The Weekend Sun 10 July 2015

10 July 2015, Issue 759

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Rubba dub, we’re sharing the tub The big news this week is that us residents of the Bay have apparently been showering together to save money.

This came as quite a shock to me as I hadn’t noticed the rest of you in the shower cubicle.

“BOP residents showering together to save money” was the headline on the survey results this week. Now I spend some of the time with my eyes closed to stop the shampoo stinging, but I’m pretty sure I would have, at some stage, noticed signs I wasn’t alone in the shower.

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was the fishes’ job to eat the seaweed; then we eat the fish.

I cannot see the point of cutting out the middle man, doing the fish out of a job. The only other use for seaweed is for fertilising the vege garden and fruit trees.

Why you’d start cutting corners and putting it straight down your throat is a mystery to me.

Apparently, it is a very hip thing to do, along with drinking Bone Broth. To us mere mortals, that is the product of boiling bones to extract the goodness and serving as a soup.

Of course grandma would have called it stock, but let’s not deflate the egos of the trendy brigade who think they invented something new.

Fact is, our parents and ancestors have been boiling the crap out of dead animal remains for centuries and certainly understood the health benefits.

Why we need some swanky big city big noters to attach fancy-schmancy new labels to everything is beyond me.

In the meantime, in the interests of health, I shall continue to use seaweed for fertiliser and indulge in Forest Bathing while pursuing tasty animals for the purpose of Bone Brothing.

onto your toothbrush.

Apparently 10 per cent of those questioned in the Rinnai bathroom survey reported similar toothpaste carnage. There was the usual nonsense about whether toilet seats were up or down, but really, no-one cares any more.

If it’s down and you want it up, change it. If it’s up and you want it down, bad luck. Get over it or fix it yourself. Take a leaf from the RR Politically Incorrect Guerrilla Bathroom Guide: Leave the seat in any way that is guaranteed to annoy the next user.

And turn over the toilet roll.

Better still, hide it.

This whole shower time fuss has brought back a recurring nightmare from nearly a decade past. A time when Helen Clarke ruled the World of Bathroom Water Use, and tried to tell us to shorten our showers.

I awake often in the night, shaking in a cold sweat, certain I’ve heard the screeching tyres of a Diplomatic Protection Squad car and a long, black limo racing into the driveway; feeling the Cold Hand of Power reaching onto my soapy shoulder in the shower cubicle... and Helen’s face appearing around the side of the shower curtain... “You’ve used enough water now, Brian! Would you like me to scrub your back?”

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And while we’re Forest Bathing, we might be lucky enough to see kereru, if there’s any left. Here’s a great photo by my neighbour Alan. It’s one that Sonny missed.

Forest bathing

For years we’ve been in the habit of staggering around in the bush, whether it be for pest control, fixing broken water supply lines or simply getting to the neighbours’ place in time for happy hour.

Only this week did we find out, we’ve inadvertently been part of a posh fad.

Forest Bathing, as it is now known, is the intricate art of walking in the bush.

Eating seaweed seems to be another wacko health fad that is gaining popularity. Personally, I thought it

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Chamber support for CBD? Tauranga Chamber of Commerce chief executive Stan Gregec is relishing the chance to be back in Tauranga and has big plans for the future.

Stan Gregec is well aware when it comes to business in Tauranga a lot has changed in the last two decades.

So there won’t be any magical wand-waving just yet in his new role as Tauranga Chamber of Commerce chief executive – as he replaces former chief executive Dave Burnett to lead the organisation forward and energise the business community.

Back in 1995, the 56-year-old first announced himself on the Tauranga business scene, opening the first NZ Trade and Enterprise office in the city, going on to pave a diverse career spanning government, education and private industry – both locally and abroad.

NZTE, his own consultancy business Market Drive, an internet development manager for the University of Auckland Business School and general manager of local manufacturer Atlantis Bathroom Style – you name it, Stan has done it.

He also fitted in a regional business adviser role with the

chamber in 2011 before moving to Freemantle, Western Australia, for a little more than two years.

It was during these years that Stan built an understanding of various technology platforms, business advice and support leadership, which he believes will hold him in good stead for his new role.

“Twenty years ago, when I first came to Tauranga, if you were a business there was only a handful of organisations you’d consider joining to get business support.

“Fast-forward 20 years and all of a sudden we have a whole new environment – it’s not only the internet but you have got lots of new types of organisations that offer something to businesses,” says Stan.

“The environment has changed and the challenge for the chamber is to keep up with the times.

“Keep up with the technology, keep up with is happening in the market and constantly work out ways to show it is still relevant and is offering something that is meaningful to businesses.”

Still settling into the role, Stan

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Though there won’t be any quick-fix to tackle city issues, including the reported demise of the CBD. Instead, Stan will be out in the community hearing what other people’s thoughts are and what value the chamber offers.

“The opportunity is to say: ‘Hey, everyone is in a situation these days of almost having to re-invent itself as times change’.

So what we can do now from this solid platform to take us more securely into the future?

“I’ve come in at the time where there is talk of a new airline coming into town. I think it’s a good time because a lot happening is positive.

“But we have some issues, like the CBD, and how we maximise that part of town.”

He adds: “I don’t have a game plan or set viewpoints really, other than it’s an exciting time.

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Tauranga City councillor Matt Cowley wants to apply elements of shopping mall design to the Tauranga CBD to make it more people friendly.

He’s started the process by posting a suggested layout or traffic flow proposal on the ‘Matt Cowley for Tauranga’ Facebook page seeking feedback.

The aim is to make the CBD more people friendly, easier to drive through and an easier place to find a park. “It’s around creating an environment that works really well like a mall, a shopping mall,” says Matt.

Harbour dredging starts October

The capital dredging programme to deepen the Port of Tauranga to take the next generation of containerships calling on the New Zealand coast will begin in October.

Danish dredging company Rohde Nielsen has won the tender. It will deepen and widen the shipping channels from 12.9 metres to 14.5 metres inside the harbour and 15.8 metres outside the harbour.

“The dredging is the final building block in a $350 million capital expenditure programme over the last five years to facilitate NZ’s exporters and importers being able to access the blue water savings of larger ships,” says POT chief executive Mark Cairns

Baybus fares to rise

Fares on Bayhopper and Cityride buses are set to rise from next month.

The rise, of about five per cent to each fare, will see passengers paying for a greater percentage of the cost of running the service. Schoolhopper fares are not affected by the increase.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council transport policy manager Garry Maloney says council had delayed the fare increase as long as it could, which was initially scheduled for late 2014.

He says bus fares are kept as low as possible and are still highly subsidised with passenger fares making up one-third of what it costs to run the service annually.

International music festival

The line-up for an international music festival at McLaren Falls next January is expected to be announced next month – when tickets for the festival go on sale.

The festival is advertised as featuring a threeday line-up of planet Earth’s finest artists, curated from the reaches of pop, rock, folk, electronica, psychedelia, blues, soul, hip-hop, R&B, world, alternative and beyond. The line-up for the McLaren Falls Music & Arts Festival will be announced in August with tickets going on sale from August 17 through www.mff.co.nz

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“So that means that only around 750 people out of 4.5 million showed any interest. I hope that the voter turnout shows the same interest and then maybe this fiasco can be laid to rest.

John Key started it and maybe HE should fund it?”

and the slammer James Henry Atutahi would prefer the phone rang more.

Ringing phones bring commissions and there’s room in this artist’s day for a little more work.

“But then I don’t like the phone.”

I know. I’d been trying to contact the sculptor for weeks, trying for a chat, for a story which may make his phone

ring, and could, let’s be honest, score him that nice fat commission.

His email, phone number and a picture with his TV good looks are up on his website. He’s inviting people to contact him with work.

“I suppose I should answer it,” he says. But the fact he has to think about it tells me he may not. “I get busy.”

This tells us a little about the man, a shy, humble being, but nothing about Atutahi the artist.

So throw open the studio door – it’s his garage door too – crane your neck up the street a block and smell the spume. There’s the surf of Mount Maunganui, and it’s pivotal to his world. “It’s my playground, my inspiration and my spiritual home.”

‘Playground’ because that’s where he surfs; ‘inspiration’ because his surfboard has transmogrified into an art form and ‘spiritual’ because he has brought his culture, his “Maori-ness” to it all. It all comes together in a nice, clean, tangential way, thank you.

But in his studio, his garage, shape is perhaps the only concession this surfing sculptor makes to surfing.

The rest of the piece is strong cultural symbology – a flax-weaving effect or could it be a tukutuku panel with inlaid koru patterns.

Then those splashes of cerise – he calls it ‘bombshell’ – with teal and turquoise. “Brightness,” he calls it.

“Nice to have some colour.”

So where and when did James, surfing and sculpture, come together. “Inside,” he says without equivocation.

He’s referring to prison.

Today he’s sitting in the Dry Dock Cafe, framed by his artwork and sipping peppermint tea. He’s very dapper, jaunty in his Trilby hat, maroon leather jacket with white piping, and dripping with jewellery.

“I was very nervous about coming to talk to you,” he admits.

A one-time failed armed robber, it’s no wonder.

He did two years from 1991 and his biggest regret was taking his young brother along on the job. He has paid his debt, but has he?

In a previous place and time, he filled days “inside” watching and learning – an apprentice to a master Maori carver and emerged with skills and hope.

“Good came of it,” says James. “I met some good people in there. People like me. If it hadn’t happened I would still be on the streets, still doing crime.”

Back with the artist now, back in the studio, he’s carefully pulling back the layers of bubble wrap from another work.

It’s a triptych called ‘Foreshore’, a koru triptych.

It is simple and elegant.

Take a wander up Wharf St and gaze in the window of Creative Tauranga – there he is again. This time it’s a conventional skateboard with that instantly recognisable Atutahi symbology applied.

What about that rather large, almost ostentatious blue stone ring he’s wearing today?

“It’s a healing ring.” He massages it. James lost a son two years ago to a heart attack. The ring helps, but it doesn’t hold back the tears.

But not now, because James has Megan, an art teacher herself. “She says she’s very proud of me.”

And he has the surf and his work. At 46, life is very focused, on track and simply good.

He just needs a few commissions – and to answer the phone. The artists tidies his peppermint teapot and cup, taking them to the counter at the cafe. It was one of those delightful encounters that reporters

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Omokoroa volunteers fire up Cosmetic Medicine Bay of Plenty Coast Fire Service area commander Murray Binning. Photo by Tracy Hardy.

It’s a matter of collaborate rather than compete when it comes to volunteer services in Omokoroa, with the peninsula seeing St John Ambulance and the New Zealand Fire Service join forces to form the Omokoroa Volunteer Fire Brigade first response team.

Previously the organisations have stood separate, offering voluntary services to the community, a tactic that’s stretched the level of service available to the public.

“What sort of happens in smaller communities is we have the fire service and St John,” says St John territory manager Ross Clarke.

“And rather than competing for staff, because both services rely heavily on volunteers, we decided to align our operations.”

Going forward the volunteers, under the fire service umbrella, will provide initial medical response to accidents and illness and advanced first aid until an ambulance can get there.

They will be fully supported by St John with training and either Katikati or Tauranga ambulances as back-up.

Omokoroa’s new response team is very similar to models used in Pukehina and Maketu, which have been established for some time.

“This is vitally important because the first few minutes can have a big impact on the outcome,” says Ross.

Bay of Plenty Coast Fire Service area commander Murray Binning says while there is a slight change in the colour of uniform, the first response unit still have an important role to play in the community.

The agreement sees the St John

volunteers transition into the New Zealand Fire Service as first responders, not firefighters.

Murray says the St John volunteers indicated a desire to join the NZ Fire Service and will be upskilled in certain firefighting skills to ensure they can respond to a different level than previously, including motor vehicle accidents.

Once fully operational the group will operate out of the Omokoroa Fire Station and have its own vehicle and resources.

Murray sees the move as nothing but positive, given its track record in the Eastern Bay of Plenty.

“Absolutely and without any doubt. In Pukehina and Maketu the firefighters fill that role of first responders because they have been trained up to that level.

“We already have a fairly strong fire brigade at Omokoroa and now the addition of another 10 or so responders is great.”

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Staying connected with apps Forget flicking through the Yellow Pages – some Tauranga schools are using a mobile app to stay better connected with parents and the wider community.

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Tauranga Boys’ College launched their app for Android and Apple phones at the beginning of this year, with Tauranga Girls’ College, Aquinas and Mount Maunganui Colleges also expressing interest.

“It extends the accessibility of school information to our students, their parents, and the wider community,” says TBC principal Robert Mangan.

Web development company

Inbox Design created the free app, which delivers up-to-date news, notices and events to users when they’re added to the www.tbc.school.nz website.

Inbox Design director Sheldon Lendrum says apps for schools is growing in popularity.

“We’ve had a lot of schools over the last 18 months talk about it.

The apps are becoming a fast and easy way for the school to show what’s happening.”

App users will be able to see if the school is open and what period it is from the home screen, as well as quickly view helpful links related to the boys’ college, including the website, NCEA and the Parent Portal.

“At 3pm it will say school is open and it’s period five,” says Sheldon, who jokes parents can keep a close eye on their child.

The app includes two maps for visitors to find their way around.

“One is just a layout map, which you can zoom around and see where the classes are on site,” says Sheldon. “The other is an embedded Apple map, so it picks up your location and will route how to drive to the school.”

Schools can also send urgent information via push notifications.

To download the app, search Tauranga Boys’ College in the app store, find the link on the school website or from iTunes.

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Putting an end to plastics A month-long environmental challenge is going to be tricky, but the reward – and even the punishment – is for a worthy cause.

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put all my meat in reusable containers.”

It’s changing ingrained behaviours that is the sole aim of Plastic Free July. Approximately 252,000 tonnes of plastic waste is disposed of to our landfills each year. Hikoi will be keeping followers up to date with their highs and lows throughout the month at www.facebook.com/Hikoi.co.nz For more information on Plastic Free July or to get yourself involved with the challenge, visit www. plasticfreejuly.org

Staff at Hikoi Mount Maunganui are taking part in Plastic Free July, which challenges participants to eliminate all single-use plastics in their lives for 30 days (and longer, if they can).

This includes shopping bags, cups, straws and packaging – anything that is intended for one use only then discarded.

For every single-use plastic item they do use, however, is a strike against their name and for every piece they must collect 10 items of plastic from the beach at the end of the month.

Aodren Le Bras Owner Brad Edwards, and serial gum will pick up plastic chewer, admits his daily habit is getting litter off the beach binned for the duration (apparently there as part of Plastic is plastic compounds in gum, he says) Free July. and tells The Weekend Sun so far it Photo by Bruce Barnard. is going well – although he’s already suffered a strike against his name for the aforementioned chomp.

“I think it will be a challenging buying stuff without it being wrapped in plastic and also refusing the single use plastic packaging that comes with everything,” he admits.

“My wife went shopping before the day of the challenge and got yoghurt pottles and all sorts of things, so we’ll have to change that – but it’s a mark against her name, not mine!” he adds with a laugh.

“I’ll be doing next week’s shopping, so I won’t be able to buy anything in plastic wrapping.

“I will have to go to the butchers and

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There will be no change to the way rural Western Bay and Tauranga City residents apply for or receive fire permits following Western Bay Moana Rural Authority dissolving this month.

The fire authority finished up on July 1, and fire control in rural Western Bay and Tauranga City areas has become part of the Pumicelands Rural Fire Authority.

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one of eight zones in Pumicelands, previous principle rural fire officer Alan Pearce is now the

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It’ll be like looking through a kaleidoscope when staring up at the night sky over Greerton tonight, as lights, fire and lasers turn the dull winter skies into a burst of colour.

The annual IlluminArt MidWinter Light Festival will brighten the skies over Greerton Village Square from 5.30-8.30pm, with Tauranga Samba leading the parade.

Greerton Village manager David Hart says highlights include lasers, lanterns, performers, fire dancers, dance groups, a pixel kaleidoscope display, singing, kapa haka, and hot air balloons (depending on the weather, of course).

Fire sculptures are also rumoured to be

there, along with a choreographed Jedi fight scene.

“It’s going to be lots of fun, with lots of different things happening and everything is free,” says David.

“That’s our whole vibe in Greerton Village – just trying to make sure there’s no reason why the community can’t get involved.”

Children have been making lanterns at several workshops held throughout the week to show off in the parade.

Last year’s event began at 6pm, but David says this year’s will start at 5.30pm for a more “family friendly” event.

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Heating up the winter waves Rain hail or shine, they sure do breed ‘em young in when it comes to surfing in Mount Maunganui.

The dial on the thermostat and water temperature are dropping but a group of young keen surfers will be looking to heat things up with their very own surfing competition next weekend.

Next Saturday, July 18, grommets will take to the wintry waters in Christian Surfers NZ’s inaugural Battle of the Groms Junior Surf Competition.

Surfers Cory McConnell, 12, Jahra Motzen, 10, and Charlise Byrne, 10.

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Set at Mount Maunganui’s hub of surfing, Tay St, grommets in the 13 and Under, 10 and Under and eight and Under age divisions take to the waves.

