Life + Style - 23 Nov 2018

21 August, 2015

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THE WEEKEND

Looking back

Christmas Fair

Thirteen and icecream!

Community patrols

Le Quesnoy

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Cuisine replaces letters A little oasis in the heart of Tauranga

It was once a place to mail your allimportant letters. Now, it is a space to wine, dine and escape.

Located in one of Tauranga’s oldest buildings at 51 Willow Street, in the old post office, Clarence Hotel has transformed into an oasis, and it’s all just a step away from the busy city centre.

The historical monument is 18 months in the making and features an Asian-influenced bar, the Clarence bistro and 10 hotel rooms, with each corner a hint to its vast history.

It also has more than 35 staff working at the hotel and restaurant, with lunch available from 11.30am and opening hours stretching in to the late evening.

Director Noel Cimadom says they had hoped to be open for business around a year ago, but there were setbacks due to the age and the historical significance of the building.

“We took the floor out as well as the steel that was done 20 years ago to earthquakestrengthen the building, which was more work than we originally thought,” he says.

“But all of it looks the way it was, with a few new-but-old looking features to keep to the Noel Cimadom in the recently restored and revitalised building.

street food simplified in a way that works for a New Zealand palette.

“We wanted to cater for everyone, with a mixture of great food,” says Noel. “You can come here after work for a couple of bao buns and a beer, or you can get the full experience of a five-course tasting degustation. It’s a destination for all occasions.” Sharnae Hope

Photos: Nikki South

time period.”

Originally, the space was only meant to be a small restaurant, but has now turned into a spacious hotel as well, with a large outdoor dining experience that’s perfect for a drink after work or a weekend away.

“The idea of a hotel wasn’t added until the tenants decided to leave upstairs,” says Noel.

“We didn’t really want new tenants above us, so we started talking to the landlords and we just went for it.”

Features that stand out include two old safes, which are situated both upstairs and downstairs.

“The safe downstairs we turned into a wine cellar - it’s one of my favourite features,” says Noel. “There’s also a safe upstairs that we turned into a walk-in shower.”

Sticking to the old, industrial look, there’s also a rough concrete wall in the kitchen, as well as exposed steel columns and rough plastered walls featured throughout the restaurant and hotel.

“I see it as a little oasis in the middle of Tauranga. It’s beautiful and green you don’t really feel like you’re in Tauranga when you are you’re sitting outside. You could be in Europe - it’s very secluded.

“It’s been a privilege to be a part of transporting this magnificent building into the next century, and making it accessible to the public.”

To top it all off, Clarence Hotel also has an impressive menu to match. On the left side of the building, the bistro will make you feel a part of the kitchen, with an open-plan restaurant making for an intimate experience.

The bistro offers European styled cuisine, with French, Italian and English influence highlighting the best of seasonal New Zealand produce, as well as an impressive wine selection with more than 200 international and NZ boutique wines.

If you want a more social, laidback vibe, you can dine in the bar area or on the patio and be served a range of tantalising Asian

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Tauranga Post Office A look back at history Tauranga’s old post office at 51 Willow Street was originally constructed in 1906.

An Edwardian Baroque-style building, it was designed to house government departments, including a courtroom, lands office and a customs office.

It is the third building to be constructed on this site.

The first building was a large wooden structure with vertical boards erected in the early 1860s by the Church Missionary Society. It was intended for use as an agricultural training institute for Maori from across the Bay of Plenty. The project was abandoned when the land wars broke out.

In 1864, the building was taken over by imperial troops - at first for use as a commissary, and then, after the battles of Gate Pa and Te Ranga, as a hospital.

It was used to house government offices until it was demolished in 1874.

The next building was also made of wood, and was said to be the second-largest wooden building in the southern hemisphere. It was the seat of all power in Tauranga, containing central government, Tauranga County and Tauranga Borough Council offices.

But tragedy struck, and as dawn broke on November 17, 1902, residents were greeted by a scene of devastation. Not only had the building been destroyed, but all written government records had literally gone up in smoke.

