve been delving into the archives and looking over our history.

Owner, operator, and Christmas light fanatic, John took over the practice when he moved to Tauranga in 1988. He then promptly enlisted the help of his parents, brother, and even a few clients and set about both literally and figuratively building the practice into the vet clinic that we know and love today.

In the beginning John took on the role of veterinarian, surgeon, receptionist and nurse but it wasn’t long before our team expanded.

Two of our nurses, Carol and Anna, have been with us since the 90’s and have a combined total of 50 years of nursing experience!

In recent years our team has been joined by a number of new faces, both vets and nurses alike. We are all very excited to be celebrating our 30th birthday as a practice and would like to invite all our clients and neighbours to celebrate with us.

Lights up for the community You may have noticed that some of our Christmas lights made a surprise appearance in June this year. A few of our clients were curious to know why when they passed by and noticed the white lights adorning the front of the clinic.

The reason for this is equal parts acknowledgement of the rising of Matariki and simply wanting to brighten up the dark winter evenings for our clients as they visit, and the local community as they drive past. It was also partly due to a great suggestion put forth by a local kindergarten!

The same goes for our roadside signs, which some have called “quirky”. Being a part of the community and providing family focused care has always been really important to our team, so being able to give someone a laugh on their way to work is really satisfying.

Throughout the month of August there will be a number of competitions and giveaways for people to get involved with — and cake too!

To stay up-to-date with all of this fun stuff, make sure that you check out our Facebook page or check in with our nursing staff in-store.

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School Ball season - Dancing with the Stars

Owner, operator, and Christmas light fanatic, John took over the practice when he moved to Tauranga in 1988.

Welcome Bay Vet Clinic in 1988

Lifelong relationships One of the great things about having longstanding staff members is that we get to care for our patients from their very first visit as a kitten, or bond with the puppies attending our Puppy Preschool classes. It’s always rewarding seeing our patients grow into healthy lifelong companions, and it’s really neat being able to care for those same patients as they become older animals with senior pet health needs.

But it’s not just the patients themselves that we enjoy seeing. A sizeable number of our clients are local people who came into the clinic with their parents when we first opened and are now bringing in children of their own - so it’s really special getting to care for our patients AND their families as they all grow up together.

This is why the team at the Welcome Bay Vet Clinic want to send out a huge thank you to all our patients and their owners - past, present, and future!

30 years of Veterinary Medicine

Perhaps it doesn’t come as a surprise that there have been some pretty major improvements in the field of veterinary medicine and science over the last three decades. As a result of this our pets are living to an older age and are members of the family for much longer.

Take cats, for example. When the Welcome Bay Vet Clinic first started out, a 12-year-old cat was considered a pretty old cat. Nowadays we’ll see cats who are 18-20+ years almost every single day.

Along with better preventative health care and treatments, part of why our pets are living longer is likely better nutrition. With access to premium pet food brands, pets (nay, family members!) that are being fed nutritionally balanced and beneficial diets are healthier and living longer. And that’s great, because we love it when our patients live long, happy lives!

Send us an 80s themed photo of your pet!

Send us a photo of your pet(s) enjoying some 80’s themed fun and you could win yourself a $300 voucher to spend at the Welcome Bay Vet Clinic!

Entries must be in by the 31st of August and some Terms and Conditions apply - for more information see our website, Facebook page, or visit us down at the clinic!

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Alfie’s recovery from hypotherrrrmia, brrrr!

Keeping your pet warm with a cosy and comfortable place to sleep is a priority. Hypothermia (abnormally low body temperature) can be life threatening and kittens and puppies are at greater risk of succumbing but animals of any age may be affected. Alfie, a gorgeous Tonkinese cat came into see us one morning after he had been missing overnight. His owner found him stuck behind a big storage container outside and he was very subdued, not moving much and definitely not his usual boisterous and smoochy self.

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Besides for some pain from bruising, probably from a fall, I found that he was pale, slightly dehydrated and his body temperature was so low it wasn’t even showing a reading on the thermometer, he was severely hypothermic! We immediately set Alfie up on warm intravenous fluids, placed him on a heating pad and wrapped him in special thermal coverings to get his body temperature up. After a short time, his thermometer reading was 34 degrees, nowhere near the normal 37 degrees but at least now it was registering.

An hour later his colour was much better and his temperature was normal. He was moving around and he hoovered down a whole bowl of food, a very rewarding outcome!

By Dr. Liza Schneider, Holistic Vets

Book series makes NZ conservation fun for kids A delightful series of books introducing children to conservation of some of New Zealand’s most treasured wildlife is available from ARRC Wildlife Trust www.arrc.org.nz.

In the set of ten books, each book tells of a real life story that serves to illustrate the perils that our wildlife face and how children can help. Characters include amongst others, Frankie the fantail who gets stuck in sticky flypaper, Wiremu the Waxeye is attacked by a cat, Sheldon the Shag gets stuck in fishing line and Sal the Seagull who nearly drowns in littered polystyrene.

