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A sly look and a staunch pose – it’s what happens when you sign up this adventurous brother and sister combo for a popular children’s hunting and fishing competition. Julia and Reuben Sobye (pictured) are ready to prove who’s best in this weekend’s Take a Kid Hunting and Fishing event. See page 5 for more. Photo by Tracy Hardy.

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Bananageddon, wintrigue and catastrophes It’s been all go on the news front this week.

A plane mysteriously disappears. Banana crisis. The Prime Minister hoists plan for new flag. Royal visit looms.

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Here at RR Headquarters, we are disstolen passports – is beside the point. gusted that none of the suggested flag It is clear that all the inconvenience designs have a kiwi. If we are going to caused to passengers, jumping through change the flag, forget the mangey fern. endless security checks, throwing out our What are we? Vegetarians? toothpaste and hair gel – has really been a We are Kiwis. If we are getting a flash new complete waste of time; when airlines can flag, it must have a kiwi on it. Not some let a couple of blokes waltz through on stolen passports. wussy plant that looks more like a white feather or a fish skeleton. Get the Bizarre Exactly what is the point of having passports, if people with stolen ones Bird on there and tell the world who we are. can still board planes, and arguably, cause them to About the only crowd using crash? an emblem of our flightless What a mockery of bird is the airforce. They all the precautions are probably the only at airports. We ones who shouldn’t be are made to jump using it. Unless the through hoops to navy is going to play travel anywhere; along with the irony, we can’t even take and adopt a logo of a a tube of toothfish that can’t swim, it paste on a plane. seems a bit self-defeatist.

Yet someone with It’s notable that several a stolen passport of the new flag options have waltzes on board and no identity with the Union whammo, an airliner Jack. Does this mean we are snubbing Mother England New flags, new logos all round! vaporises.

There would seem and the Monarchy, while Here’s the Navy’s swimless fish. to be no point to the the heirs to the throne are painstaking anti-terror measures, if some visiting? airports are going to be so lax, that this sort If we drop the UK connection, are we of tragedy can be allowed to occur. heading down the path of becoming a We would be safer to forget flying and banana republic? At a time when we have catch the banana boat. I hear they’re lookno bananas? ing for work.

There’s no point in getting bent out of shape about the banana shortage. Look how Election elation we handled ourselves with dignity during It’s so exciting that we have an the marmite crisis, we managed to survive election date set. I didn’t have Marmageddon and we even coped without anything planned for SeptemCoffey for a while. Fortunately, Tamati ber, so this is great news there is came back, eventually. something to look forward to.

Reminds me of the old joke about the Of course everyone in opposiIrishman at the Banana factory – he was tion is complaining about this. fired for throwing out the bent ones.

They would have complained if a date wasn’t set, and now Shampoo security Meanwhile the tragedy unfolding with a they’re moaning that one is.

Malaysian airliner, missing over the South Cunliffe is grizzling that September is too cold for a China Sea… or somewhere. No one seems very sure. good voter turnout. What a What has been highlighted is the woefully load of claptrap. July is cold. inadequate system for picking up dodgy September is spring. Voters are travellers. Whether or not this is a case of out cavorting with the lambs and daffodils, just looking for terrorism that has anything to do with the two people – who got through security with a ballot paper to tick. Better

than having it closer to summer and ruining a good fishing day. Get your priorities right, man.

The Greens just don’t like anything anytime, so they’re bitching as well.

Winston won’t front up about whether he’ll hold hands with John.

That would be far too simple and not generate nearly enough Wintrigue and Winsteria.

Peter Dunne is concerned about the timing of the equinox winds and the effect on the hairdo.

The rest of the party would have had an opinion, but didn’t have enough in the room to form a consensus.

Young Labour don’t care about the election in September. They’ve alerted their members to the election on November 20.

And they want to run the country?

That’s one group that really has missed the (banana) boat.

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Naming rights A family is petitioning for naming rights to the road that will go through their privately owned land connecting to the Tauranga Eastern Link.

Frank and Cecilia James standing where the new road will pass through their family land. Photo by Bruce Barnard.

Frank and Cecilia James are the original owners of the land sold to create the road, and also own the land on either side.

The couple say input in naming the new road was part of original land sale negotiations.

They wish to name the road – the extension of Sandhurst Drive through to the Mangatawa Interchange – James Drive, or failing that, Faulkner Drive or Coastlands Drive.

But Tauranga City Council is refusing the request opting to make it a continuation of Sandhurst Drive.

This week Frank and Cecilia’s son Richard addressed the council’s Community Development Committee saying his parents’ request has been “improperly refused”.

He says the road is a new road, not an existing road being renamed, and deserves a topical name relating to its past and future.

“A verbal agreement was made to suggest we could have the naming of this portion,” says Richard.

“Sadly for us it wasn’t written into the documented agreement and the powers that be have indicated this option has been rescinded under Health and Safety.”

Growing up on the land, Richard says their neigh-

bours were the Gravatts, the Dicksons, the Evans, Simpsons, Thompsons, and Taylors – and all have roads named after them.

James Drive is easily spelt, pronounced and remembered, in line with council policy – and is different from James Cook Drive to not confuse to people or emergency services, says Richard.

TCC’s naming policy is to give preference to names that reflect the identity of Tauranga, the historical significance of the area, the Maori and cultural influence, and people important to the area’s history.

Sandhurst Drive fails those principles, say Richard.

“If glorifying a military school in the UK reflects local identity, I am puzzled. I would suggest it is actually perfect for offending the sensibilities of local Maori considering the history of Tauranga and the British militia’s role in Gate Pa and Te Ranga.”

There will be a roundabout between the current Sandhurst Drive and the new road, creating a clear delineation. Richard argues there are many examples around Tauranga of differently named roads that lead into one another, such as Maranui St/ Papamoa Beach Road, Marine Parade/Ocean Beach Road, and Gravatt Road/Gloucester Road.

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Should the NZ flag change?

Tauranga residents will be asked to vote for whether New Zealand should have a new flag in the next parliamentary term; Prime Minister John Key announced this week.

The Weekend Sun asked some of you what you thought of the idea…

Action needed for homeless

A growing, and at times concerning, younger homeless community in Tauranga City is proving problematic for city authorities urgently looking for viable options to help stem the tide.

In the city alone there are about 35 homeless people living on the streets, who on a daily basis can be seen stirring a range of emotions within the community – from anger through to compassion.

Mount Maunganui is also starting to see a number of homeless people appearing in the area, with stricter city alcohol compliance seen as a factor.

Tauranga Safe City coordinator Mike Mills says there is a noticeable shift towards a younger homeless population, which he believes is being brought on by psychoactive substances and substance abuse.

Reprieve likely for Kaituna Jet

The Kaituna Jet will likely be allowed to continue operations on the upper Kaituna River if the regional council supports a recommendation from its hearings committee.

The jet boat operation has been opposed by riverside residents who point to the council's own commissioned research into the environmental damage it causes to their land.

The hearing is recommending the jet boat be allowed to continue operating at speeds greater than 5 knots on the river, which saves the tourism business, but doesn't help riverside residents.

Council backs legal high policy

Tauranga City Council has a week to make submissions on a local policy concerning the sale of legal highs in the city.

BOPDHB's Youth Alcohol and Other Drugs Service child and adolescent case manager David Gilmour is asking the council to look at the policy in an aim to discourage the spread of legal high vendors operating in the region.

Presently it costs $500 for a licence to sell synthetic cannabis. David proposes increasing that to something like $5000, with annual fees of $1000.

Crash victim to be farewelled

A young Tauranga woman killed in a head-on crash outside Te Puke last weekend will be farewelled by friends and family today at Tauranga Park on Pyes Pa Road at 1.30pm.

Shannon Rose Wall died at the scene of a two car crash on State Highway 2, north of Te Puke about 2.15pm on Sunday.

The 27-year-old Tauranga woman is described as a bubbly person, who will be sorely missed.

Shannon leaves behind her partner Matthew Bryant and parents Anthony and Margaret Wall.

Trial in parent murder plot

A Tauranga man accused of arranging for someone to kill his parents will defend the charge in front of a jury at the High Court in Rotorua.

Alan Francis Barlow, 42, briefly appeared before Justice Lang in the High Court in Tauranga on Monday.

Barlow is charged with attempting to procure an undercover police officer to murder his parents, both aged in their 60s.

Soil removed from crash site

Soil contaminated by spilt petrol and diesel has been removed from a Paengaroa roadside where an overturned tanker lost some of its load last month.

The McFall fuel tanker crashed on Old Coach Road on February 22, spilling about 9500 litres of diesel and 400 litres of petrol before it could be pumped out.

About 50 metres of soil, two metres deep, was removed from the roadside spill site on Monday and taken to a specialised contaminated waste facility.

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I think they should maybe do the silver fern, a black flag with the silver fern.

Belinda Ingle.

Tauranga

I think we should keep the good old fashioned one, only because we had our grandfather serve under that flag, and it’s an honour thing.

I think we have had this flag for so long, so it’s a symbolic meaning for us, I think if we change it, it would be confusing for overseas countries.

Isaac Sciascia.

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Mickie Anderson.

Judea

I think change is good, it could be a good idea, depending on the design they picked. It also depends on people’s personal preference.

Kate Nouweland.

Papamoa We shouldn’t change it. it’s the flag we have always had and I’m proud of it, and 100 per cent of Kiwis are the same.

Brian Wright.

Tauranga

Suburban vision for committee Spate of Papamoa burglaries Tauranga City Council staff are looking for suburban issues to bring before planned local meetings of the council’s Community Development Committee.

The committee is planning to move out of the council chambers and begin meetings in different parts of the city throughout the year. The first out-of-council meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 12, in the Papamoa Library.

Others are planned for the Matua Hall in July, Greerton Hall in September – and to mark 25 years since the 1989 local government reforms saw amalgamation of local bodies, the former Mount Borough Council chambers (now Zespri headquarters) will host a meeting in November.

The suburban meetings will be evening events, to encourage public attendance; and council staff hopes to have local issues to discuss in front of each community’s constituents.

“We’ll ask the community what they want to speak about, rather than us making assumptions,” says TCC councillor Catherine Stewart. “I’d rather they come to us with their issues, rather than try and assume what they might or might not be concerned about.”

The first meeting is in Community Development Committee chairman Steve Morris’ Mount/Papamoa ward, and he’s expecting a good turnout because there is an active Papamoa Progressive Association, many of whom are expected to attend.

The Community Development Committee is new, and is tasked with building relationships with communities to gain an understanding of their needs and council’s role, by engaging with a cross-section of community agencies and groups.

By Andrew Campbell

Papamoa residents are being warned not to be complacent about their security following a slight rise in residential burglaries in the area.

“We have had a bit of a rise at the moment, particularly with someone targeting master bedrooms of properties,” says Sergeant Phil Gillbanks.

Phil says whoever is responsible is taking small items, such as jewellery and cash.

“The increase has been in the last couple of weeks.

“We are in the process of doing letter drops in people’s letterboxes in the main affected areas of Papamoa, alerting residents to the issue.”

Phil hopes this will make residents aware of what is happening in the area to make sure their property is secure before leaving.

“The one thing I would say to people is if they do have an alarm installed in the house is that they consider putting sensors in the master bedroom. It’s an area where we keep things of value, both sentimental and financial.”

Phil says the burglaries are happening through the day and at night, and often the premise or vehicle entered have been accidentally left unlocked by the owners.

“When leaving your vehicle please check that all windows are up, all doors are locked and all valuables are removed. Do not just rely on any electronic push button locking mechanism.”

People who witness any suspicious activity in the area are asked to contact police immediately on 111. By Letitia Atkinson

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Hooked on hunting and fishing

Keen contenders Julia, 11, and Reuben, 10, Sobye from Katikati get competitive. Photo by Tracy Hardy. not just to win, but to eat.

Cover story “Snapper is yummy, and I want to be able to eat it.”

Quashing his sister’s comments, Reuben believes he A little sibling rivalry is brewing between has the better technique and loves to fish. “I’ll win, Julia and Reuben Sobye. because I’m awesome.”

Both youngsters are convinced they are the better Organisers are keeping entry open until 2pm on fisher of the family – though they’ll find out for sure Saturday and the event will go ahead rain, hail or this weekend when they compete in the Take a Kid shine.

Hunting and Fishing competition.

This year it’s held indoors so the weather won’t Te Puna Hunting and Fishing Club’s annual event affect the prize-giving. Spot prizes will be given away begins with briefing at Te Puna’s Top Shot Bar, at Sunday’s weigh-in from 12pm, which includes behind Farmlands from 6pm tonight, where final food and entertainment, and prize-giving is from rules, including where children can fish or hunt, and 3.30pm, with a major spot prize for a guided deer weigh-in times, will be announced. hunting trip given away.

Entrants will either hunt for rabbits, possums, hares Organisers say the annual event has a huge followand magpies – or fish in the Tauranga Harbour for ing with families returning year after year to give snapper, kahawai, trevally, herrings, spotties, piper their children a go at the hunting and fishing comBruce Bentake part, with a and eels. petition. Last year saw 189 children Matthews Heath Among them will be Julia and Reuben – both 021goal 580 580of 200 this year.

021 701 237 after a sizable snapper or kahawai to take the top Parents of entrants must attend the briefing tonight prize – and both sure they’ll beat their sibling at Top Shot Bar in Te Puna, behind Farmlands. regardless.

Organisers wish to thank event sponsors and the Julia, 11, says she’s the better fisher by far because club committee for helping make the competition her brother “never catches anything”. happen. See www.tepunahuntingfishingclub.co.nz

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Riders round-up for a young cause Motorcyclists around the Bay are polishing up their bikes and heading to the toy store for the annual Ulysses Toy Run this Sunday – but this year it’s about more than just helping children with toys.

Ulysses Club Tauranga branch member and event organiser Marius Swanepoel says the club’s Auckland-based motorcycle drill team putting on a formation riding show at Tauranga Hospital’s carpark at the end of the charity run.

“It’s the first time we’ve had them here, so it will be great to see the team put on their display – it really is something special.”

Riders will assemble at Nikau Crescent at Mount Maunganui from 9am

Sunday for a ride, concluding at the 17th Ave hospital carpark, where the Trustpower TECT Rescue Helicopter is having its open day.

The club is holding the traditional Easter Toy Run earlier this year in the hope of attracting more riders and donations after low numbers attend the event held last April.

All riders taking part in the run will donate soft toys, which are given to children at Tauranga’s hospital, and the public are welcome to pass on their own toy donations. The Ulysses Club will also give $1000 to the rescue

By Hamish Carter helicopter fund.

Riders Lyle Kane, Paul Sellars and Evan Svenson with ‘Benny Da Bunny’’. Photo by Bruce Barnard.

Rescue team’s give-back takes flight

Pilots Liam Brettkelly and Todd Dunham. Photo by Tracy Hardy.

After 14 years flying Tauranga’s rescue helicopter service, pilot Liam Brettkelly says some of the greatest satisfaction comes from helping children.

This Sunday, children and adults will have a chance to see the Tauranga TrustPower TECT Rescue Helicopter up close at the service’s annual open day.

“They absolutely love having a look around the helicopter and getting their photo taken with it, and that’s just what we’re encouraging them to do,” says Liam.

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helicopter has been based in Tauranga, it has flown an average of 100 rescue missions per year, with most missions for medical emergencies.

Liam says the open day (this Sunday from 10am-2pm at the Ian Pain Memorial Hangar on Clarke Rd, behind Tauranga Hospital) is a thank you to the public for supporting the service.

There will be displays by other emergency services, and demonstrations by the police’s armed offenders and dog squads.

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Reviving a reserve project

Community support is being called upon to reignite interest in restoring the Jess Road salt marsh, with concern previous efforts will be undone since the project has lost momentum.

As result, a roadside meeting is planned for tomorrow, March 15 from 2pm-4.30pm on Jess Rd, with an aim to reignite community interest in the project.

