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Pupils at ACG Tauranga will be taking a journey down the rabbit hole, having tea with the Mad Hatter and avoiding the wrath of the Red Queen today, as they bring to life the weird and wonderful world of ‘Alice in Wonderland’.

Adapted from the film script of Tim Burton’s award-winning Hollywood feature, Year 3-6 pupils from the Bay of Plenty school will be performing their first-ever primary production.

Eleven-year-olds Callum Connell, Connor Gregg, Demi Still,

Katelyn Bedford and Mei Hutchinson will take on the roles of the Mad Hatter, Knave of Hearts, Alice, the White Queen and Red Queen.

Due to the quirky nature of the script, which has been edited to suit the school’s purpose, production co-ordinator Dee Ellwood says students have both “enjoyed and been challenged” by the material.

“This is their first experience of the theatre and of dramatic performance, and while it’s certainly a tricky one to start with, they’ve all picked it up incredibly well.” Photo: Chris Callinan.

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Mr Chump and the Cowdashians We’ve been quite busy here at RR Headquarters.

Along with dealing with a natural disaster, we’ve been clearing out the spare room and making up the sofa bed for Miley Cyrus and the other American celebrities who pledged to evacuate from the United States of America if Mr Chump became president.

So I figure they weren’t idle threats, and these people who follow through on their promises will all be quitting the USA and moving to New Zealand.

Well folks, give us a chance to tidy up. It’s a bit of a mess in places, particularly the top of the South and our thoughts go to the people affected by the quake and ongoing tremors and the inevitable rebuild and clean up. Going by the Christchurch experience, it could be a long haul for some of the residents, farms and businesses that have had their lives and livelihoods ripped apart.

Mind you, the Government is looking pretty confident and practised at handling these disasters; unfortunately there are have been far too many in the last decade.

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Bovine lives matter too

As is the trend these days, the world seems been more interested in the fate of the marooned cows than the struggles of locals and stranded tourists. Now the cows are worldwide celebrities where to from here? Their own reality TV show? ‘The Cowdashians’?

Poms pondering

An interesting piece popped up on social media this week, an ex-pat Englishman living here fielding messages from the Motherland, from people asking why you’d want to live in a place like New Zealand which was ravaged by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions?

No sooner had this question been asked, when All Black legend Richie McCaw flew into the disaster zone in his helicopter to help people, even offering to rescue the stranded cows.

How Kiwi is that? I think it answers the question from the English. If you can’t admire the country’s attitude, best you stay put. This really is the best country in the world, and if you need it explaining, you’ll never get it!

Celebrity meltdown

Funny that US celebrities are losing their minds over Trump’s election. He may not be right for the job, but since when did

It’s been a year or so since we talked about changing it. Now we have some extra ingredients to work with, some stripes and more stars. celebrities – actors and singers – become experts in governance?

Why do some media organisations, and presumably a lot of their readers, give a hoot about ditzy glamour-pusses’ take on world affairs? As if they, in their grossly overpaid, overhyped, limo-driven, private jet-propelled fantasy worlds could ever grasp the realities of life and the impact of policies on the average citizen.

This is a flaw in modern western societies – the idolising of so-called celebrities and swooning over every word, every fashion statement, every song, tweet or political ranting.

Why in the world would the masses give a flying fork about the thoughts and opinions of someone called Lady Gaga? Or a person with the experience, political nous, or lack thereof, of Katy Perry?

Are they experts commentators who have studied and qualified in political science? Or just random singers who have a bit of performing talent and fluked some lucky breaks?

I’m not endorsing Trump here. Just saying that listening to ‘celebrity’ rantings on political events, and giving their dipstick thoughts so much media space, is as useful as taking advice from a cow on how to abseil.

It’s a stampede

So the Americans are stampeding here to get away from Trump’s leadership.

They’d better hurry, to beat the Aucklanders who are arriving by the packet or the sachet, or whatever is the collective term for a bunch of Jafas.

The Americans may be disappointed to find that our tsunami warning systems are woefully inadequate. In my own case, the message telling me there was a tsunami on the way arrived at the same time as the message saying the threat was over…two hours too late. So unreliable text messages, that many people wouldn’t hear anyway cos their phones are off… and no sirens. Not much hope, is there?

However, the Americans may be more prepared, they can probably raise awareness in the community of any alert by simply firing their handguns in the air.

After the shock presidential election, RR decided Tip Top needed to rebrand and remake its iconic advertising. I asked our very clever Sun Creative division to re-design the ad that used to feature Rachel Hunter. This is what Kym came up with:

USA to NewSA

You have to hand it to the Americans, they’re not put off by a bit of natural disaster. Mind you, they’ve had their share of catastrophes, with cyclones, floods, wildfires and Oprah. The yanks are still flocking here.

So we could rename New Zealand as NewSA. Would rather see fine upstanding American citizens emigrating here than some of the riff raff we’ve seen over the years. We are well qualified to accept them.

We’re great at basketball (Steve Adams) and are converting from softball to baseball as we speak. We have Jeeps. Pretty soon we’ll have your America’s Cup too, I reckon. So it’s just the driving on the right-hand side of the road you’ll have to get sorted. Although many of the locals already ignore that and drive up the middle. Welcome to NewSA! Y’all come back now, ya hear?

I feel it might be time to plan a new flag.

Parting thought

Speaking of the USA, here’s a quote doing the rounds that supposedly is from one of my favourite Americans, Willie Nelson: “I think it is just terrible and disgusting how everyone has treated Lance Armstrong.

Especially after what he achieved, winning seven Tour de France races while on drugs.

When I was on drugs, I couldn’t even find my bike”. brian@thesun.co.nz

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Left out in the cold He was the highest-polling candidate for the Te Puke Community Board, but Western Bay of Plenty councillor Mike Lally has been left completely out of the loop.

Being elected a councillor means he cannot automatically join the board – he must be appointed by the Western Bay of Plenty Mayor. Yet Mayor Garry Webber has declined to do so.

“I am the only councillor who lives within the Te Puke Community Board area,” says Mike.

“The chairman of the board doesn’t, and nor do the councillors appointed to the board, [Grant] Dally and [John] Scrimgeour.”

Mike says he has no problem with his fellow councillors, but questions why they were appointed over him, particularly John Scrimgeour, who lives rurally away from Te Puke.

“Why would you appoint a councillor who lives way out in the country, to a board concerned with urban matters?” asks Mike.

For the record, Mike wasn’t appointed to any of the boards – although his colleague John also sits on the Maketu board.

“To appoint a councillor who is also chair of a committee to both the Maketu Community Board and the Te Puke Community Board – that tells you something is seriously wrong.”

Two councillors each are appointed to the five community boards in the WBOP, organised geographically. Generally, the appointed councillors represent the ward in which the community board’s area falls.

But Mike has been left out of the Te Puke Community Board altogether, while John Scrimgeour sits on two boards, chairs the Long Term Plan and Annual Plan Committee, and is a SmartGrowth appointee, along with the Mayor and Deputy Mayor Mike Williams.

Mike Larry feels he has a lot of support in Te Puke.

He ran for the mayoralty against Garry, and although he fell short of winning, he still polled high in his own ward.

“They [Te Puke voters] obviously have faith in me to look after their interests, or else I wouldn’t have topped the poll,” says Mike.

Fellow councillor Margaret Murray-Benge agrees it is shabby treatment.

“I was extremely supportive of Garry Webber. I thought he had the potential to be a very good mayor,”

Western Bay of Plenty councillor Mike Lally is unhappy with his mayor’s committee recommendations. Photo: Chris Callinan. says Margaret. “However, based on the way he [Garry] has organised his committees, I find it despicable. I’m quite angry with him.”

Margaret has years of experience serving in local government, but never made it past deputy chair in Garry’s committee arrangements. As for Mike, she finds it egregious he’s been left out of both the community boards and committee chair positions.

“Mike polled well. He got more votes than Garry in the mayoral campaign for Te Puke. Yet he’s not included in anything.”

Mike hasn’t been able to get a straight answer out of the mayor about the situation. Cynically, he thinks there might be some vindictiveness at play.

“What the mayor is trying to do is disenfranchise me from the voters,” says Mike.

“But that’s never going to happen.”

Garry emphasises, however, that this was a council decision, although he plays down the fact they were his personal recommendations.

“There was a proposal for council committee structures and representation. It was a council decision, which was voted 10-2 in favour.”

He was unwilling to discuss the motivation behind his recommendations for the Te Puke Community Board.

“I’m not getting into any discussion on individuals.

There was a recommendation made, council agreed to it, end of story.”

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Calls for proper warning system An online petition launched after this week’s deadly earthquake is to try and garner “a proper warning system for the Tauranga area”.

The Papamoa and Mount Maunganui needs tsunami sirens petition – launched by Tauranga woman Renee Ball – needs 5000 signatures before it can be taken to Tauranga City Council.

At 12.02am, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake rocked the Kaikoura area and sent shock waves throughout the entire country.

Tsunami warnings were generated for the most of the country, including Tauranga, but Civil Defence sent out a warning text alert at 2.05am.

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One Papamoa mum’s experience, and it appears a shared one, of the early hours of Monday morning when the 7.5 earthquake wrecked parts of the South Island and rattled the Bay of Plenty.

MP Todd Muller agrees. “The text alert warning system let the community down.

“When it really mattered it didn’t seem to work to the level people would expect.”

And the MP has joined the clamour for siren notification.

“This needs to be prioritised.”

And he intends asking questions of the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency.

“Clearly there is a need for the community to have sirens – and there needs to be sirens as soon as possible. It’s time to prioritise this and ensure the investment to make it happen.”

The Papamoa mum and her family slept through the text

notifications and only became aware of the tsunami threat when a friend rang in the middle of the night to warn them. “I thought, ‘Is this for real?’ I went onto Stuff.co.nz and saw there’d been a huge earthquake – and I thought, ‘Yeah, I am going’.”

So she loaded her six-year-old in the car and headed off to the safety of her mum’s house in Tauranga. But not her husband.

“He decided he would wait for the siren which is what we thought would happen in Papamoa. So the messages we are getting are messy and confl icting.”

There were a few Facebook posts saying they received the text notifications, but a lot more called for sirens. “[Sirens are] definitely needed in Bayfair/Papamoa as a large number of people, including us, slept through our texts.”

The Tauranga City Council says its tsunami investment and planning has been in two stages.

Since 2013 it’s been working on

Spears seized from Bay poachers It’s high time would-be poachers learn a lesson from court penalties – and give up trying to poach trout, especially from protected spawning streams, say Fish & Game officers.

A group of men are facing charges for two separate poaching incidents in the Bay of Plenty last month.

Fish & Game offi cer Anthony van Dorp says it’s pleasing to see the courts are continuing to take a strong line on people involved in trout poaching.

Three men were intercepted in May in possession of 17 trout poached from a closed spawning stream at Lake Rotoiti.

They appeared in court last month and pleaded guilty to possession of illegally taken trout.

House prices up, but fewer sold Median house prices have risen in Tauranga by 17 per cent in the year to October 2015, while Rotorua has seen a massive 51 per cent increase.

The volume of houses sold in each city has fallen during the same period.

The median price in Tauranga is now $550,000, although it jumps to $650,000 for Mount and Papamoa residents. In Rotorua the median house price is now $371,750.

In Tauranga, there were 348 houses sold in October 2015, compared with 240 in the same month this year. The national media house price is now $510,000.

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public education, evacuation routes and safe areas people can escape to from a tsunami.

And now that’s nearly in place, the council can look towards the next phase of public safety which is how to alert the community.

Todd Muller believes that’s something that should be delivered with urgency.

“I totally endorse locals concerns there isn’t a siren and the fact there needs to be one as soon as possible.”

There’s also political pressure being applied to the council.

A notice of motion has been filed with the chief executive demanding it consider tsunami alerting mechanisms for the city. The notice also calls on staff to present an issues and options paper at the next council meeting early next month.

Gary Benner, who featured in The Weekend Sun last week with his Tsunado alert radios, says his devices are sirens.

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Bracing for cricket nationals The Tauranga Intermediate Girls’ 1st XI will be representing the region when they go to Christchurch next week for the national championship.

It’s the second time the girls’ cricket team has been in the finals, and coach Jake Ryan couldn’t be more proud.

They beat an opposing team from Hamilton to qualify. Jake says it’s a fantastic achievement, particularly as girls’ cricket is fairly new for the school.

“There was no girls’ cricket before I turned up three years ago. Now there are two teams, and they’re both doing very well.”

“The text alert warning system let the community down. When it really mattered it didn’t seem to work to the level people would expect.”

Last week I shared the work we’ve done with tsunami evacuation routes during the last three years and my view – that we need to add loud sirens to the email and text alert system.

Three days later, the earthquakes struck the North Canterbury region and we awoke to the news of severe damage down south and a tsunami warning.

I slept through the text and email alerts; a situation I shared in common with many of you.

I spent much of the following day taking phone calls and responding to emails from both concerned and frustrated residents, questioning why we don’t just get on with it and install

sirens? I explained the difficulty was there was no 24/7 Civil Defence Emergency Operations Centre in Welling-ton capable of sending out an alert within an hour and that we had lobbied government for this along with warning buoys in the Kermadec Trench. That said, I’ve come to the conclusion the priority now needs to shift to a council-provided siren system.

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Orange celebration An estimated 700 students from 29 schools in the Western Bay of Plenty region will today parade through Tauranga’s city centre to raise awareness of road safety around schools.

The Orange Day Parade celebrates the important contribution students have made to road safety within their communities throughout the year.

In partnership with Travel Safe, New Zealand Police and Fulton Hogan the parade assembles at

9.15am today, Friday, November 18, on The Strand next to the waka, and starts from about 9.30am. The parade then follows through the CBD along Harrington St, Willow St, Grey St, Elizabeth St, Devonport Rd and The Strand, ending at the Edgewater Fan. NZ Police Western Bay of Plenty area commander Inspector Clifford Paxton will be opening the parade alongside Tauranga MP Simon Bridges and the winning school banners will be presented at the end of the parade at the Edgewater Fan. Simon says greater participation in road safety by young volunteers leads to safer

Lily Arahanga, Osiris Cave and Jordan Stannard all dressed in orange.

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environments for our families to grow up in.

“The contribution that our communities’ young people make to road safety will always be important and it is equally important to celebrate their efforts.

“The Orange Day Parade provides us with an opportunity to do this and to draw attention to the importance of road safety around schools,” says Simon.

Clifford says Orange Day is a great opportunity for people to recognise the efforts of Western Bay of Plenty students who play an important and significant role in keeping our youth safe getting to and from school.

“For Police the more our youth and communities are involved in road safety the safer our communities are for everyone.

“We certainly appreciate the role these young volunteers provide.”

The Orange Day Parade is a celebration of all students that promote road safety and active transport options and supporting their school action plans.

For example, road patrols, bus monitors, traffic wardens and Travel Safe students.

Students identified a road safety issue or an active transport promotion in their specific community.

They designed a banner with proactive and relevant messages to help lifting the level of road safety and active transport in their community.

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Don Brash will be in town next week to talk about Hobson’s Pledge.

Brash as you like grandchildren’s North Shore primary Don Brash wants to end racebased policies in New Zealand school, where most of the pupils were of European or Asian descent.

– and he’s not apologising for it. However, every single item performed The former Reserve Bank governor and politician is coming to Tauranga for a public discussion about Hobson’s Pledge, the movement aiming to end perceived Maori separatism.

The group received a bruising from the media on their debut last month, which Don says echoes the reaction to his famous Orewa speech in 2004.

“The mainstream media were very hostile, but the benefit was we got an enormous amount of coverage,” says Don. “The extent of the coverage this time around was better than we could have dreamt possible. Yes, a lot of it was very negative, although not all of it.

“In the Bay of Plenty, for example, where I spend a bit of time these days, almost everybody I speak to agrees with me.”

Don says Hobson’s Pledge has been called ‘racial intolerant’, despite their ambition to see all races equal under the law.

“We want the same political rights for all New Zealanders, regardless of when they or their ancestors came to New Zealand.”

He wants to scrap the Maori seats, but supports Maori Television, because “it’s an important way of preserving the culture”.

“But it’s not our only culture,” says Don. He says he went to a grandparents’ day concert at his

was Maori.

“I have absolutely no problem acknowledging Maori culture,” says Don. “But I worry the impression created at that school was Maori culture is New Zealand’s only culture.”

Politics aside, the name of the group has often been confused with ‘Hobson’s Choice’: a situation in which there is no real choice at all.

