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“Everyone is born with a particular passion, a vocation almost, music is mine, I can’t resist,” says multi-talented Tauranga multiinstrumentalist and musical guru Robbie Lavën . During the 55th National Jazz Festival taking place across central Tauranga this Easter weekend, the 72-year-old will be on stage performing with

much-loved local bands Bay Dixie, The Bay City Ramblers and Kokomo. “I am going to be a busy man, but it’s going to be great… you get in the zone and you keep on going forever.” Read the full story in today’s edition of Life+Style, or see page 5 for information on the National Jazz Festival. Photo: Bruce Barnard.

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Saving Sun readers, and their goats Despite our suggestions last week for you all to be sensible, it seems many of you have been ignoring this safety advice.

Entertain your friends in style

With another humungous storm battering the Bay, it’s a good time to again try to preserve the lives of our readers by urging that you stay safely on higher ground, avoiding the cyclone. If you have to venture out, only go as far as the letterbox to get the Sun paper.

But I guess if you’re reading this, then you’ve already survived the mission unscathed.

Which is more than we can say for some of the foolhardy out there, who think storms and flooding are a time to become U-Tube sensations by undertaking risky adventures.

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First up, avoid the sea. The swell is forecast to be five or six metres by Thursday. This not a good time to try surfing or any sort of boating beyond the harbour mouth. Anyone leaving harbour in the next couple of days are more likely to end up battered fish.

Please, stay on shore and enjoy the Easter entertainment such as the jazz. (p5) Or the sizzling sausages at Grower Direct (p33)

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Secondly, don’t let your kids drive you and your goat around town.

Unlike the Ford Falcon carload, filmed in Whitianga this week.

Nothing really surprises me these days but I was astounded to see a video on Newsie this week of an (alleged) eight year old driving the family station wagon down the road. With a goat in the back.

(Not sure if this story needed the goat in the back to make it any more sensational but hey, let’s run with it.)

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to ‘buckle up buttercup’, not drink and drive, and to please check your speed.”

Our suggestion goes one further, and that is not to have the goat and the buttercup on the same seat. That is only going to end in tears.

Thirdly, if you venture downtown to the jazz festival, please do so safely and take care around the new Tidal Stairs that are likely to get a hammering from the forecast Nor-easters.

Fourthly, watch out for skimmers and scammers. Keep your bank cards closely guarded and your pins and passwords safe from prying eyes. A skimming gang has been fleecing folk in Tauranga and Brookfield.

Cover your PIN when you use it. And your goat’s. The last thing we want to see is them being milked.

The police are particularly keen to see that everyone and their goats get home safely.

“We encourage everyone to keep an eye out for each other and be safe,” says Inspector Pete Mckennie, Manager of Road Policing Operations.

“So, if you’re travelling on the country’s roads, this means driving to the conditions, particularly if the weather is going to be wet and the visibility bad, as well as making sure

me this for years.) A new report (isn’t there always?) warns that a parasite commonly found in cat doodoos can alter the human brain’s chemistry, putting it more at risk of Alzheimer’s Disease. Toxoplasma gondii is also linked to increased risk of anxiety, brain cancer, anxiety, schizophrenia, anxiety, and repeating oneself.

Anyone pregnant are already advised to avoid kitty litter. Personally, I avoid it at all times, not just when pregnant. The study says more people should be cautious.

Remember, a goat may be relying on you.

Safety cones

Seventhly and finally, beware of icecreams.

Even though summer is over, many of you may be enjoying a frozen treat over Easter.

But they are a hazard. (They should have cones around them.)

Icecream mishaps, beach and barbecue injuries costs Kiwis millions a year, with ACC paying out more than half a million in December and January alone.

And sand is one of the most treacherous of substances. Assuming the cyclone doesn’t wash it all away, sand poses a major threat to the happiness of our readers. ACC paid out $1.8 million last summer to the victims of sand; injuries such as falling over in sandpits, sprains and rolled ankles from diving into sand bars. Around 2500 people were beaten up by sand.

One even managed to land in hospital after jumping on a sand castle.

That’s it for now Sunners. We’ve done our best to keep you safe by identifying these specific hazards, some storm related and some stupid related. It’s up to you, we hope to see you and your goats back here next week in good order.

Parting thoughts

Set on revenge

Fifthly, don’t upset your husband. A Russian women recently did, and he retaliated by filling the interior of her car with concrete. We’re not sure exactly what sort of act requires such dire revenge tactics, but the guy was laughing as he directed the concrete mixer up to the passenger window, and proceeded to fill the car with cement.

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Sixthly, beware of cats. They may be dangerous. (My dog has been trying to tell

Astute reader Keith points out, after reading the Sun, there are not just old tyres around now but ORPHAN tyres!

“Goodness me. I wonder if we should adopt some and put them in our ‘retyrement fund?”

Recently the local courthouse was given a new name…The ‘Tauranga District Court’ became the ‘District Court of Tauranga’.

The justice department seems to have rejected Keith’s brilliant idea, for it be renamed the more-apt ‘Tauranga Caught.’ brian@thesun.co.nz

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Piddler in the pool The research was disgusting.

The admission even more disgusting.

And both caused jitters, little ripples of urea, chloride, sodium and potassium – piddle in other words – when they washed up in Tauranga this week.

“Wouldn’t go near this [story] with a barge pole,” said a nervy Bay of Plenty swimming pool official to another in a message which inadvertently landed on this reporter’s desk.

What he didn’t want to go near was the subject of people piddling in swimming pools. He couldn’t see what benefit it would have for the business.

Which makes sense because stories about people taking a ‘mimi’ in a public pool don’t encourage other people to pay for a swim. And if they aren’t pool piddlers then such talk just might give them the idea.

All this because The Weekend Sun got hold of groundbreaking scientific research from Canada, which found a large public swimming pool of about 830,000 litres could contain up to 75 litres of urine.

It was a bladder-bursting discovery backed up by anecdotal evidence from the ‘Flying Fish’ himself – the most decorated Olympian of them all, the 28-medal man, American swimmer Michael Phelps.

“Of course, we always do,” he replied when asked if he ever relieved himself in the pool.

So when he climbed out of the pool in Rio after swimming the butterfly leg in the gold medal winning 4x100m medley relay, with the crowd roaring and old

glory being run up the flag pole, Phelps had probably just deposited 1000ml or 2000ml in the Olympic pool for the next competitors to sputter through. Lovely!

“I think there’s just something about getting into chlorine water that you just automatically go,” said Phelps.

So if Canadians are piddling in their swimming pools, if Olympic heroes are piddling in pools with impunity, then it’s safe to assume Kiwis too let leak when the urge takes, in the pool.

“Phelps is right – people are always going to pee in pools,” says Murray Hall of the Pool Shop in 9th Ave. “And it’s pretty gross to think we could be swallowing pee, sweat and snot when you go to the pool.” Seventy-five litres is like 36 people emptying their full bladders. But how did the Canadian calculate 75 litres?

Using a new test they measured the levels of artificial sweetener found in processed food, which is passed unaltered in urine.

They sampled 31 pools and hot tubs, then used the average concentration of the artificial sweetener in Canadian urine to approximate the volume of urine in pools.

“Probably the worst thing about peeing in the pool is it promotes chloramines,” says Murray. Chloramines give off the distinctive pong at swimming pools and if strong enough can cause irritation to the eyes, lungs and skin. Chloramines are the

combination of two things.

First chlorine disinfectants, which are added to pool water to attack and destroy germs that give swimmers diarrhoea, ear ache and athlete’s foot. And secondly, perspiration, body oils and urine from the bodies of swimmers.

“But we needn’t be too concerned,” says Murray.

“Any public pool should be operated by people suitably qualified to manage water and have risk strategies in place.”

Like Baywave, the Greerton, Memorial and Otumoetai pools and Mount Hot Pools. Popular facilities with robust controls to minimise the impact of injudicious pool piddlers.

To read the response of Matthew Strange from Bay Venues Limited, which runs Greerton, Memorial, Otumoetai and the Mount Hot Pools, visit www.theweekendsun.co.nz Hunter Wells

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Thursday 13 April 2017

No vote is a vote for Rusty

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He’s Rusty Kane, who’s concerned the election system puts the parties first, the country second and the people last.

“We are disillusioned with MMP – short for the Mixed Member Proportional voting system – which we were told would be better for the people,” says Rusty.

“But MMP is all about the political parties, their power and their representatives and not about us at all.

“And for this reason many people wonder: ‘What’s the point?’ My vote doesn’t count, it doesn’t change anything.”

Rusty belongs to the People’s Choice Party, a ginger group set up to advocate for small groups and individuals. “But it’s not about winning seats,” says Rusty. He will be standing as an independent this election – and he doesn’t expect to unseat current Tauranga MP Simon Bridges.

“You may vote for a candidate or party for their policies. But after election night it all changes and those policies are watered down and another party – who you didn’t vote for, whose candidates, policies and philosophies you dislike – get incorporated into your party of choice.”

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Edgecumbe inquiry promised The government has classified the flooding in the Bay of Plenty caused by ex-Cyclone Debbie as a ‘medium-scale adverse event’.

Social Development Minister Anne Tolley says the classification now makes extra recovery assistance measures available, including recovery coordination, increased support through Enhanced Task Force Green teams and Bay of Plenty Rural Support Trust.

Extra financial assistance is also available in the form of civil defence payments. More than 500 applications have been received so far.

Tidal stairs officially opened Tauranga’s new tidal stairs and pier have been officially opened with an early morning blessing led by Ngai Tamarawaho kaumatua Tamati Tata on Monday.

Up to 40 people, including Mayor Greg Brownless, Tauranga City Council CEO Garry Poole, councillors, staff, contractors and design representatives braved the rain to attend the official ceremony.

Rusty Kane is contesting the Tauranga seat in September’s General Election.

And, says Rusty, we have a situation where the major party leaders – National, Labour and Greens – are all list MPs put in by the parties and not the voters.

“So they don’t even have the confidence of the electorate. Another good reason why people are fed up.”

Rusty says a vote not cast will be a vote for him. “Vote for me as a protest against the political MMP system and a vote for change.

“But if you don’t vote, or don’t care to

vote, I understand and you already agree with me by not voting.”

But he’s still encouraging people to vote.

“They need to be empowered, inspired and have good reason to vote and not be disenfranchised by a disempowering political system.”

Rusty wants MMP replaced by legislative referendums like in Switzerland or the Single Transferable Vote.

Rusty has stood unsuccessfully in several general elections since 2000.

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that were built before the 1980s on what becomes a stream-bed during heavy rain.

Nearly $100m of council’s current debt has been spent on stormwater but we’ve estimated it would cost a further $375m to reduce the flood risk to a one-in-100 level for the 1369 properties most at risk. Council has currently budgeted $8.2m for stormwater works this year falling to $3m annually thereafter.

Due to the limited budget

a certain amount of rain falling in a small area in 24 hours within a year.

It doesn’t rule it out happening somewhere else in the city next year or next week. Generally, newer subdivisions are designed with higher ground levels and better drainage so houses are less likely to get flooded. Not so with some established areas.

Matua was particularly hard hit by both fast-rising and fastflowing floodwaters so council spent $5m purchasing properties

The heart-breaking scenes in Edgecumbe last week remind us how important our storm-water system is. With rain forecast this weekend there will be some nervous families around our city worrying about their homes too.

We hear the often-used term ‘100-year flood’ to describe these events but they seem to happen more frequently.

The term gives a false sense of security about when to expect the next downpour. It actually means a one per cent chance of

spending is focused on areas where there is a risk to life from fast-flowing flood water. Given the dollars involved is council doing enough? We’re asking you views on our 2018 budget.

For more information, visit: tauranga.govt.nz or pick up a submission form at your local library.

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Festival’s all that jazz and much, much more

The National Jazz Festival traditionally starts with the 40th National Youth Jazz Competition at Baycourt.

The finest jazz musicians from home and abroad will get Tauranga jumping and jiving and grooving this Easter Weekend with the return of the National Jazz Festival.

Today marks the start of the 55th annual festival, and festival director Becks Chambers says with so much musical goodness scheduled for the five-day event there’ll be a little something for everyone.

“We’re really excited. Everything has gone to plan and tickets have flown out the door, so all we’re hoping for now is for the weather to hold out.”

The festival traditionally begins with the 40th National Youth Jazz Competition, which showcases the very best young jazz players from throughout New Zealand at Baycourt today and Good Friday.

This year’s competition features a staggering 300 students, who’ll be vying for the title of NZ’s best combo and big band.

“To celebrate we’ve set up an exhibition in the Baycourt foyer, which showcases the band leaders and participants who’ve been involved in the competition over the years.” Baycourt will also be bursting at the seams with great music on Good Friday and Easter Saturday, with standalone concerts from renowned musicians Nichaud Fitzgibbon, Rodger Fox, Paul

Ubana Jones, and headline act Alchemy featuring Kiwi singers Ria Hall, Anna Coddington, Julia Deans and Bella Kalolo. Things will also kick up another notch with the Hurricane Party on The Strand waterfront featuring Swamp Thing and Brilleaux on Saturday night, followed by The Hipstamatics and The Cactus Channel on Sunday night.

The central city will also explode into life with more than 20 bands and musicians playing across six stages at various locations as part of the Downtown Carnival on Saturday and Sunday, from 12pm-6pm.

This year’s carnival includes the Grey Street Precinct.

“We’ve got some different things happening in Grey St, which will add a new vibe to the festival., while on-stage will be Tauranga favourites Bay Dixie who’ve played the festival for years, Ben Wilcock’s solo boogie, plus fantastic Melbourne band Shirazz.”

The new Waterfront Gala being staged at the Tidal Stairs on the waterfront will close the festival on Monday. It’ll feature the 20-piece Tauranga Big Band and the 22-piece Queen City Big Band from Auckland, plus a family fun zone, plus the Little Big Markets. Check out this week’s Life+Style for a profile on legendary multi-instrumentalist Robbie Lavën , who’s performing with Bay Dixie, Kokomo and the Bay City Ramblers during the National Jazz Festival on April 13-17. For more, visit: www.jazz.org.nz David Tauranga

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A necklace that will never become jaded, Tauranga’s green plan.

A ‘green necklace’ around Tauranga City Centre is being promoted as part of the revised City Centre Spatial Framework, which was last updated in 2015.

The green necklace is a 5km circuit of the Te Papa peninsula that encircles the city, linking together existing public open spaces.

Four distinct sections work together to form a legible loop that links existing public open spaces at the Tauranga Domain, The Elms, The Redoubt, and Tauranga City Centre waterfront.

While Tauranga City Council’s City Transformation Committee members are keen to talk about the green necklace aspect of the city spatial plan, chair Larry Baldock is at pains to say it doesn’t mean the current council is also endorsing other aspects of the spatial plan, like a passenger train station on The Strand or a sports stadium on The Domain.

“There are some things that might send the wrong signal,” says Larry.

“I just wanted to make sure it is clear that this is an ongoing process. We are not endorsing this draft.

“We are endorsing the process for the draft to be completed, in order to go for further consultation.”

Heart of the City programme director Adele Hadfield says the scale and speed of change in the city centre requires a linking framework to help with priority setting and delivering investment in streetscape, open space

and waterfront amenity.

“The spatial plan provides a big picture context to sit step-by-step change within,” says Adele.

“It provides a structure that is not rigid or static, the structure changes over time. The spatial framework is intended to be a dynamic document.”

The framework provides an opportunity to gain agreement and ownership across the community about the future look and feel of the city. Also it is an approach that has elsewhere supported an increased level of private sector investment in areas covered by a framework that provides a level of certainty and direction.

There are also gaps in the existing plan that require community engagement on the elements that people value in their city centre and to specific areas within the city centre, says Adele.

For example, views to water and sustainability in design, and an update on how the different streets in the city area will look. The community consultation process is expected to take place during the next three to four months.

The committee endorsed the approach to complete the city centre spatial framework, but endorsing the completion of the framework does not mean they are endorsing the entire contents of what is already in the framework, says Larry.

“This is not what we are voting on today.”

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Annual Plan consultation to close Tauranga City residents have just seven days left to air and share their views on their council’s 2017-2018 draft Annual Plan.

The Annual Plan process serves to update the work plans and budgets council had set through the Long Term Plan – and bring any significant or material differences to the community for review and feedback.

Differences to next year’s budget are a proposal to fund $4m towards a new Visitor Information Centre in Mount Maunganui to support the growth of the tourism sector in Tauranga; requests from the Papamoa and Mount Mainstreet organisations to increase their targeted rates, which are paid by commercial ratepayers in each area; and some differences in planned rates and debt levels, with fast-paced

growth requiring council re-prioritise investment and spend money sooner than planned. This means a proposed rates increase of 3.8 per cent instead of the 3.5 per cent agreed through the LTP, net debt at $462m instead of $427m and the debt to revenue ratio at 221 per cent instead of 215 per cent.

The council is also seeking community feedback on some proposed changes to user fees and charges, and to the draft Development Contributions Policy 2017/2018.

Consultation closes 5pm next Thursday, April 20, 2017.

For more information, see: www.tauranga.govt.nz/documentsreports/councils-lead-documents/ annual-plans/annual-plan-2017-2018 Submissions can be emailed to: submissions@tauranga.govt.nz

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Thursday 13 April 2017

Basketball Classic returns

U13B team players Eli Marsters, 11, and Ezra Burman, 11, will be among the players this weekend. Photo: Tracy Hardy.

