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Welcome back and thank you!

Recently I had the opportunity to meet Mayors Crosby and Paterson. I always wondered with so much on their plate, how they managed to handle their many interactions within the community and to encourage cooperation and elicit a willingness to follow them in what has to be done according to the plans Mayor Crosby explains that “Council creates the environment for achievement and success through building working relationships”, while Mayor Paterson, states “The most important cornerstone of our future lies in sharing services, working collaboratively across the region, and having the needs and affordability of the people at the heart of all decisions.”

Today, after receiving their columns, I am beginning to understand that the bricks of their success come from everything they had to perform during their tenure.

The requirement to balance competing community and sector interest demands with limited resources within a regulatory environment must be a very real challenge, and to do this successfully is the hallmark of a successful mayoralty.

Local Candidatees WHOMP Election Special issue publication for Tauranga City and Western Bay of Plenty District The hustle and bustle of the upcoming elections has kept my office very busy.

You may wonder about the point of voting but every individual has the chance to impact on the running of

the District H e a l t h Board and our three Councils and it is through this election process that we can deliver the keys to the next people we choose to take over, on our behalf, for the future of the community.

We will be producing a special election issue that will provide an overview of all the candidates (of who wish to take part) that will help provide you with some vital information to make a more informed vote.

Look out for this WHOMP Election Special Issue in a month’s time, on 1314 September, when it will be delivered into all 67,511 local households letterboxes.

Reflecting on, together with, our community We really want our magazine to reflect all segments of our communities.

We are very happy to receive articles written by you our readers. If there is something happening in your community you would like to share, an unsung hero perhaps or new community initiative, feel free to drop us a line to have a chat about your idea or just put fingers to keyboard and write the article! Alternatively if you would like to write articles for us on topics we have identified we would be more than happy to hear from you!

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Stuart Crosby: “I’m proud to have been involved in SmartGrowth.”

The grounding of container ship Rena on 5 October 2011 also proved that despite facing a major environmental disaster, the community rallied together to remove the oil from our coastline.

Further investments and developments are being planned for the Welcome Bay and Ohauiti communities in the not too distant future, which will have council input and support.

I mention these two events because I firmly believe that facing adversity at any level is the greatest test of a Mayor, an organisation and a community.

Looking beyond the obvious essentials

Looking forward - a smart approach My personal philosophy in local government has been to provide for today and plan for tomorrow, and as a result of our ongoing growth the planning for the future is critical.

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Tauranga City Mayor Stuart Crosby

The last twelve years as Mayor of Tauranga have been filled with events and issues that have certainly kept me on my toes.

I had only been Mayor eight months when on 18 May 2005 a rainstorm in our city resulted in the eventual loss of over 40 homes and the displacement of hundreds of people for several months.

While that event challenged our city and community, we all pulled together to successfully meet those challenges.

From 2001 I have been involved in our growth management strategy, which is a collaborative piece of work involving Tauranga City Council, Western Bay of Plenty District Council, the Bay of Plenty Regional Council and Tangata Whenua.

This strategy called Smart Growth has lead the way in New Zealand in terms of managing growth.

As a city grows it is important that community facilities are provided to match that growth. As Mayor I have had the privilege of opening the Bay Wave aquatic complex, Papamoa Library and Community Centre, ASB Arena, Arataki Community Centre, the new Greerton Library, and supporting the Welcome Bay Community and Sporting developments.

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It is true to say that community facilities are always the hardest to get funded and often play second fiddle to other Council infrastructure.

I have also had a focus on the city keeping up with the essentials like a water quality and wastewater supply, and constantly upgrading our transport links. Keeping the city clean and graffiti-free has also been a high priority of mine.

Rapid growth can, and often does, have a negative impact on our natural environment, so growing in a smarter and more sustainable manner is one of our greatest challenges.

Building working relationships is key As Mayor I learnt very quickly that you never achieve much on your own. Building working relationships both within and outside of the Council creates the environment for achievement and success.

Keeping the “local” (community) in local government has also been a priority of mine. Therefore I have always enjoyed the numerous community engagements I have had, be it on an individual basis or a group basis. Listening is the first step in any conversation.

As my tenure as Mayor comes to a close I do want to thank and acknowledge all those who have supported and advised me on my journey.

Tauranga has a fantastic future if we continue to plan and invest in our city.

For the future I intend to stand for a seat in the Tauranga constituency of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council and hopefully find more time to enjoy the place I call home.

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Ross Paterson: “After 21 years it’s time for the family.”

After 21 years service to local government, three terms of which I have had the privilege of being Mayor, I have decided it is the right time to leave.

However, there is a heaviness of heart when I think of unfinished business.

Part of me would like to progress issues of great importance within local government and to see through some good projects we have started in our communities.

I have been part of the growth management strategy SmartGrowth since its inception in 2000.

This collaborative plan managed by Tauranga City and Western Bay councils, Bay of Plenty Regional Council, tangata whenua and the New Zealand Transport Agency continues to be immensely important particularly when dealing with the pressure of development.

Road maintenance services In Council the achievement of which I am most proud was the introduction of the performance-based contract method for procuring the maintenance services for our roading network.

This was New Zealand’s first such maintenance contract. At its inception it encompassed 122km of state highway, 712km of sealed local roads and 330km unsealed rural roads.

Over the 12 years of the contract Council has saved $1.3 million in rates each year, and we have completed 105km of seal extensions. More recently Council has entered into collaboration with the New Zealand Transport Agency for the joint delivery of road maintenance within the Western Bay and the state highway network within Tauranga City boundaries.

TECT All Terrain Park The $8.5 million purchase of 1685ha of wilderness land and the development of the TECT All Terrain Park in the early 2000’s is one of our greatest achievements. It is also an example of collaboration between Tauranga City and Western Bay councils, and

the generosity of the Tauranga Energy Consumers’ Trust and Bay Trust.

Challenges are part of local government service. One which I have always struggled with is the reality of having to take money from the people through rates and to justify that expense. While rates are necessary for the operation of Council, I believe the system of rating on the basis of property valuation is a very crude funding instrument.

With affordability for their communities posing the biggest challenge for all councils in the future – there has to be a better way for councils to pay their way.

Pastoral support for many projects Other challenges during my time have included helping provide pastoral support for communities through the PSA kiwifruit crisis; encouraging Te Puke through the main street enhancement project; helping Te Puke adapt to the opening of the Tauranga Eastern Link; facilitating Katikati through its new town centre planning; engaging with the Omokoroa community through its growth; working with Waihi Beach residents during the controversial building of the rock wall along beachfront properties.

Now it is time to turn my attention to my wife and family – and my nine grandchildren.

Robyn and my three kids have put up with an absentee husband and father for 21 years. Their support, understanding and tolerance have been immense. It’s time for me to repay that debt. I am thoroughly looking forward to that and to pursuing my farming and personal interests.

This is an opportunity to thank the people of the district for their support and encouragement. I have enjoyed working with many professional, wise and clever people within our communities. There is a wealth of knowledge among our residents that gives the district great social and economic depth and has certainly made my job easier.

The future form of local government is an unknown, but there are many great minds working on it.

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There’s never an opportune time to get out of the business of local government – but there is the right time.

Western Bay of Plenty District Mayor Ross Paterson

The future lies in collaboration and sharing In my opinion the most important cornerstone of our future lies in sharing services, working collaboratively across the region, and having the needs and affordability of the people at the heart of all decisions.

Sadly, we will be seeing central government officials wanting a seat at our table. That’s fine – welcome them, but remind them that it is not what they can tell us but what we can tell them.

That is the conversation that will lead our region forward in the best interests of the people who live here.

By Mayor Ross Paterson Western Bay of Plenty District Council I write for this magazine because it provides a great opportunity to keep residents informed of what’s happening in the Western Bay District.

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Make the city a vibrant destination Moving to Tauranga in 1983 I have seen changes here, both good and bad.

We have seen unprecedented subdivision growth along with the disappearance of productive green spaces, and roadways becoming clogged by commuter traffic. The old saying, ’No pain, no gain’, definitely applies to Tauranga.

Tauranga has gained growth in the orchard industry, port expansion, relocation of large businesses to the city, small business start-ups and a thriving building industry. Tauranga has become a sought-after city to do business and live in.

Mayor Stuart Crosby and elected Council members have had an unenviable task to deal with the above changes that have occurred in a very short timeframe.

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Phil Green Activate Tauranga and City Design Group

and legislated for. Retention of green corridors, special mixed-age and mixeduse housing areas, and the slowing of urban sprawl should remain top priority.

A blueprint for the layout of the future city of Tauranga, which can be slightly modified as ongoing development takes place, is needed now.

Mass buildings do not activate spaces; people do.

Aside from a new city hall, the Civic Heart needs to give people inspiration, have iconic visionary architecture and mixed use spaces so they have a reason to come into the centre to socialise, shop and work.

If the right plan is put in place, people will also want to live in the heart of the city helping to make it a vibrant destination.

Inner city intensification with a positive plan

By Phil Green Activate Tauranga and City Design Group

Along with SmartGrowth implementation it is imperative that a positive view of inner city intensification is taken

I write for this magazine because it is a great way to have a conversation with the community.

