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Also inside this week: School’s field dream

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Couple riding to conquer

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Road safety challenged

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Smokefree quest heats up

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Hunting for the big four

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Headlines that surprised us this week Headlines are all the rage this week, hot on the heels of the Canon Media Awards at which SunLive came second in the digital breaking news category.

Well we presume we were second, since there were three in the final and the Herald won. Even though a good journalist should never assume anything, we are assuming our rightful place as the second best breaking news site in the country.

And we certainly would like to be better than Stuff.

Well done to the Sun Media team on making the finals, a old locally-owned and operated news organisation, footing it amongst the massive Australian-owned corporates.

So the first heading that caught our attention, ironically enough, was in the Herald (the first best breaking news site) proclaiming: “Woman accused of leaving kids alone” Our first reaction was to wonder how Rolf Harris would take it. Since he’s accused of NOT leaving kids alone. He must be thinking: “Jeez, you just can’t win these days”.

Next came a strange story, from our newly-adopted MP and Minister of Suave Hair, Todd McClay.

(Due to electoral boundary changes, we recently inherited Todd. It’s a bit like moving into a new house and finding the owners have left behind a nice, big fluffy cat. Except Todd has a better coat).

He’s announced the IRD is making sign language video for the hearing impaired to make it easier for them to pay their tax.

Now I was deeply perplexed about this idea, when an email popped up from our regular contributor, Mr Ty Taarse. His offering saved me the effort of developing an answer: “Now I’m all for helping deaf and blind people and indeed everyone, but wouldn’t you think that you’d produce audio recordings for the blind and books for the deaf? Just wondering what Minister Todd McClay and his bureaucrats will come up with next. Maybe I’ll become a psychic and insist that IRD communicate with me

telepathically.”

Another headline that surprised us was an announcement in the local Whitianga-Coromandel paper last week that it was closing down.

This came as a bit of a surprise for many in the upper peninsula, including the staff and delivery people; some who read about the end of their jobs on the front page.

Never mind, in a matter of days, Sun Media had set up and launched a new paper – the Peninsula Sun. We’re very proud of the new little sister for the Sun, and our last-minute effort to keep a proper local paper in that

region. We thank the many people who rallied to help us publish and deliver the first Peninsula Sun, in very short notice.

It adds another title to the Sun Media stable and also dovetails with our daily coverage on SunLive; the region’s leading new service, which now in addition to the Western Bay main site is gaining readers every week on SunLive Eastern Bay and the Coromandel peninsula area site, SunLive Thames/Coromandel.

You’ll find tabs direct to those regional sites at the top line of your main SunLive news homepage.

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Fielding school discussions Te Puke High School principal Alan Liddle on the school’s top field. Photo by Bruce Barnard.

Te Puke High School principal Alan Liddle is starting a conversation about rectifying an historic anomaly concerning the school’s playing fields.

The Te Puke Domain, in front of the high school, belongs to the Western Bay of Plenty District Council. The school’s fields are located at Litt Park, a few minutes’ walk away up Cameron Rd. Alan’s proposing either the Ministry of Education buy the domain from the Western Bay council, or swap the larger Litt Park for the domain.

“This is just the beginning. This is the starting point for an ongoing discussion with the council, the Ministry of Education and ourselves,” says Alan.

“To me, it seems like we could make better use of the fields for the school, for Te Puke and the

community.” Alan made the suggestion in his submission to WBOPDC’s annual plan hearings this week.

The school site is adjacent to the domain’s top field. The ministry pays a lease to council for the school’s use of the domain during school hours, but it;s not used to its capacity, says Alan.

The lower field beside Queen St, and between Cameron Rd and Beatty Ave, contains the community netball courts and the Te Puke cricket wicket.

“We just tend to use the top field of the domain,” says Alan.

The school fields are actually five minutes run up the road at Litt Park.

“If our physical education teachers want to take the kids out to our fields at Litt park – to actually get the kids up the road, get changed and run them up the road, do what they need to do for the lesson and then run back

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“So as a result the school isn’t using Litt Park as efficiently as it could.”

The first option proposed is for the MOE to buy the domain and transfer management and maintenance of it to the high school.

The grounds and courts will still be available for community sport, says Alan.

“All I have done at the moment is mooted the idea of better use of the two fields and getting the council to consider a couple of different options. They might come up with some options we would be happy to discuss as well,” says Alan.

With the swap option, the council would become responsible for maintenance of Litt Park.

The park is used for football, rugby and athletics. Netball courts are used by the community and school.

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A 28-year-old mother is facing charges after she allegedly drove around Kulim Park with her two children on the front bonnet in what police describe as “mind-boggling” actions.

Western Bay of Plenty road policing manager Senior Sergeant Ian Campion says numerous calls were made to police on Saturday afternoon about a silver Mitsubishi Lancer driving around the Matua park.

Police arrived to find the car crashed head-first into a park bench.

Ian says the woman was allegedly driving around the park with her two children, aged five and eight-years-old, on the bonnet.

She is due to appear in Tauranga District Court on May 23 and is also being investigated by Child Youth and Family.

Mega cruise ship season ends

Tauranga City’s cruise ship appeal continues to rise with bold plans to attract a larger number of bigger liners following another “great” season.

The 2013/1014 cruise ship season ended on Tuesday with a final visit from the Dawn Princess – one of 80 cruise ships to visit the city since last October.

The final ship marks what Tourism BOP general manager Rhys Arrowsmith estimates was a busy season with 240,000 visiting passengers and crew expected to inject $45million and $50million into the region.

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Hall’s future scrutinised Te Puna residents are facing an anxious wait on the future of their long-standing war memorial hall, with plans looming to replace the historic building with a roundabout to ease the site’s traffic woes.

The New Zealand Transport Agency has awarded a $135,000 design contract to Opus Consultants to upgrade the Te Puna and Minden roads’ intersection with State Highway 2.

As result, a roundabout has been identified as the best solution to improve driver safety at the “busy” intersection, with work scheduled to begin in 2015.

But Te Puna War Memorial Hall committee member Rosaleen Holmes is seeking reassurance from Western Bay of Plenty District Council and the NZTA that the historic hall will not disappear forever.

While admitting the junction is dangerous and “something needs to be done to make it more safe”, Rosaleen says her committee feels they’ve been “left in the dark” over its future.

“The plans at the time [last July] clearly showed the hall could not remain on that site,” says Rosaleen, who says the committee hasn’t been consulted with by WBOPDC or NZTA since.

In 1922 the Armstrong family donated the land for the hall to be built, to commemorate those from Te Puna who fought in World War 1 – with one in three servicemen not returning.

“It was a huge sacrifice – and we shouldn’t forget that this hall was built with money from the community and volunteer labour as a memorial hall,” says Rosaleen.

A committee member for more than four years, Rosaleen says the development of surrounding subdivisions highlights the need to retain an activity-based facility, to meet requirements of the growing community.

The hall hosts 11 weekly community classes attracting more than 200 people.

WBOPDC engineering services group manager Gary Allis says consultation with hall committee and Te Puna Heartlands, followed by residents and ratepayers, starts next month. Gary says discussions with the community will be on the basis the hall has to be removed, and how should it be relocated or replaced.

“If the hall has to go, because of the intersection improvements, it gives the community a once in 50-year opportunity to be involved in its future form and location.”

NZTA highways manager Brett Gliddon says to progress with the design phase of the

Te Puna Memorial Hall committee member Rosaleen Holmes, outside the hall on State Highway 2. project, a decision needs to be made and public consultation is vital.

The detailed design process is expected to take several months and will incorporate stakeholder and community feedback.

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Puppies’ online push Luxury items are up for auction raising money for New Zealand’s next generation of guide dogs.

The Great Guide Dog Online Auction, organised by Bayleys, began on May 13, with more than 1000 items on offer.

Funds raised will go to the Blind Foundation Guide Dogs, to help in training guide dog puppies, such as Wesbter – pictured here with his Tauranga carer Luci Carter.

All items are listed on TradeMe with a $1 reserve under The Great Guide Dog Online Auction heading.

Bayleys country administrator Wendy Boddington with seven-month-old puppy Webster and receptionist Becky Jefferson with four-year-old Fay. Photo by Tracy Hardy.

A day at the beach studying for a University test quickly turned into a heroic rescue for a Mount Maunganui lifeguard who is being recognised for his efforts with an annual award.

Former Tauranga Boys’ College student Perry Farrell received this year’s Rescue of the Year at the 2014 Otago/Southland Surf Life Saving Awards of Excellence.

It was his quick-thinking actions to help save a surfer from drowning at a South Island beach that earned him the recognition.

Property sales’ sudden slump

House sales in the Bay of Plenty fell 18 per cent this month with only Mount Maunganui and Papamoa seeing a slight increase in sales, according to figures just released.

Figures released by REINZ show a total of 99 houses were sold in the Mount and Papamoa in April 2014 – up 4.2 per cent from the 95 sold in April 2013.

In Tauranga sales dropped 16.2 per cent on last year with a total of 114 sold in April 2013 compared to 136 in the same month in 2013. It was a 10.2 per cent fall on March’s 127 sold.

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Katikati Heritage Museum is closed its doors for good this week due to a lack of cash flow meaning it can no longer sustain its daily operating costs.

Katikati Heritage Museum trustees have informed Western Bay of Plenty District Council they are now in discussions with Bank of New Zealand and legal representatives regarding the winding up of the trust.

At this point the main concern for Council is to ensure that the Museum collection is kept intact and safe for the future of the community.

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Brothers Liam, 13, and Blake, 13, with parents Kathy and Paul Miller.

Racing track rivalry Every family has its rivalries – so why not settle them on the race track?

For Triathlon Tauranga president Paul Miller, being able to compete side by side with family members and professionals is one of the main appeals of triathlon and duathlon racing.

He’s looking forward to doing just that against his 13-year-old sons Liam and Blake, and wife Kathy in the Smith Sports Shoes Duathlon Series, which launches its five-race winter series on Sunday.

Paul, who followed Kathy into triathlons 10 years ago, says winter’s run and cycle duathlon events offer athletes a great chance to keep their training up, or an ideal introduction to multisport without the added complication of a swim leg.