For example, take it or leave it. Some might see this as ironic, but Don reveals it was actually their original name for the group.

“Initially, we called it ‘Hobson’s Choice’, and it had two meanings.

Firstly, it was what Governor Hobson chose for New Zealand, in a sense, making us one people.

“But its second meaning referred to the fact that, at the time, there was only one political party sharing the message.

So in that sense, there was a political ‘Hobson’s Choice’ – for example, no choice. “Then we discovered ‘Hobson’s Choice’ was the name of a bacon company. So we couldn’t use it,” laughs Don. He believes there is a lot of support in Tauranga for this “political movement” – and he’s hoping for a high turnout.

The free public meeting is at Hotel Armitage on Tuesday, November 22.

For more information, visit: hobsonspledge.nz or contact Bonnie Ryan Wood Leonard 0274933878.

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Celebrated but humble It’s probably a measure of the man.

An email, tinged with humility, fired off to a mate in Tauranga, just hours after the writer had orchestrated an historic, a famous win over the All Blacks, the first in 29 attempts, the first in 111 years.

Ireland rejoiced, New Zealand was hangdog.

“It was great to be on the periphery of some pretty good performances from the Irishmen in the middle,” read the email.

On the periphery? The sender was the coach, he waved the baton.

Joe Schmidt, New Zealander-turned-Irishman, former Tauranga Boys’ College deputy principalturned-rugby wonder worker and reputation wrecker.

The email was to ‘Bob’ – Robert Mangan, principal of Tauranga Boys’ College. Robert and Joe used to sit down on Friday night for an ale and rugby on TV. Schmidt’s email was understated and humble – not one mention of the man’s own contribution to perhaps Irish rugby’s greatest moment, the downfall of the All Blacks. “Yes, the email does tell us something about the man,” says Robert.

“Joe has a strong underlying selfconfidence but he is unassuming in terms of where he is at.”

Further into the email and Joe still hasn’t acknowledged that he has achieved what Wallabies coach Michael Cheika and Springboks coach Allister Coetzee would pay a rugby ransom to achieve and what English coach Eddie Jones only believes he can achieve. No chest beating and jingoism from Joe Schmidt. Quite the reverse.

“We were a bit lucky with a few players the All Blacks had missing and then they had a few more injuries during the game,” says Joe. But then a chink in the stoicism – he was delighted to have got the result all the same.

“I watched the game,” says Robert. He, like the

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Mini music festival for the love of rock and people The only thing that’ll be tiny about a mini-rock festival featuring six Kiwi bands and six hours of stage-stomping music will be the $10 price of admission.

In association with the Totara Street and The NZ Hard Rock Show, the Rock Fest 2016 features six Kiwi bands rocking the crowd for six hours at Totara Street performance venue in Mount Maunganui on November 26.

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The Rock Fest 2016 is on at Totara Street in Mount Maunganui on Saturday, November 26. Doors open 6pm for the R18 gig.

Presale tickets cost $10 at Eventfinda.

For more information, visit Facebook and search ‘Rock Fest 2016’.

Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competition section. All entries must be received by Wednesday, November 23.

Robert Mangan pointing to his photo. Left: Joe Schmidt as coach of first XV. rest of the country, was waiting for the All Blacks to storm home – like they did against the Irish in 2013.

Aaron Cruden scored an overtime conversion to win it 24-22.

“But I would like to think there was pleasure for Joe because I think a lot of fair-minded New Zealanders feel if anyone was going to beat the All Blacks, we would rather it the Irish than Australia or England.

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The flavours this year are Salted Caramel, Apricot Chocolate, and Cranberry White Chocolate, along with classic Chocolate Chip.

They come in two litre buckets with 85 cookies apiece, all for $16.

In Tauranga sellers Charlotte Skelton, Holly Boyle, Ivy Wallis, and Jennie-Louise Kendrick are visiting businesses and homes to sell the cookies, and hopefully raise money for the charities.

This year the aim is to raise $250,000 nationally for Assistance Dogs New Zealand and the Dyslexia Foundation.

Charlotte says the best way to get in touch with them is via their Facebook page: Cookie Time Christmas Cookies – Bay of Plenty.

“You can book a seller to visit your business or home, or go online at: cookietime.co.nz,” says Charlotte. “I found out about it [the job of selling cookies for Cookie Time] through friends from university, who had done it before. It sounded like a cool company to work for, and a really good

Cookie Time Christmas Cookie sellers Ivy Wallis and Charlotte Skelton are hoping to raise money for charity this festive season. Photo: Zoe Hunter. experience.” These four young women are the city’s only source for these limited-time only cookies, so get in quick. Follow their Facebook page to see where their roadside stalls are set up, and remember, it’s only on until Christmas Eve – or until Ryan Wood the cookies run out).

Scholarships offered to Omokoroa students Calling all students in the Omokoroa area – you have a chance to receive one of two very special scholarship awards.

The Omokoroa and District Pakeke Lions Club will award two tertiary scholarships to a couple of lucky students. The two scholarships up for grabs are The Beryl Scott Tertiary Memorial, which will be $2,000 for next year, and The Precious Family Memorial

Scholarship will be granted the same criteria for $1500.

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institution and have intentions to further their studies in the future.

A selection committee will review all of its applicants and will interview the finalist on Saturday, January 21.

Any requests for application forms need to be made by Thursday, December 1. Any completed applications are required by Thursday, December 8.

To request an application form, contact Marc on 07 548 2474.

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Tall yarn gathers momentum It’s one of those ‘whatever happened to…’ stories.

In this case it’s a container crane and it’s missing. A model of a container crane, a substantial and intricate working model of a container crane.

The mystery comes on the back of last week’s story in The Weekend Sun about the decommissioning of the Port of Tauranga’s oldest ship-to-shore gantry crane affectionately known as Tango.

Wind back to the 1970s. Our port is agitating for a container crane.

“However, people in high places didn’t want Tauranga to become a big port,” says Bill Janes of Greerton – furniture maker, car restorer, modeller, sculptor, artisan. His role in this mystery will become clear.

“And when the port tried to borrow money for the crane, they wouldn’t give it to them.”

Was this self-interest on behalf of the big established ports? Was Tauranga getting too big for its boots?

Bob Owens, the late businessman, Mayor, Bay of Plenty Harbour Board representative, etc, etc, etc, didn’t become a self-made billionaire by capitulating to those who said; ‘No’.

He was straight on the phone to Bill Janes. “He wanted a big scale model of the Liebherr crane they were planning to buy,” says Bill. And he wanted it yesterday. It would be a working model, it would be 138cm high and more than 210cm wide taking in the jib. And in a glass case.

“The idea was to take the model Bill and the missing 1970s Liebherr around the region – sell the idea model gantry crane. to the people – so they would take out debentures to pay for the crane paid or whether I got paid. I know Bob ourselves. Between $3.5 to $4m I seem offered my wife and I a trip back to the to recall,” says Bill.

United Kingdom, but I had a business So the man with a reputation for being to run so that was no good. He probably able to make anything from anything got it gratis.” got some drawings from Liebherr.

With the real crane being And for the following two months he decommissioned and dismantled buried himself in his workshop – 13 next month, the model takes on new hours a day, seven days a week. Hand significance. But where is it? crafted from brass. “My wife was a crane Some of the older hands at Port of widow. I did three months’ work in two. Tauranga can remember the crane in a We made it, just!” glass case. And they remember it being smaller than Bill’s specs. But no-one The crane worked too. In the engine knows where it is now. housing were the workings of an alarm “I was quite proud of that crane, one clock driven by an electric motor. A of my achievements,” says Bill. One of trolley and hook would travel out along his many achievements. But then in the the load jib. Bill was a man for detail. same breath. “Well I don’t care a cuss, And the plan all came together for after all it’s theirs.”

Bob Owens. And Tauranga. He got his But we should all care. It’s history model, he got his money and he got his captured in brass. life sized crane.

When the model crane was pulling in “I can’t remember how much I got

Bill Janes and some of his handy work.

Photo: Chris Callinan.

the debentures at the Hamilton show, it broke down.

Bill the fixer was called to fix it.

“On the long straight flat roads on the other side of the Kaimai Range I got stopped by a stern-faced cop.

I said: ‘What have I done? I am innocent’.”

The fact was the crane was working again and Bill wasn’t needed. This was before cellphones so his wife called the cops, who stopped his car and turned him home again. “In those days traffic cops were quite co-operative,” jokes Bill.

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Creating something beautiful The development of civilisation itself was closely connected to the development of skills in working with materials like stone clay…and of course wood.

And this weekend the hobby woodworkers, The Tauranga Woodcrafters Guild, will share their love of wood and artisanship at the annual Tauranga Woodcrafters Guild show.

“It’s the club’s major event of the year, when we put our finished work on display for the public to enjoy and buy,” says club president Duncan Campbell.

“We live in a country with beautiful timbers and with a long tradition of do-it-yourself creativity,” says Duncan.

And some of that creativity will be on display this weekend.

The show’s on at the Mount Sports Centre on the corner of Maunganui and Hull roads from 10am-4pm today, November 18, tomorrow, November 19, and Sunday, November 20.

There’ll be handcrafted

items for sale – simple toys from $10 to ornate scroll saw decorated clocks at more than $300, demonstrations, ‘have-a-go’ activities, tool sharpening and pyrography.

The Woodcrafters Guild has been active since 1987, and has about 70 members of all ages and skill levels. The club operates out of Cherokee Drive near Tauranga Airport and has built up a well-equipped workshop.

“It’s about taking a piece of wood and making something beautiful out of it,” says Duncan.

Doug St George helps Aileen Fiona Dressner, 11, on a wood turning lathe. Photo: Chris Callinan.

Blokes, beverages, barbecues and banter Blokes of the Bay collect up your barbecue tools and your beer cosies and head to Papamoa Mitre 10 next week to get a good dose of manhood.

Papamoa College Parents and Friends is bringing Boys, Beers and BBQs to Papamoa Mitre 10 on November 22 from 6pm and it’s a blokey event not to be missed.

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“for the kids to take out for their camps and those sorts of trips”.

With guest barbecue masters Doug Jarvis from Doug Jarvis Butcher and Mark Sopp from Rain Bar and Grill coming to teach the men some handy tips, and how to cook some good meat.

“Doug’s donating all of the sausages and meats and everything, and he’s going to give us a few tips on the barbecue,” says Kath.

She reckons Mark has had it with bad barbecues, so he’s going to

show men how it’s done.

“Mark has decided ‘right we’re going to teach these boys how to do it!’”

With knife sharpening, new power tool demonstrations and craft beer tastings, this is a night not to be missed for men aged 18-plus.

Kath says there will also be in-store specials for the blokes on the night.

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Couple under the spotlight Lianne Howell and Dan Pepperell met during a stage production. “He spotted me first,” says Lianne. Literally. She was a dancer on-stage and he was operating the spotlight.

That was in 2006 during the making of Tauranga Musical Theatre’s version of western musical ‘Oklahoma’.

Then there was the stage show Lianne choreographed and Dan danced. “Ten years later we’re getting married,” says Lianne, aged 33.

For Tauranga Musical Theatre’s latest production ‘Vampirates’ – on-stage from November 18 to December 10 – Lianne is choreographer and her hubby-to-be is working on set design. “I was definitely lucky to find him,” says Lianne.

“We understand each other’s ideas. As long as your partner is understanding of the time you have to spend at theatre rehearsals whether they’re involved or not, it will work.”

Dan understands and forgives the late-nights and long hours at rehearsals – he’s usually there too. He also appreciates Lianne’s time is precious as she juggles choreographing ‘Vampirates’ with full-time work as a St John Ambulance emergency medical technician, part-time work as a registered nurse and studying to

Lianne Howell and Dan Pepperell met at Tauranga Musical Theatre.

she has to go. Not before offering a quick explanation of what audiences can expect of Tauranga Musical Theatre’s ‘Vampirates’.

“It’s going to be lots of fun and high energy.”

The adult-themed comedy musical is set on an oldfashioned pirate ship, with hilarity and mayhem ensuing and plenty of singing and dancing.

Tauranga Musical Theatre’s production of ‘Vampirates’ is on-stage at Westside Theatre, 17th Avenue, from November 18 to December 10. For tickets, book online at: www.iticket.co.nz/ events/2016/nov/vampirates The Weekend Sun has one double pass to Vampirates for one lucky reader who can tell us what year Lianne met Dan? Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competition section. Entries must be received by Wednesday, Zoe Hunter November 23.

complete her Master of Nursing this year. She’s also works part-time as a student nurse educator for Toi Ohomai.

Is there any moment when she gets to put her feet up? “Um they’re very few and far between.”

And when Lianne does rest, she can’t. “You get nervous that you’ve forgotten to do something because you’re so used to being on the go that you think: ‘I’m sure there’s something I should be doing?’”

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Driving force behind the fair Dave Murray, Keith Costello, Ken Evans, Bruce Bolton, Paddy McCann and Rod Voss stand behind five-year-old ‘Lion Cub’ Louis Evans-O’Loan, who shows how many years the Lions Car Fair has been running. Photo: Chris Callinan.

For the last 10 years a bunch of Tauranga codgers have been running a car fair every Sunday morning.

things with, on a regular basis.

“At the time the [Tauranga City] council was also going to give people fines if they parked their cars on the streets to sell them.”

So the car fair idea was solving a local problem as well as generating a fundraiser. “Indeed – and we also had feedback from single women, who said they didn’t feel safe having strangers come to their homes to buy a vehicle off them.

“So we also solved another problem we didn’t know even existed. Plus, it gave our members regular occasions to meet each other outside the club environment.”

As result two people man the

And their odometers of effort have created so much more than a place to privately sell a vehicle.

Tauranga man Ken Evans and his fellow Tauranga City Sunrise Lions have been the driving force of the car fair since it began on a whim to find a regular fundraiser a decade ago.

“We were looking for a project that would bring us a regular income so we could then pass this onto the community to do good

weekly car fair every Sunday rain or shine – bar Christmas and the New Year – at the public carpark in 11th Avenue, between Devonport and Cameron roads for the last 10 years.

And thousands of vehicles ranging from motor bikes to cars, trucks, buses and motorhomes have been sold.

“It has proved to be a big success for us,” says Ken. The Lions are very proud of their successful car fair and plan to continue operating it – and gifting the funds raised regularly back into community projects.

For more information, see: www.taurangacarfair.co.nz

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Family rivalry from the shoreline and into the sea Mount swim every year, so I really enjoy that.”

The race route is about 2.6km for the long-distance swimmers, taking them out and around Motuotau (Rabbit) Island in anti-clockwise direction, then along behind Moturiki (Leisure) Island, before finishing up on the beach again.

As well as the long-distance event at 9.30am, there be smaller 1000m and 500m races at 11.30am for less-experienced swimmers, along with a 200m race for kids near the shoreline at 12.30pm.

Sand to Surf is on November 19 from 9am-2pm at Mount Main Beach. For more information, see: Ryan Wood www.mytauranga.co.nz

Brothers Grant and Phil Rowe will be looking to best the other in this Saturday’s Sand to Surf swimming race. They will be among hundreds of competitors down at the Mount Main Beach tomorrow morning, testing their ocean swimming skills in surf conditions.

Neither of the brothers are strangers to the water, having both been part of surf lifesaving.

Grant’s competed for the last three years, and says he does swimming to keep his fitness up.

“These sort of events are the motivation to keep the training up.” Younger brother Phil agrees.

“I’ve always done swimming myself. This is going to be my first Sand to Surf event, but I do the Round the

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Get to know ‘The Real Opotiki’ A new exhibition on display in Tauranga will have you rethinking what you thought you knew about the real Opotiki.

the exhibition, we’ve been overwhelmed by the support The Real Opotiki has received both in Tauranga and earlier this year in Auckland.”

The Real Opotiki enjoyed massive crowds when it went on display at Studio One Toi Tu on The Real Opotiki exhibition Auckland’s Ponsonby Rd during is a collaboration between 27 August, and there’s plans to take established and emerging artists the exhibition to Wellington. who have a strong connection The exhibition features several to the Eastern Bay of Plenty works created by Opotiki township and the Opotiki artist Te Mete, who originally District Council. hails from Tauranga and is of The exhibition, which offi cially opened last Friday, is on Ngati Ranginui and Ngai Te Rangi descent. display for free in the Goddard Te Mete says the kaupapa – or Arcade on Devonport Road until purpose – of the exhibition this Sunday. has been two-fold: to raise The Real Opotiki showcases a funds for a new a multipurpose wide range of works including traditional landscapes and portraiture, sculpture, photography, jewellery, Maori Pihe Pihe and handwoven kete.

