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What do three ballerinas and an auctioneer have in common? They all know how to perform for a crowd.

All eyes will be on them this Sunday as the unlikely quartet step on stage in a bid to raise funds for the Moore sisters’ venture to Belgium.

Pirouetting and posing for the cover of The Weekend Sun, Olivia, 14, Arabella, 12, and Lucia, seven, are a vision of beauty.

The trio will spin their way to the international stage in Brussels, Belgium, to dance in the Petipa International Ballet

Competition on October 29-November 2.

They’ve enlisted auctioneer Frank Vosper to help. He’ll be auctioning off a specially-designed tutu at a fundraising concert at Otumoetai College Performing Arts Centre on September 13.

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Our stamp on the news There was only one story of consequence in the news this week, and no, it wasn’t how Brooke Fraser slashed her hand while cutting an avocado.

Nor was it the poor wannabe All Blacks that were sent off for ‘counselling’ after they were named “Not All Blacks”.

And you’d be forgiven for thinking that maybe the top story was the fuss over the fifth flag option, the so-called Red Peak.

Incidentally, enthusiastic reader Colin messaged us this week to point out that the Red Peak flag has a shocking resemblance to the flag of the North American Vexillological Association.

Ironically, vexillogists are flag experts.

If you switch the colours and turn it upside down, you basically have Red Peak.

As Colin puts it, “Why would we want someone else’s flag flipped upside, especially an American flag?”

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now, through a natural process of acceptance into the Kiwi mindset.

Any attempt to force something upon the average Nuzzilliner will have the opposite affect... resentment and rejection.

Taking a stand

There was a bit of fuss at Kaitaia this week when the airport was closed as protestors invaded (but it still wasn’t the big headline of the week). That was eventually sorted when the protestors were arrested.

Interesting that it took so long for any action on this. I’m sure any other protest, involving vital transport networks, would have been nipped in the bud. If my mates and I ganged up, and used stand-over tactics to bring the Bay Hoppers to a standstill to protest the untimely death of hedgehogs crossing the road, we’d be immediately marched off the bus stop. Rules for some, as they say.

We’re expecting a rash of copycat protests around the country, North American Vexillological Red Peak. including a sit-in at the Hawera Association flag. library, sensible cyclists As we’ve said before, you may as well rebelling against lycra and some forget about Bleak Peak and any of the students of King’s College other alternatives, because at last count, refusing to eat their vegies till more than 80 per cent of the country are they get better carparks. still happy with Jack and the Southern Cross; Teed off? and as far I can tell, all NZers are peed off at A reasonably big story involved the expense. a charity golf tournament, Here at RR we are peed off that much sponsored by The of it’s not being spent on NZ media for a Weekend Sun and project that involves national pride.

Sunlive, for the I reckon that if the flag is ever going to benefit of Tauranga change, it will happen organically, through Coastguard. A great a natural process of the country adopting a day out, thanks to favourite and it becoming accepted.

Tauranga Golf Club Only then can an official change be made. and organiser Tony That is the Kiwi way of doing things – wait Breeds... plus the for an alternative to take root and grow many golfers who into our culture – not one that is force fed, came out swinging in a timeframe and with a contrived set of in support of ultimatums.

Coastguard.

The silver fern has almost achieved that

A milestone for your local media company, as the Sun turned 15 years old this month. Thanks to the many wellwishers and clients, and a great letter of support from the mayor (page 5).

Even with a letter from the mayor, there was a bigger story brewing...

And amazingly it wasn’t Winston Peters suggesting that the Syrian refugee menfolk should go back to Syria and fight for their country. There seemed to be little support from anyone, including the Syrian men, for this idea. No-one wants to fight in Syria, although tennis player Andy Murray seems happy to pick a fight anywhere, anytime with any feckin one.

Just tell him there’s an umpire there, and the wild Scot will be in full assault mode.

So did this tale rate number one?

Viv Whimster at Tauranga Methodist Parish so rightly pointing out it’s been a long, cold winter (p41) and life’s winters can seem unending. But spring is just around the corner, and we’re not just talking about the weather... Yep, for sure, Viv, bring that on!

For those too lazy to make your beds, there is good news. Researchers reckon it’s healthier to not.

Leaving the sheets off at the end of the bed reduces the ability of dust mites to thrive, reducing allergies and ill health. Was this the best news? Yes, but not the biggest.

Nope, the big story of the week was the issuing of seven stamps from NZ Post to celebrate the Queen becoming the longest reigning British monarch.

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Govt. snub for housing trust The government has delivered Kellie Koia an emphatic “no” and she’s gutted.

Labour’s Carmel Sepuloni with Kellie Koia in ‘the garage’. Photo: Tracy Hardy It’s a broadside not just for Kellie, but for the homeless, destitute and desperate – the people who slip through the cracks and have nowhere else to turn.

Like the family of 16, who had been evicted from their home and were living in three cars. Kellie and her Te Tawharau o Te Ora Trust “dragged them here”.

‘Here’ being Kellie’s Merivale state house and garage. The house is cold – the garage more so – but it has become a sanctuary.

There hasn’t been a car in Kellie’s garage for seven years. That’s because it’s been a roof over heads, a stop-gap shelter for more than 100 desperate families which the Trust has taken in since 2008.

“As well as my lounge floor,” says Kellie. “So you can’t argue there’s not a need.”

The Trust had hoped for a leg-up from the government to do its work. And it believed it had been given the nod.

“We may have misinterpreted her intention, but we thought the Minister of Social Housing Paula Bennett had encouraged us to become a Community Housing Provider. We were led to believe we had a strong case.”

That would have made the Trust eligible for income-related rent subsidies to assist the families who Kellie “drags” homeless and hungry back to her garage.

And when they submitted their case they were told by the social housing unit it was the most thorough ever presented. It was all looking very positive for Kellie and those yelling for help.

But then the blow. They didn’t fit the criteria to be an emergency housing provider. So the Trust changed its deed to become a social housing provider. Still, the answer was no.

“It seems there’s a pre-requisite for the Trust to already have a property to do its work. Whereas we need help to make that step,” says Kellie.

The Trust has asked Paula Bennett to drop by Kellie’s garage.

“She has met with other providers but has declined our request.”

However, the opposition social development spokesperson Carmel Sepuloni did drop by the garage at this unofficial backstop facility in Merivale.

“The problem is if Paula Bennett did come and see it, she would have to acknowledge this is the reality for some people,” she says.

That’s a situation highlighted by two different interpretations of Housing NZ’s priority A waiting list for state houses in Tauranga.

“The government says there’s just nine on the list. The figure we got back is 175,” says Carmel.

Meanwhile there’s a state house and an empty garage, beckoning those with nowhere else to go.

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Rena hearing underway The Rena resource consent hearing opened this week, with the lawyer for the Rena’s owners stating the wreck will not necessarily be removed if they fail to obtain consent to leave it on the Astrolabe Reef.

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Bay MP welcomes refugee intake Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller has welcomed government’s plans to let an additional 750 Syrian refugees in to New Zealand over the next two-and-a-half years.

Prime Minister John Key announced the emergency package this week in response to the surge of refugees currently fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East.

Key accepted the country’s need to play their part, and agreed to open the borders to an extra 600 Syrians, with a further 150 allowed in as part of an existing annual intake of 750 refugees.

“The images and stories of the masses of asylum seeking families spilling out of Syria into neighbouring countries and Europe have been distressing,” admits Todd.

Library remove banned book The only copy of a now banned book has been removed from Tauranga City Library’s young adult’s section and ‘put aside’ says city libraries manager Jill Best.

The award-winning Kiwi novel ‘Into The River’

by Auckland author Ted Dawe has been banned following complaints regarding explicit content.

The interim ban makes it a crime to supply, display or distribute the book in any way.

Individuals and organisations who knowingly supply the banned book are now liable of fines of up to $3000 and $10,000 respectively, with the ban including schools and libraries.

Sports boss lauds AIMS Games Sport New Zealand boss Peter Miskimmin has hailed this week’s NZCT AIMS Games in Tauranga, and says the event “ticks all the right boxes”.

The week-long tournament has attracted more than 8000 intermediate-aged children to the Bay of Plenty this week, with 19 different sports taking place.

And Peter is hugely impressed with this year’s games and the buzz that they’re creating.

“It would have been so unbelievable to have an event like this when I was at school, but we weren’t so fortunate,” Peter says.

“It cannot be assumed that if consent is refused or not exercised, the wreck will be removed,” says Matthew Casey QC in his opening submissions.

In four years since the 37,000-tonne Rena struck the Astrolabe Reef at 17 knots, $500 million has been spent on the salvage operation. The wreck is now in water 50m deep. Much of the cost has been on clearing the debris on the reef and bringing the site to its proposed consented state.

The remains of the Rena are now in a state where the potential for harm to the environment or to human health is minimal, and any remaining risk will be addressed by conditions of consent, says Matthew.

He adds that under international maritime law there are limits on what can be required of a ship owner beyond protecting the environment from the significant risk of pollution and hazards.

“It presents the proposal as deserving of consent, and on the basis that there will be benefits to the environment and the community that would otherwise not happen if there was no consent,” he says.

The representative of the owners of the Rena, Daina Shipping Company, director Konstantinos Zacharatos, says he made 10 visits to New Zealand meeting with and talking to local Maori about the wreck and its impact on their lives.

Six iwi or hapu groups brought claims against Rena’s owner for compensation to redress the effects on them of the grounding, including cultural effects.

Motiti islanders received $300,000 paid to benefit the island community from the $1 million fund established by Mediterranean Shipping Company, as a goodwill gesture after the ship ran aground.

Keep up to date with the Rena hearing at SunLive.co.nz, our daily news website.

Being elected to Regional Council comes with obligations I am pretty disappointed with the current performance of our Bay of Plenty Regional Council.

Elected members don’t seem to be fully engaged.

The number of meetings for councillors has nearly halved compared with five years ago and this, in itself, is not a bad thing.

Councillors are elected (and paid) for their governance skills and this should not include getting into the engine room of management.

However they are meant to insist that management (and the CEO

in particular) are accountable to ensure the organisation is run effectively and efficiently.

My beef is that this just isn’t happening, and staff are cruising within a bloated bureaucracy.

What is worse is that some councillors don’t seem to think that they are obligated to attend the few meetings that they are appointed to attend.

I went through the minutes of their meetings over the past two years, and noted that while most councillors had an acceptable

considering that ratepayers are paying him approximately $60,000 to attend these meetings.

Chairman Doug Leeder needs to use his authority to insist on record of attendance, one better attendance, as this situation councillor from our patch was puts all of his elected members in absent from eight out of the last a poor light, and this gentleman, 15 Full Council meetings; five while the worst, is not alone with out of 10 Regional Direction & a poor attendance record.

Delivery meetings; and also missed If you have a view on these three out of the last six Public or any other local government Transport meetings that he was issues, I invite you to email me appointed to attend. at andrew@vond.co.nz , or visit This isn’t a good look, www.vond.co.nz

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Coastguard on par for charity Tauranga’s coastguards swapped rough seas and rescues for fairways and greens on Tuesday for a charity golf tournament.

More than 120 golfers took part in the Tauranga Senior Golfing Group Charity Day at Tauranga Golf Club. Sponsored by SunMedia, the event was aimed at raising money for the Tauranga Coastguard.

A spokesman for the event says the day was a resounding success.

SunLive Comment of the Week Following the news that Kiwi novel ‘Into The River’ has been removed from Tauranga Library shelves after being banned, commenter Kaimai said:

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Shirley’s national pride Shirley Sparks rarely puts her feet up. She’s not one to sit still, nor is she one to give up.

Even standing knee-deep in overgrown weeds, gorse and wattle, the 85-year-old wasn’t giving up on her mission to transform a run-down 82-acre quarry into a garden wonderland.

“I never once thought of giving up,” says Shirley, the founder of Te Puna Quarry Park.

“But I also never thought that it was going to be the success that it’s turned out to be.”

That success has led her to become a nominee in the Pride of New Zealand 2015 Awards for her efforts to the environment. It’s at this point that Shirley blushes and insists that it wouldn’t have been for the help of the many volunteers and organisations that have helped along the way.

In 17 years, volunteers including Rotary and Lions groups, schools, and individuals have contributed to making the park a “community-driven” attraction full of environmental

in there and make something worthwhile out of rubbish land.”

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Happy Birthday Sun Media, and here’s to 15 years more…

Dear Claire, Brian and team, I’m sorry I couldn’t be there to celebrate Sun Media’s significant milestone with you. Fifteen years! This in itself is testament to your success.

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for the good work you put in to our community, and for your support of community organisations and volunteer groups. You’re a real part of our social fabric and play an integral role in connecting us all.

It’s great to have an independent news organisation here in Tauranga, one that has managed to thrive in a highly competitive environment.

Congratulations also on the new Weekend Sun design and the website you launched. Looking good!

You have always been at the forefront of digital technologies, and Tauranga is lucky to be home to one of New Zealand’s leading digital news platforms. You set a high standard and have successfully evolved with the times, while working hard to keep our communities informed and entertained.

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A symbol of community Keeper of the canoe: City Heritage Manager Dean Flavell.

It sits there, gathering dirt, dust, bird poop and the odd curious glance just where The Strand peters out. ‘Te Awanui’, a proud and signiďŹ cant slice of city heritage, but off the beaten track, unannounced and largely ignored.

Te Awanui – the original name for Tauranga Harbour – is the city’s very own ceremonial waka. A war canoe, 14m of sea-going objet d’art elaborately carved from a 300-year-old kauri tree.

It’s quite a magniďŹ cent thing. “And it’s a wonderful piece of city history,â€? says Dean Flavell, Tauranga’s cultural heritage manager. He’s a man excited by who we are and where we came from. “The waka’s a symbol of a community, how two people, Maori and Pakeha came together.â€?

That’s why the ‘manager’ is today down and dirty in dungarees and plastic gloves, scrubbing, scouring and scraping at the elaborately carved gunwale running 46ft down one side of the waka and 46ft back up the other. “It’s my job to ensure the canoe survives, that the story endures.�

The story of Te Awanui is a grand, romantic and royal one. She didn’t know it at the time, but Queen Elizabeth inspired Te Awanui. She was due Down Under in 1970 and when city fathers went looking for a waka to accompany the royal yacht Britannia to its berth, there wasn’t one.

Necessity being the mother of invention, they decided to make one. But not quite in time for the Queen.

A perfect 24m kauri tree was found at Waitawheta in the hills of Waikino and Waihi. A deal was struck with Tane, the mythical Maori god of the forests; the Baker men of Katikati ďŹ red up the chainsaw and master carver Tuti Tukaokao sharpened his adze and chisels.

Kaumatua Bill Ohia uttered the immortal line – “A project for the people, both Maori and Pakeha.�

Then on a dull rainy day, a noonday tide, on February 10 1973 (22 months after the ‘people’s project’ began), Te Awanui was placed in the water at Tauranga.

People lined the harbour banks three deep, and in went the 30 paddles.

To read this story in full, visit theweekendsun.co.nz; Search ‘A symbol of community’ Hunter Wells

Helping new Kiwis find a home On Monday Cabinet and this response decided that New is appropriate.

Zealand will settle 750 We must ensure Syrian refugees over that we can maintain the next two and half the level of support we Read this column in full at www.sunlive.co.nz years. This is made provide to refugees to up of a special emergency intake of help settle in their communities and 600 and 150 from within the current ensure the best outcome for them. annual refugee quota.

The annual refugee quota, which The New Zealand Government is is currently set at 750, is due to be providing a further $4.5 million to reviewed next year. help refugees displaced by ďŹ ghting in It is expected that many of the Syria, bringing New Zealand’s total refugees will be settled in Wellington, humanitarian contribution to the given there is already and established refugee crisis to $20 million.

Syrian community there and the We have a responsibility to do our pressures on Auckland housing at bit in response to the crisis in Syria, the moment.

Learning more about Chinese culture What do you know about China? Tauranga residents are encouraged to learn about the culture at Multicultural Tauranga’s Living in Harmony event on September 16.

There are 2289 people of Chinese origin living in Tauranga, according to the 2013 Census.

There are many ways Tauranga embraces its ‘sister city’, with a Bay of Plenty Chinese Business and Commerce Association formed last year to support businesses run by Chinese migrants and to facilitate ties between NZ and China.

There’s also the NZ China Friendship Society, which works with schools and has recently funded a trip to China for several high school students.

Pauline Cowens heads the Chinese Community School at Tauranga Girls’ College, which has about 100 people, aged ďŹ ve to 70, enrolled to learn Mandarin so far.

The Living in Harmony Chinese evening is at the Village Hall at Historic Village on September 16 from 7pm.

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In the footsteps of spies and stars “That’s because I am actually just a reasonably normal person.”

However, William Beau Holland is a name now uttered reverently in the same breath as a top spy, a film star, an Olympic and world champion, an expressionist artist, a former university vicechancellor and the man who drove the nation’s military machine, our top soldier.

“Not many will mention me in the same breath,” says the Tauranga trust and property lawyer Bill.

“That’s illustrious company and they’re in a different league. They have achieved more than me. Really!”