Mount Maunganui chapter organiser Naomi Cranston says the event is the perfect chance to give young surfers a taste of the competitive surfing lifestyle in a fun and friendly environment.

A distinct lack of national surf competitions catering for the younger generation – mainly 12-years-old and under – has prompted the new contest, says Naomi.

“We thought it would be cool to do something over winter for the younger kids as the older ones are over competing in Australia at the moment.

“We don’t want the younger generations to feel like they are left out in the cold.”

With registrations from

7.30am on July 18, surfers will run through a standard day’s competition – heats, quarter finals, semi-finals and finals – giving them exposure and competition against peers the same age.

Naomi says one week out the interest is building, with competitors from as far as Northland signalling their intentions.

“We hope that there is a strong local contingent. We’ve heard back from several local families that have kids on the surfing circuit.

What tends to be the way with surfers and competitions is they are lax and turn up on the day,” says Naomi.

“Across the three divisions it would be awesome to get 80 competitors, but who knows.

It’s hard to know with a first event.”

Christian Surfers NZ’s Mount Maunganui chapter also regularly hosts local surf events, charity contests, fun surf days, movie nights, and the odd mission to Matakana Island.

During winter there are fortnightly roadies to Raglan and other surfing hot spots, or when the Mount surf break is scarce.

Surfers can register for the July 18 event on the day or pre-register on Facebook – search ‘Battle of the Groms Mount Maunganui’.

For more information on the Battle of the Groms Junior Surf Competition, contact Naomi on 027 328 6797.

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Bay Salsa Dancing Club meets at La Mexica every Thursday for salsa on The Strand. Whether a professional or first-timer, people of all ages are invited to attend. Dancing starts 8pm, followed by social dancing. Partners are not required. Entry is $2.

By Luke Balvert

Bus fares on the rise to cover the increase in service costs Fares on Bayhopper and Cityride buses are set to rise from Monday, August 3.

The rise, of about five per cent to each fare, will see passengers paying for a greater percentage of the cost of running the service. Schoolhopper fares

are not affected.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council transport policy manager Garry Maloney says the council had delayed the fare increase as long as it could, which had initially been scheduled for late 2014.

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Depending on the trip, passengers may find their fare has increased slightly more or slightly less than the five per cent amount.

“We’ve had to allow for the fact that a strict five per cent rise wouldn’t have worked for

passengers paying for their fare on the bus with cash, so where appropriate the cash fare has been rounded to the nearest 10 cents,” says Garry.

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Battling the elements They say a photograph is worth a thousand words.

Ken Wright says a photograph is also worth a lot of waiting, angst and frustration.

And then more waiting – in this case two years.

Two years ago the Papamoa lensman was chatting with Gary Borman, head ranger at McLaren Falls. “He came up with the idea of creating a 180 degree panorama of the park during autumn.”

It was inspired by chance. Gary had stumbled across the seasonal landscape from farmland on the other side of Lake McLaren. It’s

not a view accessible to many.

And he decided he wanted it captured in all its autumnal delight, in the seasonal palette of red, yellow, purple, black, orange, pink, magenta, blue and brown.

It would be a unique image – a panorama of the park’s entire lake frontage.

It hadn’t been done before.

But there would be complications, such as access, weather, light, angles.

Like everything. That all had to come together. It would be complex.

“And it’s not just one photograph.

It’s 20 photographs stitched seamlessly together to give the impression of one photo – imagine 20 sheets of A3 paper overlapping each other by half, left to right.”

Last year there was a window of opportunity and the photographer and the ranger gave it a crack. “You set out and by the time you get from Papamoa to McLaren Falls, the weather has turned. It never worked out.”

The project stalled. But the will didn’t.

Gary would phone Ken. “It’s now, it’s now and I would have to say ‘I can’t get there now’.”

And did they ever think ‘stuff it – this is too hard’.

“Yes,” says Ken. But only thought it.

He made numerous trips to the park. “It was hard finding the perfect angle to shoot from without ending up with a redundant foreground.” The photographer was back on the job.

And for every problem there is a solution. The only way to get the shot was to climb into waders, anchor his tripod in the silt floor of the lake, weigh it down and shoot as low to the water level as possible.

One moment it was all a “bit of pissing around” and the next it was “a nightmare”.

Ideally there would be no wind, there would be a blue sky with fluffy white

clouds and a mirror surface on the lake.

It was too much to hope for.

“You would be halfway through shooting the 20 images and the wind disturbs the water so you have to scrap it – reflections in some pictures, none in the others.”

The lake’s too exposed.

“Or a storm goes through one day and the next half the foliage has gone from the trees.” Nature conspires against the photographer.

“Or a thumping big cloud would come over and block the sun from behind…so one second, full sunshine on vivid yellow trees and the next they look like s***, dull as anything.”

But time, patience and skill overcomes.

The finished canvas, the 2300mm by 450mm photographic vista was eventually stitched together and now hangs in the McLaren Falls visitors’ centre – just under the 180 degree black and white canvas of the falls themselves.

Of course, another work of the artist, of our photographer Ken.

By Hunter Wells

Keep calm and carry on: Dealing with conflict Do you avoid tricky conversations, lose patience with people or find it challenging to deal with difficult situations? If so, the Tauranga Chamber of Commerce is hosting a workshop on dealing with difficult people.

At the workshop, attendees will learn techniques and strategies to will allow them to handle difficult conversations and people with skill and confidence.

The workshop is on Tuesday, July 21, from 9am-12.30pm at Tauranga Chamber of Commerce, 65 Chapel St. To register, go to www.tauranga.org.nz/events-calendar

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Storming the catwalk Mount Maunganui Intermediate models Kylie Goodhue, Sam Mano, Jeremy Roberts and Tarryn Robertson.

It’s not every day a tornado rips through your school.

So when planning a school fundraiser at the beginning of the year, Mount Maunganui Intermediate didn’t expect they’d have to consider fundraising for $45,000 worth of damage after a tornado ripped through school grounds on May 14.

But that’s where the funds from their fashion extravaganza, Storming the Catwalk, at the school hall on August 1 will go.

School principal Lisa Morresey says there’s $45,000 worth of damage that’s not covered by Ministry of Education insurance.

“The Ministry of Education insurance doesn’t cover fencing, site-work, courts and astro turfs.

So there’s quite a proportion of

things that aren’t covered.”

Lisa says there’s $36,000 worth of damage to the astro turf alone.

“I’m working with the Ministry to see if they’ll pick the costs up, but we’re making it the goal of our fundraiser.”

Organised by the school’s parent support group coordinators Joy Luker and Anna Beck, the fashion extravaganza will see clothes from Wallis, Rip Curl, Evolution, Mount Surf Shop, Augustine, Moko, Harper and Charlo modelled on the catwalk.

“We’ve managed to peg a few male teachers to model the clothes, and Lisa is going to strut her stuff too,” says Joy. A silent auction will be held on the night, with profits going towards covering costs of the tornado damage. So they’re

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“Nothing is too big or small,” says Joy. “If you want to donate something worth $40, it’s $40 the school didn’t have before.”

Items include a signed recipe book from Annabel Langbein, a surfboard from Mount Surf Shop and a DVS ventilation system from Mojo Electrical.

Earlier in the day, at 1.30pm, the children get to strut their stuff on the catwalk in wearable art for Trash for Fash. The event starts at 7pm. Tickets cost $50, which includes snacks, a meal and a beverage; available from Wallis Clothing on Maunganui Rd or at the intermediate in Term 3.

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Four days left for flag designs The Flag Consideration Panel is reminding Kiwis they have four days left to enter designs for a new New Zealand flag, with the deadline on July 16.

Flag Consideration Panel chair Professor John Burrows says the deadline for designs coincides with 10 weeks’ public consultation as part of an inclusive, community-driven process to provide as many ways as possible for people to participate in the discussion.

More than 200 designs have been published and engagement online has seen 700,000 visits so far.

“Some of the values we’ve heard most include history and heritage, freedom, equality, being a Kiwi, independent,

culture, environment, tradition, unity and being a Pacific nation.

“This is a unique opportunity in our lifetimes and I encourage everyone to take part before July 16. From there, the Panel will start the next steps in our rigorous process to determine the four alternative flag designs.”

The panel will announce a list of 50-75 flag designs by mid-August and the final four by mid-September. The final deadline to suggest a flag design and share values about what is important about NZ to consider when reviewing all flag designs is July 16 at 11.59pm.

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Team set to make waves

Keegan Thompson and Megan Burrows (front), with team mates (from left), Georgia Coughlan, Ben Richards, Kirsty Burrows, Anton Williams and Letitia Jackson. Photo by Cameron Avery. world championships from August 8-15.

It’d be an exciting game to watch – The players need about $10,000 each to attend if the audience was submerged in two to the competition, which they’ve been fundraising for four metres of water. But, beneath the via movie nights, bake sales and PledgeMe accounts.

Coached by Letitia Jackson, the under-19 NZ surface, underwater hockey is just as women’s team will be entering the competition as exciting as the game on land. defending champions after winning their age group at the last world championships in Hungary in 2013.

It requires the same skill and speed, except players While Megan admits underwater hockey is must be good at holding their breath. These are skills something different from “your everyday sport”, that six Tauranga underwater hockey players will be the 20-year-old can’t get enough of it. putting into practise when they travel to Spain to Ben Richards, 18, is looking forward to the world represent New Zealand at the CMAS Underwater championships and has been playing for eight years.

Hockey Championships in August.

“I liked snorkelling and swimming, so all my Megan Burrows will represent New Zealand friends told me to come play.” in the under-23 women’s team and sister Kirsty He’d always have breath holding competitions with will compete in the under-19 team with Georgia his brother too. So how long can he hold his breath?

Coughlan. Anton Williams will represent the silver “I haven’t really timed, but two years ago I could do fern in the under-23 men’s team, while Ben Richards two minutes underwater.” and Keegan Thompson will be in the under-19 set.

To donate or sponsor the team or a player, contact The six travel at different times to save on costs,

By Zoe Hunter but will meet in the city Castellón de la Plana for the Megan Burrows on 07 576 8256.

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He’s now turning his attentions to aiding The Clothing Project.

Lights, clothing, action!

A non-profit organisation providing quality clothing to families who can’t afford to buy second-hand items was a story video producer Andy Galbraith wanted to tell on film.

And, thanks to a $5000 grant, Tauranga residents may one day see the story on their television screens.

Andy’s documentary on The Clothing Project is one of 10 winners in Energizer’s Power of Positive Energy project, which rewarded each entry with a cash prize to help spread its positive energy further.

Bay of Plenty’s Andy says the grant means he can begin pre-production on the documentary that he hopes will one day make national TV. “The funds will go towards animation of the logo for the opening, script writing, narration for the voiceover artist, music licencing and it will cover a lot of the production.”

The cost of the filming and editing the documentary will be met by Andy’s

video production company BullsEye Productions NZ. Launched in May, the competition sought to find Kiwis with a passion for innovation, waste minimisation or community improvement, and give them a helping hand to being, continue, or expand their initiative.

Andy spotted the competition on Facebook and immediately thought of his friend Amy Revell’s non-profit organisation, The Clothing Project.

“I love that Amy says: ‘It’s not so much about giving people the clothes, it’s about making people feel loved and cared for’.

“If we’re able to make more people aware of what the service does and how it cares for people in our community, it may inspire somebody in other communities to be involved.”

To follow the journey of the winners’ projects, visit the Energizer Facebook page facebook.com/EnergizerNZ If people want to assist The Clothing Project, email info@theclothingproject. co.nz or visit The Clothing Project page on Facebook.

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Snow drifts in Bethlehem It closed roads and schools in many parts of the country. The snow’s a menace and an inconvenience, and they wish it would go away.

But here in Tauranga, they are trucking in the stuff for fun.

Sanford Limited and Taylor Brothers Transport stepped up for Mother Nature, providing and carting four tonnes of free snow.

It was dumped at the Bethlehem Baptist Church this week for a school holiday programme appropriately called ‘Everest’.

The primary school-aged children made igloos, snowballs, they wallowed in it, and they threw it. “Seriously good fun,” according to a programme organiser Garth Collings.

The snow, or salt water ice, is made by Sanfords to keep fresh fish fresh and is slightly different to real snow.

“It didn’t take the kids long to suss that. This snow has a different texture, it’s kind of flaky,” says Garth. And it takes longer to melt.

But 160 Bethlehem children had a wonderful winter experience for 20 minutes before being herded inside to thaw out.

Wednesday snow, Thursday bubbles, all sorts of bubbles. Bubbles big enough to hold children – bubbles were also part of the fun at the Bethlehem Baptist Church’s Cool Bananas kids holiday programme.

By Hunter Wells

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Photos by Tracy Hardy.

White out in the Western Bay While the kids at Cool Bananas played in faux snow, the Western Bay of Plenty was treated to a dumping of the real white stuff, with flakes falling at the TECT All Terrain Park on State Highway 36.

Snow was seen falling from the sky in the region on Wednesday, with road closures being experienced in other parts of the country, including Te Anau and the Desert Road.

MetService meteorologist Georgina Griffiths says an increased number of southerlies, combined with spells of high pressure over New Zealand, means July will be relatively dry compared to other years.

July rainfall is expected to be below normal for most regions of the country. The exceptions are eastern areas of both Islands, where near normal July rainfall totals are forecast.

“While the southerlies and highs over New Zealand cause us to accumulate less rain than is normal, we certainly cannot rule out extreme rain events,” says Georgina.

“Seas around the New Zealand coastline are now cooler than normal, consistent with changes we see here during an El Nino winter,” adds Georgina.

“Sea temperatures are important for us because to a certain extent they influence air temperatures in our coastal regions.” After a warm start to the month, temperatures are forecast to slide below average in the first half of the month.

However, temperatures should then move closer to average for the second half of the month.

“We expect temperatures to continue to swing, but settle near average for the month as a whole.”

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Students cook their way to success

Otumoetai College’s Laura Blair and Micah Winiata creating their entrée.

Things are heating up for an Otumoetai College chef duo who’ve earned a spot in the National Secondary Schools Culinary Challenge final next month.

Year 13 food technology students Laura Blair and Micah Winiata, who were our Weekend Sun cover stars in the July 3 issue, went headto-head with fellow student chefs in a live regional kitchen cook-off in the regional culinary challenge at Waikato Institute of Technology last Friday.

NSSCC event organiser and judge Glenn Fulcher from City & Guilds says Laura and Micah really pushed the boundaries and worked well together as a team.

“Their main course suffered a little from the competition pressures, however had the bones of a great dish and with further practice they will be a team to watch at the finals.”

Under the guidance of teacher Lauren May, the duo served an entrée of creamy spiced beetroot and goats cheese mousse, layered with sour apple jelly, atop a seasoned beetroot soil and micro herd and golden beetroot garden.

For their main dish they created

a tender date and cranberry-stuffed chicken roulade, accompanied with pommes boulangere, chicken crackle and fresh baby vegetables, served with a creamy au vin blanc.

Massey High School, Te Awamutu College, Waikato Diocesan Schools for Girls, Huntly College and Rotorua Girls High School also competed at the Waikato/BOP regional competition. The national final is in Auckland on August 28.

By Zoe Hunter

Hoons on our local roads a problem

Recently, I was contacted by a constituent concerned about the use of local rural roads by ‘hoons’ as a race track, burnout pad or rally track. I know of at least three rural communities, including my own, where this is a problem.

In my own neighbourhood, during the Read this column in full last couple of months there have been two late night crashes, rubber laid at a local at www.sunlive.co.nz

intersection from burnouts, and the berms have been cut up by idiots doing wheelies.

This latter event was on a Sunday afternoon. Our roads are much used by walkers and cyclists, and a good mix of cars and business vehicles, both day and night. It’s just a matter of time before someone gets badly hurt, and we don’t want this in our patch.

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In the business of growing our region Carving out funds to support Kiwis requires carefully balancing our taxes and redistributing it to where it is needed. This is much easier when the economy is doing well.

The latest headlines show the Bay is currently leading the country in job growth, with about 20 percent in the second quarter.

In particular, our construction, trade and service industries are demanding more workers. Furthermore, Tauranga is New Zealand’s fastest growing city and we’re seeing surging growth in our local towns such as Papamoa and Omokoroa.

The strong local economy is drawing more people to our region and, in turn the Government through a well-managed budget is in a better position to support Kiwis.

As of last week young families were entitled to free doctor visits for their children under 13 – that’s about 38,000 who benefit in the Bay of Plenty.

Also, paid parental leave has now increased to $516.85 per week and average ACC levies have dropped by about $130 per year.

As it is able, the Government is channelling more funds to where they’re needed so we’re better off as a society.

It is what we expect and appreciate being done with our hard-earned money. I think it’s great to see a strong people-focused approach being led by the Government.

Understanding home loan options During the past two years, home loan criteria has been constantly tinkered with. Initially, due to the LVR speed limits imposed on lenders by the Reserve Bank, first-home buyers felt they were pushed out of the market, as a 20 per cent deposit was required.