“We had a fabulous launch on Friday with about 80 people who showed up on the We even even sold sold aa evening. We dozen or so pieces, which is fantastic for our artists” says ODC planning and regulatory manager Barbara who’s helped helped Dempsey, who’s organise the exhibition.

“Then on Saturday there were tons of people who wandered in to check out

community space planned for the town, and to do that in a new and interesting way which also promoted Opotiki in a positive manner.

“Essentially, a lot of the stigma attached to the town is negative, so the idea was to shift that and present it in a way that was beautiful while trying to raise funds for a new library for the town.

“It’s been cool being involved in selecting the artists and artworks to appear in the exhibition,” says Te Mete.

The Real Opotiki exhibition is in the Goddard Arcade, Devonport Rd, Tauranga, to Sunday, November 20.

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Opotiki artist Te Mete Te Mete with with one of his art pieces.

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A Snake you’ll want to see American-built cars of all sizes, shapes and badges will be on offer this Sunday, November 20, at the All USA Car Show Day at Classic Flyers from 10am-2pm.

Vintage, classic, commercial, sports, muscle, modified – anything American will be at the Bay of Plenty Mustang Club’s annual fundraiser – this year for Homes of Hope.

And among the masses will be a Snake you’ll want to see! BOP Mustang Club member Dave Roche will offer the public a rare up-close glance of his 2014 Mustang Shelby GT500 Wide Body Super Snake.

So what’s behind the admiration?

It’s an 850hp racing machine with a range of optional extras Dave and wife

Kay got shipped to New Zealand – and it’s one of only about three in the country.

Dave, from Bowentown, says he’s always been a Ford fan and finally got his hands on a 2010 GT500 Mustang after a property sale. “I always wanted a Mustang and when we sold a property my wife Kay said: ‘Well, you can buy your Mustang now’.

“By the time she finished saying ‘Mustang’ I was on eBay.”

So with a 2010 GT500 in the garage, the couple was in America in April 2014 with BOP Mustang Club Paul Stops and wife Gillian and four other couples when the urge returned.

“My dream car was a Super Snake – when we did the Kiwis on Route 66 tour with the Stops, we stayed in Las Vegas and went around to the Caroll Shelby factory. “From there it was born.”

The All USA Car Show Day at Classic Flyers from 10am-2pm is this Sunday, November 20.

Car entry is $5, public entry is $3 each or $6 per family.

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Kay and Dave Roche with their 2014 Mustang Shelby GT500 Super Snake.

Piccadilly Arcade celebrates 50th birthday To mark its 50th birthday, Piccadilly Arcade on Tauranga’s Devonport Rd held a special morning tea organised by tenant Emma Cole of Hawkers Wall.

Opened by former Tauranga Mayor Stuart Crosby, it was attended by a number of the arcade’s tenants, both old and new, and featured the unveiling of a special 50th anniversary flag. “It was fabulous, there was a great turnout with a lot of shopkeepers present for the celebration, including Don Stewart who was the

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Friday 18 November 2016

‘They gave me the skills to find my voice’ “They find their voice.” That’s the creed of Toastmasters International – 292,200 members worldwide in 14,350 clubs and in 122 countries. Including Papamoa East.

Toastmasters is an educational organisation aimed at helping people improve their communication, public speaking and leadership skills.

And Toastmasters certainly helped Iain Bibby find his voice. “I was a teacher and the Board of Trustees paid for me to join as part of staff development.

“I was a special needs teacher and sometimes when the kids had hissy-fits, I didn’t have the confidence to stand up to them.” Toastmasters gave him the skills.

And when his daughter was getting married the Toastmaster disciplines kicked in again.

“My wedding speech was a Toastmasters speech and I am very glad that I was so prepared.”

This was a man, who 40 years earlier, was about to address his peers at Jaycees and his knees were knocking against the lectern. He remembers that anxiety well.

Today he’s even done a couple of submissions to council. “Fantastic,” says Iain. “I am much more confident, I can stand up and communicate.”

His story is a Toastmasters success and a wonderful advertisement. So why are the Kiwi Toasters Papamoa East struggling? “We have seven or eight members,” says club president Chrissy Meyer. “But we need to

Toastmasters Don Jones, Iain Bibby and Alf Owen.

Photo: Bruce Barnard.

build that up to be a functional club.” There’s an entry threshold of 18 years for Toastmasters. However, the senior Kiwi Toaster is 91. Alf Owen just loves it, according to Iain. They’re cautiously optimistic about the future of Kiwi Toasters, who meet every second week at 3 Palm Springs Boulevard in Papamoa.

Or contact Kiwi Toasters Papamoa East president Chrissy Meyer on 027 296 7939.

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‘Be not afraid of greatness’ He’s off to the New Zealand Film and Television School next year.

“That’s what I want to do,” says the very focused creative Lachlan Crane in his final year at Tauranga Boys’ College. “Writing or directing, that’s what I love.” But the talented youngster’s now going to make an $8500 and 37,000km detour across one of the world’s most famous stages to get to Wellington.

“When else in life would I get the opportunity to do this?” Lachlan has been accepted for the Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand’s Young Shakespeare Company.

“And in July next year we do workshops at the Globe Theatre in London, we rehearse with professional directors and we put on one of Shakespeare’s productions with our 24-man company.”

The Tauranga teenager will be performing at the prestigious oak and thatch replica of the original Elizabethan theatre in Southwark on the south bank of the River Thames.

“The original non-original is the best way to put it.

Whew! Yes, an amazing experience.”

He “caught onto Shakespeare” in Year 11 when a previous drama teacher, Andrew McKenzie, suggested he should audition for the University of Otago Sheila Winn Shakespeare Festival.

“We put on a very contemporary version of the opening scene from ‘The Tempest’.”

He went back again this year and gained direct entry to the Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand’s national Shakespeare schools production in Dunedin.

From there 24 got picked to go to the Globe.

Surprised? Yes. In fact it was quite a shock really.

A surprise for Lachlan and a first for Tauranga Boys’ College. Lachlan has been involved in several school productions including ‘Fame’ earlier this year.

“I just think this opportunity will be good for whatever aspect of the industry I go into. Whether it’s acting on stage or directing in film, this creates a whole lot more options and opportunities. “And the contacts

Tauranga Boys’ College alumnus Shane Cortese Lachlan Crane. will be valuable.” Now Lachlan has turned himself to fundraising. His delighted and proud mother has told him they will make it work.

A Givealittle page has been set up to help Lachlan at: givealittle.co.nz/cause/lachlantolondon In the meantime it’s back to school next year – the Film and Television School. “It’s a year-long practical course. The school has relationships with places like Weta Workshop and a lot of other media companies.”

Lachlan says those companies go to the school when they need assistant editors and producers for a project.

A fair with something for all

A good old-fashioned fair is happening in Katikati tomorrow – and everyone is invited.

St Peter’s Anglican Church Fair is at Katikati War Memorial Hall from 8.30am on November 19. There’s books, cakes, children’s toys, Christmas things, crockery,

jewellery, handbags, jig-saws, CDs, DVDs, Linen and much more for sale.

Plus, there will be a morning tea, plants, produce and jams, raffles, a silent auction, sausage sizzle, tombola and white elephant.

So get along to have some free fun.

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Horsepower in all shapes and forms on offer If you have a passion for anything with a motor – and I mean anything – clear your calendar for next Saturday, November 26.

Some of the hydroplanes, trucks and stock cars you may see at the Screamin’ Horsepower Motor Enthusiast event.

saloon cars, F1 hydroplane The Screamin’ boats, go-karts, a hoverHorsepower Motor craft, motorbikes, Enthusiast event at ASB classic cars, street Baypark is about to cars, a drag car, the blow your socks off with Ulysses Motorcycle what it has to offer the Club,” says Cain. whole family.

Cain and family have And there is a very been crawling the region special story behind it. getting people to bring Katikati siblings Cain all their motors – the and Kelly Baker grew up typical vehicle or the loving motorsports – in unusual gadgets – to be particular motocross. part of this event.

They’ve both won “What we are hoping motocross trophies but for is about 100 trucks Kelly’s life has changed and roughly 250-300 dramatically. The 37-yearcars,” says Cain. old Katikati woman has her of e on h “Then we’ve got multiple sclerosis, which it w Kelly Baker es. hi op everything else – sees multiple areas of tr ss ro oc mot the hydroplane boats, scarring – called sclerosis go-karts, the stalls etc.

– scattered throughout her “Anything with a motor – we’ve even got brain and spinal cord. chilli bins coming with motors on them.”

She was diagnosed in 2006 at age 26 – and And there will be a truck-pulling it’s progressively got worse to now being competition too. essentially housebound, where she can But Cain also wants the event to cater to sometimes walk not further than five metres everyone in the family. “We’ve got some even with an aid. women’s stalls to keep the ladies happy while She now wants to purchase a Hyperbaric the men look at the cars.

Oxygen Chamber to stop her MS. They cost $35,000 so Cain has done “We’ll have a bouncy castle and rides for something he’s always wanted to do – host a children, live music, dancing, spot prizes, huge event. And he’s making it a fundraiser silent auction for must-have items – kids’ for Kelly. pushbikes, dive watches worth a lot of Next weekend it’s showtime. From 10ammoney, Local motocross star Cody Cooper 4pm people will be treated to a vast and has donated some signed gear, plus raffles.” varied line-up of motors.

“We are trying to make this event offer “We’ve got heavy hauler trucks, stock cars, something for everyone. And we’re trying to

do it so it’s not just man’s thing. So there is something for everyone. “And there will be some special guests signing posters – so come along to find out who!”

The Screamin’ Horsepower Motor Enthusiast event is at ASB Baypark next Saturday, November 26 from 10am-4pm.

Gate tickets cost adults: $10, children aged five-12 cost $5, and children under 5 gain free entry. For more information, see: www.eventfinda.co.nz/2016/ screamin-horsepower-motor-enthusiast Merle Foster

Garry shares his plans for Katikati For Western Bay of Plenty residents wanting to know what new Mayor Garry Webber’s focus is for Katikati there’s a breakfast you might want to join.

Garry will be speaking at the Breakfast Speakers’ Forum in Katikati on Tuesday, November 22, which starts at 7am.

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

I’ve been a member of Toastmasters for well more than 20 years, and I can honestly say it’s had a huge payback for me – in just about every business role I’ve had.

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

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

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Or making a pitch or a presentation to the bank or potential

investors and customers.

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

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

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

My suggestion is to get yourself invited to a club meeting to just observe and see how it works, before making any commitment to join. You’ll be made to feel very welcome.

Take that step now, and you’ll be well on the way to learning a powerful business skill.

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The centre’s interior designer was Petra Tearle who designed a building that catered for a range of children aged from three months to five years. The Bay’s own ‘Spruce Up’ Company created the gardens and outdoor play areas, including a life-sized bulldozer playground. The multi-faceted project, estimated to be worth in excess of $3 million, brings 14 new jobs to the region.

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All three graduates credit the course with getting them a foot in the door, and opening their eyes to pathways and opportunities they hadn’t known about before.

“What’s great is that it’s not specific to any one industry or profession,” says Dianne. “People change what they want to do, what they’re interested in, and with administration roles you can keep learning and trying new things. You’re not stuck.”

Nicole, Shenaye and Lana really enjoy their work environment and being part of a close-knit team. One of the things that has most surprised them is the dayto-day variation, with no day the same.

What’s more, having had such a great outcome from their first study experience, both Shenaye and Nicole have discovered a keen interest in the law as a result of their jobs, and are planning to complete their Legal Executive Diplomas to add to their qualifications.

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“The course is great – I recommend it to everyone.”

The power of putting your assets in safe hands Choosing an appropriate person to manage your affairs when you need it most may seem like an easy choice, but it always pays to give things a second thought.

There are two attorney roles: one attorney looks after your care and welfare, while the other looks after your property.

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Working for community betterment After years in the private sector, politics has certainly proved to be an interesting career choice.

While the formality and bureaucratic pace of Parliament can at times be frustrating, there is no greater feeling than working each and every day for the betterment of our community.

The role of a local MP can at times feel like two separate jobs, but they are very much two sides of the same coin. Tuesday through Thursday I am in Wellington with Parliament sitting, pouring over draft

legislation in select committees where few media tread.

The rest of my time is spent in the electorate connecting with our residents and the issues we face as a community. This helps me to effectively engage and advocate for those who need assistance.

The Bay of Plenty is a region full of remarkable people who see themselves as being quite ordinary, just doing what is needed for their families, employers and

community. And although I’ve lived here since 1974 I learn something new every day; this job has revealed the breadth of success, opportunity and challenge that resides within our community.

It has been a hugely rewarding and genuine privilege to represent the electorate for the last two years, and I’m immensely proud to have been reselected as the National Party candidate so I can continue working with you and for you.

Margarita’s journey with her merino shop Margarita Hammond-Smith has taken a tragedy and turned it into a triumph for her store.

I Love Merino, the shop she co-owned with late husband Kevin, has flourished since his passing, says Margarita.

“Unfortunately, my husband passed away and part of my healing process has been to really forge ahead in the shop.”

Surrounded by a wonderful team of staff, Margarita says evolving the store has helped her recover.

“I’m really pleased that the shop, after having a stressful time, is powering away better than ever.

“My friends and my staff and my shop have got me through and it’s fantastic.

“My husband would be really proud that the shop is going so well and that it’s become an icon A high-quality wrap available at I Love Merino. shop at the Mount.”

I Love Merino, located in Mount Maunganui, sells high-quality, fashionable New Zealand-made merino clothing, slippers and footwear.

She’s taken her stock to a new level, saying I Love Merino is filled with funky, stylish designs for everyone.

“It’s a new look, it’s fashionable, chic, made in New Zealand, with lots of wonderful local trade and great presents to send overseas and for people travelling,” says Margarita.

“I’ve taken the shop to a more fashionable level with some more modern designs and we have menswear as well.”

So pop over to get some great presents for overseas family and friends, or just for yourself.

I Love Merino is located at 138 Maunganui Rd, Mount Maunganui.

Winston is back Yes, former local politician and NZ First party leader Winston Peters is back in the Bay and has a speech to give this weekend in Katikati. Winston will speak at a free public event at Katikati War Memorial Hall this Sunday, November 20, from 2.30pm. Winston will take question from the floor after his speech. Entry is free.

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A barbecue that suits your living It’s that time of year – when you can just smell the tantalising sizzle in the air.

Yes, barbecue season is heating up! So if you don’t have a barbecue in your outdoor living area it’s about time you got one!

But which one? There are so many choices when it comes to purchasing a barbecue today.

So before swiping the credit card there’s a few things you may want to consider.

Firstly, how many are in your family? And how often you envisage using the barbecue?

If you have a family of six-plus – and then always have heaps of family and friends around for summer-time dinners or lunches you should probably look at a six-burner barbecue to cope with the large quantities of mouths to feed.

But if you are a family of four and plan to only feed a few more every now and then a bigger barbecue won’t be worth it. Instead consider a kettlestyle barbecue. There’s also three-burners, two-burners and single-burners available.

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Some have a temperature gauge which can be handy when cooking a pav – others don’t.

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Charcoal barbecues are said to seal I juices when cooking at high temperatures, whereas low temperatures sees charcoal give food a nice smoky flavour.

Lastly – and possibly most poignant – is price. Most cheaper barbecues are expected to rust after a few years in the

Kiwi climate. But if you spend bit more you can find options that will stand the test of time.

And you always have to factor in cost of accessories. Gaspowered barbecues need a gas bottle, Charcoal-powered need charcoal. Plus you’ll need tongs, a thermometer, a brush for cleaning and barbecue cover for when not in use.

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Little market for big ships In celebration of the first overnight cruise ship stay this season, Tourism Bay of Plenty and Little Big Markets have teamed up to host a very special event: Picnic in the Park.

On Monday, November 21, Coronation Park will be taken over by craft stalls, food trucks and live performers to entertain locals and visitors alike.

The first overnight stay is expected to bring nearly 3000 passengers through the Port of Tauranga, which is a huge opportunity for local businesses and tourism operators.

Fifteen food stalls and 19 craft stalls are currently booked for

the day, providing a great mix of food and market items.

There are several double-ship days this cruising season, most remarkably Ovation of the Seas and Emerald Princess on February 5, who will bring in about 9500 visitors on one day.