Well, not really, and that will become apparent.

Bill hasn’t quite yet joined that pantheon of greatness – that’ll happen tonight when the suited trust, business and property lawyer steps up to give his acceptance speech as the Tauranga Boys’ College Old Boy of the Year.

Philanthropist probably best describes Bill – but it’s such a clinical word for a man with a deep social conscience, a man who given so freely of his time and wisdom for the benefit of others.

“It’s that old story of making a difference.

It’s something most of us want to do with our lives and I have tried to do that in a range of areas.”

He was railroaded onto the college board at 28, “not because I wanted to, but because they needed young blood”. He was made chair three years later.

“Hardly a great honour, nobody else wanted to do it.” He enjoys underselling himself.

But he stayed at it for 12 years because he was so pleased at what he had learned from the job and what the college was doing “A reasonably normal person”: Tauranga Boys’ College and achieving. “Enriching”, he calls it.

Old Boy of the Year Bill Holland. Photo: Chris Callinan.

“However, I realise it’s down to the

William Beau Holland, Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. A grand moniker and attachment, but just plain ‘Bill’ to the world.

teacher and the administrative staff, the people literally at the chalk face, who make the difference.” But he, in his own way, was helping contribute and that suited him very well.

“It’s interesting because I have been doing things for a long time.”

He means things that make a

difference – like the hands-on committee stuff. At the rowing club he called “one fat lady” and “legs 11” at the housie fundraiser. Now he’s a life member and patron.

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When the urge takes over Are you up for some forms lines, counter marches or fixed pivot wheels? Do you know a left turn from your about turn?

Because the coach needs you. Now. Coach is Anita MacLeod. She is anxious to resurrect her marching career and needs seven to 10 likeminded souls to join her – that’s women aged 30-60 years old.

Anita is keen to establish another team for what they call leisure marching, a phenomenon which began in Tauranga 20 years. It is display marching as opposed to competitive marching, with women who marched as young women are coming back to the sport.

“I have been marching on and off since I was seven,” she explains. It has eaten into her soul. “You can’t shake it off. It’s always there.” So Anita isn’t going to fight the urge any more.

Soon as possible she is going to pop on her busby, new jacket and fuchsia, black and silver tartan skirt, paint up those legs and step out as the new generation Balmoral Kilties.

“You don’t have to have been a marcher in a previous life. You don’t have to be fit and can be any shape or size.” The one prerequisite is determination.

“Because it takes hours and hours

of practice to achieve that military and technical precision. When a team is working perfectly in sync, it can be a beautiful sight,” she says.

Anita says that effort will be rewarded with enduring friendships, fun and travel. She’s itching to get started and she wants to be down at Greerton Primary School with the new Kilties before daylight saving kicks in on September 27.

Marching has its origins in the Depression of the 1930s, offering girls fitness and health. Rules were drawn up and it became a competitive sport.

It enjoyed popularity through until the 1980s when many discovered gyms, dance forms and other things to do.

Competitive marching continues today alongside a flourishing leisure model.

“My mother was a marcher and an instructor; my father was an administrator. I didn’t stand a chance,” says Anita.

Anita says she’s been a national champion coach and has all the credentials.

“I am supportive and encouraging, and I can get a team to a very high standard with ladies who’ve never done it.”

So practice for two hours once a week, probably on a Tuesday, and then off to the Greerton RSA for a debrief.

Anita, the coach of the soon-to blossom Balmoral Kilties would be delighted to hear from you. She can be contacted on (07) 571 4096 or 021 0257 6094.

Marching team of one: Balmoral Kilties coach Anita MacLeod.

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Tutu much for the Moore family COVER STORY

Good things come in threes. That’s definitely the case with the Moore sisters. Three beautiful girls, three talented ballerinas and three young lives dedicated to dance.

Pirouetting and posing for the camera during a photoshoot with The Weekend Sun, Olivia, 14, Arabella, 12, and Lucia, seven, execute every move perfectly. They are a vision of beauty.

It’s no wonder the three girls have been invited by Paris opera ballet master Jacques Marsa to dance on the international stage in Brussels, Belgium.

There, the petite trio will dance in the Petipa International Ballet Competition and partake in master classes from October 29-November 2.

The Dance Education Centre pupils will perform routines choreographed by their dance teacher Debbie Gooch, as well as a dance devised by the ballet master Jacques in their age groups.

From driving the girls to dance lessons 15-20 hours each week to watching every end-of-year performance and stitching together tutus, the dancing daughters definitely keep mum and dad on their toes.

Yip, it’s Mum Kat who spends countless hours sewing costumes together. “Otherwise I’d have to work a second job,” laughs Kat. And Dad? “He’s now involved backstage at the end-of-year shows,” says Kat. “He’s very proud.”

Three girls, living in the same house, with the same dream.

There’s bound to be a few arguments, right? Wrong.

“The girls get on very well, we’re very fortunate,” says Kat.

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At competitions, big sister Olivia makes sure her younger siblings don’t have lipstick on their teeth, their costumes are on right and they’ve got their correct props before they go on stage.

“Olivia knows every detail of their dances from their music to where their foot needs to go.”

It makes for very proud parents.

“They’re a credit to themselves, they’re very talented. I love watching them dance, it’s quite special,” says Kat. The family love affair with dance started with Olivia.

“Olivia grew up dancing,” says Kat. “Before she could walk she was in tutus and the music was on.”

Olivia was taken to her first dance class at age three. “She took off and her teacher recognised straight away the talent that she had.”

The 14-year-old is already a junior associate at the NZ School of Dance as part of the Royal NZ mentor programme and the NZ Dance Company youth programme.

Arabella was next. “I used to take her to dancing when she was about two and we had tantrums on the steps because she wanted to stay,” says Kat. And now, Lucia wants to dance just like her sisters.

To help get them to Belgium, the Moore sisters are hosting a fundraising concert at Otumoetai College Performing Arts centre on September 13.

The concert will be MCd by experienced and licensed auctioneer Frank Vosper, who will auction off a specially-designed tutu donated by PW Dance and Sportswear. Tickets cost $20 for adults, $10 for children and $40 for a family pass and are available by phoning 021 0235 8389.

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The Moore sisters: Olivia, 14, Arabella, 12, and Lucia, seven. Photo: Bruce Barnard.

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The project team will be available to discuss the underpass in more detail including construction timings, earthworks and environmental effects.

Two information sessions - choose your day: Session 1: Session 2:

Friday 11 September 2pm – 6pm or Saturday 12 September 8.30am – 12pm

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Paul, fourth from the left, with the New Zealand open men’s team competing at the 2013 world champs.

Paddler on world rafting stage Tauranga paddler Paul Roozendaal is hoping the New Zealand open men’s white water rafting team will make a splash when they compete at this year’s World Rafting Champs in Indonesia.

Paul is the only Tauranga paddler in the six-man crew, dominated by Rotorua paddlers Sam Sutton, Tim Pickering, Brendan Bayly, Brad Lauber and Joel Flamank.

The open men’s crew are ranked number three in the world, after placing third in the last world champs behind Brazil and Japan, held in the Bay of Plenty in 2013.

The father of one says the team has been training hard in preparation for the biannual event being held on Citarik River, Sukabumi, Indonesia from November 29 to December 8.

“We struggle with having to train in our winter and training in winter on our rivers is really hard.

“At the moment we’ve been training on the lake at Rotoiti or the Ohau Channel. Just because it’s safe there and we’ve been doing a lot of bonding with [the other New Zealand teams] there.

“We’ve been having training days with the master men’s, the master women’s, the juniors. They’re all coming along and we’re mixing it up and paddling together. It’s good in that sense, but it’s not the white water preparation we’d like.”

However, Paul is confident the team will be ready for the task come November.

“Definitely, we’d like to go back

and do no worse than third place again. We’re not over there just to have a holiday. We want to compete with Japan and Brazil.”

New Zealand are sending five squads over the master men’s and the under-19 girls’ are defending champions. They will be joined by the open men’s, master women’s and under-25 junior men’s squad.

Although the team haven’t paddled as a crew in Indonesia, he is confident their experience will see them adjust for the champs.

“I think it won’t take too long to start gelling and understand the river. Some of the guys have been raft guides for a very long time, and they know how to read the water and they memorise every single rapid.”

What got us here, won’t get us there Technology has been changing the way we live since the discovery of fire and the invention of the wheel. Each generation has seen changes to the way humans live, work and connect with each other.

It’s just that the rate of change is happening a lot faster today than ever before.

This week is Adult Learner’s Week. It has run for 18 years, and celebrates Adult Learners and Adult Education. I was thrilled to present this year’s adult learning awards on Thursday.

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You are never too old to learn new things. I know many people who have learnt to use computers and mobile phone so they can keep in touch with their grandkids on the move.

Humans are not the biggest, fastest, or strongest species on this planet. But we seem to be

on top of the food chain because we are the most adaptive to the ever-changing world around us.

A commitment to never stop learning helps us adapt to change.

There is no need to wait until your new year’s resolutions to commit to learning a new skill.

I urge you to consider learning something new this month, whether it’s playing a musical instrument, picking up a second language, or even contacting the Community Education BOP for one of their free ‘taster’ courses.

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Bringing out their inner warrior

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Inspiring teachers asked to step forward Primary, early childhood, Prizes worth more than $40,000, including travel, intermediate and secondary school teachers stationery and technology will be gifted to the around the country have been given a chance to be recognised and rewarded in a campaign which aims to ďŹ nd those who inspire their students the most.

The New Zealand’s Most Inspiring Teacher initiative was created by Warehouse Stationery as a chance for students, parents and families to acknowledge the important role teachers play in the lives of children and teenagers.

teachers who are judged to be the most inspiring.

The applications are now in judging phase.

The Gym team members Christine Rudden, Mandi Lorimer, Jill Voyce and Nathan Farey. Photo: Tracy Hardy.

What does it take to be a good warrior?

Climbing over walls, crawling under fences and ropes – oh, and stomaching a huhu grub – is what is takes in Tauranga’s version of a warrior run.

On Sunday, September 20, teams of four will be tested mentally and physically in The Gym Tauranga’s second-annual Random Acts of Kindness Warrior Run, which is this year raising funds for quadriplegic teenager Elliott Keys.

Elliott has been given a one-to-ďŹ ve per cent chance of regaining movement past his shoulders after a mountain biking accident in July last year.

The Warrior Run spans 4km of Tect All Terrain Park, with people jumping, climbing and crawling their way through more than 20 stations. “There’ll be challenges including walls, ropes, sandbags, tyres, mud, functional training and the MasterChef station, which was really popular last

year – and probably some huhu grubs,� says The Gym team administrator Christine Rudden.

She says the aim of the game is to have fun more than a competition. “It’s all about starting and ďŹ nishing as a team.

Even if you’ve never trained before in your life, you can still come along, take part and have a good time.

It’s about raising awareness for Elliott’s cause.�

Christine says 172 warriors registered for the inaugural event last year, which added to 43 teams.

This year, they’re hoping for 60 teams. “And you don’t have to be a member to do it,� says Christine.

People are encouraged to dress up and make it a fun event. As well as spot prizes, they’re rafing off a Nestle Hamper and a Nespresso coffee machine, with all proceeds going to Elliott’s family. Tickets cost $35 per person.

To register, contact The Gym. Late registrations may be taken from 9am on September 20.

The Random Acts of Kindness Warrior Run is at Zoe Hunter Tect All Terrain Park from 11am.

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Behind the wheel of a glider Tauranga teenager Nolan Cockburn is navigating a glider through the air well before he knows how to drive a car.

their son a membership at Tauranga Gliding Club.

“I’ve always been interested in flying,” he explains. “It’s just been something that I’ve followed through with and really enjoyed.

And it’s a cheaper way to get into aviation as well.”

Nolan is afraid of heights, but not when he rides shotgun in Tauranga teenager Nolan Cockburn, 14, knows how to get around the sky before the road.

Photo: Cameron Avery.

The 14-year-old has been learning to fly a glider at Tauranga Gliding Club since December 2014 and is almost ready to fly solo.

Nolan’s tried driving a manual car before, but he says flying is easier. “There’s nothing really to hit apart from planes and the Mount,” he laughs.

It can be daunting for a parent to see their teen behind the wheel of a car, let alone an aircraft. “I think they [mum and dad] are a bit scared with me being up there on my own,” says Nolan.

“But I think it’s just about building trust overtime. I’ve still got a lot to learn.”

After all it was his parents who bought

a glider almost 10,000ft above ground.

“When I’m on a jungle gym standing at the edge, that’s what gets me,” says Nolan.

“But you’ve got to have trust in your aircraft. It’s always been like that for me.”

He just feels more comfortable up there.

“I feel free,” says Nolan. “You can do what you like really. It gets pretty cold up there.

The temperature drops two degrees every thousand feet you go up.”

Nolan’s dad Wayne is the coordinator for Youth Glide in Tauranga and his uncle used to fly in the Air Force. But flying seemed

cooler in the movies.

Nolan says ‘Top Gun’ was one of the films that inspired him to want to fly.

“Once I’ve finished school I’m hoping to go and fly around the world and join the Air Force. Then I might go commercial but I’m not sure.”

The Tauranga Gliding Club is hosting a Youth Glide Open Day on Sunday, September 13 from 10.30am, where aspiring pilots under the age of 18 can get a feel for the sport.

Flying will occur dependent on the weather.

For more information, contact Wayne on Zoe Hunter 021 780 038.

Annual Wish4Fish charity competition is now postponed Wish4Fish’s annual Spring Fishing Competition has been postponed due to poor weather and venue availability.

Originally scheduled for September 4-5, the spring fundraising competition has been moved to November 27-28.

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Bryce wishes to thank everyone who has contributed and supported the charity.

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Jan with daughters Jessica (left) and Sofia, 8.

How do you balance the ‘young’ with the ‘adult’ in the fiction genre? That was the question for Tauranga author Jan Goldie.

The mother of two knows first-hand how hard it can be for parents to find books for younger children who read at an older level. Her 10-year-old daughter Jessica currently reads at a 15-plus level, according to the Ministry of Education’s PROBE (prose, reading, observation, behaviour and evaluation) test.

“Parents want something with a positive message, but readers are smart – you want the themes of the book to be subtle. In my book, it’s about courage in the face of horrible situations. The journey on the outside is echoed

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by the internal journey, so it’s a real coming of age tale.”

‘Brave’s Journey’ is a fantasy adventure in which teenage boy Brave gets pulled into a vortex and ends up in an alternative universe.

Language is an important tool in telling the story and carefully mediating mature themes was the challenge for Jan. “Of course, there is head cracking because it is good versus evil, but I kept it to a minimum. Plus early teens aren’t too interested in the romantic angle. There’s admiration and friendship, but there’s no romantic liaisons or anything like that.”

Although Jan has had her work

published before, this was her first full-length novel. Her first short story was published in an anthology, ‘Baby Teeth - Bite Sized Tales of Terror’. She’s also the co-author of the novella collection ‘Conclave’.

It’s taken Jan a couple of years to get the final copy, with help from Tauranga Writers group and a mentorship with the New Zealand Society of Authors.

“I wrote 100,000 – a normal teen fiction is about 60,000 – so then I had to scale that back.

That’s when help from others really came to the fore.”

On September 17, Jan is launching her novel at The Incubator, Historic Village, at 6pm. In conjunction, a children’s art exhibition is being held to showcase works related to ‘Brave’s Journey’.

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Do the crime; children do the time It was his first trip away from his hometown and the boy was hanging on like grim death wondering where the heck he was going.

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Prison Fellowship Tauranga volunteers Graham Harris, Peter Haywood and Ian Bateman.

Graham Harris remembers the fear in the boy’s eyes as Prison Fellowship Tauranga transferred the first group of children of prisoners to the Hunua Ranges, where they set up camp.

“I remember sitting with this young fella, telling him about the old days when they used to light fires by rubbing two bits of wood together,” says Graham, who is Prison Fellowship Tauranga’s past chairman. “So he gets a couple of bits of wood and tries to make them hot and he’d come back to me and ask: ‘Do you think it’s getting hot yet?’”

On the last day of camp, Graham says the boy’s mood had changed dramatically.

“Days later that young fella was over the moon, his eyes were bright. He’d had an amazing time.”

Until 18-months ago, the camp at Hunua Ranges was that young man’s first trip away from his hometown as part of Prison Fellowship Tauranga’s Family Care camps, which recently received a $4000 grant from Acorn Foundation.

The Family Care camps offer subsidised camps at the Hunua Ranges, Totara Springs, Raglan and Waihi for children of prisoners to build their and selfesteem. The children chosen are from the Angel Tree Programme, which provides Christmas gifts to prisoners’ children.

The organisation has sponsored a little more than 20 children to attend the camps so far, since they were introduced to the agency almost two years ago.

It’s a life-changing experience for most of these children.

“They’d never get out of town before,” says Graham.

“It’s quite amazing and the effect is quite remarkable. After all, these children haven’t done the crime.”

The Tauranga agency of Prison Fellowship is hosting an information day on September 18 for people, aged 16 to 60-plus, who wish to volunteer at the Family Care camps.

