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The Weekend Sun

E N T E R T A I N M E N T G U I D E MUSIC The ever popular guide to ‘What’s On’ in the Bay.

Saturday 7 September 60s Up Social Group Promoting

enjoyment of life for the older person. First Sat of month at Papamoa Sports & Recreation Centre, Parton Rd, Papamoa from 12pm. $2pp. Guest speaker &/ or activity arranged each meeting. Bring a small plate of finger food for shared lunch. www.60supmovement.org.nz or Glen 542 2823 Alcoholics Anonymous Women’s meeting at Mt Maunganui Primary School, Orkney Rd 10-11am. Children welcome. Art in the Park Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui 8.30am – 5pm weather permitting. Tauranga Society of Artists offer for sale a variety of art to suit all tastes. Bay Association of Sea Kayakers Weekend of paddling at Whanarua Bay (East of Te Kaha). Bevan 576 8885 Bichon Frise Club Maungatapu School Hall, 164 Maungatapu Rd, Tauranga 11am. $2 entry per adult. Fun classes for your dogs to enter $1 per entry, including the mighty Tauranga/Auckland challenge! Bring a plate for shared lunch, crockery item for raffle box, lead & anything else your pet might need. BOKWA Fitness Omokoroa Settlers Hall, Omokoroa Rd 9.30am. Easy steps to sign language, fun cardio workout. All levels of fitness welcome. Sarah 021 185 3363 www.bokwafitness.com/ Come Dance the Night Away Sequence & old time dancing. Greerton Hall 1.3011pm. Great music & supper. $5 entry. Run by Tauranga Social Dance. Gary 543 0051 Gate Pa Tennis Club Junior Season starts Sept 7. For 10 & under ages club days are Saturday’s 9am start. Club days for intermediate & college players Thurs 4.30pm. Lana 576 9099 or 0274 202 665 Messianic Weekly Meetings The Way meet in the Kingfisher Room, Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Mt Maunganui 10am. 570 1438 St Andrew’s Spring Gala Nov 9. If you would like to rent a stall, or for stall criteria & cost 575 9347 or www.mountchurch.org.nz Tauranga Farmers Market Tauranga Primary School cnr 5th Ave & Cameron Rd every Sat 7.45am - 12pm. Fresh & artisian produced food. Trixie 552 5278 or www.taurangafarmersmarket.co.nz Tauranga Lawn Tennis Club Summer opening day. Seniors Sept 7 1pm, for the young & not so old. Wear your brightest tennis clothing. Club play 1pm. Handicap tournament 1.30pm. Junior Sept 8 & Sept 14. New members, beginners & pre-interclub 9-10am. New members & interclub 10-11.30am. Games & coaching will be organised. Maryanne 578 9298 The Cargo Shed Open Sat & Sun 10am - 4pm. Coffee & a free biscuit with new products on display. The Little Big Markets Mount Sports Centre cnr Hull & Maunganui Rds, Mt Maunganui 9am – 2pm. Art, craft, live music. www.thelittlebigmarkets.co.nz

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Valuing the Power of Agreements Sept 14 A modern day mindfulness awareness event. Exploring integrity & accountability regarding the use of powerful agreements. Historic Village, Tauranga 10am - 4pm. RSVP Kayesha 573 7588 or btlgu@hotmail.com Village Radio Community radio broadcasting from Tauranga Historic Village 1368 kHz AM. Music of 1920’s - 80’s weekends 9am - 5pm, weekdays 10am - 5pm. Speciality programmes. www.villageradio.co.nz or 571 3710 Welcome Bay Markets Car boot & market day first Sat of month at Welcome Bay car park. 9am – 12pm. Sausage sizzle, car boot & stalls. Cost $5 car boot/stall. 544 4977 or cwelcomebay@xtra.co.nz