Tourism Bay of Plenty chief executive officer Kristin Dunne is thrilled to collaborate with Little Big Markets to bring the exciting market vibe for both visitors and residents.

“Little Big Markets had proven success with events around the Bay and we’re confident this inaugural weekday picnic will be a treat for our cruise visitors and residents alike.”

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Swap nature’s gifts Home growers around Tauranga Tauranga fill your baskets with the ground’s goodies or the tree’s treasures and gather at Red Square during the next two days.

Natashia Lucas with her daughter Eve, 22-months-old, collecting some goodies for the swap from their Matua garden. Photo: Chris Callinan.

“We meet meet once once aa month month in the community. “We in different backyards or community gardens and other interesting places around town.

“We have a table set up and have a walk around that person’s garden and have a little catch-up.

“We have a swapping table and people bring their produce to trade. At the end of the meeting we bring a basket and help ourselves to the variety we have.”

And if you don’t grow your own produce, Natashia says that’s okay too.

“People have brought some really interesting things it’s not just edible produce. Some people have brought flowers, sauerkraut or things like kombucha scobys.

Just things people produce at home.”

“If people don’t have strictly produce that’s okay they can bring something from home or just come for the company.”

So pop down to Red Square and get some great local produce. For more information visit the produce swapping group on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/ groups/685756871574764 or sign up on the day for email alerts with the Produce Swapping Group.

As part of Downtown Tauranga’s Tauranga’ssupport support of the Bay of Plenty Garden & Art Festival, it is hosting a home-grown produce swap in Red Square today and tomorrow from 10am-2pm.

Tauranga The Produce Swapping Group Tauranga will be setting up alongside Bravo and running a produce swap. The public can bring along a bag or basket of your Friday, own home grown produce on Friday, Saturday, November November 19, 19, November 18, or Saturday, and swap with some of the produce that will be on the swap table.

It’s that that simple simple and and aa great great way way to to It’s Tauranga’s share and enjoy the best of Tauranga’s homegrown delights.

Produce Swapping Group Tauranga member Natashia Lucas will be running the swap and says the group’s once-a-month meetings are a great way to get involved

River award for community’s hard work Te Awa o Waitao restoration project.

The Waitao community has this month The annual National River Story won the 2016 Morgan Foundation National award recognises inspirational river River Story award.

The Waitao Stream story won the award thanks to the community’s collective efforts to improve the health of the stream and estuary. This work involves planting stream banks and wetlands, clearing weeds and rubbish, and keeping stock away from the water.

The Bay of Plenty Regional Council has provided assistance for Nga Potiki, Ngati Pukenga and other landowners in the catchment to fence and plant along the river, helped by environment group members.

It also monitors the water closely and works to ensure farmers upstream keep their stock out of the bush and away from waterways.

BOPRC’s Tauranga catchments manager Sarah Omundsen says it’s great to be able to offer practical advice and funding support that helps people to take care of their land and water.

“It’s a win-win; they’re securing the health of their stock, family and business and the environment is better for it.

“The success of this collaborative approach results in improvements in the health of BOP waterways. What happens on the land affects the water, and the quality of water affects the whole community.”

Work to improve water quality in the Waitao Stream began in 2003, when Ngati Pukenga joined forces with NIWA and the NZ Landcare Trust to design and implement

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Care for your garden with fresh compost It’s spring – and time to get stuck into the garden. One of your most helpful friends to producing a good vege patch is compost.

What is compost? And how does it work? According to the Soil and Health Association of New Zealand, composting is more than a recycling scheme.

It is a creative process that takes spent or waste matter and transforms it into a living substance.

Compost heaps are often referred to as ‘factories’ or ‘colonies’ because they encompass legions of microbial and insect workers.

The association says as well as enriching soils with nutrients, compost contributes energy and life through this microbial activity. This is what differentiates compost

from fertiliser in a bag. Wrapping compost in sealed plastic deprives micro-organisms of life-supporting elements, and they die.

As such, it’s best to make your own or get your hands on some fresh stuff.

There are many recipes for compost – and what you can put in it – but basically the composting process transforms organic materials into humus.

Micro-organisms include bacteria, fungi, yeasts, algae, protozoa and enzymes.

Each requires specific conditions in which to live and work.

What goes into the compost heap, and in what proportion, must provide those conditions, or you’ll end up with putrefaction rather than fermentation.

The Soil and Health Association of NZ says compost needs green material, woody material, manure, but no fats or meat.

Ultimately, you can compost most things, except anything containing heavy metals and longer-lasting pollutants.

Sewage sludge is highly undesirable and is not permitted under NZ’s organic standards.

There’s much more to the humble marigold With an increasing number of Kiwis growing their own herbs and vegetables, many are taking a natural and organic approach to gardening.

This means less chemicals and more thought about what plants might be beneficial to grow next to each other.

Growing certain plants for the benefit of other plants is called companion planting, and the idea has been around for centuries, says Awapuni Nurseries’ Tod Palenski.

Marigolds are probably the most famous companion plant around for this approach, says Tod. “This brightly coloured flower produces a strong smell, which repels many insects. Their roots contain a pesticidal chemical that kills nematodes – microscopic parasites living in the soil.”

Marigolds are said to deter aphids from tomatoes and roses, and nematodes from potatoes and other root crops.

“They’re also said to keep white cabbage moths away from brassicas, and will deter flies and mosquitoes.”

Plus, they look pretty!

Marigolds are probably most well-known as an orange flower, but they also come in red, cream, lemon and apricot colours.

Mass-planted, they will create a stunning visual effect in your flower bed or vegetable garden, says Tod. “Once you’ve got your plants you need to decide in which part of the garden they will be most beneficial.

“Some gardeners like to grow

marigolds in the corner of their vege plot, while others take it to the next level and create a barrier of marigolds around their garden, in particular around plants like lettuces and those I already mentioned.”

Each plant will grow to about 20cm high and should be planted about 15cm apart from the next. It takes about six to eight weeks for marigolds to start flowering; then you can judge for yourself their effectiveness as a companion plant, says Tod.

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Direct, fast and efficient service in shades From design and quote through to installation, the team at Shades Direct ensure a fast, efficient cientservice service installing a quality product.

made here in New Zealand to suit the Bay’s marine environment.

“All fixtures and fittings used in the frame construction are stainless steel, selected for their strength and minimal corrosive

properties.” The Solasafe roofing material is manufactured from polycarbonate with optical and physical properties that Peter and Marea say can’t be matched by other materials. It comes with a peace-of-mind lifetime warranty from Ampelite NZ Ltd. Shades Direct is owned and “You have operated by Tauranga Tauranga residents residents problem-free Peter and Marea McKay, McKay, who who ownership because service the Bay we are using the of Plenty region highest grade and know the materials available,” conditions in says Peter. which their “It adds value valued clients and means you can live and play. enjoy the use of Peter and your outside space Marea say one year-round.” Their of their products cost competitive – the popular range also includes Outsider curtains and Awning – is a extending arm permanent, lowawnings that maintenance provide solutions for aluminium any outdoor space. structure, Check out the engineered and The team at Shades Direct is ready to protect you from the sun.

Vegetable industry joins the GIA The vegetable industry has become the 12th industry partner to join the Government Industry Agreement biosecurity partnership, according to Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy. “It’s great to have Vegetables New Zealand Incorporated signed up and working with the Ministry for Primary Industries and other industry partners,” says Nathan.

“It means we can work together on managing and responding to the most important biosecurity risks.”

Vegetables New Zealand represents all fresh vegetable

crops other than potatoes, onions, tomatoes, asparagus, and buttercup squash – and more than 900 growers who produce more than 50 crops with a farm gate value of $390 million per annum.

They join TomatoesNZ, Kiwifruit Vine Health, Pipfruit NZ, New Zealand Pork, New Zealand Equine Health Association, Onions NZ, the Forestry Owners Association, The New Zealand Avocado Growers’ Association, New Zealand Citrus Growers Incorporated and the MPI under GIA.

Shades Direct Tauranga Facebook page for more information and photographs of some of the many canopies installed right here in the Bay. While you’re there, enter for your

chance to win a bottle of wine and a grand prize of a Bunnings voucher for the festive season at: www.facebook.com/ shadesdirecttauranga

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Bay chef is back!

CHINATOWN

As some of you know by now I’ve started as a tutor of culinary arts at Toi-Ohomai Institute of Technology – yes I know, it’s still the Bay of Plenty Poly to most of you – which in some way explains why I‘ve been a bit remiss in my writing recently.

The reality is I had no idea just how challenging it would be to teach the next generation of chefs.

After 25 years in the industry I should be pretty comfortable with most things in the culinary world, but facing a group of young chefs at the start of their careers certainly challenges that comfort.

These young chefs are so much better informed than I ever was at the start of my cooking career.

In those days it was the head chefs that ruled and we had limited access to information with which to challenge them, even if we had the courage to do so!

Not so today, the thirst for knowledge is incredible.

I have to admit at first it was a bit daunting, then I realised out here on the Windermere campus we have the most astonishing team of industry professionals and head chefs to call on. We even have our

own Belgium baker.

When you think I’m teaching in the next door kitchen belonging to the ex-head chef of fish and Simon Gault’s right-hand-man for many years, you can see this is an exceptional team. I started to try to total up the years of experience accumulated by the eight tutors of culinary arts but stopped when I realised the number was huge and it might make us feel old. Perhaps I should list accolades and awards?

Pannacotta with berry coulis Serves 2 Ingredients: 200ml cream ½ vanilla pod ¼ lemon rind thinly pared 1 leaf gelatine ½ Tbsp cold milk 25g icing sugar 20ml grappa or other clear spirit (optional) Berry coulis: 75g fruit – for example, raspberries, strawberries, blackcurrants, blueberries 25g caster sugar

Method: Pour 450ml cream into a pan, add vanilla pod and lemon zest and reduce by one-third. Meanwhile, soak gelatine in milk for 15 minutes until soft. Remove zest from reduced cream and set aside.

Remove vanilla pod and scrape the insides back into the cream.

Remove gelatine, squeezing out excess milk and heat milk until boiling, then return the gelatine and stir until dissolved. Add to the hot cream and leave to cool.

Whip remaining cream with icing sugar and fold into cooled cooked cream, then add grappa.

Place a piece of cooked lemon rind in each of 6 dariole moulds, pour in cream mixture and allow to set for two hours.

Clean and destalk fruit. Heat in a pan with the sugar and a splash of alcohol – for example, fruit liqueur.

But remember this is optional – over a low heat for 30 minutes.

Blitz in a food processor or blender and sieve. Chill until ready to serve.

Marinated meats Korean style Charlie’s BBQ is the first Korean charcoal barbecue restaurant in Tauranga, says restaurant owner Charles Kim. Located at the Cruise Deck, 169 Maunganui Rd, Charlie’s BBQ offers all kinds of marinated Korean meats and Kiwi

meats marinated in a special Korean marinade.

“It is good quality meat for a very reasonable price compared to other restaurants,” says Charles.

“Our steak is bigger and cheaper.”

The restaurant is self-service, with customers able to choose from a variety of vegetables and side dishes for free. “All vegetables and side dishes are on the house, which makes us different from other restaurants,” says Charles.

Bella, Charles and Christina Kim from Charlie’s BBQ.

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What’s on your Christmas shopping list?

A Kiwi Christmas list traditionally includes a glazed ham big enough to fill sandwiches for days after December 25 – or strings of sausages to throw on the barbie.

The Meat Company Mount Maunganui’s Greg Lasenby and Keanu Smith.

But where is best to buy your perfect Christmas cuts? The Meat Company Mount Maunganui owners Greg and Tania Lasenby says their Central Parade family-owned butchery has it all.

From sausages and quality New Zealand hams to pork and poultry, The Meat Company Mount Maunganui has traditional roast or barbecue meats perfect for the Kiwi Christmas.

“We’ll have a special on a limited supply of good quality NZ hams for Christmas,” says

Greg. “People can keep them in the freezer until they’re ready to glaze and put it in the oven ready for Christmas.”

Customers can also take advantage of the butchery’s Christmas Club, which allows them to save up for the meats they want to dish up on the big day.

“But the club isn’t just for Christmas,” says Greg. “It can be used if you’re saving for a 21st birthday, family or work functions.”

And if you don’t know which meat to buy, the experienced team – including upcoming butchery apprentice Keanu Smith – can help make the decision a little easier.

Customers can also hire a mobile barbecue from the butchery. Special conditions apply.

“So if you’re planning a charity event or

special function, make sure you book with us first,” says Greg.

He says the benefits of buying meats from the locally-owned family butchery include home-made sausages, bacon, ham, pork and meat patties etc. “All the summer goods perfect for on the barbecue,” says Greg.

“We’ll also cut your meat to suit your needs, from solo size to large family or group sizes. We also sell milk, bread and eggs.

“You’ll be amazed at the variety of other options available too, including the $5 Super Buys, family meat packs, heat-and-eat chicken rolls and much more.

“If you want to come and try our sausages at our barbecue every Saturday in front of the shop cooked by my daughter Jessica.”

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Viewing paradise from the sky You may have seen it, you certainly would have heard it – a slice of aviation history over Tauranga at the weekend. What a sight, what an experience?

It was Air Chatham’s DC-3 called Powhaitere, which started half-hour scenic flights out of Tauranga Airport at the weekend.

She rumbled westward over Otumoetai – those big radial piston engines powering to a 1000 feet.

The sound had Tauranga running outside to see who was passing over.

9! $9 onolynly $99! sets et k ere. r.Tic m k m ic “That’s the pull she has,” says Air T su er ov m ts m d fl ighhts over su flig Chatham’s general manager Duane Emeny. nd ekkeen eee Twenty-one passengers were on the maiden flight on Sunday. “There were a lot of smiling faces afterwards.”

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Air Chatham’s DC-3 ready for take off.

“Especially one passenger who worked on DC-3s just after the war around the time of the Berlin air-lift.”

There are a couple of flight tracks – a loop of the city and Mauao taking in any cruise ships.

“Then one route heads west up to the Coromandel, over Waihi mine and Katikati; the other heads eastwards to Te Puke.

“A beautiful region from the sky and the ideal aircraft to see it from.”

Seats can be reserved via Classic Flyers on 07 572 4000 and paid for on the day of fl ight.

Flights can also be purchased as gift vouchers directly from Air Chathams on 0800 580 127 or online at: www.airchathams.co.nz.

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“I have worked in the tours for seniors industry as an administrator and tour guide for the last nine years,” says founder Sue ‘Susy’ Towler.

“I decided to start Susy’s Tours to cater for those seniors who, for whatever reason, no longer want to do the longer tours or spend long days on the road.”

Sue runs tours in Australia, New Zealand and Aitutaki, north of Rarotonga, in the South Pacific.

Most of the tours are ‘stay-puts’ but there are a few that involve more travelling for the adventurous traveller.

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2017 with an additional five or six to be added in to the programme for 2018,” says Sue. The tours are fully escorted and designed to be fun, friendly and as comfortable as possible, and Sue says tours fly in and out of Tauranga Airport instead of travellers driving to Auckland.

The cost of the tours is all-inclusive – all you will need is lunch money and a bit of spending money.

Group numbers will be kept to between 10 and 25 travellers, with the ‘Forgotten World Adventures’ and ‘Murray Rivers Tours’ restricted to just 15 – so early bookings will be essential.

“I have travelled extensively throughout Australia and New Zealand and am passionate about both countries,” says Sue. For more information, visit: www.susystours.co.nz

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How are you getting home tonight?

Tauranga Mount Taxis is ready to make sure you get home safe. moderation tools such as drinking water to temper As we head towards the festive season, the Bay of Plenty starts to get busy with visitors, their drinking and go the distance.”

Organising transport when planning a night out is students returning home for the advised – and Tauranga Mount Taxis provide a range holidays and work functions. of options for payment of Taxi fares to get you, your staff, friends and family safely home.

It’s the time of year when the team at Tauranga Tauranga Mount Taxis can also help plan multiple Mount Taxis turn their focus to ensuring everybody pick-ups in the most efficient and economical route. has a safe and enjoyable time.

The Tauranga Mount Taxi fleet has nine late Bruce Rainey of Tauranga Mount Taxis says while model vans which can also cater for wheelchair users most New Zealanders enjoy alcohol in moderation, and 41 cars. there are negative health and social consequences The local office staff welcome any inquiries to help associated with excessive drinking such as hospital you plan your travel during the festive season. admissions, deaths, road accidents and assaults.