For more information, visit Zoe Hunter www.pfnz.org.nz

Funding boost for young social entrepreneurs Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller is encouraging local youth with bright ideas to apply for a share of the $120,000 Opportunity for Young People fund.

“The funding will be awarded to youth with clever and achievable ideas that will make a social or environmental difference.

“To qualify for support, the applicant must be aged between 12-24 years and have a social enterprise idea they want to make a reality,” Todd says.

The panel will award funding based on the innovation, viability, potential for growth and social impact of the project, while also considering

value for money.

“Young people who solve community problems with innovative and entrepreneurial thinking are well placed for future leadership,” Todd says.

The Opportunities for Young People funding comes from the $2 million Government Youth Enterprise Fund launched in December last year.

Interest for this round of funding must be registered

by October 20, 2015.

More information about the Opportunities for Young People Fund is available at www.myd.govt.nz/ funding/youth-enterprise-initatives-fund.html

Taking care of our water – waste not, want not Bay of Plenty Regional Council manages water allocation – whether it’s used for irrigation, industry, drinking water (municipal supplies) or generating electricity.

This includes water in our streams and underground aquifers. In 2013, nearly two-thirds of our streams and 20 per cent of our aquifers were already allocated above current limits in the western Bay. Future predictions suggest more water is needed to meet the needs of our growing population and economy – one study suggested that

within 50 years water demand in the western Bay would double.

The Regional Council is reviewing its water allocation framework to help manage water sustainability, and has drafted some revised policies and rules for water quantity. Council is seeking feedback on these and on wider water issues before we begin a

more formal process to change the allocation rules in its Water and Land Plan. A consultation process is underway.

You can check out the Bay of Plenty Regional Council website at www.boprc.govt.nz to access factsheets on the process, to see the draft Water Quantity Plan Change, and to find out when public meetings are being held.

If you have any views on this or any other issue, please contact me on neesj@xtra.co.nz or ring me on 07 579-5150.

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Tutor Kevin Sharp helps Vocational Pathway Creative Industries (Level 2) student Georgia Corby.

The first of Tauranga’s newest digital media designers are set to graduate and ACG Yoobee School of Design programme manager Kevin Sharp couldn’t be more proud.

Eighteen students are the first to graduate from the brand new Vocational Pathway Programme (Level 2) that started in April. The programme, targeted at creative 16-19 year olds, is a 24-week course.

It is the perfect introduction to creative industries and covers everything from design principles, graphic design and web design to filmmaking and animation.

It is the first course to be approved in New Zealand that offers a vocational pathway programme into these visionary fields.

“It’s one of the only courses of its kind in the Bay of Plenty. Not many providers offer design foundation programme,” says Kevin.

Kevin says the programme is an exciting

development that would bring big benefits to school leavers in the Bay of Plenty.

“This is a fantastic pathway into further study and employment in the creative industries – until now BOP residents have had to move to Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch to take this step.”

Kevin should know – originally from the UK, and winner of the British Aerospace Gold Award for Innovation, Kevin has spent the last 15 years based in Auckland, inspiring students and leading design companies with his visionary work.

Kevin says the Level 2 programme targets youth keen to find their creative strengths, and offers the opportunity to learn skills from a range of media.

“The design industry has grown massively over the past 15 years, as has the demand for young professional designers. The need for young people to be able to prove their skills with a decent portfolio has never been greater.”

Graduation will be held at ACG Tauranga, Payes Pa, Greg Taipari on Tuesday September 15, at 6pm.

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BEE FRIENDLY There’s an added buzz in the Western Bay this September, as Council gets behind September’s Bee Aware Month with bee-friendly planting.

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We’re one of several local councils contributing to this year’s theme: ‘Feed the Bees’. As many as 30 councils are dedicating a patch of land in their community to a bee-friendly garden – supplying a bee-friendly wildflower seed mixture particularly selected to a ract bees for pollination.

“Supporting the National Bee Association’s Bee Aware Month is something we felt strongly about – and we’re encouraging our communities to do the same.” says Council’s Parks and Reserves Manager Peter Watson.

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A stunning space – built with the community, for the community – to become the heart of Katikati.

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That was the brief two years ago when the idea to revamp Katikati’s Cherry Court was first raised. Several local groups met with Council to discuss the concept of a radiant community hub – a space they could call their own, and contribute to.

Now, it’s complete. The newlook Cherry Court is the result of a successful partnership between Council and the community, an example of a cost-effective collaboration that’s even provided economic development for the town.

SERVICES TO MIGRANTS RECOGNISED This month we were thrilled to recognise one of the Western Bay’s unsung heroes.

Support Network, the award highlights volunteers who help migrants se le in their chosen new home.

Ewa migrated to New Zealand in 1982. She became a member of the Tauranga Regional Ethnic Council in 2004 – before being propelled into the role of President in 2007.

Her work with the organisation has transformed it into a local one-stop shop for migrants – providing a social hub for migrants to meet, learn and enjoy mixing with a diverse range of new people. Its annual Multicultural Festival has grown enormously – now a racting hundreds of people every year.

humble bee. We are known internationally for our kiwifruit and avocados – both of which wouldn’t exist without bees.

Council is working with Te Puke Community Garden to showcase it as a bee-friendly garden. Signs are being put up at the garden to encourage locals to learn more about the importance of bees and how to help them prosper.

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Ewa Fenn’s relentless community focus, optimism to strive for the best, and courage to help others with the difficulties of moving to a new country saw her become the second recipient of the annual Award for Recognition of Services to Migrants in our Community.

The former president of the Tauranga Regional Multicultural Council received the award at a special ceremony at Western Bay of Plenty District Council’s Community Commi ee meeting last week.

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The idea arose from a desire to further beautify the township, says Council’s Strategic Property Manager Blaise Williams.

Furniture was designed by a local community group, the Ginger Group, and constructed by the Katikati Mens’ Shed. A local artist even designed and made the signature cherry tree.

“Cherry Court is a perfect example of how communities can work together, and with Council, to achieve this sort of outcome. What awaits people now is a colourful and exciting space that can be enjoyed by everyone.

“It’s been fantastic to work with the various groups and see them take pride in this project,” says Blaise.

OFF THE LEASH! Just two weeks away is the opening of the off-leash dog exercise area at TECT All Terrain Park.

A hectare of dog-friendly space awaits – offering a social environment for both dogs and owners, and the freedom to play off the lead on open terrain and in the bush.

Interest in the Park’s new feature has been high, and Park Manager Bill Wheeler is confident the exercise area will be a hit.

“Dogs are social creatures just like us, and too o en these days it’s difficult for people to find open spaces where they can take their dogs, off the leash, and have other dogs around. It’s important for dogs to have that interaction, and

it benefits the owners too. We’re looking forward to some organised groups forming to exercise their dogs together.”

Bill says they’ve created a one hectare enclosure, which features some rugged walkways, and open spaces. There area will also have agility equipment and is fenced to keep dogs from straying.

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A ‘Dogs Breakfast’ is planned for Saturday, 26 September to officially open the area. Anyone is welcome to come to the Park at 8am, enjoy a free breakfast and test out the area.

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Arts and crafts vital to learning Art is an important part of a child’s development. Contrary to what some may think, it’s not just about play. Art encourages children to express themselves, and helps them develop academic skills.

Art is also a fantastic way to start conversations, and in small children, it’s an important part of physical development – think of a child learning to hold a pen or use a pair of scissors.

Children can learn about themselves and express their own uniqueness through art. It helps them communicate their emotions and build confidence. Art lets them be creative and gives them an outlet to talk about their world.

It’s great to see Tauranga increasingly embracing the arts and helping its young citizens develop a lifelong love of art. The Hairy Maclary sculptures on the waterfront have been a welcome addition to the city for young and old alike, and will continue

to delight for generations. The artworks take two-dimensional characters and turn them into 3D – and encourage children’s

love of art and reading in the process.

Kids love seeing their favourite characters brought to life.

Tauranga Art Gallery also has a fabulous programme for schools. The gallery hosts a range of educational activities and classes for different age groups, abilities and levels, and has a school visit programme.

ACG Tauranga was recently privileged to be selected to take part in the Time Capsule mural exhibition at the gallery.

The students’ printmaking compositions were inspired by artist Reuben Paterson, and are now hidden away for future generations to discover.

It’s been a hugely rich experience which the students will always remember – and hopefully it’s unlocked their creativity, and given them confidence in their artistic ability.

All families can embrace the arts.

Grab your kids this weekend and take them to the art gallery, followed by a visit to the Hairy Maclary sculptures. You’ll be encouraging a lifelong love of art, and fostering your child’s development.

Casting a line into a hobby for all ages He caught his first fish at age 12 and he’s been hooked on fishing ever since. But Bruce Glass doesn’t fish from a boat – he fishes from the beach.

Bruce, 72, is encouraging fellow fishermen, young and old, to cast their line into a new hobby by joining the new Papamoa Beach Surfcasting Club.

“We’ll be teaching people what equipment to buy, how to set it up, how to cast, how to bait, all of those sorts of things,” says Bruce, who’ll be passing on tips and tricks he’s learned from his 60 years of surfcasting.

“My father was mad keen on fishing,” says Bruce.

Bruce Glass and Mike on the beach to do some surfcasting.

“I started off fishing for eels in the Waihou River in Te Aroha and we used to go fishing up the Thames coast, but in those days it was with hand lines, there weren’t too many people with rods and reels.

“I was about 12-years-old when I got my first snapper on a rod and reel.”

Bruce has been casting his line from the shores of Papamoa Beach for about 20 years.

“I just enjoy it,” says Bruce. “I’m just happy on the beach. People don’t realise just how relaxing and enjoyable it is just by being on the beach. It’s very peaceful.”

There’s plenty of excitement too when a snapper, trevally, kahawai or even a small kingfish tugs on the end of the line.

“Snapper is what I go for, that’s my favourite. I like the snapper flavour, Gurnard are nice too, but they’re a lot harder to catch. They’re not on the beach as frequently as snapper.”

Papamoa Beach Surfcasting Club was launched on August 30 and will hold fortnightly club days for men and women, starting in about two weeks.

“There’s no age limit,” says Bruce. “As long as you’re fit and healthy then there’s no reason why you shouldn’t take it up.”

For more information, or if you’re interested in becoming a member of Papamoa Beach Surfcasting Club, email Bruce at Bruce.Glass@xtra.co.nz

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Stone ground nut butters Brussels a sprouting success

Grinding nuts to make ‘butters’ is an ancient technique to release their nutritional goodness and Tauranga company Vigour & Vitality has combined modern technology with tradition to create a tasty range of spreads.

Hayden Booker says his company uses smooth granite wheels in a modern grinder to reduce almond, Brazil or cashew

nuts to a fine paste before it is sealed in jars.

“It takes around six hours of grinding and this method preserves the flavours and nutrients in a way that using metal blades does not.”

The individual butters made from each kind of nut have a delicate colour and flavours which appeal to different tastes.

The surprising combination of roasted Brussels sprouts, crisp bacon, crunchy apples and fresh mint makes a wonderful salad. This salad keeps well, so it makes a great lunch to bring along to work, as well as a tasty side dish at dinner with grilled or roasted meat or fish.

The recipe comes from the ‘Easy Paleo Snacks Cookbook’.

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3 cups Brussels sprouts, trimmed and halved 1 tablespoon olive oil, plus 1 tablespoon, plus more for drizzling 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 4 strips bacon 1 green apple, cored and thinly sliced 2 tablespoons torn fresh mint leaves 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice

1. Preheat the oven to 220 degrees C. 2. Place the sprouts on a large rimmed baking sheet and toss with 1 tablespoon olive oil and the salt and pepper. Roast, stirring once or twice, for about 20 minutes, until the sprouts begin to turn golden brown and crispy around the edges. Remove from the oven and let cool.

3. Meanwhile, cook the bacon in a medium skillet over mediumhigh heat for about 4 minutes per side, until crisp.

Drain on paper towels and crumble.

4. In a large bowl, toss together the apple, mint, lemon juice, roasted sprouts, and remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil.

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Based on a dietary plan similar to what we may have eaten in the Palaeolithic era (dating back approximately 2.5 million to 10,000 years ago), a paleo diet typically

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A paleo diet limits foods that became common when farming emerged about 10,000 years ago. These foods include dairy products, legumes and grains, as well as refined sugars, salt and potatoes, and processed foods. The diet advocates lean meats, fish, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds.

The aim of a paleo diet is to return to a way of eating that’s more like what early humans ate. The belief is that the human body is better suited to that type of diet than to the modern lifestyle that emerged with farming. Reasons why people go paleo include wanting to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight, or helping plan meals.

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Paleo at a pace: Creating easy meals on the go In everyday life, sugar, gluten and grains are everywhere you turn, so it can be quite hard for those wanting to start the paleo diet to know where to start.

Paleo is about having fresh organic vegetables and a small amount of superfoods, berries, seeds, nuts and fermented vegetables, as well as a half palm-size of grass fed, free range, wild or wildly raised beef, chicken or seafood.

Understanding the difficulties of navigating the paleo diet is why Jemmimah Schicker opened the Paleo Health Shop.

“It’s a one-stop paleo shop that can help you get on the right track,” she says. “You can purchase snacks, spices, coconut yoghurts, pre-prepared paleo meals, grass-fed meat, fermented veggies and organic vegetables all in one place.”

Jemmimah started her Fast Paced

Paleo company nine months ago. She started by making and delivering prepared paleo meals to homes in Tauranga, then later established the health shop in the CBD. All products are made from natural ingredients and are paleo approved. Jemmimah supports the local farmers and small New Zealand businesses that have the same vision as her.

She currently stocks Raglan Coconut Yoghurt, Honest Food Co, Blue Frog Breakfast, Vigour & Vitality, Pure Coco, Clean Paleo, Hunter & Gatherer, Little Bird Organics, Pure Food Kitchen and more.

Jemmimah and her Fast Paced Paleo company are about to release two new lines: dehydrated bone broth and a paleo hot chocolate.

You can purchase all her products and other paleo-approved products in the health shop or online at www.fastpacedpa www.fastpacedpaleo.com

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Fresh, creative ideas for super fruits and veges After months of winter, spring ushers in a new season of fresh, healthy produce to enjoy.

CEO of the New Zealand Nutrition Foundation Sue Pollard says spring’s seasonal produce is full of vitamins and nutrients, essential for good health and wellbeing.

“Fruit and vegetables are affordable, highly nutritious foods that not only taste great but also help to protect against major illnesses, such as heart disease and some cancers.

“Because most fruit and vegetables are low in calories and fill us up, eating plenty of vegetables at meal times has the added bonus of helping with maintaining a healthy weight.”

Here are some great new season examples:

Avocados

Avocados are used as a vegetable, but are technically a fruit.

Highly nutritious, avocados contain

vitamins C, E and B6, folate, dietary fibre and niacin. They are also one of only a few fruit to contain fat, the good type of fat, monounsaturated, which helps lower cholesterol.

Quick recipe ideas One of the best ways to use avocado is to simply mash onto toast, bread or crackers. Add freshly sliced tomato on top with a squeeze of lemon juice for a healthy breakfast or snack.

Mushrooms

Mushrooms are versatile fungi that can be used at breakfast, lunch and dinner. They are a good source of B vitamins, which play a key role in a healthy nervous system.

They also contain potassium an important mineral for healthy growth and development in children.

Quick recipe ideas The ultimate breakfast comfort food has to be mushrooms on toast. Sauté sliced mushrooms with olive oil and garlic. Add a little crème fraiche or light cream and cook until mushrooms are lightly coated.

Season and serve piled onto toast, finish with a sprinkle of freshly chopped parsley.

Mangos

With their sweet, unique flavour, mangos are one of the most popular tropical fruits. Known as the “king of fruits” mangos are a good source of vitamin C and vitamin A.

Quick recipe ideas For a delicious accompaniment to Mexican dishes, get chopping with a mango salsa. Dice green capsicum, mango, spring onions, coriander and tomatoes, and put into a bowl.

For a hit of hotness, add finely chopped chilli.

Squeeze over lime juice, season to taste and mix.

Serve on the side at your next Mexican feast.

Pineapples

Grown in the tropics, pineapples are a sweet, juicy, fragrant fruit that comes in a number of varieties.

Pineapples contain bromelin, which breaks down protein, making them great in marinades or for tenderising meat or fish.

They are also a good source of vitamin C, which helps support your immune system.

Quick recipe ideas Eat pineapples raw in salsas, desserts and sweet or savoury salads. Add bright colour and natural sweetness to your next roast kumara dish by simply tossing together peeled and cut kumara and fresh pineapple pieces with olive oil and seasoning.

Roast until tender.

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A sizzling third place for star Otumoetai duo regional kitchen cook-off in the national culinary challenge at Waikato Institute of Technology on August 28.

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

For their main dish they created a tender date and cranberrystuffed chicken roulade, Otumoetai College student Laura Blair, accompanied with pommes boulangere, City & Guilds’ Glenn Fulcher, Head of Food Technology Lauren May, head judge chicken crackle and fresh baby vegetables, Mark Wylie and Micah Winiata.