“It’s a great environment and there is always a bit of competition, but in what sport isn’t there?”

Ironically, the competitive runner has been kept behind the scenes helping run the duathlon series, so has only been able to compete in one event.

Since rupturing his Achilles tendon 13 months ago,

Paul has been stuck on the side-line but plans to lace up his running shoes for the duathlon in a few months.

“It’s been a bit frustrating not being to race, but it’s just one of those things; and fortunately it’s been quite a painless recovery.”

In its sixth year, the event is open to all runners with three courses – the long course of 3.2km run, 14km cycle and 3.8km run; a short course of a 1.5km run, 6.4km cycle and 2.3km run; and the children’s course, introduced last year, is a 500m run, 3.5km cycle and 500m run.

“There’s something for everyone, catering to all levels of fitness and ability,” says Paul, who himself competed at the pinnacle of multisport at Ironman New Zealand three years ago.

For now many athletes in the duathlon series are using the races to prepare for the national duathlon championships in Taupo in August. Monthly races will be on, from 9am-11am, at Hotuhotu St, The Lakes, Tauriko. For details, visit: www.triathlontauranga.org.nz

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Helen Verwey believes the high pressure has caused pipes leading into her Norrie St property to split three times in the last seven years.

“It [water pressure] is okay, but we don’t need it this violent – especially when it blows pipes.”

Helen’s pipes split for the third time last month.

She believes there are more properties in the area experiencing split pipes too.

A plumber informed Helen he’d tended to seven properties within the Norrie St and Stewart St area in one week during April.

Helen believes the pressure can be lowered by placing a reducing valve underground.

Western Bay of Plenty District Council utilities manager Kelvin Hill confirms council staff have recently placed a new toby, a shut-off valve located in a chamber, outside Helen’s property.

Kelvin says six incidents involving split pipes or holes in pipes were reported in the Te Puke area from 2005-2009.

Two of the incidents required replacement of a

section of pipe.

Kelvin says split or burst pipes are not uncommon in reticulated pressurised water supply systems and can occur as a result of “wear and tear” on the pipes – or emptying and refilling of pipes during planned maintenance works.

“Refilling of pipes sometimes causes the violent water pressure in taps, which is a result of air remaining in the system after it has been brought back up to operating pressure.”

Kelvin says to improve management of its assets, WBOPDC is developing hydraulic models of the water networks to allow them to moderate how the systems operate.

The models are set to be completed next month, when council will review water pressures throughout the networks and implement measures to reduce pressure where appropriate.

Kelvin says council only owns and maintains assets up to, and including, the toby at the front boundary of a property.

“The supply pipeline from the toby to the house is the property owner’s responsibility.”

Council is happy to meet with Helen to discuss her particular situation, says Kelvin.

By Zoe Hunter

Waihi Beach Volunteer Fire Brigade’s emergency response van is fitted out with brand new equipment thanks to a $5000 donation.

On May 7, Waihi Beach Lions Club presented the fire brigade with a cheque to purchase a mobile scene lighting plant and scoop stretcher with related equipment for their new emergency response van.

The money is part of profit from the recent Community Directory.

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Helen Verwey is concerned about the “violent” water pressure flowing through her taps. Photo by Bruce Barnard.

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Losing parents Darron’s motivation Darron Connelly’s no stranger to competitive sporting events – but his latest venture takes on an added meaning.

The 51-year-old Matua grandfather – with wife Christine – is tackling the Ride to Conquer Cancer in Auckland this November.

The event raises funds for Cancer Society Auckland, to sup-

port research and clinical trials in New Zealand’s fight against the disease.

It’s a cause Darron is all too happy to support, having lost both his parents to cancer within four years.

“My mum died of lung cancer in 1991, at age 57, and dad died of throat cancer in 1995, aged 60.

“We had a couple of years’ warning with both of them, so it wasn’t quick so to speak. But mum was 36kg when we buried her.”

Darron and Christine compete in numerous events, their charitable efforts linking up with Darron’s place of work – Fidelity Life.

“Our main sponsor is Leukaemia Blood Foundation. Our CEO has raised about $100,000 for that, so it all links in.

To prepare, the couple currently aim to ride 30-40km daily during the week and tackle longer rides on the weekends.

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Last year the ride raised more than 300km a week by a couple of months $2.1 million. Darron hopes to raise out.” $2500, and has so far collected $1590.

The second annual Ride to Conquer To donate, visit Cancer will see entrants cycle 200km www.conquercancer.org.nz during two days, from November The Cancer Society is an independ15-16. ent, non-government organisation “Now we’re over 50 we have a rule: reliant on donations. Each year about nothing more than 100km a day,” says 22,000 people are diagnosed with Darron – who is slightly keener on cancer, and about 8000 die as a result. the event than Christine, who prefers

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Seal plea for Reid Road Reid Road residents are asking the Western Bay of Plenty District Council to move their winding, dirt road higher up its sealing schedule for safety reasons.

The top of the road over the Papamoa Hill is sealed near the access to a private golf course, but increasing traffic is causing local residents concern about the 1.4km metal section, say Geoff and Judy Neilson in their submission to the council’s 2014/2015 annual plan.

Reid Rd is a dead end, connected to Reid Road South and Rocky Cutting Rd by a paper road, and access to Rocky Cutting Rd is through the golf course.

The private route across the golf course is opened every time traffic is diverted over Papamoa Hills, following accidents on SH2 between Bell Rd and Te Puke.

The Reid Rd intersection with Welcome

Bay Rd is about 500m from the Welcome Bay Rd/SH2 intersection.

At this week’s submission hearings, Geoff provided photos to WBOPDC showing how the road, near some of the blind bends, is too narrow for vehicles to safely pass each other. He also recounted tales of near misses he and his neighbours have experienced.

There have been some major accidents in recent years with cars hitting banks, and one going through the fence and down the bank. Traffic is building on the road, says Geoff, who was initially drawn to the area by the Summerhill A1 Youth Academy and mountain bike tracks.

Now mountain bikers are including the hill as part of a regular loop ride around the Papamoa Hills.

“The mountain bikes carry on over the grass, up to the top, and they get a great run over the top and back down,” says Geoff.

Not only is bike traffic increasing, but growing numbers of vehicle-owners are making the drive simply because of the views, say Geoff and Judy.

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Residents Grahame Hopcraft, Chloe Blackley, Judy Neilson, Alice Blackley and John Lane discussing one of the road’s dangerous corners. Photo by Bruce Barnard.

City-wide cycle safety initiative begins Tauranga cyclists are being encouraged to be safe, be bright and be seen as part of a national campaign aiming to increase cycle safety awareness.

The ‘Be Bright’ campaign will see Western Bay of Plenty representatives from Bike Wise, NZ Police and Travel Safe promoting the use of lights and high-visibility clothing by cyclists.

The aim is to reduce the risks to cyclists during lowlight periods at dawn and dusk, or in poor weather.

As part of the campaign, Travel Safe and police are

TCC’s Bruce Galloway and Karen Smith attach a light to cyclist Mark Ireland’s bike.

assessing reflective gear and lights at roadside checkpoints across Tauranga until June 9. Checkpoints operate from 4.30pm-5-30pm daily at Maranui St on Monday (May 19); Cameron Rd on Wednesday (May 21); Turret Rd on May 28; and Chapel St on June 9.

Checkpoints will not operate if the weather is bad.

Western Bay of Plenty road policing manager Senior Sergeant Ian Campion says although road safety is important to everyone, cyclists are quite vulnerable in the traffic environment.

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Warning ignited Firefighters are urging Bay of Plenty residents to be extra vigilant when using gas heaters after a potentially “catastrophic” fire at a Waihi Beach caravan park.

Firefighters were called to Seaford Park early on the evening of May 1 after a fire broke out inside the annex of an elderly woman’s caravan.

Waihi Beach Volunteer Brigade’s chief fire officer Ian Smith believes the fire was caused by the heater coupling connector not being screwed onto the LPG cylinder tight enough.

A volunteer firefighter from Athenree Fire Brigade was on site when the fire started, which Ian says helped minimise damage.

“The [village] owner, and the fireman who was with him, ran up and hooked the heater out with a broom. So the damage was minimal, but it could have been catastrophic.”

Ian says no one was injured in the fire.

Bay of Plenty fire risk management officer Bill Rackham urges people to always ensure cylinder and regulator connectors are tight when using portable LPG heaters.

“There are several different types of LPG

Bay of Plenty fire risk management officer Bill Rackham with the gas heater which caught fire at a Waihi Beach retirement village. Photo by Tracy Hardy. heater to cylinder connectors. Ensure your LPG heater connector is compatible with the type of cylinder valve connector you are using.”

To check for gas leakages after connecting the heater to the LPG cylinder, turn the cylinder valve on and spray soapy water around the cylinder and hose connections, says Ian.

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Project to get skate ramp built in Matua A keen Matua skateboarder is pushing to get a petition rolling for a skate ramp to be built in his area.

Otumoetai Intermediate student Sam Evans created the Facebook page Levers Road Park Skate Area Project, to prompt Tauranga City Council to consider his idea. The 12-year-old hopes to see a five foot ramp built with a wet weather shelter in Matua Park. He is yet to make a proposal to TCC, trying first to get more likes on the Facebook page. His older brother Liam, 15, is also pushing the project.

“We thought it would be really cool to have a skate park in Matua. Sam made a Facebook page and it just all came together in the holidays.”

The brothers say they have heard of people being opposed to their project.

“I talked to a few Matua people and they said some Board of Trustees have said ‘no way’ to the idea of a skate ramp,” says Liam.

TCC group communication advisor Alison Clifford says the boys should approach the council with their idea.

Matua Residents’ Association chairperson Richard Kluit says the only issue he sees in the project is the potential for children to be “hanging around” at night.

“I don’t have an issue with it, as long as parents take responsibility.”

Richard says the elder community in Matua would be opposed to a possible skateboard ramp but he encourages the boys to create a club and get a petition going to present to council.