They can be contacted on 07 577 5565 during “Research indicates that driving ability is impaired after consuming any level of alcohol. If you are going office hours.

Bruce says New Year’s Eve can be challenging to drink, then find an alternative way to get home because of demand and the difficulty of moving rather than driving yourself. around the city. “Tauranga Mount Taxis wishes “When it comes to a night out, the people who everyone a safe and happy Christmas and New Year.” have the best time are the ones who use simple

Riding motorbikes and scooters overseas Motorbikes and scooters are a great way to get around when you’re overseas – but accidents do happen and Kiwi travellers should ensure they have adequate travel insurance for all eventualities.

If you intend hiring cars, motorbikes, jet skis or any other motorised vehicle while overseas, you should comply with local licensing laws, says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Talk to your travel insurer to check your insurance policy covers such activity and seek advice on any restrictions that may apply – such as whether you will be covered if you are not licensed to drive a motorbike in either

New Zealand or the country you are travelling in.

Travellers should be as safety conscious when on holiday as they would be in NZ, even when local laws appear to be more relaxed. So don’t forget wearing a helmet goes hand in hand with riding your hired motorbike or scooter.

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Recent reports of hard-sell cold calls to Auckland and Tauranga residents saying your heat pump must be annually cleaned and re-gassed has Andy Goodall of Comfort Air Conditioning Ltd concerned.

Andy says he worries cold callers are playing on popular misconceptions that the units will run out of refrigerant or your warranty will be voided.

While it is true air conditioners should be kept in a clean and clear state to run more effectively and last longer, a properly installed heat pump should never need re-gassing.

Andy recommends you don’t get pushed into an expensive decision without getting a price comparison. He says a standard service, clean and sanitise should take about 45 minutes and cost about

$100. Alternatively, you can do the main items that need regular attention yourself.

“Clean the filters, which are under the front cover of the inside unit,” says Andy.

“I suggest soaking the filters in warm soapy water, then rinsing with a garden hose. This will do a better clean than scrubbing or vacuuming, which can damage the filter mesh.”

Keep the outdoor unit free of debris. Sweep or wash the area around the outdoor unit and coil. Andy also recommends a regular spray of surface insecticide to keep the bugs away.

Should you suspect the unit may not be working well or it requires a more thorough clean than you can manage yourself, Andy says a safer option is to use a specialist company that services heat pumps as removing the covers exposes you to risks from the high-pressure gases and electrics within.

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As it starts to heat up in the Bay more and more people will be turning on the air conditioning system to try and keep it cool inside.

But are you doing something wrong? The Weekend Sun has pulled together some of the most common air conditioning faux-pas and how to avoid them.

1. Buying an air conditioner that is too big. An oversized air conditioner won’t cool the house any faster or reduce the humidity.

Make sure you’re getting an air conditioner that is the right size

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2. Trying to hide the air conditioner. We all know they’re not pretty beasts, but trying to hide the outdoor unit behind trees or shrubs will hinder ventilation and potentially make the air conditioner run less efficiently.

3. Leaving the air conditioner running all day. You are better off using a programmable thermostat or individual unit timer to decide when to start cooling off the home – this is cheaper and more efficient than leaving the unit running all day.

4. Turning the temperature right down. If you’re comfortable at

20 degrees Celsius turning the air conditioner down to 18 degrees Celsius won’t cool the room down any faster. Set the temperature to what you want it to stay at.

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Monitor your skin for melanoma With already the highest incidence rate of melanoma in the world it’s predicted numbers could increase by 50 per cent in the next two decades, particularly in older adults.

Melanoma New Zealand is urging Kiwis to monitor their skin and get checked to ensure early detection.

Melanoma is the highest registered cancer among men aged 25-44, and the second highest in women of the same age group, with 356 deaths each year.

And during the next two decades melanoma rates are predicted to skyrocket with an expected 50 per cent increase in the number of New Zealanders diagnosed with the deadly disease.

Melanoma New Zealand CEO Linda Flay says unlike other health epidemics, such as obesity, that are complex to solve, melanoma is a mainly preventable and a highly treatable disease if caught early.

“The theme of our [awareness week in November] campaign is Become a Lifesaver.

“This is because every day Kiwis have the power to save a life – be it their own, a family member or friend’s – by being sun smart and with early detection through skin checks and self-assessment.

“We are seeing too many New Zealanders suffer the consequences of melanoma, even though we have the power to put a stop to it ourselves.”

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Linda says many New Zealanders are not aware of the very real risks they face in their own backyard “and perhaps our ‘she’ll be right’ attitude has contributed to NZ having the highest incidence rate of melanoma in the world”.

“While we all love getting out in the sunshine, we have to ensure we protect ourselves from NZ’s harsh UV rays.

“That doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy our beautiful outdoors, but it does mean we should be wearing a hat, sunglasses and long sleeves, and using sunscreen if we’re spending time in the sun.”

Go to melanoma.org.nz for a list of skin check providers in your area.

Society gifts 100,000 tubes of sunscreen The Cancer Society of New Zealand – through its commercial arm Daffodil Enterprises Limited – is once again giving away 100,000 tubes of its top quality sunscreen to schools.

This is the third year they’ve rolled out the initiative after hugely successful summer campaigns in 2014 and 2015 saw tubes donated to early childhood centres, primary and intermediate schools, to help keep Kiwi kids safe from the risks of sun exposure.

This donation is available again to New Zealand schools that are accredited ‘SunSmart Schools’, or are

working towards accreditation.

Schools show they are SunSmart by making sure shade is available for kids playing outside, having a policy that kids wear hats, having sunscreen available, and being committed to educating the school community about the risks of UV radiation and the importance of skin protection.

Daffodil Enterprises Limited manager Fiona Mawley says they still have a huge job to do with educating children and parents about sun protection.

“We know that by getting sunscreen into the hands of young ones, we can start to teach sun safety habits to kids, while incentivising schools to become

SunSmart at the same time.

“It’s so important to us that the kids know how to protect themselves, and by doing so, help reduce the incidence of this awful disease. We’d like all parents and caregivers, principals, teachers and students to encourage their school to become SunSmart!”

Fiona says skin cancer is alarmingly common and yet it is largely preventable.

“Both New Zealand and Australia have the highest rates of skin cancer in the world.

“We are hoping that by offering free sunscreen to schools, we can encourage them to place a strong focus on educating kids about sun protection – reducing sun exposure, wearing protective clothing and of course, using sunscreen,” says Fiona.

Schools wishing to become SunSmart accredited can find out more at: www.database. sunsmartschools.co.nz

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Do you have an ‘itis’? – Part 3 Inflammation can be the cause of disease or it can be as a consequence.

If your health problem has the suffix ‘itis’ then inflammation is central to the problem.

Some ‘itis’ diseases, like osteoarthritis, are relatively simple because they affect specific tissue. Nutritional therapy is likewise uncomplicated.

I target an anti-inflammatory diet with higher levels of Omega 3, high potency curcumin extract from turmeric, high grade chondroitin sulphate at 800mg daily and quality glucosamine.

This usually brings real benefits within a few months.

Other problems such as autoimmune disease are much more complex because they affect several tissue types and need a much more intensive approach.

Many health problems are greatly influenced by inflammation. For example, coronary artery disease is complex but central to the process of blocked arteries is inflammation within the walls of your arteries. My cardiovascular programme places great importance at reducing systemic inflammation with diet and supplements. The main targets are correcting fat

imbalances, reducing sugars and refined carbohydrates, and adding antioxidantdense foods – especially foods high in nitrates to dilate blood vessels.

The seriousness of inflammatory problems means most people who approach me are under medical care. This is one area of health where medicine and nutritional therapy can be very complementary.

Medications control the symptoms while nutritional therapy tries to down regulate the actual disease processes.

It may come as a surprise that often first thing I do is to review vitamin D levels. These can be easily obtained with a self-referred blood test to a medical laboratory. The cost is about $40. The latest research shows vitamin D has a strong anti-inflammatory function when taken in optimal doses. If you are affected by inflammation feel free to give me a call or email: john@abundant.co.nz. Join my full weekly newsletter at: www.abundant.co.nz John Arts is a qualified nutritional medicine practitioner and founder of Abundant Health. Contact John on 0800 423 559. To read more go to: www.sunlive.co.nz

New adult asthma guidelines for Kiwis New Adult Asthma Guidelines are being launched this month by the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ.

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The guide has been developed by a multidisciplinary group of respiratory health experts under the leadership of Professor Richard Beasley and the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand.

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The guide has been peer reviewed by a number of key health professional bodies and is available at: nzasthmaguidelines.co.nz

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Boost for migraine research Migraine research in New Zealand has received a big funding boost with a professor receiving a $220,000 fellowship for two years.

The University of Auckland’s Professor Deborah Hay is the recipient of the James Cook Fellowship – which comes after she also won a Marsden Grant award, of $810,000 during three years, this month.

Deborah is a leading pharmacology researcher in cellular proteins in the university’s School of Biological Sciences whose research focuses on a newly-discovered pain pathway for migraines.

Migraine attacks are suffered by millions of people worldwide, between 10 per cent and 20 per cent of adults. Despite significant progress in treatment in recent years, an effective cure continues to elude scientists.

Latest research does show those suffering from migraine have elevated levels of a pain-causing hormone called CGRP, or calcitonin gene-related

peptide. New drugs in clinical trials have been developed that stop CGRP in its tracks, offering new hope for improved migraine treatments.

However while some patients respond extremely well in clinical trials to CGRPblocking treatment, others experience no benefit and there are still major unresolved questions on whether these drugs will be safe in the long term.

Deborah’s research has discovered CGRP has two cellular receptor targets, not one as was commonly believed. This means it may induce pain through more than one pathway.

She’s also identified the molecular blueprint of how CGRP triggers its receptors to become activated.

“Migraines are far worse than a bad headache, for many millions of people they are debilitating, affecting the entire physiology of a sufferer by not only causing severe head pain but also by altering vision and causing nausea.”

How psychology can improve people’s lives The aim of Psychology Week next week is to increase public awareness of how psychology can improve the lives of people, families and whanau and communities.

Psychology Week is run nationwide from November 21-25 and each region organises events that highlight the role psychology can play in our daily lives.

In Tauranga, the Bay of Plenty branch of the New Zealand Psychological Society is hosting a free seminar evening on November 23 from 6pm at Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club at Sulphur Point.

The evening will include talks from local psychologists.

Doctor Peter Stanley, who is the chairperson of the BOP branch, will talk about lessons to be learned from psychology. Matt Hegan will talk about mindfulness and Anton van Dyk will talk about how to achieve

positive futures.

“The talks are targeted at adults with an interest in psychology,” says Peter. “The event also offers a chance for people to meet and chat with local psychologists in a relaxed and friendly environment.

“We welcome you to come along and find out what psychology can offer you.”

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First three-way kidney transplant A three-way kidney transplant exchange has been carried out in New Zealand for the first time.

to kidney transplants, and is an important step towards helping to further increase our kidney transplant numbers.

“I’m advised that all patients are recovering well. I’d like to acknowledge the New Zealand Kidney Exchange Programme and the district health boards for their part in bringing about these life changing operations.

“A total of 147 kidney transplants were carried out in 2015, and while great progress is being made on organ donation rates, more can still be done.”

Jonathan says the Ministry of Health is currently finalising its advice following consultation on ways to boost deceased organ donation and transplantation, which is expected by the end of the year.

“Organ transplantation is a life-saving treatment and for people with organ failure it’s often the only option available,” says Health Minister Jonathan Coleman, who confirmed the first procedure in NZ. “Individuals are often very keen to help a friend or loved one needing a kidney, but are unable to because of tissue compatibility issues.

“A transplant exchange is when you take two incompatible donor and recipient pairings, and match them with each other to allow a transplant to take place.

“Early in October three such pairings, involving three donors and three recipients, took part in New Zealand’s first three-way kidney transplant exchange.

“This is an innovative approach

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Stop the ‘crazies’ in their tracks Donald Trump successfully dealt to the ‘rotten to the core’ Washington establishment and in doing so, did the American public a big favour. Yes, he is possibly loosely wrapped and maybe not ideal but is clearly better than the opposition and some of his policies actually make sense.

Having regard to the Trump landslide, Brexit and other looming political changes about to sweep through Europe and even Australia, the National Party has every reason to fear the October 2017 General Election and reliable sources report they are privately paranoid about losing seats.

Mr Key’s policies including RMA Act, Freshwater, racebased – elected and unelected – representation on councils

and committees, Trans-Pacific Partnership, the flag referendum, housing stuff-ups, immigration and tribal

uprising’s commemoration day – all effectively done without public consultation will be the death knell for him and his robotic bootlickers!

Grovelling to the irrelevant Maori

Party is just another nail in the coffin. Voters have the opportunity to dismiss this National Government and not to support the Labour-Greens Coalition by giving their 2017 Party Vote to NZ First, which at least supports what most Kiwis believe in and this should translate into 20-25 seats, enough to hold the balance of power and stop the ‘crazies’ in their tracks.

A word of warning to National Party backsliders ‘ask not for whom the bell tolls – it tolls for thee’ and good riddance too.

R Paterson, Matapihi.

Donald Trump’s done us a favour There are none so deaf as those who do not want to hear.

In very recent times two major political upheavals have occurred Britain voted to leave the European Union and Donald Trump has been voted as the United States of America President.

There has been wide consternation at these two results in the media.

This is perhaps because they believed their own propaganda.

Followers of alternate news sources had been expecting the outcomes.

The establishment does not listen to the people they serve, believing quite arrogantly that they know what’s

good and best for the general public.

With the established news outlets they preach, that their actions, are what we all want.

For example, John Key ploughed on with the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement despite much opposition from the electorate.

He’s sent troops into areas we have no vital interest in, to maintain membership of the USA club. We want an independent foreign policy, not be a hanger on to USA military excursions all around the globe.

Donald Trump may not be the ideal person for USA president but he will have done New Zealand a great favour if he scraps the TPPA, whereby stopping us losing our sovereignty to multinational corporations.

P Dolden, Papamoa.

Definition of democracy ignored It is not looking good for democracy in Tauranga. I wrote, on behalf of the people of Tauranga City, to all the councillors about the law which they have just sworn an oath to uphold. I quote: “The purpose of local government is to enable democratic local decision making and action by local communities”.

The definition of democracy is: “Rule by the people”.

Two out of 11 replied! Nothing

from, Mayor Greg Brownless, Max Mason, Gail McIntosh, Kelvin Clout, Leanne Brown, Larry Baldock, Catherine Stewart, Bill Grainger and Terry Molloy.

Rick Curach and Steve Morris sent very short replies!

My concern is that right now, staff at TCC are telling these councillors they - the elected councillors - are to make all the decisions and ignore us. This is totally against the purpose of The Local Government Act and

against the law. Sadly, 10 of the 11 councillors have all operated in the former council and, I believe, will quickly resume their old ways under the influence of non-elected staff.

We, you and I, can apply to have a Government Appointed Commissioner to run our council if the old system of dictatorship continues.

Councillors, you have to obey the law. You have been warned!

K Evans, Tauranga.

Sirens are needed

On Monday morning I woke up, took a stretch, had a yawn, ambled out of bed, then thought: ‘Oh I better check my phone’.

There was four Civil Defence messages from 2am onwards alerting me to run for the hills because of a tsunami threat, right down to it being downgraded and withdrawn.

How the hell is a textmessage alert system suppose to save lives?

People don’t wake to texts, others turn phones off at night or let the phone battery go flat.

The text message alert system is total waste of time, money and resources. Sirens are needed.

K Morland, Katikati.

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Our Dog Doodoo Alley?

Re: Waikareao walkway. I’m beginning to think this walkway should be renamed Dog Doodoo Alley.

I’ve walked this potentially excellent walkway several times a week for the last few years and am saddened by the increasing amount of dog poo on it or near it done by unsupervised dogs.

Late last year a local primary school did a lovely job of cleaning up the Daisy Hardwick section, dog poo and all. However, it was not too long, a few months, and dog poo, discarded paper coffee cups, discarded tissues and for goodness sakes, discarded plastic bags containing dog poo, were again littering the walkway.

Tauranga City Council has installed a dispenser of plastic bags for dog owners along with a sign stating some simple rules; have your dog on a lead, or alongside you, scoop the poop, failure to comply can result in a $300 fine.

I’m bemused as to how the fine will be imposed as I’ve never seen a council employee on the walk tasked with this role. Plenty of groundsmen around who do good work maintaining the walkway but I don’t think they are able to impose fines.