Sunday 8 September

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Buddhism can help us attain indestructible happiness. Every Sun, except first Sunday of month at Otumoetai Plunket Rooms, 59 Otumoetai Rd 2.15-3.30pm. www.sgi.org or email: sgitauranga@ gmail.com Battle of Britain Sept 15 Parade & service at 1000hrs at Tauranga RSA. All welcome. Bay Bible Fellowship Welcome Bay School Hall, Welcome Bay Rd 10am. Communion plus teaching from “Joshua - living the courageous life,” by Lincoln Forlong. Gerald 021 938 618 or www. baybiblefellowship.co.nz Bible Seminars Sunday at Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St, Greerton 1.45pm. Title: “The book of Ruth, a story of faith in action.” Interactive, Q&A. All welcome. Vic 543 0504 Chris Skinner in Concert The Orchard, Te Puke 2pm, featuring BOP Men’s Choir. CD’s for sale after the concert. Tickets $15 available from Paper Plus Te Puke or Te Puke Plunket 573 7901 or The Orchard 573 8961. Fundraiser for Te Puke Plunket. Fun Charity Walk Sept 15 - Papamoa Wetland 5km wander for Child Cancer starts at Papamoa Sports & Recreation Centre, Gordon Spratt Reserve, Papamoa 10am. Spot prizes, auctions, entertainment. For details - www.enteronline.co.nz Merchant Navy Day Commemorative service at Sulphur Pt MN & RNZN Memorial. Assemble 1345, ceremony 1400. Refreshments afterward at Yacht Club. 575 4226 Omokoroa Lions Market Western Ave car park, Omokoroa 9am - 12pm. All stall holders & car boot sales welcome. Only $5/5m space. 548 2117 Palm Beach Plaza Lions Market At Southern edge of the Plaza car park adjacent to Gravatt Rd 7am – 12.30pm. Stalls must be set up by 7.30am. Great range of goods for sale including fruit & vege, arts & crafts. Fundraising stalls to support needy causes. $10 per car space. 542 2559 a/hs Petanque Every Sun, Tues & Thurs at Cliff Rd 12.45pm. Boules available, tuition given. 1st 3 visits free. Neita 572 3768

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Prestige Singles Change of venue.

50+ Coffee afternoon at Nautilus Cafe & Restaurant, Cross Rd 2.30pm. Mix & mingle with other like-minded individuals. Gayle 027 439 3267 Radio Controlled Model Yachts Meet Sun 1.30pm at pond behind 24 Montego Drive, Papamoa to race electron & similar 3ft long yachts. Graham 572 5419 Tauranga Rainbow Social Network For gay/lesbian/bi/transgender. Meet 2nd Sun of month at 3pm. Kaye 021 239 7142 or 07 218 1411 Theosophical Society “Saving our planet” at Tauranga Yoga Centre, Elizabeth St West 2pm. Entry by donation. June 576 6106 Unity of Tauranga Metaphysical study & meditation group meet 2nd Sun of month, Matua Hall, Levers Rd 10.15am cuppa, 10.30am start. 576 0165

Young Classical Musicians Society

Concert at St Enoch’s Church, 16th Ave 2.30pm. Entry adults $3, children $1, family $6 2 + 2. Come & enjoy our young talent. Jocelyn 575 5975

Monday 9 September

Baby Moves & Group Specialised movement & music class for 0-14 months run by qualified early childhood educator. Mondays at Arataki Community Centre 10-10.30am, music 10.30-11am. Coffee group all for only $4. 575 2048 Bay of Plenty Pipes & Drums Army Hall, 11th Ave & Devonport Rd 6.45pm. Annette 577 9272 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. All classes 9.15-10.15am. First class free. Dianne 576 5031 Qualified Instructor/ Cardiac Care leader. Chess Mt Maunganui Mount RSA Chess Club every Mon at Mount RSA, 544 Maunganui Rd. Juniors 6.15-7.15pm during school term. Open club 7.30pm onwards. Bob/Viv 575 5845 Citizens Advice Bureau Free, confidential info & advice about anything call in Mon - Fri at 38 Hamilton St, Tauranga 9am - 4pm or freephone 0800 367 222. JP service every Weds & Thurs 9-11.30am. Weds CAB service at Welcome Bay Community Centre 9.30am - 12.30pm, Fri at Mount Library 11.30am - 1.30pm. No appointment necessary. Dances of Universal Peace Legion of Frontiersmen’s Hall, Elizabeth St, Tauranga 7pm. Pat 533 3915 Free Antenatal Classes Pirirakau Hauora, classes available each month in 2013. Venues throughout the Bay. For dates & venues ph 552 4573 or email: tamarikiora@pirirakauhauora.org.nz Fire Brigade Bowling Club Handicap Singles at Greerton Hall, Cameron Rd 7pm. Sharon 543 3929 Fitness League Safe effective, low impact fun exercise set to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed for women of

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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

Tauranga Senior Badminton Club Every

Harmony a Plenty Barbershop Chorus

Every Mon at Bethlehem Community Church, Moffat Rd 7pm. 572 3345 or www. harmonyaplenty.co.nz Hello Monday! Healthy breakfast for everyone, for every body. Free body analysis/ sample. Every Mon 7.30-9am. Svetlana 027 616 2124