“There’s rates money gathered in this suburb that needs to be spent in this area, so it’s worth having

Sam Evans, 12, would like to skate at a local ramp without having to cross the Matua salt marsh.

Photo by Taylor Shea.

a go,” says Richard. Spokespeople for Matua Hall refused to comment on whether they’d be opposed to the project.

Currently, the brothers have to walk through the Matua salt marsh to skate at the nearest ramp at Carlton St Reserve. “It’s not always safe,” says Sam.

By Isadora Sutherland

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Striking a chord Fame, fortune and fun – most young musicians dream of making it big – and this Saturday 15 emerging Western Bay groups will be giving it their best shot.

Like his fellow members in Otumoetai College’s band Phonics, Logan Burrell would love to make a career out of music.

And while rating their chances as remote, it hasn’t stopped the band practising two-three hours every day to prepare for the Smokefree Rockquest.

“We’re giving it our best,” says bass player and lead vocalist Logan, who hopes a solid performance against the 14 bands at the Tauranga heats at Baycourt will at least see Phonics through to the regional finals next month.

“We play very different music – we all listen to different styles and that comes through with our music – and having your own sound seems to be quite important, so hopefully that will help.”

Logan rates the national secondary school music competition, now in its 26th year, as a great chance to boost the band’s profile and play in front of a large audience.

The group, which only formed a year ago, has played at various school and community events and will record their first music in about two months.

Despite their enthusiasm, the band is up against an extra hurdle this weekend with drummer Brayden Dekker unable to play, cutting the group to three players, with Damien Potts swapping his normal guitar for drums.

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teacher Matt Bodman says the competition, which the school has three groups competing in, can be an important stepping stone, giving the students the chance to play to a large audience through top equipment and meet other like-minded students.

Matt says the school has had its share of success, including indie band Malcolm Jack’s success coming third in the national finals in 2010. But he’s even more pleased with how it helped some students go on to music industry careers at a national level, including duo Joseph and Maia (Joseph Thompson and Maia Potier), Ryan Mulligan from Please Please and solo artist Luke Thompson.

The Tauranga heats are on at Baycourt on Saturday from 1pm.

Visit www.sfrq.co.nz for more information. By Hamish Carter

Phonics band members Damien Potts, 15, Eben Macklow, 15, and Logan Burrell, 15.

Photo by Tracy Hardy.

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Bid to repair gravestones Efforts are underway to replace two soldiers’ headstones in the old Tauranga cemeteries between 17th and 18th avenues.

The project is being driven by two members of Tauranga WW100 committee, which is co-ordinating local commemoration activities to mark the centenary of the World War 1. Heather McLean, a stalwart of the Tauranga branch of the NZ Society of Genealogists, has been recording and photographing inscriptions on headstones in graveyards throughout the Bay of Plenty for more than 30 years.

“They contain a lot of fascinating history,” says Heather, who has teamed up with Fiona Kean, who works on Tauranga City Council’s Heritage Collection.

The pair recently discovered two headstones in Tauranga’s old cemeteries have been destroyed.

“With the centenary of World War 1 and the 75th anniversary of the start of World War 2 taking place this year, it is important the men and women who took part in these conflicts are remembered,” says Heather.

“These [damaged] headstones are a record of these two men’s service and because of that they should be repaired.”

The graves belong to WW1 veteran Trooper Robert Barnett Brunner Cooper and WW2 veteran Private Lewis Jones.

Neither man was born locally, but both were buried at the site in the 1960s.

Heather says past research shows Robert Cooper, a coal miner, was born in Greymouth in 1891 and enlisted in the Canterbury Regiment.

He married Myrtle McKay in 1919 and the couple had two children. His subsequent history is unknown, but he died in Tauranga in August 1963.

Private Jones enlisted in Taupiri and is thought to have been a bushman with Maori ancestry. There is no record of him marrying and he died in Mount Maunganui in 1965.

Local Returned Services Association clubs have no record of either man being past members. “We are trying to contact any next of kin to let them know what we are doing,” says Heather.

“They may be unaware the graves are broken. Hopefully, they might like to contribute to the cost of replacement headstones, which Ray McKenzie Monumental Masons has offered to supply for $1000.”

Heather says Veterans Affairs is unable to help financially as the graves aren’t located within the cemeteries’ RSA sections.

“The Genealogy Society has made a small donation to start the repair fund, but we are hoping members of the public may like to contribute too.”

To contribute, please call Heather phone 07 578 1689 or email hym@xtra.co.nz

Heather McLean with one of the broken headstones.

By Dave Blanshard

Chorus’ vocal petition for more members Harmony A Plenty Barbershop Chorus is seeking new members to boost its presence for an upcoming national competition.

The chorus, made up of men age 16-85, is hosting an open night for interested parties to hear the group singing and to talk to members.

Member Bill Butterfield is hopeful to gain three or four new singers through the open evening on May 19, at 7pm.

“What we’re wanting is to get the chorus swinging and singing to get ready for the international chorus competition – called the Pan Pacific Convention – in mid-august in Wellington.”

There, choruses from New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific Islands will compete in what Bill describes as the competition high of 2014.

Bill says everyone is welcome to the open evening, as well as girlfriends and wives. The group will be practising throughout the evening, and will stop for a break at 8pm to talk to visitors.

Anyone interested can audition at a later date. The open night is at Bethlehem Community Church on Moffat Rd.

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Harmony A Plenty Barbershop Chorus members Brian, Bill, Peter and Gordon belt out a merry tune. Photo by Bruce Barnard.

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For her MBA research project, Tina Jennen examined whether appropriate support and direction are available in the Western Bay to help fast-track success of start-ups, which can help early-stage business developers avoid common pitfalls.

The research, which included a survey of those in the sector, has highlighted gaps that need filling.

Tina’s MBA research findings, which she says are relevant to fostering innovation anywhere, will be presented at international business conferences in Hawaii next week, followed by Philadelphia and Dublin in coming months.

The research has helped her develop a road map for further

support that needs to be offered in the Western Bay, and she’s already working on a handful of new programmes.

Survey co-organiser and Yojo Design director Jo Allum was inspired by the need shown in the survey and set up online portal www.VentureCentre. co.nz with three others, as a place for the ‘entrePlus Group Research and Technical preneurial eco-system’ department researcher Fiona Dean to connect. The survey’s finding go online after the and executive manager Tina Jennen Tina attends the comparing kiwifruit seed quantification. conference. can make first-hand.

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Local boys from Katikati, Troy McLean, Nathan Darling, Mike Darling and Thomas Darling, won the Polaris 2013 Big Four competition last year.

Hunters gather for Big Four One hundred teams from New Zealand, Australia and America are prepping for the country’s largest hunting competition - the Polaris 2014 Big Four Competition.

Te Puna Hunting and Fishing Club’s largest annual competition runs June 24-27 – when teams of four will hunt stags, boars, pheasants and trout. Each team must secure one of each species to be eligible to win the competition’s major team prizes.

There are also individual prizes for the heaviest stag, heaviest boar, best pheasant and closet to the

average weight trout – and $1500 prizes for best Douglas score for the stag, best tusks on a boar, longest fighting spurs on a pheasant and average weight trout.

The total prize pool is more than $80,000.

Te Puna Hunting and Fishing Club’s Shane Paterson says the Big Four attracts hunters from across the world.

“A lot of the teams who enter make this this part of their year’s annual holiday and book it every year.” Shane says the competition is a great way for friends and family to get together for a week and spend time together in the great outdoors. “Even if they don't have much luck hunting and fishing, they always leave with great

Effort to rebuild track The Waihi Beach community and DOC have partnered to rebuild the Homunga Track, damaged during storms last year.

The track was closed with trees down and significant damage due to slips.

Led by Waihi’s mountain bike group and the Katikati Tramping Club, people banded together to restore the track in time for last weekend’s Nugget Multisport Festival.

memories and a story to tell.”

The Big Four is tailored for the average hunter, giving every entrant a chance to win prizes.

The major team prizes will be given away to the teams which enters all four species with a combined weight closest to the average weight of all species entered.

A briefing night is on June 21 from 5pm. Late entries can be accepted until then if spots are left. Hunting starts 6am on Tuesday, May 24, and runs to Friday, May 27. The club wishes to thank all its incredible sponsors.

Any groups, businesses, or people who would like to be included in the weigh in day’s activities should contact with Shane on 0212674083.

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On a roll for derby Whether you’re looking for a sport that’s different or exciting, or you simply love skating – roller derby could be just the option for you.

As part of Play in the Bay’s indoor sports promotion this month the Mount Militia Roller Derby crew is offering anyone interested a chance to try derby out this Sunday.

For Maree Longley, who laced up her first skates a year ago, roller derby offered an interesting alternative to standard sports or exercise regimes – and she hasn’t looked back since.

“I was looking for something to get involved in so I thought I would try derby and I absolutely love it. It’s so much fun.”

Roller derby involves two five-member teams skating around a track in the same direction, with points scored when a player laps members of the opposite team – while other players try to block opponents.

Fellow player Caitlin Burns says the excitement, strategic nature of the game, along with the exercise and social aspect make it a top sport which she highly recommends.

“Derby may look crazy from an outside perspective but the focus at Mount Militia is on providing women of all abilities the skills they need to remain safe and have fun playing.”

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Mount Militia members Leeanne Summerell (Roughi) and Maree Longley (Mareedieval).

Photo by Tracy Hardy.

trying out derby Caitlin is passionate about the sport, training or playing four nights a week, and rating the social aspect as one of the highlights.

Caitlin has made the national squad, along with fellow member Roni Diamond, and hopes to play at the world championships in December.

Anyone 16-plus can take part in the open day at Mount Sports Centre on Sunday from 10amnoon, with skates and protective

Swimming against the tide

I was really pleased to recently attend the commemoration of the Battle of Gate Pa (Pukehinahina).

The ground shook as the haka was being performed and we arrived to the battle site.

It is hard to believe 150 years have passed since one of the most significant battles of the New Zealand Land Wars took place; since a pivotal moment in the founding of the city of Tauranga.