Many people are in control of their dogs, but a good number, particularly cyclists with large dogs, would not have a clue if their dog had defecated as they are not even within earshot of their dogs let alone close

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enough to witness the pooing. As well as anonymous pooing, small children are at risk. In the last months I’ve seen one small boy knocked off his bike by a labrador puppy running madly along with a group of cyclists whose only comments when the boy was knocked over was to say it was not their dog as they roared on. Not every child is naturally a dog lover and dogs bounding up to them uninvited reduces some littlies to tears.

Come on dog owners, control your dogs and pick up their droppings, they are not pretty! An increasing number of tourists use this walkway, having it littered with dog poo is certainly not a good look.

M Parker, Otumoetai.

Will earthquake prompt tsunamis sirens?

Re: Tauranga City councillor Steve Morris raising the question on Sunday of the non-existent tsunami sirens and all the suggested reasons for not installing them. I raised this subject four years ago and it seems as though council staff are still coming up with reasons not to install them. I wonder

what the ever -rowing population of Papamoa feel about this?

Obviously, none of the council staff live in Papamoa.

Whakatane has the sirens and has done so for a number of years but then they have White Island puffing away as a constant reminder.

I wonder if Monday night’s events will prod the council into getting their A into G now?

Peter Turner, Pyes Pa.

Scaremongering in state of emergencies?

In a past life I was involved in Civil Defence events and it was always a serious concern to me the general press exaggerated events to the public, achieving a level of hysteria by the incorrect use of adjectives. It is very important the different avenues of communications must be used to keep the public informed but in my opinion there should be serious financial consequences to TV, radio presenters and journalists who use language that creates fear within the public arena.

It is of some concern that news readers, reporters and journalists can use inflammatory words when describing events of a Civil Defence magnitude.

We all sympathise with the public who are in a state of emergency who have lost family, belongings and businesses but it is morally inconsiderate for the general press to verbally instil fear in the public arena

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Each full number on the Richter scale is multiplied by a factor of 10.

In my opinion, all newsreaders on TV and radio need to be upskilled in the vernacular they use when it comes to reporting seismic events.

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Community events and occasions across the Bay. Pg39

MUSIC & ARTS

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Stories, snippets, strangeness, and general entertainment. Pg40

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Performers prepare for iconic event The Bay of Plenty’s Plenty’s most most iconic iconic festive event is gearing up for showtime this December 17 – and is heralding an impressive line-up of free entertainment.

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and asking for encores,” says Luisa.

They’ll be joined by funk-blues band AhJeez – local college students lead Taula, lead lead guitarist guitarist Ben Ben vocalist Elijah Taula, Mollison, drummer Brodie McDowell and bass player Mitchell Nemeth.

“They made it to the Smokefree Rockquest’s national finals this year– Former Tauranga resident Jessica from 700 competitors,” says Luisa.

Sherman can’t wait to return to And former Tauranga residents, perform at ‘A Night Before Christmas’ Taula, who who siblings Leilani and Elijah Taula, on December 17. judge’s retreat retreat in in last last made it to the judge’s And she’s one of many who will year’s ‘The ‘The X-Factor’ X-Factor’ TV TV show show as as aa year’s take to stage at the free event – and singing duo, will also perform. in turn offering a night of stunning The Inspire Community Kids Choir performances. will also return – showcasing 35 Jessica, who went to Bethlehem primary-aged children from different College, has followed her passion for Bay schools. There will be a unique performing arts by graduating with Former Tauranga resident Christmas art installation, dance, a Bachelor of Musical Theatre at Jessica Sherman. fuse drummers, cheerleaders, roving The Victorian College of the Arts in entertainers, bouncy castles and a range of local Melbourne. She’s appeared in a string of productions troupes on-stage, says Luisa. and is now rehearsing for the new show ‘Woman’.

“Singing carols remains a highlight for the crowd – “I’m so excited to be part of this incredible which is keeping the tradition and nostalgia alive.” community event that has grown so much over the As result, music director Darren Porter says the years,” says Jessica.

Bethlehem Baptist Band has been practicing for weeks “It will be wonderful to be back home to celebrate learning Christmas carols.

Christmas with my community and family and ‘A Night Before Christmas’ is on Saturday, friends.” Event organiser Luisa Schroder says this year’s headliner act is Late 80’s Mercedes – a 10-piece swing- December 17, at Bethlehem College’s front fields.

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his international experience to show off the surprisingly Bay of Plenty Symphonia’s final concert of 2016 will virtuosic capabilities of the large brass instrument, dispel everything you ever thought about the tuba. says Maggie. “The tuba is mainly known as a big, The symphonia’s ‘Romancing the Tuba’ show will low pitched and sometimes comical instrument, but feature guest soloist Tak Chun Lai at Baycourt’s Williams’ piece includes fast nimble passages, which Addison Theatre on November 27. show how versatile it can be. The tuba also Conducted by Justus Rozemond, the has beautiful lyrical qualities, particularly programme includes Tchaikovsky’s well expressed in Romanza, the second ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Ralph Vaughan movement of this concerto.”

Williams’ ‘Tuba Concerto in F-minor’ While Dvorak’s “cheerful and featuring guest soloist Tak Chun Lai, optimistic” 8th Symphony draws its and Dvorak’s ‘8th Symphony’. inspiration from the composer’s love “Tchaikovsky’s passionate fantasy of Bohemian folk music. overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a “It is a relatively short symphony in very popular and highly romantic four movements, with representations work, with its vibrant energy and of bird song, thunder-storms and lively yearning love theme overlying a dances,” says Maggie. sense of foreboding,” says symphonia Bay of Plenty Symphonia’s ‘Romancing spokesperson Maggie Gething. the Tuba’ conducted by Justus Next up is the rarely-heard ‘Tuba Guest soloist Tak Chun Lai. Rozemond with guest soloist Tak Chun Concerto in F-minor’ featuring Lai is on at Baycourt’s Addison Theatre soloist Tak Chun Lai, and is the on Sunday, November 27, from 3pm. “number one” concerto for tuba players as little solo For more information and ticketing, visit: repertoire written for them. Lai, who is Auckland www.bopsymphonia.org.nz Philharmonia Orchestra’s principal tuba player, will use

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Working class boy in Tauranga Filling the night with song “Working hard to make a living, bringing shelter from the rain. A father’s father’s son son left left to to carry on, blue denim in his vein.

“Oh, oh, oh he’s he’s aa working working class class man.” man.”

Audiences will sing along to the famous lyrics as well as hear the stories that shaped Jimmy Barnes’ life and music at ASB Arena, Baypark, on February 16, 2017.

The Australian rock icon is coming to Tauranga as part of his first ever ‘spoken Boy: word’ tour ‘Working Class Boy: An evening of stories and songs’, where he’ll be telling his life story for the first time on nine stages throughout New Zealand.

This unique live theatrical production is described as a companion piece to the eagerly anticipated first volume of his Boy’, memoirs – ‘Working Class Boy’, released by Harper Collins on Monday, September 19.

“Just like the book, this live show will tell the story of an imperfect childhood that has led to me becoming an imperfect adult,” Jimmy. “I “I spent spent most most of of my my life life says Jimmy. running from my childhood and now it seems like my time to face it.

“So this is the story of a lifetime spent running away.

Running from fear. Running from shame but at the same time running from hope.

“I’m not running anymore.”

Jimmy will share stories from his troubled childhood and delinquent adolescence as well as deliver intimate performances of some key songs drawn from his earliest years.

This tour will be a treat with lots of storytelling providing a real insight into Jimmy’s life life and and the events that shaped Jimmy’s his music.

‘Working Class Class Boy: Boy: Jimmy Barnes’ ‘Working Songs’ isis An Evening of Stories and Songs’ coming to ASB Arena, Baypark, on Thursday, February 16.

Jimmy Barnes is performing in Tauranga on February 16.

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Nana’s knickers under the spotlight “It’s the big heart of the play that sold it to me,” says The cast and crew of Tauranga’s Detour Kim. “You can’t help but love Nana Sylvia Charles, and Theatre are closing out the year with a her 85-year-old side-kick, Vera, as they get themselves, madcap comedy ‘Nana’s Naughty Knickers’. and everyone they come in contact with, into more The final production of 2016 is on stage from November 16 to December 3, and director Kim Williamson promises audiences won’t be disappointed.

“The wild ride begins the moment the curtain opens.”

Following the stage story of an 83-year-old nana’s illegal lingerie business operated out of her New York apartment, audiences could be mistaken for thinking the play begins and ends as a chaotic situational comedy.

The characters of Nana’s Naughty Knickers.

and more trouble.

“The harder they fight to get themselves out of the mess, the deeper everyone gets. But throughout, Vera and Sylvia remain adorable, generously spirited to a fault and steadfastly can-do. They’re the seniors we’d all like to be when we’re in our 80s.”

Kim says the performers try to produce something for everyone each year at Detour Theatre.

“Our first show for the year was the new Kiwi comedy ‘The Checkout Chicks’, which we followed with the Agatha Christie classic ‘A Murder is Announced’, and William Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy ‘Romeo and Juliet’.

“Finishing up the year with the outrageous American comedy ‘Nana’s Naughty Knickers’ is just perfect.

“It’s certainly an exciting year for our charming little theatre.”

‘Nana’s Naughty Knickers’ is on stage at Detour Theatre from November 16 to December 3. For tickets, phone 0508 iTICKET, purchase at Tauranga i-SITE, or book online at: www.iticket.co.nz

Inachord Chorus will be taking Baycourt by storm again this year at their annual performance.

singing lessons again and now he’s well established in the Tauranga singing circles,” says Tory. “‘Team D’ will be performing some well-known humorous The allduets from female a Broadway capella musicals, chorus and will be Felicity is presenting a Tauranga ‘A Night local and of Song’ on she is a Sir November Edmund 26, and will Hillary share the stage scholar and she’s with three guest also received a soloists. scholarship from the Inachord member Adastra Foundation. and baritone singer The Inachord Chorus. “We like to promote Tory Oliver says the local talent,” says Tory. group work year-round to polish And with a variety of songs and perfect their yearly concert. lined up, there’ll be something for “We work all year to do one big everybody this year. concert so that’s our focus – to have And if you’re interested in a really polished performance for becoming an Inachord member, one concert.” they’re on the lookout for new Inachord will take to the stage talent to join their troupe. from 7.30pm on November 26, “We’re always looking for new accompanied by local talent John members to come and join our tory Darke, ‘Team D’ duo Dave Wilson dynamic,” says Tory. and Daniel Pepperell, and Felicity Adult tickets to ‘A night of Song’ Tomkins. cost $20 and student tickets cost “John Darke is a very well-known $15. To purchase and for more performer in Tauranga. information, please visit: He started singing as a young www.baycourt.co.nz boy and then stopped, but took up

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MUSICPLUS PLUS

By Winston Watusi

A week in music A week is a long time in music. And this last week seems particularly long, with the passing of both Leonard Cohen and Leon Russell.

I don’t, as more than a few have suggested, put this down to the world simply giving up in reaction to the takeover of America by a narcissistic white nationalist conman. I think there’s a simpler explanation: 2016 sucks.

Yep, sad to say in this normally sunny column but it’s been a rotten year. It’s been a rotten year for politics, it’s been a rotten year for war, and it’s been a rotten year for musicians.

Of course part of that is simply that a whole bunch of musicians are growing older.

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Back to Leonard

I hadn’t intended to write about Leonard this week but it’s hard not to. Last week I reviewed his new album. Then I popped into The Warehouse and saw a cheap CD of it so I bought another copy, sure to be a useful Christmas present. Then I drove home and was told that he’d died.

Jewels Nicholls, LC, and Janice Holdem.

We talked a lot about Cohen that night, as I happened to be with the same group of musicians and friends who went to Raratonga three years ago for the wedding of another musician, local guitarslinger Mike Kirk. Nigel Masters from Kokomo made the trip, and bluesman Mike Garner among others.

I think it was thanks to Mike G that we ended up in the Koru lounge at Auckland Airport drinking complimentary bubbly while raiding the breakfast bar. That was where Mike (Kirk, in this case) came over to me and said: “You know there’s a guy over there who looks just like Leonard Cohen”.

This seemed unlikely. It was a month before his final concert tour came through New Zealand and he had no gigs scheduled at the time.

But there are very few people in the Koru lounge at 9.30am in the morning who wear full suits and fedoras and, sure enough, helping himself to the orange juice, was none other than Leonard Cohen, dressed exactly as he would be on-stage. It was like walking into an album cover.

Saying ‘thank you’

So, yes, everyone said ‘Hello’. And, yes, he was as charming and gracious as one could possibly hope. I still don’t know what he was doing there but someone had the presence of mind to take a picture – just the one out-of-focus picture – of him standing with two of the women in our group. I think the musicians were too shy to ask; I know I was (and damn, I regret it now).

But just meeting him was enough really: a quick handshake and, for some, enough time to express the deep impact he’d had upon their lives over the years. You don’t often get a chance to say ‘thank you’ and this was that rare moment. Leonard smiled, with obvious pleasure, and said: “You’re so lovely”. watusi@thesun.co.nz

Operatunity celebrates 15 years Tauranga’s Ann Wadsworth sat in the audience of an Operatunity concert for the first time more than 10 years ago and hasn’t missed one since.

“I simply love it,” says the Operatunity life member.

And she’ll probably take the front row seat when Operatunity’s Daytime Concert Series returns to Tauranga to celebrate its 15th Anniversary Gala on December 2.

The concert will feature a variety of

Moetaua, Karl Perigo, Lynette musical styles from the last 15 years, Martin, Scot Hall, and pianist Paul including musical theatre, proms, comic Carnegie-Jones. songs, sentimental ballads, and more.

Operatunity performs more “The concert will feature ‘the best than 200 concerts every year of the best’, showcasing all the and takes more than 600 different styles of music we have music-lovers on musical trips presented during the years, plus a both domestic and abroad. few surprises,” says founder and For the 15th anniversary, owner Susan Boland. they will celebrate with 26 gala “We will also give everyone the concerts throughout New chance to win a trip-for-two on Zealand, as part of their our Sydney Opera on the Har-bour Tauranga resident Ann Daytime Concert Series. trip, valued at more than $10,000.”

Susan will be joined on stage by Wadsworth with Operatunity “It’s hard to believe that performers Karl Perigo and from nine in our first co-owner and co-founder John Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua. audience we now sing Cameron, Bonaventure Allanto thousands of people throughout NZ each month, as well as take more than 600 away on musical trips each year,” says Susan. “We look forward to doing it for many more years yet.”

The 15th Anniversary Gala, as part of Operatunity’s Daytime Concert Series, is at Holy Trinity Church, 215 Devonport Rd, Tauranga, on December 2 at 11am. Tickets are $32 and include a lunch after the show with the artists. Visit www.operatunity.co.nz or call 0508 266 237.

Friday 2nd December, 11am Holy Trinity Church, 215 Devonport Rd

Celebrate our Anniversary with our best-of-the-best from the past 15 years - musicals, music hall, proms, Christmas tunes and more!

Tickets are $32 and include lunch after the concert (discounts available for groups).

Come to the concert and enter the draw to win a trip for 2 to Sydney valued at over $10,000.

Phone Concerts toll free:

0508 266 237

Email: bookings@operatunity.co.nz

www.operatunity.co.nz

GIGGUIDE & ENTERTAINMENT Greer’s Gastro Bar Sunday 20 – Terry Jensen Duo Sunday 20 – The Native Poms 4.30pm.

5.30-8.30pm. Popular covers The Crown and Badger and easy listening duo, guitar Friday 18 – Ruckus – 9pm and vocals. till late.

La Mexica on The Strand Saturday 19 – Siren – 9pm Saturday 19 – DJ Corz and till late.

K+Lab After Party 10pm – The Matua 3am. Free entry.

Sunday 20 – Backporch Mount RSA 3-6pm.

Friday 18 – Back Porch Wednesday23 – “A taste of 7.30pm. your music”. Come along Saturday 19 – Ray Solomon with chord sheets and sing 7.30pm. with the band. 7.30pm start.

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Friday 18 November Bromeliad Club Display & sales

table at the Pavilion, The Lakes, as part of Garden & Art Festival Nov 18-20.

Saturday 19 November

Bay Network Singles Club Weekly social

activities for those 55-70+. Dining, barbecues, games, concerts, outings.

Jean 576 9988 Bowls Matua Every Sat. Split sixes from 12.45pm. Prizes, fun, bar. Casual bowlers welcome.