Banks and lenders are only able to approve 10 per cent of total lending per month below the 20 per cent deposit required threshold. With the most recent changes announced in June, property purchases outside of

Auckland with less than 20 per cent deposit has now increased to a 15 per cent monthly threshold.

It is still a first in, first served basis each month – and when the money runs out for approvals with less than 20 per cent deposit, the well generally remains dry until the following month. However, this can sometimes vary and is very much a matter of timing.

First home buyers take heart – it is possible to purchase with less than 20 per cent deposit.

You should make an enquiry

through Planwise, or your financial adviser, to see what your options are. There may be Kiwisaver, the Government-led FirstHome grant and other options available to you.

Interest rates are very competitive at present. For example, if you are paying rent of $350 per week, a $300,000 home loan will cost you $371 per week at 4.99 per cent interest.

Affordability is important, so see a financial adviser who can work with you to look at the range of options that lenders can provide.

Learn how to steal your retail customers Tauranga Chamber of Commerce is hosting a workshop that could change your business dramatically – learning how to steal customers from your competitors.

The workshop is based on the premise that in business there are very few ‘spare’ customers – so if you want them, you have to go out and get them!

The hard hitting workshop will show attendees how to plan to take competitors’ best customers by learning a proven strategy of how this can be achieved – it won’t happen overnight, but it can be done!

To register for the workshop on Thursday, July 17, from 9am-4.30pm, at the Chamber of Commerce, 65 Chapel St, go to the website www.tauranga.org.nz/events-calendar

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Mainstreet Tauranga is seeking expressions of interest from vendors interested in taking part in a ‘pop-up’ market on the grassed area of the waterfront each Friday from 11am-2pm. The market could feature fresh produce, arts and crafts and artisan food offerings. If interested, email lunchmarket@downtowntauranga.co.nz

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Serving up shrimp this winter Who doesn’t love roasted food at this time of year – but how about mixing it up?

In winter we often stick to meat casseroles, stews and roasts but what about fish and shellfish?

This recipe is a twist on a traditional roast that offers the taste of seafood out of summer.

And for a shellfishfree version, use a firm whitefish in place of the shrimp. Cut the fish fillets into one inch by three inch strips and

proceed with the recipe as written.

And using garlic oil in place of fresh garlic gives these plump, juicy prawns and peppers plenty of garlic flavour without the FODMAPs. Serve over creamy polenta along with a crisp green salad.

The recipe comes from ‘The Quiet Gut Cookbook’.

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Roasted garlic shrimp and red peppers Serves 4 Preparation time: 5 minutes Cook time: 17 minutes Ingredients 2 pounds peeled and deveined shrimp (tails left intact) 2 red bell peppers, cut into 1-inch triangles 4 Tbsp garlic oil 1 ½ Tbsp smoked paprika 1/4 tsp cayenne 1 tsp salt ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper 1 Tbsp fresh oregano, chopped Method Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius. In a large baking dish, combine the shrimp, peppers, garlic oil, paprika, cayenne, salt, and pepper, and toss to coat.

Spread the shrimp and peppers out in a single layer. Roast the shrimp and peppers in the preheated oven for 10 minutes.

Using tongs, flip the shrimp and peppers over, sprinkle the oregano over the top, and continue to roast for another five to seven minutes, until the shrimp are cooked. Serve hot.

WRAG funding opens A fund helping to turn trash into treasure is available again for new projects throughout the Bay of Plenty.

The Waste Resources Advisory Group, administered by Bay of Plenty Regional Council, launched a $50,000 fund last year to help waste minimisation initiatives from the region’s businesses, industry, councils, or groups get off the ground.

After a successful first year, the fund will open to new applications from Monday, July 13.

In 2014 it supported six projects that diverted 50 tonnes of waste from landfill, saved thousands of dollars in landfill fees, generated much-needed income for charitable trusts, helped to feed struggling families and provided employment.

Last year’s chosen projects included collecting and re-selling construction waste, a food rescue project, organic waste diverted from cafes, waste education workshops, a marae-based

zero waste project and community worm farming.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council project implementation officer Reece Irving says the contestable fund is designed to promote the actions and initiatives of the region’s Waste and Resource Efficiency Strategy.

“Our aim is to foster collaboration and partnerships, improve data and information management, increase resource efficiency, reduce the harmful impacts of waste and encourage beneficial reuse.

“We want to stimulate innovation while reducing waste going to landfill.”

Project funding applications will be scored against criteria aligned with the Waste Strategy’s key focus areas. WRAG is keen to see projects co-funded from other funding sources.

Applications close on Friday, August 14. WRAG will meet in mid-September to consider projects.

Successful projects will receive funds in October. For fund application forms, see www.boprc.govt.nz/wrag

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Telling the story of our food confidence that what they are buying is local and nutrient dense vegetables and fruits.

They’re also going traditional in the kitchen too, trying to put some of “Grandma’s recipes” in place and make it more functional than most.

“All the fresh stock that is on display will be the same nutrient dense produce that will be used in all our baked and cooked goods which are produced in the kitchen, as well as jams, sauces, chutneys.”

A new Papamoa business is taking the mystery out of food production and consumption, highlighting the journey from field to farm shop.

Heavily invested soil, understanding the dynamics of this “living, breathing organism”, Allen is interested in ways to develop chemical-free meat and produce using his life-long experience in farming.

He’s hoping to share his knowledge with customers to enlighten them as to the background behind what they’re eating at the farm shop.

Left: Owner Allen Smith in the produce area of the shop.

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NZ Farm Shop is the project of Allen and Stephany Smith, former sheep and beef farmers from Gisborne.

Among many reasons, Allen was inspired to start a New Zealand farm shop to put ethics around food in place.

“I want to tell the story of food and make that connection between producer and consumer.

“We want to talk about traceability, the origin of the food – where does it come from? What are the farmers doing to their soil?”

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In 2010, he and Stephany – due to her hard work, Allen says – won the Ovation Supplier of the Year competition. They travelled to Europe as part of the prize, where the couple acted as ambassadors for the business and visited other farms overseas.

Along the way they came to the realisation that with rising costs against their business, they weren’t going to be able to add any value to their meat product. It confirmed a lingering feeling they’d had for a while; and as soon as they got home they sold the farm.

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Flares, fire extinguishers and a sizzled sausage are all going to be happening at the Maketu Surf Club on Monday night as part of the Maketu Volunteer Coastguard’s Flares and extinguishers evening.

Boaties will buy flare packs for prices ranging from about $139 to more than $200 and, with any luck, never use them.

Because it is a criminal offence to let distress flares off just to see what they look like, the result is a lot of owners who don’t understand the finer points of their use.

It’s a free night out for Coastguard members, says publicity officer Julie Cross, but non-members

will be asked to donate $25 to the cause.

Flare and fire extinguisher demonstrations are on offer, and they are considering making it a collection point for expired flare packs as well, says Julie.

“We might even have some police there as well because they don’t do this kind of training often,” says Julie.

“We are actually hoping to make a DVD of it.

Not many people do this type of training, it’s pretty rare.”

The two-hour safety session starts at 7pm. They won’t be able to set off any of the old flares brought Know the signals, along for disposal, save lives. because it’s already a full

programme, says Julie.

“We have a limit. We have got quite a few that we are letting off, including some of the biggest ones that most people don’t have.”

Julie adds boaties can bring any expired ones along and the Maketu Volunteer Coastguard will see they are safely disposed of.

“It’s just an awareness session.

I’m trying to get Hutchwilco to come along who actually make them, I’ve got Chubb fire coming along, putting out fires with extinguishers.

“People have these things but when it comes to it, they set them off in the wrong direction or in the wrong place.

“It’s just the proper use, and it should be a fun evening really.”

If it’s too windy or pouring rain, the evening will be postponed for three weeks until August 3.

Contact Julie at Maketucoastguard@ gmail.com or phone her on 021 139 3598.

Walkways, cycleways and all which ways OR

There has been a lot of comment in the media regarding cycleways and walkways.

The Government and New Zealand Transport Agency will match council funding for cycleways to about 50 per cent of the cost.

During Tauranga City Council’s Long Term Plan deliberations a majority of elected members supported budgeting $30,000 to investigate a potential The Strand to Memorial Park walkway.

This was first mooted some seven years ago as part of the Southern Pipeline project. A Resource Consent was sought in 2008 and granted in 2009 subject to conditions and appeals. Council

decided not to continue with the process at that point and time.

The seaside walkway component cost for investigations up to May 2009 was $1 million.

One of the hurdles is riparian rights, which would have entailed permanent water access for those residents. I understand ongoing costs would have been required to operate a “bridge system” for each of those affected properties.

There is a myriad of historic paperwork on this topic which should negate the

need to spend $30,000. In 2010 the Memorial Park to The Strand budget was $10m with the pipeline going under the walkway.

Elected members met with residents recently to hear their concerns.

One resident raised the practicalities of a walkway, given potential damage to any structure during easterly storms.

Another resident suggested replenishing the beach and making it more attractive for people to walk on. Enhancing our environment should be our main focus.

State of the nation: Where are we heading?

Are zero-hour contracts, temporary labour contracts, low minimum wages damaging to the New Zealand economy and society? That’s the question posed by a discussion, to be led

by Council of Trade Unions president Helen Kelly.

“There is no doubt that high levels of inequality exist in New Zealand and have done for some 30 years. There is also no doubt

that high levels of inequality are detrimental to all in New Zealand and low rates of pay contribute to this inequality,” says Closing the Gap Income Equality Aotearoa New Zealand Inc’s national secretary Peter Malcolm.

To this end, the Tauranga branch of Closing the Gap has arranged a public meeting on July 22 in the Welcome Bay Community Centre at 7pm,

with Helen as principal speaker.

There will also be a short film ‘The Truth About Temporary Labour’ and a panel discussion with questions from the floor to union, Living Wage and local business people.

“We hope this will generate debate about these important issues for our country,” says Peter.

For more information, contact Peter on 07 552 4809

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World expedition an eye-opener A group of Mt Maunganui College students are heading to Cambodia and Vietnam for a four-week World Challenge School Expedition in December/January.

The objective of the student-led trip, of which about 18 are taking part in, is to develop life skills, such as resilience, empathy and leadership. This is achieved through coming to understand life in the developing world, giving their time to a community and assisting the local children.

One of the travellers, 16-year-old Nathan Menefy says, “I am sure to come back a different person.

Helping those with little will open my eyes to what’s important and I know that will change me positively.

It’s a bit daunting, but hey, I’m up for it!”

In preparation, the group is fundraising for the trip.

A major event for Nathan and his co-traveller Jacob Scott is a movie night at Rialto Tauranga this Sunday,

Students Jacob Scott and Nathan Menefy prepare for their adventure.

July 12, at 7.30pm.

Their mums, Jeannie Menefy and Sally Gardiner, have chosen the hilarious movie ‘Magic Mike XXL’, starring Channing Tatum, for a fun girls’ night at the movies. Call either Jeannie or Sally for a ticket on 021 215 7968 or 021 659 774.

Tauranga’s constantly evolving city centre Our Central Business District is like other CBDs throughout NZ and overseas – they need to redefine their role in modern society. The way we shop and do business has changed the role of CBD’s from last century.

Tauranga’s CBD is located on a skinny peninsular because it was the easiest location for the colonial ships to dock.

The port grew as it was main method of trading

goods in the 1800s. The hive of local consumerism around the port sprouted supporting businesses, which, in turn, gave birth to Tauranga’s CBD. But during time, we Tauranga residents have distanced ourselves from the port as most of the things we buy today are either trucked or flown in. This means the role of our CBD has changed.

Our suburban shopping malls mean most people will drive passed a retail hub before

they reach the CBD. Technology is further changing consumers’ buying habits.

But Tauranga’s CBD isn’t dead – it is just evolving. Our CBD has attracted more private sector investment than any other regional CBD in NZ since the recession.

Tauranga City Council is investing $8 million into improving the CBD’s waterfront and streetscapes. We are signalling to property developers that if they invest in new developments, we will improve the surrounding streetscape, such as Durham St. We’re also investing $29 million into providing more parking.

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A way with words and numbers Learning is a love for the Lamberton family. All three of mum Nina’s children have been through NumberWorks’nWords – and son Thomas enjoyed it so much, he’s come back as a tutor.

Emma. Although they don’t often work together, they are on the particular day The Weekend Sun comes to visit, and the excitement on Emma’s face is obvious.

“It’s a lovely environment,” says Nina.

“Very positive and encouraging.”

Owner Leanne Rhodes-Robinson says it’s young, vibrant tutors such as Thomas who create good role models.

“It was a really positive experience when “Our programmes, goals and lesson I was young,” he explains. “I was here structure are all overseen by trained for five years teachers, but our young tutors are during primary top class academics who are incredibly school. Then, passionate about their subject, recently, an and rigorously trained in the programmes and all of our teaching strategies.

“Being closer in age, they quickly form a great OUTDOOR GEAR FOR OUTDOOR KIDS teaching relationship with their students, speaking the same language.”

NumberWorks’nWords is running a holiday course, and free introductory lessons and assessments in both Maths and English in the second week of the school holidays, July 13-17.

Call 07 578 5575 to book or Emma and Thomas Lamberton, student and her tutor brother. discuss your child’s needs further.

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English teacher suggested I apply to be a tutor here and now it’s the other way around – I’m helping the children.”

In addition to trained teachers on staff, NumberWorks’nWords pairs Year 12 and 13 students with primary-aged pupils, with the goal of advancing their education in English and Maths.

Whether the child needs assistance in problem areas, or they want to take their learning to the next level, NumberWorks’nWords caters to both.

One of those children that Thomas is tutoring is, in fact, his six-year-old sister

There’s something fishy going on Whether it’s goldfish, bearded dragons or turtles, children will be able to learn all there is to know about aquatic pets at Animates’ Free School Holiday Session.

Ben Taylor at Animates says the free aquatic school holiday session, on July 16, is to educate children about fish and reptiles.

“The sessions are a great way for kids to pick up important life skills, such as promoting kindness and compassion towards all animals.

“Animates has everything for pets and our school holiday sessions are a great way of introducing children to all the skills they need to become nurturing and loving pet owners for life.”

Ben says each school holiday period throughout the year, Animates focuses on learning about different types of animals.

“Each child that attends will receive a certificate of completion which they’ll be able to take home

and pop on their wall with pride.

“We’d like to encourage parents to bring in their kids to learn about the various animals each school holiday period, have fun, and collect the full set of certificates.”

Learn what to feed your fish and reptiles and how to care for them at the free school holiday activity at Animates in Mount Maunganui or Tauranga on July 16 from 11am.

Bookings aren’t required, but there are limited spots available, so it is recommended to get in early to avoid disappointment.

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Peer-to-peer tutoring delivers results you can see Hearing comments such as, “I’ve learnt so much in the last hour” and “It’s been very useful”, as well as students returning from previous years, indicates to Bay Learning Academy their system works.

“We have students from primary school aged to adults attending, and in the last holidays we even had a university student return to brush up on a subject she was not so well-versed in,” says academy manager Liz Signal.

“It’s very rewarding. Often it’s just confidence the students need, the

knowledge they are on the right track, and our tutors can provide that. Other times it’s serious tuition to cover a point the student just don’t get.”

Primary students have a primary teacher, while the secondary and exam driven students have a peer tutor, who has done very well in that subject and can explain it in “teenagespeak”, says Liz.

“We like the students to come four times initially so we can get to know them. After that they come when they need us. It’s very student focused.”

Tutor Michael and student Josh work through a task together.

Students learning the value of courage acts integrity, excellence, innovation and respect.

Principal Chris Cottell-Mayhew says setting the culture and values system was an important part of establishing a brand new school – ACG Tauranga opened in February.

“The staff and I worked together to define the school’s values.

“It’s fantastic to see the ACG Tauranga Year 3-4 pupils Ryan Lowe, students Jed Gouldson, Elliot Bedford and Jess Galley, learning with teacher Stephanie Vaughan. about these

What does it mean to be courageous? That’s a question Year 3-4 pupils at ACG Tauranga have been exploring.

Courage is one of the five core values of the school, along with

values – and teaching us about what they mean to them.”

Chris says the Year 3-4 pupils have been learning about the meaning of courage, and have created posters about times they’ve acted bravely.

“The stories they have come up with are lovely, and helps the students with the understanding of the concept.”

Jess Galley and Ryan Lowe wrote about the courage they showed starting a new school.

“When I walked into the room I had butterflies in my tummy but then I began to feel brave and felt like I should be there,” wrote Jess.

Elliot Bedford told a story about his first time on a quad bike, and Jed Gouldson wrote about how he was courageous “because I did

something I knew I did not want to do”.

The public is invited to visit ACG Tauranga at its next open day, on Saturday, July 25, from 10.30am-2.30pm.

Tours are held every Wednesday at 10am. Call 07 213 0100 to book.

How to get ‘book fit’ for your future role A career in the armed forces, New Zealand Police, fire brigade or Department of Corrections requires strict entry, with applicants put through their paces in mental and physical challenges.

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“We offer people the chance to upskills themselves

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The course attracts a mix of people; often those who have been working already but have now decided to follow their dreams of being in the armed forces.

