Life + Style - 1 February 2019

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THE WEEKEND

Deserved award

Mr Ridl

Icecream party!

Waitangi Day Festival

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Fixing your feet Without drugs or surgery Do you suffer from foot pain that just won’t go away? Do you have bunions and think surgery is the only option? The team at Corrective Foot Solutions might have the answer.

He is proud that his team are the only podiatrists in New Zealand to specialise in FMT and is delighted to bring this new and exciting technique to the Bay of Plenty.

Now established in Tauranga and soon to be Auckland, customer satisfaction has resulted in glowing reviews on the lifechanging processes offered at Corrective Foot Solutions.

“I wish I’d found you earlier, my feet don’t feel tired and sore after standing all day at work,” says Carol Lilley.

“For the first time my feet are pain free, I don’t wear orthotics anymore and my bunions feel and look great! Highly recommend,” says Janette Newman.

Shaun and Mandy are registered and are members of the New Zealand Podiatrists Board and hold a current Annual Practising Certificate.

Are you suffering from heel pain, bunions, hammer toes, painful joints, sore knees or struggling to wear the shoes you love?

The team at Corrective Foot Solutions believe they have a painless and convenient solution to your foot problems.

Visit: www.correctivefootsolutions.co.nz or call: 07 925 0269 and make an appointment today.

Shaun McCann and Mandy Girling

Photos: John Borren

The clinic is a podiatry practice specialising in an effective and advanced treatment method called Foot Mobilisation Therapy.

Foot Mobilisation Techniques have evolved from combining the podiatric biomechanical understanding of the foot and leg, with the physical manual techniques used by physiotherapists, osteopaths and chiropractics to treat foot-specific injuries.

FMT is a hands-on technique that corrects stiff, misaligned or dysfunctional joints by gently encouraging the foot through its natural range of motion.

“With FMT, we treat heel pain, bunions, hammer toes, painful joints and sore knees, without orthotics,” says head podiatrist and owner Shaun McCann.

“Our innovative technique locates and treats the cause of your foot pain, not just the symptoms, and as a result can be a great conservative approach to avoiding foot surgery in many cases.

“Addressing the underlying cause intrinsically means that patients generally don’t need orthotics, and can give patients a range of footwear options.

“I’ve learned that with orthotics, the issue is always that women have extreme difficulty wearing and using them due to footwear limitations.

“Our treatment does not restrict activity and we encourage our patients to continue their normal activity depending on the condition.”

Podiatrists Shaun and Mandy Girling have considerable experience with manual therapies and the management of lower limb problems. Having prescribed orthotic therapy for several years, Shaun recognised the limitations

of orthotics beyond the treatment of symptoms.

Frustrated with the confines of traditional podiatry, Shaun undertook postgraduate training in FMT in Australia – a technique that he believes can not only alleviate foot pain, but correct foot function and structure in the long term.

Having personally dealt with foot problems, Shaun underwent a course of FMT himself, to ensure that he could provide his patients with the best level of care.

He is now confident in saying that he no longer relies on orthotics and his feet feel stronger and more mobile.

The team have a passion for improving the quality of life for all their patients, by fixing their foot and leg problems.

This helps keep their patients moving freely and confidently without the need for orthotics, surgery or drugs.

By using FMT, Corrective Foot Solutions is able to improve the alignment of the feet and body and this, in conjunction with corrective exercises, addresses the underlying cause of the issue, providing long-term results that can change not only your lifestyle but also the range of fashion choices available to you.

“We employ advanced assessment techniques that are measureable and give the client objective feedback,” says Shaun.

“Our treatment method challenges traditional methods and their limitations to provide the best possible outcomes.”

Corrective Foot Solutions specialise in foot mobilisation therapy while also offering services in advanced lower limb acupuncture, active release techniques and advanced lower limb dry needling.

Having worked in the biggest Foot Mobilisation practice in the world for a number of years, Shaun has successfully treated hundreds of patients in Sydney, Australia using FMT, and now specialises in moving his patients away from surgery – particularly for bunions – and providing an alternative to orthotic therapy.

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Award totally deserved Basketball coach driving the game Anyone who knows Tauranga basketball coach Rachel Werder will not be surprised to learn she has been awarded the Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup Award of Merit.