The books are $10 each or $90 for the set of 10 and all proceeds from book sales go towards the ARRC’s work.

Win! Win! Win! ARRC is generously giving away 2 sets of the 10book series to Bay Waka readers. If you’d like a chance to win one, simply email us with the Māori name for the eel, in the photo by Andy Belcher (Hint – see pg. 43) - email to: win@baywaka.nz, or post to Bay Waka, PO Box 137, Tauranga 3140.

Thanks to all those Riddler’s who sent in an answer to go into the draw to win the pretty cool remote-controlled cockroach prize. The answer was not a submarine, or because they all jumped off, but in fact the reason you don’t see a single person on the boat is because they are all married!

Congratulations to Mrs Gladys von Pelt of Papamoa for winning the cockroach, ready to be used by visiting grandchildren.

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August - October 2018

A chap dies and is sent to hell. Satan meets him, shows him doors to three rooms, and says he must choose one to spend eternity in. In the first room, people are standing in dirt up to their necks. The guy says, ‘No, let me see the next room.’ In the second room, people are standing in dirt up to their noses. Guy says no again.

Finally, Satan opens the third room. People are standing with dirt up to their knees, drinking coffee and eating pastries. The guy says, ‘I pick this room.’ Satan says Ok and starts to leave, and the guy wades in and starts pouring some coffee. On the way-out Satan yells, ‘OK, coffee break’s over. Everyone back on your heads!’

AAAAAAAA A guy is sitting at home when he hears a knock at the door. He opens the door and sees a snail on the porch. He picks up the snail and throws it as far as he can. Three years later there’s a knock on the door. He opens it and sees the same snail. The snail says: ‘What the hell was that all about?’

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From the beginning of ‘eternity’ To the end of ‘time and space’ To the beginning of every ‘end’ And the end of every ‘place’.

What am I? Send your answer to: win@baywaka.nz, or post to P.O. Box 137, Tauranga 3140, but remember to include your email or phone number so we can contact you!

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Reilly’s wickedly wonderful worm wee My name is Reilly and I am eleven years old. Reilly’s Wickedly Wonderful Worm Wee is my business but Mum and Dad help me.

and equipment (I’ve bought it now) and the last part goes towards buying something, or saving for my little brother.

It all started when we got a worm farm from the Council Worm Composting Workshop, but we lived in a house with not much garden so I decided to sell it door to door because we couldn’t use it all. I put the bottles in the carrier box on the back of my bike. Then my teacher Fran, tried to set up a hydroponic garden made out of a barrel on the farm at our school and told us about Wendy who works at the Hyalite hydroponics shop in 9th Ave. Wendy said that all the children in our class could buy a hydroponic kit for half price. I thought it would be quite cool to have a kit, so I decided to save up for one.

I like having a business because I can make the money to buy gardening equipment, but its quite hard because I have to feed the worms every day and harvest the wee and putting the labels on the bottles is quite hard because I have to try not to crinkle them.

I’m also now selling new 1 sqm gauze for the worm farms for $5, if anyone needs one, email me at wormwee@kiwinz.net.

By Reilly I write for Bay Waka because Dad asked me to!

Bay Waka love supporting young entrepreneurs. If you know of a young person with their own business, or are one yourself, we would love to hear from you and we can showcase your business in the next issue! Write to Lisa@baywaka.nz.

I have learnt how to make sure the store has enough bottles and we have enough labels. I split the money I make into four: part goes into my bank account, part goes to Dad for the costs, part went towards the hydroponic garden

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I told Dad and he said he knew Wendy and she said she’d reserve one for me. I thought I could turn the worm wee into a business so we went and asked Wendy if I could sell it through the hydroponics store and she said yes, they would sell it for me! So, Dad helped me make a stand out of old beer crates and I stained them. Mum helped me make labels and I tied them onto the bottles.

Last month, I wrote a letter to Mr Hill's Laboratory in Hamilton and he sent me a testing kit I filled up and sent back by courier. When I hear back, I'm going to tell my customers.

“Fundraising for my own hydroponic garden”

Reilly is pouring his 1:10 diluted worm wee into his hydroponic garden in the sun room at home.

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Tauranga City Council has been running worm composting workshops since 2003 to help residents to reduce the amount of organic waste they send to landfill via their rubbish bin or bag. Over half of the average residential bin/bag is food or garden waste which could be composted instead. To date Council has introduced 1,307 worm farms into the community.

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The next worm composting workshop is on Saturday, 29 September 2018.

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Worm - not for sale Enquiries: wormwee@kiwinz.net 022 673 8006

Due to the popularity of the workshops the $34.50 tickets must be pre-purchased from Council’s website.

There will be four workshops held in the next 12 months in locations across the city.