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Sprinting into next season The 2015-2016 season of the all-new eight-round Sprintcar Series is being held at both Western Springs and Baypark Family Speedway from November 2015 to March 2016.

This $10,000 event should encourage drivers from both tracks to make the effort to get to these meetings.

Baypark Family Speedway promotor Bernie Gillon says the crowds want to see great racing from this class, and the higher number of cars will do the trick.

“So far we have had great feedback from competitors from both tracks and they are all wanting to travel to these events.”

Western Springs promoter Greg

Mosen says this series will not be restricted to drivers from either location; all are welcome to enter regardless of where they race.

Each driver will be entitled to “drop their worst round”, which will keep everyone in the game throughout the series.

They still need a name for the series, and are asking readers to help.

The choices are: • The Sprintcar Masters Series • South Pacific Sprintcar Series • Campion of Champions Sprintcar Series Vote for your favourite name, or suggest a new title, in the comments section on their Baypark Family Speedway Facebook page, or visit the website bayparkspeedway.co.nz

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Sounds like team spirit – cheers to our girls A winning start to the Bay Twisters’ 2015 competition season has given them something to celebrate, after returning from the Cheer Fest Championships with a handful of first places.

Cherry Court revamp underway A colourful counterbalance to Memorial Square will soon stand out along Katikati’s main road, with work to revamp Cherry Court now underway.

The $98,000 project, funded by Western Bay of Plenty District Council, will see the area ‘beautified’ to include new chequerboard-style concrete pavers, additional up-lighting, speciallydesigned seats and brightly painted features.

The old cherry tree will be replaced with a 4.5m high by 4m wide metal cherry tree re-sited.

Katikati Community Board has also funded seats and interesting ‘pole squatters’’, designed by local artist Pat Williams.

Hosted by Cheer Sports, the Cheer Fest at Auckland’s AMI Stadium last Sunday was the Bay Twisters’ first competition of the season, with many of the athletes competing for the first time.

The cheer team won first place in the stunt groups, solo divisions, and junior tumbles and jumps challenges, along with a few second, third and fourth wins.

“What an amazing result for these super dedicated and talented kids,” says coach Rebecca Grigson.

The girls’ next competition is the Fantasy Island Cheer and Dance competition in Whangarei on August 23. They also have their eyes on competing in the national cheerleading competition on October 17-18.

Open to all ages and experiences, Bay Twisters is a non-profit cheer team that’s been operating eer Fest rs at the Ch Sunday. te is w since January 2014.

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He’s been with ARRC for a couple of months now and hasn’t yet found a family to adopt him.

ARRC has some kittens discounted to $50. As they’re a little shy at first and have been with the non-profit organisation for so long, it would rather lose the money than lose out

on the kittens finding new homes.

They are all still de-sexed, microchipped, vet-checked, vaccinated, flea and worm treated. If you’d like to meet Ollie or Truffles, who is also in a similar situation, contact ARRC foster carer Teena on 07 552 5028.

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Say goodbye to kitsch kitchens The kitchen is the social hub of the home, and with the warmer weather fast approaching, now’s the time to upgrade the centrepiece of the dining experience.

Mitre 10 Mega on Cameron Road is here to help, with their Nouveau Impressions Collection.

These New Zealand-made designs, created by a manufacturer with 30 years’ experience, are stylish and modern.

Each kitchen starts with your

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choice of cabinetry – these are the structural base from which your kitchen starts to take shape.

Mitre 10 offers a wide range of door and drawer fronts in the latest styles, materials and colours.

Combine these with your choice of handles, bench-tops, splash backs and appliances, and you have the makings of a functional and stylish kitchen.

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which makes them especially durable. Soft close hinges and fully integrated soft close drawer hardware are provided as standard with the cabinets (with the exclusion of corner units).

The secret to a great kitchen also lies in the planning and Mitre 10 Mega’s in-store designers are here to advise you on every aspect of your project. Just make an appointment so they can give you their undivided attention, then they can put your design into a 3D image so you can get a feel for your kitchen before you

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Making the windows come to life Curtains can really add to the ambience of a room in a number of ways. They can make your windows a real feature of the room, or disguise an unsightly view and shift focus to the room’s other furnishings and furniture.

Family owned and operated business, Curtain Warehouse, on Eleventh Ave has a wide range of curtain fabrics, ready-mades, tracks and sheers to brighten up the home or business.

Curtain Warehouse Tauranga’s Nicky Bai says the business was established more than 50 years ago in Hamilton, where their other store is located. Nicky says the business is well-known for its reliable, friendly and efficient service.

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Is your kitchen in serious need of a facelift?

Do you find you often find you use your kitchen as an excuse to procrastinate cooking dinner? Here’s some tips that may help in your design process.

Firstly, one size does not fit all! Though the space will often dictate where things need to go – for example window positioning, plumbing and free wall space – requirements are different for everyone.

The most important thing about a kitchen design is to look at what you require your kitchen to do for you.

How do you use your kitchen? What sort of cooking do you do? What are your storage requirements? Talk to your designer about how you use your kitchen and what you can do to make it better.

Secondly, the ‘B’ word – make sure you explore all options to see what you can get to suit your budget. These days, the options are endless and there are many different techniques to make the space functional but still affordable, and plenty of top end products on the market which will take your kitchen to a whole new level.

Once you’ve figured out how you use your space

and what your requirements and compromises are, make sure you quiz your designer on all the different options and how much they cost in comparison.

For example, most kitchen companies will have two versions of soft close drawers, one that is an add-on mechanism, making the drawer more affordable than the other which has a built-in system.

Thirdly, colour me beautiful – form versus function is a term you’d have heard a lot if you’re familiar with the interior design world, and there is a reason for that.

It’s very easy to get carried away with what looks good, and you can often forget about how this will effect the function of your kitchen.

When you’re busy cooking, you will not care the handles don’t line up if you find yourself miles away from the bin while at the sink!

Remember, your kitchen is a working space, not a painting on the wall, so trust your designer with the design.

So, colour is your best friend. Figure out the style which you want to create and make a space your own with creative use of colour and materials.

Explore the options of bench tops, cabinetry, toe kicks, handles, appliances – including your sink and tap – and think about how you want them to fit together to create the right look.

Foruthly, do your research – look at the likes of Pinterest and Houzz, and use the internet to search different ideas. There’s also a huge range of print media that focus on interior design ideas. Look through magazines and newspapers, take pictures and articles to your kitchen consultation so your designer has a clear picture of how you see your space. That way, they can ensure they’re designing a kitchen that works for you.

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Luxury items without the price Bathrooms are one of the rooms we spend most of our time in at home, so why not give it that luxury look?

New to Tauranga, the Luxury Bathroom Centre at 55 Ninth Ave offers homeowners the chance to add luxury and value to their properties with state-of-the-art luxury bathroom products.

“With the new Luxury Bathroom Centre, you can now make bathrooms look luxurious, especially with the new ‘Premier’ range and their large range of baths, toilets and vanities,” says sales and marketing manager George Strickland.

“It’s a new business and new concept to Tauranga. We’re doing things differently, giving a new look with many new functions for bathrooms.

Many of these designs are not available in New Zealand.”

Their luxury products include baths, showers, tapware, toilets, vanities and other bathroom accessories.

“With our ‘Premier’ range of products, you can make your bathroom have that ‘wow’ look of luxury,” says George.

“Adding a luxury look with great functional products in bathrooms can add significant value to your property and help with sales in the market.

“Renovations, new buildings – commercial and home seekers – with the help from your architects, will also benefit.”

George says people spend less than one per cent – about $4000 to $5000 – on their bathrooms but now it’s affordable to give it that luxury look, plus increase the value of your property.

Luxury Bathroom “At the end of the day it’s all about Centre sales and function and the look.” marketing manager While their doors are open, the George Strickland.

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How long is a piece of string?

Establishing defective building work can often be a mismatch of expectations by two parties.

Building work can comply with Building Acts and Codes yet still be considered defective; work can be “fit for purpose” but still considered defective. New Zealand now has a starting point for what industry considers as acceptable levels of workmanship and materials.

A new publication titled ‘Guide to tolerances, materials and workmanship in new residential construction’ has been developed.

Its primary use is to assist building contractors and homeowners, to establish a common understanding of what constitutes

a defect, during the 12-month defects period under the recently introduced consumer rights and remedies.

It is important to understand this guidance document is not to be used to hold the building contractor to ransom on work spanning past the 12 months defects period, as this is not considered “new” work. At this point there are other considerations, such as durability requirements and other building code considerations.

Nor should the guide be applied to existing building work or

situations when new work is marrying into old, for example new metric profiles into old imperial profiles.

It should, however, assist with the mismatch of expectations associated with the adage “how long is a piece of string?”

This guidance document is available to view and download from building.govt.nz/ guide-to-tolerances, to ensure your building project is done right first time.

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Cut your power bill with a few simple tweaks If your home’s first electricity bill this winter has made hairs stand up on the back of your neck, don’t fret. EECA Energywise technical adviser Christian Hoerning says many households can save on their hot water bills without compromising comfort.

Christian suggests running a bucket test to find out if you can cut your hot water use. “Turn the shower on to a comfortable hot temperature.

“If the shower fills a 10 litre bucket in less than a minute, it’s wasting water, energy and money.”

You can replace your shower head for one with a more efficient flow rate of nine litres per minute or less, or install an inexpensive shower flow restrictor.

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Get ready to sell You’ve put your place on the market – so what now? Does it look good? If you were walking through the door for the first time would you buy it?

If alarms bells have started ringing, it’s time to downplay your home’s weaknesses and show off its strengths.

This way you can appeal to the largest possible pool of buyers.

Check list

First off, ensure everything is in working order. You could check yourself – or to be sure get an inspector – to check out the home’s structure, mechanical systems, fixtures and exterior features.

Do they all seem passable if you were buying the house? If not, get them revamped or repaired.

For example, fixing a small roof leak will make the purchase less hassle for a potential buyer when they consider added costs to move in post-purchase.

And if you have a wall with cracking paint, give it a sand down and a paint.

As you know first impressions count, so make sure the foyer area – where people walk through the door – is pristine.

Declutter

Then get rid of the clutter. If you’ve lived in the house for a long time

your walls are probably bulging with photographs of all your children or grandchildren and the paintings from Aunty Alma.

Declutter by removing the personal photos and sticking to simple, stylish art that doesn’t take up too much space.

And those old clucky ornaments you were given as a child need to go too. Keep it simple.

Clean

Now, clean all those nooks and crannies that you never normally get near with the dustpan or cloth.

Making sure all areas are super-clean will make the house really sparkle.

Floors are a must – ensure carpet isn’t stained and use rugs if you have a well-worn spot.

Floors can do with a good once-over too. If they shine it will really make the place sing!

This cleaning rule should apply to all rooms in the house – especially the kitchen and bathroom – and also the garage and backyard.

Lastly, now your rooms are organised and clean you need to keep them stage-ready – so if a potential buyers pops out of the woodworks for a look the real estate agent can whisk them through straight away.

The ‘Auckland effect’: House prices on the rise in BOP Many Aucklanders are looking to capitalise on their equity by either selling up and moving to Hamilton, Tauranga and the Hawkes Bay, or using their equity to purchase rental properties there, according to a QV report.

“Large numbers of Aucklanders are flocking to buy property

in Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty, resulting in rising values in these centres,” said QV national spokesperson Andrea Rush.

“As many as 60% of those who are attending open homes in Tauranga are reported to be Aucklanders, while about 15% of all buyers in the

Hamilton market are now from Auckland.”

“There is also a severe shortage of properties listed for sale across all of the main centres.

“This creates a winter slowdown, dampening activity in some areas, while in others a lack of listings is leading to increased competition.”

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Future-proof your home data system Those building new homes or renovating old ones are advised to include data cabling as an integral component, providing convenient connectivity for the devices which are a part of everyday life.

That’s according to general manager of building industry adviser FutureProof Building Richard Gough, who points out that getting the most from a home network often means using hardwired infrastructure in combination with Wi-Fi. “People think getting an Ultrafast Broadband [UFB] connection will automatically deliver a faster internet connection. But it won’t if your home isn’t set up properly.”

Fundamental

With the government’s investment of millions of dollars into the UFB network, New Zealand is quickly becoming a more connected nation, which views broadband as a fundamental

service alongside water, electricity and telephony.

But your connection speed is only as fast as the weakest link and that link is often the wiring, or lack thereof, in your home, explains JA Russell Ltd’s National Data and Technology manager Wayne Simpson.

Weakest link

“If the ‘last metres’ of the connection are carried over an older Wi-Fi router, for example, the maximum speed across the network is determined by the router, which in some cases is just a 10th of the capacity of the fibreoptic UFB connection.”

He adds that by installing

structured cabling throughout, the weakest link is eliminated and the home is set up for other high-speed network solutions, including security cameras, home automation and audio visual signal distribution.

The good news is that wiring your home with appropriate cabling doesn’t require an ‘all or nothing’ approach.

It’s also not particularly costly for the value and appeal it adds to the building; Richard puts the cost of data wiring for an average three-bedroom home at around $2500 for a new build.

Added value

“Conversely, wiring an older home can be more costly, especially if done as a standalone project. However, consider including data wiring as an additional component of renovation work that exposes walls, ceilings or floors.

“The cost is minimal, but the value it adds is considerable.”

Man’s best friend – and workmate A man is known by the dog he keeps, and Frank Taylor’s wee dog Chico is so friendly and bright that he makes you laugh out loud.

skills seem endless, and the quality and price of his workmanship would be hard to match. He’s a man to be trusted.

“One evening, Frank worked until 10pm under lights to contour our steep slope before the rain came. Who else would do that?”

“And,” she adds, “Chico bounces With Chico at his side, Frank does along and you can’t help but feel so many ‘outdoors’ jobs that it’s hard to in a good mood. Even my cats list all his skills. But here’s just a are okay with Chico.” few: earth shaping, retaining No wonder Frank, his dog wall construction, garden and their multi-function building, tree trimming Avant “green machine” and felling, drainage have built a formidable installation, pathway reputation in Tauranga. and lawn creation.

Let’s give the last word Robyn Hughes in to the man himself: “My Welcome Bay got Frank word is my bond,” says to do every one of these Frank. “What I promise jobs at her place and to do, I do, and to the boy, is she happy with best of my abilities. I want the results. to give people the results “Frank is simply they want.” amazing,” says Robyn.

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Learn to love the skin you’re in Sensational skin can be yours at any age.

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Julie Harris, a highly qualified skin therapist with more than 14 years’ experience, found Ultraceuticals Skin Care after researching the market thoroughly to find a brand that was results driven and that allowed her to make a serious a long term difference to her clients’ skin. Julie has been a committed user of Australian-made Ultraceuticals skin care for the last decade.

“This is my skin care of choice. It is made for our skin types and our environmental conditions, uses

“Nothing is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood” – Freeman Teague Jr. Recently, I arranged to meet someone at a café. She was late and my phone wasn’t charged. I waited for half an hour as I thought perhaps I’d got the time wrong, but eventually accepted she wasn’t coming.

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very simple, and it was me who was in the wrong. I’m glad I remained open to what might have happened – it would have been so easy to go down a path of negative thoughts instead of keeping calm.

The explanation: We had discussed a couple of places to meet and I’d remembered the wrong one, so she was waiting at one place and I was at another.

When we caught up she was very gracious, and said she’d had a lovely talk with someone interesting while she was waiting.

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July is Oral Heath Month and Kiwis are being urged to fight the furry feeling in their mouths.

Launched by the New Zealand Dental Association and Colgate-Palmolive, the initiative encourages Kiwis to take simple steps to attain good oral healthcare and a healthy mouth.

Colgate-Palmolive Ltd NZ general manager John

Garside says Kiwis of every age need to be reminded of the need to maintain good oral health.

“We’re launching a number of unique initiatives to get people thinking, including the release of a catchy new tune for kids called ‘Fight the Furry Feeling’.”

And it’s not just little ones who need to be reminded to brush, floss and rinse, says NZDA CEO Dr David Crum – older Kiwis need to take better care of their pearly whites.

“This is a far healthier generation of elderly, with most now not having had all their teeth extracted and suffering the fate of full dentures.

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New team happy to help

Papamoa Vivo manager Dee Tubb (front), stylists Corrin Collins and Vanessa Oliver at work in the salon.

Lovers of beautiful hair are celebrating the stunning news that national hair salon chain, Vivo Hair Salon, has arrived in Papamoa.

Situated in the local hub, Papamoa Plaza, Vivo Hair Salon will let you enjoy the best possible experience through a combination of excellent hairdressing skills and customer care.

Looking for beachy waves or a simple blow out? Vivo’s passionate seven-person team,

Dee, Vanessa, Kaye, Charlotte, Victoria, Corrin and Gemma are excited to welcome you in.

When asked what it is that makes Vivo so special, salon manager Dee says: “It is the consistency of their staff and continuous education with Vivo’s national training and development programmes that are run all year round”.