Issue 3 Apology The Feature section in our last Issue 3 (page 4-5) displayed the photos of three performers at the Welcome Bay Festival.

Unfortunately, we omitted to identify to our readers who they were. For this shortcoming we extend our heartfelt apologies to these guests of our community and duly provide their information herewith.

Whirimako Black

Jo’el Komene

No stage fright here!

Whirimako Black is an internationally renowned Māori musician and artist, acclaimed in New Zealand with six solo albums to her credit. Her musical genres are jazz, soul and funk.

Jo’el Komene is an esteemed teacher and performer of rōreka (melodious) taonga pūoro (traditional Māori musical instruments). His dedication to this subject knowledge is unprecedentedly brilliant.

This young lady bounced onto stage and sang the crowd an impromptu acapella very beautifully. If anyone knows who she is, please send her details through to us at Tai Whakarara.

The email is editor@whomp.nz.

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Delivering a vision with a ‘can do’ attitude Did you know that the Western Bay has a 50-year SmartGrowth vision – with a focus on planning where and how our communities will grow over the next 20 years?

That’s a pretty important long-term plan if you care about having a great place to live, learn, work and play for you, your families and your children’s future families.

A plan and a vision...

It’s great to have a plan and a vision.

That’s the easy part. So what’s the vision? In a nutshell, it’s one of “creating communities” rather than just delivering land, houses and roading in isolation of other things that make great places.

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It’s also about more choice – both in the types, location and quality of housing on offer and also the transport we can use in our daily lives. It’s about providing well for a growing and changing region – and trying to see into the future.

… and the challenges to make it happen But funding and making it happen - that’s the tough ask. Councils, government and many different organisations have to co-create together. Communities need to get engaged with councils and vice versa.

That’s because strategies don’t make things happen – people do. This is easyto-say but hard-to-do stuff. Just like in your own home or business. What can we afford to do when? And how do we keep everyone happy? If not right now, how do we have a plan for getting to our ultimate place? Cultivating a ‘can do’ attitude is vital.

As Alice in Wonderland said to the Mad Hatter: “This is impossible.” And his reply: “Only if you believe it is.”

More information is available online at www.SmartGrowthBOP.org.nz.

By Bernie Walsh SmartGrowth Implementation Manager I write for this magazine because I love its name – it’s all about community.

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Does my vote count? Heck yes!

What does this mean for you? It means you can have a say on who these representatives are and, with any luck, we end up with a body of elected members who have our best interests at heart.

“But”, I hear you say, “my vote won’t count.” Every vote counts, as we have just witnessed in the Brexit vote. While many people voted with the conviction of their beliefs, many have now admitted they voted to leave the EU as a protest vote, without considering if this was actually what they wanted.

Meanwhile, many young people didn’t vote, possibly because they believed their vote wouldn’t count, their voice wouldn’t make a difference. The analysis has proved that if these young people had all voted, the outcome of that

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referendum would have been quite different.

Your vote can make a difference It only takes one vote to make a difference, to put that candidate in the winning position, and that vote could be yours. If you want to see more women represented on an elected body (be it councils, school boards, in parliament), then you need to vote for the women who will bring the values and beliefs that you share to their position. If you want to see more Māori representation, then you need to support the Māori candidates who stand for what you want to see represented. If you want to see something different happening in your community, then you need to vote for the candidate who best represents your ideals, your vision, your values.

It is the disenfranchised, often younger, often lower socio-economic people, those who think their voice doesn’t count, those who are struggling to manage their family without thinking beyond their immediate existence, who tend not to vote. And yet these people have the most need to vote for the candidates who potentially can bring the best ideas, the best skills, the best solutions to the table.

Efficiency and empathy - both skill sets count While it is important to have elected members with good financial skills, good governance skills, the ability to understand bureaucratic process, it is

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also important that we have elected members who have empathy and a heart for the community, a strong understanding of the social sector, and an open mind to make the real difference that we, the voters, believe we need.

People throughout history have fought hard and long for the right to vote, the right to have their say in their future.

Wars have been fought, lives lost, protests and marches, hunger strikes, riots have all been actions and events that have taken place in the cry for democracy. New Zealand was the first country to give women the vote; Maori had the right to vote long before many other indigenous first-nation peoples.

The right to vote is a privilege denied to many people, especially women and poor people, in many other countries.

As citizens of this country, it is our duty to uphold this right and ensure that our voice is always heard.

By Anna Larsen Our Community Centre Manager

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It is local body election year this year, and we get the chance to vote for city or district and regional councillors.

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Free public WiFi and internet in Welcome Bay Welcome Bay, identified in the Acorn Foundation Vital Signs Report 2015 as having the least satisfaction with belonging and engagement, made a technological leap forward recently with a free-for-public internet-access hotspot and two super-quick internetenabled public computer kiosks.

Broadcasting from out of the Community Centre, three outdoor-rated WiFi access points now send out free internet access covering inside the Welcome Bay Hall, Plunket, the Waitaha Reserve and the playground next to the Community Centre.

Fastest computers in town save people time

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The Community Centre also provides two super-quick public kiosk workstations for those who seek and apply for work online, buy tickets online, access online bill payments and banking, or engage with social and Government services.

The Centre now provides a facility to create and print CVs. For the local youth, it’s a community engagement tool that enables them to undertake research online or complete digital homework on either their own devices or the workstation kiosks. They can also print in colour or black and white!

Community grant received from InternetNZ Initially seed-funded by a community grant from InternetNZ in October 2015, a Public Private Partnership (PPP) was established by free-lance Tauranga IT professional Antoon Moonen on behalf of the Welcome Bay Community Centre with a consortium of local companies and individuals. It was led

by Technologywise at Basestation, covering the design, construction, and maintenance of an infrastructure asset at the Welcome Bay Community Centre for the support and delivery of free public internet access.

Content security protection The final piece of the puzzle was granted by the Community Development team at the Tauranga City Council, who provided the Match funding to implement the most important last piece of the puzzle, being security and safety. Content security is the ability to filter out not only viruses, malware and malicious code, which can damage computers and networks, but also to prevent access to undesirable websites and pornography.

“We simply couldn’t open the floodgates until this security was in place”, explained Anna Larsen, Community Centre Manager. “The

last thing we wanted was to have to explain to a parent, how their child had accessed R18 websites or content through the Community Centre.

Therefore we’ve had a password on the WiFi until the new content security firewall went in.”

“We’re delighted that the Community Development team at Tauranga City Council agreed to match-fund the firewall to provide this vital content security solution.”

Unfettered Wi-Fi access from August 2016 “Our open public Wi-Fi hotspot should be up and running without a password by about the time this magazine is delivered, which means that you can come on down to the park next to the Community Centre for free internet."

“We’ve heard that people could sleep the night outside the Community Centre if we provide free internet access overnight, so we’ll be automatically turning it off at night, and it will come on again in the morning”, laughed Anna.

“Sleep at your own house and come and see us in the morning. We’d love to see you, and you can have a cup of tea.”

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Community Centre project named as finalist in NZ Excellence Awards The equivalent of the ‘Oscars’ to the IT professional community, the New Zealand Excellence in IT Awards, took place in Wellington during July’s biennial ITX conference, New Zealand’s conference of IT hosted by the Institute of IT Professionals (ITP).

The New Zealand Excellence in IT Awards are sector-wide awards recognising individuals and teams who have truly excelled in the IT industry, and there are eight awards up for grabs.

IT Project Excellence Award 2016 The IT Project Excellence Award is for an individual or team who has achieved outstanding results in relation to IT project management or delivery. This may be a project manager, consultant, CIO, member of a delivery team or anyone else involved with project management or delivery at any level.

The project(s) may be related to anything to do with IT, software or technology.

Tauranga free public WiFi project gains national attention This year there was great excitement in Tauranga when the InternetNZ and Tauranga City Council funded ‘free public WiFi’ IT project implemented at the Community Centre in Welcome Bay was named as one of the three finalists for the IT Project Excellence Award 2016. The other two finalists were the Whanganui District Council and NZME. The latter took away the award with their multi-million-dollar project.

Our congratulations go to all those involved, with a special mention to our locals Michael Doerner from Technologywise, Wayne Shadbolt from Interlink Communications, Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Avonmore Tertiary Institute and ITP Student Members Alvin Gounder, Dylan Vendt and Jacob Bernards. Together, the generosity of your time and contributions ensured this project’s success. Thank you, from all those enjoying the fruits of your labours in Welcome Bay!

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New mural for the Community Centre While almost everyone who lives in the Bay of Plenty knows the legend of Mauao, the legend of the three whales is more closely associated with the iwi of the Welcome Bay Te Papa area. These legends and other stories are the narratives that tie us to our whenua and our whānau, our community and our history. These stories connect us to our place, creating a sense of belonging.

Many contributors, many themes

A year ago, the Welcome Bay Community Centre approached Simone Anderson and the team at The Incubator to facilitate the design and production of a community mural for the Welcome Bay Hall. “I love doing these murals as they have the potential to involve many people within a community”, says Simone, who has facilitated a number of these murals around the country.

Painted on ply panels, the mural is a montage of colourfully painted geographical icons, text, wooden and metallic cutouts depicting pātiki (flounder), tarakihi (Snapper), kākatai (heron), pukeko, tuna (eels), raindrops, leaves and mirrors.