Busting Out with Kerre McIvor Evening with media personality Kerre McIvor, includes 3-course meal, glass of wine on arrival & fundraising auction. Come dressed in evening wear.

At ASB Baypark 6pm - late. Presented by Boobops & Tauranga Breast Cancer Support Service. www.asbbaypark.co.nz Car Boot Sale Greerton Village School, Greerton Road 7.30am-12pm. Cost $5 for a single site & larger sites by arrangement. Shirley 577 1116 or 0274 146 Christmas Social Dance Dec 10 at Greerton Hall, 1247 Cameron Rd 7.30pm. BYO drinks & nibbles. Entertainment by Helen Riley. Just come on the night. Supreme Dance Centre 544 2337 or 027 322 1786 Come Dancing Te Puke Scottish Soc monthly dance, Te Puke Memorial Hall.

Live band, great supper & wonderful company. Entry $7. Valerie 573 7093 Dragon Boating Give it a Go month during November. Women all ages. Every Sat 7.30am & Tues & Thurs 5.30pm.

Sulphur Pt. Heather 021 610 505 Flower Reading Workshop Dec 3 at Hair Linez, Old Railway Station, Jellicoe St, Te Puke 1-3pm. You can read flowers? How? Come & enjoy an afternoon of learning what flowers can tell you about yourself & others. Bring flowers. They need stems, leaves & flowers. Use flowers, trees, bushes or even weeds. RSVP Elaine 573 5361 Fun, Fresh & Saucy Introduction to Cuban dance with 2 world class Cuban instructors. Elizabeth Community Centre, 169 Elizabeth St, Tga 3-4pm. $20. Kate 021 744 056 or Salsaagua@gmail.com Handel Messiah St Mary Immaculate Church, Cameron Rd/First Ave, Tauranga 7.30pm. Jayne Tankersley, Stephen Diaz, Iain Tetley & Tavis Gravatt with musical director Chalium Poppy & NZbArok.

Tickets: Adults $35, students/children $25 available & Baycourt & online (service fees) & cash sales at the venue.

Narcotics Anonymous Open meeting every Sat 7.30- 8.30pm & every Sunday 7-8pm at Hanmer Clinic (behind Super Liquor) 1235 Cameron Rd, Greerton.

Every Mon at 7-8pm & every Fri 7.308.30pm at Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui. If using drugs is causing you problems, maybe we can help.

0800 NA TODAY Papamoa Community Park Join in the fun - growing soil, food & community. Fun for all ages, dawn till dusk. Gardening bees 2nd & 4th Sat 9am - 3pm.

Between 51 & 53 Hartford Ave, Papamoa. Chris 021 0241 5454 or therockpapamoa@gmail.com

Papamoa Cruisers – Slow Bikers/

mobility scooters. Bikes can be put on trailer 8-11.30am, Community Church Car Boot Sale, 30 Evans Rd, Papamoa.

“Cruise” is part of Waimapu Estuary leaving near Shell service station from 15th Ave 2pm. Iain 572 2987 or 0275 722 987 Papamoa Garden Circle Final meeting of the year in the Dune Room, Gordon Spratt Reserve, Papamoa 11am. (Note earlier start time). Featuring the annual Rose Show & a fashion parade. Visitors welcome. Bring a plate with lunch items for shared lunch.

Papamoa Scout Quiz Night Quiz night fundraiser Nov 26 at Gordon Spratt Reserve Community Sports Centre. Doors open 6.30pm, tickets $20pp includes light supper. Bring your loose change for raffles, auctions & spot prizes. Tables of 6 or 8 - email Sheree at dancebunny01@ yahoo.co.nz Petanque @ Blake Park Every Saturday - coaching & competitive play 1pm.

Equip available, all levels welcome. Linda 544 2818 St Peter’s Anglican Church Fair Katikati War Memorial Hall 8.30am. Books, cakes, children’s toys, Christmas things, white elephant, silent auction & more.

Te Puke Community Markets Jubilee Park, Te Puke. Brought to you by Te Puke Toy Library. Stall holders $10. Monique 027 356 9545 Te Puke Forest & Bird Walk Orokawa Bay, Waihi. Carole 575 2662

The Artery Acrylic Painting Classes

Nov 19 & 20 10am - 3pm. Silver Smithing Classes Nov 26 & 27 9am - 12pm. www.theincubator.co.nz The Shades A lineup of local talent, professional performance & cheeky humour with special guest soprano Natasha Wilson. Nov 26 at Holy Trinity, 215 Devonport Rd, Tauranga 7.30pm. Tickets from www.waipuna-hospice.co.nz or the Hospice Shops. Adults $40, students $20.

Village Radio Community radio broadcasting from Tauranga Historic Village 1368 kHz AM. Music of 1940’s - 90’s weekends 9am - 5pm, weekdays 10am - 5pm. Specialty programmes. www. villageradio.co.nz or 571 3710

Sunday 20 November

All USA Day Car Show Classic Flyers,

Jean Batten Dr, Mount 10am - 2pm. (New venue). All cars of US origin welcome. Cars from 8am, public from 10am. Prize giving 2pm. Show cars $5, public entry $5pp or $6 family.

Andre Rieu Friendship Group BOP For lovers of this music. Monthly weekend gatherings at each other’s homes, garden party, group booking for cinema concert screening & hear the latest info. Jennifer 574 4238 E: poppet312@gmail.com Bay Bible Fellowship/Lord’s Day Worship & communion service at Welcome Bay Primary School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Rd 10am. Guest preacher: Philip Hanson. www.bbf.net.nz Bethlehem Lions Market 1st & 3rd Sun 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, Greerton 1.45pm.

Title: “Jesus as Lord.” Interactive, Q&A. Refreshments provided. Vic 543 0504 Bingo Club Mt Maunganui Last day this year Nov 20 1pm. Resuming in February.

Chalk Garden – Colouring Book City

Draw your own garden creations in the chalk outline, inspired by NZ children’s storybook “Uncle Glen’s Cabbages.” In the Red Square, during the Garden & Art Festival Nov 20 2.30-4.30pm. Spot prizes every 15 mins. Chalk provided. www.facebook.com/colouringbookcity Corkers Toastmasters Develop your leadership skills, confidence & communication abilities. Every 3rd Sunday at Zone Restaurant, Owens Place, Mt Maunganui 2-3.30pm.

Uncork your potential. Lani 0210 445 654 Croquet Every Sun, Tues & Fri at Tauranga Domain, Cameron Rd 12.45pm. Peter 571 0633 Czech & Slovak Club Tauranga Czech School & playgroup at Tauranga Boys’ College, Devonport Rd 10am - 12pm.

Guests welcome.

Hear Winston Peters Free - open to the public at Katikati Warm Memorial Hall, Main St, Katikati 2.30pm. “It’s common sense”, questions & answers after the speech.

Maketu Market At Maketu Village Green 8am. Treasures, crafts, produce, plants, books, food & more. Stall fees $10. Susan 533 2600 Old Time Music Makers Club Every third Sunday at Welcome Bay Hall 1-4pm. $3 entry & ladies a plate. Ces/Joy 544 3849 Prayer & Praise A new worship service at St Enoch’s Presbyterian Church, 134 16th Ave, Tauranga 11am. A time of praise & adoration. Experience a fresh touch from the Lord.

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

Sun 1.30pm & Thurs 5.30pm at pond behind 24 Montego Drive, Papamoa to sail Electron & similar 3ft long yachts, for fun. Adult beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419 Spiritual & Healing Meet The psychic cafe, Greerton Community Hall 7pm.

Large group of spiritual, psychic & healing practitioners to meet & greet, cafe style. Door fee $10, everything else free.

578 7205 www.psychiccafe.nz Tauranga Friendship Force A bounty of new international travel friends. Meet 3rd Sunday monthly. Barbara 574 5711 or email: reg.clothier@gmail.com Tauranga Underwater Hockey Juniors up to year 10 students & new players 5-6.15pm. Seniors Year 11 to Adult 6-7.45pm. Baywave Aquatic Centre every Sunday except holidays. Lance 027 287 4731 or 578 7573

Wanganui Girls’ College

Old Girls’ Assn – Tauranga Branch. Christmas function, Tauranga Sport Fishing Club, Sulphur Pt Marina 4pm. All past students welcome. 548 2110

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competitive band. Maureen 541 0532

munication & leadership. 1st, 3rd & 5th Mon. St Stephens Church Hall, Brookfield 7.30-9.30pm. Craig 027 587 5115 Badminton Tauranga Badminton Club summer season. Every Mon at Bethlehem College Events Centre 7.30-9.30pm. $5pp. All senior players welcome. Sue 0211 944 335 Ballroom Dancing for Beginners Free dance lessons at Club Mount 7pm. Just come along, easy & fun. Udance2- The Dance Centre. Dean/Miki 542 1295 www. udance2.co.nz Email: udance2@xtra.co.nz Bay Garden Club New members invited to join this friendly group every 3rd Monday afternoon. Jennifer 544 2090 Biosecurity Week – Public Day Port of Tauranga, Salisbury Ave, Mt Maunganui 1-3pm. See the biosecurity beagle demonstration, competitions & giveaways, talk to biosecurity experts & learn about your local port. Plus there will be a biosecurity snakes & ladders game for the kids.

Body & Soul Fun Fitness For over 50’s, social events & guest speakers. Mon & 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 9.15-10.15am. First class free. For men & women. Dianne 576 5031 ‘Qualified Sport & Physical recreation instructor’.

BOP Pipes & Drums Practice Monday’s at Hauraki Reg Hall, 11th Ave, Tauranga 7pm. Experienced players & learners welcome. Andrew 021 669 027 Bowls Matua Twilight Starts 5.30pm.

Casual bowlers welcome. Bowls & free coaching provided. Fun, prizes, sausage sizzle, bar. Tom 576 7212

Practice every Mon at Wesley Church, 13th Ave, Tauranga 7.30pm. www. taurangacivicchoir.org.nz Heather 575 9092 Concert Mount Senior Citizens Hall, 345 Maunganui Rd 1.30pm. Entertainer: Raymond Solomon, followed by afternoon tea. $3 door cover.

Fitness League Ladies exercise with dance to music. Improve posture, energy, toned body, increase strength & fun. Every Mon at Greerton Senior Citizens Hall, 39 Maitland St 9.3010.30am. Gloria 548 0377 Fitness League Safe effective, low impact fun exercise set to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed for women of all ages & abilities. First class free. Every Mon at Settlers Hall Omokoroa 9.30am & Tues St Johns Anglican Church Waihi 9.30am.

Dorothy 549 3378 Genealogy Friendly Group Mako Room, Papamoa Community Centre 1-3pm. Assistance offered to anyone with an interest in researching their family history. Daphne 575 4674 Line Dancing Every Mon evening at Tauranga Citz Club, cnr Cameron Rd/13th Ave 6-8.30pm. 6-7pm beginners. Last class for the year Nov 28 restarts Jan 9. Pat 544 2574 Mah Jong Every Mon at Tauranga South Bowling Club, 11th Ave 12.454pm. Visitors & beginners welcome.

Free teaching available. Shirley 576 0014 Meditation - Free Classes Mon 10am & Weds 7.30pm at Bellevue. Find peace, truth & wellbeing, its right inside you. David/Trisha 570 1204 Otumoetai Mens Rebus Inc (Ex Probus) meet 3rd Mon of month at St John’s Hall, Bureta Rd 9.45am. Guest speakers & companionship. New members welcome. David 544 0291

Achieve Toastmasters Promoting com-

Brass & Percussion Players Welcome

Practice every Mon at 10 Yatton St, Tauranga 7pm. Jeremy 021 132 3341 Chess Mt Maunganui Mount RSA Chess Club every Mon at Mount RSA, 544 Maunganui Rd. Early program 6-7.30pm during school term. Late program 7.30pm onwards. Standard Chess Rules. Incl casual games. Noel 579 5412 Chess, The Mount Club Every Mon at St Thomas More Church, 17 Gloucester Rd 1-4pm. The only place you play standard chess in Tga. $3 a session. Sets, boards, clocks & refreshments provided. Bob/Viv 575 5845 or 0274 786 282 Citizens Advice Bureau For free, confidential information & advice about anything call in Mon -Fri 9am-5pm 38 Hamilton Street, Tauranga or Freephone 0800 367 222 or 578 1592. JP Service every Mon 1-4pm, Weds & Thurs 9 -1 1.30am & Fri 2-4pm & Migrant Clinics Tues - Fri 1-4pm. All welcome. No appointment necessary. Employments Disputes Clinic fortnightly Tues - appointments necessary.

New CAB Papamoa Satellite Service each Tues, Weds & Thurs 10am - 1pm weekly.

All welcome, no appointment necessary.

City of Tauranga Pipe Band Grade 3, meet every Mon at Otumoetai Primary School Hall 7.30pm. Comprehensive programme for pipers & drummers.

Experienced players welcome to join this

Civic Choir Tauranga

Otumoetai Playcentre Open Week

Nov 21-25. Visitors (parents/grandparents/whanau & children aged 0-5 years) welcome 9.30-11am. Free morning tea provided. Windsor Rd, next to Otumoetai Aquatic Centre. 576 1178 Pilonga Classes Mon & Fri at Arataki Community Centre 10.30-11.40am. A fusion of Pilates & Yoga. $12 per class until Dec 16.

Psychology Week Nov 21-27. Free presentations: 8 lessons from a career in psychology; From mindfulness to mindlessness; Positive futures. Nov 23 at Tauranga Yacht & Powerboat Club, Sulphur Pt 6pm. www.psychology.org.nz Recycled Teenagers Gentle exercise for 50’s forwards, & injury or illness rehabilitation. Mon & Weds, 14 Norris St, Tauranga Senior Citizens Club, behind Pak n Save. Tues at St Mary’s Church Hall, Girven Rd. All 9 - 10.30am.

Classes taken by qualified instructor.

First class free. Jennifer 571 1411 Tauranga City Silver Band Practice every Mon 7pm. Some instruments & tuition available. New players welcome.

Jeremy 021 132 3341

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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

Club night every Mon at Tauranga RSA, Cameron Rd, Greerton 8pm. Relaxed, social evening of dancing. Members $3, non-members $5. Visitors welcome. Check the Facebook pages. Trina 575 7461 a/hs 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 includes afternoon tea.

New members welcome.

Te Puke Forest & Bird Indoor Meeting

Masonic Lodge, Oxford St, Te Puke 7.30pm. Rakiura – Stewart Island “Land of the glowing skies.” All welcome.

Womens Art Group Every Mon at Lyceum Club rooms 68 1st Ave 9am - 12pm. New members welcome.

Margaret 543 3244 Yoga with HanneHatha Mon & Weds 9.30am & 5.30pm. Gentle hatha yoga, small groups.

Bethlehem studio. Hanne 027 244 6710

Tuesday 22 November AGLOW – Mt Maunganui Salvation

Army Hall 10am. Christmas fun. Come & enjoy the final 2016 meeting & experience the fun & fellow-ship with a shared lunch to follow. Next meeting Feb 2017. Barbara 576 5870

Altrusa Community Service Club

Business/dinner meeting 2nd Tues.

Social night 4th Tues, each month.

Julie 544 0277 Argentine Tango Guys, we need you to rotate, as partners, with the girls.

No experience necessary as you will be given free lessons for 8 weeks. Denise 020 400 61340 Badminton (Social) Every Tues & Fri at Otumoetai Baptist Hall 9.30am - 12pm. Racquets available. Lorraine 579 3229 Bayfair Petanque Club Tuition & boules available for learners & visitors.

Every Tues & Thurs at Bayfair Reserve, Russley Drive 1pm. Margie 542 0084 or 021 0293 7459 Beginners Linedance Class Every Tues at Tauranga RSA 5.30-7pm. First 2 lessons free. Just turn up. 027 487 6332 Cards 500 Social, fun, free, competitive evenings of 500 played regularly on various nights. Ideal for Mount & Bayfair residents. Chris 572 3834 Cards 500 Every Tues & Thurs Mt Maunganui Senior Citizen’s, 345 Maunganui Rd 12.45pm. 575 4650 Excel Toastmasters Every 2nd, 4th & 5th Tues of month at Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Bayfair 6.158.30pm. Learn excellent public speaking & leadership skills. brooke_bop@ hotmail.com Fitness League Ladies exercise with dance to music. Improve posture, energy, toned body, increased strength.