“These programmes cover both technical aspects including all classic hair services and brand new innovations in cutting, colouring and styling.”

The Vivo belief is the key to beautiful hair is in the trust between you and your hair stylist.

The proof is most definitely in the pudding – with more than 29 salons nationwide and 25,000 returning customers, Vivo is doing something right.

This month, Vivo Papamoa is offering all new clients a $99 introductory offer. This onetime offer will give you a global colour, half head of foils, style cut, shampoo, head massage, colour lock treatment and blow dry finish.

Their services do not end with hair – the salon also offers nail services, ranging from essential and luxury manicures to gel nails.

To find out more, or to make a booking call 07 572 0161.

Best laid plans are those that are made now From not wanting to go to hospital, to keeping your false teeth in at your funeral – it’s a good idea to communicate your future health care plans with family and friends to ensure your wishes are followed through.

Sponsored by Harris Tate, Age Concern Tauranga’s Seminar Series 2015 gives you all you need to know when approaching senior years.

The second seminar of the series ‘Making the Most of Life’ on July 14 covers topics including conversations that count, what’s important to me as I get older, how I want to life the rest of my life and my future care needs.

Bay of Plenty District Health Board speech and language therapy team leader Fiona Hewerdine, BOPDHB health and ageing nurse practitioner Tony Lawson and BOPDHB general practitioner liaison Dr Joe Bourne will be presenting at the seminar.

Joe will be speaking about future care planning.

He says the purpose of a future care plan is to allow people the opportunity to express their wishes and preferences for their future health care.

“It’s taking a more person-centred approach

to health care and actively asking people to communicate what sort of interventions people want, or more importantly wouldn’t want, people to do for them as they get older.”

Most importantly a future care plan starts a conversation, says Joe. “It provides a degree of reassurance.”

The second seminar of the 2015 series is at Tauranga RSA’s Hinton Lounge on July 14 from 10.30am-12pm. Entry costs $2. Numbers are limited.

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Shopping without the big price tag It’s a lot like a girls’ night out, but without the credit card bill at the end.

Papamoa Baptist Church’s Clothes Swap this Wednesday is a chance for people to swap their pre-loved clothing for something new from somebody else’s wardrobe.

All funds raised from this year’s swap at Tahatai School hall on July 15 go to the Papamoa Food Bank, with any leftover clothes donated to local charities.

“There’s a lot of facets to it,” says co-organiser Anna Volfchenk. “If you go to the shops to buy clothes for your family, to outfit yourself is a huge cost, let alone

outfitting your whole family.

“This way you get to recycle your clothes, save money and connect with people in your community and raise money for your charity. Everyone wins really.”

The idea is if you bring 20 items to swap, you’re able to choose 20 items to take home – if you bring five, then you take five, and so on and so forth.

Clothes for all ages and genders can be donated and must be in good nick.

“We deal with thousands of clothes,” says Anna.

“Some ladies bring 100 items each. Last time we had a dress with a $700 price tag on it. We’ve got lots of quality garments.”

Tickets cost $10 when dropping off clothes to the Dixon Rd church on Tuesday, July 14, from 10am-4pm, or by prior arrangement. A ticket covers hot drinks, supper and a chance to win spot prizes.

The first 60 ladies to drop off and pay for their ticket will receive a goodie bag.

Papamoa Baptist Church’s Clothes Swap is at Tahatai Coast School hall on July 15 from 7pm.

Papamoa Baptist Church Clothes Swap organisers Jemma Moses, Lynda Kazimoglu and Anna Volschenk.

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In 15 years, pension payments will be at peak demand. For some, this is a great time to start implementing scare tactics, convincing younger generations they will not have access to pensions.

For New Zealand First, this is a time to problem-solve, taking stock of past mistakes and planning for the needs of our nation.

NZ First MP Denis O’Rourke has proposed the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement income (Pro Rata Entitlement) Amendment Bill as a way of making sure NZ Super is more fairly allocated among Kiwis who’ve spent their

lives contributing to the country – raising families and working.

In addition to critical changes to NZ Super, the Government must begin investing in the Cullen Fund – a measure implemented under the previous government to ensure Kiwis would still have a pension during high demand.

The fund is ranked top sovereign fund performer in the world, worth $30 billion. Unfortunately, the Government refused to invest anything in the Cullen Fund during the last 10 years.

With the fund averaging higher than 19 per cent returns, this Government has effectively robbed us of $18 billion in revenue intended for the direct support of our pensioners.

When we consider the $70 billion and rising national debt, it’s sobering to consider the Fund should today be at $48 billion.

National won’t invest in our future, but they will rob us of one. They have stolen from our pensioners by failing to invest in the Cullen Fund.

Read this column in full at www.sunlive.co.nz

Find little Flash a home My name is Flash and I’m a fourmonth-old male foxy-collie cross.

I came to the SPCA with my two brothers after we were picked up roaming on the road by the council.

We were too small to go to the pound so we’ve been at a SPCA foster home.

Now we’re big enough to find new loving forever homes. We’re great little boys with lovely personalities and will be great family pets. We’ll need to learn some basic manners like all puppies do, but we’re very clever little boys so it won’t be too difficult.

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SEAWALL REPAIRED FOLLOWING STORMS A portion of the old timber seawall along the Omokoroa esplanade is being replaced this month.

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About 180m of the wall was left damaged and in poor condition following recent storms. A further 100m was unharmed and will remain for several more years.

Council staff member Scott Parker says the new seawall has been professionally designed to be much stronger than the old

Green Ribbon Awards Whatungaro te Tangata Toitu te Whenua

NO FEES FOR OVER 65 Western Bay libraries are adding to the ‘golden days’ with the launch of their ‘Golden’ memberships.

Available to library members over 65 years old, the membership tosses out holding and overdue fees, making library use even more affordable.

Essentially, if you’re over 65, you won’t pay hold fees or overdue fees on any free items in the libraries in Western Bay. Te Puke Library and Service Centre Team Leader, Christine

Busby, says library staff wanted to give back to their oldest, and often most loyal, customers and this seemed the perfect way to do so.

“They’re some of our best customers in terms of having regular visits to the library.

We also know the District’s aging population is growing, so we want to encourage people to keep using the libraries, as they’re an incredible resource to the community.”

Golden members will still need to pay for Top Shelf rental books and DVDs - $3 each, as well as any overdue charges accumulated on those.

RURAL FIRE SERVICE CHANGE A move to streamline rural fire control throughout the North Island has resulted in end of the Western Bay Moana Rural Authority.

structure. During construction, the timber steps onto the beach will be replaced and both nearby dingy ramps will be repaired, as well as work on the roadside berm, he says.

The wall is expected to be complete this week. While new grass grows, temporary fencing will remain in place.

Organised by the Te Puke Economic Development Group, the awards aim to recognise and honour the many diverse businesses offering great services to the community.

Nominations can be made for five categories: Food & beverage, retail, service, agricultural/horticultural/ industrial, new emerging business and employee.

Electronic nominations can be submitted until 24 July at www.tepukebusinessawards.nz

ROCKS PILED FOR NEW WALLS

A section of rock wall already in place along the Omokoroa foreshore.

Three new rock walls are being built along the Omokoroa foreshore to prevent further erosion and protect the community’s much-loved seaside walkway.

More than 4000 tonnes of rock is currently stockpiled at the Omokoroa Reserve, as contractors begin efforts to transport it.

And that is not an easy task, says Council staff member Peter Clark.

As the rock must be moved along the coastline to reach the right locations, special low pressure tyre trucks are needed and can only travel at low tide, says Peter.

About 200m of wall will be constructed, and will join up with three walls already in place, built in 2006, 2010, and 2013.

“The popular walkway along the coastline has already been damaged by erosion, and some of the piping is at risk. These rock walls will help prevent further erosion, and help protect the sandbanks. ”Work is expected to be complete by 1 October, 2015.

NEW CULVERT FOR ONE MILE CREEK

On 1 July the Authority, which looks after fire control in rural Western Bay and Tauranga City areas, became part of the Pumicelands Rural Fire Authority.

The Pumicelands Rural Fire Authority brings together eight rural fire authorities operating in the North Island in a move aiming to improve fire management and reduce costs. There will be no change to the way permits are applied for, or issued, for Western Bay residents.

A new culvert at One Mile Creek is set to provide Waihi Beach residents with greater protection against flooding.

The large $380,000 structure on Beach Road is Council’s answer to the community’s plea following multiple flooding occurrences in the area.

Council’s Utilities Manager Kelvin Hill says the new culvert replaced two round pipes under the Beach Road bridge. It allows for increased capacity from the Waihi Beach dam, and will reduce the chance of overspills at the bridge.

“This was something the community felt really strongly about, and was an ongoing problem for

them – so it was important we listened,” says Kelvin.

“The final touches to the work are being completed now. People will notice a difference straight away.” Kelvin says the rectangular culvert is taller than it’s supposed to be.

“During construction, we discovered some unsuitable ground conditions, which led to the culvert being built 500m higher than originally planned.”

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Don’t let the few stall the walkway Do not let a few residents of Fifth Avenue stop the new walkway!

I raise this because media reports say some residents are trying to stop Tauranga City Council from building a walkway along the waterfront from Memorial Park to The Strand.

The walkway is a good idea and will benefit many. Morning joggers will use it.

Workers will get to work on it. Children will use it to get to schools. Oldies will use it because it’s a nice and flat. Cyclists will use it for exercise. All sorts of people will enjoy the views and tranquillity it offers.

I believe many more of the residents, of our city of 117,000 will support the walkway plan than the few residents, of that area, who oppose it.

Tauranga City Council: your development of walkways is wonderful and we urge you to continue and build this amenity for all of us.

K Evans, Tauranga City

Take action now – or get left in the dust I strongly support Tauranga City Council having a look into the Memorial Park to The Strand Walkway, at a cost of $30,000 to ratepayers.

Actually – go one step further TCC – don’t spend $30,000 looking at it, just spend the dosh on making the walkway happen!

I often tottle around Tauranga CBD streets and look at all lost opportunities of using the waterfront for recreation.

Why have a carpark on Cliff Rd for goodness sake! Do the cars parked up for the day enjoy the view? The lucky things!

Those disputing this walkway – probably only for personal property harbour view reasons – only have to look at Whangarei in the north.

Once a CBD dying a cold lonely death to pedestrians – essentially boasting a deserted marina area –

is now coming back to life. Why? The newly opened Hatea Loop – a 4.2km loop around Whangarei's inner harbour that’s multi-use with a concrete surface suitable for walkers, runners, cyclists, and non- traffic vehicles from skateboards to mobility scooters.

It has a Heritage Trail and Art Walk and a crossing over the city’s newest bridge Te Matau Pohe or The Fishhook of Pohe.

The walkway is busy night and day, chocka-block with people and families exercising, talking a walk and enjoying what views Whangarei has to offer.

There’s lights for night-time

users and now mobile vendors and cafes are being considered to offer walkway-goers some food and drink.

This could be Tauranga if the proposed Strand walkaway goes ahead.

But knowing the way all the cronies think in this town, nothing will be done cost because it will cost money and the CBD will continue to die.

Shame on you Tauranga for offering nothing new to rejuvenate your own backyard.

No walkway, no museum, a small stadium – no wonder why only oldies come here to die.

K Morland, Katikati

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No housing problem, an over-population problem On yer bike! Time to invest in safety By any means possible, with or without money.

For a better life. For opportunity.

For education, employment – and a life worth living. And we in the West are prime targets.

Because we’ve created the best countries that give people the most hope and the best opportunities and we encourage innovation and the chance to succeed and be someone.

Just remember, some of these ‘opportunities’ have been hundreds of years in the making. The vote, justice and welfare.

The integrity of the systems – all worthy options denied to so many in other lands.

They know it. They know what they don’t have.

They see it on their televisions, if they’re allowed them, that is.

Then they come, to Europe, America, Australia, Canada and to New Zealand. Rich and poor alike.

They come. And will continue to come.

And if we’re not careful, we’ll drown in the rush.

Graeme Martin, Brookfield

The city’s 10-year plan process focused community attention, yet again on the urgent need for safe cycleways in our city.

Council has proposed to spend small change on city cycleways during the next 10 years.

That is funding for a few signs, a bit more white paint on the roads, and maybe a map that directs cyclists towards the best places to be squashed.

Due to enormous community pressure, council now supports the national cycleway link through Bethlehem. Bouquets for that, but it is not enough.

In this climate, children should cycle to school and commuters could cycle to work.

Space savers: Keeping Tauranga green and clean Tauranga City Council’s Open Space Strategy includes preserving a diverse and abundant range of quality open space experiences.

This is defined as areas of land or water the public has a level of free physical or visual access and includes green spaces such as (inter alia) parks, reserves, transport corridors, urban spaces, green belt areas and blue spaces such as the harbour coast streams and rivers.

The area beside Takatimu Drive is patently such an area which provides part of the open space network and provides a multiple range of user objectives – not to mention an attractive approach

to our city.

The vision, as articulated in the Open Space Strategy, states an aim of: ‘Protecting, enhancing and developing a network of open spaces for people to appreciate and enjoy’.

It is not appropriate for the council now to sell/develop/profit from these areas, which in many cases have been provided for in the subdivisional consents requiring such land to be set aside.

The Phoenix carpark is such an

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area, which is constantly being utilised by community groups and is part of the streetscape also provided for in the Open Space Strategy providing places for people to meet and enjoy the local amenities of community and cultural group opportunities.

It’s inappropriate to sell off such areas of land for profit and in effect to negate its own policy and duty to provide such recreational and visual networks.

R E Stephens, Mount Maunganui

Vaccine scaremongers?

Re: ‘Best flu protection’ (The Weekend Sun, July 3).

Medical Officer of Health Phil Shoemack continues to trot out the Bay of Plenty District Health Board claims that vaccination is the saviour of civilization and our only hope of good health.

His claim “there are no remedies, pills or lotions which will make any difference to your chance of getting influenza” is 100 per cent scientifically unproven.

Phil’s claim of 75 per cent effectiveness of the flu vaccine is unsustainable by double blind, placebo referenced surveys.

Furthermore, all studies on the safety and efficacy of these drugs are not done independently nor transparently, but by the manufacturer.

Drug giants, like one of this vaccine’s producers, GlaxoSmithKline, was convicted and fined $3 billion for fraud on a monstrous scale by United States Department of Justice in 2012.

If you don’t believe the extent of their criminal activity a quick Google search of (name of manufacturer) plus ‘department of justice’ will be illuminating.

More ominously, the claims that people like Dr Phil trundle out with increasing stridency are attempting to take us down the same path as California which last week approved the mandatory vaccination of all children – look up SB277.

Has anyone stopped to question these DHB scaremongers? Why are unvaccinated children such a threat to the health of the other kids in class that they should be banned, yet immunity is said to be provided by these vaccinations?

Murray Maunder, Otumoetai

Every person on a bike is one less car adding to global warming.

Sadly, the priority is millions of borrowed dollars for another parking building for those rare students that can afford daily parking charges.

The debate about why drivers do not see cyclists is easily resolved.

Get all of those drivers onto a bike once a week.

If they bike themselves, then they’re more likely to see and tolerate cyclists.

Many drivers have a bike in the shed, but they don’t dare use it in Tauranga.

Safe cycleways are a win-win-win, and we should be investing in them.

Dr Ian G. McLean, Tauranga City

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They tell me Auckland has a housing problem.

They tell me Sydney has a housing problem.

They tell me London has a housing problem. Blimey! It seems the world has a housing problem?

The world doesn’t have a housing problem. The world has an over-population problem. And mostly in the wrong places.

We’ve never had seven billion people co-existing at once on the planet before. And so many countries these days are, quite frankly, scary places to be.

Simply, there are too many bad places to live and not enough nice places. So people move. From the bad places to the good places. Migration, they call it. And it has its advantages. Especially if your birth rate is minimal, as it is in most Western countries.

Being in one of the good places, we need to be able to control our immigration.

We can if we want to. But for some reason we just don’t seem to be able to.

Feast or famine. That’s us!

And so they come. By boat. By plane. By foot.

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E N T E R T A I N M E N T G U I D E OUT THERE

The Weekend Sun’s ever popular guide to ‘What’s On’ in the Bay.

Saturday 11 July

Alcoholics Anonymous Public Meeting

An opportunity to hear speakers share their experiences on alcoholism. Are you worried about a friend of family member? Are you wondering if you have a problem? City Church Tauranga, 252 Otumoetai Rd 6.30-8pm. 027 340 9544 American Group New group forming for Americans living in the BOP and Kiwis with American connections, who would like to meet & socialize. Kerry 07 281 2100

Andre Rieu Friendship Group BOP

For lovers of music of Andre Rieu, monthly weekend gatherings in each other’s homes, annual garden party & celebrations at local cafes all to the music of Andre. Pete/Jennifer 574 4238 Baroque-Ah Presented by Tauranga Civic Choir July 18. Organ music from Handel’s Water Music & Royal Fireworks Suites at Wesley Church, 13th Ave 7.30pm. Tickets $25 from Eventfinda & at the door. School students $10.