The day was a sombre reminder

of lives lost and I must congratulate Buddy Mikaere and the Pukehinahina Charitable Trust, who undertook to not just hold a single day of commemoration but to educate the people of Tauranga about the significance of this battle by holding a series of other events the public could engage in.

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local high schools participated in, an art exhibition, a lecture series, poetry competitions; and many other events were used to retell the history of this significant event. Well done to you all.

During the course of the commemoration, we visited the military memorial service at the Otamataha Mission Cemetery.

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Creating fashion chaos in the Bay Hundreds of Te Puke school children and teenagers are busy gathering recyclable items to make into outfits for a wearable art competition next week.

Unique to Te Puke schools, the inaugural wearable art competition ‘Kaos in the Bay’, on May 21, will feature biodegradable garments made by junior and secondary school students from more than 10 schools.

Te Puke High School textiles teacher Carol Power says the competition is an attempt to provide a more fluid education system.

“It is a wearable art competition of recycling and biodegradable garments to promote seamless education from the time they [students] start school,

Year 3-5 theme is paper journey, for Year 6-8s the theme is untamed being, Year 9-10 theme is 23rd Century and Year 11-13 theme is deconstruction to reconstruction.

Paengaroa School principal Bruce Lendrem says the school is “delighted” to be involved with the competition. The primary school has entered 42 masks and 15 paper journey projects.

“The children have been very creative with the choice of materials used,” says Bruce, who says students are creating garments from paper, cardboard boxes, CDs, crepe paper and more. The sold-out Kaos in the Bay’ wearable art competition evening is at Te Puke High School. to when they leave at high school.”

There are five categories for students to enter. Year 1-2 pupils can enter wearable masks to the theme of jungle fever. The

Te Puke High School students Krystal Mitschak, 16, Danielle Hook, 13, Mikayla Binney, 13, Alazae Davis, 13, and Sophie Wardell, 13. Photo by Tracy Hardy.

Photos by Madleina Scholtysik, from Tauranga Girls’ College.

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A little lunchtime taste of India This week I experienced the real Indian taste, thanks to Indian Kitchen Express in Gate Pa. I’ll be the first to admit I’m a big fan of Indian cuisine, so I was happy to put my hand up and taste the three curries delivered to Sun Media’s offices at Tuesday lunchtime.

On offer was a Chicken Tikka Masala, a Lamb Rogan Josh, and the classic Butter Chicken.

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My eating assistant Kirsty favoured the Rogan Josh – with its perfect lamb.

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Lastly was the Butter Chicken.

There was a hint of cashew nuts in the sauce, which made it very creamy. The chicken was tender, and the dish looked lovely with it golden orange colouring.

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Coastguard market’s birthday choice Birthday celebrations will be in full swing at the Tauranga Farmers’ Market this weekend as the popular city feature turns 11.

The dozens of stallholders selling seasonal fruit, vegetables and artisan foods will be joined by birthday features at Tauranga Primary School on Saturday, May 17.

These include celebrations with The Hits radio team from 8am-10am, a colouring competition for children and a foodthemed ‘spin the wheel’ for adults.

The birthday hamper will be drawn at 10.15am, with ticket proceeds going to this year’s birthday recipient Tauranga Volunteer Coastguard.

Trixie says market organisers are always looking to support the community.

“With Tauranga being a waterfront community, the coastguard plays an essential role.”

Tauranga Volunteer Coastguard operations manager Simon Barker says it’s “absolutely fantastic” to receive support from the market.

“The timing is very convenient with the MayDay appeal coastguard does.”

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be put into training volunteers, with one of the most expensive costs being fuel for on-water training. Simon says volunteers have been visiting the farmers market each Saturday, and this weekend they will have the new coastguard boat on display. “It’s been good for us to get out and meet the community. Our guys have been down there every Saturday, having a good time selling raffle tickets.”

Visit the market from 7.45am-12pm to join the party, and grab some birthday cake.

By Corrie Taylor

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A pile of root ginger sat in the pantry for a week after I bought too much for a curry.

It had dried ever so slightly, but had not wrinkled with age.

There was also an ageing rump steak in the fridge that needed eating, so after a search of the pantry I found the basics of a marinade.

I have previously used this marinade for chicken and prawns and decided to change it slightly to use with beef for some tasty skewers.

There are some people who dislike ginger, but others who love it.

With this method of preparation, the ginger is sweetened and absorbed by the honey and lime.

And even though a lot of ginger is used, the resulting flavour is not overpowering.

You can use nearly any cut of beef for this, as the lime in the marinade helps to tenderise the meat.

Serve as a starter with rice, or as a something to snack on when you have guests.

Method Bring the honey up to the boil in a small stainless pot. Add the ginger and simmer, then add the garlic. Bring back up to the boil and add the lime juice, and reduce heat to a simmer. Crush the seeds and chilli well and add to the mixture with soya sauce. Cool slightly and pour over the diced beef. Cover and refrigerate for two-three hours.

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Kaimai Cafe staff are digging out their finest kitchen utensils and gathering all things pink for a breakfast with a difference next week in an effort to raise funds for Tauranga Breast Cancer Support Service.

Kaimai Cafe is holding its third Pink Breakfast next Friday, May 24, to help men and women diagnosed with breast cancer in the Bay of Plenty navigate their journey.

From 9am to 11am, $20 will get customers a selected breakfast and hot drink, with all proceeds going to the campaign. The cafe on State Highway 29 will also hold raffles during the morning to help raise more funds.

“We are very appreciative of Kaimai Cafe raising funds for us locally,” says Tauranga Breast Cancer Support Service manager Lea Lehndorf, who says there are more than 200 women, and a couple of men,

diagnosed in the Bay community every year.

“We put them in touch with others who have been there, as they can truly empathise and ensure they have the information they need to work through this huge experience they face.”

Kaimai Café owner Russell Shillingford is pleased to help out. “It’s a fun morning and while we may not raise huge dollars, we are glad we can help those in our community.”

The cafe is joined by Nemo’s Kai on The Strand, hosting a pink breakfast tomorrow from 10am-4pm for the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation, based in Auckland.

Restaurant owner Karen Putan is encouraging people to enjoy live music from Tauranga bands while sipping on a coffee on Edgewater Fan. For those who feel like a boogie, Tauranga Samba will be giving demonstrations.

While parents relax children can play on the rides, including a man-powered merry-go-round, bouncy castles and more.

Nutritional therapy for osteoarthritis Last week I wrote about a client who had recovered from Polymyalgia Rheumatica.

I was speaking with another client who I’ve been working with since 2010, who also had PMR. I put him on my standard PMR programme and he too improved to the point he no longer needed medication.

The improvements meant a return to being active and enjoying life again. A few years later he started to develop knee osteoarthritis and was referred to an orthopaedic surgeon, who recommended surgery and he was booked in for extensive knee surgery.

As part of our regular reviews I suggested we add my new joint formula into his regime of supplements.

This formula has much more chondroitin than most

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products and includes a potent 95 per cent curcumin (turmeric) extract. After a few months he noticed his knee improving to the point where he’s cancelled the surgery.

During my recent studies in nutritional medicine, one of my assignments was a research project on nutritional factors in both osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. One of my research sources was a paper on the benefits of chondroitin sulphate in osteoarthritis. The research published in the British Medical Journal (Wildi et al 2010) examines the benefits of chondroitin sulphate in knee osteoarthritis.

The study confirms the significant benefits of chondroitin, but at 800mg daily. This is much higher than in most joint supplements. As a result, I completely re-formulated my joint support supplement to include these higher levels of chondroitin with glucosamine and the curcumin extract, with outstanding results.

Once again this demonstrates the benefits of nutritional therapy in helping to restore damaged body processes. Give me a call if you need more information. To join my full weekly newsletter, go to www. abundant.co.nz John Arts is a qualified nutritional medicine practitioner and founder of Abundant Health. Contact John on 0800 423 559.

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Celebrating the city’s youth Tauranga Moana Safe City wants the city’s teenagers to know “it’s all good to ask for help” with the launch of their brand new Teen Tools brochure as part of National Youth Week.

Starting tomorrow, Youth Week aims to recognise the contributions and achievements of young people in New Zealand.

In conjunction with the event,

Tauranga Moana Safe City has launched a brochure called ‘It’s All Good To Ask For Help’, which features a collection of Tauranga services parents and young people can contact to get help on specific topics.

Tauranga Moana Safe City contractor Raewyn Mortensen says young people are becoming more independent and the brochures show them where they can go to get help.

“It’s just to let people know the community cares about them and

there are loads of places they can go for help,” says Raewyn.

“There are a lot of really accessible resources for young people.”

“But what we wanted to do is direct them to actual people on the ground in Tauranga.”

For more information about the brochure, visit www.teentools.co.nz In celebration of youth week, the Tauranga Youth Development team is inviting residents to join in a flash mob event at Red Square on Saturday at 11.30am.

By Zoe Hunter

Tauranga Safe City programme manager Raewyn Mortensen.

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Support launched for heart patients A desire to provide support for one another is behind the formation of a group representing a growing band of heart patients in the Bay. In recent years the number of Bay residents who’ve had an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator fitted has grown steadily to about 100.

An ICD is a device detecting life-threatening, rapid heartbeats. If such a heartbeat, called an arrhythmia, occurs the ICD sends an electrical shock to the heart to change the rhythm back to normal.

The procedure for ICDs has been performed at Tauranga Hospital since 2009, where clinical physiologist Kate Swinson says many patients with the device have been through a traumatic event.

Kate says they often live with the thought their heart may ‘go out of rhythm’ at any time.

“There are other obstacles for these patients regard-

ing overseas travel, insurances and in some cases continuation in their line of work.

“Hence, it is very useful for them to have a support network to help with useful advice or sometimes just someone to talk to.”

A five-strong, patient-led committee formed following letters sent out by the Bay of Plenty District Health Board Pacemaker Clinic to gauge interest.

The committee overseas the support group, which met with their families at Daniels in the Park, Tauranga, last weekend for the inaugural meeting.

Kate says an ICD device prompts big changes in lifestyle and support is important.