Images of the Bay, the landscape, the people and the culture depict the story of the heritage and culture of Welcome Bay and the surrounding areas.

Based on the legends and narratives of the local area, the 12 metre long mural is the result of the community, artists, schools, childcare centres and organisations such as Te Tuinga Whānau and the Community Centre, all contributing to the project.

As the painting stage draws to a close, we can look forward to a grand unveiling ceremony before too long!

By Antoon Moonen

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Market places The Avenues stretch from First Avenue to Twenty-third Avenue. Two regular markets are held in the Avenues.

To market, to market we go The Farmers’ Market is held, rain or shine, at Tauranga Primary School at Fifth Avenue every Saturday morning from 7.45am to 12pm. Local seasonal produce, flowers, artisan food and small-goods, plants and herbs are for sale.

Entries now open for 2016 business awards Entries and nominations are now open for the new-look Westpac Tauranga Business Awards.

Entries close on Friday, 9 September, and the gala awards evening will be held at ASB Baypark on Friday, 14 October 2016.

Maybe make a coffee date and meet friends there on Saturday, 13 August, when platters of food to taste will be available, showcasing winners of the FMNZ awards.

Kids & dogs most welcome

Old look and feel, please!

At the other end of the Avenues is the Historic Village on 17th where the Bethlehem Lions hold the Village Market every first and third Sunday of the month. Down the hill in Seventeenth Avenue West at the Historic Village you will find books, new and recycled clothing, plants, fruit and vegetables, crafts and more.

Having said that, I like to make the start button react just like Windows XP/Windows 7, thanks very much. I’m not really into this new fancy app world and colourful squares. No thanks, not for me, and thankfully there are local IT experts who can give us back our old

Music at the market is now being organised by the ‘Jam Factory’, another innovation from The Incubator. Visit their creative art space while you are there to see the latest exhibitions and just be inspired by their eclectic creative space.

I write for this magazine because The WHOMP provides information, inspiration and entertainment to our local communities.

A separate website has been created for this year’s awards, with further details and key dates: www.businessawards.org.nz.

For further information, please contact Anne Pankhurst on 07 577 8955 or anne@tauranga.org.nz.

Windows 10 is here to stay I never imagined that Microsoft would build an operating system that I could call a “good job”. But I have to say that Windows 10 that has been given away for the past 12 months is… wait for it… great! My computer runs faster. Go figure!

By Diane Hume-Green, Lover of Tauranga

look and feel, even on a new computer.

That keeps things the way I like it.

Help is on the way Don’t struggle with the new look and feel of Windows 10. Call someone to make it look right for you, so things are back where they belong. The local company I’m thinking of is called Silver Service IT, and it’s a WHOMP supporter.

Give them a call if you’re like me and want the old look and feel on the outside, with all the grunt and speed on the inside.

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Tauranga’s truly local alternative: Margaret Larsen Paradise 105.4 FM even do live-cross broadcasting back to the studio from the events, especially if we are invited,” he said. “And we also run a free community noticeboard for not-for-profit groups,” he added.

It’s about the music as well I was chatting with David Williams and John Stephens about their new radio station, Paradise 105.4FM, here in Tauranga, and I asked them what had inspired them to start it.

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“We really wanted to find a radio station where we could play the music that my friend and I love”, said David. “At that time, Tauranga didn’t even have a full power (2kW) community FM radio station, it was only commercial options in this space. Then a local Tauranga frequency 105.4 became available, and we just saw this as a really great opportunity. We couldn’t believe our luck,” he exclaimed.

Much needed community-focused radio “It’s all about two things”, piped up John: “Music of course, and local community goings on; informing the community about what’s on when and where, in terms of local events, and supporting and promoting those local events. We

“The music”, said David, “is all about playing bright, appealing, breezy music that has never before been played on commercial radio in New Zealand. Musical genres including Americana, which is about alternative Country, Blues, Folk, Roots and Dixie.

Also, New Zealand music, tracks from contemporary Rock albums, Irish and Scottish traditional and modern music, and Comedy,” he explained.

Many of our readers will know our Community Centre Manager, Anna Larsen.

Sadly Anna’s mum Margaret Larsen died suddenly on Friday 29 July 2016, aged 86.

Margaret, and her husband Roy have been great supporters of the Community Centre, preparing and baking food for centre events and providing their caravan as a service centre for our community days. We will really miss Margaret and her help and generosity.

To Roy who was married to Margaret for 63 years, also to Anna, Susan, Ian, Janice, Flora and the Larsen family please accept our sincere condolences and be assured of our support in this difficult time.

Streaming online You can also listen to Paradise Radio online via iHeart Radio by simply clicking through from the Paradise website www.paradisefm.co.nz.

Let’s give these locals a chance, folks!

Tune in to 105.4 FM and ring the studio often on 07 571-02-34 to make requests and tell them what is going on. I’m really enjoying this radio station.

You will too!

By Antoon Moonen

Welcome aboard the Mobile Library The Tauranga mobile library visits locations throughout the city six-days- a-week.

You’ll find us near shopping

centres, on residential estates, by primary schools and at several retirement homes. We’re at Welcome

Bay every week and at Rowesdale Estate (Ohauiti) and Maungatapu shops every fortnight.

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

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Happylocal Calling all local body candidates phone app goes live - find out!

The organisation is working with the free local communication platform Happylocal, which helps people to love their local life, to help promote the ‘micro volunteering’ roles and to match volunteers to opportunities.

Bite-size volunteering to get a taste Examples of micro-volunteering roles include helping out at a community event, collecting for an annual street appeal or even donating your skills via the internet. It’s a low-risk way for people to get involved, such as young people who can upskill around other commitments like studying. It’s great for charitable organisations too.

By breaking up their roles they can get more people having a taste of volunteering with their organisation and likely leading to a new committed volunteer!

Thinking outside the square Local Volunteer Service Coordinator Iris Beemster states: “Organisations should think about smaller roles and things that could be done from home. Microvolunteering is something I believe would be of interest to the younger volunteers, but organisations are yet to have enough of these roles that appeal to this group.”

To get involved, contact Iris at Volunteering BOP on 07 571 3714 or email tgacoordinator@volbop.org.nz.

By Courtney Linnecar, HappyLocal I write for this magazine because I love sharing stories about all the great initiatives and people contributing to our local communities!

One for all and all for one Our intention is to provide one colour magazine guide that includes all of those candidates who wish to advertise themselves. They can stand for each of the four local body elections being held by the following organisations: • •

Bay of Plenty District Health Board Bay of Plenty Regional Council

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Tauranga City Council Western Bay of Plenty District Council

First in are first served

We are offering all candidates three sizes of advertisements: a quarter, half or full page. Advertisements will be placed inside the magazine in the order in which invoices are issued and payments received. Mayoral candidates will also precede Councillors in the Tauranga City Council and Western Bay of Plenty District Council sections.

If you would like to find out more or to participate in this publication, please call Antoon directly on 022 673 8006 (7 days), or email editor@whomp.nz.

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Busy seems to be the new normal for everyone these days, to the detriment of our wellbeing and community connections. One way to combat this is by embracing ‘micro volunteering’. It is being championed by Volunteering Bay of Plenty as a great way to get the benefits of volunteering without the usual commitment required by most roles - ideal for the time-poor folks out there.

The closing date for our WHOMP Election Special Issue magazine is Friday 26 August 2016. Delivery will be on Tuesday, 13 and Wednesday, 14 September to around 67,500 homes, directly before the voting papers arrive in letterboxes on 16 and 17 September 2016. The print run will be 70,000 to provide a few spares for strategic placement.

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Check out Civil Defence’s new public education campaign Never Happens?

Happens. The campaign encourages New Zealanders to be better prepared for emergencies, changing our attitudes from one of ‘She’ll be right’ to one of “We’re Ready!’

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To make preparedness relevant for all Kiwis the focus will be on the impacts of disasters, such as no power, water, phone or WiFi as well as being stuck at home, unable to get home or having to leave your home in an emergency. You can visit the website on www.happens. nz and check out the great resources including video content (featuring Kiwi actress Rachel House from ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople’), tips and advice on different hazards and the impacts they might have on yourself, your family and your friends.

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Don’t forget to sign up for text alerts to stay up to date on emergencies by visiting the Bay of Plenty Civil Defence website www.BOPCivilDefence.govt.nz

By Naomi Luckett Emergency Management Advisor I write for this magazine because we really value connected communities and love that The WHOMP is engaging people.

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Owens Park Community Garden A dedicated, excited group from the community of Welcome Bay area wants to plant a teaching community garden in Owens Park. Our initial research has shown two things: a desire by many people to have access to fresh, locally-grown produce, and a desire to learn how to grow food, and how to cook, preserve and make jams.

Keeping you informed We are well into the exploration process for the project and have support

from Councillors Kelvin Clout and Bill Grainger. We will keep the community informed by placing information in The WHOMP magazine, as it comes to hand.

Throughout this initial phase of the project the group will be actively asking the community for their feedback and support.

The main questions are: “Does the community want a garden?” and “How can they support it when it is underway?”

To get more involved, call Brian on 021 445 198, or email brian@brianoxley.co.nz.