Bayfair Night Market

Arts, crafts, jewellery, fresh produce, food stalls & more.

Bayfair Shopping Centre, cnr Maunganui Rd & Girven Rd, Mt Maunganui 6-11pm. Free entry. 022 588 2282 or email: tauranganightmarket@ hotmail.com Garage Sale At St Andrew’s Church Hall, Dee St, Mt Maunganui 8am. Big selection of bargains.

Garage Sale Pacific Island Community Tauranga Trust (PICTT) 562 Cameron Rd (opp McDonalds, down the driveway on your right) 8-11am. Something for everyone!

Genealogy Informal Group Friendly discussion about family research. 92 Haukore St, Maungatapu 1.30pm.

Visitors welcome. Sue 544 1751

Ha Derech/The Way Messianic Kehilat Now at Hillier Centre, Bayfair

Shabbat/Saturday 10am. A one new man community & welcome all seekers of the truth. 544 7424 or 021 0226 3515 Katikati Tramping Group Rainbow Mountain & Waikite thermal pools, easy, hike or cycle. Keith 552 0215 Let’s Dance Ballroom & Latin Dance Club. Second Sat of month at Bethlehem Hall 7-10.30pm. Live dance tempo music. Bruce 576 5598 Mount Scottish Soc Country & Western Sequence Dance at Mount Sports Centre, cnr Hull & Maunganui Rds 7.30pm. Good company, live band, great supper.

Entrance $7. Organised by Mount Scottish Soc. Elizabeth 544 5633 Papamoa Group Dogwalking Fortnightly group dog walk around waterways & beaches. Meet at Papamoa Plaza 9am.

Tennille 021 030 6835 Red Cross Bookfair July 25-26 at Red Cross Centre, 245 Chadwick Rd, Greerton 9am - 5pm. Books, DVDs, CDs, magazines, board games, jigsaws.

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News, reviews and opinionated raving on the music scene. Pg42

Community events and occasions across the Bay. Pg43

Bargains. Eftpos available. Heather 578 6987 Sailing (IOM) International One Meter Radio Controlled Yachts - The fastest growing sailing class of today. Come for a sail & get hooked. Every Sat & Weds at Landing Drive, The Lakes 1-4pm. Pat 0274 731 765 Social Dance Aug 8, Greerton Hall, 1247 Cameron Rd 7.30pm. BYO drinks & nibbles. All welcome. Supreme Dance Centre 544 2337 or 027 322 1786. Just come on the night.

Taichi Qigong Every Sat at Memorial Park between mini golf & playground 10am. Free to join. All welcome.

Taoist Tai Chi Society Join in a new 6 week introduction class. Learn the first 17 moves at a half price special for $15.

Exercise your body, challenge your mind.

15 Koromiko St, Judea 9-10.30am. Neale 576 7216 Tarot Workshop Learn to read & understand the tarot. 1 day workshop covering the meanings of the cards, layouts & readings. Held at Constables Gallery, Te Puke 9.30am – 4pm. To book ph Kerry 552 6768 Tauranga Farmers Market Fresh & artisian produced food. Tauranga Primary School cnr 5th Ave & Cameron Rd every Sat 7.45am - 12pm. Trixie 552 5278 or www.taurangafarmersmarket.co.nz Tauranga Floral Art Group Meet at Baptist Hall cnr 13th Ave & Cameron Rd 9.30-11.30am. Visitors & new members welcome. Ruth 543 2157

Tauranga Indoor Radio Control Cars

Race day at Greerton Hall, Cameron Rd 1.30pm. Track set up from 10am. Practice starts approx 12.30pm.

Tauranga Rock n Roll Theme night, prizes for best dressed. Rock & Roll Music by DJ Hemi 7.30pm till late in the Artie Stewart Lounge. $25pp, Texas Grill 2 course buffet. Maria 576 7326 Te Puke Scottish Society July 18 - monthly dance 7.30pm onwards.

Theme: mid year Christmas. Old time & sequence dancing, great supper provided.

Te Puke Memorial Hall, Jellicoe St. Entrance $7. Subs due. Valerie 573 7093 Village Radio Community radio broadcasting from Tauranga Historic Village 1368 kHz AM. Music of 1920’s - 80’s weekends 9am - 5pm, weekdays 10am - 5pm. Specialty programmes. www.villageradio.co.nz or 571 3710

Sunday 12 July

2015 Festival Concert Baycourt Centennial Theatre 2pm. The very best from 10 days of dance, music & drama.

Adults $15, children under 13 $10. www. taurangacompetitions.co.nz Bay Bible Fellowship/Lord’s Day

Worship & communion service, Welcome Bay Primary School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Rd 10am. “To live is Christ,” series in Philippians. Tom

Griffiths. All welcome. www.bbf.net.nz

Bible Seminars Greerton Senior Citizen’s

Hall, Maitland St, Greerton 1.45pm.

Title: “Lot’s journey to Sodom - what can we learn?” Interactive, Q&A. Refreshments provided. Vic 543 0504 BOP Orchid Society Auction Te Puke Masonic Lodge, Oxford St 12pm.

Afternoon tea to follow. Great bargains!

Otumoetai Indoor Bowls Champion of Champion Pairs at Mount Sports Centre 9am. Karen 576 0443 Papamoa Lions Club Market Held second & fourth Sunday of month at Simpson Reserve, cnr Dickson & Parton Rd 7.30-12.30pm.

Petanque Tga/BOP Club Every Sun & Thurs at Cliff Rd 12.45pm. Boules available, tuition given. 578 3606 Quakers in Tauranga Mainly silent worship, hour long meeting followed by tea & talk. Every Sunday in hall behind Brain Watkins Historic House 10am.

544 0448

Radio Controlled Model Yachts

Meet Sun & Thurs 1.30pm at pond behind 24 Montego Drive, Papamoa, to sail electron & similar 3ft long yachts for fun. Beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419

Spiritual Fellowship, the Psychic Cafe

Over 10 or Tauranga’s best spiritual & healing practitioners there for you to meet & greet at Greerton Community Hall. Doors open 7pm. Door charge $10, everything else free. 578 7205

Tauranga Friendship & Social Club

Walks, dinners & outings for over 50’s.

Barbara 544 7461 Underwater Hockey Every Sunday at Baywave. Gear & coaching available for beginners. New members welcome.

Juniors (under 15) 5-6.15pm. Seniors (over 15) 6-7.40pm. Lance 027 287 4731 or lancepotaka@orcon.net.nz

Weekend Activities for the Over 60’s

Walks, dinners, day trips & good times.

Gloria 544 1834

Monday 13 July

Achieve Toastmasters Making it on

Mondays. 1st, 3rd & 5th Mon at St Stephen’s Church Hall, Brookfield, Tga 7.30pm. Chrissy 543 9493 Badminton Tauranga Badminton Club every Mon & Weds at Bethlehem College Events Centre 7.30-9.30pm. All players welcome. Sue 021 194 4335 Badminton Junior Club Bethlehem College Events Centre every Mon 6-7.30pm. Racquets available. Sue 021 194 435 www.taurangabadmintonclub. co.nz

Bay of Plenty Pipes & Drums

Army Hall, cnr 11th Ave & Devonport Rd 6.45pm. Annette 577 9272 Bay of Plenty Vintage Car Club Meet every 2nd Mon of month at clubrooms in Cliff Rd. New members welcome. www. bayofplentyvintagecarclub.com Bay Salsa Presents beginner salsa lessons

GUIDE Stories, snippets, strangeness, and general entertainment. Pg44 at Otumoetai Action Centre 6.45pm new intake every 4 weeks. $12 per class. www.baysalsa.co.nz Bethlehem Bowls Every Mon at Bethlehem Hall 7.15pm. First 3 nights free. Wendy 578 2585 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 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 6pm & 7.30pm onwards. Noel 579 5412 Citizens Advice Bureau Free, confidential info & advice about anything call in Mon - Fri at 38 Hamilton St, Tauranga 9am - 5pm or free-phone 0800 367 222 or 578 1592. Justice of Peace service every Mon 1-4pm, Weds & Thurs 9-11.30am & Weds CAB Service at Welcome Bay Community Centre 9.30am - 12.30pm. Migrant clinics Tues Fri 1-4pm. No appointment necessary.

Civic Choir Tauranga At Wesley Church, 13th Ave, Tauranga 7.30pm. New members welcome. Heather 575 9092 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 Free Antenatal Classes Te Ha Ora. Day & night classes. Kaupapa Maori - but open to all cultures. TeRina 552 4573 or info@pirirakauhauora.org.nz

Harmony a Plenty Barbershop Chorus

Every Mon at Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd 7pm. New members welcome. Alan 579 3177 or www.harmonyaplenty.co.nz Junction Mental Health Peer support & advocacy: coffee & chat 10am – 12pm.

543 3010 Learn New Ball Skills With the Steamers, July 13-16 at Bayfair 10am - 12pm & 1-3pm. Have your photo taken with your local rugby heroes in our special photo booth or collect all the players signatures with our free autograph books.

Learn to Dance St Pats Hall, Beatty Ave Te Puke with sequence dancers. New vogue & sequence dancing for learners & people wishing to improve. More lady dancers required. Learners 6.30pm, followed by sequence dancing until 8.30pm approx. $3pp. Gordon 572 0060 Leisure Marching For exercise, fun & fellowship. Ladies 50+ required. No experience needed. Coreen 570 0172 Meditation Group Free classes Mon

The Weekend Sun’s guide to who’s playing and where.

10am & Weds 7.30pm. Find peace, spiritual awareness & the meaning of your life. David 576 9764 Marlin Probus Club Meet 2nd Mon of month at Club Mt Maunganui, Kawaka St 9.45am. Liz 572 1794 Otumoetai Indoor Bowls Champion Triples, Matua Primary School Hall, Clivedene St, 7.30pm. New members welcome. Karen 576 0443 Otumoetai Mens’ Probus Club Meet third Mon of month at St John’s Hall, Bureta Rd, Tauranga.

Good speakers, excellent fellowship. Interested?

David 544 0291 or dlowe@slingshot.co.nz Papamoa Genealogy Branch NZSG meet in the Tohora Room, Papamoa Community Centre 9.30am - 2.30pm.

Small door charge. Tea/coffee provided.

Bring your own lunch. Daphne 575 4674 Papamoa Progressive Assn 2nd Mon of month at Dune Room, Parton Rd, Gordon Spratt Reserve. 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 Taoist Tai Chi Exercise your body, challenge your mind. New beginners class starts today at 15 Koromiko St, Judea 9.30am. Yvonne 576 7216 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 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.

Tiny House Theatre A variety of though provoking documentaries screening second Mon of month 7pm. For info & to be added to email list Kim 576 9427 or 027 285 9611

Triple P-Positive Parenting Program

For parents, whanau or caregivers with children aged from birth to 12yrs to manage common parenting challenges.

Free, with resources. Ardell 571 0144 or 027 311 2140 Welcome Bay Art Group Meet every Mon at Lighthouse Church 9.30am 12pm. Bob 544 4499 YMCA - ALFS Active Lifestyles For Seniors. First class free. Open to both men & women. Mon: Matua Community Hall, Levers Rd 9am & 10.15am. Arataki Hall, Zambuk Way (off Grenada St) 9am. Tues: Papamoa Community Centre, Gravatt Rd 9am & 10.30am. Sit & Be Fit at Papamoa Community Centre 11.30am. Smooth Movers Weds Welcome Bay Hall,

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The Weekend Sun Welcome Bay Rd 9.15am. Sit & Be Fit Greenwood Park Village, Welcome Bay 11am. Thurs: Otumoetai Action Centre, Windsor Rd 9am. Bethlehem Hall, Bethlehem Rd 10.30am. Fri: Papamoa Community Centre, Gravatt Rd 9am & 10.15am. 578 9272 www. ymcatauranga.org.nz Yoga with HanneHatha Starts again July 20, Mon & Weds 9.30am 5.30pm. Gentle hatha yoga, peaceful studio in Bethlehem. To enrol phone Hanne 027 244 6710 Zonta International Tauranga Meet 2nd Mon of month at Tauranga Club, Devonport Rd 5.30pm. Visitors & new members welcome. Gail 021 038 5105

Tuesday 14 July

ABC - Avenues Badminton Club Every Tues at Tauranga Intermediate School Sports Centre. Juniors 6-7.30pm (term time). Seniors (Adults) 7.30-9.30pm.

Club racquets & coaching available.

Delwyn 027 212 4720 Alcoholics Anonymous Mt Maunganui Open meeting every Tues at St Peters Hall, 11 Victoria Rd 7.30pm. Ph 0800 229 6757 for more meetings or assistance.

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. All welcome.

Lorraine 579 3229 Bayfair Petanque Club Tuition & boules available for learners & visitors.

Every Tues & Thurs at Bayfair Reserve, Russley Drive 1pm. Margaret 572 3173 Bethlehem Pottery Club Open Tues, Weds & Thurs 10am - 3pm, or when the flag is flying. Call in & meet the members & find out how to join.

Email: bethlehempottery@gmail.com or Jane 552 0046 after 6pm.

Caterpillars A hilarious tale of two clumsy puppeteers who attempt to put on a beautiful show about the life cycle of a caterpillar.

At Baycourt X Space 10am & 1pm. www.baycourtboxoffice@ tauranga.govt.nz or 577 7189 Excel Toastmasters Meet every 2nd, 4th & 5th Tues of the month at Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Bayfair 6.15-8.30pm. Learn leadership & public speaking skills.

Kaaren 572 5988 Fire & Grace Nights Releasing the fire of the Father’s love for the restoration of a nation. Every Tues at Bethlehem Town Centre, above Metro Pharmacy 7pm. FB: The Father’s House Aotearoa NZ Ministry School.

Fitness League Ladies 50 plus 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 573 4429 Greerton Village Community Music Morning For seniors – come along & join us in a morning of music.

1st Tues of month at Greerton Hall 10-11.30am. Guest artist. Entry $4, includes morning tea. Di/Charley 027 626 2496

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 email: inachordchorus@gmail.com Leisure Marching Team Seeking new members aged 30-50+ for friendly leisure marching. Practice Tues 6-8pm.

Ph/txt Ardell 027 937 4248 Meridian Daylight Lodge Meet at Masonic Centre, 33 Hairini St, Tauranga. Visiting members welcome from 11am. Keith 544 4109 Mount Morning Badminton Social, competitive, all ages, beginners welcome. Racquets available. Visitors $5 per session. Every Tues at Mount Sports Centre, Blake Park 9am - 12pm.

Maxeen 575 0162 Oriana Singers Community choir meet every Tues at St Andrew’s Church Hall, Dee St, Mount 7-9pm. New members welcome. Ladies - Altos please & Men - Tenors or Basses. Terry 578 5937 Otumoetai Toastmasters Leadership skills, speaking skills. At Lyceum Club

rooms, 68 1st Ave 7.15-9.30pm. Alan 544 5989 Recreational Cycle Groups Every Tues meet at Palmers, Ohauiti 9.30am. Pam/Andrew 544 3272.

Every Weds meet at Sulphur Pt, near Nautilus, off Cross Rd 9am. Cam 552 4513. Every Sunday meet at Papamoa Sports & Recreation Centre, Parton Rd 9.30am. Heinz 574 1543 Sequence Dancing Tauranga Social & Leisure Club. St John’s Anglican Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai. Every Tues 7-9.30pm except second Tues of month 3.306pm. Murray 576 3294 South City Bowling Club Club night at Greerton Hall 7.30pm. New members welcome. Mary 541 0687 Taoist Tai Chi Exercise your body, challenge your mind. New class starts Aug 4 at 15 Koromiko St, Judea 7pm.

Wade 021 606 133 Tauranga Acoustic Music Club Jam sessions. Sing, play or just listen & enjoy. Greerton RSA 7.30-10pm.

Sheryl 552 5906 Tauranga Astronomical Society The hubble space telescope with pictorial & comment about galaxies, from after the big bang to today, with other related videos. Observatory complex, Fergusson Park 7.30pm.

Telescope viewing weather dependent.

Tauranga Morning Badminton Club Every Tues & Thurs at Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, Memorial Park cnr 11th Ave & Devonport Rd 9-11.30am.

Heather 574 0976

Tauranga Patchwork & Quilters

Group Meet every 1st & 3rd Tues 7pm & 2nd & 4th Fri 10am at Tauranga Art Centre, 177 Elizabeth St, Tauranga.

Helen 0274 177 581 Tauranga Scrabble Club Every Tues at Tauranga Bridge Club, Ngatai Rd 9am.

3 games $3. New players welcome. 544 8372 Tauranga Toastmasters Tga Lyceum Club 7.15-9.30pm. Confidence building, speaking skills, leadership skills. Alan 544 5989 Te Puke Lyceum Club Coffee morning 10.30am, committee meeting 12.30pm. 8 Palmer Place, Te Puke.

Margaret 573 5355 Te Puke Senior Citizen’s Club Players & beginners invited to play indoor bowls, cards, 500 every Tues & Fri 12.45pm. $3 includes afternoon tea.