More than 1000 young basketballers will be shooting hoops in Tauranga this Easter weekend, when the Mel Young Easter Basketball Classic comes to town.

The annual tournament is named in honour of one of its founders, Mel Young, who passed away about a year ago. It is for representative teams from around the North Island and Australia, with ages ranging from under-11s to under-19s.

“We’ve got at least 135 teams coming, and 100 referees,” says Tauranga City Basketball general manager Mark Rogers.

“This is our fourth year in Tauranga, but the actual tournament has been running for more than 25 years. “It moves around the country, although we’ve got it secured up to 2018 at the moment.

“It’s a very big tournament – only certain places in the country have the facilities to host it.”

Games will be played at ASB Arena, Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, Tauranga Boys’ College and Tauranga Intermediate, with 14 courts running concurrently.

Another aspect of the weekend is the upskilling

opportunities for coaches and referees.

“As part of the tournament we do coaching and referee education as well,” says Mark.

“We have a Hall of Fame coach coming out from America, Jim Foster. He’s very highly-regarded.”

Mark says there’s a great demand for the tournament, and they often receive positive feedback from players in what is a rapidlygrowing sport.

“I think Kiwi-turned- Oklahoma City Thunder player Steven Adams and the Breakers have had a huge impact. It’s a general trend that basketball is booming around the country.

“On current growth it will be the biggest sport in secondary schools by 2020.”

The size of the tournament is also a testament to Tauranga’s growing status as a destination for big sporting events.

“As a city we’re getting a reputation of being able to deliver quality events. People are approaching us more about hosting events, which is great.”

The tournament runs from tomorrow, April 14 to Monday, April 17. Spectators are welcome, and admission is free. Find out more at: Ryan Wood taurangacitybasketball.co.nz

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Demystifying law on digital devices A Tauranga law firm is live streaming free legal advice directly to people’s digital devices.

Lyon O’Neale is running its 2017 Library Law Services series at Tauranga Library and the 20 seminars running through to November will be live streamed through Facebook to meet the

demands of what it calls an increasingly connected world.

Accordingly, the next seminar on Wednesday Aril 19 at 12.30pm and again 5:30pm is on wills and estate planning.

More information about the legal seminars can be found at: www.loalaw. nz/in-the-community.html

The man under the bonnet Tauranga mechanic Mike Pittams is car chief of the Hyundai NZ Rally Team, while David Holder is behind the wheel. Photo: Tracy Hardy.

Usually, we associate the glory of car racing to the man behind the wheel. But a lot of what goes on under the bonnet and at the hand of the spanner has a huge effect on how the cars – and their drivers – race.

Just ask Tauranga’s Mike Pittams. The experienced engineer has been appointed car chief of the Hyundai NZ Rally Team to race in the 2017 New Zealand Rally Championship.

He’s part of a new team put together by Hyundai NZ and World Rally champion and fellow Kiwi, Hayden Paddon – which will see him plus two others race the Hyundai i20 AP4+ spec car he helped launch in 2006.

The championship started last weekend. Tauranga rally driver David Holder, who is defending his 2016 NZRC title, along with up-and-comingdriver Job Quantock, are sharing the steering wheel with Hayden. The team – with the goal to win the manufacturers’ championship title – is run by Paddon Rallysport with Hayden co-manager alongside his Wanaka-based father Chris Paddon.

And Mike is the man who has got to ensure the car purrs and performs each time!

“I’m expected to have the car ship-shape yesterday,” says Mike, whose was born into a rallying family and became a car mechanic.

“I worked on race cars for about 10 years and I’ve looked after David’s car [in the New Zealand Rally Championship] for the last three years.

“When David first got that car Hayden [Paddon] suggested me as he’d seen some of my work before.

“I’ve known Hayden since when he was racing back in NZ.” So when the opportunity for this new format – with Hayden racing the NZRC when he’s not overseas

in the WRC and giving two other drivers a chance to develop their skills – came up, Mike applied online.

“Hayden then rang me up.”

Mike says to be a mechanic for David’s car – which won last year’s NZRC title was “exceptional”.

“But to be given an opportunity by a WRC star is next level. And working with Hayden and the Hyundai team has improved my knowledge on the technical side of things.”

So what does he do?

“Basically, I do all of the mechanical work on the campaign, which involves an extensive re-build and redesign. I also develop the car – to make it a faster design. We do this in the workshop before races.

“But then out on race days I’m in charge of the service crew guys – so my job is to make the car fast and reliable.

“So there’s lot of pressure on my shoulders.”

But he relishes in this. The Force Automotive owner is employed by Paddon Rallysport to run the Hyundai i20 AP4+ spec car for the NZRC. “This arrangement probably takes up about 30 per cent to 40 per cent of my time during the year,” says Mike. And the last few months have been “flat out” trying to ready the car for the start of NZRC this month – with David taking the wheel first at the Rally of Otago on April 8-9 and winning it.

“Basically, we’ve stripped the car down to bare shell, with nothing in it, and rebuilt 80 per cent of the components and we’ve redesigned stuff as well.”

So Mike’s work is never done? “No, it’s ongoing.”

“We’re basically always re-building this car to make sure it works and is ready for the next rally.”

The six-round NZRC finishes with the two-day, Tauranga-based Rally New Zealand on November 25-26. Maybe then Mike will get some sleep.

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Taking on the world

Off to the regatta - Trish Kamizona, Mike Lane, Tim Jenvey and Bruce Wills. Photo: Tracy Hardy.

It’s a sharp left off the northern end of the Wairoa River Bridge.

Follow Wairoa Rd all the way to the boat house and you might just hear them ….out on the water, bitching and moaning. Sore bits, bits that don’t work properly, missing bits, bits that need replacing and bits that have been replaced.

He’s talking about body bits. “We get in the boat and complain about this and that, our piles, sore knees, whatever,” says the undertaker.

But the bitching and moaning is a privilege, a pleasure even, that comes with seniority and is all part of the mechanics and experience of masters rowing. “You know what old guys are like,” says the undertaker. “My problem is worse than your problem.

Now let’s row.”

Three short strokes, then they lengthen, then they stretch out. The Bay Coast Rowing Club masters rowers are four surges away upriver and onwards to the 2017 World Masters Games at Karapiro this month.

The undertaker is Bruce Wills. Grief is his business, but rowing is his love.

“I did athletics at school, throwing events. I also played rugby. But the exhilaration of making a boat go fast, feeling the bubbles under the hull and getting that boat run…” He is almost purring.

This is a story of numbers – Bruce is coming up 73, Chris is 72, Tim 70 and Des just a boy at 68. Average age 70-75. And that qualifies this crew as category ‘H’ – between ages 70 to 74 at the World Masters Games in about 10 days.

They’ll also be mixing and matching, all sorts of combinations. “I’ve entered eight races in five days,” says Bruce. And a medal is preordained.

“We’re also doing an ‘I’ four – average age of 75 or more – with two Rotorua guys, one is 76 and the

other 86. They don’t slow the boat down, they do their share.” There are only three crews in the race, so they could come last and still pick up a medal.

There are 12 Bay Coast masters going to Karapiro for the Worlds. Bruce’s story will be just one of a thousand there, and it’s probably not atypical.

Bruce relaunched his sporting career at 64 – the year they introduced masters at the Bay Coast club.

“And I’m the fittest now than I have been for a long time.” Fit but creaky.

He had a ‘bit’ replaced, his knee, it was bone on bone because all of the cartilage had disappeared.

“I can’t run, I can’t walk a long distance because my other knee is playing up. But I can row forever.”

He is sitting down in the boat, he is driving on the slide. “It agrees with my knees, I don’t get any pain when I am rowing.”

But this 72-year-old, who in regatta terms is actually 73, is trim, taut and toned. He belies his years. But like his knees, Bruce’s crewmates will be groaning and their eyes rolling when they read this.

He will cop it. The masters have been putting in some serious preparation for the masters. They spent last winter on the ‘erg’, the land-based rowing machine. But this summer past the crews have spent one-and-a-half hours a day, four days a week on the water – perfecting technique, building up boat speed and putting in the mileage to build up fitness.

A 500m sprint, three-minute rest, another 500m, another three minutes and so on.

And practising those important starts, three short strokes, lengthening and then stretching it out.

Twenty strokes, 10 sets, back-to-back.

There will be 1000 world masters at the Karapiro regatta. For more information about the games, see: www.baycoastrowing.co.nz Read the full story at www.theweekendsun.co.nz

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Doug and Audrey Attrill with the man as a young sailor. Photo: Tracy Hardy.

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It’s the bugle call that ends the day. It’s also the final salute to the fallen, to those killed in war.

Haunting and moving. And on April 25, Anzac Day, ‘The Last Post’ will sound out across the land as the country stops and remembers. “Lest we forget.”

One of those memorial services will happen around the flag pole

Doug Attrill, a good Catholic with a personal message from the Holy Father Francis on his wall, must be on a slow camel.

He’s 93, actually he’s 94 on Anzac Day, April 25. And although the Lord has yet to call time on him, he’s had a share of scrapes.

Doug’s a vet, a returned naval serviceman.

He’s been bombed, shot at, abandoned a sinking ship under attack – and, in an unwitting and indirect way, helped send the evil architect of the attack on Pearl Harbour to a fiery grave in the jungles of Bougainville.

“He was a nasty piece of work,” says Doug.

And even after the guns fell silent, Doug’s Waitara house got burned down.

He’s probably used up as many lives as the old moggy that’s just wandered past the Carmel Country Estate unit he shares ASE READ ALL COPY CAREFULLY. CHECK SPELLING AND PHONE NUMBERS. with wife Audrey. And that brings to mind of Doug’s wartime escapades – oof is approved NZME. will not accept responsibility for incorrect copyanother or layout. one that might have made Audrey think twice about marrying Doug. But we will get to that. And as another Anzac Day commemoration draws close, 72 years after

at the Carmel Country Estate Retirement Village mid-morning on April 25.

More than 100 residents, family and friends will gather.

Today The Weekend Sun tells part one of the personal war story of Carmel Estate resident, returned serviceman Doug Attrill.

“I have told you before – when the good Lord tells you it’s time, you’re on a fast camel. You’re outta here.”

the world’s deadliest war, 72 years after an estimated 50 million people died, Doug’s sharing his exploits with The Weekend Sun. “You didn’t think about dying,” says Doug.

“You just understood things weren’t right overseas and you joined up to put them right.” He’s a wisp of a man now but as sharp as that bayonet on the “eyetie” rifle he brought back from the war.

He recalls the big blue poster in the New Plymouth Post office screaming: “Join the Navy” every time he went in. “It worked its way into my system. And it was exciting,” says Doug. So one lunchtime in January 1941 the 18-year-old Bank of Australasia employee joined up. “And I would take what comes.” After just six weeks’ training he was shipped straight to Britain on loan to the Royal Navy. “What would be would be,” says Doug. Que sera sera. And what would be, first up for Doug, was chasing down deserters; dragging them back to do their duty to King and country. “There were lots of them. That was a good little lark for a few months. Got to see a lot of England.”

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Then he did the delivery run to Turkey on a brand new destroyer called the Sultan Hisar. But Doug didn’t like the idea of serving on the big warships. “They got pelted. Everyone was after them.”

“I picked up a corvette and ran protection for the convoys delivering supplies to Tobruk,” says Doug. And to the 7th Armoured Division, which became famously named the Desert Rats. “We would go into the harbour for 15 minutes and then scram.

Because ‘Jerry’ would come over the sand hills and attack us.”

When the Australian N-class destroyer Nestor was attacked, abandoned and scuttled off Crete, Doug thought: “Here’s a perk”.

They were sending the survivors home for leave and Doug went into the drafting officer and managed to get himself sent home with them. He was a canny operator.

But the world still hadn’t been put right and so the sailor went back to sea. The serviceman went back to war.

Tune in next week for the rest of Doug’s incredible story.

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Performing tricks on the green Come one, come all, to see a magical golf show on April 19.

Held at The Lakes Oval at 2pm on Wednesday, April 19, as part of the Carrus Tauranga Open Golf, golf trickster Henry Epstein will perform his free trick show.

Henry shot to prominence in November 2001 when he smashed the Guinness World Record for golf ball control by juggling a golf ball

between the faces of two sand irons for an amazing 33 minutes and 33 seconds, smashing the old record of 13 minutes, 42 seconds. Henry also holds a new Guinness World Record at two minutes, 22 seconds for the longest time an individual can keep a golf ball spinning on the face of a putter.

The Henry Epstein Show is a unique blend of golf ball wizardry and trick shots, magic and entertainment.

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More fur than shelter can handle They’ve got big ones and small ones, furry and cuddly ones – and they’ve got a myriad of colours to choose from.

So which kitten will you take home?

Tauranga SPCA has plenty of cats and kittens looking for adoption right now, and they’re urging people to open a kitten-sized hole in their household.

Tauranga SPCA animal attendant Kristel Saul says

these cats and most do not see any symptoms.”

Though people might think it’s strange to have an excess of kittens going into winter, Kristel says this is completely normal.

“People think the kitten season has ended, Some of the but we are still receiving kittens looking very young kittens and for new homes. mums. “This time of the year the adoptions slow down and the cats keep they’re swamped with little coming in, so we have many to fluffy parcels. go to new homes.”

“We have a lot of cats and If you are considering adopting, kittens looking for homes, our there are a few things you adults find homes eventually should consider before but find them at a slower welcoming a meowing new pace than the kittens.” member of the family.

All of the kittens are “People should consider special, but Kristel says some that adopting a pet into their are more special and need a lives does require commitment,” little more love than others. says Kristel.

“We do have special “Even cute cuddly kittens need condition kitties called to have a responsible owner who ‘Ca-choo Cats’. These are ready to look after the animal cats have had cat flu for their whole lives. A cute previously, which cuddly kitten could live to 18 has been treated, but years of age. symptoms may arise in “And a big thing to consider is their lifetime – especially animals do require training and in stressful situations. guidance.

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Pop-Up Reading Room returns to CBD Your children’s favourite storybook characters are coming to life in the Tauranga City centre these school holidays.

Downtown Tauranga is inviting families to check out their free Pop-Up

Reading Room based outside Books A Plenty on Grey St from April 18-22. It’s open daily from 11.30am -12.30pm.

For more, visit www. downtowntauranga.co.nz/ free-school-holiday-events

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Flock of oyster catchers

Above: One of the oyster catcher chicks.

Left: Flock of oyster catchers on Mount Main Beach.

Photos: Cate Duff.

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The family of four oyster catchers that have been residents on Mount Main Beach during summer have been joined by a large flock of the coastal waders.

Cate Duff has been photographing the family, often daily, during the last six months.

“They hang with the flock but are not quite part of them,” says

Cate. “They still hang back as a four-some.”

Originally, a pair of the stocky shorebirds with the long bright orange bills built a nest on the Mount Main Beach in October 2016.

They’ve been reportedly doing this each year for the last fivesix years. Nothing elaborate, the birds, named Harry and Sophie by locals, scooped out some sand, marked it with some seaweed and this season laid two eggs.

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Wildlife Trust personnel kept a close eye on the oyster catchers and ensured the nest site was fenced off for protection.

On January 5, the two-day old chicks ventured out from the nest. The family-of-four safely negotiated their way around holidaymakers during the day and the beach groomer at night.

The safe arrival and daily doings of the chicks caused high interest amongst the public, with a Facebook page set up that tracks their activities.

The adults busily probed for

shellfish along the shore-line and brought food back to the chicks, until eventually the family-of-four were venturing further along the beach.

The long-lived birds, with some reaching 30-plus years of age, usually fly at six-seven weeks. While small they are at risk of predation from gulls, dogs and roaming cats.

“The chicks are bigger than their parents now,” says Cate.

“It fascinates me and I wonder how much longer they will stay together.” Rosalie Liddle Crawford

Council takes up commuter app suggestion A university student who told Tauranga City councillors how they may help reduce congestion during commuter peak hours is having his suggestions taken up by council staff.

Cameron Martin told members of the Transportation Committee this week that commuting apps are a way forward and that a good app could reduce singleperson commuting significantly.

If three people share a vehicle into town from the suburbs, not only does it take two vehicles off the road that day, it also reduces

“In New Zealand we have increasing inequality and poverty, and less and less affordable housing.”

pressure on city carparking.

A ride sharing app is being tested in Wellington and Palmerston North is Chariot, which matches users, drivers and passengers along the same route.

Fares are calculated based on trip distance, mileage rate and fare zone.

In return for the service, users pay Chariot a small fee, part of which reimburses the driver for running costs.

The contribution is cash-less, via a secure app. Chariot will use peer reviews and identification checks to screen users.

The total cost of the ride is equally shared between passenger

and driver – with maximum occupancy being three passengers and one driver – with each passenger paying only his or her share.

The total payment a driver receives is multiplied by the numbers of passenger sharing the ride. The driver receives a weekly payment made by Chariot based on their previous week’s ride history.

Cameron says the ‘fare’ is cheaper than the buses and there is no all-day parking fee.

Staff say they will look into it and report back to the next Transportation Committee meeting.

“I’m sick of same old National and Labour doing bugger all about it. ese issues are solvable. I have a plan, let’s fix things.”

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It’s all money raised for our children The official challenge might be over, but Tauranga Women’s Refuge will be feeling the benefits for a long time.

Tauranga Women’s Refuge manager Angie Warren-Clark. Photo: Bruce Barnard.