By Brian Oxley I write for this magazine because I care about about our community and wish to keep it informed about an important activity within it.

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Local heroes

Who is Awhina August?

“Learn all the ways of our world, so that I can return home and serve my people” Mother, daughter, inspirer, thinker.

You may not know the name, but you will know some of the events she has worked hard to create and deliver in our city. Director of Māoriworks, General Manager of Te Puna i Rangiriri Trust and organiser of events such as Matariki ki Mauao (Matariki festival), the Mauao Fun Run, Mauao Hoe Tahi (Tauranga Moana Paddle Event) and Tauranga Moana 2015 Rangatahi (Youth) Awards, to name a few.

“Today I serve our society to help deliver a diverse range of events that engage communities through innovative projects. These are intended to ‘inspire, educate and motivate’ people to share in experiences and engage with kaupapa Māori learning”, Awhina explains light-heartedly.

Keep your eye’s peeled and let yourself feel welcome to attend any of Awhina’s events delivered in the coming near future. Watch out for more at www. maoriworks.com.

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With a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Auckland and qualified in management, Awhina supports the Te Puna i Rangiriri Trust work to promote Māori initiatives in Tauranga for the benefit of the wider community.

Bilingual education in Tauranga Being bilingual is part of who Awhina is, and for this she credits her mother, Te Maumako August, and her late father, Murray August (c1955–1997).

Te Maumako even learnt Te Reo herself as an adult and brought up her four children here in Tauranga speaking in both Te Reo and English.

Awhina and her siblings, having attended Kohanga Reo and Kura Kaupapa Māori O Otepou Primary School, provided them with an appreciation of what it is to be Māori, and grounded the family with the taonga (treasure) of the culture and the language before the transition into mainstream education at Bethlehem College.

Treasure New Zealand’s Māori language It takes three speaking generations to retain a language, so this family is well on track as Awhina now leads her own children through the same bilingual experience. This will surely not only be an advantage for her own family, but also an ongoing benefit for our future New Zealand society.

Wisdom comes from within In hindsight, Awhina can recall a quote from her own CV as a fourteen-year-old, where it is written: “Learn all the ways of our world, so that I can return home and serve my people.”

Te Whei Ao Harris at Otepou School with her mother Awhina August.

Rosella's in Maungatapu Outside my kitchen window is a Radermachera sinica, also called China doll serpent tree or emerald tree. It is an evergreen tree in the family Bignoniaceae, native to the subtropical mountain regions of Southern China and Taiwan.

In this photo, it provides a hearty breakfast for a couple of Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius) in Maungatapu.

Both the tree and the birds are considered by some to be somewhat of a pest.

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Councillors corner

Councillor Dr Bev Edlin

Councillor Bill Grainger

Councillor Kelvin Clout, Deputy Mayor

As the local body elections loom you may be asking: so what has the current Council achieved over the past two and a half years?

99 Hairy Maclary and his friends were installed, and shortly steps to the water will become an additional waterfront feature

99 The Historic Village Community Hub concept was explored and advanced in partnership with TECT

Firstly, many Councillors campaigned on the platform to reduce the rates – and that has been achieved with the debt/revenue ratio currently estimated at year-end to be 197%. This is a reduction from the 244% at the start of term of this Council.

99 The Omokoroa to Tauranga Cycleway was signed off and is currently in the planning phase

Secondly, a number of key initiatives have been advanced. Here are some of them: 99 The Greerton Library was agreed on, and two years later it is now a reality 99 The Maungatapu Underpass is well underway 99 The Eastern Arterial is now a reality, and traffic counts are up 99 The Maungatawa Bridge is now completed and operational 99 The Sale of Route K ($61.5m) took place – a sale that saw strong negotiations prevail 99 The Tertiary Education Campus, a Waikato University campus in Tauranga, was signed off, with planning now underway 99 A homeless shelter now operates out from the old Youth Hostel site in Elizabeth Street 99 A Marine Precinct is developing according to plan, and shortly a 350-tonne travel-lifter will be installed

99 Parau Farms sports field has moved forward, and in coming years will become a multi-sport facility 99 The old Cosmopolitan Club at the Mount is now a High Performance Sports Centre – one of a kind 99 A Public Art Policy was developed, opening ways to create interest throughout the city 99 Our airport facilities are about to be upgraded 99 Support for papakāinga homes has seen more accommodation becoming available at Marae sites 99 Car parking has not been forgotten, with Elizabeth Street car-parking building being extended and the Harington Street car-parking building planned for 99 Special Housing Accords have been signed off, opening up areas for more housing developments 99 Greerton’s rotunda will soon be located in the Greerton School grounds 99 A waste management review is underway

99 Policy refinement has seen a reduction in the amount of policies or the merging of other policies 99 Increased funding for events has been made available 99 Significant refinement and clarity around our Council Control Organisation’s obligations have taken place 99 The Southern Pipeline work has continued, and the project is moving into its final phases 99 Overpasses at Bayfair/BayPark will see traffic flows improve considerably 99 The Northern Arterial route, once only a vision, will soon be a reality 99 Civic Centre Space conceptual framework is emerging as a gamechanger for the city centre Our commitment to our communities is ever present. Discussions on shopping centres, drainage, bus routes, and fourlane roads are on-going as we plan and manage the growth of this great city of ours.

Authorised by your Ward Councillors Dr Bev Edlin, Bill Grainger and Kelvin Clout on behalf of all Tauranga City Councillors We write for this magazine as it is working hard to keep the community informed.

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Let’s work together My name is Carl Purcell and I work for the New Zealand Police. I am the Area Response Manager for Tauranga South.

I have been in the police for 35 years, having been stationed in Invercargill for the first 10 years of that before moving to Tauranga. Originally, I am from the Hawkes Bay. I was in the Criminal Investigation Branch for 17 years as a Detective; then a Sergeant in the preventive sector, also known as Uniform Branch; and I am now a Senior Sergeant.

When I first shifted into this area my family and I lived in Mansels Road in Greerton, then in Forrester Drive and Pandora Place in Welcome Bay. My two oldest children attended Welcome Bay Primary School, so I am no stranger to the Tauranga South area.

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I look at policing as being a collaborative effort between us, the police, and you, the community. The people who know their community best are the people

who live in it. You will know your neighbours if not by name then by sight. You will know what cars belong in your street or area. You are our extra eyes and ears that police need in order to help prevent offences happening or if something has happened to help with apprehending the culprits.

I know that some will say, “I didn’t ring because it was only a small thing”, or “I didn’t want to trouble the police”.

Please, please do trouble us. That small thing might be what the police require to solve a case of some sort. So ring us. We would rather be swamped with calls and information than have none of either.

I firmly believe that with police and the community walking side by side we will keep our communities safe for all.

By Carl Purcell Senior Sergeant, Tauranga South I write for this magazine because it is a good way of keeping in touch with the community.

Carl Purcell, Area Response Manager

Love your neighbourhood What is it that makes you love your neighbourhood? Is it that you love coming home to it and it feels welcoming? Safe?

insights on a personal face to face basis.

We encourage people to keep in touch and work together to prevent crime and build resilient communities.

Do you want to feel that you belong to the place where you live – your neighbourhood?

Working in partnership with the New Zealand Police allows us to help you through regular bulletins on safe practice and things to look out for. We help you to keep in touch with your neighbours and learn together to make communities strong and safe.

When you drive home in the evenings, do you notice what’s happening? Lights are going on down the street. Children are still out playing, but starting to be called in for the evening.

This is your neighbourhood. You feel safe knowing that neighbours are looking out for one another. Or maybe it’s not like that, but you wish it could be.

Neighbourhood Support togetherness Neighbourhood Support is a national organisation that aims to make our homes, streets, neighbourhoods and communities are safer and more caring places to live in.

Neighbourhood Support groups enable people to share information, ideas and

Get yourself involved If you’re interested in having a Neighbourhood Support group in your street or being a part of building stronger neighbourhoods, contact: •

Tauranga South Meri Low - 027 606 1055 meri.low@xtra.co.nz

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Tauranga Kathy Webb - 027 281 4842 nstauranga@gmail.com

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Papamoa Lorraine Stevens - 027 458 6824 nspapamoa@xtra.co.nz

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For other areas, please check out our website at www.wbopns.org.nz.

By Kathy Webb, Tauranga Neighbourhood Support Coordinator I write for this magazine because it's a great way to get the message out.

People love to read about their own neighbourhoods.

July – September 2016

Experts now say that we are living another two years more for every ten years of life expectancy, and that’s quite a few more years if you are reaching 50 now.

The question becomes, what will I do during those extra years? It is another lifetime of maturity after child rearing or a traditional job. It is a chance to be innovative about living choices and looking to potential income platforms.

It is time to really do what you want and to do what makes life meaningful.

Emerging silver economy A new silver economy is emerging.

Global companies are busy innovating new products and services for all the boomers who want to invest in staying well and have a good life. Anti-wrinkle cream and cruise ships are simple examples. Technology and digital platforms are revolutionising homes, health care, learning and leisure activities. There is a new 40-year silver market place. Are you looking for a new business opportunity?

Silver economic development will be a vital part of sustaining future communities and business as the population ages. Tauranga is a superageing city. The Western Bay of Plenty has many super-ageing communities.