Weds, bolivia cards 1pm. Jocelyn St, Te Puke. 573 7887

Wednesday 15 July

A Little Run in Bhutan A presentation on the 200km run through Bhutan by Lesley Mochan in May. July 15 at BOP Polytechnic, Windermere Campus, Room A4. July 16 at BOP Polytechnic Bongard Campus room DR106.

Both 5-6pm. Gold coin donation. All funds raised go to the Kathmandu Animal Treatment Centre.

Lesley 0272 527 004 runcrazylesley@ gmail.com Age Concern Walking Group Meet at Kulim Avenue 10am. All welcome.

578 2631 Baywide Community Law Service

Drop in clinic every Weds at 63 Willow St 5-6.30pm. No appointment necessary. Free legal assistance. 571 6812. Every Tues morning at Te Puke Clinic. For appointment 573 5614.

Every 2nd Thurs morning at Katikati Clinic. For appointment 549 0399 Cards Do you play cribbage or would like to learn the game? Every Weds at Tauranga RSA 1pm. New members welcome. Rona 578 7939

Club Mt Maunganui Indoor Bowls Every Weds night. Jim 572 1983

Fernlands Spa Water Exercise

Classes Weds 10.45-11.45am held rain or shine but not during school holidays.

New participants planning to attend ph Jennifer 571 1411 Freemasons The Gate Pa Lodge meet at Hairini Freemasons Masonic Centre 7.30pm. Ph/txt Glen 027 918 9096 Friends of the Library Papamoa Library Book Group meet 10am. Topic this month: Asia. Visitors & new members welcome. Pam 571 2566

GAP: Grieving & Parenting

Support group for all ages living with loss. Informal opportunity to meet others growing through grief. Meet at st

Mary’s Church, cnr Girven Rd/Marlin St, Mount 3.30-5.30pm. Helen 575 5979 or helenstewart@xtra.co.nz Gate Pa Indoor Bowls Handicap Singles (Bowie Trophy), Greerton Hall 7.30pm. Kevin 543 4044 Healing Rooms Experience God’s healing touch at Bethlehem Town Centre cnr shop behind PO/Bookstore every Weds 1-3pm. 021 110 0878 or at Papamoa Fashion Island, 42 Gravatt Rd, next to Esquires every Weds 3-4pm. 022 120 5406. No appointment necessary, no charge. www.healingrooms.co.nz

Mount Healing & Spiritual Centre Celebration & fellowship at Omanu Bowling Club, Golf Rd. Doors open 7pm for 7.30pm.

Guest speaker: Amayahgrace healing the heart. Door charge $3. Janet 027 264 0226

New Plymouth High Old Girls’ Assn

Coffee morning at Raft Café, Chapel St 10am. All past pupils welcome.

Margaret 549 1124 Opera Forum Tauranga La Boheme - Friends of the Tauranga Forum opera at Tauranga Club 5.45pm.

Complimentary wine, finger foods, lucky ticket draw. Tickets from Creative Tauranga. 577 0583 Otumoetai Lions Assist in community based activities & enjoy fellowship & social. Meet 1st & 3rd Weds of month.

Fellowship 5.30pm followed by meal 6.30pm. Visitors & new members welcome. Robert 576 8445 or http:// www.lionsclubs.org.nz/Clubs/202L/ Zone-9/Otumoetai Papamoa Garden Circle Meet in the Dune Room, Papamoa Sport & Recreation Centre 1pm. Elaine 575 5044 Papamoa Palms Probus Club Meet first Weds of month at Papamoa Sports & Recreation Centre 11.15am. All welcome. Sue 574 3280 Scottish Country Dancing Every Weds at Senior Citizens Hall, Maunganui Rd, Mt Maunganui. Beginners class 6pm, regular class 7.30pm. Lynne 573 5055 Single Coffee Club 60+ Mixed company of singles 60+ that meet up once a week for coffee, enjoy socialising & meeting new friends.

Email: mixandmingle@xtra.co.nz or 027 439 3267 Table Tennis Tauranga At Memorial Hall, QEYC every Weds 1-3pm & 7-9pm & every Fri 7-9pm. Bill 578 1662 www.sportsground.co.nz/ tabletennistauranga Taoist Tai Chi Exercise your body, challenge your mind. New class starts July 22 at 15 Koromiko St 1pm.

Caroline 548 1209 Tauranga Embroiderers’ Guild Every Weds at Wesley Church Hall, 100 13th Ave 10am - 2.30pm & 7.30-9.30pm.

Juniors 4-5.30pm. Beginners & experienced stitchers welcome. Nancy 544 4778

Tauranga Mid-Week Tramping Group

Mt Eliza return or off-track to Owens Falls option. Grade mod, approx. 6.0 hrs. Sheryl 574 3743 Toastmasters City Early Start The 6 F’s Club - Fast, focused, flexible, feedback, friendly & fun. Confidence & leadership building. Every Weds at Avgas Cafe, Classic Flyers 6.508.15am. 021 044 5654 LaniDTM@ gmail.com or http://cityearlystart. toastmastersclubs.org

Weds Evening Mountain Bike Group Meet at RideBikes, 393 Cameron Rd 6.15pm. Jen 578 0016

Thursday 16 July

Bay Salsa Presents Salsa on the Strand Intro class at La Mexica 8pm followed by social dancing. Really social, no partner required. $2 entry fee (members free). www.baysalsa.co.nz Christian Services Held every Thurs 7.30-8.30pm & Sun 3.30-4.30pm at Welcome Bay Hall, Welcome Bay Rd. 021 026 86421

Community Bible Study International

Join us at 14th Ave Gospel Centre 10am - 12pm for a non denominational Bible Study on Deuteronomy starting July 23. Jack/Betty 544 3809. And at City Church, 252 Otumoetai Rd 7-9pm on 1` & 2 Thessalonians starting July 23. Charmaine 576 0467 Concert Band Every Thursday.

Katikati’s long established friendly concert band, new wind players

welcome, school age through to retirement.

Sue 021 132 3804 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 Forest & Bird Walk (Tga Branch) Rainbow Mountain & Whakarewarewa redwoods - moderate. Meet Bethlehem. $20, leader Carole 576 5698 French Connection For lovers or all things French. Come & meet like-minded people over a relaxed drink. Meet every second Thurs at Comida on the Strand between 4.30-6.30pm. Email Andrea at agohns@ yahoo.co.nz Keynotes 4 Part Harmony Women’s chorus meet every Thurs at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave 6.45pm. Sing for fun & health.

Nora 544 2714 Mount Maunganui Creative Fibre Every Thurs at Arataki Community Centre 9am 1pm where we share, learn & enjoy spinning, weaving, crochet, knitting, felting & other creative crafts. Kris 579 9994

challenge your mind. New beginners class July 23 at Mount Senior Citizens Hall, 345 Maunganui Rd 6.15-7.45pm.

Neale 576 7216 Tauranga Heart Support Group Low impact group exercise class for those with or at risk of heart disease. Every Thurs at City Church, Otumoetai, & every Mon at St Enoch’s Church Hall, 16th Ave. Both 9.30-10.30am. $4pp includes light refreshment. Hannah (Clinical Exercise Physiologist) 0508 227 342

Tues, morning class 10am - 12pm. Weds Advanced, Thurs club night & new dancers 7.30pm. Frontiersmen’s Hall. 543 1063 Papamoa Table Tennis Every Thurs at Papamoa College Gym 7-9pm. New members welcome. John 572 0129 Positively Me for Women Interested in building self-esteem, growing confidence, overcome fears of rejection, failure or criticism? Gain skills & insight to make changes to be who you want to be. Course starts July 30 for 6 weeks. At St Mary’s Church, Bayfair 12.30-2.30pm or 6-8pm. $55 for 6 week course. 575 9945 Schizophrenia Support Group Support for people who have a diagnosis of schizophrenia 1-2pm. Junction 543 3010 Sunshine Dance Group Learn sequence dancing at a friendly club. Meet every Thurs at Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave & Cameron Rd 7-8.30pm, followed by dancing till 10pm. $2pp, entrance includes supper.

Jan 544 4379 Tai Chi Qingong Every Thurs at Ohauiti Rd Settlers Hall 11am. Class takes approx 1hr. $1pp. All welcome. Eric 577 1988 Taoist Tai Chi Society Exercise your body,

Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting every

Orange City Square & Round Dance Club

“What’s On” is a FREE service for non-profit clubs & organisations.

Tauranga Rock n Roll Social Dancers

Every Thurs at Snr Citizens Club, 14 Norris St (behind Pak n Save) 7.30-9.30pm. $3pp.

Maria 576 7326 Tennis Seniors WBOP Players 35+, Tauranga Lawn Tennis Club, Wharepai Domain 9am - 12pm. $3 ball fee. New members welcome. Lynda tswbop@ gmail.com The Mount Art Group Meet every Thurs at St Peters Church Hall, Victoria Rd, Mount 9am - 1pm. Merilynn 575 6777

Toastmasters - Kickstart Breakfast Club

Speak confidently in a fun environment.

Alimento Cafe 7am, guests welcome. Helen 571 6181

Friday 17 July

Fri at Hamner Clinic, 1235 Cameron Rd, Greerton (behind Bridgestone) 7.30pm.

0800 229 6757 for more meetings or assistance.

Chess Tauranga Every Fri at Tauranga RSA, Greerton 6pm & 7pm onwards for the whole family. Werner 548 1111 http://www. westernbopchess.weebly.com/ Free Immigration Clinic Every Fri - legal advice & information on immigration issues.

For appointment, Baywide Community Law 571 6812

ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Support

BOP EasiYoga upstairs 14B Hocking St, Mt Maunganui 11am – 12pm. Gentle exercises.

Bring your own mat. All welcome. Tina 281 1480 or email tina@mebop.org.nz Mobile Phone Workshop Not sure how to use your technology devices? Book now for your lessons & learn the basics. Gayle 0274 393 267 The Sociables 30’s/40’s age group of males & females that meet up once a week to socialise by dining out or participating in local activities & event. Email sociables@outlook.co.nz

Email julie@thesun.co.nz or Fax 571 1116 or post to PO Box 240, Tauranga.

Deadline 3pm Tuesdays.

Contributions should be less than 20 words.

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By Winston Watusi

New local albums to warm the ears this winter It’s that time of year – new local albums are emerging. I can think of five currently out or almost ready. Two of them come from Welcome Bay’s Colourfield Studio and they share the distinction of having specific time periods at their heart.

Tim Julian, head honcho at the studio, is about to unleash his much-anticipated solo debut, ‘Southern Utopia’.

Tim is a fan of the 1980s and here is an astounding collage of styles from that era of big hair and pulsing keyboards.

But even more of a specific time

is the new release from keyboardplaying singer Anthony Coulter, who launches his new CD EP (five tracks), ‘Shaking Her Wings’, at Driver’s Bar on Tuesday, July 21.

One of a kind

Anthony has been around for a while but I must confess I’ve never previously heard him. And, as his music immediately shows, Anthony is an unusual guy. Specifically, he seems to have taken a musical vacation to the 1970s and never made it back.

Now, before you think I’m criticising or extracting the Michael, let me assure you that is not the case. One of the great joys of music is it allows musicmakers to be their eccentric selves.

That’s why we prize them. No one’s

interested in the mundane; at least being individual Neil Diamond pop which should have been a huge is interesting. hit. If, that is, it had been released in 1970.

On ‘Shaking Her Wings’ there are five songs, all It’s called ‘Go Go Girl’ and is infectiously catchy well-crafted pieces, sung well by Anthony, as all get-up (‘You’re a go go girl in a go go world!’).

Sadly, it appears somewhat with a great band and Colourfield out of step in a world arrangements. The currently suffering a severe shortage of go go girls. touchstones are Neil Anthony’s launch is free Diamond, Elton John and will kick off at 7pm. and – to my ears – He’s going to play some musical theatre. If you solo songs and has a terrific told me this album was band who will back him made in 1972 I wouldn’t on the CD material. doubt you. It is so oddly And he’ll launch the out of its time that you video for ‘Shaking Her can’t help but applaud Wings’. It’ll be fun. Flares, the unblinking focus. cords, polyester, trouser There are a couple of suits and other fashion other things making the accessories optional.

CD unique. The first is that Anthony – and Got rhythm?

I base this on meeting Anthony Coulter: ‘If you told me this album And, if you’re looking him only once – is about was made in 1972, I wouldn’t doubt you.’ for something to do this the most genial guy you weekend, there are a couple of excellent options for could ever come across. He is a bundle of excitable Saturday night, July 11, depending on your taste happy energy. And he absolutely sounds that way when he sings. Which gives a strange frisson to songs and location.

First up is over at the Mount where Afrobeat such as the opener here ‘Lipstick on my Leathers’, funksters B2KDA, who used to be Batucada Sound a dramatic story of hell-bound lovers in leather, yet Machine, is playing MauaoPAC. They are boasting one delivered with extroverted cheerfulness. four new members including a new singer/guitarist, A way with words Tauranga’s own Joel Shadbolt, who due to injury Anthony also has an individual way with a lyric, won’t be playing guitar but only singing. which could be regarded as distinctive, or possibly Winter blues misjudged. I hesitate to decide, since often sticking Alternatively, on the other side of town, Kokomo in your mind is more important for a lyric than is playing at the Te Puna Memorial Hall. There’ll be being objectively “good”. a bar and they’re promising a mid-winter party before I find the love song ‘My Warm Skinned Friend’ the iconic hall gets torn down for a roundabout. odd. That line is odd. But, who knows? I’ve been Both bands have songs online that a quick Google called odd myself. The title track, with its butterfly will find. Both events start at 8pm and cost $20, metaphor and opening line ‘Making it with the either from Eventfinder or on the door. monarch’ is similarly challenging. watusi@thesun.co.nz What works wonderfully is an up-tempo slice of

Saturday 11 – Planet of Three.

Greer’s Gastro Bar Sunday 12 – Icefire 5-8pm. Easy The Matua listening & popular covers.

Sunday 12 – Brendan Hopping 3-6pm.

Mount RSA Wednesday 15 – Allblacks live Friday 10 – Marilyn Kingi & on 6 screens 2pm. A Taste of Friends 7.30pm.

Country Night 7.30-10pm.

Saturday 11 – The Wild Clovers (Irish Band) 7.30pm.

Welcome Bay Bar Sunday 12 – Andy Bowman Friday 10 – Karaoke with Mama 4.30pm.

Soul 8pm.

Saturday 11 – Dream River Poker The Crown and Badger 5-7pm, 7-9pm.

Friday 10 – Celcius.

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Sip gin and save magnificent birds As I commented in my last column, I’m very keen to introduce Simply Pure Limited’s Chatham Islands Black Robin Rare Gin and the Fiordland Blue Duck Rare Vodka from Simply Pure’s Rarefied Spirits to those who appreciate the passion, and quality of true craftsman-ship and a rather superb beverage.

Ian Buxton has included the gin in his latest book of ‘101 Gins to try

before You Die’ and who is he you ask?

Internationally, he’s known as ‘The Gin God’.

Anyway back to the popularity of the beverages in question, which are produced here in the Bay of Plenty.

Could the drawcard be the 11 pure natural exotic botanicals, including New Zealand’s own horopito? Or that it’s 100 per cent gluten-free?

Likely, it could be because the gin has been filtered five times and has no preservatives, sugars or additives. We won’t mention the silver or gold medals from San Francisco at all.

Now the vodka could be in trouble

competing against the gin, but no.

Shortlist.com has placed it in the world’s top 10 vodkas and it will have a lot to do with the seven times distillation, gluten-free status, and no preservatives, sugars or additives label. Plus, it’s pure drinking heaven – smooth, velvety on the palate and with a wonderful herbaceous explosion of flavour – that’s how I describe this vodka.

You can be the judge and what’s truly fantastic is the brand puts a percentage of its national sales towards the protection of the rare birds on its labels.

Imagine how a Te Puna master distiller and you can help save these magnificent birds.

The Weekend Sun has a $50 The Phoenix voucher to give away to a lucky reader who can tell us what birds are on the labels of Simply Pure’s Rarefied Spirits range?

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

Entries must be received before Wednesday, July 15.

Warming up with Mendelssohn & Mozart A beautifully crafted concerto by New Zealand composer Martin Lodge, and written for NZ Symphony Orchestra principal bassoonist Preman Tilson, is inspiring Opus Orchestra’s newest heartwarming concert programme.

again next Saturday, when he will also perform Mozart’s exquisite Bassoon Concerto, composed when Mozart was just 18-years-old.

“Bassoonists don’t have many opportunities to perform solo,” says Preman. “The instrument is usually in a supporting role. When a solo piece comes along it will explore the range of the bassoon.”

Born in Tauranga, Martin Lodge is a composer ‘Winterlight’ known for his inspires Opus eclectic and Orchestra’s individual style.

‘Marvelous He has written to Mozart and reflect Preman’s Mendelssohn’ performance performance style. at Baycourt “I am very Addison Theatre engrossed in on Saturday, July the expression,” 18, from 5pm.

Opus Orchestra’s ‘Marvelous Mozart and says Preman.