Justice of the Peace Service Centre

Monday at Bayfair Shopping Centre Management office 10am - 12pm. Learn to Dance Te Puke Sequence dancing refresher & coaching for beginners. St Pats Hall, Beatty Ave, Te Puke 7-9pm. Gordon 572 0060 Meditation Free classes Mon 10am & Weds 7.30pm. Find peace, spiritual awareness & the meaning of your life. David 576 9764 Otumoetai Indoor Bowls Aggregate, Matua Primary School Hall, Clivedene St 7.15pm. Karen 576 0443 Papamoa Progressive Assn 2nd Mon of month in Tohora Room, Papamoa Library 7.30pm. Ken 574 2332 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 Relationships Aotearoa Mon - Blended families. Combining a household? This course covers step parent & step sibling issues 6.30-8.30pm. Tues - Parenting Through Separation. Free course for separating parents 6.30-8.30pm. Weds Parenting today’s Teens - this course covers issues being experienced by teenagers in today’s society 6.30-8.30pm. Parenting 4 Success - parenting your 2-11yr olds 10am - 12pm. Parenting through separation Papamoa 10am - 12pm. Thurs - Positively Me 4 women- self esteem course for women 6.30-8.30pm. Parenting through separation 10am - 12pm. 576 8392 Tauranga Badminton Junior Club From 7-17yrs. Every Mon at Bethlehem College Events Centre 6-7.30pm. Every Tues at Otumoetai College action Centre 5.156.45pm. Racquets available. Sue 0211 944 335 or 543 0035 Tauranga Creative Fibre Every Mon at Arts Centre, Elizabeth St from 9.30am. Spinning, weaving, felting, knitting, crochet & more. Learn & share in a mutually supportive club. Also on Thurs evening twice a month. Joan 577 6781 Tauranga Pipers Club Every Mon 7pm. Enquiries welcome from pipers & drummers. 579 1460 Tauranga Rock n Roll Club Tauranga RSA, lessons 7-8pm, club nights 8-10pm. www.taurangarocknrollclub.org.nz or Colleen 544 4676

Mon & Weds 7.30pm onwards. Racquets available. All welcome. Sue 0211 944 335 or 543 0035 Tauranga Senior Citizen’s Club Mon & Thurs Cards. 500 & Bridge 1-4pm. Tues, Weds & Sat Indoor Bowls 1-4pm. Register by 12.45pm. At 14 Norris St, behind Pak n Save. Entry $2 includes afternoon tea. New members welcome. 578 7534 Mon Indoor Bowls at St Columba Church Hall, 502 Otumoetai Rd 1-4pm. Names in by $12.45pm. $3 entry includes afternoon tea. 571 6663 YMCA - ALFS (Active lifestyle for seniors). Smooth Movers class Mon 8.45-9.45am & 10-11am at Matua Community Hall, Levers Rd. Also 9-9.55am & 10-10.55am at Arataki Hall, Zambuk Way (off Grenada St). Tues 9.15-10.15am & 10.30-11.30am at Papamoa Community Centre, Gravatt Rd. Weds 9.15-10.15am Welcome Bay Hall, Welcome Bay Rd. Also Te Puke Senior Citizen’s Club, Jocelyn St, Te Puke 9.15-10.15am. First class free. Thurs 9-10am at Otumoetai Action Centre, Windsor Rd. Also 10.30-11.30am at Bethlehem Hall, Bethlehem Rd. Fri 9.15-10.15am at Papamoa Community Centre, Gravatt Rd. 578 9272

You’re Never Too Old to Get Moving! Physical activity & education programme developed for people over 60yrs. Fully endorsed by GP’s & National Heart Foundation. Every Mon, Weds & Fri at BOP Polytechnic 8-9am. Keith 571 0190 or email: keith.martin@boppoly.ac.nz

Tuesday 10 September

ABC - Avenues Badminton Club Every Tues at Tauranga Intermediate School Sports Centre. Juniors 6-7.30pm. Seniors (Adults) 7.30-9pm. Club racquets & coaching available. Delwyn 027 212 4720 Altrusa Club of Tauranga Women’s community service group. Dinner & business meeting 2nd Tues. Social programme 4th Tues monthly. Interested? Denise 570 3134 Badminton (Social) Every Tues at Otumoetai Baptist Hall 9.30am - 12pm. Racquets available. Lorraine 579 3229 Balmorals Leisure Marching Team

Ladies welcome to join aged 30-60 for fun, friendship & travel. Training every Tues at Greerton 6-8pm. Anita 571 4096 or 021 0257 6094 Bayfair Petanque Club Every Tues & Thurs at Bayfair Reserve, Russley Drive 1pm. Tuition & boules available for learners & visitors. Margaret 572 3173 BOP Shirley Walking Group Every Tues meet outside the Mount Surf Club 9.20am. Easy walking. Cafe jaunt after. Great group. See you there. Come & See Like to know more about the Catholic faith & church? Meet every Tues at St Mary’s Catholic Church cnr Cameron Rd & Elizabeth St 7.30pm. 578 6209 Conversation Cafe for Seniors Every Tues at St Andrew’s Church, Dee St,

Tauranga tide heights in metres. The full month’s tide information is available on www.sunlive.co.nz. Every effort has been made to ensure that these times and tides are correct, no responsibility will be accepted for any inaccuracies, omissions, or misuse or misinterpretation of the values for tides and times published.