Find out about careers at Western Bay of Plenty District Council Local government is one of the largest employers in the Bay, with a diverse range of professional people working there, but often goes overlooked as a career option. Western BOP District Council wants to put this right, so takes part in the annual Western Bay @ Work events organised by Priority One.

Rotary & Priority One business showcase Western Bay @ Work showcases the exciting range of career opportunities available in the sub-region. It includes the Rotary of Tauranga Careers Expo and Priority One’s business showcase, as well as a programme of events that run over a number of weeks highlighting the many exciting career opportunities available locally for people at all stages of their working life.

employment opportunities. For a full list of events, including the expo, or to find out more about careers at Council, visit www.westernbayatwork.org.nz.

By Frank Begley Community Relationships Manager I write for this magazine because it provides valuable information to local communities in Tauranga City and the Western Bay of Plenty District.

Careers Expo – ASB Arena 12-13 August This year’s Careers Expo runs from 12 to 13 August, and Western Bay staff will be on site to talk about local government

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Silver Economy Symposium 11 August 2016 Join SUPA-NZ at the Silver Economy Symposium on 11 August 2016, at Mills Reef Winery. Register today at www.leadingedgesymposium.nz.

By Carole Gordon SUPA-NZ National Convenor I write for this magazine because it celebrates community spirit and I honour the gifts of people who work to make a difference.

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Great strides in infrastructure The Regional Council election process is underway with nominations currently being sought for candidates for the upcoming elections in October.

It's a good time to do a stock-take on what has been achieved over the past three years. The list is far too long for an article like this, so I will just concentrate on infrastructure contribution highlights in the Western Bay sub-region.

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In the last three years as Chair of the Bay of Plenty Land Transport Committee, I have seen:

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completion of the Tauranga Eastern Link from Baypark to Paengaroa ($450 million)

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ongoing construction of the Hairini link/Maungatapu underpass ($100 million)

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development of the Te Maunga/ BayFair flyover and realignment ($102 million)

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commitment to Tauranga Northern Link ($286 million) and upgrades in the western Bay SH1 corridor to ease congestion and improve safety ($150 million)

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the Tauranga public bus network provide roughly 2.5 million passenger trips every year

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a tertiary campus in Tauranga

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a Marine Precinct for Tauranga City

The Regional Council has also committed funding for sewerage schemes in Te Puna West ($1.045 million) and Ongare Point ($0.618 million).

I think that’s pretty good progress!

By Jane Nees, Regional Councillor Bay of Plenty Regional Council I write for this magazine because it's a great way to connect with people in our community.

Safety first, yeah right!

You drive 2,000 kilometres around the country on the open roads at or below the speed limit.

Trust experienced professionals I was once told by a Traffic Officer, “So long as you reduce your speed to the limit immediately after the overtaking manoeuvre, and you undertook the overtaking manoeuvre with due care, caution and due diligence, you are

You are obliged to overtake slower vehicles in the designated overtaking areas (which most often then speed up) and you abide by three decades of defensive driving experience.

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displaying the necessary driving skills and experience to continue on your way unhindered.”

And he wasn’t even referring to an overtaking lane!

2016 New Zealand Police punching below the belt Perhaps speed camera vehicles parked on ‘national highway overtaking lane areas’ are there as revenue gatherers?

If that is the case, at least let’s be honest about it.

Today’s offence During 2,000kms of national highway travel; driving at 102 km/h on a 90 km/h road while in the overtaking lane, in the course of overtaking a vehcile; fined $80.00.

Are we satisfied with this police approach in 2016, or do we need a change in government to correct it after November 2017?

Yes, I am eating sour grapes, and I hear that I am not alone.

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National Excellence award comes to the Bay Dr Bev Edlin, a Tauranga City Councillor and governance adviser, was nationally recognised for her work in the field of governance when she received the “Excellence in Governance Development” award at GovernanceNZ

and Women on Boards Gala Dinner held in Auckland 30 June this year.

Tauranga City Council was also recognised for innovation, excellence, creativity and commitment to diversity

when it took second place in the Excellence in Governance - Gender Diverse Organisation of the Year category.

By Antoon Moonen

Choose hope Help others to hope

I distinctly recall a past period of very personal deep thought and reflection in relation to the cause and consequence of suicide. Given I served as a sworn police officer for several years, I am well acquainted with the aftermath of the final act for many people.

Make sure people feel they:

Close to home 15 years ago, my first cousin inexplicably took his own life. No one saw it coming. A couple of weeks later, a close work colleague shocked our community by following suit. In a work environment where close camaraderie is abundant, it was a surprise that no one had seen it coming. Finding reason for an unreasonable act, in my opinion, can only lead to further despair.

Our lost mate, one of our own Late in June, the YMCA Tauranga community was struck with the tragedy of a sudden youth suicide. Aside from the empathy and sadness generated across our organisation and associated community, we entered into a period of shock. Helplessness and emotional anguish flowed through all those who knew him, including students and staff members who genuinely cared and loved for our lost mate. It is fair to say that we may never fully understand why this calamity occurred.

In the days following the event we witnessed a veritable rallying of the wider Tauranga Moana Communities.

We’ll forever be grateful for the love and support shown by our colleagues at Ngai Te Rangi Iwi, the District Health Board, Ministry of Education, New Zealand Police, Outside The Comfort Zone – James Robinson and Simon Bridges MP, to name a few.

Whilst it is extremely difficult to acknowledge warning signs or see it coming, there are many strategies we can keep in mind that truly make a difference.

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In retrospect, I guess I was a little naïve

when I was surprised at the number of raised hands back in high school, and that is a heartbreaking thought. No one is immune; every incidence represents a significant loss to our community.

I encourage you to get online and do some research.

If we can help others to choose hope, anything is possible.

By Calum Davie General Manager, YMCA Tauranga I write for this magazine because I believe our purpose in life is to help others.

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“Hands up all those who have a friend or family member that has taken their own life.” The bloke asking the question was speaking to my school, and as a teenager I recall looking around and being surprised at the number of raised hands.

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First bridge opens to traffic Traffic is now using one of the two bridges that will form the new Maungatapu roundabout. Completed in June, the concrete bridge is 16 metres in length and is supported by 12 piles drilled 16 metres into the ground.

Visitors welcomed to the site Maungatapu School has been running a writing competition about the Maungatapu underpass project. Students taking part were encouraged to write a memoir, poem or narrative. To help them with their writing the students were invited to the construction site. Over a number of weeks the contractor took groups of students, teachers and parents around the site, explaining what was happening, how the various machines worked and how the bridges are built.

Iconic pedestrian bridge opens The pedestrian bridge, connecting Wickham Place and Maungatapu Road, was blessed and opened to pedestrians on Monday 27 June. The bridge was built in Napier and transported to site in the early hours of Monday 14 June. Two large cranes lifted the bridge into place. The bright red bridge is of steel construction, spanning 36 metres across what will be the new Welcome Bay Link Road.

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The steel bridge was delivered by truck from Napier Maungatapu School writing competition prize winners and representatives from the School, Tauranga City Council, Fulton Hogan and the Transport Agency

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The contractor has successfully placed the fill required on the Welcome Bay side of the project. From now until spring 120,000m3 (over 4000 truck and trailer loads) of fill will be left to settle. Most of this side of the site is now ‘closed out’ for the winter months.

Other work will continue such as the Maungatapu roundabout pile drilling and replacing the stormwater and watermain pipes.

Two cranes lifted the 34 tonne steel bridge into place

The bridge was blessed and opened by Huikakahu Kawe (Ngai Te Ahi) and Lance Waaka (Ngati Ruahine) The Welcome Bay side of the project will be quiet over the winter months as the fill is left to settle

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Clean Green Imaginary “New Zealand has a freshwater crisis.

Many of our rivers and lakes are too polluted for our people and our wildlife.

Two thirds are unsafe for swimming, and three quarters of our native fish species are threatened with extinction.”

Forest and Bird website, quoting ‘Choose Clean Water NZ’ in their petition to Parliament (2016)

The future

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Imagine, if you will, the world of the future. A world in which our atmosphere has become so poisonous and so fierce that humans must live underground. Imagine a world in which outdoor venturing has become virtually a thing of the past, restricted to those able to afford the fiendishly expensive temperature-controlled, atmospheric carbon-fibre bodysuits that deflect the deadly gamma rays shining directly down on the planet as a result of global

warming brought on by a hundred or so years of pollutant discharges.

Flora and fauna in the wild have become extinct. Due to the phenomenal expense only edible plants and animals such as cows and sheep and some species of fish and seafood, are now bred in underground biodomes exclusively for human consumption. Pets and decorative plants are restricted to the super-mega rich who own their own biodomes.

Waterways and harbours are now just stagnant cesspools, while oceans have become so clogged with pollution that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, (see howstuffworks.com/environmental/ earth/oceanography/great-pacificgarbage-patch.htm), which was once confined only to the northern Pacific, now stretches from the Arctic shores to the Antarctic shores - to a depth of three kilometres!

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Fossil fuels have long since been depleted, having contributed overwhelmingly to the planet’s current status. And anyway, there is no need for cars when you cannot travel anywhere in the searing heat and treeless deserts that are now the norm for the North and South Island.