The Jess Rd community, with Western Bay of Plenty District Council, Bay of Plenty Regional Council and the Department of Conservation, began restoring the road’s salt marsh in 2005.

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Brave dads Wayne Evans, Charles Baxter, Chris van de Molen, Andy McIvor and Brendon Weatherley.

Next weekend father-of-three Brendon Weatherley will dress up as pregnant woman to raise money for charity – but he admits it’s not the first time he’s dabbled in such a costume.

“My children think it’s pretty funny Daddy’s going to be dressing up as a lady. But if I’m honest, they’ve seen it before,” says the MoreFm breakfast host. On Saturday, March 22, Brendon will be joined by five other fathers in bearing a bulging belly and plunging into an ice cold pool for five minutes – for the annual Heart Stopper Challenge.

The team of dads come from different backgrounds but share a common goal: to support children with heart conditions in whatever way they can.

And they’re not afraid of getting silly.

“We’re called Brendon’s Baby Daddies,

our costumes are a work in progress – but we are getting there with that one.

We’re also making it fun for the @Heart children by letting them do our makeup. We’re going to be beautiful.”

The Heart Stopper Challenge raises money for the local and national @ Heart charities.

Brendon, who has three children aged seven, four and two, says being a father makes the cause much more personal.

“I think, being a father, you have this thing that grabs you when you see these kids who are so sick. It hurts to see a little kid going through that so as a father you want to protect them, even if it’s not your child.

The group is one of 27 teams already registered. Organiser Rachael Parkes, who says they hope to now raise $10,000 we’ll be so happy.”

Brendon’s Baby Daddies hope to raise $3000. Donations can be made online.

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Bringing battle to life More than 30 classes of Tauranga children will learn about the Battle of Gate Pa this term through a new book written by a city librarian who saw a gap in local stories for youngsters.

Debbie McCauley’s ‘Taratoa and the Code of Conduct: A Story from the Battle of Gate Pa’ is being published ahead of the battle’s 150-year commemoration on April 29.

“As a children’s librarian, I know we’re missing local stories to tell our children,” says Debbie, who learned of Tauranga Maori’s actions from kaumatua Des Tata.

“Taratoa’s story stayed with me and I couldn’t understand how it wasn’t a more well-known story. I felt it had to be told, as it was a local story and something to be proud of.”

The bilingual picture book isn’t based on the battle – but a code of conduct for treating both side’s injured soldiers that Tauranga Maori agreed on before the warfare.

“There was a whole shift in world consciousness around the 1860s; Henri Dunant founded the Red Cross and Florence Nightingale tended to wounded during the Crimean War – so Tauranga Maori are thinking along the same lines as these people but weren’t connected –and this was prior to the signing of the Geneva Convention.”

The book’s first shipment has arrived ahead of her March 15 book launch – and the library has 33 classes booked for Term One’s

Author Debbie McCauley reads her book to Madison Tatahi, 4, from Katikati, while Maori warriors Rangituaia Walker and Marie Gradon and British soldiers Amanda McFadden and Penny Guy fight in the background. Photo by Tracy Hardy. children’s programme, based on Debbie’s book and a play she wrote, called, ‘The battle at Pukehinahina: 29 April, 1864’.

Tauranga City Libraries manager Jill Best says the book sets out an aspect of the battle not put in children’s terms before.

“It fulfils a real need for children to be able to understand some major aspects of this battle, and why it was crucial in a number of ways.”

Debbie says a librarian reads half the book

then chooses nine children to dress up – four in Maori costumes, four in British costumes and one as Te Ra (the sun).

“The children act out the story, take a bow, and then the librarian finishes the story,” says Debbie pays tribute to 15-year-old daughter and Otumoetai College student Sophie McCauley, for the book’s illustrations.

The book launch is 3pm-5pm, March 15, at Tauranga City Library. To RSVP, call 07 577 7177.

By Merle Foster

Gala’s old-fashioned country approach Creating your best family.

Creating your best family.

Good old-fashioned country fun is in store for families attending Papamoa Primary School’s Country Fair this evening.

From 5pm-8pm the school is hosting its annual gala, with country-themed fun, food, music and prizes.

Organiser Debbie Syme says the school’s galas have been so popular in the past they became “almost too big”. Last year they held a quieter picnic fiesta on a Saturday night, and this year Debbie says they’re combining the best of both worlds.

“We’re bringing back the gala, but it’s on Friday evening, so everyone can get

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To tap into the school’s semi-rural community, oldfashioned fun and games will abound, including wheelbarrow races, a petting zoo, slippery slides, tombola and country music.

“Families can bring a blanket, and they can bring their own picnic baskets to keep the

Marching for gold

The City of Tauranga’s Under-13 marching team is going for gold at the 2014 NZ Championships in Wellington.

About 40 teams are competing in the championships from March 13-15, with the Champion of Champions event on Saturday.

This event will showcase the best six teams in each age-group, with the top three NZ champion teams named at the end.

Last year the Tauranga team placed third in the event and hope to move up this year.

cost down.” Gala funds will most likely go towards installing two new playgrounds at the front of the school, says Debbie. “It’s a major upgrade; we are one of the oldest schools around. If it’s not that, funds will be for new technology or other upgrades.”

Entry costs $2 for adults, $1 for children and $5 for a family.

By Corrie Taylor

Community sports day

Whakamarama residents are offered a Community Sports Day this Sunday (March 16) from 10am – rain or shine – at the local hall.

Organised by Whakamarama Hall Committee, the event is a day of fun games including volleyball, cricket and table tennis – and a chance for residents to socialise. Residents can bring a picnic lunch and drinks, with a sausage sizzle on the cards. For information, phone Julie on 07 552 5044.

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Kindy on vandal watch A Welcome Bay kindergarten, victim to vandalism in 2012, is proudly displaying three new security cameras and staff want everyone to know the technology is there.

Maungaarangi Kindergarten on Esmeralda St was vandalised two weekends in a row in November 2012 – leaving staff fed up and children upset.

Teacher Rina Greaves arrived

at work to find children’s projects broken, chalk drawings over the building, fences broken down and mess all over the deck.

The attacks were not the first since the kindergarten opened midway through 2009, having been victim to graffiti and other attacks on numerous occasions since.

Rina told The Weekend Sun at the time it was frustrating, because they went out of their way to offer the kindergarten grounds for community events and meetings.

Now, the kindergarten has three security cameras placed around the building following a donation from charitable trust Pub Donation.

Teacher Natalie Bell wants everyone to know the cameras are there, in the hope they will deter further vandalism; and in the case of another attack, identify the culprits.

She estimates the cameras cost about $2500 all up, and says it has made staff feel more secure.

Natalie wishes to thank the Pub Charity for their generous donation. By Corrie Taylor

Head teacher Henare Gurney with the security camera recording system. Photo by Bruce Barnard.

On a tiger hunt for junior talent

New Zealand Golf is going on a tiger hunt, but not of the animal type, instead it’s searching to uncover the next junior Tiger Woods golfing sensation – a player who could be within Tauranga’s sporting midst.

From 10am on Sunday the Tauranga Golf Club will host the Bay of Plenty leg of the 2014 Junior Tiger Championships, as one of 15 regional qualifiers held throughout March.

The junior series, for those aged 11 and under, and those from 12 to 14 years old, sees children playing for the chance to represent their district at the national final and potentially travel to the United States to represent New Zealand in the World Junior Golf Championship.

First introduced in 2009, the series is a New Zealand Golf initiative designed to promote the game to young people as an affordable and accessible sport.

“Each year more kids are participating and we are expecting well over 1000 kids to be playing in our 15 events throughout the country,” says New Zealand Golf high performance coordinator Liz McKinnon.

“For many Junior Tiger players, this will be their first nine-hole round of golf. They may have played a bit of golf before at the driving range, but this is an opportunity to compete on a junior-friendly course with junior-friendly rules, with a family member

caddying and supporting them.”

Five years ago, a pint-sized 12-year-old girl from Auckland’s North Shore turned heads at the Junior Tiger National Final with her effortless swing and perfect short game.

The youngster won the 12-14 girls’ age division at the Manawatu Golf Club in comfortable fashion, with a sense she was a rare talent destined for great things. That 12-year-old was Lydia Ko. Now age 16, Ko has gone on to become ranked the World No 1 amateur and is now the World No 4 in the Official World Golf Rankings as she plays in her rookie season on the LPGA Tour.

“I remember the Junior Tiger Final had a great atmosphere at the Manawatu Golf Club,” says Ko. “It was really exciting for me to be able to compete with kids my age from all around New Zealand and see how good I was. The more you play tournaments, the easier it becomes to deal with the pressure of playing at a high level – and that is where it all started for me.”

The regional qualifiers for the series are the first qualifying stage for children to earn their way to the final, to be staged at the Manawatu Golf Club on April 27.

The leading four players from the winner’s categories go into the draw for the chance to represent New Zealand at the World Junior Golf Championship and visit Disneyland with a family member. By Luke Balvert

Katikati gala day Car seat check Katikati Primary School’s Gala is coming up on Saturday, March 22, and will offer food, bargains at second-hand stalls, and prizes galore at sideshows.

There’s a silent auction to bid on. The school encourages the public to attend from 10am-2pm.

Maungatapu/Welcome Bay Plunket is holding a car seat checking clinic on Saturday, March 22 from 9am-12pm. The clinic will be run in the community hall car park on Welcome Bay Road.

This is an opportunity for parents and caregivers to bring along their car, car seats, children and ques-

tions. They will be given advice about moving their child from an infant seat to a booster seat and about using tether straps and locking clips. A law change passed in late 2013, which extended the criteria for mandatory use of child restraints to child passengers aged up to six years, with children aged seven years having to use a child restraint.

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The benefits of calcium: why do we need it?

Often when talking to clients about calcium intake, the reaction is: “Oh, is that not an old person’s issue?”

My response is the sooner we address our low intake of calcium, the better our old age outcome will be.

Basically, we need calcium not just for bone strength, but also for muscle contraction, for the release of hormones and enzymes and blood

clotting. Therefore, for those people on restrictive diets, or those who exercise excessively, they should assess their calcium intake.

Calcium is stored in our teeth and bones and is released as required.

However, if our intake of calcium is low, especially as we get older, greater amounts of calcium will be lost from the bones weakening our skeleton and leaving us vulnerable

to fractures and osteoporosis.

Those who consume large amounts of red meat, carbonated or caffeinated drinks, or alcohol will speed the leaching of calcium from their bones.

The bad news continues for those who smoke or have digestive issues, as they are unable to effectively absorb calcium, which increases their chances of osteoporosis.

A well-balanced diet high in vitamins

and minerals, fibre and omega 3 is recommended to assist with maintaining a healthy bone bank, as is participating in weight resistance exercise.

However, if people choose to take calcium supplements, it is recommended they select good quality organic calcium.

Make sure there is limited amounts of calcium carbonate, as this is difficult for the body to absorb.

Tangerine peel extract for your heart: Part two Last week I introduced the health benefits of on a variety of incredtangerine skin extract. ibly healthy These compounds are called polymethoxylated flavones, fortunately abbreviated to PMFs. They may well be one of the most important food compounds for your heart.

It fascinates me compounds that have a specific function in plants have entirely different benefits for human health.

Flavones are yellow-coloured molecules used by plants to colour their flowers.

When we consume food or supplements with flavones they take

properties.

While research into PMFs is continuing, there is evidence these compounds have several benefits for heart health. Deep in your liver tissues are a series of enzymes that create the cholesterol we need. For a variety of reasons these enzymes can become imbalanced, producing more cholesterol than we need.

Clinical trials during three months, using a blend of PMFs and vitamin E compounds, showed significant improvements in cholesterol balance – especially the very important ratio between low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol.

Statin cholesterol medications are very effective at blocking these enzymes and reducing cholesterol but there are a reasonably large group which cannot tolerate the side effects, especially muscle pain and low energy. There are only a few manufacturers that use PMFs in supplements and only one I know of in NZ. The best is a US-patented formula that combines PMFs with tocotrienols, which are part of the greater vitamin E family.

PMFs are also excellent antioxidants to reduce free radical damage and are especially good at protecting heart arteries. Most people can tolerate PMFs well and it can be taken with most medications.

For those who prefer natural methods to balance cholesterol, I recommend a three-month trial followed with a cholesterol test to determine your progress.

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Luxury living by the beach is experiencing resurgence, coinciding with the launch of a new show home at the premiere master-planned community Coast Papamoa Beach.

The new home at 536 Gloucester Rd celebrates the beginning of a new construction era at the 24-hectare beachfront estate owned by Frasers Property, the global development company behind Coast Papamoa Beach.

Coast Homes director Steve Short says buyers move to

Tauranga, Mount Maunganui and Papamoa for the warm climate and they want to make use of their outdoor living spaces year-round.

“We know outdoor entertaining and indoor-outdoor flow is high on the wish list of many home owners so they’ve become key features in many of our Coast Homes designs.”

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The low-maintenance site is ideal for people who enjoy entertaining in all seasons and making use of the lifestyle opportunities available to Papamoa residents at their back door.

Buyer interest in the development has soared and Coast Homes is currently building another luxury home on Gloucester Rd to keep up with demand. Tauranga’s Ambienti Architects have designed the second one, which will feature high ceilings, tall glass sliding doors and extensive decking.

Coast Homes is now one of four building companies on site to meet the growing demand from buyers for new homes in this prime coastal location.

Vet clinic at top of its game A Tauranga veterinary practice has officially been recognised as one of the best veterinary clinics in New Zealand.

Following an extensive voluntary audit of staff, facilities and management policies, Tauranga Vets’ Cameron Rd clinic was awarded Best Practice accreditation by the New Zealand Veterinary Association.

Owner Dr David McDonnell says it’s proof the clinic provides animals with professional veterinary care of the highest standard.

“We’ve always focused on delivering the best veterinary care to Tauranga’s companion, lifestyle and production animals, but to go through the auditing process and have it confirmed by industry heavyweights that our clinic’s facilities and services are among the best in New Zealand is

particularly rewarding for our team.

“Equally, we’re delighted to give our valued clients the assurances they seek when choosing us to care for their animals.”

Best Practice is New Zealand’s only quality assurance programme that Tauranga Vets staff Zoe Bunker and Kate Heller with ensures a high standard of service a fury friend. Photo by Bruce Barnard. and professionalism for veterinary clinics and hospitals. The Tauranga ticularly impressed with packaged,” says David.

Vets' clinic was purpose-built to Best the enthusiasm and drive NZVA veterinary Practice standards in 2011. to be better that Tauranga resource manager Wayne The clinic was also acknowledged Vets’ demonstrated. They Ricketts says the auditor for its well-organised systems and have a modern purposenoted real commitment record keeping. built facility and are to excellence among staff “Our clients can take comfort from at Tauranga Vets and the focused on ensuring procethe fact our information and data dures and practices meet a clinic’s overall focus on systems have been shown to meet benchmarked professional improvement. top industry standards and that any standard.”

“Our auditor was parmedication we dispense is clearly “Budgeting was something we had labelled and A free course designed to make money management simple and always done but through life’s circumstances we had not saved towards help residents get on retirement and it was difficult to see top of their finances is how we could. We attended CAP Money and it was a delightful mix of coming to Tauranga. information presented in an enjoyable The CAP Money Course is on March 24 and 31, and April 7 at Holy and intelligent way.

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American volunteers building new homes

By Corrie Taylor

Site manager Nigel Kenny pouring foundations at 188 Waikite Road for one of the new Habitat for Humanity homes. Photo by Chris Callinan.

A team of American volunteers from Georgia will next week devote their time in New Zealand to build two homes in Welcome Bay for local families in need.

Te Puke residents Jim and Ann Dowman are organising the visit from March 16-27 through worldwide charity organisation Habitat for Humanity.