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Chef Stephen’s - The Happy Puku Catering Co.

Kia Ora everyone!

Taste of Spring

Well spring is at long last here! We’ve made it through the cold and wet winter months, daylight saving is around the corner and everywhere flowers are slowly starting to blossom and you can tell that wonderful promise of summer in the air. It’s all kind of glorious... and must I add it’s so lovely to start eating lighter, fresher kai with different flavours.

Food & Fun

Here's an easy, peasy quick recipe made with crispy good old granny Smith Apples. Dark and sticky caramel, sweet apples and crisp pastry combine to make this heavenly French dessert. Serve immediately with a dusting of icing sugar and as mentioned further on, a scoop of french vanilla ice cream... ...pure decadence!

The pastry can be made either in a food processor or by hand. Add the icing sugar to the butter and mix together well, then add the egg and mix again.

Add a pinch of salt then slowly add the flour and keep mixing until the ingredients are just combined. Wrap the pastry and chill for at least an hour.

Ingredients 75g Butter (cubed) 300g Castor sugar 6 Granny Smith apples (peeled, cored and halved or quartered) ½ tsp Chinese Five Spices Pastry 65g icing sugar 100g unsalted butter (cubed and softened) 1 large egg (beaten) 225g plain flour

TARTE TATIN Serves 4-6

Put a 30 cm ovenproof frying pan over a low heat, melt the butter and sugar together and cook for 4-5 minutes to a light caramel colour. Add the apples and five spice and cook gently until the juice comes out of the apple. Turn up the heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until the apples are soft (about 15-20 minutes). They will give off lots of liquid which you will need to bubble away so that the caramel sticks to the apples. Take the pan off the heat and cool.

Heat the oven to 200C/fan. Remove the pastry from the fridge for 5 minutes to make it easier to roll. Roll out so that it will fit the pan, then lay on top of the apples, tucking down the edges slightly. Bake for 15 minutes or until the pastry is golden. Flip the pan over onto a plate taking care with the hot caramel. Or, slice the Tatin in the pan, lift out with a cake slice and serve with the apples face up on the plate. Yummy French Vanilla ice-cream is the perfect accompaniment.

Bon appetit!

By Stephen Kapai Wilson I write for this magaizne because I am passionate about Life, People and Good Kai!

Stephen Kapai | The Happy Puku Catering Co. | stephenkapai@googlemail.com | 021 140 5515

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Through Andy Belcher’s lens Tuna Kuwharuwharu (long finned eel)

Seeing my eel image again bought back a lot of fond memories as my photographic career started underwater. While travelling the South Island with my dive and camera gear I stopped for a coffee at a place called Anatoki Tame Eels and Café near Takaka. When I spotted these beautiful creatures in crystal clear water I donned my wetsuit and jumped in.

They seemed completely unfazed by my presence and after suffering cold-water shivers I managed to get this shot. It was taken on a Nikonos underwater film camera. I later scanned the transparency to digital and was amazed how well it reproduced.

Well, guess what? I received an email from Sarah at Earthrace telling me I was the winner! Yay. I was excited. I am indeed a professional but would still like to remind any photographers out there that creating a prize winning image is all about patience and determination. Visualize your finished image before you start and don’t give up until you get it exactly the way you want it. Of course it also helps if you are lucky enough to be born with a certain amount of creative talent.

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The founder of Earthrace Conservation, Peter Bethune recently ran a photo competition looking for the best images of New Zealand’s endangered long finned eels. It was offering a very tempting $500 first prize. I knew that tucked away in my archives I had a good eel image.

After searching for a while I found it and sent my entry. I could sense that the species were important to Pete as numbers are declining due to commercial fishing, pollution, habitat loss and hydro dams. After a little research I found that long fin eels can live for 100 years, they swim to Tonga and New Caledonia to breed, they breed only once and then die.

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16th Ave Theatre – The 39 Steps – (Comedy/Mystery) Opening 7th - 22nd September 2018

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5 double passes for opening night to give away.

Answer the following Q: On what DAY is opening night?

Send your answer to PO Box 137 or email: win@baywaka.nz

Adapted by Patrick Barlow. Directed by Dylan Frewin The 39 Steps at 16th Avenue Theatre will be the best night out you have all year, as you cackle your way through this laugh-out-loud, side-splitting comedy!

Based on the acclaimed film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, witness only four actors attempt to play over one hundred characters as they present a story full of mystery, romance and espionage! Will Hannay our hero find the mysterious 39 Steps? Don't miss your chance to find out and get your tickets now!

Fundraise with 16th Ave Theatre – High Demand Book early!

Create memorable and profitable experiences for your special cause or organisation by hiring 16th Avenue Theatre for your own private performance and fundraiser.