The Mount Everest Challenge came to a close recently, with 220 teams and more than 450 individuals conquering Mount Maunganui 38 times in 50 days – the equivalent of climbing Mount Everest.

Funds raised – totalling in excess of $70,000 – went to Tauranga Women’s Refuge.

Tauranga Women’s Refuge manager Angie Warren-Clark says the funds raised will be used to help establish their children’s programme.

“The project that we put together with the MediaWorks foundation, we’ve called it ‘he iti pounamu’ which translates to ‘you are small but precious’ so that’s the focus for our children’s pro-gramme.”

Children complete their work and programmes in the refuge’s ‘butterfly room’, and Angie says each butterfly represents a child.

“We’ve got this wall of butterflies for children who have attended programmes.”

Angie says the money raised will make a huge impact and they are very grateful for the assistance.

“On behalf of our women and children who come through Tauranga Women’s Refuge, and our staff and our volunteers and supporters, we would like to thank

The weird and wonderful David Liebe Hart Outsider musician, actor and painter David Liebe Hart is landing in Mount Maunganui next week.

Hosted by Tauranga Music Sux, the avant-garde American artist with Jonah ‘Th’ Mole’ Mociun and supported by local acts Nuggiez and Wheatbags Anonymous will take to the stage at Totara Street performance venue on

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Tuesday, April 18. Part of David’s first tour of New Zealand, this gig promises to be a show never, ever seen before in the Mount.

With a bizarre catalogue of songs about aliens, religion and failed relationships, DLH and ‘Th’ Mole’ will perform electronic versions of David’s old favourites

plus new songs, accompanied by puppets, projected video, and his oddly endearing stories of past relationships and paranormal encounters. Doors 8pm. R18 gig. Tickets available online at: undertheradar.co.nz

the community of Tauranga for their wonderful support of this project. “While the challenge may be over for this year, the funds that have been raised will continue to support us.” To donate, visit www.givealittle.co.nz/org/taurangawomensrefuge

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tAURANGA ANZAC DAY SERVICES Join us as we honour the soldiers who fought at Gallipoli and other conflicts.

Anzac Day Civic Memorial Service Tuesday, 25 April, 9am Memorial Park, Tauranga Parade information Groups wishing to march in the parade please assemble by 8.30am next to the Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre.

Wreaths Organisations or groups that want to lay a wreath during the service please email: michaela.blackman@tauranga.govt.nz Wreaths laid during the service will be removed from the cenotaph at dusk on Anzac Day. Organisations may collect their wreaths from the Tauranga RSA at 1237 Cameron Road, Greerton, from Wednesday, 26 April until Friday, 28 April 2017.

Wreaths not collected by 5pm on Friday, 28 April 2017 will be disposed of.

Park & Ride / Parking A free Park & Ride service will be available from Tauranga Boys’ College to Memorial Park between 8am and 8.40am, with returning buses immediately following the Civic Memorial Service.

Parking will be available in the Tauranga Boys’ College Car Park off Devonport Road, with marshals onsite to assist people with making their way to the buses.

Buses will drop off at the Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre car park, which is also the pick-up point after the Civic Memorial Service. All Park & Ride buses are accessible for the mobility impaired.

Car parking for mobility card holders ONLY will be available outside the Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre.

No additional parking will be provided at Memorial Park. Additional parking will be available at the above ground car park of PAK’nSAVE on Cameron Road.

Wet weather contingency In the event of inclement weather, the Civic Memorial Service will be held in the Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre. No parade will take place in this instance.

Overview of ANZAC Day services Mount Maunganui Dawn Parade – Mount Maunganui Cenotaph

Memorial Service – Tauranga Memorial Park

5.45am: Assemble at Mount Drury Reserve

8.30am: Assemble at Memorial Park, next to the Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre.

5.55am: March off 6am: Service

A free Park & Ride service for the dawn parade will be available from Kawaka Street (behind Blake Park) to Maunganui Road behind Mount Drury.

Buses will leave Kawaka Street from 5am – 5.50am and return after the service finishes between 6.15am – 7.30am.

Road closures will be in place on Marine Parade from 5.55am until 7am.

Memorial Service – Mount Maunganui Cenotaph 9.15am: Assemble at Mount Drury Reserve 9.25am: March off 9.30am: Service

In the event of bad weather the memorial service will be held at the Mount RSA.

Road closures will be in place on Marine Parade from 9.25am until 11am.

Road closures

Tauranga Dawn Parade – Tauranga RSA Cenotaph

From 8am to 11am on Tuesday, 25 April 2017 on:

5.45am: Assemble on Hayes Avenue

• Eleventh Avenue – between Fraser Street and Devonport Road (including the roundabout)

6am: Service

• Fraser Street – between Eleventh and Thirteenth Avenues

5.55am: March off

*Mobility card holders will be moved through the road closures.

Road closures will be in place on Marine Parade from 9.25am until 11am.

For more information, see www.tauranga.govt.nz/anzacday

8.45am: March off 9am: Service

Pyes Pa Remembrance service – Pyes Pa Cemetery 10.30am: The public are invited to attend a remembrance service at Pyes Pa Cemetery.

Memorial Service – Te Puke Memorial Hall 10am: Assemble on Jellicoe Street, opposite Kiwibank beforehand.

Dawn Service and Memorial Service – Katikati RSA 5.45am: Assemble at Memorial Square 6am: Service

10am: Assemble at Uretara Domain

10.30am: March through the main street to Katikati Memorial Hall.

11am: Service

Wreath laying after the service.

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Bunny meets beach to boutique He’s got big floppy ears, a fluffy tail and plenty of chocolate eggs in his basket – the Easter Bunny is making a special appearance this weekend to Mount Mainstreet.

This Saturday and Sunday, April 15-16, families can take a lucky dip into the bunny’s basket for a chocolate egg and the chance to win a $150 Mount Mainstreet voucher.

“It’s all very ‘egg’citing,” says Mount Mainstreet manager Ingrid Fleming. “Parents and children can come and take their own photos with Easter Bunny and dip into the basket for a chance to win a prize.”

“It’s all about the Easter experience and celebrating the

long weekend while enjoying Mount Main-street – and of course it’s always very busy and full of excitement down here on Easter weekend.”

The Easter bunny will be on the Mount Mainstreet deck beside Phoenix Carpark between 11am and 1.30pm on Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday.

So take a visit to Mount Mainstreet this Easter weekend, April 15-16, and take a lucky dip into the Mount Mainstreet ‘Egg’citing Easter Bunny Basket from 11am-1.30pm.

“And don’t forget to snap a photo of you and our big bunny,” says Ingrid.

Relaxed shopping

Leave the hustle and bustle of mall shopping behind and head to Mount Mainstreet this Easter weekend for a relaxed, shopping experience.

“Be prepared for autumn with gorgeous new season stock in stores,” says Ingrid.

While the children are introducing themselves to the Easter Bunny, why not browse the shops along the main street, or find something fresh at the Farmers Market.

The Farmers Market is at

from beach to boutique

Phoenix Carpark Downtown the Mount every Sunday from 9am to 1pm.

Beach to boutique

Ingrid says the Mount is an iconic visitor destination thanks to a combination of natural and built elements that collectively create a unique attraction.

“Surrounded by water with what has been voted New Zealand’s best ocean beach on one side and one of NZ’s greatest natural harbours.

“The mix of pristine white silica sand surf beach, harbour, great accommodation, the Mount Hot Pools, walks up and around Mauao and the preserved natural environment creates a visitor experience and lifestyle that is the envy of many.”

Ingrid says when you add Mount Mainstreet boutique stores, gift and gallery shops with world class cafés, restaurants and bars you can begin to understand why the area is seen as paradise by many.

“Ask people who live, work or just visit the Mount why they do. Some say that it’s the beach, others the harbour, shopping and hospitality and other the presence of Mauao.

“But most see and are envious of

the collaborative lifestyle attraction.

“It’s no wonder, as the Mount is an all-yearround attraction with a range of activities, events and fabulous shopping. So hop to the Mount this Easter. “The Easter Bunny is excited to meet you!”

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Bring out all the good stuff Easter’s coming, the musicians are warming up and the weather’s going to be great –I hope!

And that makes it time to celebrate before winter is upon us. How and why chocolate, eggs and bunny rabbits ended up being associated with Easter

I have no idea. But on the basis that we barely need an excuse to eat chocolate, so I say bring out all the good stuff.

This recipe is made up of the most wonderful sunken chocolate cake and quite simply the best chocolate mousse in the world. Separately they are both great, but together they will knock

your socks off. The difference in textures makes this one of the most decadent desserts you will ever eat and with the sharpness of a raspberry coulis, simply divine.

The big trick with this one is to use the best chocolate you can find, at least 70 per cent cocoa solid.

If you ignore the commercial brands and don’t want to use imported brands, then try Whittaker’s, or, if you can find it, Donovan’s Chocolate from Hamilton. You’ll also notice we’re using raw eggs in the mousse, so best to use the freshest organic eggs you can.

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Cake base: Ingredients Melted butter for greasing 2 Tbsp ground almonds 300g dark chocolate 275g caster sugar 165g unsalted butter 1 pinch of sea salt 5 large eggs Mousse 250g dark chocolate broken into pieces 50g softened unsalted butter Whites of 9 very fresh eggs, plus 6 yolks 125g caster sugar

Method: Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Brush a 20cm springform cake tin with butter and dust with some ground almonds. Melt the chocolate, sugar, butter and salt in a large bowl over boiling water. Whisk the eggs with the ground almonds and fold into the chocolate mixture off the heat until it thickens.

Pour into the prepared cake tin and bake for 35-40 minutes.

Leave to cool for a couple of hours before starting the mousse.

The mousse: For the mousse, place broken chocolate in a heatproof bowl and melt in the micro-wave. It should take about three minutes but keep checking every 20 seconds with a fork. When melted, beat in the butter until smooth and light.

In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites until frothy, then add one tablespoon of the sugar and whisk until stiff. Now slowly add the remaining sugar while whisking all of the time. Beat the meringue mix until strong and elastic, then mix in the egg yolks. Stir half of the egg mix into the chocolate mix, then gently fold in the remainder. Pour mousse over the cooled cake base in the cake tin and refrigerate overnight to set.

Remove from the fridge about 15 minutes before serving. Dip a palette knife into boiling water, dry it and slide it around the sides of the cake to loosen it from the tin, then remove the ring. Re-heat the palette knife and gently smooth the side of the mouse. Dust with cocoa before serving and enjoy.

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Free, fun, racing entertainment A free day of fun and entertainment awaits race-goers at Tauranga Racecourse this Saturday, April 15.

While the eight-race programme has attracted some good fields, Racing Tauranga has organised free entertainment for the families.

On the public lawn, Tim Armstrong will entertain crowds with a variety of well-known songs and there will be free Easter eggs for the children.

Behind the main stand Ponies Plus will have free pony rides and free cart rides.

In the petting zoo, children will be able to play with bunnies, chickens, guinea pigs, ducks, goats and Frodo the Saint Bernard.

The Easter event promises to be a great free day out for the whole family, with food and refreshments available – or race-goers can opt to take their own picnic. BYO limits apply.

Entry to the course is also free, with the eight-race programme getting underway just after 12pm on

Free youth and family picnic Free food, games and entertainment is on offer to Katikati youth and their families next Friday, April 21.

The Mpowa Youth and Family Picnic will be at St Paul’s Presbyterian Church grounds – and inside if wet – on April 21 from 5.30pm-8.30pm.

Event-goers are asked to bring their own picnic blankets, chairs and drinks. To find out more, call Katikati Resource Centre on 07 549 3047 or Mpowa youth worker Melody Bishop on 027 738 9233.

Saturday, April 15, at Tauranga Racecourse. The last race is set to go at 4.19pm.

Punters can expect some good racing with the feature – The Open Handicap of 1400m – worth $30,000. All races have at least $20,000 in prize money on offer.

Volunteers for colour Kind, creative volunteers are needed for the upcoming Colouring Book C.I.T.Y Chalk Art event in Masonic Park on April 21 from 10.30am-12.30pm.

Organiser Lillybeth Melmoth says volunteering for the event comes with some perks, including helping people create happy memories of Tauranga, wearing an official CITY T-shirt, a free coffee and muffin voucher for Robert Harris and “bragging rights that you helped make it happen – and maybe even your face in the paper and on film”.

To get involved get in touch with Lillybeth as soon as possible as she needs to send out more information.

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Footballers on a winning streak Tauranga City United Associated Football Club intend to put on a good show this Easter Monday, when two of their teams take on Manukau City AFC on home turf.

Links Ave Reserve will host two matches, one between the reserves at 12.30pm, and one between the first teams at 3pm.

Tauranga City United’s Northern Regional Football League manager Alan Smith says the Auckland team is coached by formidable former All White

Kevin Fallon. But they’re feeling confident.

“We’ve had two wins in a row lately. We have a game in Hibiscus Coast on Friday as well, but we’re on a bit of a roll now, so we should be alright for these two upcoming games.”

The matches are part of the Northern League’s first division, which is a step down from the premiership division the Tauranga club was in last year.

“Hopefully, we’ll make it back in for next year,” says Alan.

“We’ve got work to do in both squads, although the first team is beginning to gel. The coaches are all new this year, so we’re working on changing the culture of club.

We want a winning culture.”

Part of this ambition is focusing on the young players coming through the club.

“We’re keen to identify new, exciting talent in the younger age groups, and opening up the pathways for them to come

h.

Smit Tauranga City United’s NRFL manager Alan through to the first team.”

“One of our objectives is to get some of these younger players on American scholarships or across to the United Kingdom to trial with premiership or championship sides.

That’s the long-term plan.”

Experienced Scottish player Barry Gardiner is the team coach

this season, along with reserve coach Nic Millichip, and has no doubt drilled them tightly for this weekend’s matches.

Supporters are welcome to come along to the club grounds at 130 Links Ave, Mount Maunganui, to watch the games on Easter Ryan Wood Monday, April 17.

Hunt for ‘eggs’ at the bird gardens If you want to take the kids on a good old-fashioned Easter egg hunt in the outdoors this weekend, get along to Katikati Bird Gardens’ 14th annual Great Easter Egg Hunt this Sunday.

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age groups around the site ready for the massive hunt this Easter Sunday.

From midday onwards, children roam the gardens to find a ball which they return to the Easter Bunny to exchange for an Easter egg.

Scott says the hunt is set out so it’s challenging for teens, who search around the gardens’ trees and bushes to find their designated colour balls, while toddlers can find one quite easily on the grass.

“Plus the older children are also invited to count the number of life-like sisal rabbits they spot to win another prize.

“Those with the correct tally enter a draw to win a giant chocolate Moa Egg, drawn at the end of the day.”

And if any eggs are leftover, Scott and his team will continue the hunt on Easter Monday.

“Families are invited to bring a picnic if they wish to stay and enjoy the gardens and birdlife before winter sets in – or they can dine in the gardens café.

“The café will be operating as normal serving espresso coffee, sandwiches, cold drinks, ice-cream and cakes.”

Katikati Bird Gardens’ Easter egg hunt is on Easter Sunday, April 16, from 12 noon.

Doors open 10am and usual garden entry fees apply.

Or tickets can be bought online from Eventfinder.

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A walk with the Rainbow family Kids can take some time these school holidays to ‘Walk with the Rainbow Family’.

The new children’s book by Tauranga’s Barry de Vaney, Walk with the Rainbow Family, is now available on the Google Play store.

The story is based around a family of kiwi birds, and the eight kiwi chicks each represent a colour of the rainbow and their individuality.

“A family of 10 kiwi birds go on a journey of self-discovery where one of the children ‘Roxy Red’ is

trying to find his identity by interacting with his family members on a walk through an imaginary landscape based on New Zealand characteristics,” says Barry.

The fun and vibrant children’s book accompanied is by imaginative, colourful illustrations.

There are crosswords, find-a-word and a maze to download along with the story from the website.

The book is now available on the Google Play store for $4.99, with physical copies of the book to follow.

For more information, visit: www.rainbowfamily.co.nz Barry de Vaney.

Register to help clean up the community Bay of Plenty residents are being encouraged to take part in 2017’s The Great Community Clean-Up. And what better time to start cleaning up the community during the long Easter weekend?

The event, hosted by The Warehouse and Neighbourly, aims for people to take ownership of the places we live and love – our neighbourhoods – and conduct a clean-up in a public space.

And people who sign up their clean-up for between April 27 and

May 3 have a chance to win prizes.

Clean-ups can be big or small – for example, picking up a little litter in your street, tidying up your favourite park, or removing bits and bobs from a nearby beach. So grab

your flatmates, kids, your neighbour – or your whole street – and head to a place that you love in your community and make a difference.

Your contributions will help make your community a cleaner and happier place to live!

Register at: www.neighbourly.co.nz/ greatcommunitycleanup

Can you escape a room riddled with clues?

Escape Masters is a real-life escape-adventure game experience in Tauranga’s Red Square.

The experience promises to challenge your thinking as you get locked in a room and try to escape.

A group of between two to six people are ‘locked’ in a room riddled with clues, props, locks and keys and hidden surprises – and they have one hour to find the door and escape.

A big red digital clock on the wall adds extra pressure to players, who are constantly reminded how much time they have left to complete the puzzles.

The Weekend Sun has one Escapee Pass for a group of six people, which must include two adults, to give away to one lucky reader who can tell us how long participants have to escape?

Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competition section. Entries must be received by Wednesday, April 19.