The 13-strong team will – under the supervision of qualified builders – build two large homes on Waikite Rd to be lived in by families selected through Habitat for Humanity.

“When they get there, one [home] will be ready for interior work and painting, and the other [home] we will build from the ground up,” says Ann. “The homeowners will be there helping, and we leave quite a bit of painting for them too.”

Part of the requirement for families is they complete 500 “sweat-equity” hours on the home too.

“They then pay rent on the home for five years,

which then becomes part of a down payment to purchase the home,” says Ann. “It’s a really neat concept, but people have to really want to do it.”

“You have to be serious about getting your financial act together.”

Jim and Ann have been involved with Habitat for Humanity for many years, first meeting when Ann visited New Zealand to do a build in the 1990s.

“I went on one of these global village trips, thinking I’d go somewhere far away and never see it again.”

Ann moved here in 1999 and the pair married.

Each of the visiting volunteers will pay their own way for the entire trip next month. Ann is welcoming churches or organisations to help by supplying sandwiches for lunch on any given day.

“That’s then something we don’t spend on, and it becomes a donation, and it spreads the word about what we’re doing.”

Currently about 45 homes have been built from Katikati to Maketu through Habitat for Humanity.

Call Ann on 07 573 8541 to help.

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New shop targeting small spaces A new shop in Mount Maunganui is gathering interest for its locally-made products geared towards residents living in apartments.

Opened in February, Deck it Out is all about innovative ideas for small spaces, says owner Bev Mclean.

The store features a range of bright, funky products – the majority of which are locally made – designed to quell the difficulties of living in space-challenged or multi-storey apartments.

The vision for Deck it Out came to Bev when she woke one morning in June last year – and it stuck.

“I just woke up one morning with it, can you believe that? And that was in June, so I worked on it and I opened in February.”

As well as stocking wrought iron seats, colourful cushions and other modern products, the store specialises in household plants, pots and plant stands.

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She also offers a free potting service.

Bev sells one-off aprons, for people who just “don’t know what gift to get”.

“They are really cute and different, and you’d be the only one with one of them.”

Open for about a month, Bev says she’s receiving a lot of positive feedback from people visiting the store.

“They all think the shop is fabulous.

“I’ve had really good comments, people have said the Mount needs it, as there’s not really a plant shop here.”

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‘Free stuff ’ initiative launches Residents with unwanted furniture and household goods can now offer them to others free of charge through Sun Media’s new sustainability initiative.

Sun Media’s online classified section is up and running – allowing readers to list items they wish to give away, for free.

Launched this month on SunLive, it’s the latest step in Sun Media directors Brian and Claire Rogers’ commitment to sustainability and community service.

“We hope that when residents

have something they no longer want – a bed, cabinet, anything – rather than chucking it out as rubbish they will list it online and it can benefit someone else,” says Claire.

The listings are free of charge and will remain online for two weeks.

“We’re passionate about sustainability, and this seemed like another way we could contribute to this, while benefitting our readers also.”

In late 2013, Sun Media launched its online classified section – which allows readers to list their classified adverts on their own.

Readers can book their Week-

end Sun ‘Run On’ classified ads online, book their ad to appear online under the new SunLive Classifieds section – or both.

Sun Media digital services manager Jay Burston says this makes it faster, easier and gives the reader more control.

“They can instantly book and pay for their ad online, with no need to post in a slip or visit our offices. And if they miss The Weekend Sun deadline, their adverts can be loaded automatically online.”

The ‘Free Stuff ’ tab can be found at www.sunlive.co.nz under the Classifieds section.

To book online, readers must be a registered member – registration is free.

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Plenty of choices for decorating the home Give the home a stunning new look this season, with help from the professional team at Guthrie Bowron in Tauranga.

They know how to achieve the best look for the home when it comes to paint, wallpaper, carpet and curtains.

Choosing how to decorate the home is made easy with the new GB Collaboration Collection book, which contains wallpaper, fabrics, paint colours and inspiring designs all in one.

The team’s combined wealth of knowledge totals more than 40 years, so customers are in experienced hands.

Together, they can estimate quantities from plans and advise their customers step by step how to complete their desired décor.

Part of the team is design consultant Anna Given, who has more than 15 years’ experience and enjoys helping customers Sue Bell, Anna Given, Richard Forster and Tony Bell, with explore the large range of colours and fabrics available in store. the Guthrie Bowron collaboration book. Photo by Tracy Hardy.

Solar power – is it the real deal? (Part 1) Solar electric panels are starting to pop on roofs everywhere.

There’s certainly lots of interest.

It’s one of the most common topics we get asked about as we visit homes giving sustainability advice, but is it the real deal?

For us, the answer is simple – yes. It’s the real deal. The sun is a huge source of energy; if we can harness its power, wow, what a difference this will make.

There’s been lots of debate and writings about the return on

investment associated with solar electricity. The question in our mind is: How do we optimise the return on investment in solar power?

There are four starting points: 1) Try to minimise your power consumption first and foremost. By being energyefficient, you lessen the investment required in solar electricity.

2) The best way to control your power consumption is to monitor it, and to know it.

When you understand where

you are using your power, then it’s amazing how much you can reduce it – without greatly impacting your lifestyle.

3) Think about how you can shift your use of energy to the day time (when the sun is shining). The more you can shift your energy use, through the use of timers and appliance control, the better the returns.

4) Lastly, we know its cliché, but there are different qualities and performance outcomes from different systems, these will impact the return on investment – this is a subject we will have to expand on in part 2.

Anna and the team can also help customers find the right style of blind for the home.

Co-owner Sue Bell is an expert in wallpaper and says their store stocks the largest range of wallpaper in the Bay of Plenty, so there is plenty of choice for residents to make their walls look their best.

“With wallpaper, you can not only choose a colour that suits, but a texture and design that gives a unique effect.”

Richard Forster and Tony Bell, who co-owns the store with Sue, are paint and colour experts and are great with colour matching. Customers can bring in a sample of their preferred colour and Tony and Richard will match it using a spectrometer.

Now is a great time to visit the Cameron Rd store, with specials on selected blinds and free curtain-making on a wide range of curtain fabrics.

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Setting a carpentry apprentice challenge There's something precious about spending time with an oldschool builder who passes on wisdom, knowledge and skills crafted throughout many years.

The days of spending a couple of years alongside a grazed knuckle old timer are few and far between, labour has become a disposable item and with it training and upskilling has suffered.

To curb this trend Certified Builders continues to back the

best building apprentice training system available.

ITAB - Industry Training Association Building: this system is based on tried and proven training techniques delivered by training professionals. Locally we are fortunate to be served by the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic.

Each year Certified Builders Association hosts an apprentice challenge, allowing competitors to benchmark their abilities against others.

In the past the competition has tested construction knowledge, but this year we will be testing

accuracy and fine tool skills by constructing a garden seat.

No second chances here, every cut and angle will be a finished product.

I invite you to join us and see tomorrow’s construction future at work, Saturday, March 22 at the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic. Just follow the yellow flags, best viewing is at 2pm.

The winner will go forward to compete for the national title at the Certified Builders Conference in late June.

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Prizes make history at home show A record number of prizes, totalling $36,000, are up for grabs at this year’s upcoming Tauranga Home Show, says organiser Graeme Martin.

Among them is the biggest prize in the show’s history - a brand new Palazzo kitchen with all appliances included valued at $23,000.

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Visitors to the event on May 9-11 at ASB Arena will be in to win the kitchen, while other prizes include a $5,000 ANZ Serious Saver Account, a brand new $2500 1200x1200mm shower from Tauranga manufacturer Premiere Showers, outdoor dining furniture from The Spruce Up Company, a Designer Homeware wardrobe system and Eastern Hi Fi has home entertainment products to give away.

Returning to the home show is the IKON Kitchen Boulevard, which showcases a variety of trendy kitchens – perfect for visitors planning a new kitchen, says Graeme.

“This really is turning into the year of the kitchen at the Tauranga Home Show this year.”

While there will still be the usual bathrooms and furniture on show, Graeme says there will also be plenty of new products and services he says the home show is famous for.

This includes solar solutions, plumbing expertise, a huge range of winter heating options, interior design experts to talk with – and everything else home show visitors expect.

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Promoting health and wellbeing in Katikati Have you noticed how many people walk with rounded shoulders and their head slumped forward?

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If Katikati residents don’t already know what wide range of health and social services are available to them – they will after attending the Katikati Community Resource Centre Health and Wellbeing Expo.

Starting at 9am on Saturday, the expo is an opportunity for the health and social services to explain exactly what their community role is and how they can be contacted.

Many of the services operate from Katikati Community Resource Centre and the Katikati Medical Centre. The resource centre also has an information and social services directory available to the public.

This year’s expo caters for the “very young to the more mature”, including La Leche League and Plunket through to rest homes and respite care.

Learn to watch our postures Have you noticed how many people walk with rounded shoulders and their head slumped forward?

It’s no secret that sitting for long periods in front of a computer has created postural issues for all ages.

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This can lead to all sorts of health problems, like: • Nagging headaches • Jaw ache or pain • Vision problems • Tiredness and lack of energy • High stress levels • Tension in your upper back, neck, and at the base of your head • Impairment of your natural fight/fright/flight response How will ‘standing tall’ help?

Pulling your shoulders back and standing up straight helps you to breathe deeper and easier. More oxygen is then carried around your body, giving you more energy and a better night’s sleep.

Opening up your chest cavity will also reduce tension on your thyroid and your sympathetic nervous system, so you’re better able to cope with whatever life throws at you.

Five tips for better posture: • Pretend to do backstroke while you’re standing up – rotating your shoulders and elevating your upper ribs will help improve your breathing.

• Do a few shoulder rolls – squeeze your shoulder blades together and activate your back muscles as well.

• Lie down on the floor and extend your arms out to form a ‘T’ shape – this will open up your chest so you can breathe deeply.

• Do some upper back twists – look over one shoulder and hold for a few breaths before twisting the other way.

• Make a conscious effort to stand tall, throw your shoulders back, and face the world.

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Maori and ethnic groups in Katikati, as well as some of the education services related to employment, will also be showcased.

To add another dimension to the expo, fitness-related groups and alternative healing practices in Katikati have The Katikati Community Resource Centre’s also been invited to Health and Wellbeing Expo is an opportunity attend. for health and social services to explain their There will be a role and how they can be contacted. youth health section promoting everything available for young people, with a be food stalls promoting healthy scavenger hunt on the day. eating, buskers and much more.

And for those who want to know Due to renovations at the Katimore about becoming an organ kati Memorial Hall, entrance to donor, guest speaker Kate Wilthe expo will be through the back. liams will be there to offer advice There is a large area outside the and information. hall that will be utilised also.

For a carnival-type atmosphere, The Katikati Community some exhibitors will demonstrate Resource Centre Health and their products with live demonWellbeing Expo is on Saturday, strations on stage – and there will March 22 from 9am to 2pm.

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Help given to struggling family Facing the winter without hair is no big deal for 16-year-old Cassie Allen, who knows her friend’s family will have a much tougher season.

The Otumoetai College student is having her head shaved on Monday to raise funds for four-year-old Alicia Steenson, who is fighting a rare form of leukaemia.

Cassie is friends with Alicia’s sister and says since finding out about the cancer, knew she must do something to help.

“When I found out that Alicia had cancer I was like: ‘that’s it I’m doing it’. I’d thought about it before but never really gone with it.”

Shortly after Alicia’s diagnosis, the Steensons were forced out of their home when police confirmed the house was contaminated with methamphetamine.

“I’ve been talking to Cassie Allen, 16, will soon lose her brown hair – her mum, and they’re for a good cause. Photo by Tracy Hardy. really grateful for

all of the help,” says Cassie.

“I’ve raised about $500 already, as I’ve been selling chocolates as well.”

Despite losing her shoulder-length hair, Cassie isn’t nervous – but excited. Both her friends and family are supportive of Cassie, and say they’re really proud of her generous act. The shave is booked for 4pm Monday.

To donate to Cassie’s cause visit http://my.leukaemia.net.nz/cas

Further family funding

Another fundraising activity is planned for the Steensons, in the form of a charity quiz night on Friday, March 28.

Tauranga RSA is hosting the event which will see teams of six fight it out for the top place in the general quiz from 7pm.

Entry is $10 per person, which includes a drink on arrival, light supper and spot prizes.

There are limited spaces available, so booking is required prior to the event.

Phone 07 578 9654 or email functions@tgarsa.co.nz

By Corrie Taylor

A hive of excitement for ‘locals pass’ Bay of Plenty residents are being rewarded for simply living in the region with Comvita’s new Locals Pass.

After listening carefully to local visitor feedback, the global health, wellness and beauty products company is introducing a new Locals Pass to families living in the Bay.

Bay residents simply pay full admission price on their first tour, provide proof of residence and receive a Locals Pass. The pass lasts for one year and means locals can take the ‘Experience Comvita’ tour for free on subsequent visits.

Visitors take the Experience Comvita Locals can be doubly rewarded by joining tour through the Comvita’s VIP Loyalty virtual beehive.

Programme. When bringing in paying friends, or extended family, they can earn points towards gift vouchers or products in the retail shop.

Experience Comvita is the company’s newest tourist destination, taking visitors on a “world first” tourism experience, where they can enter a virtual beehive. By Zoe Hunter

Paddy’s bounced back This lovely cat Paddy was found one evening in one of the ARRC volunteer’s garden.

He was very skinny, dehydrated, worm and flearidden, and he showed signs of having been hit by a car.

With some tender loving care he bounced back beautifully, and is now looking for a loving home.

If you are interested in providing a loving home for Paddy, or another friendly feline, please phone ARRC’s foster carer Maureen on 07 578 8335 or have a look at www.arrc.org.nz or Facebook.

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Gourmet market returns Tauranga City Council sustainability advisor Michelle Elborn and Gourmet Night Market director Kim Renshaw with their candles.

Photo by Tracy Hardy.

Mount Maunganui’s Gourmet Night Market is making a one-off return – only this time it will be run completely without power.

On March 29, the night market is collaborating with Earth Hour and Mauao Performing Arts Centre to offer a unique event to Bay of Plenty residents at Coronation Park.

The annual event Earth Hour is an environmental hour where people are encouraged to turn off the lights to acknowledge how much people use electricity.

This summer is the debut of the weekly Friday night market, which began last December – and

founder Kim Renshaw says what’s different about the Earth Hour event is it will run without power.

“The whole thing will be off the grid so to speak. The music and entertainment will be going through a solar-powered generator.”

The 30-year-old Mount Maunganui resident says the market is also one of the few events nationwide to compost its waste.

“I don’t know of any other events that are able to do it on a permanent basis. We can sort the rubbish as well…and we’re able to divert about one-and-a-half tonnes of rubbish over the season from landfill.

“We are technically a zero-waste event.”

The special Earth Hour event will be run similar to the summer Gourmet Night Market, with each stallholder using compostable plates and cutlery, and volunteers will be stationed next to recycling bins to assist market-goers.

The only difference at the oneoff market is stallholders will cook and refrigerate their products without electricity.

The Gourmet Night Market proved popular during summer with the biggest crowd reaching about 6000 people on two Fridays in January.

The Gourmet Night Market Earth Hour edition is on Friday, March 29, from 4.30pm-9.30pm at Coronation Park.

By Zoe Hunter

Getting Irish with a tasty Pot of Gold After receiving an email from Los Angeles, USA, enquiring about my Pot of Gold cocktail recipe – and since it’s close to celebrating the wonderful ‘Irish-fellas Day’ shortly – it made sense to let you know about Ireland’s first whiskey distillery and their wonderful products.

‘Sine metu’, meaning ‘without fear’, is the Jameson Family motto – and what a motto to live up to. It’s a motto that was earned by the family for battling pirates on the high seas in the 1500s. On October 15, 1740, baby John was born, who carried the motto with pride in a new direction to become the national and international leader in Irish whiskey distillation.