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Variable pricing options to suit your fundraising needs - potential to raise $2,000 or more in one evening at the theatre. Block bookings for Stepping Out 23rd Nov -8th Dec 2018 available. Find out more, email to: info@16avetheatre.co.nz

Treasured Art Auction 2018 Run by the Tauranga Sunrise Rotary Club, Treasured Art – the annual art auction and exhibition - is this year proudly sponsored by Volvo. Running over two days and one evening, the event will take place on Friday 9 and Saturday 10 November at the Duncan & Ebbett Showrooms. All profits will go to Kiwi Can; a Graeme Dingle Foundation programme delivering values and life skills to five to twelve year old children in our local schools.

The invitation-only auction evening on 10 November will be MC'd by Miriama Smith and will feature live entertainment, music, wine and exquisite canapés served throughout the evening. Both pre-loved and new works of art will be sold on either a 50/50 commission basis or 100% donation. This event is a chance for Tauranga art lovers to relax, network and bid for some prestigious pieces of art.

In previous years, we have onsold some wonderful collectible art from well-known New Zealand artists including an Arthur Dagley collection and various works from Graeme Sydney, Hayley Brown, Peter Wallers, Susan Harrison-Tustain, A. A. Deans, Richard Ponder, Kate Jones-Madill, Anita Blanchett and John Speedy.

Since 2010, Treasured Art has raised over $100,000 for Kiwi Can, supported 1,100 kiwi kids every year, entertained over 1,500 locals and sold well over 200 pieces of art.

The Rotary Club of Tauranga Sunrise is now seeking submissions of art both preloved and new art or precious pieces. If you would like to turn your art into cash and support a great cause, please submit art by 31 August at, www.treasuredart.co.nz For all enquires, or to register your interest to bid, email hello@treasuredart.co.nz

Bay Waka

The Bay’s own Community Orchestra!

Every community needs music of all kinds, and Tauranga is no exception.

The area has an active arts scene and an important part of that is our own community orchestra, Bay of Plenty Symphonia. Made up of enthusiastic amateur musicians, the orchestra performs regularly to equally enthusiastic audiences.

Ticket prices are kept low and central venues are usually chosen to allow as many people as possible to enjoy the live music.

Bay of Plenty Symphonia.

The Symphonia’s next concert on August 12th includes two major works from the classical repertoire – Dvorak’s Cello Concerto and Bruckner’s 6th Symphony. In the first piece the cello soloist is Inbal Megiddo, who is based in Wellington but is a top class international performer with many accolades to her name. This is a beautiful piece of music with lots of wonderful folk-like melodies reminiscent of the composer’s Bohemian homeland. By contrast

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Bruckner was an Austrian composer and his majestic symphonies are full of grandeur and regal themes with lots of brass. Community orchestras don’t often get to play Bruckner as he is quite a challenge to perform, but the Symphonia is looking forward to bringing this mighty piece to Baycourt on Sunday 12th August at 2.30pm.

Book your tickets at Ticketek today: 0800 842 538, for only $10 (booking fee may apply).

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Issue 12 - Spring 2018

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Turning Kids Lives Around Through Boxing

Sport & Wellbeing

New to the Bay of Plenty and strongly supported by the NZ Police and community organisations, the BOP Youth Development Trust aims to inspire youths to believe in themselves and achieve dreams they never thought possible. It plans to do this by establishing the Tauranga Boxing Academy.

The key to engaging the youth, and what brings them through the door is the boxing. The Tauranga Boxing Academy’s new gym will be opening at Number 3 The Strand later in 2018.

The Academy has high standards and discipline and is focused more on selfdefence and staying safe rather than getting into trouble.

The programme is for young people aged 9 to 18 years who will attend 2-3 times a week and will likely stay engaged for between 4 and 8 years.

The Academy provides a safe space for meaningful social interactions between youth, positive role models through mentors and a place to learn how to enact the values of: • Respect • Responsibility • Compassion • Consideration • Kindness • Duty • Obedience • Honesty and Truthfulness An evaluation of the Naenae Boxing Academy run by Billy Graham (on which

this programme is based), found it to be highly effective at making positive changes in these youths’ lives.

It won’t surprise you to know that Duncan is a pseudonym. I’m an amateur writer, my professional life is spent within the buoyant local building industry.

Speaking from experience, the biggest problem we have is finding decent young people who display an understanding of the above listed values. In 2016 alone, I went through four potential apprentices. Every one of them was unable to consistently show up to work on time and do a day’s work.

Building is one industry that will be clambering to get first dibs on the

products of this awesome initiative.

Henry can teach them to box and we can teach them which end of the hammer to hold.

The programme reaches beyond the young person to include their whānau, and further afield, to connecting with businesses for employment opportunities as they get older. Young people are referred by Social Workers, Police and whānau - but they all must want to be there. I’m excited.

If you would like to connect with the BOP Youth Development Trust, please contact the Chair, Craig Nees on 029 244 4086.