Otumoetai College chef duo Laura Blair and Micah Winiata have earned third place in the final of the National Secondary Schools Culinary Challenge.

The Year 13 food technology students went head-to-head with fellow student chefs in a live

served with a creamy au vin blanc.

“They worked like a well-oiled machine,” says Lauren.

“They demonstrated outstanding teamwork skills and anticipated each other’s movements to ensure all steps were executed superbly.”

Sadly, the duo’s chilled jelly for their entrée didn’t set due to the fridge door being opened and closed too many times.

“All 10 groups used the same fridge, so you can imagine how many times it was opened in the 90-minute period!” says Lauren.

But she says their hard work and dedication throughout the year is a credit to them.

“I’m so proud of their efforts and all they have achieved.”

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Plane & simple: Introducing North Shore Air North Shore Air at Tauranga airport.

From left, CEO Peter Newman, chief pilot Darryl Williamson and pilot Andrew Underwood.

Air travel to the North Shore and Bay of Islands is about to get far more convenient for those who travel to visit friends and family, or work in Auckland CBD, the North Shore, Hibiscus Coast, and Rodney districts.

North Shore Air is about to begin operating scheduled daily flights between North Shore, Tauranga and Kerikeri from their terminal hub at North Shore’s airport at Dairy Flat.

An early morning and late afternoon flight will be scheduled from Tauranga to North Shore and back, to start with, with one mid-morning return flight from North Shore to Kerikeri in

between.

The flight in both directions only takes 40 minutes by air, giving passengers more time to spend at the destinations.

The aircraft are twin engine 10-seat Piper Chieftain and an eight-seat Piper Navajo.

A shuttle coach service will provide passengers with an express transit along the northern busway between Dairy Flat and the Auckland CBD. People conducting business or visiting friends and family north of the harbour bridge will find the Dairy Flat hub a far more convenient alternative than flying into Auckland’s airport at Manukau and driving, a journey that can take up to two hours

itself in peak hour traffic.

Those who fly with North Shore Air will enjoy the personalised experience that a small airline can offer, with friendly service from a dedicated team of experienced individuals and fantastic views out the large windows of aircraft that are able to cruise a few thousand feet lower than other domestic airliners.

North Shore Air also offers charter flights to other areas of the country. Information on fares is on the website at www.northshoreair.co.nz or call the team on 0800 229 862.

Compac expands to Papamoa; celebrates success Compac, an international leader in the design and manufacture of produce sorting machinery, is celebrating the opening of its new Papamoa premises with a shed party, harking back to its origins in a Te Puke basement 30 years ago.

Compac was started by Hamish Kennedy, the son of a kiwifruit orchardist. He saw the industry lacked a fruit sorting machine, combining mechanical, electrical and optical technologies that would be faster and more accurate than conventional fruit grading machines available at the time.

He was completing a Master’s degree in electrical engineering and decided to build one, turning a uni project into a global business.

The party at the Papamoa site on Monday, September 14, celebrating the opening of Compac’s kiwifruit centre of excellence.

“We’re kind of restructuring our business,” says manager Craig Hart. “We went through this process in the past of trying Manager to centralise a lot Craig Hart. more resource in Auckland to service the world, but we have finally come to the realisation that it’s not very scalable.

“Now we are going the other way and trying to decentralise and put more people in market.

So that’s what this is all about, to have centres of excellence around the world. That’s what we are aiming to do.”

They outgrew the Te Puke office and doubled the local employee base with the move from 15 to 32.

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to be how Compac does things on a world-wide scale.

“The flip side is 95 per cent of our work in the Bay of Plenty is for the local market,’ says Craig.

Compac supplies sorting lines to about 85 per cent of the New Zealand kiwifruit industry. While they only have 30-40 customers in the Bay of Plenty, they are no longer the small orchard packhouses. They are the big players such as EastPack, Seeka, Trevelyan’s and Apata.

With Bay of Plenty MP and former Apata CEO Todd Muller as guest speaker, about 70-80 of his former colleagues and competitors in the industry are among the guests who will be celebrating in the workshop on Monday.

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The right language when it comes to law When it comes to sitting down with a lawyer for the first time, there’s often a few moments of head scratching and blank looks – and that’s for those of us who can speak English.

As Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty’s population continues to boom and diversify, one Tauranga-based law Nicole Wong firm is being proactive presents an about offering legal approachable services catering for face for these needs – specifically multicultural the Asian community.

Harris Tate Lawyers Tauranga. have recently acquired the services of solicitor Nicole Wong from Christchurch, giving it a cultural point of difference.

Born in Malaysia, before moving to New Zealand in 2003 with her family, Nicole is fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Malay, Indonesian and Hakka. Graduated from the University of Canterbury in 2013 – with a Law degree and Commerce degree – she specialises in conveyancing, immigration and commercial matters.

Nicole says when it comes to legal advice it’s vital the client thoroughly understands the legal process and the information being laid out in front of them, something the language barrier has hindered in the past.

So that’s part of her job, to break down these barriers,

with the added ability of covering all bases – language, legal advice and any cultural sensitivities.

“I think it is about explaining the legal procedures and communicating clearly with the Chinese clients, and guiding them through the process so they understand what they are dealing with,” says Nicole.

“Some may go to a referral and due to the language barrier they might ask a friend to interpret for them.

However, the interpreter may not have sufficient legal background which may lead to a breakdown in knowledge there.”

Aligning herself with the Bay of Plenty Chinese Business & Commerce Association early on, Nicole has been helping spread the message at conferences and informal meetings.

According to Multicultural Tauranga, the Western Bay of Plenty and Tauranga have become one of New Zealand’s popular areas for migrants to settle.

Tauranga’s population grew by 1900 to 121,700 during the year ending June 30, 2014.

Net migration was the biggest factor, boosting the population by 1300 – and with no signs of slowing.

Harris Tate director David Foster says Nicole is an invaluable asset to the law firm providing advice to individuals and businesses that trade in Asian markets

Food (money) for thought – control your bill Grocery shopping is the type of shopping we can all happily do in the knowledge that we all need food. What we spend on groceries depends on our income, how many we’re feeding and, of course, taste.

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and also to the local Asian community.

“We are delighted to have Nicole join the team.

We found from people involved with the Asian community that there was no lawyer here offering them support, so we got the very best in New Zealand.”

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Havana heaven! Escape to the Caribbean Trapped in a time warp as a result of the Cuban revolution in 1959, there is nowhere else like Cuba. The embargo has been lifted, so now is the time to visit before the old Cuba is gone forever!

World Journeys two-week Castro’s Cuba journey visits seven UNESCO World Heritage sites, including the great historic cities of Havana and Santiago de Cuba, where 1950s Chevys cruise past in a range of vivid colours; a contrast to the pastel hued architecture of smaller colonial gems such as Trinidad and Camaguey.

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at a beautiful beach resort, and of course the opportunity to just sit back and sip a mojito under the warm Caribbean night sky.

Cuba’s stunning natural beauty and fascinating history is only outshone by its people, incredibly warm and friendly, opening up their country and their hearts to visitors.

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To insure, to insure: Top claims for travel insurance When it comes to travel disasters, insurers have heard their fair share of horror stories.

In the first half of this year, AA received 13 claims of personal

items being stolen by monkeys, two cases of false teeth falling overboard after bouts of seasickness, and one set flushed down the toilet, but what’s most interesting is the number of claims coming through on domestic travel.

AA Traveller marketing manager Jodie Fitzgerald says domestic travel insurance is increasing in popularity with more than 100 claims on cancellation fees and lost deposits, and almost 200 claims on lost luggage and personal effects during travel within New Zealand alone.

“Domestic travel and tourism is one of our biggest industries injecting $36.7 million a day into the economy, and as more people choose to travel within New Zealand, domestic travel insurance sales have also increased,” says Jodie.

Recent AA Traveller research found more than 80 per cent of respondents planned to go on a trip in New Zealand within the next 12 months.

“Our research also indicates that when it

comes to domestic travel most people prefer a planned approach as opposed to opting for a turn up and hope for the best attitude.”

Almost 70 per cent of people said they booked their accommodation a few weeks before travelling domestically and most actively looked up reviews for places to stay (75 per cent), restaurants and cafes to dine at (60 per cent) and Must Do’s (60 per cent).

“Traditionally there has been a perception that New Zealand travellers tend not to be planners with a ‘she’ll be right’ attitude, but the research shows most of us play it safe and book accommodation and activities in advance. The rise in people buying domestic travel insurance complements that mind set,” Jodie adds.

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Explore the great outdoors

Whether you are looking for that ďŹ rst motorhome or caravan, checking out tents and camping accessories, boats or kayaks or updating your ďŹ shing gear, everything you need for action and adventure is at the Great NZ Outdoor and Leisure Show. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are thrilled to have so much to see and do at our show,â&#x20AC;? says event manager Michele Connell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Exhibitors representing everything outdoors showcasing their products and services, on-site free rally, our

Interactive Fun Zone and the MCD Seminar Series â&#x20AC;&#x201C; you can really make a weekend of it.â&#x20AC;?

There is so much to do: have some good old-fashioned fun outside, near the Food Court, in the Interactive Fun Zone,

enjoy a game of swing ball, pĂŠtanque, giant Jenga and gutter ball.

Or, throw on giant bubbles and bump, roll and ďŹ&#x201A;ip while trying to score a goal with Bumper Balls, a game of minimum rules, maximum fun. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Plus, this year weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re proud to partner with the Papamoa Surf Life Saving Club. They will be at the show educating on water safety, raising funds and awareness and having a lot of fun,â&#x20AC;? says Michele.

Kiwis have a passion for the outdoors and all it has to offer, so come along and you could win thanks to Tauranga Tasting Tours. Simply ďŹ ll in a competition slip at the show entry and you are in the draw for a lunch and tour at Vilagrad Winery for 10 people, with transport included.

The Great NZ Outdoor and Leisure Show is at ASB Baypark Arena, Mt Maunganui, from September 19-20; 9am-4pm.

Entry is $12.

Journey with purpose: One coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life-changing experience On September 26, Kaz is hosting another fundraising concert to raise funds for World Vision Malawi, which will help to rebuild the village of Onga.

A new bike has most likely featured The concerts raise funds for World on every boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Christmas list at some Vision to help rebuild the southern point, but it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t until just before Malawi village in Mikolongwe. his 20th birthday that Malawian-born So far, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve helped to purchase a Patrick Kachiswe received his. bicycle ambulance and the repair of Patrick was gifted his ďŹ rst mountain two water pumps at the health centre, bike as a parting gift from Kaz and which hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had running water for husband Brendon, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been several years. sponsoring Patrick for a little more than 10 years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was absolutely The chief of the village accepting their blown away by this gift as to own a bicycle gift of the bicycle means a huge amount ambulance. to people living in rural areas,â&#x20AC;? says Kaz. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He will now be able to travel into the city of Blantyre, which is only about 40kms away but he has never visited before.â&#x20AC;?

It only costs $5 to go to Kaz Weatherleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual fundraising concerts. But what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re helping to fund is priceless.

The Tauranga couple visited Patrick at Mikolongwe last April for the last time, as World Vision withdraws from 17 years of work and support to rebuild the village. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re so proud to have been a part of the amazing work thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gone on there,â&#x20AC;? says Kaz. The 2015 fundraising concert â&#x20AC;&#x201C; An Afternoon in Africa â&#x20AC;&#x201C; is at City Church on Otumoetai Rd on September 26 from 2.30pm.

Tickets cost $5 from the door, with all funds will going to World Vision Malawi. Eftpos is available.

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John Blythe Rich Esme Dean, Gr ard Somerfield, ah Winters, Joan Ke m Kehely, George hely and Mark Dean.

Oropi’s million-dollar makeover It’s been a long time coming, but Oropi Hall’s $2 million-dollar makeover can finally begin.

The funds are in for the proposed upgrade of the time-worn community hall on Oropi Rd, thanks to a combined $1.2 million grant from charities such as Lotto NZ, TECT, The Lion Foundation and NZ Community Trust.

The Oropi Settlers Association Inc, operating as the Oropi Hall Committee, is undertaking the upgrade, which will see the hall become the Oropi Memorial Hall and Community Centre.

Committee chairman Richard

Somerfield says the proposal to refurbish the 1953-built hall was put forward about four years ago.

Long story short, there were district consultation meetings with Western Bay of Plenty District Council, a floor plan was put forward and the community set off trying to raise funds for the first two redevelopment stages in 2013.

Two years on, a new footpath, planned by WBOPDC, connecting Oropi School and the memorial hall has been completed and a contractor has been appointed to begin the first two stages. These include a larger stage, a new meeting room, additions to the playgroup space and an indoor/outdoor

flow. Stage three and four include two indoor squash courts and a new multipurpose fitness room.

“In the meantime volunteers from the district have been stripping the interior of the hall and there’s not much left inside now,” says Richard. “We’re all so excited about it. It kind of makes it all worthwhile.

It’s going to be re-modernised and made into more of a community centre, so we’ve got something there for people of all ages.”

But some things are best left unchanged.

For 62 years, Richard’s been playing indoor bowls at the memorial hall, which he says has the best floor in town.

So the floor is staying put.

“It’s a matai floor which was given when the hall was built.

There’s not many bowling floors in Tauranga like it.”

The aim of the proposed upgrade is to create a modern facility to be used by a number of community groups at the same time and to

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cater for a growing district.

The committee held a ‘New Beginning Ceremony’ to celebrate the start of the redevelopment.

The WWI and WWII plaques were removed from the outside of the building to mark the beginning of the project and they’ll be replaced with brand new ones displayed inside of the hall once the upgrade is complete. Richard’s hoping the new Oropi Memorial Hall and Community Centre will be a popular, affordable wedding venue once it’s finished.

Photo chin Moana Bian Photography.

Zoe Hunter

For Sale: Tauranga social housing There are 1257 state-owned properties in Tauranga ready to be sold off to the highest bidder as part of a government pilot programme aiming at selling off more state-owned assets.

Roughly 65 per cent of these state-owned houses are occupied by single parents and elderly, which are among our most vulnerable.

Caring for these people is not to be palmed off to foreign corporations in the hopes that they will fulfil the state’s role.

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China, Australia or any other country to carve up New Zealand.

Whatever decisions the government is planning to make needs to be communicated honestly and with finality. The government has released what they are calling a final memorandum on the transfer of state housing in Tauranga and the first page is a 662-word disclaimer basically stating that the government is not bound to do any of the things the document goes on to say it will do.

Foreign ownership of statehousing is exactly what we will have, as two Australian companies eye up the state’s housing portfolio.

Whatever their merits, placing essential state services in the hands of corporations is dangerous, and giving away state assets is irresponsible. We cannot allow Read this column in full at www.sunlive.co.nz

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Blinding success for Bay business Bay Blinds turns 25 this year, but for factory production manager Wayne Keith it all began 15 years ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was invited to assist Bay Blinds in a big project because of my skill and knowledge involving roller blinds,â&#x20AC;? he says â&#x20AC;&#x153;and it worked out so well that I stayed on.â&#x20AC;?

Wayneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role involves the management and co-ordination of more than 20 staff in six separate production areas. He says the process of making blinds is far more automated than it was when he ďŹ rst started. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We continually review our systems to facilitate the optimum production in a safe work environment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our factory philosophy is that we make blinds that look good, that work

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well and in good time. I enjoy being part of a close knit team that make a darn good product.â&#x20AC;?

Through his 15-plus years longterm involvement in Otumoetai soccer, Wayne is well known in the region, having coached the senior mens team and is still involved in assisting and advising coaches today.

Bay Blinds make a huge range of roller, venetian, vertical, wooden, holland, creation and automated blinds from their factory in Maleme Street, Greerton.

In their 25 years of business, Bay Blinds have become a household name. They offer the best value locally made blinds in the Bay and celebrate 25 successful years this year.

See the entire range at Bay Blinds new showroom in Maleme Street open Mon-Fri, 8am-4.30pm.

all year round Young apprentice takes regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top spot Entertain ARCHGOLA AWNINGS HELP YOU MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR

Building apprentice Jamie company which involves running Russell has been named the Bay of sites and managing labourers. I am Plenty Regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Registered Master actively involved in working with Builders Carters 2015 Apprentice other tradesmen to solve problems of the Year. that may not be crystal clear on The 22-year-old trained the plans.â&#x20AC;? through the Building and The judgesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; comments Construction Training were that Jamie has superb Organisation and works for industry knowledge and Skilled Building Solutions. communication.

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Tauranga-resident Jamie was awarded a range of tools, $2000 to spend at Carters, and a spot at an Outward Bound Course.

Second place in the region was awarded to Joshua Benjamin, 19 from Tauranga and employed by McMillan & Lockwood. Liam Stjernqvist, 21 from Taupo and employed by Bayline Construction, was awarded third place.

RMBA Chief Executive David Kelly says the outstanding group of contenders this year reďŹ&#x201A;ects a real commitment from the construction industry to apprenticeships.