In 1780, John perfects his triple distillation and launches the Jameson whiskey label – a label that will grow to include a range of six reserve whiskies, from the Select Reserve to pure whisky heaven – the Rarest Vintage Reserve. The Gold Reserve is stunning served ‘neat’ –or over a single ice cube, with a velvety smooth oaky caramel finish.

The Pot of Gold cocktail combines Jameson whiskey, green ginger wine, a mango, cinnamon and clove reduction with Red Bull; and will be available as our ‘Martini of the Month’ during March.

To support the national Jameson’s Legendary Experience promotion, try the Jameson’s and Dry with fresh Lime or some selected Jameson’s cocktails and be in to win a $5000 customer excitement package.

The Weekend Sun has a $50 voucher for The Phoenix to give away to a lucky reader who can tell us what’s in a Pot of Gold cocktail?

Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competitions section. Entries must be received before Wednesday, March 19.

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Turning Italian - for the food I’m a huge Italian food-lover, so an opportunity to sample Spuntino’s brand new menu was an absolute pleasure.

Sinead greeted us on arrival and we immediately became part of the family. I adore the Italian dining approach, where food and a friendly atmosphere are relaxed and celebratory – no matter if there’s a reason to celebrate or not. Spuntino’s catchphrase is: ‘We love food, good company and good wine’ – and they do a great job of making everyone feel the same.

Luigi and his team’s fresh new menu is brilliant, offering plenty to choose from and something for everyone, plus all items are reasonably priced. We had a hard time deciding what to order, with a packed menu of enticing offerings, from delicious start-

ers, a range of pasta dishes, authentic pizzas, exquisite mains and decadent desserts.

Check out Spuntino’s menu on their beautifully designed website www.spuntinotauranga.com After much deliberation, we ordered a bruschetta for two as our starter. I took a definite lean toward the gorgonzola and pistachio topping, drizzled with honey, while Adrian favoured the feta, vine tomato and microgreens version, with a splash of balsamic.

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A whole lot of deliciousness This week’s recipe needs no introduction, other than to say give this one a go – it’s delicious!

Zucchini and corn fitter With ham and sunflower microgreens Gluten-free, serves two Ingredients 2 courgettes 1 corn cob 30-50g shaved ham A few mint leaves A small handful sunflower microgreens 1 egg Salt and pepper 1 Tbsp mayonnaise 1 Tbsp Edmonds gluten-free custard powder

Method Boil the corn cob for about five minutes, meanwhile grate courgettes and place them in colander to drain season with little salt.

Once you’ve cooled down the corn, de-husk the kernels with a sharp knife. Place in a bowl with the drained courgettes, salt and pepper and chopped mint. Whisk up the egg with the custard powder. Add this to the mix, and fry off in suitable sized blobs. Arrange on plates with shaved ham, mayonnaise and sunflower microgreens.

Gnocchi Al Gorgonzola - homemade potato dumplings in a creamy blue cheese and parmesan sauce.

Both were extremely moreish and tasty.

For a main I chose to err on the side of caution, as I confess to being a small eater, so opted for a light option. Conveniently, Spuntino offers light versions of many of its menu items. Adrian ordered rib eye steak with a side of crispy potato skins in truffle oil with parmesan and garlic. He was initially adamant he wouldn’t be able to finish the very generous serving but he surprised even himself, clearing almost the entire plate.

I’d ordered gnocchi as I simply adore it – again Spuntino pulled out another ace with this delicious melt-in-the-mouth dish packed full of flavour. Both choices definitely got a big thumbs up.

Spuntino also offers gluten-free versions for pizza and pasta dishes, and do takeaway orders for most of the menu – what a great idea.

We simply had to squeeze in a dessert. Who can say no to a divine tiramisu? Well, I can now attest Spuntino serves up one of the best I’ve ever tasted.

After a fabulous night at Spuntino’s, we highly recommend it. Thanks to Luigi, Sinead, Tamsin and Marieni for awesome hospitality and to the chef, for his amazing creations.

“Grazie per la magnifica serata!” By Kym Johnson

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Join this exclusive tour with the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 tour and experience racing from a ‘driver’s perspective’. Meet Fabian Coulthard for a group dinner and hear about his personal stories of this ultimate endurance race. Put yourself if the driver’s seat, as the coach navigates the iconic racetrack at Mount Panorama along with commentary from Fabian Coulthard.

Finish the weekend off with a walk-through behind the scenes, and witness the team prepare the cars for the weekend’s racing. This tour will be the wildest adrenalin rush you’ll have all year, come and join the tour for an experience of a lifetime.

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Their award winning Overlander Restaurant, along with well-equipped guest rooms, ensures a comfortable stay. Upgrade to $1569 per person and stay at the Ibis Styles Orange a kilometre from Orange’s town centre.

The hotel is near to the many attractions in the region, offering home style dining and a comfortable lounge bar.

If you have not had enough excitement during the weekend, you can always add a concert or a show in Melbourne.

Give us a call and talk about the options.

The Pursuit of Happiness This Hollywood blockbuster from 2006 is a great way of illustrating our week at council.

We have ambitious dreams for our future, but we have daunting barriers to overcome before we move forward.

Just as Will Smith’s character Chris lugged around investments from his past; the city is also lugging baggage after decades of rapid population growth. The new council has inherited debt as well as decades of neglected investment in brownfield stormwater infrastructure.

Council will adopt the draft annual plan for 2014/15 on Friday for public consultation, which will outline our proposed approach to tackling the city’s key issues.

Are the sprays okay?

The enormous frustration voiced by Tommy Kapai in a letter to The Weekend Sun (March 7) about ‘Are we the Spray of Plenty’ is a small voice for what may be a very large elephant in our room.

Ask Mr Google.

He will cheerfully give you more references to the effects of pesticides and herbicides on human health than you could ever hope to read.

John Morris of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council responded by noting human health must be balanced against the needs of (the horticultural) industry, a lynchpin of the local economy.

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What I welcome this week is the start of hearings where thousands of ordinary Kiwis get to voice their opposition to strip-mining of the seabed for ironsands.

Trans-Tasman Resources is 98 per cent foreign-owned and is seeking to mine iron sands from the ocean off Taranaki. At the Environmental Protection Agency hearing, which opened early this week, just 11 submitters are in favour out of 4708 submissions in total.

Last week I asked Minister Steven Joyce in Parliament how he could justify allowing a 98 per cent foreign-owned company to plunder minerals for a paltry $5 million a year in net royalties.

Important announcements Well it’s all on now, with the Prime Minister’s announcing on Monday the general election will be held on September 20, just more than six months away.

It is a great privilege and responsibility being your local MP and it’s something I never take for granted. I will continue door-knocking, as I have been during the last year, and look forward to discussing what you see are the big issues facing Tauranga and the country.

Hairini underpass NZTA has recently confirmed the construction phase of the Hairini underpass will get underway later this year.

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Grants for keen netballers on offer

Walk on the wild side

The ANZ Netball Grant Scheme is inviting deserving players and coaches throughout the country to apply for a share of $100,000 worth of funds.

The grants can be used for everything from gear, new uniforms, coaching equipment and repairs to hoops and courts, or match tickets. School teams,

Dean Marshall, Jen Riley, Myles Darrell and John Lee practise their throws.

Photo by Tracy Hardy.

Whether you’re after a little tranquillity, an inspiring learning experience, or a fun activity – the best place to head for a walk is often the park or the bush.

Next week, Sport Bay of Plenty’s Play in the Bay Walk Month has a few activities to take you off the beaten track in parks and reserves around the Western Bay. This Sunday, Myles Darrell and members of Tauranga Disc Golf are offering a chance to have a go at the low-key sport, which combines elements of Frisbeethrowing and golf.

Disc golf, also often called frisbee golf, is a fun activity ideal for all ages, requiring participants to get their disc through a basket attached to a tree as they walk through the course. Similar to golf, players aim to get the disc from

the tee to the basket in the least amount of throws.

Myles, the event organiser, says there has been major growth in the sport’s popularity in recent years and he’d love to hear from others interested in getting involved.

The game is mainly played informally around the Western Bay, while group members also meet monthly for an organised weekend game at Ohauiti Park, Yatton Park or McLaren Falls Park.

The open day is being run at Yatton Park from 10am-4pm, with those taking part encouraged to bring a frisbee (entry is gold coin donation, for details call Myles 021 921 417).

On Monday, Bay of Plenty Tree Society members are hosting a guided walk around McLaren Falls lake, sharing details about plantings and the many interesting trees the society has nurtured during the last 50 years.

The walk and talk, led by past-chair-

man Geoff Brann, will offer an insight into how the society has transformed the reserve with thousands of trees. To take part in the hour-long walk, meet at the café at 9.30am (for details, call Jen Riley 07 578 0016, Entry via $2 donation).

For more details on activities on offer, go to www.sportbop.co.nz/ playinthebay

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Sprays are a big threat to us We are living in the ‘Spray Of Plenty’, as Tommy Kapai suggested in his recent letter,‘Are we the Spray of Plenty?’. And those of us who are against the high usage of horticultural sprays, are not being listened to.

This is because kiwifruit and avocados are a multi-million dollar industry, led by people who focus on producing the best fruit for the best price, and with little regard to effects on our health or the environment.

They do not want tests done to provide evidence on the effects of

the chemicals used in the recommended spray programmes to produce the perfect fruit. They need to improve the situation soon or I feel there will be devastating consequences, such as increased respiratory problems and cancer in

people, all our bees dying, and our soils and environment becoming so toxic they are unusable for future generations. Although there are other sprays being used for many purposes, the quantities used on our local orchards are the biggest threat to us.

Making all orchards organic would solve that problem, and surely smaller fruit and a later harvest is not as important as producing fruit that is chemicalfree and saving us from a toxic environment?

J Floyd, Katikati.

Chemicals bring health concerns What a load of hooey from John Morris, as Tommy Kapai said in his letter ‘Are we the Spray of Plenty?’ (The Weekend Sun, March 7), ‘less hui more dooey’ is required. As an attendee and submitter to the 2006 ERMA Report, my reading of the findings was the health issues and concerns were noted but the economic benefits far outweighed any concerns.

I was the initial chairperson of the Agrichemical Toxic advisory Group and hi-cane was never on

the agenda. I had to resign from the committee because I contracted a form a cancer known to have agrichemicals as one of its causes. My property has suffered from spray drift every year, new chemicals and equipment has made no difference.

Copper-based sprays being applied so enthusiastically by kiwifruit growers will ultimately in generations to come be found to be as reprehensible as hi-cane.

M Parker, Pahoia.

Comic relief from serious issues Whenever living within a dormant local job market gets me a bit down, I’m glad I can always rely on the letters section of The Weekend Sun to provide some laughs.

After having to endure an awfully serious piece about the benefits of solar power in the most recent edition, I was thankful to come across Ernest Izzet’s contribution - ‘Too many dogs in NZ’.

Though many will be aghast at how an offensive, unsubstantiated, and prejudiced point of view could be held, let alone published by The Weekend Sun - I love the idea you ran with it anyway.

Pure gold. (I did wonder if perhaps it’s ghost-written by editorial staff in the name of diverting attention from more serious issues? Ernest Izzet? - too perfect).

Nevertheless I wonder if ol’ Ernest (I can only suppose old age has something to do with his lack of scruples), on a multitude of levels perhaps inadvertently provides an insight on how also to deal with the aging population problem?

But then, if the paper loses most of it’s readership, from whom would we continue to get our comic relief? Tu Meke.

A Pittam, Katikati.

Editor’s note: The Weekend Sun only publishes letters from verified authors. E Izett is a prolific contributor to the letters pages, and we can confirm is a real person.

Balancing a biased budget argument Like most biased arguments, Graeme Martin’s letter ‘Ensure welfare doesn’t sink us’ (The Sun, March 7), in praise of the government leaves out important facts.

The main reason New Zealand didn’t have large sovereign debt when the

global financial crises struck was Labour’s Michael Cullen and Helen Clarke paid no attention to the National Party and businesses harping on to cut taxes rather than pay debt.

So they left NZ in a good position to weather

the global financial crises.

The first thing the National Party did on gaining office was cut taxes for its rich mates, which is why they still haven’t produce a balanced budget.

K Port, Pyes Pa.

Gender roles need earning TV One’s March 8 news had an item on the lack of women on boards and in senior positions in NZ businesses and there may be need for a quota system.

So is this little Russia?

Women will be placed in senior positions and on boards as long as they’re capable of doing the job and that’s it.

Companies in NZ will suffer badly if forced to employ anyone for racial or gender reasons, rather than skill and capability.

Has anyone noticed virtually every reporter on TV One’s channel is a women.

A case could be made against it for not employing enough men.

Get real TV One. A Bourne, Bethlehem.

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A digitised museum for city? Make biggest prize smaller C Thompson’s letter ‘Give us a museum: a gondola won’t work’ (The Weekend Sun, March 7), once again raises the question of a museum for Tauranga.

I am not against museums, but a 21st Century museum might be a better bet.

I have, four years ago, prior to the election which removed councillors who supported a $23 million over-thewater museum, suggested a digitised museum. This could have been done while cataloguing was taking place. Better still would be a modern system capable of hologram transmission. Once done, the need for storage at ratepayers’ expense would be eliminated, the property being returned to its owners.

Since most of this would belong to various iwi or local tribal authorities, they could display it if it is

so popular, as to attract overseas visitors to Tauranga. Maybe there would be some profit.

We can already visit world-famous art galleries and museums via computers.

Attending static displays behind glass cabinets has lost its fascination for present and probably future generations. Perhaps our council could make an effort to think of future-users, as ratepayers don’t have the income to support another building plus storage costs.

Especially if the latest comments about a 15,000-seat football stadium ever gets off the ground. The council already has the costly Bayfair white elephant, let’s not have another waste of money football ground. Has no one told our councillors worldwide, stadiums don’t make profits, but rather the opposite?

G Catton, Pyes Pa.

Tauranga museum not unique C Thomson ‘Give us a city museum’ (March 7). I am not in favour of a museum. The belief that establishing one will attract many additional visitors to Tauranga is misguided. It won’t.

A museum is a museum whereever you travel. Tauranga’s museum, as far as NZ goes, would not be at all unique. Many of the Maori artefacts in storage are unfortunately not worth putting

on display. There is far more to Bay of Plenty history than just that of Maori. If a museum ever does get off the ground, it should definitely include a Maori section but not at the expense of everything else.

There is European, Chinese history, local wars, both World Wars, the development of the city and its environs, including the magnificent port etc etc, to be included.

Tauranga City Council has

stated any museum will be funded privately and ratepayers will not be expected to subsidise it. Councillors may support a museum.

They will agree to finance it with ratepayers’ contributions at their peril. Volunteers could run the museum with a minimum of paid staff. A small entry fee should be charged to help cover costs and a café would be a good idea.

Roger Bailey, Papamoa.

You can be on dole for valid reason Interrupting Graeme Martin’s National Party political broadcast (‘Ensure welfare doesn’t sink us’, The Weekend Sun, March 7), might I tell a story?

A travelling salesman’s car breaks down near a farmhouse, late one night. The salesman goes to the farmhouse to ask the farmer for the loan of a spanner.

On the way there he starts worrying; ‘What if the farmer’s so annoyed at being woken this late, that he tells me where to go?’

In his mind he starts an argument with the farmer.

Finally he gets to the farmhouse, knocks and the farmer opens a window and asks: “Who’s that?”.

“You know who it is and I wouldn’t take your span-

ner anyway.” While I was in Christchurch trying to get a job, scraping by on the dole, it occurred to me a major part of the problem is that various New Zealanders had so taken on the idea the only reason people go on the dole is because they don’t want to work.

So when a beneficiary turns up who wants to work, they can’t accept that, so turn him or her down automatically.

Shooting yourself in the foot is painful: It’s even more so if you’ve stuck it in your mouth.

Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves. Nuff sed?

W Parish, Bellevue.

People need to strong willpower when eating What a disgrace to see obese folk, as there is no excuse today for folk to become overweight, with all the television adverts promoting how to reduce weight etc.

One of the main reasons is all those easy accessible fast foods in takeaways and supermarkets.

People have got to develop strong will powers, and stick to homecooked plain meals with plenty of vegies and greens, mostly halfcooked and no seconds – or sweets.

We never saw fat people in those concentration camps.

The most disgusting sight was the

Mexican male, who was so large it took six men to move him. Yet he married his caregiver nurse. His front door entrance had to be widened so his bed could go through, and he as paraded through the streets on the tray of a truck.

Ernest Izett, Tauranga.

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I agree with G Cathcart ‘Ban the big jackpots’ (The Weekend Sun, March 7). Lotto should make the biggest Powerball prize $10million and anything over that should be shared between the other prize pools, especially the lower two or three.

I’ve said this for many years. Surely that is fairer than one person getting $25,000,000 banking it and accruing phenomenal interest.

How much does one person really need? Maybe more people would buy tickets more often, not just when there’s a massive top prize like I do.

Having several millionaires sharing their winnings with family would put more money into the economy, make

some people’s lives easier, less stressful, not to mention keep more people in jobs. I know it would certainly make a difference to my life and that of my children.

I’ve been asked what I’d do with mega millions and my reply was: “Show me the money and I’ll show you what I can do with it”.

Family would come first and then my favourite charities. I’d buy the house I’ve always wanted, maybe do a little travelling, if there was any over.

Dreams are free.

Sadly, the Big Guy upstairs doesn’t think I’m worthy of that privilege.

How sad, too bad, never mind.

S Gussey, Omokoroa.

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Thanks for telling it like it is Congratulations to Rogers Rabbits on his March 7 column about the Rena.

It’s good to see someone with the balls to stand up and say what he thinks about an idiot statement made by a supposed new Member of Parliament. In fact one aspiring to be Prime Minister. This is typical of the

vote-catching nonsense that drools out of these people. If they can be put in their place, so much the better.

Pity this article wasn’t nationwide and in bigger print – about a foot high would do it.

Go Rogers Rabbits - a great asset to the Bay. P Riggir, Papamoa.

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Forget protests we need oil To me it is ludicrous that we have these small groups of protesters in various parts of our country hindering our efforts to become self-sufficient in oil.

On one hand, New Zealanders demand a high standard of living and welfare, and yet when it comes to paying for what we see as necessaries, some of which are excesses, some of our people sabotage our

Government’s efforts to be self-sufficient. NZ has generally lived beyond its means for decades, relying on our borrowed money and creditworthy-ness to see us through.

We should aim to be self-sufficient in oil for our own wellbeing.

That means taking some risks with offshore drilling.

We are entitled to expect our Government to select reputable companies to engage in drilling and that probably includes Ana-

darko. Protesters seem to forget that these companies don’t want spillages or blowouts either.

Apart from risk to their staff, any incident costs them far more in lost production and extra expenses than the remote possibility of significant oil damage to our coast.

Protesters should only make their views known on the steps of Parliament, rather than harassing law-abiding exploration.

The media should give them less attention. The coastline is ours, not theirs.

Bill Capamagian, Tauranga City.

Carparks - not parks - at Phoenix The Tauranga City Council recently delivered a circular to me, inviting me to express my view on their latest brainwave and email this to them. So for the first time ever, I did.

Guess what? The email address provided, didn’t work.

So I’m sending this letter to a more reliable source.

The downtown area of Mount Maunganui area would have to be one of the most concentrated areas of parks and reserves within New Zealand.

Within a few hundred metres easy walking in any direction from Phoenix carpark there are parks: 1. May St 2. Mount Drury (which includes four sections of grass on Grace Ave, aquired by TCC at considerable expense, and a rare occurrence to see people use it).

3. Banks St 4. Coronation Park Not to mention the very large recreational areas of the Mount, the Ocean, the Harbour, all of which are in easy walking distance and are in fact the principle

reason people come here in the first place.

There is however, a major shortage of parking at Mount Maunganui at any time other than very off peak. In fact, the biggest problem people have when visiting the existing recreational areas is the lack of close proximity parking.

Only a council (or perhaps a communist party), could conclude we have an excess of recreational areas and a shortage of vehicle parks, so let’s remove the vehicle parks and convert them to recreational areas.

There is such a shortage of parking at Mount Maunganui, when the cruise ships are in port the public are excluded from public parking areas, to provide parking for commercial interests.

Instead of concentrating ratepayers’ time and money on ludicrous small-scale image projects, TCC should be concentrating on providing adequate parking resources for the existing recreational facilities.

The Mount needs more parking areas, not less.

P Axelrad, Mount Maunganui.

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Young girl supports big cause Ten-year-old Lillian Nicholas Marston has been growing her hair for two years – just so she can chop it off and donate it.

Lillian is one of 22 people signed up for Child Cancer Foundation’s annual Mount Beach Bald – Shave Your Lid for a Brave Kid on Saturday.

Lillian plans to donate her hair, which has grown just above her waist, to Pantene Beautiful Lengths – a programme donating real-hair wigs to women with cancer.

Her mother Michelle says Lillian has wanted to shave her head since seeing an advert on TV two years ago. “She’s a good kid. She’s really kind. She says she wants to help.”

The Bellevue Primary School pupil celebrated her 10th birthday on Tuesday.

“She says it’s cool because ‘everyone will ask me what I did and I will be able to tell them’,” says Michelle.

Lillian hopes to raise as much money as this year’s Tauranga businessman Vince Hawksworth, taking part on Saturday too. Vince’s goal is to raise $15,000, while Lillian has made her starting goal $7500.

“She looked at them and said ‘Well if they can do it, I can do it’…and I told her he is the TrustPower CEO and she said ‘So, it doesn’t matter’,” says Michelle.

“She says I’m only shaving my head, my hair will

Orchid show help

The 2014 Bay Of Plenty Orchid Show in Te Puke is on April 11-12, and one of the organisers Elizabeth Bailey says if people would like to lend a hand, the group would be grateful.

“It happens once a year and this is a really big event for Te Puke. We do the setting up on Thursday, April 10, and the show is on the Friday and Saturday, April 11-12 from 10am-4pm,” says Elizabeth.

“The show has been in Te Puke for the best part of 30 years; it may even be longer.”

Both Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty orchid societies set up big displays at the show, as do a Bromeliads group, and sales tables are occupied by orchids’ people and specialty stalls.

To help, phone Elizabeth on 07 578 6569.

Pipe band recruitment

grow back, and these kids have cancer.

She’s a determined little thing. I’m just really proud of her.”

To support her daughter, Michelle and her two brothers are shaving their heads for the cause too.

Mount Beach Bald is at Mount Maunganui Main Beach on March 15 from 11am and organiser Delwynne Hahunga is hoping to raise $50,000.

Event cancellation or changes due to weather will be posted at www.sunlive.co.nz on Saturday. By Zoe Hunter

Lillian Marston is ready to lose her long hair this weekend.

Te Puke and District Highland Pipe Band is holding its annual recruitment campaign, seeking experienced and learner pipers and drummers.

Spokesperson Sue Muir says all ages are eligible to join. For more information, call Sue on 027 447 6673.

Photo by Tracy Hardy.

MOUNT BEACH Stunning event location available No.1 The Strand is the place to celebrate when a special venue is needed to host a milestone birthday, family gathering, business function or wedding.

Built in 1883, the former bond warehouse offers a unique, historic venue for weddings, meetings and social occasions in a relaxed atmosphere.

No.1 The Strand is an ideal location for photography backdrops inside and out, with many options

including remarkable brick archways, heritage road frontage, courtyard, railway line, wharf and waterfront.

And don’t forget about the rose gardens just a stone’s throw away.

The private courtyard area lends itself to casual events with an indoor/outdoor fire, while the history-rich building and conservatory room allows space for business functions or meetings.

For audio presentations, No.1 The Strand has it covered with three television screens available for DVD coverage, a live video relay system and PA system on-site.

The aim is to ensure each event is relaxed and stress-free, so waiting and bar staff are provided and the premises is fully licenced.

No.1 The Strand offers fine food crafted by its own award-winning chef Darryl Switalla.

Catering options can be varied to fit any taste and offer a choice of options from a unique ‘rolling mezze’ to a set menu.

And finding a carpark is easy, with parking conveniently located at the front of the building.

So for a relaxed, stress-free get-together, feel free to call and discuss any ideas and themes with staff at No.1 The Strand.

BALD! SHAVE YOUR LID FOR A BRAVE KID! Get involved and register now to support child cancer! Participate as an individual or get a group together.

To register visit www.childcancer.org.nz or for more information contact Delwynne Hahunga PHN: 07 579 4141 or 021 497 859 EML dhahunga@childcancer.org.nz

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

Friday 14 March

Katikati Folk Club Katikati Bowling

Club, Park Rd 7.30pm. Supersheep & Phil & Tilley. www.katikatifolkclub.co.nz Red Cross Annual Appeal Until March 16. Volunteers out & about collecting donations for the Annual Appeal. Please give generously & support Red Cross.

Heather 578 6987 Stories for Grown-Ups At the Cargo Shed, Dive Cres, Tauranga 10am - 4pm.

Drop-in on a changing parade of local writers with stories for grown-ups. Free.

Saturday 15 March

15th Tauranga Multicultural Festival

Historic Village on 17th Ave West, Tauranga 10am – 4.30pm. Watch ethnic dances, listen to many music genres & try authentic ethnic food from a variety of ethnic food stalls. Activities for children. Adults $6, door sales only.

Alcoholics Anonymous Women’s meeting at Mt Maunganui Primary School, Orkney Rd 10-11am. Children welcome.

Andre Rieu Friendship Group BOP

Monthly weekend gatherings to enjoy beautiful music & meet new friends. Pete/ Jennifer 574 4238

Black Sticks Men vs Japan Test Series

Tauranga Hockey Centre, Blake Park, Mt Maunganui.

Book Launch Taratoa & the Code of Conduct by Debbie McCauley. Tauranga City Library, Willow St Parade 3-5pm.

Free but RSVP to 577 7177. A Battle of Gate Pa anniversary publication.

Car Boot Sale Greerton School 7 – 11.30am. Cost $5 per single site or $10 for double site. Weather permitting. Something for everyone.

Shirley 577 1116 or 0274 146 040 Car Boot Sale Third Sat of month at Evans Rd Church. $5/car. Bargains for all.

021 123 1157 In the Storytellers Tent At Tauranga Multicultural Festival, Village on 17th 10am - 4pm. Tales from NZ & around the world. Free.

Lets Dance Tonight Te Puke Memorial Hall 7.30-11pm. Sequence dancing, light supper, live band. Admission $7. Te Puke Scottish Soc. Owen 574 2714 Messianic Weekly Meetings The Way meet in the Kingfisher Room, Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Mt Maunganui 10am. 570 1438 Monster Garage Sale St John’s Church, 94 Bureta Rd 8-11am.

Our Estuary – Ongatoro Maketu Park/Estuary 2-3pm. Raising awareness of Maketu Estuary, especially for children, survey & identify shellfish.

BBQ at end. Free.

Tauranga Farmers Market Tauranga Primary School cnr 5th Ave & Cameron Rd every Sat 7.45am - 12pm. Fresh & artisian produced food. March 29 meet Julie Biuso, Peter Blakeway & more for Fresh Funky Food & the judging of the 2014 Summer Fresh Awards from 9am..

Trixie 552 5278 or www.taurangafarmersmarket.co.nz

News, reviews and opinionated raving on the music scene.

Tauranga Floral Art Group New - morning meeting at Baptist Hall cnr 13th Ave & Cameron Rd 9-11.30am. 572 2193 Tauranga Rock n Roll Club Birthday hop. Good old RnR – best dressed. BYO supper. Band ‘Blaze’. Memorial Hall 7-11.15pm. Colleen 544 4676 Tauranga Woodcrafters Guild Third Sat at club rooms, Yatton St, Greerton 1pm.

Visitors & interested people welcome.

Geoff 579 3637 The Amazing City Race A walking event to discover places of interest around the CBD. Suitable for all ages. Spot prizes plus prizes for most colourful outfit & best photo taken on the day. Meet at Library Arcade, 91 Willow St, Tauranga 9am. $10pp or $20 per team (2-5 people).

The Sociables 30’s/40’ age group of males & females that meet once a week to socialise by dining out or participating in local activities & events. Email sociables@outlook.co.nz 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 16 March

24th Easter Egg & Toy Run Held

by Ulysses Club. Starts 9.30am at Nikau Crescent, downtown Mt Maunganui - leave 11am. Support the ride by: joining the ride, buying a badge, bringing Easter Eggs, soft toy items or cash donation. The Auckland Ulysses Motorcycle Drill will do a display of formation riding.

Aotearoa Surf Film Festival Free exhibition screening of ‘The Endless Summer’ at Mount Drury Reserve 8.30pm. Bring a picnic & rug. Food vendors from Little Big Markets also there.

Arts on Tour: Too Farm From Heaven

Presented by Baycourt Theatre 7.30pm – bringing live & local top acts to our town.

Tickets from Baycourt 0800 842 538 or www.ticketek.co.nz

Awareness Through Movement Class

(Feldenkrais Method) March 23 at the Katikati Resource Centre 10am – 3pm.

Gisella 544 4823 or 027 286 0891 Bethlehem Lions Market 1st & 3rd Sun of month at Bethlehem Town Centre 8am - 12pm.

Bible Seminars Sun at Greerton Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St, Greerton 1.45pm.

Title: “The Bible - a consistent message.”

Interactive, Q&A. Refreshments provided.

Vic 543 0504 Croquet Tauranga Domain Sun, Tues, Fri 12.45pm. Peter 571 0633 Disco Golf at Yatton Park At Yatton Park, Greerton 10am - 4pm.

Have a go at this fun sport (think golf but with a frisbee). Suitable all ages & great for families. Discs available for use or bring your own. Gold coin donation to Tauranga Disc Golf.

Gardeners SwapFest At Sydenham

DVD MOVIES Reviews of DVDs, old and new, as well as other bits and bobs.

Botanic Park, 6 Millers Rd (next to Brookfield School) 1-4pm. Share/sell/ swap seeds & plants. Speaker at 2pm: Geoff Brunsden - caring for pollinators in the home garden. Register a site (gold coin donation) 577 6676 (evenings) or sydenhambotanicpark@gmail.com Kotukutuku Picnic Kotukutuku Gully, Little Waihi Rd, Maketu 1-3pm.

Take a short tour & listen to live music. Koha. Funds raised go to maintain the gully.

Maketu Rotary Club Market 3rd & 5th Sunday at Village Green, Park Rd, Maketu. Stalls $10. Lyn 533 1572 or 021 882 059

Mount Mainstreet Farmers Market

Every Sun in Phoenix car park 9am - 1pm.

Fresh fruit & veges, breads, cheese, oils, plants & more. All home grown & home made. 575 9911 mountmaunganui.org.nz Prestige Singles 50+ Coffee afternoon 2.30pm. Mix & mingle with other likeminded individuals. Email: mixandmingle@xtra.co.nz or 027 439 3267 Radio Controlled Model Yachts Meet Sun 1.30pm & Thurs 5.30pm at pond behind 24 Montego Drive, Papamoa to race electron & similar 3ft long yachts.

Graham 572 5419

Tauranga Rainbow Social Network

For gay, bi, lesbian, trans & intersex. 2nd Sun of month 3pm. Peta 577 0433 or 021 128 2544 Tauranga Rainbow Youth For gay, bi, lesbian, trans & intersex 25 yrs & under.