The third building, designed by government architect John Campbell, is more modest in size

but is impressive because of its flamboyant, imperial baroque style.

For many years Tauranga residents visited this elegant building on Willow Street to post a letter, mail a parcel, send a telegram and even to appear in court before the resident Magistrate.

The post and telegraph offices occupied the lower floor and the spacious courtroom on the first floor provided splendid views over the harbour.

The post office moved out in December 1938, and gradually other government offices found new premises. Public feelings ran high in 1987 when it seemed almost certain that the building would be demolished.

Tauranga District Council saved the day by purchasing the building in 1990 before it was on-sold to Grasshopper Properties with strict conditions

relating to the re-use and reconstruction of the building.

A restoration project was completed in the late 1990s, with the interior redesigned to accommodate four suites of offices.

The Tauranga Post Office is significant as perhaps the last extant post office building remaining intact, in a style which was once common throughout New Zealand.

It is also one of only a few remaining exuberant Baroque designs by John Campbell which retains its segmental pediments - a hallmark of his work.

The building is a notable townscape landmark in Tauranga thanks to its distinctive architectural design and clock tower.

One of the first stops on the Tauranga Heritage Trail, the Willow Street

building has been recently used as office space and tenanted by Ngai Te Rangi iwi.

It was reported in 2011 that the site also includes two time capsules, which are due to be opened in 2099.

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23August, November, life+style The Weekend Sun 21 20152018 Lorraine Morten, Val New, Colleen Gower and Maureen McAllister helping in the kitchen

Athenree Homestead Christmas Fair Quiches, sausage rolls, salad sandwiches and bread cases brimming with delicious fillings – just some of the delights to be enjoyed in the Athenree Homestead station kitchen at the annual Christmas Fair on Sunday.

The garden is in full bloom and looking fabulous, with more than 30 stalls booked for the popular country fair, and kitchen coordinator Lorraine Morten will have around four or five volunteers helping out.

“The Christmas Fair has been running for about six years,” says Lorraine, “and this is my fourth year as fair coordinator.

“We have some new stalls booked this year.

“The first year I concentrated on the stall holders, and I always make a point of going around and talking with all of them. And we had people who ran the kitchen.

“The next year, we hired the station kitchen out, which didn’t really make much money for the Homestead itself, so last year I decided to run the kitchen.

“We found it was very successful and brought money in, so we’re going to do that again this year.”

Lorraine is originally a ‘mainlander’, and moved to the Bay of Plenty from Christchurch with husband Peter.

“We’ve been in the Bay of Plenty now for 30-odd years,” she says. “We lived in Tauranga, and about 14 years ago we bought the rural mail run out here.”

They had two staff, but she also continued

her work in Tauranga, clocking up 23 years and travelling all over the Bay for about 14 of those years meeting clients.

“I travelled from Te Kaha to the Coromandel for work.”

She’s astute at reading people, and well-organised.

“I did love my job, but the mail run got a little bit big, and I was away a few nights a week.

“I eventually retired from work. I’d been doing about 3000 kilometres a month on the road.

“I made a lot of friends, and had a lot of fun, but I worked hard. The administration side of the mail run was increasing. It was a big job, and hard when I was trying to work and do all the administration and wages as well.

“It’s been about four years this Christmas since I retired from that job.

“Peter knew other people involved here at the Homestead, because of the mail run. In fact he seemed to know everybody. He said to me ‘why don’t you get involved with the Homestead?’, so I did, and boy I haven’t got out of it yet!”

She’s a member of the trust, and helps organise the kitchen.

“I share my time. I’m also a Waihi Lion, and I’m involved in Camp Quality, which runs camps for children with cancer, aged five to 16.”

“Last year we had approximately 50 children at the camp with an adult companion, providing activities and camping that they may not otherwise experience.

“I ran the kitchen,” says Lorraine.

Her skills in organising and working with people

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“As well as the stalls and bands, the Homestead will run a barbecue, there will be face painting for the children and the Homestead will be open”

have been well-tuned to helping back at the Athenree Homestead.