Jamie will now compete against the winners from the other nine regions around the country at the national competition in Auckland, on October 8-9.

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Change ahead for licensed building practitioners It been three years now since occupational licensing was introduced into the design and construction of residential building work.

This meant the high-risk work of weathertightness and structural elements now has to be installed or supervised by a Licensed Building Practitioner.

There are six areas of practice design, carpentry incorporating site [supervision], brick and block, rooďŹ ng, external plastering and foundation.

Continuing to upskill and keep ahead of changes with design and build is an important aspect

of the scheme. This component is called Skills Maintenance and will be changing for Practitioners on November 2.

Skills Maintenance will become site relevant with what is called a mix model approach. This will beneďŹ t practical learning styles of practitioners who face many challenges with each designing and build project, overcoming these challenges

carry great learning opportunities.

With support from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, CertiďŹ ed Builders Association will be delivering over 40 free seminars around New Zealand, September through to the end of November.

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a building practitioner then I invite you to join us at our Tauranga event, held at the Mount Ocean & Sports Club at 7pm on September 29. No need to register. For more information on this seminar please visit www.certiďŹ ed.co.nz

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Making your house a home Highmark Homes is a family business that has been in operation for 50 years.

The team at Highmark believe homes are where dreams are made, and your home will be one of the largest investments

you make in your lifetime. So, trusting your builder is a priority, especially in the current market where development is fastgrowing and buoyant.

General manager Ryan Hunt says, “We can help to identify a suitable section and together with our customer create a home that

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suits their lifestyle.”

Highmark Homes also provide no obligation site visits if you have already purchased land and are looking for a builder.

Sales consultant Alan Hulme says Highmark Homes has an exclusive rent-free offer that helps new home buyers achieve their goal of a new build without the struggle of paying both rent and a mortgage for 16 weeks during the build.

“We have a strong ethos around customer service and work alongside our customer to remove any barriers to achieving their vision of a new home that fits their lifestyle and budget.”

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Who will be the Bay’s ‘Biggest Loser’?

Body transformation specialist Mark Woodgate. Photo: Bruce Barnard.

Residents of the Bay of Plenty will have the opportunity to completely transform themselves, thanks to the Biggest Loser 12-Week Challenge.

Created by Oceanblue’s body transformation specialist, Mark Woodgate, the challenge will enable participants to lose up to 1kg per week and look amazing for summer.

According to Mark, there’s so much confusion about the best way to go about losing weight.

“Many people lose weight with commercial weightloss programmes. However it’s often short lived.

Severely restricting calories and even entire food groups is not the way to lose weight – at least not in a healthy sustainable way.

“Most people who go on diets, regain the weight they lose, and more. And as our belt buckle sizes continue to increase, so does our risk of diabetes,

heart disease and other chronic health conditions.”

“The Biggest Loser Challenge is very different, as it encourages healthy eating and exercise habits that can be continued for a lifetime.”

The challenge can be accessed online and includes gym and home-based exercise programmes, videos, sample nutrition plans and delicious recipes, motivational emails and much more.

Participants also have the option to enter the weight loss competition with weekly weigh-ins at Oceanblue Health Club in Papamoa or Aspire Health & Sports in Bethlehem.

This year there are thousands of dollars in prizes up for grabs, thanks to some very generous local sponsors. Initial weigh-ins for the competition commence Monday, September 14, and the official start date of the Biggest Loser 12 Week Challenge is Monday, September 21.

To register, visit www.bodyblueprint.co.nz

Baseball continues to grow in Tauranga Baseball – it’s the great American pastime and it could soon be one here in Tauranga if Richard Gilligan has anything to do with it.

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and Cooper Hutchinson all in the semi-professional leagues or on baseball scholarships in the US. Richard says Tauranga was one of the first cities, outside of the main centres, looking to start a baseball league.

Baseball New Zealand chief The Tauranga City Baseball executive Ryan Club founder is busy along Flynn says in the with other club members last five years preparing for their family player numbers open day at Gordon Spratt have jumped Reserve, Papamoa on from 600 Sunday, September 13. to 6000 and Since forming the club in Tauranga City Baseball Club founders Shane Woolley three clubs May this year, the club has and Richard Gilligan. have turned been calling for expressions into 18 nationwide. contest with radar guns and a of interest in the sport. Richard He says the statistics have longest hit contest and all of that says they have had more than 60 Baseball NZ buoyed in becoming type of stuff.” people respond and so the club are an international powerhouse, Richard says the popularity of now holding the open day to show despite feeding off less resources the sport was growing in Tauranga what the sport has to offer. than rugby, cricket and the likes. because there were a number of “We’ve got New Zealand For more information on ex-pat Americans who were keen baseball players coming down to registering for baseball contact to get their children involved in do exhibition hitting and have TaurangaCityBaseball@gmail.com the sport. competitions with a lot of kids Baseball has gathered momentum or visit Tauranga City Baseball in baseball gear.

Club on Facebook. recently with Kiwis the likes of “We’ll have a social round of Greg Taipari baseball, we’ve got a speed pitching Daniel Bradley, Ben Thompson

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health & beaut y Tangerine extract for your heart Last week we introduced the health benefits of tangerine skin extract called PMFs .These may well be one of the most important supplement ingredients for your heart.

Cholesterol trapped in the walls of arteries becomes dangerous once oxidised.

Immune cells ‘gobble’ up the oxidised cholesterol but this accumulates until the cell is full of oxidised cholesterol.

This is the first step in forming artery plaques.

PMFs are potent antioxidants

to reduce cholesterol oxidation.

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 LDL and HDL cholesterol.

These PMFs then help remove oxidised cholesterol and use this as a source of energy for your body.

They are more effective when combined with a form of vitamin E from palm fruit.

Statin cholesterol medications are very effective at blocking the liver enzymes that make

cholesterol. However, there are a large group who cannot tolerate statin side effects especially muscle pain and low energy. There are only a few manufacturers that use PMFs in supplements.

My favourite is a 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 can be taken with most medications.

For those who prefer natural methods to balance cholesterol, I recommend a diet high in soluble fibre, low in sugars, refined grains and some saturated fats. We then include a three-month trial of the natural cholesterol balancing supplement followed with a new cholesterol test.

Give me a call if you need further information. Join my full weekly newsletter at www.abundant.co.nz John Arts is a qualified nutritional medicine practitioner and founder of Abundant Health.

Contact John on 0800 423 559. To read more go to www.sunlive.co.nz

Protecting little ones from poison and potions Safekids Aotearoa is advocating for child-resistant packaging and free access to child-resistant caps on medications following the recent release of a document called ‘Child Poisoning Prevention’.

The document identifies Ministry of Health data that shows a total of 2499 children aged zero-14 were hospitalised due to a poisoning-related injury in New Zealand between 2006 and 2013.

The majority – about 81 per cent – of poisoning events happened in a home environment with boys, while 72 per cent of poison-related admissions were due to medications and children under five accounted for 82.5 per cent of all hospitalisations.

Safekids Aotearoa director Ann Weaver says children under five years old are naturally inquisitive “and learning by exploring their environment is an important part of a child’s development”.

“Children aged zero to 14 years are too young to differentiate between safe and unsafe products.

Children rely on adults to ensure their safety and wellbeing,” says Ann. Safekids Aotearoa is the national child injury prevention service and a service of Starship Children’s Health, and is funded by the Minister of Health.

The organisation will use the position paper to advocate for child resistant packaging, free access to child resistant caps on medications and as an education strategy.

Highlights from the document have been published in infographic format to create awareness about the mistakes people can make identifying the difference cleaning products and medications.

The infographic shows how easy it is for children to confuse medicines with food. It presents figures on causes and routes to exposure and lists the top 10 substances as reported to the National Poisons Centre.

The acronym SAFE is also being introduced to convey the safety messages.

Store all medicines, chemicals and cleaners in their original container and lock them in cupboards up high and out of sight.

Ask your pharmacist for safety caps on medicines – there may be a small cost.

Follow the dose instructions from your doctor or pharmacist when

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giving medicine to children.

Ensure you read and follow safety instructions on medicines, chemicals and cleaners.

And if you suspect your child has swallowed a poison, contact the National Poison Centre 0800 POISON or 0800 764766.

The position paper and infographic can be downloaded for free from www.safekids.nz

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Hair loss clinic expands into the Bay Raj and Claudia Sidhu left Germany for New Zealand, searching for a better lifestyle – and they found it in Christchurch.

But the devastation of the Canterbury Earthquake in younger women. forced the family, their business and their staff to Treatment at SRS Hair Clinic begins relocate and re-establish in Auckland. with a hair analysis consultation to Their business – SRS Hair Clinic – is thriving again determine the specific causes. Two and expanding, with new clinics in the Waikato and microscopes examine the patient’s the Bay of Plenty. The business now employs four hair follicles and scalp, followed consultants and a total of 10 staff. by a patient interview about SRS Hair Clinic’s scientific methods and natural genetic and lifestyle issues. Once treatments are currently achieving results for a treatment programme begins, thousands of clients seeking to reduce hair loss progress is monitored and and restore hair growth. measured every three months.

The Bay of Plenty clinic has opened at the SRS Clinics have successfully Grace Hospital Consulting Rooms in Tauranga. treated hair loss for 30 years.

It provides hair loss treatment for men and Raj’s medical training and women, and also treats children with alopecia research into natural remedies led areata.

SRS to develop and manufacture a SRS Hair Clinic founder Dr Raj Sidhu range of healthy hair tonics that says while hair loss has traditionally been clean out and restore the hair considered a male follicles, then nourish the hair. problem, it is a They reduce the effects of the growing problem hormone dihydrotestosterone among women (DHT) which leads to Quality manager Claudia Sidhu with daughter and is increasing progressive hair loss. and production manager Raissa.

Finding solace through support Grief, in all its forms, affects many of us and in a myriad of different ways.

That’s why it’s always good to have a reassuring voice to guide us through.

A motivational seminar,

way we process grief hosted by Kiwi woman and how it affects Rachel Callander, will your life. captivate, inspire and “In July, Rachel was help you through the a keynote speaker at tough times – be it a symposium for 100 struggling with the medical professionals passing of a loved in Dunedin, who one, job loss, financial publicly announced struggles or the end of that Rachel’s a relationship. presentation Rachel knows first‘should be hand how tough it can compulsory viewing be coping with grief, for all medical as she lost her fourpractitioners’.” year-old daughter Evie This session will to a rare chromosomal Speaker Rachel Callander. also be of value to condition. anyone in the health But as time went on, care or disability sector, counsellors, she became aware of how both love and teachers and parents. loss are parts of life, and is now helping ‘Life, Love and Awesomeness’ is others come to terms with their own being held at Holy Trinity Church battles. on September 23, at 7-8.30pm.

Event organiser and Waipuna Hospice Tickets are $20 and available fundraising manager Trish Rae says by calling 07 552 4380 Rachel’s message is one of acceptance, or visit waipuna-hospice.co.nz hope and inclusion. Rachel looks at the

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Ministry puts tight leash on potential GP jumpers such thing as a free lunch”.

From the start of August the government’s extension of the ‘zero fees’ scheme for under-sixes kicked in, meaning all children under 13 are now eligible for free general practice visits, both during the day and after-hours.

Ross says the under-13 funding is based on historic utilisation that indicates this age group have an average of 1.8 consultations per year.

The government is funding practitioners for exactly two subsidised consultations per child per year.

Any more than that per year are provided by the doctor with no extra payment, writes Ross.

“Being free sometimes encourages parents to over-access a service with considerable financial jeopardy for doctor’s practices,” he explains in his letter.

“This has already happened with the free under-six Western Bay of Plenty Primary Health Organisation chief executive programme where some families have taken their youngsters Roger Taylor is yet to hear of from one doctor to another, ‘practice jumping’ in the city. running up thousands of dollars

Rumours of parents making the most of subsidised GP rates for their children by ‘practice jumping’ between medical centres across town are yet to make it onto the Western Bay’s Primary Health Organisation’s radar.

Instead, this is far from the mark with very strict rules in place to prevent such instances, say the organisation.

The remarks follow Cameron Road Medical Centre’s Dr Ross Ogle, in a letter sent to SunMedia, explaining that while organisations such as the Government and PHO are welcoming the rollout of free consultations for all under 13s “there is no

in offset payments for their own GP.” Western Bay of Plenty Primary Health Organisation chief executive Roger Taylor admits the PHO is aware of such a phenomenon, adding there is a level of difficulty and cost associated with this activity.

When registered at one practice those who visit another will then be charged a higher rate due to not being enrolled and unable to gain the capitation rate – a patient fees subsidy – causing the consultation cost to usually a jump from about $40 to $70.

“It’s very hard to move from practice to practice because if I was to go to another practice that practice can’t enrol me unless they are satisfied I intend to use that practice as the ongoing practice,” says Roger.

“There are very strict rules around this which are designed to prevent people ‘practice jumping’.”

Roger says standard utilisation rates are based upon a national calculation regarding which groupings of people, split into age brackets and gender, visit the GP the most.

It also important to note the level of capitation, or subsidy the practice receives from the Government, depends on the differences in these averages –

say between how often a six-year-old boy visits a GP compared to a 65-year-old woman.

“Whilst a number of, say, under six-year-olds might visit their doctors more than what the average utilisation is, it may mean a whole lot if others don’t,” says Roger.

“So yes we can sit here and think of a patient or two who visit more often, but unfortunately what is forgotten is the average – and we don’t hear the account of all the people that don’t visit.

So it’s important that the average utilisation rate finds its way in.”

The Weekend Sun was unable to contact Ross Ogle following his comments made in the letter.

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Breast cancer appeal needs local volunteers at more than 1000 collection The NZ Breast Cancer Foundation points, covering New Zealand is enlisting locals to help with its top to bottom.

Pink Ribbon Street Appeal on Friday Volunteers’ efforts will October 9 and Saturday October 10. fund research into new “Give two hours” is the plea – targeted treatments and volunteers might choose to sign clinical trials, support for up for just their own two-hour women going through stint on the street, or to rope breast cancer, medical in friends, workmates or equipment for our hospitals, a community group to and life-saving awareness cover several hours. and education programmes NZBCF ambassadors around the importance of Jacqueline Nairn (who mammograms for early plays nurse Wendy Cooper detection. on ‘Shortland Street’) and “The Pink Ribbon Appeal broadcaster Jude Dobson funds a large chunk of our are fronting the call for ‘Shortland Street’ star work, so there’s a direct volunteers to join the Jacqueline Nairn is a pink link between the time 9000-strong “pink army” people give on the street of collectors raising money ribbon ambassador.

and our ability to fund research, treatments and education programmes,” says chief executive of the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation Van Henderson.

“If you can help, please get in touch with us now.”

To volunteer for the Pink Ribbon Street Appeal, visit www.pinkribbon volunteer.co.nz or phone 0508 105 105.

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The danger is close to home The financial world seems to be in a state of panic at the moment as a result of the turndown in China.

As far as Britain is concerned, trade with China represents quite a small segment so things are not quite as serious worldwide as the markets believe.

China’s economy is changing for all sorts of reasons – one of them is because the government can no longer indulge in printing money and inflating the cost of housing.

If China’s economy improves by five per cent, it will add something the size of, say, Belgium’s economy to the world economy so New Zealand shouldn’t panic.

China doesn’t have to grow very

much to make a big difference.

If we don’t panic and lose all our money, things will settle down soon. Our major concern should be house prices in Auckland.

NZ’s government is blind to what that can do to the economy if too large a correction takes place and the banks collapse.

Key and his cronies will have allowed, and maybe one could say caused, the collapse of the NZ economy by not taking steps to stem the heat of those house prices if a large correction takes place.

Lowering the cash rate was the most stupid thing anyone could have done because that made easier for the investor to borrow even

more money for less and so pay more for a house in Auckland, so add heat to the spiralling house price. Any correction should have been left to the falling dollar.

A Bourne, Tauranga

Steering readers in the right direction Thanks to D Parrot for his reasoned and sensible response to my letter, and to the many people who contacted me, either to support my view (most) or to gain more background facts (‘Museum getting nowhere fast’, August 28).

A brickbat to R Bailey, who clearly has no idea about what the Museum Steering Group actually did, or what it discovered and what it proposed, despite us putting up a website to keep people informed at the time.

The Steering Group identified and evaluated 17 potential sites, and its proposal to council short listed three, with the preferred site Cliff Road – the only site actively supported by tangata whenua, who provided

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an architectural design for the site in addition to that from the Steering Group itself. Both designs allowed for bus parks to bring paying visitors in from cruise ships, not to mention class-loads of school students.

The Steering Group also identified that a Trust could build the museum, and identified where the funds for that might come from. But you can’t ask for those funds until you have a confirmed site and council agreement.

Its recommendation to council was that if council donated the land (which it owns) and a resource consent, that would allow a Museum Trust to get on with securing the money to begin construction, which was proposed to be modular so that it could be funded and built in stages.

I note building costs four to five years ago were significantly cheaper than now. The Steering Group in its proposal to council noted that the only contribution over and above that required from ratepayers would be no more than the current amount spent on storing the collection, which next to nobody can see and enjoy.