In 1995, “This is a Martin was Mendelssohn’ will be performed very lyrical appointed to the at Baycourt on July 18. singing piece Conservatorium with places to breathe.” of Music at University of Waikato in Audiences will hear Mozart’s joyful Hamilton, where he is an associate ‘Linz’ Symphony as an opener and professor in composition.

Mendelssohn’s sparkling ‘Italian’ fizzing Preman Tilson was delighted to with energy, to finish. be asked to perform his ‘little gem’ The Weekend Sun has four double passes to give away to Opus Orchestra’s ‘Marvelous Mozart and Mendelssohn’ to lucky readers who can tell us where the event is held.

Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competitions section. Entries must be received before Wednesday, July 15.

Here for good

The concert is at Baycourt Addison Theatre on July 18 from 5pm.

Tickets cost $35, or $20 for tertiary students, at www.opusorchestra.

Buy at Baycourt Box Office for friends and seniors discounts; children’s tickets are free.

Email maggie.farmer@ xtra.co.nz to become a friend of the orchestra.

Friday July 10 to Wed Jul 15 131 Jellicoe Street, Te Puke.

PLAYING THIS WEEK

INSIDE OUT (G)

Capitol Cinema 4

ANIMATION, FAMILY, COMEDY. From the director of Up. A film set inside a little girl’s head.

in Standard 2D: Fri 1:20pm Sat 10:45, 3:55. Sun 1:15pm.

Mon 11:00. Tue 11:00, 1:00, 6:05pm. Wed 11:00, 6:00pm. in RealD 3D: Fri 11:15am. Sat 1:10pm.

Sun 10:45. Mon 1:40pm. Wed 1:40pm.

MINIONS (PG) Low Level

Violence. ANIM,

FAMILY, COMEDY. Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by a super-villain.

in Standard 2D: Fri 11:00, 3:50, 6:05. Sat 11:00, 6:10.

Sun 10:45, 3:30. Mon 11:00, 1:20. Tue 10:45, 1:20, 6:10. Wed 11, 1:15. in RealD 3D: Fri 1:35. Sat 3:25. Sun 1:00 Mon 3:55pm. Tue 4:00pm. Wed 3:55pm.

THE GROUND WE WON

(M) Off Lang, Sexual References, Nudity, Content That May Offend.

NEW THIS WEEK!

Info line 573 8055 www.tepukecinema.co.nz PLAYING THIS WEEK

MAGIC MIKE XXL (R16) Off Lang,

TERMINATOR GENISYS (M)

Fri 3:30, 6:00, 8:30pm.

Sat 1:25, 6:05, 8:35pm.

Sun 3:30, 6:00, 8:30pm.

Mon 3:30, 6:00, 8:30pm.

Tue 3:30, 6:00, 8:30pm.

Wed 1:05, 6:10, 8:40pm.

8:15. Sun 8:00. Mon 3:25, 8:25. Tue 8:20. Wed 3:20.

RealD 3D: Fri 6:00. Sun 3:10. Wed 8:35.

DRAMA, MUSIC. Violence & Offensive Language.

Playing on MEGAscreen. Channing Tatum, ACT, ADV, SCI-FI. Emilia Clarke, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Joe Manganiello, Matt Bomer, in 2D: Fri 3:30. Sat 1:00, Amber Heard, Kevin Nash.

Drug Use & Sexual Themes. COMEDY,

TED 2 (R16) Off Lang, Drug Use &

Sexual Content That May Offend. COMEDY.

PLAYING THIS WEEK

JURASSIC WORLD

(M) Violence.

in Standard 2D: Fri 8:35.

Sat 10:45, 5:30. Sun 5:50pm.

Tue 1:15pm. Wed 3:30pm. in RealD 3D: Mon 8:20pm.

Wed 6:00pm.

NOBLE (M) Violence, Off Language & Sex Scenes.

BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA. In Luxury Lounge Cinema.

Fri 12:00, 4:00, 8:10. Sat 12:00, 4, 6:10.

Fri 2, 6:10. Sat 2:00, 8:15. Sun 2:00, 6:05. Sun 12:00, 4:00, 8:00. Mon 12:00, 4, 6:05.

Mon 2, 8:00. Tue 2:00, 6:05. Wed 2, 8:10. Tue 12:00, 4:00, 8:00. Wed 12:00, 4, 6:10.

Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Amanda Seyfried, Morgan Freeman.

Fri 1:05, 8:10. Sat 3:40, 8:15.

Sun 1:00, 5:35. Mon 1:00, 6:00.

Tue 3:30, 8:20pm. Wed 8:10pm

FINAL WEEK!

SAN ANDREAS (M) Offensive Language.

ACTION, DRAMA, THRILLER. Dwayne Johnson.

FINAL WEEK! Sun 8:30pm. Mon 6:00pm.

PITCH PERFECT 2 (M) Sexual References.

FINAL WEEK! Fri 11. Sun 10:45. Tue 10:45.

TOMORROWLAND (PG) Violence & Coarse Lang. FINAL!

Mon 11:00. Wed 11:00.

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Where Kiwi men come to test their metal

By David Tauranga

All you hardcore fans of Head Like A Hole and 8 Foot Sativa have a civic duty to perform this month – to uphold the reputation of Tauranga.

The legendary rock and metal bands are hitting the road in support of HLAH’s latest studio album ‘Narcocorrido’ and will tear up the stage at Brewers Bar on Saturday, July 25.

For their last two national tours, HLAH guitarist Nigel Regan says The masters of metal 8 Foot Sativa. the Tauranga stops have “We’re a band that feeds off that been the best gigs for the band. energy so when the audience puts it “For some reason you just go absolutely mental out there we give it back and it turns when we play, so we’re really looking forward to into a circular thing. The more they coming back,” says Regan. “The other gigs, people put out, the more we put out and it tend to dance and jump around, but in Tauranga goes absolutely crazy.” they just put in that extra 10 per cent.

It’s a sentiment shared by 8 Foot Sativa vocalist Justin ‘Jackhammer’

Niessen, who says the band are excited as hell to be supporting HLAH. This will be the metal masters’ first national tour for 2015 so if you’re heading to Brewers for the show you best be prepared.

“Hell yeah – it’s complete carnage every time we go to Tauranga.

We’ve played Brewers a couple of times and it’s always been awesome.

“We’re planning a very full-on, mind-blowing, ear-crunching, spinewrecking show for you guys.”

Head Like A Hole and 8 Foot Sativa play Brewers Bar in Mount Maunganui on Saturday, July 25. This is an R18 gig. Tickets are available from Eventfinder: www.eventfinder.co.nz To read the full interview with members from Head Like A Hole and 8 Foot Sativa, visit sunlive.co.nz

Music to our ears The music of the Baroque era was flamboyant and ornate in a manner rarely seen before or after the 17th Century. Among many composers of the time, three stood out, far above the rest – Bach, Vivaldi, and Handel. These three musical geniuses took the music world by storm and changed it forever.

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Much like the talent that captivated the Western world then, so too will you be charmed by our own emerging Kiwi performers at Tauranga Civic Choir’s ‘Baroque-Ah!’, a showcase of five exciting vocal talents.

Soprano soloists Madison Nonoa and Hannah Kim, mezzo-soprano Kayla Collingwood, tenor Filipe Manu and

baritone Clinton Fung will perform an array of solos and duets, as well as compelling choral work from the three greats.

Notably, they are tackling Bach’s ‘Cantata BWV147’, containing the melodic ‘Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring’, one of his most well-known works and the centrepiece of the choir’s programme. The quintet are also taking on Vivaldi’s ‘Gloria’, known to be the pinnacle of his work, particularly in the choral field. As for Handel, he is represented in the concert by an excerpt from his ‘Water Music and Royal Fireworks Sweet’, played as organ solos

by Hamilton musician Myles Hartley.

The stunning showcase will be held at Wesley Church, 13th Avenue, on Saturday, July 18 at 7.30pm. Tickets are available from Eventfinder, or at the door. Adult entry is $25; School students $10.

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Man in the Mirror Part 2 Louie Giglio

Be brave in the face of death I read a story of a small boy, who asked his mum, “What is it like when a Christian dies?”

His mum said, “You remember the other night when you were tired and you fell asleep on the sofa? Daddy came in, put his big strong arms under you and carried you, fast asleep, to your own bed and tucked you in.

“In the morning, you woke up and found you were in a different place to when you fell asleep.”

The boy said, “Yes, I remember that.”

“Well”, said Mum, “it is like that when a Christian dies. You go off to

sleep on Earth, Jesus puts his big arms under you, and you wake up in heaven.”

This simple story is not a bad description. Jesus put it this way in John’s gospel, Chapter 14, “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God and trust also in me.

“There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?

“When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.

And you know the way to where I am going.”

“No, we don’t know, Lord,” Thomas said. “We have no idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No-one can come to the Father except through me.”

What a comfort to know that we do not need to fear death, but that Jesus has prepared a place for all those who have chosen him.

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Stephen Tyrrell, Pastor South City Baptist Church

Which road are you travelling?

We are all accustomed to the many billboards that are placed alongside the highways and byways of our city. The billboard messages are usually designed to convince you, the passing motorist, about a particular product or service as being worthy of your consideration.

Some billboards proclaim the message of a particular cause, such as the “Don’t drink and drive” campaign. Who doesn’t enjoy the Tui billboards that make one short statement, then end with the punch line, “Yeah right” ?

The Bible contains many billboards, short statements that tell us truths about God and truths about this life. One of those billboards is in Matthew 7, where Jesus said, “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord’, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.”

That seems like quite a harsh billboard statement, but it’s true, because Jesus also said in Matthew 7, “The gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and... the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”

Which road are you travelling?

The road that leads to eternal destruction and separation from God? Consider today’s billboard message in this article: Don’t just talk about Jesus

as though He is everyone’s buddy and everything will be sweet.

Have you come to know Jesus personally, as your Lord and Saviour?

The door of grace is still open.

Come to Christ in faith, trusting that He died for your sins.

By Richard Roodt, Bay Bible Fellowship

Sunday@10am

7 Oak Lane Judea behind Resene

www.citychurchtauranga.org.nz

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A messy outdoor coil can result in “ice ups” of the coil. Ice ups will block the flow of air and can contribute to coil and compressor failure.

Shrubs, fencing, and the like can reduce air circulation around the outdoor coils and have similar effect as a dirty coil. Allowing this condition to exist for a long period can cause compressor failure.

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Green thumbs – fingers and toes!

When it’s time to give your garden a fresh look, or you need a professional dependable garden service for your slice of paradise – you can count on Garden Plus.

Tauranga women Debbie Ring and Nicki McLaren believe they have the best job in the world as they both get to do something they are passionate about: gardening.

The pair have years of experience on their side. Debbie has previously owned a gardening business in the Waikato for many years, while Nicki owned a florist shops in the region.

“And if we don’t know something, we make it our business to find out,” say the pair.

Their aim is to exceed customer satisfaction by getting the job done efficiently and right.

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Phone 07 571 1170 Gardeners Nicki McLaren and Deb Ring. Photo by Bruce Barnard.

“Once we understand what your garden needs are and the scope of work – we will tailor a programme to suit and positively enhance your garden over time to meet your longterm goals.”

The feedback from their clients is always positive, and they hope to add more satisfied customers to their base.

Between the pair, they have the Bay covered: Debbie works around Tauranga and the surrounding suburbs, while Nicki covers Mount Maunganui, Papamoa and the neighbouring areas.

Call the ladies for more information or a quote on your garden work.

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SCHOOL HOLIDAY CREATIVE WORKSHOPS The holidays are here and it is a great time to come in out of the cold and get creative. Classes in ceramic painting, mosaics, soap making and fused glass jewellery available these holidays. Ask for a timetable or drop in to our studio. Ph 571.3726 Clay Art Studio, Historic Village 17th Avenue.

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“LISTEN TO MY CRY for help, my King and my God for you I pray. In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.” Psalm 5: 2.3

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CAR FAIR – buy or sell any vehicle every Sunday at 11th Avenue Car park opposite Mad Butcher 8am-noon. Ph for more information 027 733 9686 or www.taurangacarfair.co.nz

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BEEKEEPER REQUIRED We require a fit reliable person ideally with beekeeping experience & living local to Katikati to join our team. For more info or to apply, write to terrysbiz@gmail.com GARCIA CONTRACTING LTD have orchard positions available for winter & summer vine maintenance.

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“AA” TOUR 1 = The 2015 South Island Spring Tour (many highlights included); Tour 2 = Winter Escape to Waiheke Island. Tour 3 = The Australian Outback Tour (2015). Tour 4 = Wairarapa Country Tour. Tour 5 = Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Wellington. Door to Door Service. Free Newsletters.

Contact The Hinterland Tours Team on 575 8118 or 027 235 7714 AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK TOUR - Door to Door Service, Return Flights, All accommodation, Visit 2 outback Stations, River Cruises, Shows, smokos, dinners, and much, much more. See the Australian Outback....this will be a trip of a life time!! Contact The Hinterland Tours Team on 575 8118 or 027 235 7714 to book & full details ARE YOU UNCOMFORTABLE driving around Auckland?

Come with us and enjoy a little holiday in Auckland including Waiheke Island. Phone us for our Travel Guide – Zealandier Tours 575 6425. Email admin@zealandiertours.com LORD OF THE DANCE A matinee performance of Michael Flatley’s popular dance & musical show. Hurry, just four “A” Reserve concession seats left for this international show.

Book with John’s door to door trips. 576 9305 NO.8 TOURS TRAVEL CLUB. Specialists in fully escorted day,extended tours and shows.

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August-Historical Bay of Islands or Napier’s Luxury Homesteads. September Memories of Whanganui or Tranz Alpine Express & Wild West Coast. October -World of Wearable Arts or Forgotten World Rail Carting. Free Door to door service, Free Colour Brochure. Ph the No8 Tours team on 579 3981 or Email- info@no8tours.co.nz THE NORTH ISLAND TRAIN TRIP - A must do includes door to door service, Auckland to Wellington train trip (so many great sights), top accommodation in both Auckland and Wellington, private Te Papa museum guided tour (Te Papa like you haven’t seen before), Flights back to Tauranga, and we drop you home again. All dinners included. A great trip. Contact The Hinterland Tours Team on 575 8118 or 027 235 7714 to book & full details

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FOR WEDDINGS, FUNCTIONS OR MEETINGS+ check out No.1 The Strand, a beautiful historic setting. Email: bookings@no1thestrand.co.nz or www.no1thestrand.co.nz WEDDINGS, PARTIES, MEETINGS etc.

With stunning Harbour views, fully licensed bar & kitchen onsite.

Restaurant open every Friday from 5pm & Sunday from 4.30pm. Tauranga Fish & Dive Club, 60 Cross Rd, Sulphur Point. Ph 571 8450 or text 027 318 5760 www.tfdc.co.nz

The rules of paying rent: What are your rights?

You’ve moved into a new rental – everything’s going good – the place is great, the kids are loving it and you’ve finished unpacking.

But what now? You’re new to the rental market and unsure of the rules of renting.

Here, the Citizens Advice Bureau offers advice on one of the key rules: paying rent.

So how often is rent allowed to be increased? The landlord can increase the rent once every 180 days, about every six months.

Some landlords have an annual rent review. If so, they must include the annual rent review details in the tenancy agreement or inform the tenant in writing before the tenancy starts.

With an annual rent review, the new rate will take effect on a set date each year or from the next rent payment due within 28 days after that date.

The landlord has to give written warning of a rent increase 60 days before it will take place.

When a fixed-term tenancy has been agreed to, the landlord cannot increase rent except as allowed by the agreement.

If you feel you’re being overcharged, you can apply to the Tenancy Tribunal to have your rent reviewed.

If the tribunal finds your rent is substantially higher than rents of similar properties in similar areas, it can order the landlord to drop rent to market prices.

See www.tenancy.govt.nz/rent-bond-and-bills/ market-rent/ for the market value of your property.

What happens if you hit a speed bump and can’t pay the rent? If you can’t pay rent you’re breaching the Act and your tenancy agreement. Once your rent is one day overdue, the landlord can give you a notice stating you have 14 days to remedy the situation.

If more than 21 days behind in rent, or you haven’t sorted anything out after getting a notice to remedy the breach, the landlord can apply to the Tenancy

Tribunal to order you to pay the overdue rent.

If you have regular problems paying rent, you should get some budgeting help or see if you’re eligible for welfare assistance. If it’s a one-off, talk to your landlord now.

How much rent in advance can a landlord ask for? They can ask for up to two weeks rent in advance, which will include the first rent payment. They can’t ask for more rent until all that rent has been used up.

Does a landlord have to give a receipt for rent payments? It depends on how you pay rent.

You should be given a receipt if you pay in cash.

The landlord doesn’t have to give you a receipt if payment is made by automatic bank payment, non-negotiable personal cheque, paying into the landlord’s bank account used for tenancy, or by deduction from the tenant’s pay or benefit paid directly into the landlord’s account.

The landlord also has to give you a written statement of rent payments if you ask

for this in writing – and keep proper business records showing all rent and bond payments.

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