“It’s a big adjustment, for the families as well the patients. We wanted people to know they’re not alone; that others are experiencing the same feelings and emotions.”

Further meetings are scheduled every six months. Email committee chairman Bernard Blandford at blandfords@xtra.co.nz

Mount artist’s iconic mane to go for charity Known for his giant spray-paint artworks around Tauranga City, Owen Dippie is putting down the spray can and picking up the clippers to shave his iconic hair in support of his friend who has bone cancer.

The Mount Maunganui artist, commonly known as OD, is cutting his head of hair to raise money for his 14-year-old friend Kereopa McDonald, who was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in February.

The 30-year-old is also painting a mural on Arataki Community Centre in honour of Kereopa and his family.

More than $600 has been donated to the Givealittle page set up by Owen, who will make a date for the shave later this month.

Donations can also be made at Owen’s Ashworth Lane gallery in Mount Maunganui.

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Papamoa School’s practical push for scooter safety A push for safe scooter practices is being implemented at Papamoa School in the wake of a rising number of scooter-related injuries in the community.

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This week Papamoa Police Constable Sarah McKenzie taught the school’s 150 Year 3and Year 4 pupils the importance of wearing helmets and footwear while using push scooters, and how to navigate road crossings and traffic safety.

The initiative was started by teacher Hamish Avery, who became alarmed at the number of pupils being injured while riding scooters – and their blasé attitude towards the accidents.

“These things are lethal and kids are getting maimed weekly out here at Papamoa School alone. We had three broken arms in the space of five days last term.”

What worries Hamish most is children are not wearing helmets or safe footwear. Their excitement over their injuries is also a cause for concern, says Hamish.

“It became a trend; kids wanted to have that year to 6474 in 2012. a broken arm, and it was cool to have a Sarah says the lessons will hopefully encourage children to slow down and be scooter injury.”

While pupils are forbidden to ride scootmore careful.

“They go so fast all the time.” ers during school hours, many ride the new craze to and from school.

She hopes if the pupils take just one thing “I’ll go out in the morning, and of away from the lessons it will be to wear a the kids on scooters, probably two helmet. Papamoa School has no scooter out of 10 will have helmets on. policy in place currently, but Hamish is “There’s no risk assessment keen to get some official rules.

By Corrie Taylor skills there, the kids are too young to stay within a safe environment,” says Hamish.

“Kids are jumping off concrete structures with no forethought, helmet, pads, gloves, or anything.

They are travelling as fast as a bike, but with none of the safety measures they use on a bike.”

The local injuries are part of an increasing national issue, with scooter-related injuries doubling annually, according to ACC. In New Zealand, ACC data shows injuries have doubled every Junior pupils learn to cross the road safely. year since 2008 – from 697 claims

Junior student’s new Auckland fame She may only be seven years old, but you can bet your bottom dollar Bethlehem College junior student Venice Harris’ name will be in lights very soon.

Venice has landed a role in the heartwarming rags-to-riches musical ‘Annie’, which is on at Auckland’s Civic Theatre from June 13-21.

Set in the 1930s the story follows the journey of orphan Annie, who goes from living at a hardknock New York orphanage to a deluxe billionaire’s home.

Auditioning for NZ’s version of the musical in February, Venice won the part of the youngest orphan Molly who is comforted by Annie after her every nightmare.

Venice’s mother Melanie says the talented youngster has been singing and dancing since she was a toddler.

“She started watching it [Annie] when she was probably one [years old]. When she was probably one-and-ahalf she could sing ‘The Sun Will Come out Tomorrow’ really well,” laughs Melanie, who

remembers turning on the musical for Venice all the time.

“It surprised me actually because she doesn’t like to show people what she can do, she’s quite shy about it.

But the first time she was ever on stage she was…just totally comfortable.”

It is no wonder Venice has caught the theatrical bug, with Venice’s dad’s brother, Clinton Harris, a former bass guitarist of Kiwi band Opshop, her 13-year-old brother Flynn starting theatre at age five, and her mother featuring in many theatre shows as a youngster.

“It makes me feel like just happy singing and dancing,” says Venice, who has been travelling with her mother every Sunday to Auckland for rehearsals.

As show time nears, Melanie and Venice will stay in the big city for six weeks for rehearsals and performance nights.

By Zoe Hunter

Venice Harris, 7, has scored a lead role in the Auckland production of ‘Annie’.

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Study options a-plenty Students hang out at the University of Waikato, where the next student intake is about to begin.

Are you thinking about starting a degree, or making the step up to postgraduate study?

The University of Waikato in Tauranga has a range of programmes to suit different needs and the next student intake is just around the corner.

In Tauranga, most university programmes commence at the beginning of each year but you can get a head start on your degree by starting papers in July that can lead into degree programmes.

Or, you can take an individual paper for your own interest and personal development.

First year social science papers starting in July can lead to the Bachelor of Social Work, or the Bachelor of Social Science majoring in psychology.

Both these degrees can be completed entirely in Tauranga.

For people wanting to up-skill in business,

tourism or information technology, we have a range of papers starting in July.

From human resource management to cruise ship tourism, these papers give you the chance to progress your degree or upgrade your skills and knowledge.

Some papers may require pre-requisite study and some programmes begin by students first enrolling in diplomas

through the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic.

Postgraduate options are also available for those wanting to up-skill.

Papers towards the university’s new 180-point Master of Education course are available in July, including Educational Leadership: Organisational Development and Research Methods.

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Your future starts here Study at the University of Waikato. Our next intake starts in July.

You can start your degree, upskill professionally or exercise your brain with something interesting.

The University of Waikato has a great range of study options available at our Tauranga and Hamilton campuses, or online.

Upskill in topics such as Sports Marketing, Financial Management and Human Development.

If you’re looking for something to broaden your horizons or challenge yourself, why not gain an understanding of the Foundations of Legal Studies or explore the mind of a teenager with a course in Adolescent Behaviour. And of course, the University of Waikato offers a wide range of papers in areas from Science to Management to Social Sciences.

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Tauranga’s Holder holds his own Photo by Jason Byrne www.alittlebitsideways.co.nz

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Tauranga driver Dave Holder is celebrating a top result at Rally Otago during last weekend, but isn’t planning to ease up on his ‘steady as she goes’ approach that helped him claim second place.

“It’s a good result after the last one in Whangarei; and it was especially good to get to the end,” says Dave, who has been knocked out of a handful of events during the last year including last month in Whangarei, where he collected a fence.

“Our idea was just to put down

a good track and make sure we were there at the end, and we’ll be doing the same again in Canterbury in a few weeks.”

Dave says the cautious approach is important with him still getting used to his new Mitsubishi Evo 8 and co-driver Ben Hawkins, who joined him for the first time on the weekend.

“For the first couple of stages I honestly felt out of my depth,” says Dave, who claimed fourth place on the first day and second place on Sunday, earning him 21 points – taking him into fourth place overall.

But he’s hoping to be able to loosen up his driving at the fourth

round in Wairarapa on June 28, by which stage he expects to be feeling more confident.

“Then we’ll really pull it out and try to give the top driver a real nudge.”

Fellow Tauranga driver Phil Campbell did not fare so well, describing it as one of the hardest rallies he and co-driver Venita Fabbro have ever done with break issues on the first day and fuel challenges on Sunday – and the pair both being sick.

Phil finished off the pace in 11th place for the top 4WD class, taking his standing to 12th equal for the series to date.

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Tauranga Kia technician takes out top award Josh Seabourne well and truly knows his Kia cars inside and out after emerging as the top Kia Motors service technician at the inaugural Australia-New Zealand Skill Cup Competition.

The Tauranga Motor Company senior technician took out the bi-annual event determining the best Kia service technician - the only Kiwi in the competition.

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Best of British After riding around on motorbikes, Doug Lloyd upgraded to his first car in his early-20s in what was to be the start of a long series of British road trips.

Recalling the ‘solid and reliable’ Morris Ten he got for a family car in his early-20s, the Pillans Point man laughs about how on one trip from Wellington to Auckland he started hearing a funny noise.

“When I got up to Auckland I

had a look and discovered ‘mice had been eating the piston’,” says Doug, referring jokingly to how a ring had broken and damaged a piston.

Despite the damage, the car still powered on to complete the long journey.

After owning the Morris for a few years, he went on to have a series of Minis before getting his favourite British car – a 1971 Morgan 4/4 two-seater sports car – about 20 years ago.

Ten years later he added

Doug Lloyd, with his 1977 Morgan Plus 8.

Photo by Tracy Hardy.

another Morgan to his collection with a Plus 8, a V8-powered 1977 two-seater produced by the small British sports car manufacturer.

“It’s the classic styling; that’s what I love about them,” says Doug, who says that’s what prompted him to get the sporty roadster.

The Morgan Motor Company had its first success with its single and double-seater ‘Runabout’ three-wheelers released in 1910-1911, before releasing their first iconic fourwheeler in 1936.

Doug’s interest in Morgans was sparked by his wife’s relation, who had bought one – and he urged her to call if she ever decided to sell.

Eighteen months later he got the call and was heading to Auckland to collect the 4/4 – the classic

four-cylinder the four-wheeler is now famed for.

The Morgan company still produces top-of-theline sports cars – but with only a few cars coming off the production line every year it is little wonder most owners are passionate about their cars.

All Morgan owners are automatically registered in the Morgan Sports Car Club of New Zealand when they buy the cars, and encouraged to participate in regular runs and events – such as accompanying a group of 13 international Morgan owners touring the country in January.

“We travelled with them around part of the country,” says Doug – one of four Morgan owners in the Western Bay – “and it was great fun”.

“...I had a look and discovered ‘mice had been eating the piston’.”

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Game on for council Quality education first People care about the education of their children more than almost any other issue.

So we want good policy that builds an effective education system.

Schools are at the frontline, and offer options for responding to issues facing children. Building policy that properly addresses modern realities is the central challenge facing the next government.

Currently, national education policy is shifting us towards a model in which market forces and top-down control are seen as the best mechanisms for delivering quality education.

Charter schools, national standards, executive prin-

The city’s backbone

Last week teachers and students and all of the varied support workers went back to school for Term 2.