Kaye 021 239 7142 or 07 218 1411 Tauranga Spiritual Society Senior Citizen’s Hall, 14 Norris St. Doors open 6.30pm for 7pm. Speaker: Pamela Kelly, clairvoyant. Members $3, non $5. Chrissy 027 700 1125

Tauranga Young Classical Musicians Soc Concert & AGM at St

Enoch’s Church, 16th Ave 2.30pm. Come & listen to our young talent.

Te Puke Country Music Club Club day, St Patrick’s Hall, Te Puke 12.30pm. Visiting club. Theme: Hang Over. Members a plate. Colleen 573 9360 Te Puke Spiritual Discussion Group 1st, 3rd & 5th Sun of month at Hair Linez Hair Salon, old railway station, Jellicoe St 10.30-11.30am. Meeting of spiritual minds, learning & growing from each other. Door entry $3. Elaine 573 5361 Trustpower TECT Rescue Helicopter

Open day at Rescue Hangar, Tauranga Hospital 10am - 2pm. Lots of fun for kids. Get your photo with the Rescue Helicopter. Police dog & armed offender displays, Fire Service, St John & heaps more.

Wai/BOP Bisexual/Lesbian Women’s Group Trans & intersex welcome. Kaye

021 239 7142 or 07 218 1411

Whakamarama Community Sports Day Whakamarama Hall from 10am - rain or shine. A day of fun games, including volleyball, cricket & table tennis. Bring a picnic lunch & drinks. Julie 552 5044

OUT THERE GUIDE Stories, snippets, strangeness, and general entertainment.

Working Towards Publication

Focus session with Tauranga writers led by Jenny Argante. Alzheimer Society House, 116 13th Ave 2-4pm. Open to all. Gold coin entry.

Monday 17 March

Achieve Toastmasters Feeling anxious

about that forthcoming presentation.

Learn to speak with confidence. 1st, 3rd Mon at St Stephens Hall, Otumoetai 7.30pm. Fraser 544 4579 Badminton Tauranga Badminton Club every Mon & Weds at Bethlehem College Events Centre 7.30pm. All players welcome. Sue 021 194 4335 or www.taurangabadmintonclub.co.nz Bay Salsa Beginners salsa lessons 6.45pm.

New intake every 4 weeks. Improver Salsa lessons, walk in classes 7.45pm. $15 per class. Otumoetai Action Centre. www.baysalsa.co.nz Bethlehem Bowls Every Mon at 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. All classes 9.15-10.15am. First class free.

For men & women. Dianne 576 5031 Qualified Instructor/Cardiac Care leader.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Martial art which teaches self defence techniques & boost self-confidence.

Classes Mon, Weds, Thurs 7-9pm & Sat 10am-12pm. Kids classes Tues & Thurs 4.30-5.20pm. At 22/3 Macdonald St, Mt Maunganui. 021 264 3211 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 6-11pm Noel 579 5412 Citizens Advice Bureau Free, confidential info & advice about anything call in Mon - Fri at 38 Hamilton St, Tauranga 9am - 5pm or freephone 0800 367 222. JP service every Weds & Thurs 9am - 12pm.

Weds CAB service at Welcome Bay Community Centre 9.30am - 12.30pm, Fri at Mount Library 11.30am - 1.30pm. No appointment necessary.

Concert Mt Maunganui Senior Citizens At 345 Maunganui Rd 1.30pm.

Entertainer: Denis August, followed by afternoon tea. $3 door cover.

Ebenezer Emergency Fund NZ

Presents dynamic speakers: Stefan & Keren Silver at Holy Trinity Church, 215 Devonport Rd, Tauranga 7pm.

Susan 576 3814 or email: susanbull47@yahoo.com Fire Brigade Bowling Club Club night at Greerton Hall, Cameron Rd 7.30pm.

Sharon 543 3929 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

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

Harmony a Plenty Barbershop Chorus

Every Mon at Bethlehem Community Church, Moffat Rd 7pm. New members welcome. 572 3345 or www.harmonyaplenty.co.nz Hello Monday Healthy happy hour. Free body scan. Free healthy meal. Free wellness & weight management information.

Svetlana 027 616 2124 Junction Mental Health Peer support & advocacy. Coffee & chat 10am – 12pm.

Junction 579 9890 Learn to Dance Te Puke Sequence dance lessons for beginners & those people who enjoy dancing. More male partners needed. St Pats Hall, Beatty Ave, Te Puke 7pm. Gordon 572 0060 Meditation Free classes Mon 10am & Weds 7.30pm. Find peace, spiritual awareness & the meaning of your life. David 576 9764 Mount RSA Indoor Bowls Mon & Thurs.

Names in by 6.45pm. New members welcome. Joy 574 8003 Otumoetai Indoor Bowls Graded Pairs (Tilby Trophy), Matua Primary School Hall, Clivedene St 7.15pm. New members welcome. Karen 576 0443 Parkinsons Society Exercise class weekly Tauranga, Te Puke & Whakatane.

Red Tulip support meetings monthly Tauranga, Katikati & Whakatane. www. parkinsons.org.nz or Joelene 573 5668 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 Taekwon Do The Silla Club train Mon & Thurs at Te Puna School Hall. All ages welcome. Gwyn 0274 587 871 Taoist Tai Chi Pioneer Room, Community Hall, Te Puke 9.30-11am. 573 5560 or 027 575 3272 Tauranga Bridge Club Sessions Mon, Weds, Thurs 7.30pm. Tues & Fri 1pm. Social bridge Thurs 1pm. 252 Ngatai Rd. 576 5022 Tauranga Civic Choir New members welcome to join & rehearse every Mon 7.30-9.30pm. 574 6366 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 Rock n Roll Club Monday club nights 8-9.30pm. Teenage lessons start March 24 7-8pm. Tauranga RSA Cameron Rd. Website: Taurangarocknrollclub. org Colleen 544 4676 Tauranga RSA Indoor Bowls Mon report 12.45pm for 1pm start. Weds 3.45 for 4pm start. Leanne 570 0154 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

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The Weekend Sun 12.45pm. $2 includes afternoon tea.

New members welcome.

Tauranga Senior Citizens Club Indoor Bowls Every Mon at St Columba Church Hall, 502 Otumoetai Rd 1-4pm. Names in by 12.45pm. $3 entry includes afternoon tea. New members welcome. 571 6663 Te Puna Indoor Bowls Every Mon at Te Puna Hall 7.15pm. Norma 552 5563 YMCA - ALFS (Active lifestyle for seniors). Smooth Movers class Mon 9-10am & 10.15-11.15am at Matua Community Hall, Levers Rd. Also 9-9.55am & 10-10.55am at Arataki Hall, Zambuk Way (off Grenada St). Tues 9.1510.15am & 10.30-11.30am at Papamoa Community Centre, Gravatt Rd. Weds 9.15-10.15am Welcome Bay Hall, Welcome Bay Rd. First class free. Thurs 9-10am at Otumoetai Action Centre, Windsor Rd. Also 10.30-11.30am at Bethlehem Hall, Bethlehem Rd. Fri 9.15-10.15am at Papamoa Community Centre, Gravatt Rd. Also Fri at Papamoa Library 10.20am. 578 9272

Tuesday 18 March

16 Sqn Air Training Corps (ATC) Every Tues (during school term), Tauranga Army Hall 6.30-9pm.

Lynn 027 291 6150 or email: atc16sqntauranga@yahoo.co.nz

2014 Mount Coffee Community Group

Starts March 25 at Face2Face Church, 36d McDonald St opp Nosh Cafe 10am - 12pm. Gold coin donation for refreshments plus cheap preloved clothing available. Pauline 575 5556 Anxiety Support Group Support for people with an experience of anxiety 1-2pm. If you need a ride, or info, Junction 579 9890 Badminton (Social) Every Tues at Otumoetai Baptist Hall 9.30am - 12pm.

Racquets available. Lorraine 579 3229

Balmorals Leisure Marching Team

Ladies welcome to join aged 30-60 for fun, friendship & travel. Training every Tues at Greerton 6-8pm. Anita 571 4096 or 021 0257 6094 Bayfair Petanque Club Every Tues & Thurs at Bayfair Reserve, Russley Drive 1pm. Tuition & boules available for learners & visitors. Margaret 572 3173 Bethlehem Pottery Club Tues & Thurs at 13 Bethlehem Rd 10am - 3pm. Call in for info or ph Jane 552 0046 Bokwa Fitness Tues at Bethlehem Primary School Hall. Mikki 021 773 657. Thurs at Omokoroa Settlers Hall, Omokoroa Rd. Both 6pm. Sarah 021 773 657. Dance your way to a healthier & fitter you. Easy steps to sign language. www.bokwafitness.com/ Christian Friendship Group 40+ Meet 1st & 3rd Tues at Mount McCafe 10am.

Come & meet some new friends.

Excel Toastmasters Meet every 2nd, 4th & 5th Tues at Arataki Community Centre 6.15-8.30pm. Kaaren 572 5988

Free ESOL Christian Conversation Classes For all levels of English

every Tues during school term at Holy Trinity Church cnr 4th Ave & Devonport Rd 7.30-9.15pm.

Janice 576 7839 Genesis - Women’s Group 1st & 3rd Tues during school term. 10am morning tea at St Paul’s Co-operating Church, 242 Dickson Rd, Papamoa. Speaker: Viv Jones - “muscular degeneration.”

Jennifer, Salvation Army 578 4264 Inachord Chorus Womens 4 Part Harmony Every Tues at Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd 6.55pm. Enjoy the challenge of singing & performing varied repertoire. Cathy 579 2040 Junction Mental Health Peer support & advocacy. Coffee & chat at Papamoa Community centre (Papamoa Library), 15 Gravatt Rd, Papamoa 10am – 12pm.

579 9890 Learn Taekwondo Korean martial art of self defence every Tues & Thurs 5.307pm. 2 weeks free trial. 07 562 0989 Line Dancing No beginners. Elizabeth St extension community centre 1.15pm.

Fay 578 4081 Mates Mens Network Every 2nd Tues at Totara House, 1428 Cameron Rd, Greerton 7-9.30pm. 0800 4 MATES info@mates.org.nz

Mount Morning Badminton

Every Tues at Mount Sports Centre, Blake Park 9am - 12pm. Social, competitive, all ages. Beginners welcome.

Racquets available. Visitors $5 per session. Margaret 575 9792

Orange City Square & Round Dance Club Tues morning class 10am - 12pm.

Weds advanced, Thurs club night.

Beginners March 27. Frontiersmen’s Hall 7.30pm. 543 1063 Otumoetai Toastmasters Leadership skills, speaking skills. At Lyceum Club rooms, 68 1st Ave 7.15-9.30pm. Allan 544 5989 Papamoa Indoor Bowls Every Tues at Gordon Spratt Reserve. Names in by 7.15pm. First 2 nights free. Wes 572 1033 Petanque Tauranga/BOP Club. New piste at Club Mt Maunganui. 1pm start.

Neita 572 3768 Sequence Dancing Tauranga Social & Leisure Club. St John’s Anglican Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai 7-9pm. Second Tues of month 3-5.30pm. Visitors welcome.

John 578 9716 Shaolin Kung Fu New beginners classes. TMAA 1st Ave (Glasgow St end) Tues & Thurs. Children 4.155.15pm. Adults 5.30-6.45pm. 1st session free. Ray 0220 776 484 South City Indoor Bowls Club Club night – interclub format. At Greerton Hall, Tauranga. Names in by 7.15pm.

Mary 541 0687 Starz 10 Pin Bowling League Every Tues at 13th Ave 9.30am. Play in pairs.

Sustainable Art Challenge Awards Evening Presented by Envirohub at Baycourt Exhibition Space 5pm. Secondary & intermediate school students from Tauranga & Western BOP showcasing their entries. Gold coin entry. www. baycourt.co.nz or 577 7188 Take a Break with Craft Every 2nd Tues starting today, at Monowai St Chapel. All ladies welcome. Betty 574 3042

Tauranga Acoustic Music Club

McSwiggan’s Irish Pub, 158 Cambridge Rd 7.30pm. Friendly jam sessions. Sing, play or just listen. Paul 579 2346 or www.tamc.org.nz Tauranga BMX Club Club nights every Tues. Registration 5.15-5.50pm. Racing starts 6pm at Tauranga MTB & BMX Park, 280 Cambridge Rd, Tauranga. $2 per club member. First 3 nights free to new riders.

Tauranga Central Ladies Probus Club Third Tues of month at Daniels,

Memorial Park 9.45am. New members welcome. Jean 544 6516

Tauranga Morning Badminton Club

Meet every Tues & Thurs at QEII Youth Centre, Memorial Park, Tauranga 9-11.30am. New players & visitors welcome. Heather 574 0976 Tauranga Continuing Education (50+) Group At Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga, 3rd Tues of month. Lectures start 10am. & $3 charge to cover expenses. Speaker: Dr Liz Carpenter “Did my parent’s genes or diet make me who I am today?” David 544 4179 Tauranga Toastmasters Tga Lyceum Club 7.15-9.30pm. Confidence building, speaking skills, leadership skills.

Alan 544 5989

Wednesday 19 March

Age Concern Walking Group Meet at Greerton Countdown car park 10am.

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 Thurs morning at Katikati Clinic. For appointment 549 0399

Club Mt Maunganui Indoor Bowls

Weds evenings - draw 6.45pm for 7pm start. New members welcome.

Jim 572 1983 Cribbage Club Tauranga RSA Greerton New members wanted for this long established club, all ages. Every Weds 1-3.30pm. Entrance $3. Robert 579 1342

Fernlands Spa Water Exercise Class Weds 10.45-11.45am. Held rain or shine, but not during school holidays.

New participants planning to attend, Ph Jennifer 571 1411.

Friends of the Tauranga Libraries

Theme: Royalty. Papamoa Library 10am.

Gate Pa Indoor Bowls Box Drawn 9 Bowl Triples (Pratt Trophy) at Greerton Hall 7.30pm. Kevin 543 4044

Greerton Gold Leisure Marching Team Seeking new ladies aged 50+.

Meet Weds at Morland Fox Park 8-9.30am. No experience required.

Marion 578 1108

Keep Your Pet Healthy Holistically

TECT Theatre, Historic Village 17th Ave 6-8pm. Lean about how to keep your pet healthy with a holistic approach. Koha. www.holisticvets.co.nz Mount Healing & Spiritual Centre Fellowship & celebration at Omanu Bowling Club, Golf Rd, Mount.

Doors open 7pm for 7.30. Guest speaker: Rosemary Leech - True Purpose. $3 door. Janet 027 264 0226 Otumoetai Care & Craft Group Every Weds during school term at St Columba Church, Cherrywood 9am - 12.30pm.

Dawn 576 7783 Salvation Army Meeting For all women every Weds 10am morning tea, 10.30am meeting at Salvation Army cnr Cameron Rd & 5th Ave, Tauranga.

This week: Chrissy Jefferson - “caring for injured & orphaned NZ birds.” New members welcome. Jennifer 578 4264 Scottish Country Dancing Weds at Senior Citizens Hall, Maunganui Rd. Fri at Papamoa Primary School Hall, Dickson Rd. Both 7.30pm. 573 5055 Table Tennis Tauranga Weds 1-3pm & 7-9pm, Fri 7-9pm at Memorial Hall, QEYC. www.sportsground.co.nz/tabletennistauranga or Bill 578 1662 Tauranga Opera Forum Fidelio, Beethoven’s only opera at Tauranga Club 5.45pm. Complimentary wine, finger foods, lucky ticket draw & opera screening.

Tickets from Creative Tauranga 928 5270

Te Puke Healing & Spiritual Centre

March 26 at Constables Gallery, Commerce Lane, Te Puke 7.15pm start.

Speaker: Angie Duffill - healing your inner child. $4pp.