As well as helping in the kitchen for the Christmas Fair, other volunteers will be out helping in the grounds, relieving stallholders and working on the Homestead stall.

Marmalade made from citrus grown on the historic property will be on sale, while Waihi Floral Art will decorate the house with a Christmas theme. A Dixie band, the Katikati band, and a lady sitting on the veranda playing an accordion will all be there to provide entertainment.

Funds from the fair will go back into Athenree Homestead, helping to complete an extension that has been under construction since mid-August.

“We’re really working hard to raise funds at the moment, to get the building finished,” says Lorraine. “We’re going to get it closed in and then rely on volunteers to do all the rest of the work.”

Peter Robertson, who is a committee member and a key driver in seeing the building project completed, says funds are still needed to finish the work.

“It’s all the interior. Dulux have offered to supply the paint, and most of the interior fittings have been donated,” he says.

Peter himself has purchased and restored the old windows that are in keeping

with the look of the house. He says they have as much furniture as they need, but they require funds for flooring and wall linings. The Christmas Fair is one of the many ways that the homestead committee generates funds.

“As well as the stalls and bands, the Homestead will run a barbecue, there will be face painting for the children and the Homestead will be open,” says Lorraine.

“People can just wander.”

The Christmas Fair will run from 10am to 2pm on Sunday, November 25 Rosalie Liddle Crawford

Peter Robertson with architectural plans, next to the homestead extension

Jocelyn Crowley and Barbara Aymes with Athenree Homestead marmalade and jam

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November, life+style The Weekend Sun 2123August, 2015 2018

Thirteen!

Limo, ice cream and fun Zahnee Campbell’s lower spine surgery is scheduled for late November.

The first decade of her life has been one of overcoming serious health challenges, and recently she reached the teenage year milestone.

Mount Maunganui Lions Club was approached to see if the club would assist in making Zahnee’s 13th birthday a very special occasion.

“We have had a connection with Zahnee and her family in the past,” says Kerry Beach, vice president of Mount Maunganui Lions, “and we considered it an honour and a special privilege to be asked to plan something special so she could celebrate her first teenage birthday in style with her friends.”

Zahnee’s mum, Jade Riley, was delighted, and planned the day as a complete surprise.

First, Zahnee was taken away for an hour or so while the house and driveway were decorated and friends gathered.

Kerry, along with fellow Lion members Leigh Pettigrew and Nigel Kurzfeld, organised a limousine to transport Zahnee and her friends around town, and helped set up the party.

“We became involved with Jade’s family about three years ago,” says Leigh.

“She came along to a Lions Club meeting and, following that, we got approval for funding for air fares for Zahnee to visit specialists and

leading surgeons who could assess her and see how they could help her. We’ve been involved ever since and kept in touch.”

First stop was to the Adams High Performance Centre, where the group was introduced to Amanda Thomson, marketing manager of Bay of Plenty Rugby Union, who arranged for four of the Volcanix rugby team to present Zahnee with two rugby balls. One was signed by the Steamers’ squad and the other signed by the Volcanix players.

Volcanix stars then showed the group their training equipment and gave them a tour of the High Performance Centre.

Next stop was Tay Street Dairy, where owner Peter Grinrod served up five scoops of Zahnee’s favourite flavour on a cone, before serving ice creams to all of her friends.

The limousine transported the group to Pilot Bay for a photographic stop, then it was back to Zahnee’s home for a party lunch and music for the group to continue celebrations into the afternoon.

“It was our goal and mission for Zahnee to have a 13th Birthday that she, her family and friends and Mount Maunganui Lions will remember for a long, long time,” says Kerry.

“The positive feedback we have received tells us that our goal was achieved.”

Zahnee has suffered from numerous health issues and, as a seven-year-old, released her own book on her battle entitled Zahnee’s Story.

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Zahnee and mum Jade with Aaron Peddle and Shannon McGirr from A1 Limos

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Merv Beets Tap dancing comes full circle Merv Beets is directing 16th Ave Theatre’s next play, Stepping Out. “I was in Stepping Out in Rotorua about 30 years ago,” says Merv, “and Fiona McNeill played Sylvia. Now I’m directing and she’s Mrs Fraser in the Tauranga 2018 production.