By a.k.a. Duncan McCallum Esq. Bay Waka Sport Reporter

From left, front row, Harawira Haimona, Jemain Taifau, Michael Hagger, Henry Fa’afili.

Back row, Ihaia Hartley, Te Ariki Iki, Lindsay Maclean.

Why not meditate?

Many people are curious about mediation but wonder if it is suitable for them. The good news is that anyone can meditate! In fact, meditation benefits everyone because it is training our mind in happiness.

To start to appreciate the benefits of meditation we need to understand that happiness and problems are feelings within our mind. For example, if we do something nice for someone we feel happy because we experience pleasant feelings.

Similarly, when we encounter people or situations we don’t like, we experience unpleasant feelings. If we check carefully we will see that

a situation only becomes a problem when we react with unpleasant feelings.

Meditation is learning to control and familiarise our mind with positive thoughts that increase our experiences of inner peace and happiness. At the same time, it also trains our mind to avoid negative thinking that causes us to experience painful feelings, our “problems”.

By meditating on the breath we can calm the mind by reducing distractions, from this peaceful mind we are then ready to meditate on special lines of reasoning that cause us to develop positive or virtuous

states of mind. We should remember these virtuous states of mind through the day as they will protect us from negativity and suffering.

If you are interested in Buddhism or meditation, you are welcome to attend a weekly drop-in class at Greerton Library (every Thursday at 7pm). Classes cost $15 per person, all proceeds go to spreading Buddhist teachings.

Everyone is welcome! www.meditateintauranga.org

By Mathew Stewart I write for this magazine to help people find pure lasting happiness.

Bay Waka

August - October 2018

Just reaching for medication to relieve pain is not the best answer; rather discover the cause of pain then help healing.

Massage an ancient way to relieve pain Exercise Physiologist Jazz Black says, “the power of massage is the oldest way to heal and comfort”. Relaxation Massage helps; although Deep Tissue Massage directly eases painful tension in muscles.

Bowen therapy A gentle form of bodywork where subtle movement over the muscles and connective tissue sends messages deep into the body; retrieving cellular memory of a relaxed balanced way of wellbeing.

Village Radio Museum - 1368 AM Historic Village Radio Museum, call sign 1XT on 1368 AM, has been broadcasting from the Old Town Board Room and Library for 34 years.

There’s a team of 27 staff, including announcers, technicians, technical operators, record library, computer and web support, as well as an 8-person administration committee.

You can hear songs from the 1940’s era, right up to the 1980’s and listeners can ring-in for requests on Tauranga, (07) 571 3710.

There’s one room, named the “Museum” crammed full of old valve radios, record players and mementos of days gone by, all connected with broadcasting if you want to check it out, come and see!

Without COGS, (the Community Grants Scheme), the Lotteries Commission,

local Lions and Rotary Clubs and regular sausage sizzles there’d be no Village Radio. We also have to thank our very loyal band of listeners, “Friends of Village Radio”, many of whom have given generous donations.

A popular feature is our “Community Notices” broadcast each weekday at 11 am; free of charge for charitable organisations.

Pop in (upstairs) and say hello the next time you have visitors or relations from out of town. Or just tune in on 1368 AM. You will hear music that’s not played by any other radio station in Tauranga!

By George Stewart I write for Bay Waka to reveal the hidden secrets of Tauranga Village Radio Museum

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Ancient and New Ways to Relieve Pain

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Bacteria and Pain Damaging bacteria has long been known to cause pain in many areas.

New research shows it may be the cause of back pain. However, different types of “Friendly bacteria” or probiotics can decrease inflammation and pain.

2½ year newcomer to Village Radio announcer Carole Marsden runs her post war music show fortnightly on Tuesday, commencing at 10am with 'Sail Along Silvery Moon' leading into three hours of crooning music, here with her guest co-host Arlo (6).

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Firewalls keep intruders out of my business NOC/SOC

What is a Firewall?

In computing, a firewall is a barrier between Client a computer and the Cloud network, or a barrier between an office or home network and the internet.

Firewalls are a Access Application security system that manages, monitors and controls all traffic between devices or traffic Partner API between an internal network and an external network based on predetermined security rules.

Firewalls might be a hardware device, a software program, or a combination of the two and are generally categorized as network-based or host-based. Network-based firewalls are positioned on the gateway computers of LANs, WANs and intranets. They are either software appliances running on general-purpose hardware, or hardware-based firewall computer appliances. Each has its advantages and disadvantages however, they both play a role in layered security.

How does a Firewall work?

A network firewall protects a computer network from unauthorized access or malicious access from the outside, such as malware-infested websites and can disable vulnerable open network ports from being attacked.

It constantly monitors all incoming and outgoing traffic and

what makes a firewall different from just a traffic analyser is that it is set up to block certain network applications and traffic.

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A firewall might disable particular applications from accessing the network, block URLs from loading, and prevent traffic through certain network ports.