Teachers are the backbone of our community and guardians of our future.

There is, however, a feeling of concern and uncertainty about their own futures as the Government announces their plans for EDUCANZ to replace the NZ Teachers Council.

No wonder morale is low. The proposal would see all appoint-

ments to EDUCANZ being made by the Minister of Education, with no teacher-elected representative on the body to regulate and register them.

Who will represent their interests? What about the Charter Schools which don’t even require their teachers to be registered?

The proposal doesn’t seem fair to me, and that’s without taking into consideration the substantial increase in fees for our

Getting road safe I was less than surprised to read Ian Campion’s comments recently in the media, where he expressed frustration at the number of fatal road crashes on local roads, saying the region has already reached the same road toll number for the whole of last year.

I’ve noted previously the funding from the New Zealand Transport Agency, a major funder for road safety programmes, was reduced by 33 per cent in 2011; at the same

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Plans and policies It is acknowledged a city must plan for the future. However, I believe Tauranga City Council has an opportunity to refine and reduce the number of policies, plans and organisations currently in place, which often have similar objectives, goals and seek similar outcomes.

Recently, elected members were given an update regarding a new Spatial Plan – Invest Bay of Plenty.

cipals, the National Student Number and bulk funding are just some of the mechanisms proposed or already in place.

These mechanisms are promoting competition and inequality.

The evidence from countries where they are in place is they don’t deliver better education.

The evidence does show the best learners are students who are fed, healthy, and have a happy and stable home life.

Many schools are attempting to pick up the gaps in these fundamentals, where they are not available at home, but are struggling to do so due to enormous pressures on funding. teachers to renew their registration every three years.

A regulatory body that oversees a professional group must be able to demonstrate detailed knowledge of the rights and responsibilities of those it registers.

It cannot be a truly independent statutory body if the members are all appointed by an MP.

time they made their road safety educator advisors redundant.

I also noted much of the funding spent on road safety education locally is being diverted to supporting other programmes council considers their priority.

‘Kids on feet’ is an example of a programme funded from other criteria and abandoned by the current Government’s Safer Journey’s Strategy.

The upshot is many of the successful communitybased road safety programmes and local initiatives have been abandoned.

These programmes, through often subtle in their approach, did act as constant reminders to our community of the dangers out there on our roads; they had a measureable impact.

This is a joint project which involves the region’s eight local authorities working together through the triennial to create an integrated spatial plan for the entire Bay of Plenty.

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Amalgamation is coming to a council near you – or is it? A group of Tauranga’s leading business people will ask the Local Government Commission to amalgamate Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty.

They are quite deliberately just asking for a larger council. This is very different from what’s happened elsewhere.

Usually, the push has been for a unitary council; something which combines both the regional council and local councils.

Asking that Tauranga and Western Bay become a unitary council triggers very complex decisions. What happens to ownership of the Port of Tauranga?

What about regional council activity in the Eastern Bay of Plenty and Rotorua? Should those councils become unitary councils? Do they have the scale, capability and capacity?

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Staying away from the unitary council option looks sensible if you want to avoid all those complications. But can this be done?

The first thing the LGC must do, if it decides to consider the request, is publicly advertise for other proposals.

It’s almost certain someone will put up the idea of a unitary council for the Western Bay – or for the whole of the Bay of Plenty.

So far, with the proposals it is had to deal with, it looks as if the LGC prefers unitary councils. Once the LGC has received and considered other proposals, it then comes out with its own draft proposal. We shouldn’t be surprised if it turns out to be something very different from the original request to merge Tauranga and the Western Bay. The real question this raises is whether it makes sense to trigger a process which is not locally controlled.

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Taxing sugar idea is just bad taste Stop helping those who don’t help themselves I’ve heard someone suggesting taxing sugar. Why not? Another tax - just what we need.

Here’s an idea. Totally ban sugar and associated products. That does away with half the stock in supermarkets. Totally ban salt, fat and all associated products; another large section of the supermarket.

Totally ban fast food outlets. There goes thousands of jobs, but who cares, as long as we’re not overweight.

Do people really think taxing sugar is going to stop people eating what

they choose? It’ll simply increase the price of everything we buy - and budgets are not bungee cords.

I’d like to see the trolley of a consumer who buys products with absolutely no sugar, salt or fat. I don’t imagine it would be terribly exciting, tasty or very full.

There are medical reasons why some people are overweight. Others simply make bad choices; it’s easier that way.

Some refuse to take doctor’s advice after serious health problems and surgery. I’ve seen it repeatedly.

If people have a medical problem, and don’t take doctor’s advice, then relapse; that’s their decision. They should live with the consequences. Don’t expect the medical profession to repeatedly pick up the pieces.

S Gussey, Omokoroa.

The Government’s introduction of free head lice treatment to families in low decile schools is just another farce of giving those who spend their money on more important things – such as alcohol and drugs – a way out of being responsible parents.

So we’re helping parents treat their children for nits – we already help them feed their kids breakfast at school – and some schools also provide lunches – then there’s milk in schools.

Where does it stop? When is the onus going to be on the parents to clothe, feed and provide health care to their children?

This country is raising people to think they can get an endless list of freebies for doing nothing.

The unemployment benefit and DPB (or whatever it is called now), allow people to choose not to work

or seek work. Now they don’t have to worry about buying nit treatment either.

It’s very discouraging for us who work 8 til 5.

Maybe we should stop working – and paying taxes – and put our snouts in the ‘freebie-full’ trough?

This is a first world country with endless employment opportunities – it is not a third country where everyone needs help to climb out of poverty.

In Asian countries there’s no such thing as the dole – you have to work to survive.

This Government needs to wake up and stop helping everyone who can’t be bothered helping themselves.

But I guess it is general election year – and even those who don’t deserve it will get tossed an election sweetener or three.

K Morland, Katikati.

Forget Mars, try fixing Earth Re: An item on TV One news showing some women discussing the possibility of going to planet Mars to set up living quarters. Now ladies, here are some facts of the hostile state of mars.

The average temperature is just minus 65 degrees Celsius and almost all of the air – about 95.3 per cent – has carbon dioxide, and

2.7 per cent nitrogen and 1.6 per cent of argon. So the Mars atmosphere is poisonous to life, with air 200 times thinner than earth’s air.

Its temperature hardly ever reaches above freezing. The sun’s ultraviolet rays beat down with full force, sterilising the ground.

The one-month journey in a spacecraft would

be crippling and suicidal – so ladies, forget about going to Mars, as it is absurd and preposterous.

Plus the monetary cost is so prohibitive.

No life can exist on the planet full stop.

If you want to do something constructive, concentrate on getting our planet in order, as there is certainly room for improvement.

E Izett, Brookfield.

No use investing in the airport Auckland Airport Authority aka ‘Dick Turpin’ have had the gall and audacity to deny pensioners their half-yearly dividend for April this year.

How many old-age pensioners will suffer because of this immoral action.

Many depend on it to subsidise their meagre pension, not to mention the institutes who are in charge of our pension funds.

Is this the price of an extra runway?

We buy shares in order to be in a

position to rely on dividends to pay our bills. It is extortion and the public should be made aware if they are thinking of putting their savings into such a venture.The whole aim of purchasing these shares was to improve our living standards in our old age.

Auckland Airport has completely sabotaged this objective. It provokes the thought of reconsideration into another vehicle of investment.

N Jones, Papamoa.

Surely not a doctor of chemistry ‘Think twice about adding fluoride’ is the alarmist claim by Dr Janice Priest of Herbal Ltd (The Weekend Sun, May 9), but she then lets herself down with her lack of scientific knowledge. She claims sodium fluoride is an industrial by-product.

So what? Marmite is a by-product of yeast

production and butter a by-product of milk. It also occurs naturally in the mineral villiamite.

She then seems to try to vilify hydrofluosilic acid by stating it is inorganic.

Inorganic simply means it doesn’t contain carbon, neither does water for that matter.

She then writes the formula for hydrofluosilic

acid is SiF6. It isn’t, it is (H3O)2SiF6.

This hardly inspires one to have much confidence in the validity of the rest of her claims.

She signs herself as Dr - a doctor of what she doesn’t say but it certainly can’t be in chemistry.

R Prince, Welcome Bay.

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Amalgamation of councils: Property Now is the time for debate

Gang art big no no

With a recent report a local property developer, along with other businessmen and women, are within two months of making an application to the Local Government Commission seeking the amalgamation of the Tauranga City Council and Western Bay of Plenty District Council now is the time for a robust debate on this issue.

It would be interesting to know the actual makeup of the lobby group and what its real motive is?

We’re aware the group spokesperson, Paul Adams, is a substantial property developer and has had a number of issues with both councils in the past.

The Government already stated it would make it easier for communities to combine.

But it also said this would only be done with support of affected parties – that’s residents and ratepayers who reside in the areas under consideration.

It’s now time for the community to stand up and be

counted because if submissions are made soon, and there’s little opposition, you can guarantee it will happen. The Local Government Commission has the power to make it happen.

Prior to thinking of amalgamation we should ask ourselves would amalgamation benefit everyone or would some be significantly better off at the expense of others?

It should also be recognised one community is urban (Tauranga City Council) and the other is predominantly rural (Western Bay of Plenty District Council) so what issues would amalgamation cause?

There’s questions over rates, which are currently higher in Western Bay of Plenty District Counci and it also faces more issues with roading, water, sewerage and stormwater. So what would be the effect on both of the communities?

Change will occur during time but it must be beneficial and affected communities must be involved in debate and the ultimate decision.

Stand up now and be counted, or suffer the consequences.

Mike Baker, Bethlehem.

Hi folks, welcome to Tauranga City Some visitors arriving in Tauranga come in on State Highway 36 the Pyes Pa through road from Rotorua.

They get to the roundabout by the cemetery and what do they see?

A large roundabout full of dull brown grasses, which look totally dead - perhaps a nod to its situa-

tion beside the cemetery.

These plants are not dead - but surely some greenery, perhaps a few low-growing shrubs, which do not block vision, would be more welcoming. A bit of colour please instead of a sea of drab, dreary brown.