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Smorgasbord of oval track action Baypark Family Speedway fans will have a smorgasbord of oval track action to feast on this Easter Saturday, April 15.

Whether it’s saloon cars, open wheelers or sheer carnage, the on-track action promises to cater to all tastes with the North Island Super Saloon title heading a programme that concludes with the popular demolition ramp derby.

“The North Island title was a recent addition to the speedway schedule after Wellington was unable to host it and, if recent super saloon events on the Tauranga oval are any benchmark, the quality of racing this weekend should be spectacular,” says Baypark Family Speedway promoter Bernie Gillon.

Bernie says hometown drivers Dan Corrin,

Sam Waddell, Mark Osbourne and recent Bay of Plenty champion, Karl Hanlon, have all displayed their talents in recent meetings and will be doing everything they can to ensure the title remains in the Bay. “However, last year’s title holder – and regular Baypark visitor Ben Harding of Auckland – has also been in cracking form and won’t be handing over the trophy without a fight.”

After a rain-out last time the Baypark round of Champion of Champions Sprint Car Series was held, open-wheeler fans will be eager to see a return of the big-winged monsters return to the red clay, says Bernie.

Current NZ team captain, Jamie McDonald from Auckland, leads the series with 128 points, narrowly ahead of Tokoroa’s James Dahm on 116 points and Michael Pickens on 11 points.

Also on the programme is the final round

of the La-Z-Boy Saloon Car Series. With the type of racing that has been displayed by this class so far this season, Bernie says expectations are high that this weekend’s event will again be top shelf.

“The Cowling brothers – Chris and Steve – battled hard with Michelle Wymer in their last outing, with Steve coming out on top in the Bay of Plenty title race.

“If those three get to the head of the field again on Saturday, the racing will be wheelto-wheel and hard to pick.”

The South Pacific Six Shooter title will also be on the bill, and locals Martin Jamieson and Cole Wood, along with Auckland drivers Simon Wi and Darryl Hanlon, are expected to head the field.

So head along to Baypark Family Speedway this Easter Saturday, April 15, for some speedway action. Racing starts 6.30pm.

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Happy Days returns Chevs, Fords, Holdens, customs, motorbikes – whatever takes your fancy will be parked up at Katikati’s Diggelmann Park this Easter Saturday, April 15, as the Happy Days car show rolls back into town.

The annual classic car and hotrod event is coming back to the main street site and is guaranteed to rev up interest among locals and visitors alike, with owners of all makes, models and sizes invited to park up their beauties from 8.30am.

“All cars come onto the park at the front – and there’s no damage to vehicles because we’ve built a special ramp for them to get over the kerb,” says organiser Allan Smith.

The public then gets to enter the show from 9.30am – via gold coin donation – to see all of the ‘ladies’ lined up.

Allan says last year the event attracted 97 cars and crowds of people – this year he expects the same.

“Every year it seems to be getting bigger,” says Allan.

“I think the Happy Days name has started to spread – and we’re getting a lot larger variety of vehicles coming into the country now, so we’re getting a larger variety turning up to the show too,” says Allan.

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Allan says this year he’s introducing a Best Dressed competition for lady show-goers, so they can dress up in rock ‘n’ roll theme – like they do at many other car shows around.

But Happy Days is for the whole family – with food and drink for sale to fill tummies and local band Fortify the Skies – made up of Louie Campbell, Andrew Hanagen and Tenneille Davis – providing live entertainment throughout the show.

“The food and drink stall will hopefully be manned

by Katikati Playcentre for its own fundraising efforts,” says Allan.

And gate proceeds will also be gifted to two local charities or community groups.

“We’d like to find the local groups that need it most,” says Allan. Those interested in sponsorship can phone Allan on 027 442 4660.

After-show entertainment is on at the Talisman Hotel, with a monthly Sunday morning breakfast there too – with local car enthusiasts encouraging any newbies or visitors to come along from 8am-11am.

The seventh annual Happy Days car show at Diggelmann Park, Main Rd, Katikati, on Easter Saturday, April 15, is open from 8.30am for cars entering the show, and 9.30am onwards for the public.

Entry for cars and people is a gold coin donation.

Its expected bonnets will be up and heads will be down again at this year’s Happy Days car show in Katikati.

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A holistic approach to treating rosacea Let’s be honest. Sporting a shining red nose worked out well for Rudolph, but most people with skin redness, or rosacea, would happily forego the attention.

Rosacea is common in fairskinned people, affects more women than men, and commonly strikes between 30 to 60 years of age. It is characterised by redness on the nose, chin and cheeks. Causes can vary, and often include an interaction of factors including genetic, environmental, stress, digestive disorders, UV exposure, vitamin A and zinc deficiency and poor diet.

When treating rosacea it is vital is to avoid skincare products that strip the skin.

Healthy skin has an acid mantle on the surface, which acts a protective

buffer. There are many products on the market that strip this protective barrier, leading to sensitised, red and inflamed skin.

Avoid foaming cleansers, bead and granule exfoliants and soaps is a must.

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Sewing up sustainability with bags If you’re a keen stamper, stitcher, or you just want to help a community initiative, Boomerang Bags wants you.

Boomerang Bags will host two sewing bees in April to help bolster their collection.

Sewing bees on April 17 and April 28 will have

volunteers of all skill levels creating the bags for public use.

Boomerang Bags is a community-driven initiative tackling plastic pollution at the grassroots level.

Dedicated volunteers get together to make re-usable bags using recycled materials as a means to provide a sustainable alternative to plastic bags.

Volunteers can bring along sewing machines if they have them or just bring themselves. No sewing experience is required; non-confident sewers can help cut, stamp, pin or iron.

April 17’s sewing bee will be held at the Little Big Markets Jazz Festival on The Strand from 11am5pm, and April 28’s sewing bee will be at Mount Maunganui library from 10am-2pm.

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Celebrating 90 years by showing they care Women and children arriving scared, cut and bruised at Tauranga Women’s Refuge will now receive care packs from the youth of St John.

The Tauranga division of St John Youth, one of five running in the area, wanted to mark 90 years of their continuous community involvement by showing that St John cares.

“Cadets were asked to bring in face cloths and toothbrushes to be put into bags during division time,” says Tauranga division manager Lisa Sarsfield.

“Sometimes you leave your

home and don’t have time to take your toothbrush. So there’s a few comforts to help children cheer up during a time that might feel quite scary.”

Also included are toothpaste and hair ties or clips. Teen girls will receive special care packs, which include sanitary items.

“We’re celebrating our 90th birthday by showing the community we care,” says Lisa.

Some of the packs are made up of locally made soaps, and plant based healing creams and balms, made locally.

The items were made by families St John Youth Cadets Nova whose children go to the division Holloway and Pearl Sarsfield and it was inspired by an article with some of the care packs. printed last year about children

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“People come in with cuts and bruises,” says Lisa. “So it’s something to help them heal and feel special.”

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A plumbing expert for you If your home has leaky pipes, your bathroom is in need of repair – or you want to change your shower pressure – Kev’s Plumbing is an expert you can call on in the Bay. Owner-operator Colin Fine – who is nicknamed ‘Kev’ – has been a plumber for as long as he

remembers. “I have 35 years’ experience,” says Colin, who will show up at any time to fix plumbing problems and make the water flow again.

“I specialise in re-piping houses that have leaky water pipes in walls,” says Colin, who is on-call for emergencies.

“People don’t realise that usually when this kind of thing starts happening it doesn’t stop – it starts happening in other areas – so

all pipes should be inspected and replaced.”

Colin can also take care of all bathroom plumbing, hot water cylinder replacements and general maintenance.

“A lot of people like their shower pressure increased – that is something I do a lot.”

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Have a home clean-out If you’re having a house clean-out this long weekend – and come across good condition books, magazines, jigsaw puzzles, games, records and DVDs you no longer want – there’s an event to donate them to.

Bay of Plenty residents are being kindly asked to donate all of their unwanted but good condition books and so forth to be sorted and sold at the annual Te Puke Book Fair from June 22-24 in Te Puke Memorial Hall.

Run by the Kiwicoast Lions Club, all proceeds from the sale go back into local community projects.

Donation drop-off points are at the Little Shed at Bunnings, Te Puke Engineering, Cavanagh Motors at Te Puke. In Papamoa at House of Travel, Z Palm Beach, Abode homes; Gull Paengaroa; or BP Pongakawa.

If you’re unable to make drop-offs, call Dennise on 07 573 9179, Christine 07 573 4599 or Ann on 07 0573 9790 if you’re in Te Puke. Or for Pukehina, call Pat on 07 533 4345 or Heather on 07 533 3109.

Or Paengaroa, call Julie on 07 533 1550 or Shelley on 07 533 1236.

Painting their way around towns A unique group of artists with a diverse range of work are staging a joint exhibition at the Art by Rosie Gallery in Tauranga.

The Home from Home Exhibition showcases work by six artists who’ve travelled a long way from their original homes and are thriving and creating art here in New Zealand.

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Strong and streamlined in looks, the modern profile of the Outsider Awning is an asset to any home or business premises. Shades Direct agents install

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Shades Direct is the expert in covered outdoor living areas, says Shades Direct’s Bay of Plenty agent and Bay resident Peter McKay. They source the marine grade, box section aluminium direct from the mill especially for their Outsider Awning.

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Search is on for NZ’s top carpentry apprentice With one in five new jobs created in the next three Bay of Plenty carpentry apprentices are years’ forecast to be in construction, an apprenticeship being called to show their skills and compete in the trades offers significant opportunities. in the national Registered Master Builders So David says there’s never been a better time to pursue a career in the trades, with the current CARTERS 2017 Apprentice of the Year.

This year’s competition is bound to be one of the toughest yet with New Zealand’s construction and building boom continuing, says Registered Master Builders chief executive David Kelly.

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“Construction companies are actively seeking skilled apprentices to fill the current demand. Almost 80 per cent of construction firms reported vacancies last year.

By completing an apprenticeship, apprentices can not only earn as they learn, they are also entering a career with great job security.

“Apprentice of the Year is a fantastic way to support the industry by showcasing its future leaders.”

With competition entry now open, entrants can win a share of more than $100,000 in prizes, as well as the sought-after title.

Last year 164 apprentices competed – with 2016 winner Callum Bryson saying: “It was a fantastic opportunity to challenge myself and put everything I had learnt to the test”.

Carpentry apprentices can enter online at: www.apprenticeoftheyear.co.nz Entries close June 6.

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Building towards a paper independence Building consent applications in Tauranga have got a whole lot easier. The process has just gone online.

Building Consents Online is for home owners and the building industry and assists navigation of the whole process, from preapplication to the issuing of code compliance certificates.

It also helps home owners figure out whether building consents are required for DIY projects such as fences or decks.

“We’re always adapting to meet customers’ changing needs, and

to manage the growth we’re seeing in Tauranga,” says Tauranga City Council principal planner Rebecca Perrett.

The number of building consents issued has grown significantly in the last two years, from 2177 to 2723. In the last financial year the value of building work in Tauranga reached an all-time high of $765,446,956.

“Online consenting should make life easier for our customers by making sure they have the right

in-formation, and allowing them to submit and track their applications digitally throughout the entire process,” says Rebecca.

“The new system has simplified the consenting process and is the most time-efficient lodging service we have used,” says Kylee Hayes of Classic Builders.

“The ease of use and ability to check the status of the consent without having to phone or email council has been hugely beneficial.”

The system’s a step toward TCC’s goal of paper independence – council will no

longer be issuing paper consents.

But council staff at the customer service centre at 91 Willow St can assist those needing help shifting

to the online system. For more information, or to register for AlphaOne, visit: building.tauranga.govt.nz

Tradie roadtrip coming to Tauranga With New Zealand’s construction and building sector screaming out for more recruits – a training organisation is bringing a nationwide roadtrip to Tauranga this month to attract new apprentices and demonstrate the careers on offer in the ‘trades’.

The Not Your Average Tradie Road Trip is a group of talented Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation apprentices spending four weeks visiting different regions, helping out community organisations, charities and schools with building woes.

It began in Auckland on April 10 and will arrive in Tauranga next Tuesday, April 18, to Thursday, April 20.

BCITO chief executive Warwick Quinn says the roadtrip is a fantastic opportunity to show people what a career in the trades offers, while also supporting local communities.

“New Zealand is in the midst of a skills shortage,” says Warwick. “Our community groups, schools and charities are feeling this too – with many buildings desperately in need of maintenance and updating.

“With skills in high demand the cost of construction can be

out of reach for many community organisations.

“At BCITO we have a group of exceptionally skilled apprentices across multiple trades in the industry and this is a wonderful opportunity to showcase a range of careers in construction while also giving something back to communities.”

The road trip is visiting Auckland, Tauranga, New Plymouth and Wanaka before heading back to the super city.

The tradies will carry out work at a number of locations including dedicated spaces for at-risk youth, a health and social services provider, a surf club, schools and will also be working with Habitat for Humanity.

Warwick says thousands more apprentices are needed to fill the demand in the building sector.

“According to Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment forecasts one in five new jobs created between 2016 and 2019 will be in construction.

“These numbers show the building and construction sector is an excellent career option.”

Warwick says today, many young Kiwis expect more from their chosen career.

“They are looking for job security and for work with a purpose, something that offers a social good.

“The trades are a fantastic example of this – we build the environments our communities live, work, and play in, and we are looking forward to making a difference on the road trip.”

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This Saturday, April 15, Grower Direct will put on its very popular sausage sizzle with more than 10 different home-made chilli jams and chutneys to try.

Owner Paul Nielsen says the event offers fun for all while encouraging people to get stuck into autumn gardening, with many having serious landscape projects on the agenda for the four-day weekend.

“This is because the moisture and warmth allows plants, shrubs and trees to establish healthy roots prior to winter – ensuring the best possible start for spring.”

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and Paul invites customers to check out their wide range of autumn veges and herbs.

“After a hot summer vegetable sales have kicked off – so we’ve extended our seedling range and really cranked our production up,” says Paul.

“Plus we’ve also got all of our autumn shrubs and hedging lines from feijoas to corokias, and now’s a great time to put orders in for winter fruit and ornamental trees.”

“For residents who are not sure how to create the optimum garden, we offer a landscape

en among Paul Niels e range. veg some of the design service, we have two options.

Firstly, a one-hour on-site visit or consult; or secondly, a complete landscape CAD design service,” says Paul.

“We can do anything from minor, existing makeovers to new homes with a blank canvas – and we can also completely install gardens right from design concept to installation.”

Everyone is invited to enjoy the Easter cheer at Grower Direct, starting 10am Saturday, April 15.

A long weekend ‘to do’ list at home This long weekend is the best chance you’ll get before winter to get your home winter-ready.

So here’s some things you may want to check off your ‘to do’ list ahead of wet weather.

Clean the guttering and drains. If heavy rain falls this winter you can stay inside, knowing they are all clear – and your property’s flooding risk is minimised. This is also good time to check and repair guttering.

Check your roof for leaks. Recent wet weather would have put it to the test. If you had any leaks, fix them this weekend.

If you haven’t already, check your fire alarms and get the chimney swept in advance. And check the

temperature of your hot water cylinder. Is it high enough for heating water to rid of germs but not too high to cause big heating bills?

Check doorways, windows, around chimneys etc for draughts. Sealing up draughts can prevent big heating bills come winter, when heats will escape easily.

Prune back or trim overgrown trees and hedges so they don’t hit powerlines, the home or fences during wet weather. And nail down any loose iron or outdoor fences etc that may flap in wind.

The outdoor furniture can be cleaned and put away or fastened down for winter.

And the garden can be re-dug for winter crops.

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Buy rental property like a pro As a strategy for retirement, or to help grow their wealth, many people need to leverage. That is, buy an investment property. It is therefore important not to buy a lemon.

Here’s some guidelines for property investment.

If you can ride it out, you can make a lot of money with property. A lot of people will get burnt when interest rates increase. Not all properties are created equal. There are a lot of lemons. And, not all properties increase in value.

And there are three types of investments. For capital gain, for cashflow, and a lemon.

Capital gain increases your wealth over time. Cashflow gives you a dollar return now and

capital gain over time. A lemon gives you poor cashflow and a poor capital gain. More than 90 per cent of properties are lemons.

Here’s some other points to consider. Make sure you understand the type of property that you need.

Make your personal situation as efficient as possible to ride out any unexpected costs. Understand what drives growth. And, assume you must hold onto an investment property for 10 years – and, that interest rates will increase.

When buying a rental investment property, it is important to determine what type of property you need. Look at what your goals are. How long do you have to get the returns you require? What can you afford? And what will the bank give you?

Do your homework and seek out the right advice to ensure your investment will work for you.

Chamber seeks business community views Tauranga Chamber of Commerce is seeking the views and opinions of its members and the business community have on the city council’s 2017-2018 draft Annual Plan, which is out for consultation.

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Development Match Fund now open isn’t until November. Although community groups can apply for small grants of up to $1000 at any time. To find out more, see: matchfund.tauranga.govt.nz For help with an application, contact TCC community development coordinator Debbie Currin on 07 577 7000 or email: debbie.currin@tauranga.govt.nz

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Keeping a close eye on your bank cards Tauranga Police is warning people to protect their bank cards and pin numbers when using them with a skimming gang at work in the city.

Police have been made aware of a potential skimming gang working in the Brookfield area on Sunday, April 9.

Tauranga Police Sergeant Richard Martin says three victims lost a total of more than $1000 from their accounts whereby skimmers have cloned their bank cards, watched them enter their pin numbers and used the cloned cards to take money from the accounts throughout Tauranga during last weekend.