Te Puke Toy Library 248 Jellicoe St, opp Atuaroa Ave, Te Puke Weds to Sat 9.30am - 12pm. 021 130 6476

Toastmasters - City Early Start

Toastmasters is the answer for building confidence, communication & leadership skills. Come along & check out this GenX GenY club. To find a club near you email: LaniDTM@kol.co.nz or 571 1545. http://cityearlystart. toastmastersclubs.org TS Chatham (Sea Cadets) Every Weds at TYPBC, Keith Allan Drive, Sulphur Pt 6.30-9pm. Lee 542 5377 or 027 291 6151 or email: leew.lynnc@xtra.co.nz Welcome Bay Tennis Club Every Weds 9am mixed social tennis for fitness & friendship. 577 0462 Yoga with Ocean Views Every Weds/Fri Fergusson Park Sports Centre, end of Tilby Drive, Matua 9.30am. Join any time.

Stella 021 0249 6390

Thursday 20 March

Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting

Salvation Army, Eversham Rd, Bayfair 7.30-8.30pm.

Army Cadets (WBOP Cadet Unit)

Every Thurs at Tauranga Army Hall 6-9.30pm. Ages 13-17 youth development with a military flavour. Email: admin@wbopcu.org.nz Awesome Clothing Sale Good quality, all sizes & styles. Men’s women’s, childrens, shoes, sheets, duvets etc. Only $2 a bag. You pick! Rain or shine. Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga. Organised

by Turning Point Trust. 578 6934 Ballroom Dancing Every Thurs at Mount RSA 10am. Gil 574 6754 Book Launch Nancy Crouchman with Sinners & Other Saints & John Mack with Closing the Gap. Creative Tauranga cnr Willow & Wharf St 5-7pm. Free but RSVP 577 7177 txt 022 053 4868

Borderline Personality Disorder

Support group for people with a diagnosis 1-2pm. If you need a ride, or info, Junction 579 9890 Club 55 Tenpin New members welcome to join a fun seniors tenpin bowling league. Meet Thurs at 13th Ave Tenpin 10.30am. Jenny 543 0539 Coastal Healing Rooms Weekly at Fashion Island, 42 Gravatt Rd, next to Esquires. First & 3rd Thurs 10.30am 12.30pm. 2nd & 4th Sat 1.30-3.30pm.

No appointment necessary. No charge.

574 1510 www.healingrooms.co.nz

Community Bible Study International

At 14th Ave Gospel Centre 10am 12pm for a non denominational in depth Bible Study. Jack/Betty 544 3809 Echo Walking Festival From 7.45am – 3pm. Top end of Hot Springs Rd, Katikati. Walk through native forest with great views from the top. Bring

good tramping gear, food & drink. info@ katchkatikati.org.nz Fitness League Safe, effective, low impact exercise to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed for females. All ages & abilities, complementary first class, every Thurs Central Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave & Cameron Rd 9.30am & Weds at Katikati Memorial Hall 10am. Pam 549 4799 or 021 117 170

Forest & Bird Walk Tauranga Branch Wairongomai - historic goldfields area near Te Aroha. Moderate to hard grade. $17. Leader Beverley 578 2879

Happiness & Our Mind

Drop-in meditation classes.

Beginners welcome. Classes self contained so start any date. $14 per class.

Otumoetai Plunket, 59 Otumoetai Rd. Monthly classes, next class April 10 7-8.30pm. www.meditateintauranga.org Keynote 4 Part Harmony Women’s Chorus Meet every Thurs at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave Tauranga 6.45pm. Sing for fun & health. Nora 544 2714 Mainly Music Every Thurs at Tauranga Salvation Army, cnr Cameron Rd & 5th Ave 9.45am. $3 per family. New members welcome.

Ph 544 2417

Mount Art Group

Every Thurs at St Peter’s Church Hall, 11 Victoria Rd, Mt Maunganui 9am - 1pm. Visitors welcome. Merilynn 575 6777

Mt Maunganui Creative Fibre Meet every Thurs at Arataki Community

Centre 9am - 1pm. Share & learn spinning, weaving, crochet, knitting, felting & other creative crafts. Visitors & new members welcome. Jan 574 1265

Petanque Tauranga/BOP Club

Every Thurs & Sun at Cliff Rd venue 1pm start. Jo Ann 578 3606 Salsa on the Strand Presented by Bay Salsa. Intro class 8pm followed by social dancing. Thurs at Defy. Social, no partner required. $2 entry, members free. www.baysalsa.co.nz

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...Continued Tauranga Heart Support Group

Phase 3 rehab exercise, social events & guest speakers for those with or at risk of heart disease. Every Thurs at City Church Hall, Otumoetai Rd/ Sherwood St 9.30-10.45am. Men & women welcome. Dianne 576 5031 Qualified instructor/Cardiac Care leader.

Tauranga Machine Knitters AGM April 3 at St Enoch’s Church Lounge, 16th Ave 1.30pm. Janice 576 9070

Tauranga Model Railway Club Meet every Thurs evening.

Ed 543 1108

Tauranga Rock n Roll Social Dancers 50’s & 60’s music at 14 Norris St

Tauranga (behind Pak n Save) 7.309.30pm. $3 entry. Maria 576 7326 Tauranga Storyteller’s Group Meet last Thurs of month. Learn how to develop your storytelling skills. Claire 577 7220

Toastmasters - Kickstart Club Have fun while learning to speak confidently. Breakfast meeting at Alimento Cafe, 1st Ave, Tauranga 7-8.15am.

Guests welcome. Helen 571 6181 United Nations Assn Speech Awards Students speak on

“The role of Education” in global development – come & hear their analysis of the issues.

Bethlehem College, Performing Arts Centre Foyer 7pm. Gray 578 7119

Friday 21 March

Alcoholics Anonymous Open

meeting every Fri at Hamner Clinic, 1235 Cameron Rd, Greerton (behind Tyremaster) 7.30pm. 0800 229 6757 for more meetings or assistance.

Book Launch: Beyond This Story At Tauranga Intermediate School Library, 18th Ave 5.30-6.30pm. A

collection of prize-winning stories from young writers presented by Tauranga Writers.

Charity Quiz Night March 28 at Tauranga RSA 7pm. To raise funds for the Steenson Family. 6 person teams $10pp entry. Spot prizes.

Drink & supper provided. Limited spaces. Tickets available from RSA reception or 578 9654 functions@ tgarsa.co.nz Chess Tauranga Every Fri at Tauranga RSA, Greerton 6pm onwards for the whole family. Noel 579 5412 http://www.westernbopchess.weebly.com/ Documentary Nights Every 2nd Fri 7pm. Many interesting & though provoking subjects covered.

Kim 576 9427 or 027 285 9611

Free Immigration Clinic Every Fri - legal advice & information on immigration issues. For appointment, Baywide Community Law 571 6812 Friday Friends 10 Pin Bowling League Join our friendly league

playing every Fri at 13th Ave 10 Pin 1pm (3 games). We play in pairs.

New members welcome. Barry/Loris 571 5492

TWIF (Thank Whaka its Friday)

For Whaka residents at Whakamarama Hall 5.30pm. BYO & nibbles.

Incorporating “Harvest Festival” this month. Bring your best veg/fruit/flowers/jams/chutneys to be judged. Bryony 552 5484 U3A Tauranga General meeting at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave, Tauranga. Morning tea 10.30am.

Talk 11am with speaker: Christine Norton - writing your life story.

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

Reasons to be cheerful - part 19 We continue the occasional series wherein Winston expounds on things that currently make him happy. Stranded at the intersection of Boresville and Snorefest? Get cheerful with Winston.

No. 1362 Across 5. Money (4) 1. Numerous (4) 6. Dare (9) 7. River (NI) (9) 12. Destroyed (9) 8. Pledge (4) 13. Soothe (4) 9. Encourage (4) 15. Sound of a pig (4) 10. Assist (4) 17. Arbitrator (6) 11. Effigy (4) 14. Unauthorized (10) 18. Mountain (SI) (6) 16. He was a leading 20. Innocent (5) portrait & land- 21. Tiny (5) scape artist (4,6) 23 Inquisitive (4) 19. Lap (4) C C N K E C T C I R A W H 22. Colour (4) J O H N T A M I H E R E M 24. Bygone (4) S L U E E R L D M S T T S A L L E G E G E L T H A M 25. Oven (4) E A D E D F G R X R M P T 26. Coverlet (9) A P P L A U D T B A C O N 27. Ignore (4) Y S L A O L G A O I A B O Down Y E A R N I B L U N D E R A T T R I R G L T R I D K 1. Language (5) O B L I G E G O R C H I D 2. Explosive liquid Z O P K E G I W I R O E K (abbrev) (5) A W A I K A R E M O A N A F L T N E L E D O P T T R 3. Aversion (6) Solution 1361 4. In agreement (2,4)

111) Tauranga Music online! I was up at Soundtree in Whakamarama again on Sunday where they were filming the eighteenth episode of the second series of Soundtree Live, the internet TV show featuring a different band from the Bay each week.

Last Sunday (which will be online by now) it was Shirley Ryder and the Shirleybyrds, purveyors of sunny sixties-style psychedelic pop, featuring the redoubtable Graeme Hardaker on electric guitar and backing vocals. Also in the band were Pat Hawkins (bass) and drummer John Hawley.

They played a splendid five song set which you can find at www.youtube.com/user/ soundtree1 along with episodes featuring last week's guests Antwars Underground, many local bands, and the occasional visitors to town such as Blues Buffet, who popped in to be filmed while they were here from Wanganui playing at the Marchwood Blues Picnic. Aside from the increasingly professional standard of the shows they are building a serious archive of music from the Bay. Once again I take my metaphorical hat off to Shane Davies team at Soundtree – there are few people who do as much for Tauranga music. Series Two is about to come to an end but Series Three will start almost

The Sonic Delusion trio will play in Tauranga next Saturday, March 22. several places are going out of their way to immediately. Long may they run. bring life downtown with cool music. Next 112) Movies, movies, movies! It's a fine time for movie lovers. Not only is Tauranga's weekend is a case in point.

On Friday night (March 21) it's the inauRialto Cinema currently holding a French gural Masonic Park Brews and Blues event.

Film Festival - it's got another ten days to go The park will be cordoned off from The - but the Tauranga Film Society has recently Strand and there will be music, food and announced its new season of films which drink. The food comes from Comida, started this week (don't worry if you missed Takara, India Today, The Phoenix and one – you can join up any time). Showing between one and three films each month, the others, the drink is beer, including the eccentric Good George range, and the music runs Film Society is a fantastic way to see ‘festival’ from 5 till 10pm and features two Tauranga movies that usually only get here on DVD heavy-hitters, Kokomo and Brilleaux. (or not at all) on the big screen. This season, Tickets are only $20 but are strictly limited, running till the end of October, has everyavailable from The Phoenix and Comida. thing from documentary to 2001 Cannes There's also some groovy music on the Grand Prix winner Once Upon a Time in Saturday (March 22) at The Strand's Brew Anatolia to Lindsey Anderson's brilliantly Bar. The Sonic Delusion trio, led by Swiss surreal school-set shocker If... singer/songwriter/loop artist Andre Manella For more film society information, check will be playing their funky electroacoustic out their website www.nzfilmsociety.org.nz/ folk from 7pm-10pm. tauranga.htm.

French import Severin Thiebaut adds 113) Downtown gigs! Much has been made of the death of the Tauranga CBD and Latin-flavoured keys and funky bass, and the token Kiwi, Missie Moffat, doubles on much has been written about The Strand vocals and percussion. Hear them at www. being an ugly drunken place at night. (NB: sonic-delusion.com. “at night” really means “after 1.00am”.) But That same afternoon from 4-7pm Brew the establishments along The Strand are Bar has The Self-Righteous Brothers. pushing back against this image – there are Both are at no charge. exciting restaurants and cool new bars and

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With Winston Watusi

THE COUNSELOR Starring: Michael Fassbender, Javier Bardem, Cameron Diaz, Penelope Cruz, Brad Pitt - Dir: Ridley Scott Very few people I know like The Counselor. It is not an easy film to like, though part of the negative reaction is because most people were expecting something different. The reason they were expecting that is because of the names involved.

Look at the cast! And the director! And it comes from the pen of one of America’s most respected novelists, Cormac McCarthy. What could possibly go wrong?

I’ve watched it three times and am fascinated by that question. There is so much that is hypnotically good here, and the film is so unwaveringly strange which I mean as a compliment - that it’s almost hard to admit that it’s a kinda slow

motion train wreck.

Cormac McCarthy previously wrote No Country For Old Men and this follows a similar plot outline: an innocent gets involved in a drug deal; when it goes wrong the bad guys take horrible revenge.

Fassbender is the titular innocent, drawn into the web by friend Bardem (sporting another outstanding hairdo). Circling are Pitt and the two women. But where No Country... had a touch of Coen brothers’ humour and the reassuring presence of Tommy Lee Jones (who actually played no part in the action), this has neither.

Giving Scott his due, it looks stunning.

Diaz and Cruz have never looked as rav-

ishingly beautiful.

But the screenplay, McCarthy’s first direct for the screen...? It’s wildly overwritten, revelling in language but full of extended obtuse speech-making, making the film cold, nasty, perverse, infinitely sad and oddly theatrical.

I really enjoyed it; you may not.

(NB: For some reason they’ve used the American title here. The correct spelling is “Counsellor”)

Treme

We Steal Secrets

The Americans

The Colony

Launching Blues and Brews

Kokomo will be performing at the inaugural Masonic Park Blues and Brews Festival.

For all you Blues and Brews lovers out there, The Phoenix and Comida are bringing you a special treat next Friday, March 21, in what will be the first inaugural Masonic Park Blues and Brews Festival.

The festival takes place at the Masonic Park, The Strand, Tauranga, between 5pm and 10pm, and features awardwinning brews from Monteith’s and Good George brewing, nationallyacclaimed Volcanic Hills wines and great eats from local The Strand restaurants.

Headlining the evening though, is none other than two of Tauranga’s famous blues and roots bands Kokomo and Brilleaux.

Kokomo is a six-piece band renowned for their dynamic live shows, distinctive original song-writing and unique Kokomo sound. Based in Tauranga, the band has been performing for 22 years

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and has appeared at the country’s leading blues, jazz and arts festivals. They’ve released 10 albums and produced a fulllength live concert DVD. Then you have Brilleaux, who go from zero to 100m/h from the first note, and keep it in the red line from there until the end.

A Brilleaux show is a mixture of fast and furious original rhythm and blues, crafted and made in New Zealand, with British R&B classics guaranteed to make you get off your seat.

Brilleaux formed in Tauranga in 1999 and has released seven albums, recently returning from a successful tour of the UK. Tickets for what is expected to be a fantastic event are $20 per person and are available from The Phoenix and Comida on The Strand.

The Weekend Sun has a double pass to the event to give away to a lucky reader who can tell us the names of the two Tauranga blues and roots bands playing at the festival.

With Rialto

French Film Festival A broad range of the best films from France. The Alliance Française French Film Festival has firmly established itself as the largest French cultural event on New Zealand’s national cultural calendar. Following a five-fold increase in attendance figures since The Weekend Sun has two double 2012, the festival is now passes to the French Film Festival for one of the biggest French lucky readers who can tell us which cinema is hosting the festival. film festivals outside of France in the entire world Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competitions section. and a diverse showcase Entries must be received before of the best contemporary French-language cinema. Wednesday, March 19.

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

Entries must be received before Wednesday, March 19.

McSwiggans Irish Pub Sunday 16 – Blaze -6pm.

Monday 17 – St Patrick’s Day Celebrations. All day long.

Tuesday 18 – Tauranga Acoustic Music Club jam night 7.30-9.30pm.

Mount RSA Friday 14 – Tony Wellington 7.30pm.

Saturday 15 – Harmonics 7.30pm.

Sunday 16 – Debbie 4.30pm.

Monday 17 – Double D 4.30pm.

The Crown and Badger Monday 17 – Andy Craw and Friends.

The Matua Sunday 16 – Steel Breeze 3-6pm.