The present If you think my imagination might be getting somewhat carried away with itself, then think hard. Surely we remember those thousands of people in Beijing during the 2008 Olympics wearing facemasks, trying to combat the hazy, choking, all-enveloping polluted atmosphere there. And ponder, if you may, on the current crisis facing Olympic-bound athletes in Rio where the water is so polluted that sailors and rowers have been put on notice that they face the frightening prospect of contracting some sort of disease while competing for their countries!

And closer to home are reminders for our own eyes when we see warning signs saying “Shellfish not to be taken owing to extreme levels of coliform contamination.”

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Beverly’s happiness formula If you’ve met her, you will remember her crystal-clear, contagious laugh – her trademark. Beverly Vokia-Scarlett, originally from Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, has been in New Zealand since 1998 and a Welcome Bay resident since 1999.

A former primary school teacher, she retrained and now holds a New Zealand diploma in early childhood education. With this, finding adequate employment wasn’t difficult. Beverly works at Welcome Bay’s Top Kids and is very pleased with her job and the conveniently short trip to work.

Beverly also helps organising regular Living in Harmony evenings, endof-year celebrations and the annual multicultural festival, at which she manages the arts-and-crafts stall holders.

Most often her harakeke art, especially floral arrangements, contributes to the ambience. Beverly makes stunning flax flower arrangements, a skill she also practices at work with the children and at home for pleasure.

Asked why she does all this, her answer is simple: “It makes me happy.”

Prompted to elaborate, she explains: “It makes me happy to help others, to contribute to making things work, and to learn about others and their cultures. Belonging to the group makes me feel welcome and good.” A simple and compelling formula for happiness that’s worth adopting.

By Margarete Kraemer I write for this magazine because I like to portray people who lead by example.

Beverly Vokia-Scarlett, a Welcome Bay resident.

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Outside work Beverly still finds time for volunteering. She has been a member and, in fact, a committee member of Multicultural Tauranga for 10 years. She gives speeches to new Kiwis at citizenship ceremonies. She participates in conferences, is a regular at the organisation’s Newcomers Network, and likes to include aspects of Maori culture. A weekend at Huria Marae she helped to prepare, and meeting the Maori King at an awards ceremony are highlights she fondly remembers.

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Māori lunisolar calendar enlightenment Matariki

Matariki in the East vs Puanga in the West

Matariki is the Māori name for the Pleiades constellation, and according to Alan Gilmore, recently retired Superintendent of Mt. John University Observatory, Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Canterbury, the Matariki/Pleiades cluster is visible on a ‘dawn sea horizon’ from June 14 each year, or a few days later if clouds, moonlight or haze make it less visible on that actual date.

The arrival of Matariki is not, as it is sometimes suggested, the specific beginning of the new Māori ‘calendar’ year, but simply heralds the new season arriving, at about the same time the new Māori lunar year commences.

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For the tribes in the East of Aotearoa (Land of the long white cloud, or New Zealand), observation of Matariki rising over a period of a week or two, from 14 June onwards, provides additional visual information (conditional on the haze, or clarity), on which to further predict the coming years’ potential outcomes regarding foraging, harvests, hunting and fishing. That is the purpose for observing Matariki over that period.

As tribes in West Aotearoa have no visibility of the eastern sea horizon, they cannot observe the rising of Matariki, but instead, they seek to observe Puanga, or ‘Rigel’ in the constellation of ‘Orion’ to herald the coming of the new Māori lunar year.

The sun and moon working together The solstice marks the beginning of the new solar season (winter or summer), but the actual start date of the Māori lunar year depends on the phase of the moon.

The day following the ‘new moon’ (Whiro) falling on or prior to the winter solstice (June 21-23), will mark the actual beginning of the new Māori lunar calendar, for that coming year.

The first month of each lunar year is named Pipiri.

In 2016, Pipiri commenced on 6 June, meaning that when you list the lunar months for the 2016 lunar year, there are 12 lunar months. However, in 2017 Pipiri will commence on 27 May, and then 13 lunar months will follow, until Pipiri starts once again on 15 June 2018, and then 12 lunar months will follow.

Thirteen months in a year Lunisolar calendars are problematic in that the time from ‘new moon’ (Whiro) to new moon is 29.53 days while a solar year is 365.24 days long, so there are 12.37 lunar months in a solar year.

Therefore, an extra lunar month has to be added every two or three years, to keep the lunar months in time with the sun and the seasons.

Nine stars of the Matariki/Pleiades constellation.

The name of the thirteenth Māori month for some tribes is ‘Whiringakerekere’ (or ‘Hiringa-kerekere’) and when it occurs, is slotted in between the months ‘Whiringa-ā-rangi’ and ‘Hakihea’, and usually expected during November.

Folklore Lunar phases and night-time have esoteric importance in the Māori world. Night is the time that deities or ancestral spirits, patupaiarehe, or tūrehu (different names for fair folk) are believed to be at their most powerful. It is for this reason that the majority of Māori ceremonies are held just before dawn, and because dawn brings with it new life.

Lunar cycles of life The location of tribes in Aotearoa determined which nature cycles were most relevant for those people. For example, if you were a sea-faring or fisher people, understanding how the moon controls tides was important, but this knowledge was less important if you lived inland.

According to common wisdom and practice around the world (particularly in past times), the lunar calendar was used as a reliable predictor of the best times to plant, harvest, fish, gather and carry out all sorts of other survival and societal activities. The meanings behind the Māori names of the months also refer to these lunar cycles of life.

Thanks to the kind assistance of Māori scholars Jack Thatcher and Awanui Black, together with Alan Gilmore of University of Canterbury, for the factual basis of this article.

By Antoon Moonen See Calendar table next page

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*Meanings taken from Te Ara – The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand (www.teara.govt.nz), excluding Whiringa-kerekere.

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Te Kura Kaupapa Māori O Otepou Our local primary school Te Kura Kaupapa Māori O Otepou is the first Māori language immersion school in Tauranga where the philosophy and practice reflect Māori cultural values with the aim of revitalising Māori language, knowledge and culture. (The term Kaupapa Māori is used popularly by Māori to mean any particular plan of action created by Māori to express Māori aspirations, values and principles.)

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The Kura (school) began its existence in 1894 as Karikari Native School, and was located at the original site of Tamapahore Marae, next to the Papamoa motorway near Bay Park. In 1943, the Kura moved to its current site on Welcome Bay Road, and the name changed to Papamoa Māori School. The land was gifted to what is now the Ministry of Education by Anamaria Pine Honiana.

In 1968, after a series of community hui (meetings) the name Otepou was adopted. In 1992, Otepou was approved by the Ministry of Education, Kura Kaupapa Māori status.

Matariki pioneers To our knowledge, it was at Otepou school in 1993 that Matariki was first celebrated

in New Zealand modern times, and it has remained a special event on their annual calendar. The early morning pre-dawn trek up the Kōpukairoa mountain (housing the plethora of radio masts beside rural Welcome Bay Road), was to catch the rising of Matariki before the rising sun.

(Matariki is the Māori name for the Pleiades, which is an open star cluster of nine stars, located in the constellation of Taurus, and often referred to as the Seven Sisters.)

This inspiring local school has not only maintained its Matariki tradition, but inspired the national revival of these celebrations across the country.

Exciting times ahead Following on from a very positive Education Review Office (ERO) report in 2015, Principal Vianney Douglas is enthusiastic about the current direction of the school.

“We’re full steam ahead modernising all the classrooms and facilities, but at the same time, all our permanent teaching staff are doing postgraduate study in digital and collaborative learning to grow our technological

Principal Vianney Douglas and children at Otepou coordinating a splendid pose.

and pedagogical knowledge, which is essential for today’s modern teaching and learning environment.”

“One of the other exciting developments is our Positive Behaviour For Learning Programme, PB4L, which is the key to instilling a strong culture of learning and achievement through our school values in daily life.”

Establishing intergenerational Māori speakers Only four minutes from the Welcome Bay village, Vianney points out the beautiful hills and rural setting as a harvester works in a neighbouring field.

She gets back on topic and explains: “It is a school with a mission, because it is about reviving Māori language which is dying.

Despite the national initiatives to support the language today, the research says that you need to have at least three generations in a family speaking a language before it can be retained. It has to be intergenerational.”

Tiaare Honana, Tareha Taite, Danny Valentine, Dallas Bidois, Brooklyn Bidois.

Year 7 & 8 boys from Mauao classroom at Otepou baking cakes.

“Furthermore,“ says Vianney, “now we are seeing our exstudents coming back with their children, so this starts the process of developing the three generations of speakers if this is not already the case in their households.”

Role models When asked about the 125 years of graduates from the school, she laughs: “There are a ‘katrillion’ (disastrously large number) of successful graduates, and they are more and more developing their own ideas and returning to contribute with their own knowledge and experiences.”

“Many of the current bilingual ex-students make positive contributions to our society and return to inspire our children in the school with their exciting experiences within our local community and the world.”

Commitment to kapa haka The Otepou children are gifted singers and performers, and recently performed at the children’s ward at the Tauranga hospital as part of the hospital Matariki programme.

The standard of kapa haka in Tauranga Moana is high with five teams representing our region at the national championships in 2015, held in Palmerston North.