“Police have had three different complaints about skimming, so we encourage people to come forward

if they think they may be a victim of a skimming.

“You can protect yourself by keeping an eye on your card at all times and make a note of where and when you use it, and remember to cover your PIN while completing a transaction,” says Richard.

“Anyone who thinks they’ve had unauthorised use need to check their accounts after each transaction and contact their banks to close their accounts as soon as possible.”

Anyone who believes they are a victim of crime, in person or online should report the matter to their local police station.

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Pride, belief, success – Dave’s way He’s just come in from an assembly for 1100 kids, after coming in from another assembly for 900 kids – back to back assemblies.

That’s how a big school rolls. “It’s marvellous – kids!

I love them.”

But soon that will be it for “Sir”. After 47 years in education, Otumoetai College principal Dave Randell, “Sir” or just Dave, will pack his chalk, his textbooks and laptop and walk out of his study for the last time.

“Certainly with mixed feelings. And hesitation,” he told me when I asked whether I should be commiserating or congratulating him.

“It’s your life for 30 years and suddenly you’re not going to be there. It’ll be sad.”

Dave had just rung me back. That’s how this boss operates. A reporter rings and Dave rings back. He’s a revelation because most bosses avoid the media.

“Doesn’t matter how bad the story is, we can always make it good. Accentuate the positive.”

This from a kind of CEO with a staff of 250 and 2000 clients. This from a kind of CEO who deals with 90 emails a day, dozens of phone calls and four or five meetings. He squeezes things in because they are important to someone.

“Even if we stuff up, we front up. We learn from it and we decide how we are going to handle it and what we are going to do.”

Old fashioned values

It’s a chat laced with “bloody” this and “bugger” that and “mate” this and “mate” that.

But it’s always “Sir” from the kids. “We cling to oldfashioned values here and they work.”

Right from the moment, “Sir” ascends the stage at assembly. The head boy orders “school stand” and it’s all done with a respectful silence to “Sir”.

“Just like that,” says Dave. “And I am thinking, ‘Good boy. Well done’.”

All very English public school. But all good schools are built on tradition.

But why’s Dave going? Was he pushed? “Quite the opposite. People are asking me why?”

Like some of his adored “rat bags” who demanded to know from “Sir” if they had brought about his resignation by doing something wrong.

“I said they had done nothing wrong. So then they said, ‘Why leave us?’ That was followed up by, “You are the best principal we have ever had at this school”. I said that’s nice but I am the ONLY principal you have

Retiring principal - Dave Randell. ever had at this school. Delightful naivety but it made me feel really great.”

Retirement has been “imposed” on Dave, who’s bearing down on 69.

“It’s life and it happens when you are 65 and you get your gold card. That’s a little signal you must be getting to a certain time in your life.”

Is it age or are they over Dave Randell? “No, no, don’t think so, I hope not. Although some kids would certainly be over Dave Randell.”

Pride and success

And there’s the call of that Matchbox toy collection in his attic. That’s right, the man who runs a big business loves small toys, small die cast toys so called because they could fit in a match box.

“I have 2500 of them that need to be catalogued.”

He’s purring at the thought. “Bloody good investment. I have a set of magnificent fire engines – all boxed and numbered.”

Dave bought them for $80-$90 each and they are selling for up to 300 pounds on the English market. A hobby with handsome dividends.

Dave also wants to commit some time to 16 grandchildren and travel with his wife.

“So I want to go out when I am feeling fit and strong and on top of my game.”

Pride is a word that figures largely in this principal’s lexicon. “When we have the first Year 9 assembly I welcome the kids to the best school in town. And I am the principal of the best school in town. Do they honestly think I would be the second best principal of the second best school in town?”

That’s pride! And when this “old sod” is just a memory, he hopes they will still be regurgitating his sentiments about success.

“I tell the students I believe in success - because success is not an option, it is expected.”

Desire to excel

There’s the ‘B’ word. “With that expectation of success, students have to have a passion and desire to excel. That’s when I tell them they have got to BELIEVE in themselves.”

But “Sir” will not countenance the ‘F’ word – never, ever. That’s ‘F’ for fail. “I don’t like it or use it. I help kids believe in themselves.”

Being a principal of a college is a “mad job”, according to Dave. “The young people keep you alive but it has its challenges. Like what?

“Like drugs, like violence, like abuse and the internet, and family interactions... and suicides. It’s a real worry for me, hell yeah.” And probably for every other high school principal in the land. But Dave turns the problem back on the parents.

“We have got to look at ourselves as adults. What are we doing to our kids? What I do say to parents is, ‘For goodness sake make your son or daughter accountable’.

“The parents always say he or she wouldn’t do that.

But they did.”

But they are just the two or three per cent who are bad - about 40 kids in a school the size of Otumoetai College. “But I have never met a generation who are such risk takers, who are such forward thinkers, who want to be involved or want to do things.” “Sir” is accentuating the positive again.

One thing that “Sir” will take away with him is the spirit of Otumoetai College. The “Ot-way” Dave calls it, or the Otumoetai way.

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Building homes in the slums of Tijuana A year of fundraising by 27 Otumoetai College students is culminating in a trip to Mexico.

The group departs tomorrow, Good Friday, to build two houses for families living in the slums of Tijuana, returning April 27.

It’s the second trip for Josephine Mawer, one of the teachers accompanying the students.

“We’re going to be making a difference to two families who don’t have a proper house,” says Josephine. “The highlight will be to hand over the keys to them.

“The students have been working for well over a year to raise money, and it will be great to see the end result of all of their hard work. Ninety per cent of the fundraising has been for the houses, not for the students to get there.

“Some dads will go with us, who will help the students, and there will be a building supervisor over there.”

Tauranga’s Diana Judge, from Break Free Expeditions, will meet the group at Los Angeles Airport and transfer them by road to Baja, Mexico. After a rest day at the beach, they will head out to the slums to meet the families they will be building for.

Each home takes 15 people three days to build, and

every second year so have established some good relationships there.”

Once the house-building is completed, the group will celebrate by hosting a street fiesta for the neighbours.

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Making a difference - Otumoetai College students excited for their trip to Mexico. no prior building experience is necessary.

During the week, they will also visit a local orphanage and school, throw a party for the kids, and deliver food, toys and clothes to the children.

“As well as building the houses they’ll be doing a lunch for some families from one of the poorer communities,” says Diana, who has been organising Break Free trips for 10 years. ”They will also be doing some distribution of aid.

Otumoetai College has built five homes already. “This will be homes six and seven in the same city. They go

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Do you want a supermarket in Welcome Bay?

To help the community achieve this goal, Council is considering the option of developing Council-owned land.

While some of Welcome Bay’s community and sports facilities may be impacted, there would be a commitment from Council to ensure no loss of service.

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At this stage, no decision has been made to build a supermarket. We’re simply seeking feedback from you, the community, to find out if you support a supermarket being built on Council-owned land.

The feedback received will be presented to Councillors at the Community & Culture Committee meeting on 11 July 2017, and will help Council decide if we should progress any further. This is just the first step. If the feedback received supports the development, additional public engagement will take place.

Council will be hosting two open days to give you the opportunity to speak to Council staff and elected members about a potential supermarket in Welcome Bay on Council-owned land.

Wednesday, 3 May – Welcome Bay Community Centre, 9am to 1pm and 4pm to 8pm Saturday, 6 May – Waipuna Park Pavilion, 9am to 1pm More open days will follow as part of the community engagement.

This is your chance to have your say.

Complete our survey online at: surveymonkey.com/r/welcomebaysupermarket or fill in the form below and Freepost to us.

Do you support a supermarket being built in Welcome Bay on Council-owned land?

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If “yes”, which of the three locations is your preferred option?

Waitaha Reserve – potential for a full-service supermarket, but would require the relocation or redevelopment of existing community facilities on the site or elsewhere within Welcome Bay to ensure no loss of service.

Waipuna Park – potential for a full-service supermarket, but would require the realignment of one sports field

which may have an impact on the grove of walnut trees, or development of the sports field elsewhere in the city to ensure no loss of service.

Owens Park – potential for a lower-service supermarket upon a currently under-utilised area of open space.

A lower-service supermarket may not provide a full bakery, butchery, or delicatessen.

Why do you prefer that location? -or- Tell us why you don’t support the development?

What suburb do you live in?

Post to (no stamp required): Freepost Authority Number 370, Tauranga City Council, Private Bag 12022, Tauranga 3143 or drop off at the City, Mt Maunganui, Papamoa or Greerton libraries.

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How much seating is enough?

I have walked the Mount main street from Pacific Ave to Salisbury Ave, both ways.

The street is lined each side with stately palm trees, numerous evergreen trees and a Norfolk pine each end and centre.

Colourful garden plantings at the roundabouts and kerbside boxes create an atmosphere of tranquil harmony. Great credit to the planners and developers from the past, who have given us a beautifully presented ‘green space’, in its own right, the whole street.

Pedestrian seating has been more than adequately catered for by numerous fixed bench seats with backrests, positioned at regular intervals down the street. I’ve counted 158 seat spaces. Many of them beneath the shade of the trees.

In addition to these, there are 39 raised circular gardens, beautifully crafted in concrete and tiles.

One around each tree and several others with colourful flower displays.

Each of these garden walls can serve as seating – easily for six to 10 people, about 300.

How much seating is enough?

I know, that city centre ‘green spaces’, are a modern and trendy concept, and for many places a great asset, but not at Phoenix. The town needs more carparks, not fewer.

Why, why, why, do these councillors persist with their narrow-minded and self-serving perceptions of what to impose on Mount main street? I wonder if any of them live here at the Mount. My guess T Clist, Mount Maunganui. is none.

Nothing iconic - yet Robin Hood rating plans So the new i-SITE building will apparently be iconic. Who has decided this description fits the building before it has been built?

The design might be fancy and it looks expensive. But a building in its design stage can’t be iconic no matter how much it is going to cost. The designers can’t decide for themselves that it is iconic. An author can’t decide that a book is a best-seller when it is still being written. The pubic decides.

By definition something can only be iconic when it is one of a kind, is truly magnificent and is revered over a long period of time.

Iconic buildings – the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal, the Sydney Opera House, the Sky Tower, the Rotorua Bath House. Who thinks the Mount i-SITE measures up? To describe the Mount i-SITE design as iconic is self-important arrogance on behalf of the promoters and designers.

GB Haughten, Papamoa.

Perhaps this hypocrisy should be called rating rorts, because it never formed part of any elected member’s 2016 election platform for obvious reasons. Community and Culture Committee councillors are delusional in thinking dealing to the ‘rich’ on rates and giving credits to the poor is laudable and others give credence to this lunacy – all based on flawed assumptions. TCC operates a Capital Value Rating Valuation regime with all properties paying fixed rating charges plus wastewater for services and infrastructure provided by TCC with balance of rates assessed on the capital value of ratepayers’ property. Let’s just look at properties at either end of the spectrum. Reducing uniform rates for people with supposedly lower incomes won’t work because of income scams and anyway rating on Capital Value already heavily penalises asset-rich and wealthy people but TCC councillors don’t want to recognise that. Frankly, it just looks like another way to raise rates for wasteful ‘nice to have’ spending splurges.

A recent media poll shows only one-third support this aberration. TCC’s rating regime, as opposed to levels, is currently reasonably fair and those suffering hardship get rates rebate anyway.

R Paterson, Mount Maunganui.

Government of the people, by the people Thinking ratepayers will now be aware that the Western Ward ratepayers are not against libraries.

Our main theme is ‘living within our income’ - and within our long-suffering ratepayers’ ability to pay ever-increasing rates.

Councils claim new libraries will not cost ratepayers more is, in my opinion, not correct. We all know that the accounts council intends to draw from are nearly all existing lines on our rate demands.

So if these accounts are too flush, reduce them and look at freezing our rates. Ratepayers are not fools keep our existing library, extend the end if you have to, but give rate relief to our long-suffering public.

Pre-election the mayor made a promise to work

1947 -

from the bottom up. Let’s insist he sticks to that. We are waiting - the library is the test.

I’ve had many visits from people in tears, who know we are one of the heaviest-rated council in the country,and feel they must leave the district they love because council - in their opinion - are not listening.

That is sad - and that is why I’m still here battling.

A few councillors know the issues, and feel for those suffering, but they need support in council by deep thinkers that recognise the issues.

Leave egos aside, and let’s have government of the people, by the people, for the people. I’m not holding my breath, but will keep hoping.

N Mayo, Katikati.

2017

70th Celebration Weekend!

28th - 30th April Mayor Greg Brownless - Saturday 10:30am Sausage Sizzle 11:30am - 1:30pm Daily Bouncy Castle 10:00am - 3:00pm Daily Truck Display 10:00am - 3:00pm Daily The Edge road runner - Saturday 11:00am - 1:00pm Giveaways, spot prizes, in store specials and more!

Come and join us!

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Fun, free, family entertainment EASTER RACEDAY EASTER RACEDAY SAT 15 APRIL Families can Gates Open enjoy10:30am fun, free First Race 12:12pm entertainment at FREE Admission Live Music Coronation Park this FREE Pony Rides & Petting Zoo with Gates Open 10:30am Good Friday. real Easter Bunnies!

Tauranga

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Tauranga Racecourse

better each year. It’s such a privilege to put this event on for our community.”

According to Jackie, caring for the environment is important, so again this year they’re First Race 12:12pm aiming to be a zero-waste The sixth annual Easter FREE Admission Live Music in the Park runs from event – meaning more FREE Pony Rides & Petting Zoo with than 90 per cent of the 10am-1pm on April 14. waste created real Easter Bunnies!

Run by Curate Church Free, family fun at last year’s Easter in the Park. will be diverted away – formerly Mosaic Racecourse from landfill.

Church – the event offers The event is funded through the church by bouncy castles, slides, face painting, a mechanical charitable grant applications, as well as local surfboard, a chairoplane and more.

Circus in a Flash promises to entertain the children, businesses which are “extremely generous” with large discounts or offers of goods and services free of and there’ll be hot cross buns and delicious food to charge – and through money provided by the Curate sink your teeth into – as well as barista quality coffee Church community. for the parents – all for free.

Easter in the Park is at Coronation Park, Mount Curate Church event coordinator Jackie Wickham Maunganui, on Good Friday from 10am-1pm. says the reason for the event is to see friends and “See you there.” For more information, visit: families coming together to have fun. racingtauranga.co.nz “Easter in the Park just keeps getting bigger and www.curatechurch.com/easter

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Setting up shop at The Lakes Tauranga’s newest residential development, The Lakes, now has its own convenience store.

At the heart of The Lakes Neighbourhood Shopping Village on Caslani Lane is a new Four Square, which opened on April 11.

Owner-operator Ant Pedersen says it’s been exciting to watch the new store take shape, and also humbling to be a founding member of one of the

country’s newest suburbs.

“Four Square has a rich history of serving communities throughout New Zealand and has often been there as new suburbs take shape and communities grow around them.

Siobhan Hare, Hardeep Singh, Jess “That’s exactly what’ll Pedersen, Anthony Pedersen Aimee happen here at The Lakes – van Denheuvel and Liam Reilly. more and more people are moving here as homes are completed, and plans for a new local school have just been announced too – and as the suburb rises around us, and the local kids grow up too, we’ll be here to serve their everyday grocery needs.”

Ant’s current focus is putting the finishing touches on the store and getting his new team settled in.

“That’s arguably the most important task because while shiny new premises will always attract customers through the doors to start with, it’s friendly, helpful staff who’ll keep them coming back.”

Foodstuffs North Island general manager property development Lindsay Rowles says Four Square The Lakes will be the city’s sixth Four Square.

“Modern consumers have high expectations, and the design and range of all our new stores, such as Four Square The Lakes, certainly deliver that.”

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More eggciting Easter music Dammit Jim, I’m a columnist not a meteorologist!

be a sensational band. Of course, it’s entirely possible that you hate jazz and everything connected with it. Fair enough. No shame in that.

Frank Zappa once opined that “Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny” and there are many for whom the music is an anathema. Don’t despair! There is more than jazz happening downtown during Easter.

Indeed the weekend sees the latest incarnation of what has to be one of the biggest free line-ups of alternative bands in Tauranga history.

This is proving eminently true after I happily predicted fine weather for Easter last week.

Now, a little closer to the event, there looks like a distinct likelihood of sogginess. Fingers crossed.

I really hope it doesn’t rain.

Because there is so much good music happening on stages along The Strand on both the Saturday and Sunday of Easter.

I looked at some of the Downtown Carnival acts last week – check it out The ‘other’ festival at SunLive. Now here’s a few more that Organised by the good folk at might be of interest.

Tauranga Music Sux, on Saturday, April Coming over from Melbourne are 15, the Settlers Bar a very tight and punchy funk outfit on Wharf called Karate Boogaloo, a four-piece – bass, drums, guitar, organ – who do indeed wear white karate suits on-stage, giving the whole thing a distinctly seventies vibe. They play very solid instrumental funk.

More locally, you might want to check out Sarah Spicer from Waihi, who appeared on ‘The X Factor’ television show a couple of years back. Sarah’s a terrific singer and equally interesting is her band, including Jazz Nick Granvi Society president Wayne lle.

Melville on bass and Liam Ryan on keyboards. Both are ex-Torch Songers and should provide quality backing.