Unless something has changed, that amounts to more than $2 million in the past five years.

The Group also viewed the collection, and it is disappointing to read comments from some who claim (without seeing it) that the collection is mostly rubbish.

A small bunch of red roses to R Bailey for at least having the intestinal fortitude to write a letter and actually sign it – unlike those on SunLive’s comments who prefer to hide away behind a pseudonym so that nobody can tell who the heck they are!

Frankly, I reckon that’s rubbish too!

G Purches, Tauranga

Song comp hits sour note It was great to listen to the 15 finalists of the Te Puke Highway Song Contest at Jubilee Park on August 28. There was an amazing range of talent and styles, including a local school class, as well as bands or individuals.

What a great idea to celebrate the new road and local community! It was a pretty cool prize to go to Route 66, if you were the original composer.

What disappointed many of us in the audience was that the winner had submitted an unfinished audio piece submitted prior, botched his on-stage performance and muddled a “sort-of ” encore.

This led me to investigate, why him? Well, I guess it was cute and commercial, but unfinished. Hold-on – the school group were criticised for “unfinished”?

He maybe lived locally – no, he last visited 25 years ago. Maybe his audio submission was done beautifully a while ago and he forgot it? No, he admits to needing to complete the lyrics soon.

Surely it can’t be because he’s well known as the Brown Wiggle? Also he surely wouldn’t work for the same company that promoted the event (MediaWorks)?

No, I am sure the judges considered these ethical points and deliberated carefully, but why didn’t we feel that pleased? His pathetic applause at the end of the event sums up how I feel about the Te Puke Economic Development Group outcome.

No offense, Robert Rakete, but you really didn’t deserve to win.

V Hill, Te Puke

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Perhaps it’s time we brought one of the city’s main features into play – its harbour sights and water views.

It’s not rocket science. It’s what all the big towns are doing. Wellington, Auckland, both bringing the water back into view.

They’ll pay a small fortune to live with a water view, it makes sense to have it as part of the city sights.

And while we’re at it, how about a decent one way traffic system so it’s easy to get around.

Let’s use this ‘once in a lifetime opportunity’ to create a stunning city centre for Tauranga into the 21st century.

Now’s good!

G Martin, Tauranga

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BOUQUET So a Hastings ‘dunny’ won a national comp for the best public loo.

Okay, it has sea views, but who scans the horizon while doing the business?

I would like to make a retrospective entry to this competition because this dunny is so quaint. It just needs lace curtains and a gingham tablecloth and you could move in. And it’s ours. It’s the stylish colonial ‘karzy’ at Huharua Park right at the end of Plummers Point Road.

It makes you want to go when you don’t have to go.

It’s a real winner.

BARBED WIRE Why I ask? Just why.

Why do people insist on driving cars and vans with trailers attached into supermarket carparks?

Last night in Bureta there was a van pulling a boat parked laterally across five carparks.

There are enough hazards in a supermarket carpark – people haphazardly throwing car doors open, trollies being squeezed through spaces they can’t be squeezed, errant kids. It’s simple – ban them!

We understand trailers were banned from the airport carpark because they kept ripping out the ticket machine. And for that matter those campervans that resemble road trains. Ban them too!

BOUQUET Neil likens himself to the Grim Reaper because people don’t like him turning up and when he does its always bad news. “So write something nice about us,” pleaded Neil. “We get such bad press, no-one likes us.”

Okay Neil – here goes.

Neil’s a man performing an unenviable task with very enviable people skills. He’s a traffic warden who knocked on our door to tell us he’s about to start

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I took my wife to lunch at The Med cafe in Devonport Road recently and very nice it was too.

What struck me, however, was the endless row of empty shops all the way up and down Devonport Road.

Now I know retail is doing it tough these days, and the earthquake upgrading can’t be helping, but it still came as a bit of a shock.

So many empty shops.

However, on further reflection, could this be a blessing in disguise?

Never before has Tauranga had such a great opportunity to rethink the layout and functionality of the city centre.

Downtown is old, out of date and very cold in the winter with the wind whipping through from the south.

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Neil says he’s not in the job to antagonise; he just wants to keep the town and the traffic ticking over.

You will spot Neil – a well-groomed guy with hair product, tastefully inked and a smile that makes a $12 parking ticket feel like a gift (almost). And he shakes your hand – that’s got to say something.

Neil, you’re a fine advertisement for a difficult job.

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From busking on the streets of Manurewa, Hamilton and Auckland, the multi-talented beat-boxer, dancer and vocalist will be performing at Mauao Performing Arts Centre on September 17.

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Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competitions section. Entries must be received X Factor 2015 winner before Wednesday, Beau Monga.

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On Sunday, September 20, auto enthusiasts can ďŹ nd the part theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been looking for at Oceanside Street Rodsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bay of Plenty Automotive Swap Meet.

The annual swap meet at Cherokee Place, Mount Maunganui, offers something for car lovers from small parts to complete project cars, along with other auto-related goods to trade. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an opportunity for people to not only buy parts for their cars but to speak to people

who are building them and maybe get a line on something they do need that could still be sitting in somebodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s garage,â&#x20AC;? says Ray. For those who just want to come and check out the classic cars, members of Oceanside Street Rods will bring their motors along for display.

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Ahoy there! All hands on deck One of New Zealand’s leading military bands will be reporting for duty in Tauranga when they pull into shore next week.

Royal New Zealand Navy Band Chief Petty Officer Michael Miller alongside HMNZS Wellington in Rarotonga. Photo: RNZN Band

The Royal New Zealand Navy Band, a versatile ensemble of 30 professional musicians, will be performing at Holy Trinity Church on Saturday, September 19.

Chief Petty Officer Michael Miller, who plays clarinet and saxophone, says it features a talented crew of woodwind, brass and percussion players.

“If you’ve not seen the Royal New Zealand Navy Band before, I would definitely recommend taking this opportunity to see us perform,” he says.

“We offer audiences a wide variety of music, from symphonic wind pieces, military marches, big band and Dixieland jazz, through to modern rock as well.”

This upcoming Tauranga show is part of a six-concert

North Island tour and will be led by Warrant Officer Michael Tan and conducted by Leading Musician Colin Clark.

Michael guarantees Tauranga music lovers the show will be highly entertaining and filled with great music, lots of energy and plenty of laughs.

“The band’s quite light hearted as well, we take our music very seriously, we also don’t take ourselves too seriously and I’m pretty sure you’ll enjoy the show.

“The members of the band love what we do, we love going on tour because it fulfils our primary roles and we get to meet the public, hear their questions tell them, roughly, what the navy is up to.”

The Royal New Zealand Navy Band plays Holy Trinity Church on Saturday, September 19, from 7.30pm.

Tickets cost $25 for adults, $23 for seniors, $10 for students, and $5 for children (18 and under).

To purchase, visit www.iticket.co.nz David Tauranga

Spring has sprung for orchid society Jade and coral may not sound like obvious themes for an orchid show but have special significance for this weekend’s orchid display at the Tauranga racecourse.

“Jade and coral are the traditional gifts for a 35th anniversary so we thought we’d have some fun with that – and let everybody know it’s our birthday,” says Tauranga Orchid Society president Barry Curtis.

The society was founded as an alternative to the BOP Orchid Society, when it was realised a number of people would prefer an evening meeting.

Ron Maunder of Te Puna became the inaugural president. He is still a member of the society and is planning to show plants from his large collection this year.

Barry, who has been president for about 10 years, could be called the voice of the Tauranga Orchid Show, thanks to his popular potting demonstrations.

“Having been a school principal, I was confident speaking to groups and saw it as something I could contribute.”

Most people start their orchid addiction with cymbidiums before moving on to more unusual plants, but Barry retains his love of the big-flowered beauties.

“Just because something is easy to grow doesn’t make it uninteresting,” he says.

“The great thing about cymbidiums is that you don’t need an orchid house. They’re happy outside with the only no-no being full sun. Filtered light, say under a tree, is best.”

There will be plenty of society members at the show to advise new growers or to help with any problems.

Barry says a common question is about fertiliser. “You can use any house plant fertiliser if it’s mixed below half the strength it advises on the label. Or you can use slowrelease fertiliser twice a year – we have a special mix available at the show.”

Tauranga Orchid Society show is on September 11-13, 10am-4pm, at Tauranga Racecourse (Greerton). Entry to the event is $3.

Patched together through time When like-minded artists get together to share, inspire and learn from each other, the result is an outpouring of talented work to display. That’s why Tauranga Patchwork & Quilters Group will once again be exhibiting their club members’ quilts and wall hangings.

This is their first biannual exhibition, previously holding them annually. It is expected there will be a wide variety of work with two years’ worth of stitching to be exhibited by club members ranging from contemporary to traditional style quilts, vibrant wall hangings and various novelty items.

There will also be a number of raffles, including

a contemporary bed quilt and a Brother sewing machine, as well as two club sales tables, one with ‘All Things Christmas’ and another with items club members have made.

The event is held on September Friday 18-Sunday 20 at The Queen Elizabeth Centre, Memorial Park from 10am to 4pm. Entry is $3 with children under 10 admitted for free.

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Tauranga Orchid Show Sept 11-13 Tauranga Racecourse, Cameron Rd, Greerton 10am - 4pm. Massed display & sales of orchid plants, clivias, bromeliads, growing advice, potting demonstrations & more. Door sales $3, all proceeds to Tauranga Orchid Soc. Natalie 543 0847

Saturday 12 September Alcoholics Anonymous Women’s

meeting at St Andrews, Dee St 10-11am, children welcome. 0800 229 6757 Bayfair Night Market Arts, crafts, jewellery, fresh produce, food stalls & more. Bayfair Shopping Centre, cnr Maunganui Rd & Girven Rd, Mt Maunganui 6-11pm. Free entry. 022 588 2282 or email: tauranganightmarket@hotmail.com Books Wanted For Tauranga Harbour City Lions November Book Sale. CDs, DVDs & Jigsaws also wanted. Drop off points: Living Quarters, Bethlehem Town Centre; Payless Plastics, 414 Cameron Rd; Liquor King 140 Otumoetai Rd, Brookfield. 576 7105 Floral Art Group Tauranga Meet at Baptist Hall cnr 13th Ave/Cameron Rd 9.30-11.30am. Visitors & new members welcome. Ruth 543 2157 Free Tennis Open Day Tauranga Lawn TC, Wharepai Domain, Cameron Rd 1pm. Theme: Great NZ Outdoors, spot prizes, BBQ. Lynda 575 0627 Genealogy Informal Group A friendly chat about different aspects of tracing your history. 849 SH29, Tauriko 1.30pm. $2 per head to cover cup of tea. Visitors welcome. Cathy 541 3335 a/hs

Ha Derech/The Way Messianic Kehilat

Now at Hillier Centre, Bayfair Shabbat/ Saturday 10am. A one new man community & welcome all seekers of the truth. 544 7424 or 021 0226 3515 Ikebana Group Tauranga Meet in Methodist Hall, 13th Ave 10am – 12pm. New members welcome. Pauline 756 5760

Let’s Dance Ballroom & Latin Dance

Second Sat of month at Bethlehem Hall 7-10.30pm. Live dance tempo music.

Bruce 576 5598 Monster Garage Sale Sept 19 at Tauranga Fish & Drive Club, 60 Cross Rd, Sulphur Pt 10am – 2pm. To book a stall email: jowpbotani-calrdkindergarten@ outlook.co.nz Mount Sequence Dance Spring colours theme. Good company, live band, quality supper. At Mount Sports Centre, cnr Hull & Maunganui Rds, Mt Maunganui 7.30pm. Entrance $7. Organised by Mount Scottish Soc. Elizabeth 544 5633 or Val 552 5599 Sailing (IOM) International One Meter Radio Controlled Yachts - The fastest growing sailing class of today. Come for a sail & get hooked. Every Sat & Weds at Landing Drive, The Lakes 1-4pm. Pat 0274 731 765

Softball & T-Ball - Give it a Go Day

Sept 12 at Carlton St Reserve, Otumoetai 11am - 1pm. A fun day for you, your family & your mates. www.sportsground. co.nz/wbopsoftball Tauranga Farmers Market Fresh & artisian produced food. Tauranga Primary School cnr 5th Ave & Cameron Rd every Sat 7.45am - 12pm. Trixie 552 5278 or www.taurangafarmersmarket.co.nz

Te Puke Baptist Church Annual fair & fun run Oct 17 from 9am. Runners check in 8.30. Fun & food for all ages & great bargains. 573 9042 www.tpbc.org.nz Te Puke Scottish Soc Dance

Sept 19 – Colourful night 7.30pm onwards. Old time & sequence dancing with good company & great supper. Te Puke Memorial Hall, Jellicoe St. Entrance $7.

Valerie 573 7093 Village Radio Community radio broadcasting from Tauranga Historic Village 1368 kHz AM. Music of 1920’s - 80’s weekends 9am - 5pm, weekdays 10am - 5pm. Specialty programmes. www.villageradio.co.nz or 571 3710

Sunday 13 September Bay Bible Fellowship/Lord’s Day

Worship service Welcome Bay Primary School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Rd 10am. “To Live is Christ” series in Philippians. Preacher: Richard Roodt.

All welcome. www.bbf.net.nz Bible Seminars Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St 1.45pm. Title: “God heals Naaman - Bible lessons for us.” Interactive, Q&A. Refreshments provided. All welcome. Vic 543 0504 Buddhist Meeting The foundation of happiness. Introduction to chanting & Nichiren Daishonin’s Buddhism at Plunket Rooms, 59 Otumoetai Rd 10.3011.30am. Discover how chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo enables all people to directly tap into their enlightened nature & manifest wisdom, compassion, courage & happiness. Free admission.

Children’s Dance Class 7 weeks starts Oct 18 at Tauranga Primary School Hall, 5th Ave. Learn Latin America, Rock & Roll, Cha Chat & more. Sonia, Supreme Dance Centre 544 2337 or 027 322 1786 Opus Orchestra Symphony No 9 in C Major Schubert. Baycourt, Addison Theatre 2pm. Adults $35, Friends/ seniors $25, children free. Tickets at www. opusorchestra.org.nz Papamoa Lions Club Market Held second & fourth Sunday of month at Simpson Reserve, cnr Dickson & Parton Rd 7.30-12.30pm.

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

544 0448

Radio Controlled Model Power Boats

Racing at Lake Taurikura off Taurikura Drive in the industrial area of the Lakes subdivision 10am. Follow the RC Boat signs. Brian 548 1334 Radio Controlled Model Yachts Meet Sun & Thurs 1.30pm at pond behind 24 Montego Drive, Papamoa, to sail electron & similar 3ft long yachts for fun.

Beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419 Recreational Cycle Group Every Sun meet at Papamoa Sports & Recreation Centre, Parton Rd 9.30am. Heinz 574 1543. Tues meet at Palm-ers, Ohauiti Rd 9am. Pam/Andrew 544 3272. Weds meet at Sulphur Pt, near Nautilus, off Cross Rd 9am. Cam 552 4513

Spiritual Community the Psychic Cafe

Civic Choir Tauranga At Wesley

Presents Brian Cattermole 20 min soulfood room talk about dowsing, pendulums & angel cards. Meet BOP’s best spiritual & healing practitioners at Greerton Community Hall 7pm. Door charge $10, everything else free. 578 7205 or www.psychiccafe.nz

Church, 13th Ave, Tauranga 7.30pm.

New members welcome. Heather 575 9092 www.taurangacitichoir.org.nz Classical Music Lovers Meet ever 2nd Mon at 7.15pm for a social evening of classical music. New members welcome.

Bev 577 0545

Tauranga Friendship & Social Club

Walks, dinners & outings for over 50’s.

Barbara 544 7461 Theosophical Society “Worldwide Theosophy, reaching out & meeting others.” At Tauranga Yoga Centre, Elizabeth St West 2pm. All welcome, entry by donation. June 576 6106 Underwater Hockey Every Sunday at Baywave. Gear & coaching available for beginners. New members welcome.

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

Weekend Activities for the Over 60’s Walks, dinners, day

trips & good times. Richard 578 3894

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

Sue 021 194 4335 www.taurangabadmintonclub.co.nz Bethlehem Bowls Every Mon at Bethlehem Hall 7.15pm. First 3 nights free. Wendy 578 2585 Bay of Plenty Vintage Car Club Meet every 2nd Mon of month at clubrooms in Cliff Rd. New members welcome. www.bayofplentyvintagecarclub.com Body & Soul Fun Fitness For over 50’s, social events & guest speakers.

Mon & Fri Greerton Hall Cameron Rd. Tues Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave. Weds City Church cnr Otumoetai Rd/ Sherwood St. Thurs at Tauranga Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St behind Pak n Save. All classes 9.15-10.15am. First class free. For men & women. Dianne 576 5031 ‘Qualified Sport & Physical recreation instructor’.

Chess Mt Maunganui Mount RSA Chess Club every Mon at Mount RSA, 544 Maunganui Rd. Juniors 6.157.15pm during school term. Open club 6pm & 7.30pm onwards. Noel 579 5412 Citizens Advice Bureau

Free, confidential info & advice about anything call in Mon - Fri at 38 Hamilton St, Tauranga 9am - 5pm or free-phone 0800 367 222 or 578 1592.