Every Tues at St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood 9.3010.30am. Gloria 548 0377 Hear NZ First MP’s Clayton Mitchell & Darroch Ball, free - open to the public at Methodist Church Hall, Puriri St, Mount 7pm. “It’s common sense.”

Questions & answers after the speech.

Inachord Chorus Womens 4 Part Harmony every Tues at Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd 6.55pm. Enjoy the challenge of singing & performing varied repertoire. Cathy 579 2040 Junction Mental Health Peer Support & Advocacy: Coffee & chat at St James’ Hall, Greerton 10am – 12pm. 543 3010

Mount Morning Badminton

Every Tues at Mount Sports Centre, Blake Park 9am - 12pm.

Social, all ages, beginners welcome. Racquets available. Daily fee $5pp. Margaret 575 9792

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Nam Wah Pai Kung Fu Chinese martial

art training Tues & Thurs at Tauranga Boys’ College 6-7.30pm & Mon & Thurs at Tahatai Coast School, Papamoa 6.15-7.45pm. New members welcome.

Brian 021 241 7059 Ocean Running 5k run & walk around Mauao base track every Tues. Register from 5.15pm at Mt Ocean Sports Club, Pilot Bay. $5 entry includes free drink after run/walk & chance to win spot prize. Walkers start 5.45pm, runners 6pm. Phil 021 383 354

Otumoetai Matua Walking Group

Every Tues at Kulim Park 9am.

576 7339 Petanque - Tga/BOP Club Tues & Sunday at Blake Park 1pm. Equip available, all coaching given. Linda 544 2818 Pilates Classes Every Tues at Arataki Community Centre 12-1pm. $10 per class.

Remembrance Service Join us for one of our special Remembrance Services, remembering the life & loss of your loved ones. Nov 22 at Hillsdene Chapel, 143 13th Ave, Tauranga. Nov 23 at Methodist Church, 2 Oroua St, Te Puke. Nov 24 at Mount Harbour Chapel, 416 Maunganui Rd, Mt Maunganui. All start 7pm. If you would like to attend, ph Jones & Co Funeral Services 578 4009 Sequence Dancing Tauranga Social & Leisure Club, St John’s Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai. Tues 7-9.30pm except 2nd Tues of month 3.30-6pm.

Visitors welcome. Murray 576 3294 Tauranga Astronomical Society Presentation about the moon, how it affects us, how it came to be & do we need it?

Telescope viewing weather dependent.

Fergusson Park Observatory 7.30pm.

Tauranga Samba Mt Maunganui Sports Centre 7-9pm. Brazilian drumming & percussion. No experienced needed. Rob 021 232 7185 Tauranga Scrabble Club Every Tues at Tauranga Bridge Club, Ngatai Rd 8.50am. 3 games $2.50. New players welcome. 544 8372 Tauranga Toastmasters Meet weekly at Tauranga Lyceum Club 7.15-9.30pm.

Learn public speaking & leadership skills. Guests welcome. Alan 544 5989

Wednesday 23 November Age Concern Walking Group

Hamilton Gardens walk. Meet at Bethlehem Rd 10am. 578 2631

Arabian Spice Belly Dance

Learn the right moves & drills, gain confidence. No partner required. Every Weds at St Columba Church Hall, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Tauranga 6.30pm. 576 4112 or 021 124 5982 arabianspicebd@ gmail.com

Awaken to your Intuition & Angels

Class to access your spiritual abilities & trust your inner guidance. Nov 30 at Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Mount Maunganui 12.30-2.30pm & 7-9pm. $20. Visit www.YouHaveInnerInnerGuidance.com 027 352 2445 melissa@communicatewithangels.com Bipolar Support Group Support for people with bipolar 1-2pm. Transport available if required. Junction Mental Health Peer Support & Advocacy 543 3010 Bowls Indoor Every Weds & Fri Mt Maunganui Senior Citizen’s, 3.45 Maunganui Rd 12.45pm. 575 4650 Cards Do you play crib or would like to learn? Every Weds at Greerton RSA 1pm. Rona 578 7939

Community Bible Study International

Every Weds at City Church, 252 Otumoetai Rd 7-9pm for a Bible Study on the “Book of Philippines” Julie 552 4068

Fernland Spa Water Exercise Class

Every Weds 10.45-11.45am. Held rain or shine but not during school holidays.

Classes taken by qualified instructor & lifeguard. New participants ph Jennifer 571 1411

Five Hundred Cards Every Weds at St Thomas More Church, 17 Gloucester Rd, Mount 1pm. $3 a session. Includes weekly prizes, door prize, refreshments, aggregate. Barbara 572 4962 Friends of the Library Mt Maunganui Library Book Group meet 10am. Theme this month: Celebrations. Gail 574 3376 Healing Rooms Bethlehem We are recessing early for the summer break, so all inquiries after mid Nov call 021 110 0878 www.healingrooms.co.nz Kiwi Toasters Building communication & confidence 1st, 3rd & 5th Weds of the month at 3 Palm Springs Boulevard (same building as Palm Springs Pharmacy) 5.30-7pm. Chrissy 027 296 7939 Narcotics Anonymous Working the steps. Closed meeting every Weds at Downstairs Hall (accessed from the building’s rear), Salvation Army Recover Church, 375 Cameron Rd 7.30-9pm. If using drugs is causing you problems, maybe we can help.

0800 NA TODAY Ninja Knits Crochet & knitting group every 2nd & 4th Weds at The Incubator, Tauranga Historic Village 7pm.

571 3232 www.theincubator.co.nz One Man, Two Guvners Presented by 16th Ave Theatre. Francis Henshall finds himself working for both a gangster & a criminal in hiding, both of whom are linked to a web of schemes, extortions & romantic associations. To prevent discovery, Francis must do everything he can to keep his two guvnors apart. Nov 23- Dec 10. Performances each Weds to Sat 7.30pm. Matinee 2pm Nov 27 & Dec 4. Tickets from www.iticket.co.nz Freephone iTicket 0508 484 453 or over the counter at Tauranga iSite.

Scottish Country Dancing Every Weds at Senior Citizens Hall Maunganui Road starts 7pm. Lynne 573 5055 Sunshine Dance Group All sequence dancers past & present invited to 25th Reunion Silver Anniversary Dance in Greerton Hall, Cameron Rd 7-10.30pm. Dancing, reminiscing, supper, prizes. Dress: Semi formal.

Entry: Ladies a plate of food or $5.

Men $5pp. Replies to Rick/Jan 544 4379 Tauranga Embroiderer’s Guild Every Weds at Tauranga Rowing Club, Devonport Rd, Tauranga 10am 2.30pm & 7.30-9.30pm. Beginners welcome. Nancy 544 4778 Te Puke Toy Library Weds to Sat at 242/1 Jellicoe St, Te Puke 9.30am 12pm & Thurs 3.30-5.30pm.

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A Place to Be Come along & learn a new craft. Suitable for people of all abilities. Every Thurs at Lighthouse Church, next to Welcome Bay Shops 11am - 1pm. Free.

Awesome Clothing Sale Good quality, all sizes & styles - men’s, women’s, children’s, shoes, sheets, duvets etc. Only $5 a bag. You pick. Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga 9.30-10.30am.

Organised by Turning Point Trust 578 6934 Bay City Rockers Social rock n roll dancing every Thurs at Senior Citizen’s Hall, Norris St 7.30-9.30pm. Gavin 027 643 6222 Club Mt Maunganui Social games club. Play indoor bowls, 500, bolivia & 5 crowns every Thurs 12.45pm. Prizes & visits to other clubs. Subsidised monthly dinners. Gloria 575 0059 Fitness League Safe, effective, low impact exercise to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed to help with posture, balance & stamina, combination of exercise, movement & dance. All ages & abilities. Complementary 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 Freemasons Think you know us? Think again. To find out more, we meet every 4th Thurs evening. Graeme 576 1539 lodgetepuke261@gmail.com Free Meditation Classes At Papamoa Sports & Recreation Centre, 80 Alice Way, 1st left in Parton Rd, at Gordon Spratt Reserve 7pm. Find peace, truth & wellbeing. It’s right inside you. Ian 576 2032 Friends of the Library Greerton Library Chat Group meet 10.30am (Note later start time). Speaker: Shelly Wu, Supervisor Greerton Library. Topic: Her trip to China.

Pam 571 2566 Genealogy Like to join the Te Puke Branch? New members welcome. 4th Thurs of month at Te Puke Library 10am 3pm. Graham 533 1571 Keynotes 4 Part Harmony Women’s chorus every Thurs at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave 6.45pm. Sing for fun & health. Nora 544 2614 LOL Laughter Wellness Come & enjoy a laughter pick-me-up session.

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SuperGrans WBOP Workshop in Katikati about what it means to be a SuperGran at Resource Centre, Katikati 1pm. Email: supergranbop@gmail.com Tauranga Heart Support Group Low impact group exercise class for those with or at risk of heart & associated diseases.

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All levels welcome. Chrissy 572 0818 Bethlehem Christmas Markets At Bethlehem Baptist Church, 90 Bethlehem Rd 6-10pm. Markets, music, food, demos.

576 2344 Brick Kids Lego Club Every Fri at Te Puke Library 1.304.30pm. During school term only. Free entry.

Chess Tauranga At 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/ Free Wellness Evaluation First Step to Fitness and Wellbeing. Svetlana 027 616 2124 Genealogy Research Members of Papamoa Genealogy Branch at Papamoa Library 10am – 12pm to assist researchers with their family history. Daphne 575 4674 TaiChi QingGong 18 Moves A good way to improve your health. Every Fri at Greerton Hall 6.30-7pm. Gold coin donation. Join now. 571 5168 Tauranga Lyceum Club Women’s friendship club. Catered lunch first Fri of month & dinner 3rd Weds with varied & interesting speakers. Other activities include: painting, mah jong, music, bridge & Rummikub. At 68 1st Ave. Margaret 543 3244

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Firstly, the the Bible Bible tells tells us us that that God, God, Firstly, or Yahweh as He was known by in the Old Testament, is the Commander in Chief. The Bible, which is God’s inerrant and personally-revealed word to us, states no less than five times that: “The Lord reigns (1 Chron. 16:31; Psalms 93:1, 96:10, 97:1, and 99:1)”.

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One day all earthly rulers will answer to God’s Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, because “God has highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father (Philippians 2:9-11)”.

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lost and found FOUND BLACK AND WHITE male cat, Gate Pa area, Ref: 24489 Found Black and white female cat, Mount area, Ref: 24490 Found Tortoiseshell female young cat, Ohauiti area, Ref: 24491 Found two chocolate puppies, Tauranga South area, Ref: 24492, 22493 Found kittens, various colours, various areas, Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found female black and white cat, Welcome Bay area, Ref: 24498 Found litter of six puppies, Oropi area, Ref: 24503, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08 Found Grey cat, Oropi area, Ref: 24509 Found medium haired male aged cat, Papamoa area, Ref: 24510 Found black young adult cat Tauranga area, Ref: 24511 Found female grey adult cat, Arataki area, Ref: 24513 Found Tabby female adult cat, Pukehina area, Ref: 24518 Found white rabbit, Ohauiti area, Ref: 24519 Found black and white male cat, Parkvale area, Ref: 24521

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situations vacant BLIND MANUFACTURER Santa Fe Shutters located on Newton Street in Mount Maunganui manufactures blinds and cedar shutters. Full time permanent positions now available for the manufacture of our blinds. Whilst experience in Blind manufacturing would be advantageous, full training will be given. If you have experience or have worked in a similar industry such as sewing, curtain making, fabric measuring & cutting, we would like to talk with you.

Please call Sharon at 021 610 384 or email your CV to sharon@ smsconsulting.co.nz DOG MINDERS WANTED Passionate dog lovers I need you. I am looking for minders to join Rosiesretreat looking after other peoples dogs in your home while they go on holiday. Great hourly rate. Ring Linda 022 303 8043 Email lynda.a.hodgetts@ gmail.com

trades & services AFFORDABLE BUILDING MAINTENANCE house painting, house repairs, spouting/roofi ng repairs, general maintenance, 20 years experience. Ph Andy 022 350 0600

www.sunlive.co.nz/classifieds.html trades & services INSECT SCREENS Measure.

Make. Mend. Ph Rob at Magic Seal 543 4940 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.

Call 022 421 4261 PLASTERER Interior 30+years Skimming, Walls make good, Ceilings, Walls, Cornice Cove, Plasterboard Stopping, New Builds. Small Jobs. Free Quote.

Contact Stan 021 130 2621 PLASTERING, INTERIOR WALLS & ceilings. Tradesman 30yrs exp. Skimming, painting prep. Small jobs OK. Ph Murray 027 266 5657

APPLIANCE REPAIRS For service of all Fisher & Paykel, Haier and Elba appliances, Ph 0800 372 273 for your local technician.

QUALIFIED ELECTRICIAN AVAILABLE before Christmas, 30 years experience. “No job too big or small.” Call Mark 0274 514 153

BOAT BUILDING repairs and maintenance. Timber & fi breglass trade qualifi ed, boat builder. Ph Shaun 021 992 491 or 07 552 0277

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

BRYCE DECORATING Interior & exterior painting, wallpapering.

Quality work. Ph Wayne 579 5588 or 021 162 7052 ELECTRICIAN, 18+ years experience, NZ registered.

Residential & commercial, maintenance & service, new builds, renovations. Fast, friendly service. Ph Andrew 022 354 1960 HANDY MAN CAN-DU. Bathroom Renovations, Decks and stairs, pergolas, small plastering and painting jobs, water blasting. Free quotes.

Ian The Fix it Man. 45 years tradesman. noknoi@clear.net.nz 021 670 770 HANDYMAN BUILDING and section maintenance, decks, fencing, pergolas, painting, water blasting, odd jobs. Free quotes Ph Rossco 027 270 3313 or 544 5911

STANDARD HEATPUMP CLEAN and Sanitise $69 - Premium Clean $99. All technicians drug and police checked. Call Airify on 0800 247 439 TILER 30 YEARS + experience, qualified in all aspects of tiling.

Available now! Ph 0204 0864 211 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 WANT YOUR OUTDOOR ENTERTAINING area covered?

We offer cost effective solutions for your outdoor space and specialise in the manufacture of framed pergolas and bespoke outdoor furniture. For your free quote ph Matrix Metal Solutions 543 20147 www.matrix.org.nz

trades & services WINDOW CLEANING Home, business, rural. Tauranga, The Mount, Papamoa, Te Puke.

Clearly Windows, Freephone 0800 40 55 88 or call Nicky on 021 148 6467

travel & tours ”A A A” - MEMORABLE SUMMER & AUTUMN TOURS 2016 & 2017. Our early 2017 FEATURE TOUR is our “South Island Tour by Rail”, this is a great trip with so much to see... and do. Seats are limited.

Contact us for details, and to chat about other unique trips we have coming up including for your Free Newsletter. We provide door to door service (we will pick you up, and take you home again after tours).

Ph Hinterland Tours Team on 575 8118 or 027 235 7714 5TH - 8TH JANUARY 2017 ANOTHER FORGOTTEN World Adventure – rail, road & boat tour. Are you looking for adventure, maybe just a bit of nostalgia - wanting the WOW factor? New Plymouth - coast and gardens. Whangamomona – forgotten world hotel & rail karts. Laurens Lavender Garden – forgotten highway. Taumaranui – rail karts & river cruising.

Chateau – classical, majestic old world charm and luxury hospitality. Then come & get lost in the Forgotten World with Zealandier Tours – Phone Jan on 575 6425 for more details.

NO 8 TOURS NEW ZEALAND’S SENIOR TRAVEL CLUB – (1) December 22nd 6 Days Taranaki voted Lonely Planet’s Best Region to visit 2017 Christmas Getaway (Limited seats): Includes Fabulous Festival of Lights, Tawhiti Museum, Fun filled Christmas day together. (2) January 5th 5 Days Ohakune, New Year’s Tour- The Mountain Town (Filling Fast): Includes Whanganui River Boat Rides, Blue Duck Station, Waiouru Army Museum, Magnificent Mellonsfolly Old West Ranch.

(3) January 20th 5 Days Sunny Nelson, Abel Tasman and French Pass: Includes Flights, WOW Museum, Tasman Bay, Hoglund Art Studio, Abel Tasman Cruise, Beautiful Torrent Bay Lodge lunch. Book Now seats are limited – Free Door to Door service, Day Trips, Shows & Free colour catalogue: Ph. 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

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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

Give Julie a call today to book your Run On Listing

07 578 0030

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