“Our theatre did the production 25 years ago, and we have invited the original cast who were in that show to opening night.”

There are other links across time to the 2018 production. Local theatre director Zoe Kennedy directed the Tauranga production 25 years ago, and the choreographer also worked on the same show in Thames.

“The theatre committee phoned me and asked if I’d like to direct it,” says Merv.

“I said I’d love to!”

The play sees ten people come along to tap dancing classes every week for the exercise, and though they’re not great dancers, it tells the story of their lives and the way they interact with each other.

“Some of it gets a bit heavy, but there are some good relationships that come out of that,” says Merv. “Mavis, who is the dance teacher, is invited to perform at a charity concert, and with a bit of pressure and coercion they have to up their game and focus.

“Their performance at the charity concert is the final number.

“It’s a fabulous play. Quite a few of the cast are making their stage debut and they are

absolutely loving it.”

The show has a cast of ten, which is reasonably large in terms of the plays that are produced at 16th Ave Theatre.

It is almost an all-female cast, with Ryan Wood the one male actor.

“Ryan is fabulous, and of course he’s a tap dancer,” says Merv. “Mrs Fraser plays the piano for rehearsals, and there’s a big dance number.

Some of the music we’ve taken from the movie, which starred Liza Minnelli.”

The play was written in 1984 and Liza Minnelli starred in the film in 1991.

“Most of the cast are dancers, and they’ve had to learn tap for this show.”

Merv has been directing plays for around 25 years, and oversees and works with people who manage wardrobe, sound, lighting, advertising and set design.

“I have a really fabulous team,” he says.

“We try to give a variety of plays and genres so that we appeal to a wide market. Each year we try and do a drama, a New Zealand play and a comedy. We then slot another one in there.

“We try and present plays that are wellknown, and ones that are new. Stepping Out is a drama/comedy that is reasonably well-known.

“It’s been around all these years and it’s enjoying a resurgence - last year it was performed very successfully in Britain.”

Stepping Out runs from November 23 to December 8 at 16th Ave Theatre.

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Eyes and ears of the police Tauranga South’s community patrol One Friday night in October, I joined the community night patrol as they set off on their four-hour surveillance of Tauranga South.

Tauranga South Community Patrol secretary. Maureen Kathan at the Greerton Police station

Maureen with Community Constables Leanne Fairbairn and Constable Emma Bruxton. Photo: Bruce Barnard.

The secretary of the Tauranga South Community Patrol, Maureen Kathan, had invited me along with her team so I could see firsthand what was involved in being the ‘eyes and ears’ of the police.

Based in Greerton, this patrol has about 25 active patrollers but around 35 volunteers overall; some who support with fundraising activities and in other ways.

“We sometimes go out on Thursday nights,” says Maureen. “But always Friday and Saturday nights at differing times. The day patrols go out for three-tofour hours every day except Thursday, because we don’t have enough members.

“We can stay out longer if the police need us.

“The night patrollers do not get out of the vehicle unless we are asked to by police, or in a medical emergency to help someone - like three weeks ago my patrol partner and I were involved in taking care of a hit and run accident. We got out of our car, put cones out and made sure everyone was safe.”

We cruise slowly though the Greerton CBD, noting venues that are open late and whether anyone is roaming the streets.

The car windows are down and we are looking for any doors and windows open and listening for breaking glass and alarms going off.

We head to Gate Pa, then down through Merivale. Our circuit would also cover the surrounding streets of the Greerton CBD, Welcome Bay and the Lakes business area.

In total, we’ll drive about 70km.

Before heading out on patrol, the team has logged in with police, and team safety is paramount.

As we travel, we listen in on the police radio.

The code for a vehicle accident comes through, and we hear police racing to the scene of an incident in Welcome Bay. A man has fallen off the back of a ute. Maureen lifts the sombre mood.