Most weekends you will find the Otepou senior kapa haka at one of our local Marae, practising for the upcoming regional kapa haka competitions at the end of this year.

By Antoon Moonen

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Healthy mouth, healthy body, healthy mind

Back in March ‘Community Kindy The Bay’ entered World Oral Health Day competition “Healthy mouth.

Healthy body” run by the Bay of Plenty District Health Board (BOPDHB) and we came second overall.

Our Kindy was awarded a certificate from the DHB recognising our positive efforts to promote oral health within the centre.

All the children received drink bottles, a toothbrush and toothpaste, which was greatly appreciated by all.

At Community Kindy The Bay we promote oral health throughout our curriculum and also through the meals and drinks that we provide for the children. We have fruit trees and vegetable gardens, and the children help to look after them. Furthermore, they enjoy eating and using the produce in food we prepare.

Community Kindy The Bay children holding their prizes.

We would not have received these awards without the support from whanau and the local community, and Plunket came in to support the Kindy as well. Thank you to all involved, and happy bright smiles from Community Kindy The Bay.

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Smile - you are looking at ‘Community Kindy The Bay’.

Over the past few months the team, children and whanau have been working hard on their oral health and have been awarded for their efforts.

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Welcome news for Welcome Bay Minister Parata and I visited Welcome Bay School recently to make an announcement that is outstanding for our region. After being welcomed warmly by the students with a beautiful waiata, a $20.5 million boost for

education infrastructure in the Bay of Plenty was announced.

This investment includes a new school in Pyes Pa for 650 students and six new classrooms for three of our great schools: Oropi, Welcome Bay and

Maungatapu schools will each benefit from two new classrooms to help them account for their roll growth.

I would like to acknowledge the Welcome Bay School Board of Trustees chair, Jandhe Troughton, and Principal, Nik House, for hosting us for the announcement and for the hard work that they do for our kids.

Poike road overbridge on the way In my last column I talked about the Poike road overbridge that had been announced, and it was fantastic to break ground for the project recently.

The long-term goal of the overbridge is to link key centres, schools and areas of employment with a network of shared paths to make it safer and easier for people to walk and bike around the region.

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From left, Welcome Bay School principal Nik House, Minister of Education Hekia Parata, WBS board of trustees chairperson Jandhe Troughton and local MP Todd Muller.

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I have been advocating for this project to respond to the increased traffic on State Highway 29A. The overbridge, coupled with the shared path, will open up a range of opportunities and contribute to a more environmentally sustainable future for our fast growing region’s transport network.

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Once it is set up automatically on your internet router, it’s easy to use because there is no need to install or update any software.

Keeping it simple Rory Birkbeck and Aaron Sinclair have over 30 years combined experience in IT. They knew a solution was available, but every product they trialled was extremely complex.

Rory explains, “We wanted to show families how they can put some common sense measures in place without any technical know-how required.”

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But you can choose to pay a one-off or recurring amount of your choice. We hope families who can afford it will pay something regularly to help us sustain and grow Safe Surfer so others can benefit too.”

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Easy as pie sign-up “It only takes five minutes to install, and no tech skills needed,” Aaron explains.

“It runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week, so it’s literally a case of ‘set and forget’. Once you’ve completed the initial set-up on your home computer, all other devices that use the same internet connection will be protected from then onwards.”

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I rose, I rose Past feet-like tree stumps I rose, I rose In the face of mud.

I rose, I rose From sheets of plans I rose, I rose Cold and strong

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Should I stretch or strengthen after an injury?

Have you ever had an injury and wondered whether you should stretch the affected body part or try to strengthen it? Surely - if it’s stronger, it won’t be as likely to hurt in the first place?

Yes and no.

Stretching and strengthening both have an important place. But if you want an injury to

settle down as fast as possible, then you should wait until you are relatively pain-free and mobile before doing any specific strengthening on the area that was injured.

A matter of when and how much Basically, strengthening causes small amounts of damage. It brings about

tears in the tissue that the body repairs, and it is during this repair phase that the tissue adapts to strengthen and multiply by increasing in size. So if you have an injury that is still irritated and inflamed and you try and do strengthening exercises, you are only going to overstress an area that is already under stress, and further irritate the area.

When tissue has been strained it tightens to protect itself. This results in a reduction of function, strength of contraction and mobility.

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Survive to swim to survive...

Teaching a child water safety and swimming skills is essential, and the only “sport” that could save a life.

Teach your child the rule of always being with an adult if they go near water.

More and more we see children only learning to swim after a traumatic event, such as when drownings are reported in the media, or when they want to play a water sport and need more confidence to do so.

Always wear a life jacket in boats, when fishing on rocks or in rough water, where there is chance you may end up in deep water.

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should be able to swim 200m by the time they are in Year 6.

It is a parent’s responsibility to ensure children learn to swim.

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Actively watch your child around any body of water – including the baths, puddles, paddling pools and open water.

Tauranga Martial Arts Club victorious Instructors Jason Haynes (Maungatapu’s own Vanilla Restaurant Café manager), Brian Barnett, Shelley Barnett and Karl Robins led students from the Tauranga Nam Wah Pai Kung Fu Association to victory at the 2016 New Zealand National Kung Fu Championships held in Wellington on 22 and 23 July 2016.

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Healthy eating, healthy living My name is Ellie, my ear tag is number 9, and I’m a five-year-old Jersey cow. I’m part of the team here at Walnut Tree Farm on Welcome Bay Road. We provide fresh delicious raw milk each day.

The girls and I are milked just once a day, at a very respectable 7am! There are around 20 of us at one time in the milking herd, providing fresh raw (unpasteurised) milk every day. Our customers buy our milk anytime, 24/7, from the self-service vending machine in our Milk Shop.

We love it when the customers stop by to watch us being milked because we think it reminds them about their connection to where their food comes from. We also like to feel important!

It’s a little bit old fashioned, I guess, reconnecting our farm directly with the consumer.

Farmer Craig tending to Ellie.

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Being fed pasture that is herbicide and pesticide free and is fertilised with certified organic fertilisers means we know our farmer is doing his best to provide our community with a clean, green product that we can be so proud of in this country.

Even though we live on a small farm, my girls and I reckon we’re doing our bit to contribute to a sustainable and healthy local community.

Written by Ellie the Jersey cow We write for this magazine because we are so proud to be a part of this commoooo-nity.

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RESTAURANT CAFÉ

The two new local restaurants, Welcome Bay’s Bay Masala Indian Cuisine restaurant and Maungatapu’s French Cuisine Vanilla Restaurant Café, are now both fully licenced.

Let’s continue to frequent and support our local restaurants! Give them constructive feedback too, and encourage friends from other suburbs to come and enjoy our excellent local dining experiences.

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Wraps and quesadillas A kid-approved meal

meats with plenty of fresh seasonal veges.

Food

This is one of the most popular lunch items on our family menu. Using the same ingredients, I can manage to keep the whole family happy with a lovely simple, healthy meal.

It can either be a yummy lunch option or an easy dinner. For us it suits everyone - from the vege loving daughter who likes her tortillas to be fresh wraps full of hummus, salad and ham, to our meat and cheese loving son who wants his as warm quesadillas. In our family of five it is hard to find meals that everyone likes, but this one is a winner: same ingredients, different outcomes – happy family!

Ingredients The main ingredient is tortillas, and after that you can include anything you like. It can be as simple as ham, pineapple and cheese, or as gorgeous as chutneys, specialised cheeses and

You can simply use the tortillas as fresh wraps or cook them in a frying pan to create tasty, quick quesadillas. Salad isn’t optional, it’s a must. It either goes in the wrap or on the side, but we make it what the kids like. So if it is just a carrot-cucumber salad, I think that is better than no salad at all.

By Just a Mum, justamumnz.com

Couscous Salad Serves 4-6

4 eggs 1 cup frozen peas or beans 2 cups couscous 2 cups boiling water 2 tsp vegetable stock powder 2 tomatoes, diced 2Tbs honey mustard dressing, or oil and vinegar dressing • Bring water to the boil in small saucepan, add the eggs carefully and cook for 10 minutes. Run under cold water immediately and peel, cut into quarters.

• Cook frozen peas or beans and drain.

• Spread the couscous over a large serving plate. Dissolve the stock powder in the boiling water and pour over couscous. Leave to stand about 5 minutes until the liquid has been absorbed, then fluff up with a fork.

• Add egg segments, peas or beans and the diced tomatoes. Drizzle over the dressing.

• Serve warm or cold.

Recipe provided by Tauranga Budget Advisory Service

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The little blue penguin’s recovery Little blue penguins are delightful characters and are the world’s smallest penguin. Our Tauranga coast has a good population of little blue penguins, and they’re often seen throughout the spring and summer months. They generally come ashore at night and live in holes or burrows, but if they are sick or moulting, they may be seen on land during the day.

Vulnerable to dog attacks Sadly, many of these lovely little birds are attacked by dogs and suffer severe injuries. ARRC receives a number of these injured birds each year, and we do our best to help them. On top of surgery and normal medications Holistic Vets provides veterinary care for our wildlife with their broad range

of additional vet services. For example, they have a hyperbaric oxygen chamber (HBOT), and with the use of therapies like acupuncture and homeopathy, many of these birds can be helped.