Some firewalls can even be used in a mode where they block everything until you explicitly allow every single access. This is one way to block everything on a network so that you can manually set up safeguards against networkrelated threats.

Security Problem? Not a problem Today, Fortinet continues to drive market evolution with the development of the connected UTM, (Unified Threat Management) which further consolidates networking and security components into one integrated device. Only Fortinet delivers this breadth of well-integrated and highly effective components spanning network through endpoint security, wired and wireless LAN, and more.

A single, cloud-based management system simplifies management and support. This means you can deploy a standard appliance platform that allows you to add more security services as well as integrated hardware extensions over time to increase your customer value, revenue, and profitability.

By Jeffrey Whale I write for this magazine because Bay Waka supports the businesses in our community.

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The price of leadership is loneliness The expectations of Māori leadership are immense. Our people demand a fearless warrior who will fight on their behalf, intellectually, physically, spritiually and politically.

The role also requires a deepened broad cerebal capacity to visualise, plan, and build a team that can make the decisions and take the action that creates a brighter future for every one of our people. Then there is knowledge in every facet of Iwi engagement be it Te Reo strategy; education, primary, secondary and teritery health; or fishing quotas, investment, through to negotiation matrices.

Iwi leadership has its pressures but what warms me is the one question that is always with me: ‘Is what I am doing, about to do, or have done, the best for our people?” If I can answer that affirmatively then I can’t go too far wrong.

Business

When a leader falters a whole tribe can stumble, but when the tribe awhi their leaders, then the weight of that pain is spread across many. Sometimes of course, some people, just can’t hang in there for the short difficult journey ahead.

That is when leadership comes to the fore, and the place in which leaders continue the journey on their own even as they journey into te rerenga wairua.

By Paora Stanley, CEO, Ngāi Te Rangi Iwi I write for Bay Waka because it heals my wairua.

Issue 12 - Spring 2018

Public speaking will take you anywhere If you are looking for an edge for your small business, have you ever thought about joining Toastmasters? Huh? How would that help my business, you might wonder?

I’ve been a member of Toastmasters for well over 20 years, and I can honestly Stan Gregec, CEO, Chamber of Commerce say it’s had a huge payback for me – in just about every work role I’ve had.

By going to weekly meetings, where the emphasis is on practice and feedback, it’s helped me develop public speaking skills as well as the confidence to deal with pretty well any situation that I find myself in.

For instance, knowing how to run a workshop about my product or service, or training others to do a particular role or task.

Or chairing a Board or staff meeting and keeping to the agenda and to time.

Or going to networking events where I have the opportunity to meet new people and give an introduction to my business.

Or making a pitch or a presentation to the bank or potential investors and customers.

Sometimes it can just be an impromptu situation where it’s appropriate to say a few words – such as a staff leaving occasion or a birthday celebration.

All of these are situations where confidence and the ability to speak clearly, fluently and persuasively count.

Toastmasters is the perfect place to develop these skills. We are fortunate to have a number of Toastmasters clubs in Tauranga that meet at different times of the day and in different locations to cater for everyone’s convenience.

My suggestion is to get yourself invited to a club meeting to just observe and see how it works, before making any commitment to join. You’ll be made to feel very welcome. Take that step now, and you’ll be well on the way to learning a powerful business skill.

Kickstart Toastmasters. Meets Thursday’s 7am to 8.15am at Alimento Café, First Avenue, Tauranga.

By Stan Gregec, CEO, Chamber of Commerce

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Thought bytes: Drowning in the silicon sea - Beware the bots!

T

here’s an ever-increasing list of issues that could keep you up at night: there’s an always-rising tide, or the relentless anti-bacon lobby, “Would you like some cancer with those eggs?”. How about being publicly shamed on social media, by some 23-year-old millennial just because you happen to share a similar view with his 87-year-old grand-dad?

The smartest people in the room are not concerned about such trivialities.

They are instead, intensely and solely concerned with Turing Tests. The Robots are coming. And they’re smart.

And they don’t care. About you, about anything.

If this sounds alarmist, it should.

We are living in the age of Artificial Intelligence; Moore’s law might be pressing up against physics but the damage is already done. Most people rationalise this by buying into the AI effect. The AI effect occurs when onlookers discount the behaviour of an artificial intelligence program by arguing that it is not real intelligence.

It makes it less scary. Siri, Google Now, smart cars, Chatbots, Content generation Bots, Bot bots. Don't fool yourself It's now ubiquitous. The algorithms have won, but at least we can retain a modicum of mana as we drown under their silicon sea.

Let's start with privacy online.

Assuming you have any left. Google, Facebook and all the rest make their money by selling your data. You happily agree to this so that you can see pictures of your niece’s new dog.