“I was at the pools last week. There was a code brown. Brown things floating in the pool.”

She tells me that on most shifts she is on, she invariably hears the code called for attempted suicide or domestic violence.

I listen as more codes come in on the radio.

Some men who broke into a swimming pool for a late night swim are being chased down a road in their undies, while the man in Welcome Bay has a serious head injury and is on his way to hospital.

“Most of the time nothing happens, but on other nights there will be three or four incidents,” says Maureen.

Tauranga South Community Patrol is a valuable crime prevention community resource, is selffunded and relies on local business support. They also needing more members. To join the patrol, or support them, call: 0220 974 681 during business hours or go to their website http://tscp.org.nz.

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Helping in the community Bayfair Police Information Centre With Bayfair expanding, the shopping mall’s Police Information Centre is looking for more volunteers to help cover shifts and ensure they can patrol the complex each and every day.

“We need heaps more volunteers,” says Bayfair Police Information Centre coordinator, Kerry Clare. “We have 33 at the moment but we really need more, especially with the mall opening up. We only have two on each shift at the moment and we’d like to have three.”

The morning shift runs from 10am to 1pm, with the afternoon patrol running from 1pm to 4pm, Monday to Friday. One shift, from 11am to 3pm, runs at weekends.

“We need more people on all of the shifts, and especially at weekends,” says Kerry.

“Their role is to assist people with general enquiries and direct them to police, or alert Bayfair security to any issues,” says Mount Maunganui Community Constable Kurt Waugh. “We’re not putting them in any risk situation. There’s nothing confrontational.”

Stan and Dawn Lilley are members of the patrol.

“We walk around wearing hi-viz jackets,” says Stan.

“We give directions, and people come to us to find out where certain shops are.

“We help with lost property, general knowledge, missing children and medical events.”

The soon-to-be completed Bayfair Shopping Centre’s $115 million redevelopment will present a new-look retail offer with an additional 50 specialty stores, including an expanded premium fashion mix, an

alfresco dining precinct, a new concept Countdown supermarket, and the Bay of Plenty’s largest cinema complex - United Cinemas - featuring seven screens and more than 1300 seats.

Most of the new stores are opening this year, with the final stage planned to open in 2019.

The centre’s overall footprint will expand by 9000 square metres to a total of 42,000.

“The Police Information Centre provides a really good service,” says Kurt. “It’s definitely a voluntary role and they do a wonderful job. We also provide training days for the volunteers; the next one has a special guest speaker, and we are following it with a lunch.”

“We’re looking for people of all ages,” says Kerry.

“Of course they have to go through the normal police check. We have some retired, and some working part time in their 50s.

“People need to be over-18 to be a volunteer.

“They can do as little or as many shifts as they want, even if it’s just one a month.

“It helps if you’re an older person, with meeting people, or it may be for someone who wants to give back to their community and help out. For anyone interested in joining the police force, it certainly helps on the CV if you’ve done voluntary work.

“We also get to have social get-togethers,” says Kerry.

“I put on a massive Christmas party,” says Kurt, agreeing.

Anyone interested in joining the Bayfair Police Information Centre can contact Kerry Clare on: 027 247 7403, or Constable Kurt Waugh at Mount Maunganui Police Station.

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Bayfair Police Information Centre Coordinator Kerry Clare and Mount Maunganui Community Constable Kurt Waugh

Stan and Dawn Lilley on patrol at Bayfair

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Le Quesnoy The Tauranga connection Before leaving for Le Quesnoy in France, Anthony Averill, a property consultant at WPS Opus in Tauranga, reflected on the personal connection he has with that town.

Anthony’s grandfather was Leslie Cecil Lloyd Averill, who was awarded a Military Cross for exceptional gallantry and fine leadership during the assault on Bapaume in August 1918.

The exploit for which he is best remembered, though, took place during the liberation of Le Quesnoy in 1918.

“On November 4, 2018, for the first time and 100 years to the day, I will walk in to Le Quesnoy with other proud New Zealanders, including 70 relatives and descendants of my grandfather and families and representatives of other Kiwis who served in Le Quesnoy,” said Anthony, prior to his trip.