Funking it up

WHAT’S ON

Back on the funk train, guitarist Nick Granville is bringing his funk trio from Auckland. The other two in the band are drummer Lance Philip and organist Leonardo Coghini.

That’s two funk organists, and while we’re on keyboards I wanted to put in a little plug for my old mate Grant Winterburn. Sad not to see Grant fronting his own gig but it turns out that he’s not just one of the musicians backing the four singers at Baycourt in the Alchemy show on Saturday night but is actually the musical director.

As one of the most prodigious musicians to have emerged from Tauranga in the last few decades it’s a shame not to see him get the recognition he deserves, so I’m happy to mention it here. He did a stellar job leading the band at Richard O’Brien’s recent Frock ‘n’ Roll show and here he’s accompanied by the cream of Auckland players. It will

Here Lies the Homunculi, and Verdant Exudate.

There is also music in the odd bar along The Strand after the jazz finishes at 6pm.

At Brew Bar, for instance, Mike Garner is playing on Saturday night and John Michaelz on Sunday. Once again there is no charge.

In fact, what with the many bands at the Downtown Carnival for a mere gold coin donation and 16 more for free at Settlers, GIGGUIDE & and the various free ENTERTAINMENT evening music in bars, Greer’s Gastro Bar Saturday must be the Sunday 16 – Margaret single most economical Harper 5-8pm. Solo day of the year to listen acoustic jazz and easy to music. Assuming listening. Vocals and we’re not all underwater, guitar.

I recommend you take The Crown and Badger advantage of it. watusi@thesun.co.nz

Sarah Spicer.

Thursday 13 – Ruckus 8pm – 12am.

Saturday 15 – Raw Deal 8pm – 12am.

The Hop House Saturday 15 – Easter Hop Fest featuring Alice Sea and Les Robinson 4pm.

Free entry.

Sunday 16 – Easter Hop Fest featuring Alice Sea and Toner and Franks 4pm.

The Matua Wednesday 19 – “A taste of your music”. Come along with chord sheets and sing with the band.

7.30pm start.

St plays host to the Fifty Fifth National Jizz Fest. They even have a poster entertainingly parodying the official Jazz Festival poster.

And the music? Well there’s a helluva lot of it. Kicking off at midday and running through till midnight there are a grand total of 16 bands mostly from here with a few Hamiltonians for good measure. Bear with me now because I’m going to list them all. I’ve only seen three of them so I’ll skip attempting any descriptions, though the event’s Facebook page describes them as “16 free form, improvisatory, arythmic Jizz explorators”.

Here we go: Waspinator, Liberated Squid, M.A Williamson, Eugine Funigma, Juan Los Bastardos, Super Narco Man, Irritabill Paxton Syndrome, Greg Malcolm, The Biscuits, The Dicks, All Hail the Funkillers, Edward Gains and the Human Remains, Wheatbags Anonymous, Diehards of Deep Dish,

CINDERELLA

Fairytale Dance Productions

Sat 22 & Sun 23 Apr

ALCHEMY

National Jazz Festival

Sat 15 Apr 7pm

Addison Theatre (Jazz)

THE 13 STOREY TREEHOUSE

Sat 1pm & 5pm, Sun 1pm Addison Theatre (Dance)

CDP Theatre Producers Ltd Sun 30 Apr 12pm & 3pm Addison Theatre (Theatre)

PLAY IT AGAIN JAN

ALI HARPER IN A DORIS DAY SPECIAL

Jan Preston

Sun 30 Apr 7pm X Space (Music)

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Ali-Cat Productions Ltd & Thur 4 May 7pm Addison Theatre (Music)

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A rap-rock band with great chemistry Tauranga band Legion of Dissent consists of Dhiavat Mehta on vocals, Baz Mantis on guitars, Kingsley Smith on bass guitar and backing vocals, and Sol Radley on drums.

Inspired by rap-orientated rock, they say they have a great chemistry when they perform together.

The group formed last December, when Baz approached Kingsley to form a thrash metal band but quickly decided to change the band‘s style to rap-rock after Mr Achaeo – Dhiavat – and drummer Sol Radley joined them.

Rapper Dhiavat, originally from India, spent time in Los Angeles studying filmmaking before coming to New Zealand.

He‘s featured on three songs of The D Day Saints’ self-titled album.

GLENN MILLER AND THE ANDREWS SISTERS 11am Friday 21st April 2017 Holy Trinity Church, 215 Devonport Road Ticket Price $34 and includes lunch (discounts available for groups) Book online at www.daytimeconcerts.co.nz Call toll free on 0508 266 237 bookings@operatunity.co.nz

Tauranga band Legion of Dissent is playing on Easter Sunday.

Founding member Baz has spent the last decade as a recording artist, music video producer and audio engineer with a diverse range of music acts.

Kingsley had played keyboard with the band Knightshade for a couple of years. He also played bass in group Sabbotage when they were the tribute act for famous band Black Sabbath.

Sol has been drumming up a storm in various bands for the last 14 years. He recently graduated with a

diploma in music production and performance.

Highlights for the band so far, would have to be co-writing five original songs on their first jam together, and their debut gig at The Incubator at the Historic Village.

Legion of Dissent is playing Easter Saturday, April 15, at the Totara St performance venue, from 7.30pm-11.30pm and plan to do some out of town gigs later this year.

Tight harmonies and legendary swing style Operatunity combines the two iconic musical forces – the tight harmonies and gorgeous frocks of the Andrews Sisters and the legendary swing style of the Glenn Miller band – for their next daytime concert series this month.

Glenn Miller and the Andrews Sisters are touring as part of Operatunity’s Daytime Concert Series in Tauranga on Friday, April 21, at 11am. Karl Perigo will MC the night with his comic wit, great vocals

and fabulous shoes. The concert promises to be a toe-tapping walk down memory lane of when harmonies, great vocals and swinging rhythms ruled the airwaves.

The Weekend Sun has one double pass to give away to one lucky reader who can name the two musical forces?

Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competition section.

Entries must be received by Wednesday, April 19.

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Jazz-filled weekend at the market The Auckland Avondale College Big Band.

The Auckland Avondale College music students are making a special trip to Tauranga for what’s set to be a jazz-filled Easter weekend in the city.

Twenty-two students from the college’s Big Band and two jazz combos are visiting Tauranga for the 55th National Jazz Festival on April 13-17.

As part of their visit, the bands will perform at the Tauranga Farmers’ Market at Tauranga Primary School on Saturday, April 15.

Avondale College director of music Mathew Stenbo says the bands have been performing in the festival since the early 1990s – but appearances at Tauranga Farmers’ Market are a great part of their visit.

“We’ve been performing at the Tauranga Farmers’ Market every Saturday of Easter weekend for about five years. It’s a great fundraiser for us and plays a big part in being able to bring our students to Tauranga for the festival as well.”

There’s also plenty of support from local music teachers.

“We have a lot of support from Tauranga Girls’ College and Tauranga Boys’ College allowing us space for rehearsal. Teachers help us out when needed with equipment or space.”

Mathew says Tauranga listeners are in for a treat. “The jazz combos both received gold awards last year in the Auckland Schools Jazz Band competition.

“The Big Band also received a gold award at the KBB Music Festival.”

He makes a special mention to Avondale head of jazz Mike Robinson who “works tirelessly” rehearsing with the students to prepare them for performance.

The Big Band, along with the school orchestra and ensemble, is heading to an international music festival in Australia in July.

This Saturday, April 15, the music students invite local talent to “come and jam” with them during their performance at the market.

“We’ll be playing from 7.45am to the end of the market at midday.”

Catching up with technology If you ever feel that technology speeds past you, and you are left in a head-spin, Tauranga Senior Net Club can help.

Their Term Two timetable of classes includes most of the common technological advances that are used in everyday life.

“Technology races along and some fall by the wayside,” says Tauranga Senior Net Club president Diane Jones. Diane says these classes are a good way for people to get up-to-speed on today’s technology. “We’re always trying to look forwards and we try to pick up on the technology that we think will be of some use to people.”

This term, the Tauranga Senior Net Club will be teaching participants how to navigate Android tablets and smartphones, iPads including apps such as Mail and Safari, levels one and two picture editing, internet banking sites and more.

They will also be running introduction courses for people wanting to learn the basics of iPhones and Microsoft Windows computers.

“In addition to these we do run other courses as we prepare them. One is Westpac banking, another will be on smart TVs sometime this term,” says Diane.

“We try to select the ones that will be of most use

to people.” Term Two classes start on May 1, and courses are run at the Tauranga Senior Net clubrooms in the Historic Village.

Registration day for the classes is Tuesday, April 18, from 10am2pm at the clubrooms.

Lead coach Alan Roberts with students Margaret and Mike Osbourn, and Pamela Davison-Howie.

Classic fairytale staged

Learning technology together

Dancers at Susanne Hanger Dance.

Come and join the talented dancers at Susanne Hanger Dance, as Fairytale Dance Productions presents ‘Cinderella’ at Baycourt Theatre on April 22-23. It is a beautiful retelling of the story of ‘Cinders’, a lovely, kind and graceful young girl who lives with her horrid step mother and two spoiled step sisters. Cinders spends her days cleaning and caring for her cruel step family but when an invitation to a grand party arrives with a knock at the door, she dreams of dancing at the ball. With the help of some small friends and a bit of magic, will Cinderella get to meet her prince charming?

With stunning sets, amazing choreography and beautiful costumes, this entertaining and charming version of the much-loved classic story promises to delight the young and young-at-heart alike.

‘Cinderella’ is at Baycourt Theatre at 1pm-5pm on Saturday, April 22, and 1pm on Sunday, April 23.

Susanne Hanger Dance and Fairytale Dance Productions presents...

22-23 April 2017 | Baycourt Theatre www.shdance.co.nz

Adults $28, Children $16, Seniors $16, Family $72

(2 Adults, 2 Children or 1 Adult, 4 Children)

Tickets 577 7188* www.ticketek.co.nz* *Service fees apply

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JULIE’S

Friday 14 April

55th National Jazz Festival Tauranga

April 13 - 17. Downtown Carnival Easter Saturday & Sunday 12-6pm. Gold coin entry. TECT Waterfront Gala Easter Monday at Tga Waterfront 11am - 4pm. $10 entry - TECT Cardholders & children under 14 free. jazz.org.nz Easter Movie Night Dive in movies at Baywave on the big screen. Hop the movie. Baywave TECT Aquatic & Leisure Centre 6.30 -8.30pm.

Greerton Indoor Bowling Club Good Friday – no bowls. Sally 571 8914 Hui Aranga Annual festival of Maori traditional & contemporary performing arts & Wairua at Aquinas College April 14-16. Day passes adults $20 (entertainment & meals), $10 (entertainment only), children $10/$5.

Stabat Mater By Alssandro Scarlatti & Nulla in Mundo Pax by Vivaldi, St Peter’s Anglican Church, 15 Victoria Rd, Mt Maunganui 7pm.

Saturday 15 April

30th Annual Book Sale Tauranga Rotary

Club held April 15, 16 & 17 at Seeka Coolstore, Totara St, Mount. Parking is available from Kereiti St via Waimarie St from Hewletts Rd. Ross 544 0817 Alchemy National Jazz Festival at Addison Theatre, Baycourt 7pm. www. baycourt.co.nz Bay Network Singles Social Club 55+ who wish to make new friends & enjoy club activities, dining, shows, trips, bbq’s etc. Mary-Anne 027 207 1690 or 576 9988 Baypark Family Speedway Easter – South Pacific 6 Shooter Champs – Demo Derby - FMX www.bayparkspeedway. co.nz Car Boot Sale Greerton Village School, Greerton Road 7.30am - 12pm. Cost $5 per site. Shirley 577 1116 or 0274 146 040 Car Boot Sale And Car Wash, every third Sat at Evans Rd Church. Set up 7am, starts 8am. $5 a site. Arthur 021 163 7691 Caravan & Motorhome Owners Interested in joining like minded people & attend weekend rallies? Neal 576 9031 Come Dancing Te Puke Te Puke Scottish Society Easter dance, Te Puke War Memorial Hall 7.30pm. Live band, great company & supper. Door charge $7.

Valerie 573 7093 Friendship Force International Friendship & Home Hosting exchanges with other clubs worldwide. Barbara 574 5711 or email: regclothier@gmail.com www. thefriendshipforce.org LOL Laughter Wellness Have a laugh in the winter timeslot at Arataki Community Centre, Mount 11-11.45am. $3 door. Trish 022 036 6768 email: lollaughterwellness@gmail.com Messianic Meetings Every Sat at Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui 10am. Seek to unite together in our walk to put truth into action on a daily basis. 544 7424 or 0210 226 3515

Narcotics Anonymous Open Meetings Sat 7.30-8.30pm & every Sun 7-8pm, Hanmer Clinic, 1235 Cameron Rd,

Greerton. Mon 7-8pm & Fri 7.308.30pm, Hillier Centre. 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui. Women’s Meeting every Tues 10.30-11.30am Downstairs Hall, Salvation Army Recovery Church, 375 Cameron Rd. 0800 NA TODAY Papamoa Healing Centre Papamoa Library, 15 Gravatt Rd. May 6 – Mini Expo Healers Night. Doors open 6.30pm for 7pm start. Entry $15 inc free raffle & supper. 022 0670 467 Petanque @ Club Mt Maunganui Sat & Sun - coaching & competitive play 1pm.

Equip available, all levels welcome. Jo Ann 578 3606 Sabbath Service Every Sat 10.30am Bible discussion adults & children. 11.45am share blessings/singing/sermon Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Mt Maunganui.

576 0435 or 021 0778 214 ScandinaviaNZ April 22, shared luncheon at Evans Community Church, Evans Rd, Papamoa 11.30am. Bring a plate of finger food to share. Coffee/tea provided. $4pp. Barbara 542 1185 email: gebara@ clear.net.nz Speedway Easter Demo Derby North Island Super Saloon Championship 6.3010pm. A must see event. ASB Baypark for thrilling actioned packed motor racing.

Tickets: Adults $25, children $10.

Tauranga Indoor Radio Control Car Club race day, Mount Sports Centre, track set up from 8am, practice starting asap. Come & have a look. www.tirccc. co.nz or Facebook page.

Tauranga Races Easter Raceday Tauranga Racecourse

10.30am – 4.30pm with top class racing & free children’s entertainment. Free admission. Members day pass $10.

Te Puke Forest & Bird Walk Lake Tarawera, Kawerau end, great walk. Kylie 573 5347 Village Radio Community radio broadcasting from Tauranga Historic Village 1368 kHz AM. Music of 1940’s - 90’s weekends 9am - 5pm, weekdays 10am 5pm. www.villageradio.co.nz or 571 3710 Virtually on Track Goosechase challenge.

Keep the kids entertained these holidays.

Amazing Race-style challenge at McLaren Falls Park. Download the goosechase app on your smartphone, sign up & search ‘Sport BOP McLaren Falls Magic’. More info at www.sportbop.co.nz/getactive/ virtually-on-track/

Sunday 16 April

A Course in Miracles Spirited discussion

on the application of Miracle principles in the Backbenches Room, Grindz Cafe, 50 First Ave. 12.30pm Coffee & chat.

1pm: Discussion - Loving solutions for unloving situations.Non denominational Teaching. Free.

Bay Bible Fellowship/Lord’s Day Easter worship & communion service at Welcome Bay Primary School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Rd 10am. “God’s purpose for the Christian.” Pastor Lincoln Forlong. www.bbf.net.nz Bethlehem Lions Market Held 1st & 3rd Sun (no market today due to Easter - held instead on Monday 17th April) of month at Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga 8am - 12pm. Stallholders - booking a carpark site is essential. Email Alf hvm@ lionsclubs.org.nz

Bible Seminars Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St 1.45pm. Title: “Easter what it means to be a Christian.” Interactive, Q&A. Vic 543 0504 Croquet Every Sun, Tues, Fri at Tauranga Domain, Cameron Rd 12.45pm. Beginners welcome. Peter 571 0633 Easter Sunday Activities At Classic Flyers Museum & Avgas Cafe.

Easter egg giveaway competition, fire engine rides, nerf gun shooting gallery, torpedo park playground. Kids get free entry to museum when accompanied by an adult. No surcharges all Easter.

Open 7am - 4pm.

Katikati Bird Gardens Easter Egg Hunt

263 Walker Rd East, Aongatete 12-4pm. facebook.com/katikati.bird.gardens Maketu Market Every 3rd & 5th Sunday at Maketu Village Green 8am - 12pm. Stall holders set up from 6am, Pat 533 5687 Old Time Music Makers Club Every third Sunday at Welcome Bay Hall 1-4pm. $3 entry & ladies a plate please.

Otamarakau School Fishing Comp $30 entry. 8am start. $4000 prize for the heaviest snapper & loads more awesome prizes. Tickets on sale now from Hunting & Fishing Tauranga, Te Puke Sportsworld, Gull Paengaroa and BP Pongakawa or 6am on the day at Otamarakau School headquarters.

Quakers in Tauranga In hall behind Brain Watkins House, cnr Elizabeth St/ Cameron Rd 10am for an hour of mainly silent worship followed by tea/coffee & talk. 544 0448 www.quaker.org.nz Radio Controlled Model Yachts Meet Sun 1.30pm & Thurs 1.30pm at pond behind 24 Montego Drive, Papamoa to sail Electron & similar 3ft long yachts, for fun. Adult beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419 Sunday Funday Games & activities for the whole family. Greerton Aquatic & Leisure Centre 12-3pm.