One of the lucky ones This penguin was found on the beach unable to move. We found that its legs were paralysed and gave it medication to help. After three days with no apparent improvement we started treating it with HBOT. After the first treatment, its right leg started to move, and after the second treatment both legs were moving! The penguin was then placed at a rehabilitation centre where it had the opportunity to exercise in a pool. We were happy to hear that it continues to make progress.

By Dr. Liza Schneider, Animal Rescue & Rehabilitation Centre (ARRC), Holistic Vets

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Hairballs in cats are usually of just nuisance value. A vomited-up mass of congealed hair on the new carpet in the middle of the lounge is enough to put a smile on the face of most cat owners! Not to mention the discomfort for the poor cat while heaving up.

In very rare cases, however, a hairball can become so large it can cause an obstruction. A recent case we saw showed this in extremis. The cat concerned was rushed down to us in quite a state of distress, retching up froth and gasping for air.

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Intensive care She was given oxygen and medication to improve her breathing, which helped a lot, but it was clear she was still in a bad way. An anaesthetic was given when she was stable enough to X-ray her and check for obstructions.

The X-ray showed a slight hazy area in the chest above the heart, and the lungs and heart appeared displaced downwards.

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Small business scene buzzing in Tauranga After six months, Small Business Tauranga is on a roll. Our fortnightly early morning networking events are now in full swing – and we have other events and training coming up that are tailored specifically to the needs of small business owners.

Breakfast Connect

Business

If you haven’t made it yet to a Breakfast Connect meeting, I would recommend you come to the next one and experience it for yourself. They start at 7am and are over in time for you to still start work by 8.30am. There’s about 20 to 30 small business owners who turn up. It’s a fantastic chance to make new business contacts in a friendly breakfast setting, generally in a café or a workplace, and also for you to introduce yourself and your business by practicing your 30-second ‘elevator pitch’.

Business training sessions We’ve also recently started the Fully Charged series of short, sharp business training sessions that are are held once a month at the Chamber and presented by subject experts. In a condensed 90-minute session, these allow business owners to get quickly up to speed on a need-to-know topic that’s relevant to their business. Over the coming months we’ll be covering a variety of areas including employment law, finance, marketing and sales.

More networking opportunities This year we will also be supporting the next NZ Business Market, a great way for small businesses to promote themselves, and the Precision Business Summit, a one-day conference for small business owners, where they can meet and be inspired by successful entrepreneurs and achievers such

How to attract skilled staff One of the big questions a lot of businesses are facing today is skill shortages. In key industries where skilled staff are critical, for example in the building industry, not being able to recruit skilled staff seriously hampers a business’s growth and affects customer satisfaction.

Failing to attract suitable staff can ultimately lead to problems retaining the staff you already have, as they come under increasing pressure to maintain a high standard and rate of production. With an estimated $6,000 to $7,000 to employ a new staff member - these figures will depend on the level of skills you are looking for -,

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as Scott Unsworth, founder of Orca, and Ian Ferguson, Olympic gold medallist.

New small business membership

Stan Gregec, CEO, Tauranga Chamber of Commerce

Small Business Tauranga will soon be introducing its own membership model, allowing small business owners to join and participate on an individual basis, as opposed to business memberships for the Chamber.

By Stan Gregec CEO Tauranga Chamber of Commerce I write for this magazine because we represent the Tauranga business community and believe that positive engagement is the best way to do this.

this has a real impact on your bottom line. Other costs associated to high staff turnover is low staff morale and staff engagement, lower productivity, inadequate customer service and a reduced talent pool.

Why a diverse workforce matters The solution to these problems is to adopt inclusive working practices that lead to a diverse workforce. Some of the many benefits include: a wider customer base leading to an increase in market share and profitability, reduction in recruitment costs through better staff retention, and a more creative and innovative workforce that attract customers and future employees.

The choice of whether or not to have diversity in your workplace has gone. It is now a necessity to adopt a diverse and inclusive culture that will ensure the future viability of your business.

Skill shortages are affecting many industries, and so the time has come to work smarter and be innovative when employing and managing staff.

By Warren Scobie BiznessWins – Diversity Managers I write for The WHOMP magazine because it reaches across the wider community in an effort to link like-minded people.

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Not to be missed ‘Business Network Breakfast’ Friday 2 September 2016, 6:45am We think that it is time for another Business Breakfast. It will be a great opportunity to bring you all up to date with the City Centre proposals.

We have organised a panel to present to you with an opportunity for questions and discussions afterwards. The panel presentations will be for ten minutes each, so there will be plenty of time for your comments, questions and ideas.

The panellists will be:

Delicious breakfast as usual

The Welcome Bay Community Centre welcomes our businesses to what will be an interesting and very topical discussion.

We will of course serve our usual excellent breakfast, and we are going to make the breakfast a little fundraiser for the Community Centre. The cost this time will be $15.00 per person.

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For more information, please contact Anna Larsen at the Centre on 544 9774, or email business@welcomebay.org.nz.

By Mary Dillon I write for this magazine because it is an excellent tool for engaging with the businesses in our area.

The good old days are back

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It feels like olden days when you can take electronic devices to be repaired rather than replaced. I have to express how pleased I am to have our micro-drone broken wire soldered and our iPod socket repaired, avoiding in both cases dreaded gadget obsolescence.

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It will soon be September and the beginning of spring. It’s lighter in the morning and not so cold, though we have thankfully suffered from little of that this winter.

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Startup Weekend is back in Tauranga 23-25 September 2016 Running for the fifth consecutive year in Tauranga, this 54-hour event is designed to bring together people interested in learning how to develop an idea into a sustainable business.

Tauranga Startup Weekend is organised by volunteers with the generous sponsorship of local businesses and organisations keen to see the Tauranga entrepreneurial spirit flourish.

Whether participants have the next big idea or want to be part of a team actively working to solve problems, they all experience being a member of a start-up team and work together to make crucial decisions while being involved in the entire process from start to finish and supported by a team of experienced business mentors.

Taking place at Basestation, Durham Street, Tauranga, participants’ tickets range from $50 to $99. The event is open to anyone with a business idea and/or with technology or design skills.

The ticket includes all seven meals.

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By Pascale Hyboud-Peron I write for this magazine because it delivers good news to a rich, diverse, local and engaged community.

Business

One participant Sylvia shared her thoughts as the 2015 event concluded.

She said: “What an awesome event! It gave me the feeling I could come home and get started with my own business, with directions that I had never even thought of.”

Another participant Brad left last year’s event saying he was very impressed with the support and setup of the weekend. He had not expected it to be so familiar and easy going.

The event culminates on the Sunday evening with each group giving a fiveminute team presentation showcasing their new start-up to a panel of four judges. The winning team walks away with over $3,000 worth of business prizes!

Startup weekend 2015 at Basestation, Durham Street, Tauranga.

New sheriff in town Employers and business owners, there is a new health and safety sheriff in town. But don’t panic - well, not as long as you have a semblance of a workplace health and safety management system in place.

More WorkSafe inspectors Yes, the new Health and Safety at Work Act does place greater importance on having a risk control plan for hazard monitoring. And yes, WorkSafe has hired a whole lot more inspectors.

And yes, they have identified ‘highrisk’ industries to target. And yes, a lot more attention is being paid to worker engagement and physical health monitoring along with a myriad of less notable but important aspects of keeping people safe at work.

Safety leadership Of course giving direction through policies and procedures is necessary, as is proactive safety leadership, yet often what is essential is invisible to the eye.

Apart from all this imposed legislation, what most business managers and owners want is safety-minded, productive and engaged people at work.

three influences: individual factors (personality, intelligence etc.), social factors (peer influences, team interactions etc.) and environmental factors (tools and equipment, incentives, organisational culture etc.). Businesses have influence, directly or indirectly, over all three areas.

Safety culture

Safety culture and attention to workplace health and wellbeing comes from the top down, requiring senior leaders showing visible support, long term. Companies need to tie health and wellbeing to business drivers, and front-line managers need to be more accountable for the health and wellbeing of their employees.

Research indicates that behaviour is determined by a combination of

By Kenneth White Occupational Safety and Health Advisor

If you want a strong safety culture, you first need a vibrant affirming culture in the workplace. Too hard to achieve or not that important? Think again!

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CLASSIFIEDS Hairini Function centre

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Positions available for enthusiastic, positive and reliable individuals.

• Chef • Kitchenhand • Front of house Email CV to vanilla@whomp.nz, or phone Jason 021 795 406, 7 days.

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Professional kitchen facility and food preparation equipment Optional catering and serving staff available on-site.

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Community Centre rooms to hire

These rooms are suitable for meetings, family gatherings, Family Group Conferences, exercise groups, church groups.

Kauri Room 18 x 10m Puriri Room 6 x 5m Kowhai Room 6 x 4m Give us a call or drop in to see us if you think we can help you: T: 07 544 9774 E: room-hire@welcomebay.org.nz There are a number of trestle tables and other tables, and chairs available for use in the Centre.

Terms and conditions for Centre Hire apply.

Community Centre, 242 Welcome Bay Road

Room Hire Charges:

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Kauri Room – 1 hour minimum –

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