Good trade! Maybe seeing a photo of a dog is a fair price for passing over all your personal data to some brainy billionaires. Maybe they really need do a new space ship, or tropical island…

Or you could stop using free email services. Or, use them and use fake

everything. Fake name, fake news.

Mess with Google's business model.

Get a burner (or 5) Mailnator or YopMail are great for this. Use EFF’s Privacy Badger extension add on (it works on all browsers) set and forget.

Track the Trackers.

Email the Office of the Privacy Commissioner. Lobby Mr Edwards to audit all the large data-sellers.

Maybe you won’t change anything.

Which is cool too. But it can’t hurt to think twice about what you’re giving up to your big benevolent brother.

And if anyone knows, Orwell knows, that these days, “If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.”

By John Connor I write for this magazine because it’s easier to say “I told you so” when it’s in print.

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But you’re worrying about the wrong things. Buy a house by the water, eat the bacon. Tell the world what you really think and use CAPS and never apologise (seriously never-ever ever apologise, the outcome won’t change, so at least go down with some dignity) go wild, buy your son a toy gun and a blue T-shirt!

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Westpac Tauranga Business Awards - new...

‘Air New Zealand Corporate Sponsorship Award’ Anne Pankhurst, Special Projects Coordinator, Chamber of Commerce has announced, the Westpac Tauranga Business Awards are introducing a new award in 2018, the Air New Zealand Corporate Sponsorship Award, which recognises the huge philanthropic and sponsorship contribution made through the business community.

Westpac Tauranga Business Awards

“We are looking for your nominations of those businesses that have helped your organisation to support your community. We know that the business community is very generous and that without their support some of the community endeavours and outcomes simply wouldn’t happen. So, if you want to recognise that business

send your nomination to awards@ tauranga.org.nz and tell us why this company should win this award.”

Entries close 14 September 2018 and the Awards Gala dinner is held 6pm, Friday 9 November at ASB Arena, TAURANGA. Find out more at: www.businessawards.org.nz

Westpac Business Awards are coming – Here’s what last year’s winner says...

Business

The journey for winning the “Service Excellence Award” at the Westpac Tauranga Business Awards began many years ago when we purchased the business of Tauranga Veterinary Services Ltd. Some friends and colleagues had entered and won the awards previously and talked about what they had gained from participation. We felt we were not ready for that as a business, but over the years we worked at various aspects to reach the point that we have today.

It wasn’t until our then Business Manager suggested that we should enter that I became convinced we were ready. In fact, when we sat down as a group – with our key staff members and looked at the different parts of our business, we then realised we could.

A lot of things you do in your business, your industry – you take for granted and they are the real stories. It was a matter of stopping and reflecting upon it and putting it down on paper. And telling the judges.

The process was supportive. Anne Pankhurst had a couple of meetings with us and our senior team to answer any questions, but she gave us the confidence that we should enter. The feedback from the judges – people you respect in the local business world was appreciated. They asked questions, sought confirmation and allowed you to look at things another way.

The application was like a business “Warrant of Fitness”. If you had some gaps, which we did, it was an extra incentive to progress in aspects that you may not have. But, by the same token, by having completed a great

One highlight of the Westpac Tauranga Business Awards is the festival Awards ceremony dinner.

deal of the requirements it gave you confidence that as a business you were being responsible.

At the end, it was a pleasure to win the “Service Excellence Award” and to be placed in “Customer Experience Award”.

This acknowledgement from our community is rewarding for our current team of staff and previous staff members who have contributed to Tauranga Veterinary Services Ltd. It also is recognition of the value we place on our customers who support us and reassurance that we are caring for their animals in a great way.

By David McDonnell, BOPVets.co.nz I write for this magazine to share the great work our team do looking after our communities animals.

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Keeping the business up and running What would you do if a Key Employee had a sudden serious health issue and was unable to contribute in full?

This can happen at any time. Losing the ability to capture key knowledge and expertise from the affected employee.

This can be a critical moment for any organisation to remain in business.

What can happen as in the following example, is an illustration of the chain of events that are challenging to manage without any certainty of a good outcome.

Steven (not his real name) has been employed with the organisation for over 15 years. He knows every job within his team and steps into any role when they are short staffed. He is well liked and respected among his peers and valued by his employer.

Fortunately, through the rehabilitation team at the local DHB, and BiznessWins as a specialist rehabilitation employment team, there was an opportunity to transition Steven back into the organisation. BiznessWins put together a programme that assisted the employer to retain Stevens knowledge and his skill base and support him to return to the workforce.

Call Biznesswins now to Discuss Your Options Warren Scobie

warren@biznesswins.com Mobile 027 692 7736

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What are the key factors necessary to reach a successful outcome?

• A fully supportive employer • A personalised programme that measures a structured return back into employment in the same or similar role • Friends and family support for the employee • Regular meetings to discuss progress and monitor workload where appropriate

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• Collaboration with professional teams supporting the employee The benefit to the employer of adopting a rehabilitation programme is that it will retain the employee’s knowledge and skills and will eliminate the costs associated with recruiting and training a new staff member.