Tauranga Friendship & Social Club

Walks, dinners & outings for over 50’s.

Barbara 544 7461 Tauranga Spiritual Society Inc Mini expo – healers & readers. Next fellowship 30 April. Senior Citizen’s Hall, 14 Norris St. Doors open 6.30pm for 7pm. Free healing & cuppa. Raffle $2. Members $3, non members $5. 022 0670 467 Te Puke Country Music Club St Pat’s Hall, Te Puke 1pm. Members a plate.

573 9360 The Psychic Cafe Bay’s top psychics, healers & spiritualists. One time only fee of $10, everything else free. Greerton Community Hall, doors open 6.45pm for 7pm start. 578 7205 or www.psychiccafe.nz

Monday 17 April

Achieve Toastmasters Keep

speaking, keep helping, keep succeeding.

1st, 3rd & 5th Mon of month at St Stephen’s Church Hall, Brookfield, Tauranga 7.30-9.30pm. Craig 027 587 5115 Badminton Club Every Mon, Aquinas College, Pyes Pa 7.30-9.30pm.

Adults & year 12 & above. Racquets available. Sue 0211 944 335 www. taurangabadmintonclub.co.nz Beginner Ballroom & Latin Free introductory lesson every Monday through April at Club Mount Maunganui 8pm.

Just come along. Udance2 - The Dance Centre. Dean/Miki 542 1295 www. udance2.co.nz Email: udance2@xtra.co.nz Beginner Salsa Lessons Presented by Bay Salsa at Studio 162, 162 Durham St 6.30pm. Walk in classes. www.baysalsa. co.nz Bethlehem Lions Market Changed to Easter Monday (only this month) at Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga 8am - 12pm. Stallholders - booking a carpark site is essential. Email Alf hvm@ lionsclubs.org.nz Body & Soul Fun Fitness For over 50’s, social events & guest speakers.

Mon (no class Easter Monday) & Fri Greerton Hall Cameron Rd. Tues Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave. Weds City Church cnr Otumoetai Rd/Sherwood St. Thurs at Tauranga Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St behind Pak n Save. All classes 9.1510.15am. Dianne 576 5031 or 027 431 4326 Bowls Every Mon at Bethlehem Hall, Main Highway 7.15pm. First 3 nights free. Wendy 578 2585 Chess Mount Maunganui Mount RSA Chess Club every Mon at Mount RSA, 544 Maunganui Rd. Early programme 6-7.30pm during school term. Late programme 7.30pm onwards. Standard chess rules. Incl casual games. Noel 579 5412 Civic Choir Tauranga Practice every Mon at Wesley Church, 13th Ave, Tauranga 7.30pm. www.taurangacivicchoir.org.nz Heather 575 9092 Come Dancing Monday Nights St Pats Hall, Beatty Ave, Te Puke 7-8.30pm. $3pp. Robert 573 8639 Dancing Every Mon & Weds at Senior Citizen’s Hall, Norris St 7pm. Modern, waltzes, tango, quicksteps & more. $3pp.

543 9125 Easter Monday Matua Hall 10am – 12pm. Celebrate Easter in traditional way with children from Czech & Slovak Club Tauranga. Register online https://www. csclubtauranga.nz/en/events/ Fitness League Low impact exercise set to music using the Bagot Stack technique, for women of all ages & abilities. First class free. Mon at Settlers Hall Omokoroa 9.30am & Tues St Johns Anglican Church Waihi 9.30am. Dorothy 549 3378 Greerton Every Girls Rally Meet Mon fortnightly during school terms at Greerton Bible Church, cnr Oropi & Chadwick Rds, Tauranga 4-6pm. Open to all girls ages 7years upwards. Mary 571 0061 Line Dancing Every Mon at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave 6-8pm. Every Weds at Arataki Community Hall, Zambuk Way, Bayfair 12-2pm. Every Thurs at Matua Hall, Levers Rd 1-3pm.

Pat 544 2574 Mount Chess Club Every Mon at Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui 1-4pm. Standard length chess. $3 a session. Sets, boards, clocks & refreshments provided. Bob/Vic 575 5845 or 0274 786 282 Mt Maunganui Bridge Club Every Mon 12.45-4.15pm, with junior & novice sessions 7-9.15pm. Weds 7-10.15pm. Thurs 10.45am - 2.15pm (bring your lunch). Fri 12.454.15pm. 60 Golf Rd. $3 members $5 visitors. Anne 572 5522

Nam Wah Pai Kung Fu Chinese martial

art training, Selwyn Ridge School, Welcome Bay 6-7.30pm. Brian 021 241 7059

Omokoroa Beach Indoor Bowling Club

Meet at Settlers Hall, Omokoroa Rd Mon 1.30pm & Tues 7.30pm. Cost $3. Anne 548 1636 Otumoetai Indoor Bowls No Bowls (Easter Monday). Karen 576 0443 Piloga Classes Fusion of Pilates & yoga movements. Every Mon & Fri at Arataki Community Centre 10.15-11.30am. $15 per class.

Plunket Car Seat Clinic Mon & Thurs at 471 Devonport Rd, Tauranga 10am - 2pm.

Car seats checked & fitted by qualified Child Restraint Technicians.

Donation appreciated. 578 7813 Recycled Teenagers Gentle exercise for 50’s forwards. Mon & Weds, 14 Norris St, Tauranga Senior Citizens Club. Tues at St Mary’s Church Hall, Girven Rd. All 9 - 10.30am. First class free. Jennifer 571 1411 Ryukyu Kempo Karate Every Mon & Weds at Levers Rd Hall, Matua 6.308pm. Age 10 & up, families welcome.

Marty 027 405 1468 Silver Singers Choir Tenor & base voices needed desperately for their 30 voice choir. Practices every Mon in St Stephen’s Chapel, Brookfield Tce, Otumoetai 1pm.

Pat 579 1036 Tauranga Creative Fibre Every Mon at Arts Centre, Elizabeth St from 9.30am.

Spinning, weaving, felting, knitting, crochet & more. Also on Thurs evening twice a month. Margaret 571 3483 or 021 0817 0350 or marg.rus@gmail.com Tauranga Rock n Roll Club Inc Every Mon at Legion of Frontiersmen’s Hall, 165 Elizabeth St 7- 8pm. Relaxed, social evening of dancing. Members $3, nonmembers $5. Check the Facebook pages.

Trina 576 7461 a/hs

Tauranga Scottish Country Dance Club Beginners class at St John’s

Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd 6.308.30pm. Sarah 579 0123 Tauranga Senior Citizens Club Cards, 500 & Bridge Mon & Thurs. Indoor Bowls Tues, Weds & Sat at 14 Norris St, behind Pak n Save 1-4pm. Register by 12.45pm. $2 incl afternoon tea.

Tauranga Spiritual Society Inc Mini expo – healers & readers. Senior Citizen’s Hall, 14 Norris St. Doors open 6.30pm for 7pm. Free healing & cuppa. Raffle $2. Members $3, non members $5.

022 0670 467 Welcome Bay Painters Group Meet every Mon at Lighthouse Church Hall, Welcome Bay Rd 9.30am – 12.30pm.

Dennis 544 6451 Women’s Art Group Every Mon at Lyceum Club Rooms, 68 1st Ave 9am - 12pm.

Margaret 543 3244

Tuesday 18 April ABC - Avenues Badminton Club Every Tues at Tauranga Boys’ College Gym. Juniors 6-7.30pm (term time), seniors (adults) 7.30-9.30pm. Adults $7, student $5. Delwyn 027 212 4720 Alcoholics Anonymous Meet every Tues at St Peter’s Church Hall, 11 Victoria Rd, Mount 7.30-8.30pm. 0800 229 6757

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Meet 2nd Tues evening for dinner/business. 4th Tues for social evening monthly.

Email: president.tauranga@ altrusa.org.nz Argentine Tango Guys, we need you to rotate, as partners, with the girls.

No experience necessary. Free lessons.

Denise 0204 006 1340 Cards 500 Every Tues & Thurs at Mount Senior Citizen’s, 345 Maunganui Rd 12.45pm. Garry 576 3033 Excel Toastmasters Every 2nd, 4th & 5th Tues of month at Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Bayfair 6.15-8.30pm. Learn public speaking & leadership skills. yolanda.cambridge@ gmail.com or 544 3730 Fitness League Ladies exercise with dance, weights, floor work every Tues at St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood 9.30-10.30am. Gloria 021 139 2448 Free Kids Pop Up Reading Room And chalk event, Outside Books a Plenty, 28 Grey St (inside of raining) Arpi 18 - 22 11.3012.30pm daily except April 21 - Chalk Art in Masonic Park 10.30am - 12.30pm. Different reading & chalk events each day.

Greerton Every Boys Rally Meet fortnightly on Tues during school terms at Greerton Bible Church, cnr Oropi & Chadwick Rds, Greerton 6-7.30pm.

Open to all boys aged 7 years upwards.

577 6467 Greerton Lions Club 1st & 3rd Tues of month at Fairway Lounge, Tauranga Racecourse 6pm. Bill 543 4424 Inachord Chorus Ladies singing group.

Great music, great company. Bethlehem Community Church Building, 183 Moffat Rd, Bethlehem 7.15-9.15pm.

Debbie 0211 291 126 Israeli Dancing Every Tues, Gate Pa Primary School, Cameron Rd 7-8pm.

All ages welcome, no partner required.

Maria 544 1680/022 165 2114 Junction Mental Health Peer support & advocacy: coffee & chat at St James’ Hall, Greerton 10am – 12pm.

543 3010 Katikati Maestro’s More men needed to join their choir. Rehearse every Tues at St Peter’s Church 7pm. Jeanette 549 3668 or 027 243 5799 Learn Tarot Classes beginning Tues nights. For details, Kevin 578 7205 or email: kevinreednz@gmail.com Mount Morning Badminton Every Tues at Mount Sports Centre, Blake Park 9-11.30am. Social, competitive, all ages.

Daily fee $5pp. Margaret 575 9792

Otumoetai Matua Walking Group

Every Tues at Kulim Park 9am.

576 7339 Overeaters Anonymous Do you or a family member or friend have a problem with over or under eating? Overeaters Anonymous can help - meet Tues & Fri. 544 1213 or 022 064 2186 Papamoa Sports Indoor Bowls Don Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd. Coaching available. Names in by 7.15pm for 7.30 start. Michael 542 0609 or 0274 888 5968 Petanque Bayfair Petanque Club, every Tues & Thurs at Russley Drive 1pm. Equipment & coaching available.

Try a new sport. Margie 542 0084 or 021 0293 7459 Pilates Classes Every Tues at Arataki Community Centre 11.15-12.15pm.

Every Thurs at Omokoroa Settler’s Hall 11am - 12pm. $12 per class. Claudia 0211 927 706 Raft Coffee Morning Informal cancer support group. Meet people on the same journey as you & help each other stay afloat through your experiences.

Meet 3rd Tues of month at Raft Café, 65 Chapel St 10-11.30am. Angelique 07 927 6505 Sequence Dancing Tauranga Social & Leisure Club meet at St John’s Anglican Church Hall, Bureta Rd, Otumoetai every Tues 7.30-9.30pm except 2nd Tues of month 3.30-6pm.

Murray 576 3294 South City Indoor Bowls Visit to Oropi Club 7.30pm. Mary 541 0687

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Tauranga Continuing Education

(60+) Group at Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga, 3rd Tues of month.

Lectures start 10am. $4 charge to cover expenses. Speaker: Mark Whitworth, Cargo Services Manager, Port of Tauranga. Subject: “Port of Tauranga – past & present.” David 544 4179 www.taurangacontinuingeducation. weebly.com

Tauranga Morning Badminton Club

Tues & Thurs at QE Youth Centre, cnr 11th Ave/Devonport Rd 9-11.30am.

Heather 574 0976

Tauranga Patchwork & Quilters

Meet first & third Tues 7pm & second & fourth Fri 10am. At Tauranga Art & Craft Centre, 177 Elizabeth St, Tauranga. Helen 0274 177 581 Tauranga Scrabble Club Tues at Tauranga Bridge Club, Ngatai Rd 8.50am. $3 games $2.50. New players welcome. 544 8372

Tauranga Stroke Support Drop-In

Peer support group for stroke survivors & their carers. Every Tues at Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St 9.30am - 12pm. $4pp 571 3050 Tauranga Target Rifle Club Shooting every Tues 7pm. Ellis 578 0098 Tauranga Toastmasters Every Tues at Tauranga Lyceum Club 7.15-9.30pm.

Learn public speaking & leadership skills. Guests welcome. Alan 544 5989 Yoga Tues, Yoga Matua Hall 6.50-8pm.

Weds & Fri Yoga Fergusson Park 9.3010.40am. Tues & Thurs Yin Yoga, 121 Carlton St 10-11.30am. For timetable www.stellayoga.co.nz or Stella 021 024 96390

Wednesday 19 April

Age Concern Walking Group Willow St Bus Depot 10am. 578 2631

Alcoholics Anonymous Reflections at

Te Puke every Weds at Te Puke Baptist Church, Station Rd 7.30-8.30pm.

0800 229 6757 Bowls Indoor Every Weds & Fri at Mount Senior Citizen’s, 345 Maunganui Rd 12.45pm. Nancy/Ernie 575 4650 Cards Do you play crib or would like to learn? Every Weds at Greerton RSA 1pm. Rona 578 7939 Club Mount Indoor Bowls Every Weds at 45 Kawaka St. Names in by 6.45 for 7pm start. Val 027 302 8149 or 543 4168

Community Bible Study International

Every Weds at City Church, 252 Otumoetai Rd 7-9pm. Bible study on “The Book of Genesis.” Julie 552 4068 Fernlands Water Exercise Class Every Weds 10.45-11.45am. Suitable for accident or illness rehabilitation. Helpful in weightloss or arthritis. Classes held rain or shine. Jennifer 571 1411 Friends of the Library Papamoa Library Book Group 10am. Theme this month: Political leaders. Gail 574 3376 Gate Pa Indoor Bowls Greerton Lotto Shop Open Fours Tournament at Greerton Hall 7.30pm. Names in book.

Plate for supper please. Kevin 543 4044 Healing & PXP At RSA Greerton with Jeanette Wilson. Psychic surgery performed on volunteers from the audience. Free event. Register with 571 6665 or 0274 956 033 Healing Rooms Experience God’s healing touch. No charge, all ages welcome.

Upstairs at Graced Op Shop, cnr 11th Ave & Christopher St 1-3pm. 021 110 0878 www.healingrooms.co.nz Let’s Learn Courses, classes, workshops, activities - options galore. www.letslearn.co.nz Shelley 544 9557 Lyon O’Neal Arnold Library Law Series. Free legal advice seminars on Estate Planning & Wills. Tauranga City Library 12.30-1.30pm & 5.30-6.30pm.

577 7177 or email: library@tauranga. govt.nz to register

Mount Healing & Spiritual Centre 1st & 3rd Weds at Omanu Bowling Club, Golf Rd, Mount 7pm. Guest speaker: Annis Parker - Debunking myths regarding meditation.

Door charge $3. Janet 027 264 0226

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Steps. Closed meeting every Weds 7.30-9pm, Downstairs Hall (accessed from bottom carpark), Salvation Army Recovery Church, 375 Cameron Rd. Ph 0800 NA TODAY Otumoetai Care & Craft Every Weds at St Columba Church Hall, Cherrywood, Otumoetai 9am - 12.30pm during school term. . Crafts, fun, games, entertainment. Lunch provided. Dawn 576 7783 Papamoa Outdoor Bowls Roll Ups Weds & Sun, George Spratt Reserve 12.45pm. Gail 574 0177 SAYgo - Falls Prevention Class Gentle exercise for the elderly, held 3 Weds each month. Hall not available 1st Weds of month. At St John’s Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai 2-3pm.

Allison 576 4536 Scottish Country Dancing Every Weds at Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maunganui Rd 7pm. Lynne 573 5055 Singles Coffee Club 60+ Every Weds 10am for coffee & once a month for lunch for a social get together. Looking for something new or meet new friends?

Gayle 27 439 3267 or email: mixandmingle@xtra.co.nz Tauranga Embroiderers’ Guild Every Weds at Tauranga Rowing Club, Devonport Rd 10am - 2.30pm & 7.309.30pm. Beginners welcome.

Jenny 07 219 7740

Tauranga Mid-Week Tramping Group

Day trip to Pinnacles & return. Grade mod, approx. 6.5hrs. Bob 571 3939 Tauranga Scottish Society AGM at 38 Hibiscus Ave, Mt Maunganui 2pm.

Nola 576 5076 Te Puke Toy Library Weds - Sat 9.30am - 12pm. Thurs 3.30-5.30pm.

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Improve communication, teamwork & leadership skills. Classic Flyers Avgas Cafe every Weds 6.45-8.15am.

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A Place to Bee Craft, conversation, coffee, knitting. Every Thurs at Lighthouse Church, next to Welcome Bay shops on the hill 11am - 1pm.

Mel 027 576 3105 Amazing Weekly Bag Sale Every Thurs at Historic Village 9-10am. Fill a large bag for $5 with women’s, men’s & kids clothing & linen. Bags supplied.

Bay City Rockers Social Rock n Roll dancing as well as Neon Moon, Rock n Roll Waltz. Every Thurs at Senior Citizen’s Hall, Norris St 7-9.30pm. $3 entry. Gavin 027 643 6222 Club Mt Maunganui Social games club.