Wednesday 19 – A Taste of Country Night 7.3010pm.

Fantastic Damn fine Not bad at all Dubious Dreadful Thanks to Video Ezy Brookfield for the DVDs

ARTWORKS

WANTED For the 2014 Treasured Art Auction, Sale and Exhibition Tauranga Sunrise Rotary is on the search again for artworks from named artists and art collectors.

Pieces can either be donated or sold on a 50/50 commission basis.

To discuss or for further information contact: Kathy Webb on 027 281 4842 or email kathy.webb@outlook.co.nz

To be held at Ingham Sears Mercedes- Benz, Mt Maunganui, 15th-17th May. Organised by the Rotary Club of Tauranga Sunrise.

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Multicultural Festival ‘best yet’ Tauranga Regional Multicultural Council president Ewa Fenn says this weekend’s Multicultural Festival will be the best yet.

Starting at 10am, Saturday’s festival at Historic Village is the multicultural council’s 15th annual Multicultural Festival.

Ewa and her team of dedicated volunteers have put together a programme she says will entertain people of all ages.

“It is an opportunity for Bay residents and migrants to get to know each other and celebrate together with a day of family fun.”

At the event, 16 different ethnic groups will be performing 30 performances, including singing, dancing, instrumental pieces, gospel songs and

opera pieces. Other music acts around the village grounds will feature a performance from a Tauranga school’s steel pan band, reggae, a dixie band and Tauranga Samba leading the Parade of Nations at midday.

And don’t forget about the variety of ethnic food stalls, which are always a major draw card for the festival.

New to the festival is an exhibition by Tauranga Moana Weavers and Carvers group, which will be presenting Maori weaving art in the chapel, and carving and painting in the school house.

This large-scale festival would not be possible without the generous support of sponsors, says Ewa, who would like to thank TECT for its substantial financial contribution.

ANZ are throwing in a $1000 spot prize for

Last year’s Multicultural Festival. one lucky winner. And with traffic always being a major concern at large-scale events, Bay of Plenty Regional Council and Tauranga City Council’s contribution of free buses to and from the festival also

By Zoe Hunter helps to make it a “green event”.

‘Life-changing’ experiences on offer Senior students are being offered a “lifechanging” experience with the Rotary International Youth Exchange.

An information seminar for students interested in completing a 12-month exchange programme is at Classic Flyers Aviation Museum on Sunday, March 30, 2014, between 10am and noon.

District outbound coordinator Jerry Cowper says the programme is a life-changing experience and is suited to many different students, aged 16-18.

“Some of the students are really outgoing, and others are quiet. When the quiet ones come back, you can’t stop them talking.”

Jerry says hundreds of students have successfully completed the exchange, returning full of positive encounters and stories from their travels.

“It’s a really growing experience. We often say; ‘you

District outbound coordinator Jerry Cowper says the programme is a life-changing experience. Photo

by Bruce Barnard.

send away a child and a young adult returns’.”

Students interested in living in another country, learning a new language and experiencing different cultures should attend the seminar to simply learn more about what it is all about, says Jerry.

Countries involved are Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and USA. By Zoe Hunter

Accents, dance moves and giggles abound SATURDAY 15 MARCH 2014

@ THE HISTORIC VILLAGE, 17TH AVE 10AM - 4 PM, ADULTS $6, UNDER 12 FREE EVERYBODY WELCOME!

I’ve always had immense respect for anyone who can put on a really good foreign accent; it’s just a skill I’ve never mastered. But when I went along to the opening night at 16th Avenue’s new production ‘A Shortcut To Happiness’, I found someone who has.

Local actress Dyllan Martin plays Russian immigrant Natasha, who in order to make extra cash and better her English, begins folk dancing lessons at the local hall.

And to my immense satisfaction – she plays the role with vocal perfection. I had no difficultly believing Natasha was a genuine

Russian, and soaked up her awesome accent with ease.

She is a fantastic talent, and was joined by an entertaining and joyful cast which each added quirks and humour to their individual roles.

The storyline lends the cast plenty of opportunities to apply humour – with a class full of unique characters, including man-hungry Coral, golfers

Laura and Janet, newly-single Ned, and Bev and hen-pecked husband Ray. I particularly enjoyed the dancing styles of Ray – played wonderfully by Finnlay Martin.

The man sure knows how to folk dance while wearing tight, highwaisted pants and knee-length socks.

The scene changes were performed flawlessly, and giggles were heard regularely from the crowd. However – I would say – be prepared for a little R18 language – I don’t think anyone saw that coming!

‘A Shortcut To Happiness’ is at 16th Avenue Theatre Tauranga from March 12-29, Wednesday to Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm.

The cast of ‘A Shortcut to Happiness’.

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Bowling for first place Seeing New Zealand’s Lawn Bowls team “smashed” by the Australians last year has Greerton bowler Talor Duncan keen to roll out a little payback.

The 18-year-old, who recently made the Under-18 NZ Lawn Bowls team, is flying to Melbourne this weekend to compete in the 2014 Trans-Tasman Test Series.

A 46-continent of Kiwi bowlers will compete in the series, with Talor one of five in the Under-18 team.

Entering the sport more than three years ago, Talor has tried twice to earn a spot in the national team, this year succeeding – and he’s ecstatic.

“I tried to get into it last year and just missed out, so I worked on a couple of things, it’s been a two-year journey.

“In November I had a regional trial in Auckland, and from there they selected a training squad. We had another trial in

December, and the squad was chosen.”

A member of Bowls Tauranga South Club, Talor balances his lawn bowls with a new job at KPMG and additional studies.

He plays most weekends and says he wasn’t nervous about the impending trip until his official uniform arrived last weekend.

“That’s when it sunk in. Hopefully we get the title this year; we got smashed last year, and that was on our own home turf.”

Not a mainstream sport, lawn bowls is commonly linked with older residents – something Talor would like to see change.

“It definitely slips under the radar with the youth. I believe its struggling to let go of the old ages and move with the times; I think we should be willing to take a chance and see what happens.”

“There’s definitely young talent here, it’s just finding a way to get them involved.”

By Corrie Taylor

More than 200 children from the Bay of Plenty will descend on a Paengaroa property next Thursday to get hands-on with learning about water.

Talor Duncan. Photo by South Photography.

Over paid, over sexed, and over here Hilarious home front hijinks abound in Detour Theatre’s latest hit comedy ‘Over Paid, Over Sexed, and Over Here!’.

The show takes a light-hearted look at life in New Zealand during World War 2 when the Americans invaded the country on their way to fight in the Pacific.

It’s mid-1942 and as New Zealand soldiers fight overseas, a sleepy seaside Kiwi town is about to experience an invasion by the Americans.

The arrival brings much-needed excitement for the ladies, but for the local lads there are three big problems with the visitors…they’re over paid, they’re over sexed, and they’re over here.

Devon Williamson’s new play is deemed highly entertaining and at times a disarmingly poignant observation of life in New Zealand during this iconic period.

Local boy Jack (Dylan Frewin) is unimpressed with the American Serviceman (David Holt) interest in a local woman (Mikayla Williamson).

Actor Glen Morris says Devon’s trademark wit and keen sense of the ridiculous abound in the show.

“The play is very, very funny but there’s no missing the sense of gravity that lies just beneath the surface.

“Knowing that people experienced the situations we’re acting gives the play an added vitality.”

Set in the Mays’ family home, behind their struggling dry-cleaning store, the story revolves around the three sisters and their father, a shell-shocked WW1 veteran.

Meanwhile, enjoying being the local ladies’ man is dim-witted Jack – whose life is turned upside down when the Americans arrive.

With a popular cast, this is the premiere season of Devon’s new play.

In May, it will be released for production by theatres across Australasia.

‘Over Paid, Over Sexed, and Over Here’ runs from March 26 to April 12.

The Weekend Sun has tickets to give away to lucky readers who can tell us the director’s name.

Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competitions section before Wednesday, March 19.

Charitable tunes abound The 19th annual Opotiki Charity Concerts are on March 21 and 22, with one of the strongest line-ups of New Zealand talent the series has seen yet.

Honky Tonk keyboard player Ben McDonald is playing at this month’s charity concert.

This year’s concerts again support the Opotiki St John, Opotiki Surf Life Saving Club, and the volunteer coastguard.

Three of the 2013 ‘X-Factor’ contestants are appearing – Hannah Cosgrove, Bryan Townley and Liam Kennedy-Clark – alongside

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the popular Honky Tonk keyboard player Ben McDonald, guitarist Lance Murch, 2013 NZ Star Awards winner Lesley Nia Nia and more.

Organiser Mike Butterworth says they are again featuring stunning young stars of the future, in the junior age-group.

“There is some absolutely amazing talent in the young ranks in New Zealand at the moment.”

To date the total amount given as grants to local charities is in excess of $123,000 with an average of nearly $7000 each year being given as grants.

The second annual Hands on Water Expo, run by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council, is on with the aim of giving children practical skills to help them look after waterways.

The event will offer 204 Year 4-8 students from 21 schools region-wide a variety of activities to learn about water health, protection of waterways, and water issues during two days.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s community engagement advisor Stephanie Macdonald says the council will run various activities, but is supported in the event by Department of Conservation, and Tauranga City, Western Bay of Plenty and Rotorua district councils.

“Children’s activities include water quality monitoring, catchment protection, and pollution prevention – along with examining the bugs in streams to assess the health of the water, and getting up close with live eels.”

Stephanie says with water and water quality being a priority issue for the regional council, it’s important for younger generations to learn about waterways and the health of water.

Last year’s inaugural event saw more than 150 students from 16 schools region-wide participate, with an additional day added due to high demand.

The event on March 20-21 happens just before World Water Day on March 22.

The event is at Roydon Downs Farm Park, a privately-owned farm near Paengaroa belonging to the Brann family, who were winners of the first Ballance Farm Awards for their sustainable practices.

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Roof washing – ‘we’ve got it covered’ Bay of Plenty E Wash owner Mark Gordon out on the job. environmentally friendly products aren’t harmful to pets or plants and can be used on roofs where rainwater is collected for the household.

Mark and his team offer roof treatments, gutter and pre-paint cleaning, “It’s about having the right equipas well as moss and mould removal ment, including water blasters, and and can take on jobs from Katikati long arms to reach high spots,” to Pukehina. says Mark.

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It’s a safe and “mess free” service, says Neville, “and we service both the domestic and the commercial markets”.

Along with cleaning and maintaining spouting, Neville and his team can remove moss and mould from around the home. They also inspect the roof and replace and repair damage, if needed.

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REAL ESTATE

To buy or not to buy?

There is an old saying in the real estate industry. “Question: When is the best time to buy a house? Answer: Today (if you didn’t buy it yesterday)”.

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The point being the sooner you own a property, the sooner you experience the benefits.

Let’s look at some of these: 1. The money you invest in your mortgage is money you are not frittering away elsewhere. A US study of the net wealth of life-time renters at age 65 compared with those who owned their own homes found the renters had an average net worth of $1500 while the owners had an average net worth of $150,000.

2. Your investment will grow in value over time. Sure, it’s not a straight line. There can be bumps on the way. But residential property in Tauranga has grown in value at 5.5 per cent compound per annum during the last 20 years, which includes the last five years with virtually no net growth at all.

The movement in the CPI during the same period was 2.3 per cent per year, which shows property has been a great hedge against inflation.

3. You can add value by redecorating, renovating and landscaping using your own effort and skill. Can you do that with shares in listed companies?

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4. You can put down roots in your community. Yes, you can get to know your neighbours as a renter, but you are always at risk of having to move at the whim of your landlord. When you own your own home, you move when you choose.

5. If you don’t want to live in your house for a while, you can generate an income by renting it.

6. The bank will lend you most of the money, which shows you how confident they are about the investment value of property.

So, with interest rates about to rise, should you hold off buying now?

Well, that depends on what you think prices will do. Say you buy a $350,000 home today on 20 per cent deposit with a $280,000 mortgage at 5.5 per cent. Assume that in two years the interest rate has risen to 7.5 per cent, which costs you an extra $5600 in interest per year. Your home only has to increase in value by 1.6 per cent that year for you to cover that. If it increases by the long-term average of 5.5 per cent, then you’re ahead by $13,650.

This gain is only on paper of course until you sell, so do be sure to factor in the extra cash payments you will have to find in the meantime and invest for the long-term – seven to 10 years or more. But if you have a need and can afford the payments, then don’t hold back.

The relatively low sales and lack of any real movement in prices here during the last five years suggests there are a number of potential buyers just sitting on the sidelines waiting for a sense of direction in the market. Auckland has shown us again what happens to prices when sentiment changes and there are more buyers than sellers.

By John Foot, Action Real Estate

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Truth and fear of the Lord Derek Prince says in his book ‘Protection From Deception’ there are two churches evident in Scripture in the last days: the true church that is the Bride of Christ, and the false "harlot" church which is the bride of antichrist.

He says "We will either be the bride – a member of the true church or we will be the harlot – a member of the false church. No alternatives exist".

The dividing line between the two churches will be truth according to the infallible Word of God. The true church will walk in truth as it is set out in God's Word. The false church will walk in error and will turn from God's Word as truth. It is therefore important that we hold on to truth and that we walk in obedience to God's Word.

Inherent in holding onto truth is the ‘fear of the Lord’ which refers to having the utmost awe and a profound, holy, awesome reverence for God. In Leviticus 10:3 God says: "By those who come near Me I will be treated as holy, and before all the people I will be honoured."

He says in verse 10 of the same chapter: "You shall make a distinction and recognise a difference between the holy and the common or unholy, and between the unclean and the clean."

We read in Hebrews 12:28–29 about offering to God "pleasing service and acceptable worship with modesty and pious care and godly fear and awe; for our God is a consuming fire”.

Psalm 25:14 says: "The secret counsel of the Lord is for those who fear Him." Proverbs 1:7 says: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge" and Proverbs 9:10 says "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom”.

Truth, wisdom, knowledge – the secret counsel of the Lord starts with and originates from walking in the fear of the Lord.

God will restore the genuine fear of the Lord to the Bride of Christ.

Dynamic speaker to visit A story of courage and protection will be told on Monday as young couple Stefan and Keren Silver visit Holy Trinity Tauranga.

A warm invitation is extended to everyone to meet the couple and hear their story on Monday, March 17 at 7pm.

Stefan has seen frontline experience during the second Lebanon War as a Lieutenant in the Israeli Defence Force Combat Engineering Unit. His story of courage and protection is amazing.

Born in Auckland, then immigrating to Israel with his family in 1992, Stefan knows what it means to adjust to an entirely different lifestyle and language.

The family is visiting to share their opportunities.

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By Peter Whitcombe, Jesus First Church

Ask this: is the Lord your healer?

As we gathered together as a new group known as ‘The Well’ last Sunday afternoon, it soon became evident many good Christians are starved of the healing word of our Saviour and Lord.

Jesus “Taught, preached and healed”, which is exactly what He told us we should be doing for our fellow man. It was truly wonderful to see God’s Holy Spirit come so gently and wonderfully, setting minds and bodies free from the torments of the devil.

The hunger the Lord has placed within us needs to be satisfied by the teachings of the Bible, or Satan will lead them on through wrong thoughts and teachings.

The hunger for the

words of the Lord is always soaked up by hungry, starving hearts.

God is our healer. The Bible makes that very clear to us. If there is one thing I would say to those who read this column. Search out the full truth of the word of God, as is written in the Bible. Don’t be a

stay-at-home Christian.

Get to an active Christian Church this Sunday, and become an active part of what our Lord wants to do in the lives of His people. Fulfil ‘The Great Commission’.

By Pastor Grant Hynds, The Well Christian Healing Ministries.

Sunday Services 9:30am & 6:00pm Come along!

07 576 5387 252 Otumoetai Road www.citychurchtauranga.org.nz

Sunday Gatherings 10:00 am Mount Sports Club 51 Miro Street Blake Park The Mount

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