Justice of Peace service every Mon 1-4pm, Weds & Thurs 9-11.30am & Weds CAB Service at Welcome Bay Community Centre 9.30am - 12.30pm.

Migrant clinics Tues - Fri 1-4pm. No appointment necessary.

Dance - Modern Sequence Dancing

Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St, Tauranga Mon 7.30-10pm & Weds 7-10pm Tauranga Sequence Dance Club, partners required. Owen 574 2714 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 Fitness League Ladies 50 plus exercise with dance to music. Improve posture, energy, toned body, increase strength & fun. Every Mon at Greerton Senior Citizens Hall, 39 Maitland St 9.3010.30am. Gloria 573 4429 Free Antenatal Classes Te Ha Ora. Day & night classes. Kaupapa Maori - but open to all cultures. TeRina 552 4573 or info@pirirakauhauora.org.nz

Free Mindfulness for Change Course Every Mon in Te Puke 6pm.

027 502 1188

Harmony a Plenty Barbershop Chorus Every Mon at Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd 7pm. New members welcome. Alan 579 3177 or www.harmonyaplenty.co.nz Junction Mental Health Peer support & advocacy: coffee & chat at Wesley Methodist Church, 100 13th Ave 10am – 12pm. 543 3010 Leisure Marching For exercise, fun & fellowship for ladies 55+, no experienced required. Coreen 570 0172 Marlin Probus Club Meet 2nd Mon of month at Club Mt Maunganui, Kawaka St 9.45am. Liz 572 1794 Meditation Group Free classes Mon 10am & Weds 7.30pm. Find peace, spiritual awareness & the meaning of your life.

David 576 9764 Merge Tauranga New residents recently moved to Tauranga welcome to join us at the Raft Restaurant, Chapel St, Tauranga every 1st & 3rd Mon of the month 4.30pm. Happy hour 4-6pm.

Enjoy a couple of hours for social get together to make new friends. Elizabeth: merge.tauranga@gmail.com Otumoetai Indoor Bowls Mens & Ladies Handicap Singles, club night for the rest, Matua Primary School Hall, Clivedene St, 7.15pm. New members welcome. Karen 576 0443 Papamoa Genealogy Branch NZSG meet in the Tohora Room, Papamoa Community Centre 9.30am - 2.30pm.

Small door charge. Coffee/tea provided.

Bring your own lunch. Daphne 575 4674 Papamoa Progressive Assn 2nd Mon of month at Dune Room, Parton Rd, Gordon Spratt Reserve. Ken 574 2332 Recycled Teenagers Gentle exercise for 50’s forwards, & injury or illness rehabilitation. Mon & Weds, 14 Norris St, Tauranga Senior Citizens Club, behind Pak n Save. Tues at St Mary’s Church Hall, Girven Rd. All 9 - 10.30am. Classes taken

by qualified instructor. First class free.

Jennifer 571 1411

Skateschool Rollerskating classes for fun & fitness. School holiday intro classes & after-school lessons for primary school aged children starts Sept 28. Kazna 021 118 0513 or email: skateschooltauranga@gmail.com Taoist Tai Chi Exercise your body & challenge your mind. Monday beginners class at 15 Koromiko St, Tauranga 9.30-11.30am. Come along. Yvonne 576 7216 Tauranga Bird Club Meet at Matua Hall, Levers Rd 7.30pm. Talk on bird nutrition.

New members welcome. Gwen 576 3680 Tauranga Brass Practice every Mon at Elizabeth St West Community Hall 7-9pm. New players welcome.

Alex 571 8720 Tauranga City Silver Band Meet every Mon at their band room, Yatton St. Brass & percussion players welcome. www. taurangacitysilver.tk 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 Inc Club night every Mon at Tauranga RSA, Cameron Rd 8pm. A relaxed, social evening of dancing. Members $3, non $5.

Visitors welcome. Checkout FB. Trina 576 7461 after 5pm.

Tauranga Senior Citizens Club Cards, 500 & Bridge Mon & Thurs. Indoor Bowls Tues, Weds & Sat at 14 Norris St, behind Pak n Save 1-4pm. Register by 12.45pm. $2 includes afternoon tea. New members welcome.

The Writing Project Meet fourth Mon of month 7pm. Positive, supportive group for people who are working on a piece of writing or would like to be. Kaye 07 218 1411 or kaye.mclaren@gmail.com Welcome Bay Art Group Meet every Mon at Lighthouse Church 9.30am 12pm. Bob 544 4499 YMCA - ALFS Active Lifestyles For Seniors.

First class free. Open to both men & women. Mon: Matua Community Hall, Levers Rd 9am & 10.15am. Arataki Hall, Zambuk Way (off Grenada St) 9am. Tues: Papamoa Community Centre, Gravatt Rd 9am & 10.30am.

Sit & Be Fit at Papamoa Community Centre 11.30am. Smooth Movers Weds Welcome Bay Hall, Welcome Bay Rd 9.15am. Sit & Be Fit Greenwood Park Village, Welcome Bay 11am. Thurs: Otumoetai Action Centre, Windsor Rd 9am. Bethlehem Hall, Bethlehem Rd 10.30am. Fri: Papamoa Community Centre, Gravatt Rd 9am & 10.15am.

578 9272 www.ymcatauranga.org.nz Zonta International Tauranga Meet 2nd Mon of month at Tauranga Club, Devonport Rd 5.30pm. Visitors & new members welcome. Gail 021 038 5105

Tuesday 15 September ABC - Avenues Badminton Club

Every Tues at Tauranga Intermediate School Sports Centre. Juniors 6-7.30pm (term time). Seniors (Adults) 7.30-9.30pm. Club racquets & coaching available.

Delwyn 027 212 4720

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Alcoholics Anonymous Mt

Otumoetai Toastmasters Leadership

Maunganui open meeting every Tues at St Peters Hall, 11 Victoria Rd 7.30pm.

0800 229 6757 for more meetings or assistance.

Altrusa Club of Tauranga Women’s community service group.

Dinner & business meeting 2nd Tues. Social programme 4th Tues, monthly. Interested?

Marie 576 5495 Anxiety Support Group For people with an experience of anxiety 12.451.45pm. Junction for info 543 3010 or if you need a ride.

Argentine Tango Practica With guided Women’s Technique. Practice in a non-formal environment. Citz Club, upstairs restaurant room, 170 13th Ave 7-9.30pm. Free. FB Tangointauranga or www.tangointauranga.com Badminton (Social) Every Tues at Otumoetai Baptist Hall 9.30am 12pm. Racquets available. All welcome.

Lorraine 579 3229 Balmoral Kilties Marching team.

Ladies aged 30-60yrs welcome to join this awesome sport for fun, friendship & travel. Experience preferred but not essential. Anita 571 4096 or 021 0257 6094 Bayfair Petanque Club Tuition & boules available for learners & visitors.

Every Tues & Thurs at Bayfair Reserve, Russley Drive 1pm. Margaret 572 3173

skills, speaking skills. At Lyceum Club rooms, 68 1st Ave 7.15-9.30pm. Alan 544 5989 Overeaters Anonymous Are you, or someone close to you, eating out of control? We can help. Meet Tues at Church of Christ, 1400 Cameron Rd, Greerton 7-8pm & Fri at Baptist Church cnr 13th Ave/ Cameron Rd 1-2pm. 544 1213 Sequence Dancing Tauranga Social & Leisure Club. St John’s Anglican Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai. Every Tues 7-9.30pm except second Tues of month 3.30-6pm. Visitors welcome.

John 578 9716 South City Bowling Club Club night at Greerton Hall 7.30pm. New members welcome. Mary 541 0687

Bethlehem Pottery Club

Open Tues, Weds, Thurs 10am - 3pm until December.

Call in to find out about joining. Jane 552 0046 after 6pm.

Cards 500 Mount Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd Tues & Thurs 12.454pm. 575 4650 Loved One have an Addiction?Do you wonder what you can do? How to help?

Hanmer Clinic Tauranga ‘Significant Other’ programme for spouses, partners etc of people who have an addiction.

Free. 8 weekly sessions. Starts today at 1234 Cameron Rd, Tauranga 1-3pm.

579 6460 or 0800 842 426 Excel Toastmasters Meet every 2nd, 4th & 5th Tues of the month at Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Bayfair 6.15-8.30pm. Learn leadership & public speaking skills.

Kaaren 572 5988 Falun Dafa Ancient practice for modern times. Easy to learn & free. Exercises & meditation classes at Hillier Centre 7pm.

Judy 021 0425 398 Google: Falun Dafa, Mt Maunganui Fire & Grace Nights Worship, prayer, healing, presence, fellowship. Every Tues at Bethlehem Town Centre, above Metro Pharmacy 7pm. FB: The Father’s House Aotearoa NZ Ministry School.

Fitness League Ladies 50 plus exercise with dance to music. Improve posture, energy, toned body, increased strength.

Every Tues at St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood 9.3010.30am. Gloria 573 4429 Hei Tiki Pumau A Free antenatal & parenting programme designed to foster & preserve traditional Maori birthing practices within the modern context of birthing in hospital & home. 5 day programme. Consecutive days. Held at Huria 10am – 12pm.

For information/referral details 578 7838 or txt 027 324 8487 or email: heitikipumau@huriatrust.co.nz 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 Israeli Dancing Beginners class every Tues at Gate Pa Primary School, Cameron Rd 7-8pm. All ages welcome, no partner required. Maria 544 1680 or 022 165 2114 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.

Maxeen 575 0162 Nam Wah Pai Kung Fu Training every Tues & Thurs at Tauranga Boys’ College 6-7.30pm & every Mon & Thurs at Tahatai Coast School 6.157.40pm. Brian 021 241 7059

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Tauranga Continuing Education

(50+) Group at Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga, 3rd Tues of month.

Lectures start 10am. & $3 charge to cover expenses. Speaker: Ass Professor Carolyn King, Dept of Biological Sciences University of Waikato ‘Why science & religion should take each other seriously.’ 07 838 4466 extn 8515 Tauranga Morning Badminton Every Tues & Thurs at Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, Memorial Park cnr 11th Ave/Devonport Rd 9-11.30am. Heather 574 0976 Tauranga Patchwork & Quilters Meet every 1st & 3rd Tues 7pm & 2nd & 4th Fri 10am at Tauranga Art Centre, 177 Elizabeth St, Tauranga. Helen 0274 177 581 Tauranga Toastmasters Tga Lyceum Club 7.15-9.30pm. Confidence building, speaking skills, leadership skills. Alan 544 5989 Te Puke Lyceum Club Readers Circle 1.30pm. 8 Palmer Place, Te Puke.

573 9621

Wednesday 16 September 6 Week Social Beginner Dance Class

Starts Sept 23 at Tauranga Primary School, 5th Ave 8pm or Sept 24 at Greerton Hall, 1247 Cameron Rd (opp Caltex) 7pm. Learn rock & roll, cha cha, waltz & more. Sonia, Supreme Dance Centre 544 2337 or 027 322 1786 or just turn up.

Age Concern Walking Group Meet at Kulim Park 10am. All welcome.

578 2631

Baywide Community Law Service

Drop in clinic every Weds at 63 Willow St 5-6.30pm. No appointment necessary. Free legal assistance. 571 6812. Every Tues morning at Te Puke Clinic. For appointment 573 5614. Every 1st & 3rd Thurs morning at Katikati Clinic.

For appointment 549 0399 Bipolar Support Group Support for people with bipolar 1-2pm. Ph Junction for info or if you need a ride 543 3010 Bolivia If you enjoy the game, join us every Weds at the Te Puke Senior Citz Club, Jocelyn St 1pm. Marie 573 9219 Bowls Indoor Mount Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd Weds & Fri 12.454pm. Beginners welcome. Come along & see if you like to play. 575 4650 Card Night 500 or Euchre Weds or Thurs. Interested in playing social 500 or Euchre in the evenings? Good old fashioned card night with conversation & a cuppa 7.30pm. Just need 3 people to make up a 4. Marlene 575 5803 or 0274 979 304 Cards Do you play cribbage or would like to learn the game? Every Weds at Tauranga RSA 1pm. New members welcome. Rona 578 7939 Dadz & Kidz Playgroup For Dads who are Primary Caregivers & their preschool children every Weds at 538 Fraser St 10am - 12pm. Cost: koha.

571 0379

Fernlands Spa Water Exercise Classes Weds 10.45-11.45am held

rain or shine but not during school holidays. New participants planning to attend ph Jennifer 571 1411 FitSteps Dance Fitness For depression, releasing endorphins, every Weds at Bethlehem Community Hall 9.30 – 10.15am & 6.15-7pm.

Helen 022 882 0237 or 571 3107

Friends of the Library Papamoa Library Book Group meet 10am. Topic this month: Books to movies (or TV shows). All welcome. Pam 571 2566 Gate Pa Indoor Bowls Box Drawn Pairs (Norris Shield) Greerton Hall 7.30pm. Names in book.

Kevin 543 4044 Gate Pa Tennis Every Weds 9am - 12pm. Come along & join in, make new friends.

The aim is to introduce tennis on a social level, beginners welcome. No commitment 3 free trials Weds. Geoff 570 1168 or 021 474 807 Healing Rooms Experience God’s healing touch at Bethlehem Town Centre cnr shop behind PO/Bookstore every Weds 1-3pm. 021 110 0878. No appointment necessary, no charge. All ages welcome. www.healingrooms.co.nz Leisure Marching Team Requires new ladies 45+ for non competitive marching. No experience required.

Marion 578 1108 Living in Harmony Presented by Multicultural Tauranga “Multicultural Chinese customs & culture” evening in Village Hall, 17th Ave 7pm.

Chinese folk art, ethnic costume fashion & authentic Chinese food.

Free entry with plate of food to share for potluck dinner. Donations appreciated. Li 0210 233 6494 Mount Healing & Spiritual Centre

Omanu Bowling Club, Golf Rd, Mount 7.30pm start.

Chrissie Shirley - empowering people to know what they know. (Contact details for Chriss 022 187 7313 or info@chrissieshirley.com) $3 entry. Janet 0272 640 226 Mountain Bike Group Meet at RideBikes, 393 Cameron Rd 6.15pm.

Jen 578 0016 Otumoetai Lions Assist in community based activities & enjoy fellowship & social. Meet 1st & 3rd Weds of month.

Fellowship 5.30pm followed by meal 6.30pm. Visitors & new members welcome. Robert 576 8445 or http:// www.lionsclubs.org.nz/Clubs/202L/ Zone-9/Otumoetai Papamoa Garden Circle Birthday celebrations in Dune Room, Papamoa Sport & Rec Centre 1pm. Members a plate please, visitors welcome. Elaine 575 5044 Scottish Country Dancing Every Weds at Senior Citizens Hall, Maunganui Rd, Mt Maunganui. Beginners class 6pm, regular class 7.30pm. Lynne 573 5055 Single Coffee Club 60+Mixed company of singles 60+ that meet up once a week for coffee, enjoy socialising & meeting new friends. Email: mixandmingle@xtra. co.nz or 027 439 3267 Tarnished Frocks & Divas at Bayvenues See www.bayvenues.co.nz for more details.

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

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

Tauranga Mid-Week Tramping Group Tuahu, Te Rere Hut return via kauri grove. Grade mod, approx. 5.5hrs.

Bruce 543 1034

Te Puke Spiritual & Healing Centre Jenny Crawford, clairvoyant, medium & author. Constables Gallery, Commerce Lane, Te Puke Sept 23 7pm. $5 entry, all welcome.

Toastmasters City Early Start The 6 F’s Club - Fast, focused, flexible, feedback, friendly & fun. Confidence & leadership building. Every Weds at Avgas Cafe, Classic Flyers 6.50-8.15am. 021 044 5654 LaniDTM@ gmail.com or www.cityearlystart.co.nz

Thursday 17 September

Aqua Aerobics Every Thurs at Ocean Shores Village, Maranui St, Arataki 9.15-10.15am. Exercise to music indoor pool. Men & women welcome, all abilities. Cost $7. Lynda 574 0457 or 029 230 0162 Awesome Clothing Sale Good quality, all sizes & styles - men’s, women’s, children’s, shoes, sheets, duvets etc.

You pick. Historic Village, 17th Ave Tauranga 9.30-10.30am. Organised by Turning Point Trust 578 6934

Club Mt Maunganui Social games club. Play indoor bowls, 500 & bolivia every Thurs 12.45pm. Prizes to be won. John 575 2422 Community Bible Study International Join us at 14th Ave Gospel Centre 10am - 12pm for a non denominational Bible Study on Deuteronomy.

Jack/Betty 544 3809. And at City Church, 252 Otumoetai Rd 7-9pm on 1` & 2 Thessalonians. Charmaine 576 0467 Fitness League Safe, effective, low impact exercise to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed to help with posture, balance & stamina, combination of exercise, movement & dance. All ages & abilities.