BiznessWins write for this magazine because it is informative and reaches a wide cross-section of our community.

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Being fit and able, in his late thirties, who would have thought that he would suffer a stroke? But he did, and instead of being an active productive member of his team, he was now faced with months of rehabilitation. The organisation was now left with a big gap to fill. What were their options? Wait and see what happens next or look at ultimately replacing Steven. Fifteen years experience and a valuable team player is very hard to replace.

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CLASSIFIEDS Our Community

Our Community

Lighthouse Church

260 Welcome Bay Road

Phone 544 5383 Regular Sunday Services - 10am

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FREEMASONRY Composed of men of character with high ideals and worthwhile values 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.

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

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

COMMUNITY CONTACTS Arataki Comm. Centre 578 6450 Greerton Comm. Hall 577 8580 Merivale Comm. Centre 578 6450 Ohauiti Settlers Hall 0800 042 848 Oropi Comm. Hall 0800 146 767 Papamoa Comm. Centre 577 8566 Rangataua Sports 021 0261 6996 W.Bay Comm. Centre: 544 9774

Recommended Services ACUPUNCTURE & MASSAGE, Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner, Acupuncturist, ACC provider, April Zhou, Maungatapu Clinic, open 7-days by appointment. Phone: 021 0879 0276, Website: www.wellbeingacu.co

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.

AURORA HEALTH & BEAUTY, Skin Transformation. Holistic beauty program to transform your skin with personalised product solutions. Home visits, (07) 576 4891, (021) 042 1434.

Website: aurorahealthandbeauty.co.nz

MEDITATION CLASSES, If you are interested in Buddhism or meditation, you are welcome to attend a weekly drop-in class at Greerton Library (every Thursday at 7pm). Classes cost $15 per person, all proceeds go to spreading Buddhist teachings.

COMPUTER REPAIRS & HELP, Windows or MAC, synchronising all devices together. We can get you up and running again. Silver Service IT, we come to you, 7-day support, 9am - 9pm.

Phone: (07) 262 1000, or (022) 673 8006.

Welcome aboard OUR Mobile Library Welcome Aboard the Mobile Library

The Tauranga mobile library visits locations throughout the city six days a week.

You’ll find us near centres, Primary Schools and at several homes.

The Tauranga mobile library visitsshopping locations throughout theon cityresidential six days a week.estates, You’ll find by us near shopping centres, on residential estates, retirement

by Primary schools and at several retirement homes. Check out the timetable below locatetimetable a convenient below stop nearto you!

Check outto the locate a convenient stop near you!

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

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

2018 Mobile Library stops

Weekday

Time

August

Sept.

October

November

Maungatapu Shops

Monday

9.15 – 10.30 am

6

20

-

3

17

1

15

29

-

12

26

Change Point (Poike Rd)

Monday

10.45 – 11.30 am

6

20

-

3

17

-

15

29

-

12

26

129 Haukore Street (Hairini)

Monday

11.40 – 12.15 pm

6

20

-

3

17

1

15

29

-

12

26

The Avenues, Tenth Ave

Tuesday

9.20 – 9.50 am

7

21

4

18

2

16

30

-

13

27

Welcome Bay Primary School

Wednesday

10.00 – 12.15 pm

8

22

-

5

19

-

17

31

-

14

28

Greenwood Park Village

Wednesday

1.45 – 2.20 pm

8

22

-

5

19

3

17

31

-

14

28

77 Victory Street (Welcome Bay)

Wednesday

2.30 – 3.45 pm

8

22

-

5

19

3

17

31

-

14

28

Monowai St. (Opp. Monowai Village)

Thursday

2.05 – 3.25 pm

9

23

-

6

20

4

18

-

1

15

29

21 Landing Dr, The Lakes

Friday

3.00 – 3.50 pm

10

24

-

7

21

5

19

-

2

16

30

Opp. St Thomas More Church, Gloucester Rd.

Saturday

9.30 – 10.45 am

11

25

-

8

22

6

20

-

3

17

-

80, Fourteenth Ave

Tuesday

11.30 – 12.00 pm

14

28

-

11

25

9

23

-

6

20

-

Short Place (Off Karewa Pde – E. Papamoa)

Wednesday

3.15 – 3.45 pm

1

15

29

12

26

10

24

-

7

21

-

54 Osprey Drive (Welcome Bay)

Thursday

2.10 – 3.45 pm

2

16

30

13

27

11

25

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8

22

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No service on Public holidays: Mon 22 Oct – Labour Day No service to schools during school holidays: Mon 1 Oct – 13 Oct.

No service on Public holidays: Mon 22 Oct – Labour Day

No service to schools during school holidays: Mon 1 Oct – 13 Oct.

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.

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.

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