Rachel is just the third New Zealander, after luminaries of the sport Mel Young and Robyn Ruka, to be honoured with the award since 1992.

The prestigious accolade is recognition for outstanding service and contribution to the development and promotion of the major junior Australasian event.

Rachel has been taking New Zealand junior players on what is known as the NZ Koru Tour to the tournament since 1998.

Her dedication to the sport knows no limits.

When she first went to the event she was seven months pregnant.

“I didn’t tell Basketball NZ at the time because I was so passionate about going on the tour and getting experience in international coaching,” she says.

Winning the award at this month’s tournament, held in Albury, NSW, was something Rachel thought may come at some stage.

“I had it in the back of my head that over the next couple of years I may be receiving the award, but to get it this year was a bit if a surprise to be honest.

“I am really honoured to be listed in next year’s tournament booklet alongside Mel Young, who is one of my mentors, and one legacy of his is the Koru

Tour he started.

“Robyn Ruka is a stalwart of basketball as well.

“So to have my name alongside those two, as well as all the Australians who have given so much, makes me feel quite chuffed and honoured.”

Rachel was doubly delighted this month to have such a high percentage of Tauranga basketballers involved in the tournament, and her 20-year-old daughter Cairyn-Marie made her coaching debut at the event.

“She is going to blaze her own path as a coach,” says Rachel. “I suspect she is the youngest coach to ever go on the Koru Tour from the New Zealand side.

“Out of the 10 teams of 100 kids we took over there, we had 21 children from Tauranga.

“That is a huge percentage and something I think Tauranga should be really proud of.”

Basketball is booming in Tauranga and right across New Zealand, says Rachel.

“Basketball is in a fantastic space.

“The numbers are exploding.

“There is definitely the Steven Adams factor, but I think the game sells itself.

“It is exciting and quick and spectator-friendly, as mum and dad can watch inside out of the rain, and fits in with this generation of players.

“Also, the growth in coaching is available. There is lots more video analysis which is attractive to kids.

“We have more rep teams than we ever had, especially in the boys’ programme. What that leads to is a stretch on resources - but that is our job, to try and meet demand for coaches, volunteers and especially facilities.”

Peter White

Tauranga basketballers in Australia

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MR Ridl

Rogue Tempo with Axl Rose.

Achieving digital music goals His street name is Ridl, his music name is MR Ridl and his real name is Axl Rose.

He’s from Papamoa, and has just been signed to Christchurch-based music label Rogue Tempo.

While his real name makes it fairly clear what his parents’ musical tastes were 20 years ago, music is definitely in the blood, and he’s fast achieving his digital music dream.

“My parents were hard out into Axl Rose’s music (the lead singer of American rockers Guns N’ Roses), and our family name is Rose,” he says. “It was my uncle that came up with Axl. They tried to get me into guitar when I was younger but I like making everything digital.”

Emmanuel Tatenea, from Rogue Tempo, heard about Axl and is delighted to have him signed up to their label.

“He is good with his music and has a story to tell,” says Emmanuel. “He’s also active in music in Tauranga and has grown a lot as an artist.

“He keeps advancing with his music and he’s good for our label.”

“They came across one of my new singles and we started talking,” says Axl. “It wasn’t until I did one of my shows that they saw how I performed. They got in contact and flew me down to Christchurch. They saw how hard I work and I got signed.”

I last interviewed Axl in 2016. He’d outlined his five year plan to me, which included the goal of going full time with music within five years.

It’s clear that Rogue Tempo also saw t hat dedication.

“I never thought something like this would happen,” he says.

“I thought I’d have to do it all by myself.

“Before I got signed I was learning about social media, but they’re helping me get on all the platforms, like Spotify.

“We’re working on a mixed tape at the moment that will be released on all platforms.”

Axl had released around ten full mixed tapes online, as well as three CDs and plenty of singles before getting noticed by Rogue Tempo.

He’s also been performing at local shows.

“I’ve only just started getting back into it, as I’d been busy reorganising what I wanted to get done. Now that I know where I’m heading, I’ve talked to some venues and booked some shows.”

The first Rogue Tempo event he’s running in Tauranga in 2019 will be at Flow Nightclub on February 22.

“We want to expand into the North Island market,” says Emmanuel. “Axl is popular and will help us do that.”

Rogue Tempo have been in business for a year, but have been in production for about three to four years.