Play indoor bowls & cards every Thurs 12.45-3.30pm. Prizes to be won & visits to other clubs. Monthly subsidised dinners. Gloria 575 0059 Community Bible Study International Every Thurs at 14th Ave Gospel

Centre 10am - 12pm for a Bible study on “The Book of Matthew.” Jack/Betty 544 3809 Concert Band Katikati Musicians wanted, especially woodwind to join community based wind & brass band.

All ages welcome. Rehearse Katikati town hall in the arts room 7-9pm. Wendy 022 387 2947 EMPLOYNZ Free Course Tauranga Library 10-11am, Papamoa 12-1pm & Greerton 2-3pm. Sally 027 652 1429 Fitness League Safe, effective, low impact exercise to music using the Bagot Stack technique. Helps posture, balance & stamina. Free 1st class.

Thurs: Central Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave/Cameron Rd 9.30am.

Weds: Katikati Memorial Hall 10am.

Pam 549 4799 or 021 117 7170 Free Guitar Lessons Every Thurs at Historic Village 10-11.30am. Limited to 3 people per day. Register with Joseph 020 408 97462 Free Meditation Classes Every Thurs at Meredith Hall, Fraser St, Merivale (near Yatton Park) 7.30pm. Enjoy good

health & better quality of sleep.

Ian 576 2032 French Connection For lovers of all things French. Meet fortnightly on Thursday at La Mexica, The Strand 4.30-6.30pm. agohns@yahoo.co.nz Greerton Village Music Community music morning for seniors. Come along, enjoy the music, join in with dancing. Meet new people. Guest artists. Greerton Hall, 1247 Greerton Rd 1-3pm. Entry $4pp, afternoon tea provided. Di/Charley 0276 262 496 Happiness & Our Mind Drop-in meditation classes, beginners welcome. Classes are self-contained so start any date. Every Thurs at Greerton Library, 139 Greerton Rd 7-8.30pm. Cost $15 per class. www. meditateintauranga.org Keynotes 4 Part Harmony Women’s chorus meet every Thurs at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave 7pm. Sing for fun & health. Nora 544 2614 More Than Crafts Every Thurs at Greerton Bible Church (cnr Chadwick & Oropi Rds) 9.30-11.30am. All types of crafts. $3 entry.

Ruth 543 4879 Mount/Papamoa Coffee & Chat 1-2pm.

Transport available if required. Junction Mental Health Peer Support & Advocacy 543 3010 Papamoa 500 Club Every Thurs at Gordon Spratt Reserve 12.45pm. Dave 575 5887 Salsa on the Strand Presented by Bay Salsa at La Mexica 8pm. Intro class, followed by social dancing. No partner required. www.baysalsa.co.nz

Schizophrenia Support Group

For people who have a diagnosis of schizophrenia 1-2pm. Junction 543 3010 Simplee Cre8ive Every Thurs at Arataki Community Centre, Bayfair 9am - 2.30pm.

All crafts. Jenny 574 7401 Sunshine Dance Group Learn sequence dancing every Thurs at Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave/Cameron Rd 7-8.30pm followed by dancing until 10pm. $2pp entrance includes supper. Jan 544 4379 Tauranga Heart Support Group Low impact group exercise class for those with or at risk of heart & associated diseases. Mon & Thurs at City Church, Otumoetai Rd 9.3010.30am. $4pp. Diana 021 0476 155 Tennis Seniors WBOP Players 35 years +. Tauranga Lawn Tennis Club, Wharepai Domain 9am - 12pm. $4 ball fee. Lynda tswbop@gmail.com 0210 576 601

Women’s Singing Group Every Thurs at 68

1st Ave, Tauranga 11am. Beginners welcome.

Interested? Marie 576 1300

Friday 21 April

Brick Kids Te Puke - Lego Club

Term time school aged children.

Every Fri at Te Puke Library 3.304.30pm. Free entry.

Chess Tauranga Tauranga RSA, Greerton 5-7pm, for the whole family. Longer if necessary for longer games. Incl casual games.

Standard chess rules. Werner 548 1111 http:/ www.westernbopchess.weebly.com/ Friday Fun Night Greerton Aquatic & Leisure Centre, active April Friday fun nights 5.30-7.30pm. Music, games, obstacle course & mini aqua fit. Tickets $5 per child. Family passes available.

Greerton Indoor Bowling Club Championship Pairs. Tauranga City Silver Band Hall, Yatton St. Names in by 7.15pm. Sally 571 8914 Mount Art Group Exhibition April 21, 22 & 23 at Mount Surf Club Rooms 9am – 5pm daily.

Mpowa Youth & Family Picnic St Paul’s Church grounds, Katikati 5.308.30pm (inside if wet). Free food, games & entertainment for local youth & their families.

Bring own blankets, chairs & drink. 549 0399 Sport Nutrition For ladies who train boxing or martial art, or mix martial arts. Svetlana 027 616 2124 Sunshine Dance Group Sequence dancing & socialising. First tea dance April 29 Baptist Church Hall, cnr Cameron Rd/13th Ave 5-9pm. Theme: Autumn colours.” Bring own food, plates, cutlery. Not a shared tea.

BYO non alcoholic drinks. Good music & programme.

Tauranga Lyceum Club Catered lunch first Fri of month & dinner third Weds with varied & interesting speakers. Other activities include; painting, mah jong, music, bridge & Rummikub. 68 First Ave. Margaret 543 3244 Te Puke Senior Citizen’s Club 500 cards every Fri 1-3pm. Brian 573 8465. Bolivia every Weds 1-4pm. Marie 573 9219. At Te Puke Lyceum Rooms. Refreshments provided.

The Sociables A 30’s/40’s age group of males & females that meet up once a week to socialise by dining out or participating in local activities & events. 022 0120 376

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Maintaining the bond of peace Ephesians 4:3 ESV says: “Eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace”.

This one verse captures some aspects of this word ‘unity’ that I think we need to, as Christians, adjust to – and prioritise in our ongoing journey of faith.

Some translations use the word ‘endeavouring’ which implies unity is something we must work hard at – for example, it isn’t easy, and yet it’s not a soft option, preference, or pay scant attention to.

It is highlighted in the words ‘maintain’ and ‘of ’.

Maintain means to keep something in good condition or order or standard. The implications in this verse is we are partnered with God in helping to maintain something that is generated by God. It is the ‘unity of the Spirit’. He is the administrator

FRIDAY 14 & SUNDAY 16 APRIL 9:00AM & 10:45AM This Easter, Bethlehem Baptist Church is presenting The Easter Story.The short services will run in two parts over Good Friday and Easter Sunday so make sure you hear the full story and join us on both mornings. A great way to celebrate Easter with family and friends.

of the unity that exists in Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Generated

by God, and maintained and facilitated on earth by us, who are called ‘Christians’.

This unity in the bond of peace is a person. His name is Jesus Christ, and one of His titles is ‘Prince of Peace’. Jesus is the bond of peace, that created peace, and it is the Holy Spirit that is the administrator and holder of that peace.

To all of us who are followers of Christ here in Tauranga Moana, let’s endeavour to work hard at maintaining this unity by honouring Christ in our city – not only in our churches, but in the public place as well.

Pastor David Dishroon Changepoint Church

The message of the cross I love Easter eggs and hot cross buns. I love the Christian message of Easter even more.

The story that God would come to our world wrapped in our flesh, that the son of God would live among our streets and then die our death upon the cross on Good Friday.

But sometimes I struggle with the violence of the cross – why did Jesus need to die so that we can be forgiven?

Now I realise that our world is a very violent place. I know that injustice should prompt anger with-in us. But I’ve always wondered, why does the Christian story need a sacrifice? Surely if God wished to forgive us he could just do so.

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Perhaps human beings have a legitimate claim against each other.

In the story of Cain and Abel, Abel’s blood cries out to God. Perhaps God chooses to response to Abel and to every victim of violence, ‘I hear your cry, and yes someone needs to pay’.

The mystery of the Christian faith is that God says: ‘I will pay, I will substitute my son for every human perpetrator’, so they have a chance to be redeemed.

It is the most difficult thing to balance compassion and justice for victims with hope and rehabilitation for perpetrators; yet that is the message of the cross.

Reverend Simon Mcleay, St Peters in the City

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Easter is a God time

For many people, Easter has more to do with taking a holiday before the long grind of the winter. And for most children, Easter has become a time of chocolate eggs and eatable bunnies.

And of course, there are those retailers who want to commercialise all of Easter, as they have Christmas, and sell items to gardeners who have a long weekend to get the garden ready for winter.

So it’s good times with family and friends over a long weekend – yes, I enjoy Easter. But for me, it is all of the above – but most importantly, it is also a God time.

Good Friday, a time of reflection on God’s awesome sacrificial love for us.

And how human beings really matter to God – yes, you really matter to God. Then, Easter Sunday, a time of celebration.

At the right time, God broke into our time and defeated death for you and me. Wow! You can also make Easter your God time.

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curriculum vitae NEED A C.V.? Don’t let your C.V. get lost amongst all the others. I can help you stand out on paper. A C.V. For You can provide you with a personal and professional touch. From scratch or updating existing ones. Check out samples on www.facebook.com/acvforyou or Ph/text on 021 27 27 912

education BALLROOM AND LATIN DANCE classes in Katikati for all ages and levels. Book now for Term 2. Contact Liberty New Zealand 027 840 3603 www.libertynz.kiwi

entertainment TAURANGA TANDEM SKYDIVING best buzz in the Bay! Gift vouchers available. Ph 574 8533 today

livestock AC PETFOODS collect injured & unwanted cows & horses.

Ph 800 369 6269

lost & found

TRAILER 6’ x 4’. REG and WOF, good order. $500. Ph 544 8595

FOUND KITTENS various areas, various colours Ph SPCA 07 578 0245

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ABLE GARDENER, experienced, efficient, knowledgeable, highly qualified.

Maintenance, pruning, hedges, shrubs, roses; disease/pest control, lifestyle blocks, garden renovations; design & plant.

Ph Tita 027 654 8781 or a/h 542 0120 HANDYMAN HOME AND GARDEN SERVICES Tree pruning, weeding, hedges, waterblasting, home maintenance, rubbish removal, affordable rates. Ph Philip 027 655 4265 or 544 5591 PEA STRAW FOR SALE Conventional bales of pea straw. Very good quality. Approx 12 kilos per bale. For delivery contact The Peastrawboys, Ph Graham 027 838 7741 www.thepeastrawvboys.com RIDE ON MOWING lifestyle blocks, businesses, schools, churches, commercial and residential. Police vetted and insured operators. Ph Crewcut 0800 800 286

health & beauty NATURAL NEW ZEALAND Health Products & Clinic.

Something for everyone. NZ Registered Natural Therapies & Natural Medicine Practitioners.

Opposite BP Te Puke. Ph 573 5533 www.naturaltherapiesnz. com and www.kiwikitz.com

21 LEE STREET, TE PUKE. 1960’s 4 Bdrms, 1 Bath, Dble-Grg. 2 Decks, Paint & Improvements. 809sec. $400k.

Private Sale. Saturday 15/04/17 2-2.30pm. Mob 0275 205 436

trades & services ALRIGHT PAINTING & DECORATING Over 30 years experience. Competitive rates. Ph Kevin 027 477 4598 or Mark 027 699 8356.

APPLIANCE REPAIRS For service of all Fisher & Paykel, Haier and Elba appliances, Ph 0800 372 273 for your local technician.

BOAT BUILDING repairs and maintenance. Timber & fibreglass trade qualified, boat builder. Ph Shaun 021 992 491 or 07 552 0277 BRYCE DECORATING Interior & exterior painting, wallpapering.

Quality work. Ph Wayne 579 5588 or 021 162 7052 DECORATOR, Interior/exterior.

Quality workmanship. Best rates.

Get a free quote. AVAILABLE NOW. Ph or txt 028 409 7004 ELECTRICIAN, 18+ years experience, NZ registered.

Residential & commercial, maintenance & service, new builds, renovations. Fast, friendly service. Ph Andrew 022 354 1960

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HANDYMAN BUILDING and section maintenance, decks, fencing, pergolas, painting, water blasting, odd jobs. Free quotes Ph Rossco 027 270 3313 or 544 5911

ROOF REPAIRS free quotes for all maintenance of leaking roofs, gutter cleaning & repairs.

Chimney maintenance & repairs.

Registered roofer, 30yrs exp. Ph Peter 542 4291 or 027 436 7740

INSECT SCREENS Measure.

Make. Mend. Ph Rob at Magic Seal 543 4940

STUMPINATOR STUMP Grinding free quotes & friendly service. Narrow machine to access rear yards. Ph 576 4245 or 022 076 4245

PAINTER/DECORATOR Interior and Exterior, quality workmanship friendly services.

Over 20 years specialising in residential and more. Quality paint at trade prices. For your best advice in all areas.

Ph Shane Mount/Tauranga Decorators 07 544 6495 or 021 575 307 PAINTING & DECORATING Exterior & Interior Painting Gurus, Roof Painting, High quality workmanship, prompt service, fully insured, satisfaction guaranteed, get the A Team @ Fresh Coats Painting. Ph 022 421 4261 PLASTERING, INTERIOR WALLS & ceilings. Tradesman 30yrs exp. Skimming, painting prep. Small jobs OK. Ph Murray 027 266 5657 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE and repairs. Total property maintenance, building work. 30 years + experience. Available now. Ph 0204 0864 211 RETAINING WALLS Specialist in all timber retaining walls, new builds and repairs. All associated earthmoving, design and engineering. Ph Mike 0274 942 966

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TREE SHRUB and hedges trimming, topping removal, rubbish removal, palm pruning or removal, satisfaction guaranteed free quote. Ph Steve Hockly 571 5958 or 027 498 1857

travel & tours ”A A A” – HAWKES BAY & BEYOND STUNNING AUTUMN COLOURS HOLIDAY: - Plus other tours coming up...

(1) Treetops Luxury Lodge Luncheon: - (2) North Island Train Journey + Te Papa: - (3) Mid – Winter Christmas Tour & Mid - Winter Christmas Dinner at Chateau Tongariro: - (4) Westside Story Show, Auckland: - 5) Mystery Tours. Contact us for full details, and to chat about our other unique Trips. We provide door to door service (we will pick you up, and take you home again after tours). Free Tour Newsletter. Ph Hinterland Tours Team on 575 8118 or 027 235 7714.

NO 8 TOURS NEW ZEALAND’S SENIOR TRAVEL CLUB – Join our Club today for Free to receive all our VIP Members Benefits. Exclusive Hauraki Gulf Chartered Christmas Cruise –December 23rd - 28th 2017 - 6 Days & 5 Nights away.

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INCLUDES; Day 1 Activity & Last night Sky City Auckland; 5 Days/4 Nights cruising, Auckland Harbour Cruise, Waiheke Island Bus Journey, Cable Bay Winery Lunch, Man O War Bay, Pakitoa Island, Motuihe Island, Te Kouma Bay Coromandel, Kawau Island & Mansion House Tour, Islington Bay, Rakino and The Noises.

Fine Dining Includes Xmas Lunch; Small group personal service: Twinshare $2865.00 Single Supplement Available on request. BOOK NOW - Limited rooms. Free Door to Door service. No 8 Tours team on 579 3981 or Email info@no8tours.co.nz

venues FOR WEDDINGS, FUNCTIONS OR MEETINGS+ check out No.1 The Strand, a beautiful historic setting. Email: kim@no1thestrand.co.nz or www.no1thestrand.co.nz WEDDINGS, PARTIES, MEETINGS etc - The perfect venue. With stunning Harbour views, fully licensed bar & kitchen onsite. Restaurant open every Friday from 5pm & Sunday from 4.30pm, kids under 12 years dine free with every paying adult. Tauranga Fish & Dive Club, 60 Cross Rd, Sulphur Point. Ph 571 8450

GARAGE SALES! JUST $20+gst with FREE signs & price stickers!

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Charlie, 8, and Mikaela Ketu, 9.

Te Arani Wikohika, 12.

Young artist Sam Hudson, 7, with the magnificent piece of art he created.

There’s lines out the door and onto the street down at the Tauranga Art Gallery with hundreds of people taking part in the Paradox Inside Family Fun Day. The family-themed fun day gets children making their own street art inspired works and is one of a number of awesome events that’s part of the inaugural Paradox: Tauranga Street Art Festival.

Photos: Tracy Hardy.

Students at ACG Tauranga would have been impressed on Friday, when local All Black Nathan Harris dropped in for a meet and greet. The Steamers and Chiefs player took the students for some drills, and shared his journey to becoming a professional sportsman.

Photos: Bruce Barnard.

All Black Nathan Harris talking to students at ACG Tauranga.

Free ANZAC Day Park and Ride Travel by bus to ANZAC Day services in Tauranga and Mount Maunganui on Tuesday, April 25th.

A free Park and Ride service for the ANZAC dawn parade is available from Club Mount Maunganui on Kawaka Street, behind Blake Park to Maunganui Road, behind Mount Drury. Buses will depart from Kawaka Street between 5.00am and 5.50am, returning at the conclusion of the dawn service between 6.15am and 7.30am.

In Tauranga a free Park and Ride service is available from Tauranga Boys’ College to Memorial Park between 8.00am and 8.40am, with buses returning immediately following the civic memorial service.

See www.baybus.co.nz or phone 0800 4 BAY BUS (0800 4 229 28) for more information

Nathan getting ready for some practical teaching.

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