Complementary 1st class. Thurs: Central Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave/Cameron Rd 9.30am. Weds: Katikati Memorial Hall 10am. Pam 549 4799 or 021 117 7170

Forest & Bird Walk Tauranga Branch

Haiku walkway & Uretara River walk Katikati - “Daffodils”. Easy, meet Bethlehem carpark school end. $7. Beverley 578 2879 Grey Power Coffee Morning Alimento Café, 72 First Ave, Tauranga 10am. All welcome.

Keynotes 4 Part Harmony Women’s chorus meet every Thurs at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave 6.45pm. Sing for fun & health.

Nora 544 2714 Mainly Music Every Thurs at St Enoch’s Church, 134 16th Ave 9.30am. $3 per family. New members welcome. 578 3040

Orange City Square & Round Dance Club Tues, morning class 10am - 12pm. Weds advanced, Thurs club night & new dancers 7.30pm. Frontiersmen’s Hall. 543 1063 Papamoa 500 Card Club Every Thurs at Gordon Spratt Reserve 12.45pm.

Dave 575 5887

Positively Me for Women

Are you interested in building self-esteem, growing confidence, overcome fears of rejection, failure or criticism? Gain skills & insights to make changes to be who you want to be.

Course starts Oct 22 for 6 weeks. St Mary’s Church, Bayfair 6-8pm. $55 covers whole 6 weeks. Mount Anglican Parish 575 9945 Sunshine Dance Group Learn sequence dancing at a friendly club. Meet every Thurs at Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave & Cameron Rd 7-8.30pm, followed by dancing till 10pm. $2pp, entrance includes supper.

Jan 544 4379 Taoist Tai Chi Exercise your body, challenge your mind. Beginners class Thurs at Mount Senior Citizens Hall, 345 Maunganui Rd 6.15-7.45pm. Neale 576 7216

Tauranga Cake Decorators Guild Meet third Thurs Feb – Nov at Wesley Church, 13th Ave, Tauranga 7.30pm. Visitors $3.

Contact us through our Facebook Page Tauranga Model Railway Club Every Thurs 7.30pm. Ed 543 1108 www. taurangamodelrailwayclub.co.nz Tennis Seniors WBOP Players 35+, Tauranga Lawn Tennis Club, Wharepai Domain 9am - 12pm. $3 ball fee. New members welcome. Lynda 575 0627 or tswbop@gmail.com Toastmasters - Kickstart Breakfast Club

Speak confidently in a fun environment.

Alimento Cafe 7am, guests welcome. Helen 571 6181 Ukulele Lessons For primary age children.

Every Thurs at Otumoetai Baptist Chapel 3.30-4.30pm. Enquires Linkt Community Trust email: learn@lead.co.nz

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

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

For appointment, Baywide Community Law 571 6812 Mobile Phone Workshop Not sure how to use your technology devices? Book now for your lessons & learn the basics. Gayle 0274 393 267 SlowPitch Softball Social softball league for players of all ages & experience, beginners welcome. Every Fri at Carlton St Reserve, Otumoetai Oct - March. Patrick 027 247 4150 www.sportsground.co.nz/wbopsoftball The Sociables 30’s/40’s age group of males & females that meet up once a week to socialise by dining out or participating in local activities & event.

022 0120 376 U3A Tauranga Guest speaker: Prof Chris Battershill, Waikato University & chair of Marine Research Centre, Sulphur Pt - “The latest on Rena - the ongoing effects on the marine environment & the role that the Centre plays in monitoring this.” Wesley Church Centre, 13th Ave, Tauranga 10am.

Visitors welcome.

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MUSICPLUS

By Winston Watusi

Remembering Graham Brazier Graham Brazier. Damn. RIP Graham.

Sports, sports and more sports NZCT AIMS Games Purua School squash team members Lucia Daamen-Shanahan, Zoe Palmer, Anna Moselen, manager Fiona Moselen, Maris Dalagneau, Genghis Gardes and Anaru Mead.

Photo: Jamie Troughton/Dscribe Media.

Tauranga’s Black Sticks’ player Gemma Flynn had a busy day passing on her wisdom to the next generation attending a breakfast, giving advice, posing for photographs and signing autographs at the NZCT AIMS Games this week. Here, Gemma poses with the Aquinas College netball team at the NZCT AIMS Games breakfast. Photo: Jamie Troughton/Dscribe Media.

Action from the sideline of the Rugby Sevens tournament during the NZCT AIMS Games.

Tauranga Rudolf Steiner School first-year runner Maia Flint bolts to the front at the start of the Year 7 girls’ race at the NZCT AIMS Games in Tauranga.

Photo: Jamie Troughton/Dscribe Media Services.

Random reading flash mob Bookworms were invited to join a mass reading display at the new Wharf Street stage area on September 8 to celebrate International Literacy Day. Nine-year-old Alex Gorman reads ‘Harry Potter’ with mum Niki and Fern Nielsen from Altrusa Tauranga, as part of the mass reading on Wharf St to celebrate International Literacy Day this week. Photo: Chris Callinan.

New Zealand’s Quietest Heat Pumps

I realise it’s been more than a week and everyone knows that Graham died, but it just seems wrong not to say a few words about someone who was so integral to the development of New Zealand music.

And a helluva nice guy to boot.

I guess pretty much everyone who’s kicked around the rock music world and is of a certain age – say between 50 and 70 – has a Graham story and saw him perform, whether on one of those nights where he stalked the stage and stomped the terra like the reincarnation of everything exciting and dangerous about rock ‘n’ roll, or a substance-effected show where he rambled, forgot lyrics or worse.

Graham was New Zealand’s first real frontman of the rock era. Before him everyone was a cabaret singer; after him everyone got it.

together with a fierce inquisitive intelligence and a remarkably broad knowledge of music and literature.

He recited poetry; he ran a second-hand bookshop.

Stories, dives and rock ‘n’ roll

First occasion I spent any real time with him he recited a lot of poetry. Then the next morning I got kicked out of my hotel. It was the early 1980s and I was living briefly at the St Amand on the Strand, which around that time became something like Tauranga’s Chelsea Hotel for homeless musicians.

Ritchie Pickett stayed on and off and Maurice Greer of Human Instinct, along with Blerta’s Corban Simpson and several others.

Graham did a great gig there and a few of us partied well into the night.

He was stuck on The Pogues’ current song ‘Dirty Old Town’ and waxed eloquent about the lyric mentioning a “bishop’s axe”. Apparently that’s a double-headed axe shaped Hello Sailor’s Graham Brazier – Music speaks like the special ceremonial a true rock ‘n’ roll legend.

I didn’t know Graham at hats bishops wear. Graham all well, but I was a fan. I reckon his ‘Inside Out’ told a long hilarious story about it that lasted nearly album is about as good a piece of work as has ever an hour, taking diversions into a wealth of Irish and come out of New Zealand, filled with rich cinematic other poetry along the way. It was a fantastic night. songs (‘Billy Bold’ being only one of the best), great musicianship – give that Mr Dobbyn a prize for his Wake-up call guitar playing – and Graham’s unassailable singing.

Next morning the manager kicked us all out.

It should be in every home, yet remains largely and It turned out that Tauranga’s newest cop had just criminally unknown. arrived in town and was staying in the room next Of course, when I went to a gig on the tour door. Oops. That was the end of living at the St promoting the album, which I’d immediately loved, Amand. it was a night when Graham was pissed as a chook Funny thing was, I found out later that everything and it was a disaster. But then that was the deal – in Graham’s story was a put-on. Everything. There’s you took the crunchy with the smooth. actually no such thing as a bishop’s axe.

And even at his most inconsistent Graham retained No axes are connected to bishop’s mitres. And on a sweetness and charm that made him impossible closer examination there’s not even a “bishop’s axe” not to like and forgive. He was an extraordinary in the song: the lyric says “good sharp axe”. combination of self-confidence and vulnerability, Graham made it all up.

Winston Watusi

Variety is spice of life for upcoming Katikati exhibition From landscapes to portraiture, oils and acrylics to mixed mediums – there’ll be something for everyone at the upcoming Katikati Art Group exhibition.

About 40 members will display their works as part of the group’s annual exhibition, which is on show at the Katikati Memorial Hall, from October 2-6.

Vice president Jan Sunderland says there will be a great variety of works on display and was hugely looking forward to the upcoming exhibition.

“The Katikati Art Group is very strong,” explains Jan. “We are also very active and have more than 60 members who meet regularly to paint and share ideas.

“A big majority of the members will display their works as part of this exhibition and their efforts are all amazing.”

The Katikati Art Group and Gallery’s annual exhibition is on at the Katikati Memorial Hall on October 2-6. Exhibition open daily, from 10am to 4pm.

David Tauranga

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A long, cold winter Some years, after mild weather, spring comes without the sense of winter being lengthy and cold.

Not many of us feel so this year!

The biting wind and plummeting night temperatures still make it wintry.

Kowhai blossom and lighter mornings remind us that spring is coming, but we are still lighting fires or using heaters and keeping the thermal layers within close reach. We wonder when it will start to feel like spring!

Life’s winters, too, can seem unending: loss of loved ones, broken relationships, unemployment, failing health – all can contribute to emotional shut-down and a sense of darkness.

In the Northern hemisphere, the joy of Easter breaks into spring with its message of new life after suffering and death.

On this other side of planet Earth, some churches observe the Season of Creation through September, or celebrate with a Spring Service. It is an opportunity to acknowledge that God has been with us

through cold, dark winter days and is active and at work even in the dormant tubers and tight buds.

For others, it may be a chance simply to ask God the question “Where are you in my winter-time?”

At Wesley Methodist Church, 100, 13th Avenue, this Sunday (September 13 at 9.30am) the service will be focussing on spring and be suitable for all ages. The sight and scent of spring flowers and posy bowls join with words and music for the changing seasons as ways of expressing the promise of new life just around the corner. You are welcome to join us!

Viv Whimster, Ministry Assistant at Wesley, Tauranga Methodist Parish

Jesus has time for you Jesus has time for you, but do you have time for Him? When an object catches the attention of a man, I notice he will take the time to check it out.

It may be another human being, it may be a beautiful boat or automobile, it may be a business idea.

As he gives it attention and then more attention, eventually that object becomes his strong desire. If that attention is strong and long enough that object becomes part of his life.

What does he do with it then? Was it just a passing infatuation or did it really become a natural real everyday part of his life?

This city has thousands of people who once had Jesus as part of their life!

Jesus Christ became real to you as you witnessed Holy Spirit touching not only your life, but also the life of family and friends. Tauranga was once known as the buckle on the Bible belt.

Jesus is calling out to you again. He has never changed, but perhaps through circumstances you don’t pay Him the attention you once did.

Jesus is still the same strong bold man today as He was yesterday. His blessings are as available today in 2015 as in your distant past, or in Bible days. Jesus is calling out to you today, come seek my face, I want to be found by you, I desire to bless you.

Pray and ask Him where he would have you fellowship this Sunday.

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Spruce up and sell Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler has cut the OCR to 2.75 per cent to boost a ďŹ&#x201A;agging economy. And thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s promise of more to come.

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Kiwibank reacted almost immediately â&#x20AC;&#x201C; trimming its ďŹ&#x201A;oating rate from 6.15 to 5.90 per cent. ANZ moved right in behind cutting its ďŹ&#x201A;oating mortgage rate by 25 points to 5.99 and its ďŹ&#x201A;exible home loan rate to 6.10.

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Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t overspend when selling. Cosmetic improvements will usually be worth the expense.

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Having an open home? Get stuff out of sight â&#x20AC;&#x201C; uncluttered is good. Put rubbish out. Light dark areas, use the lights if necessary, open curtains and blinds, leave windows open, coffee grinds make it smell homely as do vases of fresh ďŹ&#x201A;owers.

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All New Farmlands Store The new Farmlands Tauranga store is now open for business and the team are excited to be able to support their customers from the brand new location at 20 Taurikura Drive, Tauriko Business Estate.

The larger store and surrounds will allow our experienced staff, led by Lyall Holmes, to cater for a greater range of customer requirements. This includes more equine, fencing, horticulture, rural piping, stock feed and animal nutrition supplies.

Farmlands is New Zealand’s premier rural supplies co-operative and your one stop shop for everything rural! Make sure you call in to the new store to meet the team and see the best deals available for rural supplies in Tauranga.

Lyall Holmes Business Manager

Lyall was raised on a mixed farm just out of Matamata. He has had many years of experience in the agricultural industry, starting out as a cadet at Dalgetys in the late 1960s. Lyall spent 9 years in a management role at Farmlands’ head office in Hastings before moving back to the Bay Of Plenty for 10 years of selfemployment. Lyall and his wife Viv have three children and six grandchildren – and much of their free time is devoted to them.

Lyall also enjoys fishing and golf and is heavily involved with Rotary – he was recently awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship.

Jennifer Fletcher Salesperson

Jen grew up in Palmerston North, where she moved around gaining experience with a variety of jobs including seed testing, nursing and sharemilking. Jen came to Farmlands Tauranga recently from Farmlands Whakatane, where she was based for 4 years. She enjoys the variety that her job entails, including managing the horticulture products in-store. Jen was a volunteer firefighter for 13 years and says she has seen more than a person should see – but this has drawn her closer to her large family. Jen likes to spend her free time fishing and gardening.

Ali Stubbington Salesperson

Ali was born in Taumarunui but raised in Tauranga. Ali and her partner Kris own a 12 acre lifestyle block, where they keep a variety of animals including chickens and nurse cows.

Ali breeds White Shepherd dogs and has competed in many obedience shows as well as appearing on Tux Wonder Dogs.

Ali also has a passion for all things equine and is responsible for animal health and nutrition products in-store. Although her partner Kris and their two daughters are often away deer stalking, Ali prefers being at home and walking her dogs.

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Graeme grew up on a dairy, beef and sheep farm at Mamaku. He spent his youth in the Air Force as an aircraft mechanic and then spent 19 years dairy farming before joining Farmlands Tauranga, where he has been for 11 years.

Graeme’s expertise with chemical and horticulture products adds value to a growing market in the horticulture area.

Outside of work, Graeme and his wife Helen enjoy spending time with their family, including several grandchildren, as well as working on their lifestyle orchard block.

Alan Chapman Salesperson

Alan grew up in Dannevirke and spent around 20 years dairying in Horowhenua. Alan joined Farmlands more than 22 years ago and he is the resident water dynamics and turf and seed expert. Alan’s past farming experience also makes him a natural in animal health and nutrition and this contributes enormously to the profitability of our shareholders and customers. Alan and his wife of more than 40 years, Pam, have four children and 12 grandchildren. In his spare time, Alan enjoys amateur theatre, cycling and playing golf with friends.

Forest Lochore Salesperson

Forest has been with Farmlands Tauranga for 3 and a half years. He grew up in Fielding and started farming in Manawatu at the age of 16. After spending time down south working as a builder, he spent 10 years based in Tauranga driving truck and trailer units. Forest is responsible for products in the dairy category and he also spends a lot of time on the road delivering products to shareholders. He enjoys spending time with his family of 3 daughters, riding his thunderbird motorcycle, or hanging out in his man cave.

Warren Stewart Salesperson

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Warren moved to Tauranga from Hamilton around 17 years ago and is our newest team member – he has been with Farmlands Tauranga for 12 months. Working at Farmlands has been a huge learning curve for Warren, as the agricultural industry is quite different to his previous positions with Lands and Survey, a nursery in Western Australia and his own plastering business.

Warren and his partner Kate have a teenage son, Liam. In his spare time, Warren enjoys heading out for a spot of fishing or getting up to the mountains to go skiing.

Everyone’s welcome to shop at Farmlands!

Tauranga 20 Taurikura Drive Tauriko Business Estate (07) 578 4049 tauranga@farmlands.co.nz

Sandi has been with Farmlands for 6 years. Originally from Rotorua, she spent time in Greymouth before moving back to the Bay of Plenty 25 years ago. Sandi and her partner Brent have developed a sizeable lifestyle property, where she has room for all her stray lambs, goats, calves and chickens.

When she isn’t judging obedience shows throughout the country, she loves showing her Belgian Shepherd dogs.

Sandi also spends a lot of time transporting her two sons, Joel and Troy, to their various sporting endeavours.

Christine Churchill Salesperson

Christine was born in New Plymouth and raised on a Waikato dairy farm. She and her husband Lance spent 15 years share milking a herd of up to 430 cows while also raising their two children. Christine has been working for Farmlands Tauranga for 7 years and her responsibility involves growing the apparel and footwear range. She enjoys interacting with customers and is always happy to source items if customers require. She enjoys family holidays and catching up with friends in her leisure time, although she is kept very busy with her two teenage children.

Peter Finlayson Salesperson

Peter came to New Zealand from South Africa around 22 years ago. He has spent time in Rhodesia, Zambia, Malawi and Kenya in management roles – and since coming to the Bay Of Plenty, Peter has worked at Mitre 10 and has also held orchard maintenance and fencing roles. He brought his fencing knowledge and skills to Farmlands approximately 7 years ago. He and his wife Janet have three children and two grandchildren and their family is very important to them.

Peter loves to get away with the family when he can and is also passionate about whitebaiting and golf.