“We made sure we had a definitive sound that people could respond to before getting into the market,” says Emmanuel. “We have about 15 artists on our label and our aim is to launch internationally as soon as we can.

“At the moment we’re focusing on the whole of New Zealand, then we’ll expand further.”

Rogue Tempo will be covering production and promotion for Axl. They’re also working on a debut EP with MR Ridl and Blazeske.

“Blazeske’s based here in Christchurch,” says Emmanuel. “He’s a vibrant fellow as well, and we’ve found while their styles are different, their sound is compatible.

“Axl does a good job of promoting

himself. We’ll push him up to Spotify and iTunes and all the media we have. He’s also capable of doing production on his own in Tauranga. He’ll send us his tracks and we’ll do the final mastering, editing and mixing.”

“This is a whole other avenue that I’ve never experienced,” says Axl, clearly elated with this new direction.

Rosalie Liddle Crawford

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Ice cream party!

Helping each other with giving and getting Many close-knit community groups have sprung up since the introduction of social media. The Papamoa Give and Get Facebook group is one of them, created in February 2015 by Rebecca Larsen and her friend Lynda Kazimoglu.

It now has almost 1000 members.

“At the time, we had both arrived with our families from overseas with limited stuff,” says Rebecca, who is also a published children’s book author and illustrator.

“I came back from Canada with two suitcases and had very little.

“A lot of the buy, sell and swap groups at the time didn’t seem very giving, so we put a different spin on our group so that you give something first before you

get. That means the page keeps giving.

“It works really well and people are great about sharing their stuff.

“Personally, for me at the time it helped when I was setting up my life again in New Zealand.”

Rebecca has found that it’s also helped many other families.

“There was one girl a while back who got her baby room set up from this group,” she explains.

Rachel Rich, another admin, has been part of the group since it started.

“I love how the Give and Get has brought so many people in the community together through giving, and how it’s really helped out so many people and families locally,” says Rachel.

Rebecca decided that it was about time members of the group met each other.

Logan Anger (˜), Torsen Anger (°) and Xavier C ooper (˛˛).

Rachel Rich, Rebecca Larsen and Lorraine Larsen.

Kristie Palmer, Courtney Everest and Ray Everest .

“Even some of us admins haven’t actually met each other,” laughs Rebecca. “So I thought why not put on an ice cream party?”

Hosted by Papamoa Tavern, with ice creams sponsored by Future Focus Early Years Education, the community event will be held on Saturday, February 2 from 10am to noon. It will be an opportunity for members to meet the group admins as well as each other.

“This event is open to the community.

“We’re encouraging people to bring something, like a can for the food bank or a gift, and receive an ice cream.

“If they’re in need of something we have there then they can take it away.

“Everything else that’s left behind will be donated to the Waipuna Hospice

Papamoa shop and the Papamoa Family Services emergency food bank.

“We’ve aligned it with the weekend before school goes back. There’s a push for food for people at Christmas and then it stops, so this is another push for food and for items so we can keep helping out throughout the year.

“We plan to get a whole lot of condiments so the kids can decorate their ice cream with lollies and sauces.

“Anybody can come, as long as they bring a gift and we’ll also have face painting.”

Rebecca plans to make the event an annual occurrence.

“Anyone from Papamoa can join our Give and Get group,” she says.

Rosalie Liddle Crawford

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Our Place rocks Adding life to the city It used to be where Tauranga citizens went to pay their rates, lodge a building permit or complain about overgrown fire hazards around the city.

Now the former home of the Tauranga City Council has been reinvigorated into a funky retail, food, drink and entertainment village built from shipping containers.

The unique setting has transformed what was a sterile administration space between the public library and the city’s bus hub into something very special.

And the impact on the downtown area since August 2017 has been remarkable.

Clint Davies, Morepork BBQ

Housed within Our Place are 15 permanent outlets offering a diverse range of food, including noodles, dumplings, loaded fries and American barbecue, plus coffee, ice creams, boutique beer, hip clothing, artefacts and ceramics.

There is something for everyone, plus pop-up stalls, live entertainment, night cinema screenings, popular community workshops and much more.

It really is a pleasant oasis, and ideal to get out of the summer sun and away from all the construction work transforming the city skyline.