Following directions to the city

centre, these visitors shortly arrive at the toll booth, where they are fleeced of a few dollars simply to enter our city.

Dull, boring gardens in this most fertile growing area of New Zealand, a rip-off at the toll booth - welcome to Tauranga.

R Bishop, Pyes Pa.

With regard to an art display news item on TV One on April 29, 2014, about a Mongrel mob photo exhibition sparking backlash, I wish to comment. If Maori wish to promote moko and other bodily tattoos as art forms in the public arena, I have no problem with this.

It is part of their heritage, I think. But to do this in association with gang members of criminal activity is abhorrent and should in no be condoned by those responsible for arranging public ‘art’ displays.

Barry H Walker, Mount Maunganui.

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OUT THERE

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

Stories, snippets, strangeness, and general entertainment.

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

Friday 16 May

Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa Speaker Murray Horton CAFCA at Wesley Centre, 100 13th Ave, Tauranga 7pm. Gold coin entry includes tea/coffee. Hosted by www.closingthegap.org.nz Ron 544 5360 TWIF (Thank Whaka it’s Friday) For Whaka residents at Whakamarama Hall from 5.30pm. BYO & nibbles - bring your excess veg/fruit/flowers/jams/chutneys to sell or swap. Bryony 552 5484

Saturday 17 May

Bay Association Sea Kayakers Aotea Harbour paddle. Bevan 576 8885

Bayfair Community Garden 20th Birth-

day celebration dinner May 31 at Club Mt Maunganui. Anyone who has sponsored or worked with us please contact Hillier Centre 575 9709 or Jo 021 647 676 for details.

Cake & Silent Auction At Adventist Church, 25 Moffat Rd from 6.30pm.

Great bargains sold for fundraising.

Car Boot Sale Greerton School 8 – 1pm (note change of time). Cost $5 per single site or $10 for double site. Weather permitting. Something for everyone. Shirley 577 1116 or 0274 146 040 Car Boot Sale Third Sat of month at Evans Rd Church. $5/car. Bargains for all.

021 123 1157 Come Dancing Tonight Te Puke Scottish Soc dance. Live band, great supper. Te Puke Memorial Hall 7.30pm. Members $7, non members $8. Valerie 573 7093 Fashion Parade At Carmel Country Estate Centre 2pm. Ladies & mens fashions from Gables & Greerton Menswear, modelled by Carmel residents. $2 door charge, proceeds to Historic Village Radio.

John Chen, Piano Presented by Radiolive & Tauranga Musica at Graham Young Youth Theatre, Tauranga Boys’ College, 664 Cameron Rd, Tauranga 3pm.

Messianic Weekly Meetings The Way meet in the Kingfisher Room, Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Mt Maunganui 10am. 570 1438

Paengaroa Community Breakfast

Paengaroa Community Hall 8 10.30am. Breakfast from $2 for a cuppa to $8.50 for bacon, sausage, eggs, toast, tea or coffee. Sal 533 1043 Pink Ribbon Day Fundraising event for NZBCF on Tauranga’s Strand waterfront 10am - 4pm. Live music entertainment, Tauranga Samba demonstration, kids fun rides, bouncy castle & more. Follow us on Facebook.

Tauranga Farmers Market Tauranga Primary School cnr 5th Ave & Cameron Rd every Sat 7.45am - 12pm. 11th Birthday celebrations today with ‘The Hits’ on site from 8-10am with 2 competitions going. Birthday hamper tickets drawn 10.15am. Fresh & artisian produced food.

Trixie 552 5278 or www.taurangafarmersmarket.co.nz

News, reviews and opinionated raving on the music scene.

Tauranga Woodcrafters Guild Every third Sat at club rooms, Yatton St, Greerton 1pm. Visitors & interested people welcome. Geoff 579 3637 The Little Big Vintage Markets Senior Citizens Club, 345 Maunganui Rd, Mt Maunganui 9am – 2pm. The best quality vintage, good music, coffee & cake. www.thelittlebigmarkets.co.nz The Sociables 30’s/40’ age group of males & females that meet once a week to socialise by dining out or participating in local activities & events. Email sociables@outlook.co.nz Village Radio Community radio broadcasting from Tauranga Historic Village 1368 kHz AM. Music of 1920’s - 80’s weekends 9am - 5pm, weekdays 10am 5pm. Specialty programmes. www.villageradio.co.nz or 571 3710

Sunday 18 May

Bethlehem Lions Market 1st & 3rd Sun

of month at Bethlehem Town Centre 8am - 12pm.

Bible Seminars Every Sun at Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St, Greerton 1.45pm. Title: “Israel’s history in advance.” Interactive, Q&A. Refreshments provided. Vic 543 0504

Bible Society’s Tauranga Action Group

“Variety concert” at Tauranga Central Baptist Church cnr 13th Ave & Cameron Rd 2pm. Free admission - offering taken for Bible Society.

Croquet Tauranga Domain Sun, Tues, Fri 12.45pm. Peter 571 0633 Family Fun Day A day of exciting art experiences at Tauranga Art Gallery 10am - 4.30pm. Includes free Kids Art Hunt, Bob Kerr inspired Kids Art Studios ($10 per child, bookings essential), face painting & story telling. Note: while art hunt is free, some activities cost gold coin donation to take part. www.artgallery.org.nz.family-fun-day Free Japanese Massage Drop in to Hunga Hunga Toroa Marae, Hunga Hunga Rd, Matapihi from 10am – 1pm & experience a free Japanese Massage (Shiatsu). Autumn 027 293 1430 Maketu Rotary Club Market 3rd & 5th Sun at Village Green, Park Rd, Maketu.

Stalls $10. Lyn 533 1572 or 021 882 059

Mount Mainstreet Farmers Market

Every Sun in Phoenix car park 9am - 1pm. Fresh fruit & veges, breads, cheese, oils, plants & more. All home grown & home made.

575 9911 mountmaunganui.org.nz Petanque Every Sun, Tues & Thurs at Cliff Rd 12.45pm. Boules available, tuition given. 1st 3 visits free. 578 3606 Plotting & Planning with Tauranga Writers A basic skill for writers & storytellers that’s sometimes tricky to get right.

Come along & learn what it is & how to do it. Open to all - gold coin entry for non-members. Alzheimers Society House, 116 13th Ave 2-4pm. Jenny 576 9212 wordwizard41@xtra.co.nz

GUIDE Radio Controlled Model Yachts

Meet Sun & Thurs at pond behind 24 Montego Drive, Papamoa 1.30pm, to sail electron & similar 3ft long yachts. Graham 572 5419 Roller Derby Skating Try out derby style skating at Mt Maunganui Sports Centre 10am – 12pm. Skates & protective gear provided. Suitable for 16 plus years. $5pp.

Maree 544 0442 Swords, Fun Foil A taster session of the art of fencing foil. Suitable for ages 11plus. Fencing gear supplied. At Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, Tauranga 3-5pm.

Cost $5. Anthony 027 562 2536

Tauranga Rainbow Social Network

For gay, bi, lesbian, trans & intersex.

Meet 2nd Sun of month 3pm.

Kaye 021 239 7142 or 07 218 1411 Tauranga Spiritual Society AGM at Senior Citizens Hall, 14 Norris St. Starts 6.30pm, doors open 6pm. Entry free if you attend AGM or subscribe as a member, otherwise $10. All welcome.

Te Puke Country Music Club Day St Patrick’s Hall 1pm. All welcome.

Te Puke Forest & Bird Mystery Trip

Mystery...but not too far away. Bring spade & swimming togs. Bookings essential. Carole 575 2662

Te Puke Spiritual Discussion Group 1st, 3rd & 5th Sun of month at Hair Linez Hair Salon, old railway station, Jellicoe St 10.30-11.30am. Meeting of spiritual minds, learning & growing from each other. Door entry $3. Elaine 573 5361 Winter Duathlon Series Kids, short & long course options at Hotuhotu St, The Lakes, Tauriko from 9am.

Paul 027 270 5300 or email: info@ triathlontauranga.org.nz

Monday 19 May

Achieve Toastmasters Feeling anxious

about that forthcoming presentation.

Learn to speak with confidence. 1st, 3rd Mon at St Stephens Hall, Otumoetai 7.30pm. Fraser 544 4579 Badminton Tauranga Badminton Club every Mon & Weds at Bethlehem College Events Centre 7.30pm. All players welcome. Sue 021 194 4335 or www. taurangabadmintonclub.co.nz Bay of Plenty Pipes & Drums Army Hall, 11th Ave & Devonport Rd 6.45pm.

Annette 577 9272 Beginner Salsa Lessons Presented by Bay Salsa at Otumoetai Action Centre 6.45pm. New intake every 4 weeks.

Improver salsa lessons - walk in classes 7.45pm. $15 per class. www.baysalsa.co.nz Bethlehem Bowls Every Mon at 7.15pm.

First 3 nights free. Wendy 578 2585 Body & Soul Fun Fitness For over 50’s, social events & guest speakers. Mon & Fri at Wesley Church, 13th Ave. Tues Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave. Weds City Church cnr Otumoetai Rd/Sherwood St. Classes 9.15-10.15am. First class free. For men & women. Dianne 576 5031 Qualified Instructor/Cardiac Care leader.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Martial art which

teaches self defence techniques & boost self-confidence. Classes Mon, Weds, Thurs 7-9pm & Sat 10am-12pm. Kids classes Tues & Thurs 4.30-5.20pm. At 22/3 Macdonald St, Mt Maunganui.

021 264 3211 Chess Mt Maunganui Mount RSA Chess Club every Mon at Mount RSA, 544 Maunganui Rd. Juniors 6.15-7.15pm during school term. Open club 6-11pm Noel 579 5412 Citizens Advice Bureau Free, confidential info & advice about anything call in Mon - Fri at 38 Hamilton St, Tauranga 9am - 5pm or freephone 0800 367 222 or 578 1592. JP service every Mon 1-5pm, Weds & Thurs 9am 11.30am. Weds CAB service at Welcome Bay Community Centre 9.30am 12.30pm, Fri at Mount Library 11.30am - 1.30pm. No appointment necessary.