“We will be welcomed into this small town in northern France and remember those who came from the ends of the earth and served and gave their lives, 100 years ago.”

The French town has a population of about 5000, and was taken on August 23, 1914 by German troops, with the harsh occupation lasting for four years - almost the entirety of World War One. The 3rd New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade led the assault, with soldiers scaling the medieval walls of the town with ladders.

Anthony’s grandfather, Leslie Averill, led some of the men, reaching the ramparts of the southern sector where the remains of the sluicegate of the

Anthony Averill in Le Quesnoy

town’s mill had created a ramp to the walls.

Anthony returned from his trip a week ago, and reflected once again on what this meant to him personally.

“I guess the thing that stood out for me was how much Le Quesnoy remembers what New Zealanders did in the First World War,” says Anthony.

“You walk down nearly every street in the town and there are NZ flags. The streets have got NZ names.”

His grandfather has a street named after him.

“I had a special conversation with a man who was on the local council, and he was very grateful for what New Zealanders did for their town.

“The memory of that doesn’t appear to have faded in the 100 years since it happened.

“That’s something that should be very special for all New Zealanders to remember.

“The town is bigger than I was expecting. One afternoon I walked around the perimeter and ramparts of the town with members of my family.

“It’s quite an extensive network of walls to get in.

“You get some perspective of what it would have been like for these Kiwis, who were tasked with their liberation. It’s not an easy town to get into.

“Some of the walls are hundreds of years old and the scale of them is quite daunting.

“It’s a really special place.”

Anthony’s grandfather Leslie was the first one up the ladder and over the wall.

“There were various attempts to get up the ladder during the day.

“He was the intelligence officer, so he led the way up and into the town with a group of Kiwis.

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Buddy Mikaere and Anthony Averill at Tauranga’s First World War memorial gates

“It’s always been a special place for my family and, of course, my grandfather. The connections that many New Zealanders forged that day are long lasting”

“We had just over 70 members of our family gathered for dinner two nights before the commemorations in a village. It was good to meet various members of the family from different parts of the world who I had never met before.

“It’s always been a special place for my family and, of course, my grandfather.

“The connections that many New Zealanders forged that day are long lasting.”

“The other thing to remember is that about 140 New Zealanders died as a result of liberating the town, and the French are so grateful that there were no civilians harmed that day.”

While in the town, Anthony also visited the building that’s been purchased to house a museum for New Zealand.

“It was nice to be able to go and visit that,” says Anthony. “It obviously needs some work doing to it, and that’s what we’re trying to raise some funds for.”

Buddy Mikaere is a trustee of the NZ War Memorial Museum at Le Quesnoy. He also visited the town for the 100 year commemorations.

“There are at least four soldiers that I know of from Tauranga that were at Le Quesnoy, on that day,” says Buddy. “As I go around the country meeting people, I find more people who have family-connected relationships.

“After seven years of planning, the Trust has purchased the historic former mayoral residence and surrounding gardens in Le Quesnoy.

“We are now raising funds to repurpose the mansion into a permanent museum.

“The museum will exhibit interactive and precious

The museum for New Zealand.

historic collections, focusing on New Zealand’s military involvement in Europe and our significant contributions in both World Wars: a way of telling New Zealand soldiers’ stories.

“The task at the moment is to refurbish the outside of the building, clear the bottom floor and tidy up the grounds. It’s been in a bad state of disrepair.

“An integral part of the experience will provide resources to allow research into the location of New Zealand soldiers’ graves in Europe.

“The unveiling of the museum took place on November 4 this year to mark the centenary of the liberation of Le Quesnoy.”

To make donations to the NZWMM Trust, go to: www.nzwmm.org.nz Rosalie Liddle Crawford

Averill at Le Quesnoy in 1923, at the unveiling of the New Zealand memorial, pointing to where he made his ascent. Photo/Averill family collection

Anthony standing at spot where NZs scaled the wall by ladder

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