The glorious aroma of chicken and ribs smoking away in Morepork BBQ’s custom built smoker is a tantalising drawcard for hungry passers-by.

Owner Clint Davies set up his original store in Ponsonby, Auckland and has been at Our Place since it opened.

He loves being part of a new project, building it up from scratch to be a significant part of the lifeblood of downtown Tauranga.

“Basically we are building a community of people who are here to work together,” he says.

Getting up close and personal with his customers is an important part of what makes Our Place special for Clint.

“Interaction with the customers definitely helps, because it really gets them to understand what you are trying to do and what you are trying to put out.

“Everything we do is cooked with care and it takes a long time. It is good they can see it happening and everything we sell is smoked and

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“Basically we are building a community of people who are here to work together”

cooked the correct way.

“Being able to explain that to people is important. Sometimes it is a little difficult for people to try something different because they haven’t seen American barbecue before.

“But once they have eaten it they wonder why they haven’t eaten it before.”

Our Place co-director Rachelle Duffy says it has been really successful from the start.

“Not only have we brought new retailers and new businesses back into the CBD, but we are also getting the community back in,” she says.

“For example, we have a free kids’ club workshop for kids to come to while they are on holiday.

“We have free live music on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, and we have High Tide, which has just under 40 taps of craft beer.

“So we are bringing in quite a lot to the region that is not already here.

“It also has a flow-on affect to the CBD in general. Comments we get from people is that they are now coming here for dinner rather than going to Mount Maunganui.”

One of the first things you notice walking around Our Place is the positive vibe among retailers and shoppers.

Many first timers have that refreshingly happy look on their faces from having stumbled upon something rather different.

Vatima Butler works at the beautiful JS Ceramics store. She loves the cute village so much that she wants her special day to be held there.

Amy Nilson, Artstori

“We love Our Place so much we are planning to have our wedding here,” she says.

“This place really draws people to Tauranga.

In my opinion, if I had not been working here, I would not come into town often. Even on my days off I come here now.

“I feel it just brings the community together.

There is always something interesting going on at Our Place. These are all local businesses and people like to support them.”

Vatima notices how often people are surprised to see a ceramics store at Our Place.

“Yeah they are shocked to find us here. They love coming around to find little nick-nacky things that you couldn’t just find anywhere else.

“We have very unique pieces that are different from the norm.”

Rachelle Duffy says the future looks bright indeed. “We have new retailers coming in, and new food outlets and events coming in.

“We have quite a few events programmed for February and March, plus we have international artists coming to play here in the future.”

Peter White

Vatima Butler, JS Ceramics

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Back to school safety Gain some anti-abduction skills

Photos: John Borren

The nightmare many parents worry about was captured in the immortal words of Liam Neeson’s character Bryan Mills from the film Taken.

“What I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.”

Tauranga’s Martial Arts Academy are offering a free community workshop on anti-abduction and back-to-school safety on February 6.

“It will be an informative, hands-on workshop presented by some of the martial arts academy instructors and a former CIB detective and security expert,” says academy instructor Christine Young.

“Self-protection skills are so important for

children of all age groups and both genders.”

Abduction occurs across every region of New Zealand, with 167 abductions reported between November 2017 and November 2018, according to NZ Police statistics figures. No fewer than eight of these were in the Western Bay of Plenty.

These days, abductions are more often carried out by family members, as in the case of broken relationships between parents.

Kidnappings and abductions involving strangers are rare.

Parents have learned vigilance, and ensured their children know what to do if they’re approached by strangers.

Schools also take care to stay aware and work hard to keep their pupils safe.

Dwayne Morgan, who will help run the workshop, is an ex-soldier, a police detective with 13 years’ of experience in the force and

a security consultant with Special Programs Security Ltd. “Two years ago, Scott and Christine at the Martial Arts Academy did a similar seminar and I helped them out as a member of police,” says Dwayne. “When they said they were doing it again, I said I’d help out.

“I’ll be talking with the parents around the likelihood of risk, and I’ll speak around the laws and rights of people and what they can and can’t do.

“With talking about laws, obviously I’m starting to talk towards parents, so they can put it in terms that their children can understand.”

The two-hour practical seminar, sponsored by the Martial Arts Charitable Trust, will run from 10am-12 noon at the Martial Arts Academy on First Ave West, Tauranga.

“We had such a great response from our

seminar last time, so we are offering this once again,” says Christine.

“We really want kids and parents to know about this stuff. It’s like insurance – it’s great if you don’t need to use it, but it’s there just in case. This workshop is priceless and it’s free.

“We can fit up to 200 people, and want as many parents and kids to be there as possible.

“From my point of view, the workshop is fantastic,” says Dwayne. “Scott and Christine are very driven people and really care about the community.

“It’s because of how passionate they are that I offered to help out. I think we need more of this, to give people some basic tools to help keep themselves safe.”

To register for this event, contact: reception@tmaa.co.nz or call: 021 980878.

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Waitangi Day Festival

at Mt Drury.

He Iwi Kotahai - “Sea and Village”

Live music, food stands and cultural performances will feature at both Mount Drury and the Tauranga Historic Village.

The free “sea and village” event also includes art exhibitions and workshops.

He Iwi Kotahi is a collaboration of local organisations that have joined forces in the making of this event, and there’s the potential of more in the future, led by Buddy Mikaere.

Translated, He Iwi Kotahi means ‘we are one people’. These words resonated from the signing of the Treaty on February 6, 1840, which signified the establishment of a hoped-for new relationship, with Maori and Pakeha as one.

“Making that ‘one people’ relationship has been a challenge that has faced us ever since,” says Buddy.

“We believe that rather than focusing on the difference between us, we should use this day to focus more on the things that bring us together.

“Overall, we really want to emphasise that this is a family event created by locals, for locals. It’s a day not just for Maori but for all other nationalities that make up Tauranga Moana. We want people to come along and celebrate in unity, by immersing themselves in art, music and culture.”

The musical line-up is being organised by Adam McLean, and Jeff Kildare, who has been busy recently as the backline manager for the One Love Festival.

Beginning at 10am and running until 4pm, the Historic Village will feature Whirimako Black and

Aircon Tauranga

Photos: Bruce Barnard

A celebration of Waitangi Day will be held in two locations across Tauranga on Wednesday, February 6.

Justin Kereama, Te Kapa Haka o Ngati Ranginui, Peri Kohu, Soulsax, JJ Mist and Regan Perry.

The Tauranga Martial Arts Academy will be giving a Taekwon-Do demonstration, and The Incubator Gallery and Studios will be showing a Waitangi themed exhibition.

The People’s Gallery – Toi ka rere – also at the Village, has an exhibition titled Te ha o Waitaiki, which launched on January 23 and runs until February 11. This exhibition is a celebration of Maori Art, and introduces emerging artists Te Pae Kuka and Kath Lousich to a Tauranga audience.

A poi making workshop will be offered at the Village, along with workshops on Raranga creating small harakeke objects, art activities for children and a Taonga puoro demonstration showcasing traditional Maori musical instruments.

Raranga is a very old art that is practised in many parts of the world. The first Pacific settlers – the ancestors of Maori – brought this technique to Aotearoa. Raranga

was originally used to make practical items for survival, like rope, fishing nets and baskets.

Over time, it developed into a highly specialised art, and raranga artists began creating objects of great status. They even adapted the technique to make cloaks.

At Hopukiore – Mount Drury – the Waitangi Day celebrations begin with a dawn ceremony. Following this, the allday music event running from 10am to 6pm will feature The Maori Volcanics, Direct Descendents, Left Hand Break,

Doc Brown, The Hype, Social Wowfare, DJ Ed-X, The Sweetleaf Trio, Copper Feel and The Troublemakers.

A free bus will run between both sea and village venues, and the public is invited to bring family, friends and a picnic blanket. The event is free, but people are asked to bring a koha (donation) towards fundraising for the Te Kapa Haka o Ngati Ranginui group to attend and perform at Te Matatini 2019 in late February.

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Oropi Sunday Market A boutique country event One Sunday morning I found myself on a mission to buy a unique baby shower gift for my niece, who is expecting her second child.

I decided to motor up through the Oropi countryside to the Oropi Sunday Market, to see if I could find a ‘one-off ’ or something a bit ‘arty’.

It was a lovely drive, rising through the hills overlooking Tauranga and past the golf course, the popular petrol station, the turnoff to Oropi hot pools, Somerfield’s Berry Farm and, finally, past Oropi Cemetery.

My father is buried there, next to paddocks with horses and tall trees, and I know that Mark Dean from Omahanui and others in the local community take turns mowing the grounds. Somehow this makes me feel even more connected to the folk who live along this road.

I carry on, around the next corner, and pull up into a very full Oropi Memorial Hall car park.

This country boutique market, held on the last Sunday of every month, attracts around 30 stall holders, and it’s easy to see why.

It’s busy and bustling.

From the moment I walk in past the extraordinary Plankenstein-graced entranceway, I find myself fascinated with the interesting array of products and stalls.

“Our stallholders come from Oropi, Welcome Bay, Ohauiti, Papamoa, and even Waihi,” says market co-organiser Suzy Cels. “We try and have a variety of different things.

“The marketeers really enjoy coming and say it’s the nicest one around. We try to look after them and create a nice family feel.”

I look around. There’s Bronwyn Double with her Whacky Whistles making enchantingly realistic bird sounds. The smell of fresh bread from baker Anna McLiver wafts across the hall, as does the fragrance of Somerfield roses, sold by Moana Bianchin as a hall fundraiser.

Steve and Treve Murray smile and greet visitors to their painted stone stall, Suzy Cels has her paintings on display, and there are vegetables, jams, toys and much more. Eventually I wind my way outside to the deck area where people and children are enjoying food, drink, the playground and the pastoral view of cows and paddocks.

“When the hall was refurbished, they raised more money to help with that by running a market,” says Suzy. “I went to that and offered to keep it going with Bronwyn.”

With years of experience as a market stallholder in Australia, Suzy also felt Bronwyn’s desktop publishing skills would make them a great team.

“We both enjoy people, and wanted to make it a really nice community thing.”

The pair run the market as volunteers, with all funds raised going to the hall.

At that moment I spot Trish Dawick with her creative toys. Most of them are made of wood with no batteries. I love ‘old school’ toys, so I select one for the baby shower. Perfect!

The next Oropi Sunday Market will be on Sunday, February 24, from 9am-1pm. I definitely plan to be there.

Rosalie Liddle Crawford

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Suzy Cels Painting colour into lives

Photos: Bruce Barnard

Suzy Cels loves colour. I first met her during the Bay of Plenty Garden and Art Festival and found myself captivated by the layers of colour in her native bird paintings.

Our photographer Bruce Barnard walked into her Oropi studio and didn’t want to leave.

“There was so much there to see,” says Bruce.

“Colour and art. I just wanted to paint something.”

“Colour makes you feel, stand up and take note,” says Suzy. “It captures you, makes you smile.

“But I also like the darker side, shadows, transparent, with gold, mixed media neutrals and then when I need to be lifted I always go back to colour.”

She started painting nearly 19 years ago in Noosa, Australia.

“I had a clothing label ‘Suzie Cels’ I sold at the markets,” says Suzy. “One of my clients Amanda Brooks is a well-known Australian artist so we swapped clothes for art classes. I loved it.

“She had music playing, and we had coffee and morning tea and I stayed all day. It was magical.”

She stored away in the back of her mind how pleasurable it was to create an environment for people to paint in.

“All my paintings sold at the markets weekly which encouraged me to keep painting and now they’re found in many homes around Australia and Canada.

“I returned here in 2004, started a new life and

kept painting. But it’s so different here.

“It takes a while to get known.”

She worked at Bettie Munro, and then started teaching art to children in her home a few years ago.

“I wanted to teach adults but had to wait until we had a studio.”

Her studio has been running now for about a year.

“I teach more than 50 people each week,” says Suzy. “I am endeavouring to keep my classes small, around seven per class for children and adults.”

She’s finding her students are producing exceptional work.

The social aspect of the classes is also strong.

“It’s a community of people.

“Learning to paint gives people with mental or physical disabilities so much confidence; I have many wonderful success stories.

“A lot of people including me were put off art at school. There wasn’t much encouragement, in fact we were made to feel that we had no talent at all.

“When I found Amanda’s art class it was so lovely to go to. That was the experience I wanted for my own art classes.”

The lovely vibe she has created is enriched by the sounds of tui and kereru outside.

Working with acrylics, she also sells cushions, cards and vouchers for art lessons.

“If people have problems in their lives, they can forget them for three hours in peaceful surroundings, meet new people, have a laugh, and learn to paint.”

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