Diabetes Tauranga Offering education, support & advocacy for anyone living with diabetes. 571 3422 or info@diabeteshelp.org.nz Fire Brigade Bowling Club No bowls – hall unavailable. Visit to Otumoetai Club. Sharon 543 3929 Fitness League Safe effective, low impact fun exercise set to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed for women of all ages & abilities. First class free. Every Mon at Settlers Hall Omokoroa 9.30am & Tues St Johns Anglican Church Waihi 9.30am.

Dorothy 549 3378

Harmony a Plenty Barbershop Chorus

Every Mon at Bethlehem Community Church, Moffat Rd 7pm. New members welcome. 572 3345 or www.harmonyaplenty.co.nz Hello Monday Shake it up Tea Party May 26 10am. Svetlana 027 616 2124 Meditation Free classes Mon 10am & Weds 7.30pm. Find peace, spiritual awareness & the meaning of your life.

David 576 9764 Mount RSA Indoor Bowls Mon & Thurs. Names in by 6.45pm. New members welcome. Joy 574 8003 Otumoetai Indoor Bowls Club night – Fire Brigade visiting us. Matua Primary School Hall, Clivedene St 7.15pm. New members welcome. Karen 576 0443 Parkinsons Society Exercise class weekly Tauranga, Te Puke & Whakatane.

Red Tulip support meetings monthly Tauranga, Katikati & Whakatane. www. parkinsons.org.nz or Kylie 07 218 0620 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 Silver Singers Choir New members required to join & rehearse every Mon at

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

St Stephens Church Hall, Brookfield Tce 1-3pm. 579 2465 Taekwon Do The Silla Club train Mon & Thurs at Te Puna School Hall. All ages welcome. Gwyn 0274 587 871 Tauranga Bridge Club Sessions Mon, Weds, Thurs 7.30pm. Tues & Fri 1pm. Social bridge Thurs 1pm. 252 Ngatai Rd. 576 5022 Tauranga Civic Choir New members welcome to join & rehearse every Mon 7.30-9.30pm. 574 6366 Tauranga Creative Fibre Every Mon at Arts Centre, Elizabeth St from 9.30am.

Spinning, weaving, felting, knitting, crochet & more. Learn & share in a mutually supportive club. Also on Thurs evening twice a month. Joan 577 6781 Tauranga Rock n Roll Club Mon club nights 8-9.30pm. Lessons 7-8pm.

Tauranga RSA Cameron Rd. Website: Taurangarocknrollclub.org Colleen 544 4676 Tauranga RSA Indoor Bowls Mon report 12.45pm for 1pm start. Weds 3.45 for 4pm start. Leanne 570 0154 Tauranga Senior Citizens Club Cards, 500 & Bridge Mon & Thurs. Indoor Bowls Tues, Weds & Sat at 14 Norris St, behind Pak n Save 1-4pm. Register by 12.45pm. $2 includes afternoon tea. New members welcome.

Tauranga Senior Citizens Club Indoor Bowls Every Mon at St Columba Church Hall, 502 Otumoetai Rd 1-4pm. Names in by 12.45pm. $3 entry includes afternoon tea.

New members welcome. 571 6663 Tauranga Sequence Dance Club Every Mon & Weds at Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St 7.30pm. Come dancing, tutoring given. Alwyn 574 0458 Toughlove Parent Support Group Every Mon at Totara House, 1428 Cameron Rd, Greerton 7-9pm. No need to register. 543 3194 YMCA - ALFS (Active lifestyle for seniors). Smooth Movers class Mon 9-10am & 10.15-11.15am at Matua Community Hall, Levers Rd. Also 9-9.55am & 10-10.55am at Arataki Hall, Zambuk Way (off Grenada St). Tues 9.15-10.15am & 10.30-11.30am at Papamoa Community Centre, Gravatt Rd. Weds 9.1510.15am Welcome Bay Hall, Welcome Bay Rd. First class free. Thurs 9-10am at Otumoetai Action Centre, Windsor Rd. Also 10.30-11.30am at Bethlehem Hall, Bethlehem Rd. Fri 9.15-10.15am at Papamoa Community Centre, Gravatt Rd. Also Fri at Papamoa Library 10.20am.

578 9272

Tuesday 20 May

2014 @ The Clothesline Quality pre-

loved clothing from babies to adults, everything permanently 50c-$2. 36 D Mc Donald Street, Mount Maunganui 10-2 pm.

2014 @ Face2Face Healing Prayer 36D McDonald St, Mt Maunganui 10am - 2pm.

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The Weekend Sun 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 Altrusa Club of Tauranga Women’s community service group. Dinner & business meeting 2nd Tues. Social programme 4th Tues, monthly. Interested?

Denise 570 3134 Badminton (Social) Every Tues at Otumoetai Baptist Hall 9.30am - 12pm.

Racquets available. Lorraine 579 3229 Bayfair Petanque Club Every Tues & Thurs at Bayfair Reserve, Russley Drive 1pm. Tuition & boules available for learners & visitors. Margaret 572 3173 Brazillian Ju-Jitsu Under the Gracie anti-bullying programme. Term 2 every Tues at Martial Arts Academy, 154 First Avenue West 4.30-5.30pm. First class free. Eru 0277 525 534

Christian Friendship Group 40+

Meet 1st & 3rd Tues at Mount McCafe 10am. Come & meet some new friends.

Excel Toastmasters Every 2nd, 4th & 5th Tues at Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Bayfair 6.15-8.30pm.

Learn leadership & public speaking skills. Kaaren 572 5988

Inachord Chorus Womens 4 Part Harmony Every Tues at Beth-

lehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd 6.55pm. Enjoy the challenge of singing & performing varied repertoire. Cathy 579 2040 email: inachordchorus@gmail.com Israeli Dancing Beginners class every Tues at Gate Pa Primary School Hall, Cameron Rd 7-8pm. All ages welcome no partner required. Maria 544 1680 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.

Maxene 575 0162

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 Otumoetai Toastmasters Leadership skills, speaking skills. At Lyceum Club rooms, 68 1st Ave 7.15-9.30pm. Allan 544 5989 Overeaters Anonymous Is your eating affecting the way you, or someone else, live your lives? Overeating, undereating - meet every Tues at Church of Christ, 1400 Cameron Rd 7-8pm. 544 1213 Sequence Dancing Tauranga Social & Leisure Club. Every Tues at St John’s Anglican Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai 7-9.30pm. Second Tues of month 3-5.30pm. John 578 9716 South City Indoor Bowls Club Club night (at Tauranga RSA). Names in by 7.15pm. Mary 541 0687 Starz 10 Pin Bowling League Every Tues at 13th Ave 9.30am. Play in pairs.

Take a Break with Craft Every 2nd Tues at Monowai St Chapel. All ladies welcome. Betty 574 3042

Tauranga Acoustic Music Club

McSwiggan’s Irish Pub, 158 Cambridge Rd 7.30pm. Friendly jam sessions. Sing, play or just listen. Paul 579 2346 or www.tamc.org.nz Tauranga Central Ladies Probus 3rd Tues of month at Daniels at Memorial Park Tauranga 9.45am. Visitors & new members welcome. Gene 578 7733 Tauranga Continuing Education (50+) Group At Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga, 3rd Tues of month. Lectures start 10am. & $3 charge to cover expenses. Speaker: Kit Wilson, External Affairs Coordinator Newmont Waihi Gold “New development at Waihi Gold.” David 544 4179

Tauranga Morning Badminton Club

Every Tues & Thurs at QEII Youth Centre, Memorial Park, Tauranga 9-11.30am. New players & visitors welcome. Heather 574 0976 Tauranga Orchid Society Monthly meeting at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave 7.30pm. Jim Gilchrist demonstrating the rafting of orchids.

Visitors welcome. Natalie 543 0847 Tauranga Scrabble Club Tues at Tauranga Bridge Club, Ngatai Rd 9am. 3 games $4. New players welcome. 544 8372

Tauranga Target Rifle Club Club

night Tues at indoor range in Elizabeth St West 7pm. Target shooting using .22 target rifles. All equipment supplied for new shooters. New members & casual shooters welcome.

Tauranga Toastmasters Tga Lyceum Club 7.15-9.30pm. Confidence building, speaking skills, leadership skills.

Alan 544 5989 Zumba Fitness Tues & Thurs at Otumoetai Sports & Rec Centre, Fergusson Park 9.15am. $7 casual & bring a friend for free.

Wednesday 21 May

Baywide Community Law Service

Drop in clinic every Weds at 63 Willow St 5-6.30pm. No appointment necessary. Free legal assistance. 571 6812.

Every Tues morning at Te Puke Clinic.

For appointment 573 5614. Every Thurs morning at Katikati Clinic. For appointment 549 0399

Cribbage Club Tauranga RSA Greerton New members wanted for

this long established club, all ages.

Every Weds 1-3.30pm. Entrance $3.

Robert 579 1342 Diabetes Help Tauranga Support group at Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way 2pm. Anyone living with diabetes is welcome to attend. Debbie 571 3422

Fernlands Spa Water Exercise Class

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

New participants planning to attend, ph Jennifer 571 1411.

Friends of the Library Papamoa Book Group. Theme: Battles.

Papamoa Library 10am.

Gate Pa/Kaimai Women’s Institute

Meet 3rd Weds at St George’s Hall, Gate Pa 1.30pm for fun & fellowship.

New members welcome. Pat 544 2321 Global Hearts Exercise Group Weds 2-3pm & Fri 11am - 12pm. Provides group activities combined with health education that encourages members to live a healthy & active lifestyle. Proudly supported by NZ Heart Foundation.

Mark 0274 444 945

Greerton Gold Leisure Marching Team Ladies 50+ invited to join Weds

at Morland Fox Park 8-9.30am. No experience required. Marion 578 1108 Healing Rooms At Bethlehem Town Centre, shop C1, behind PO, open 1-3pm. www.healingrooms.co.nz.

Prayer for healing. 021 110 0878 Health Careers Expo Come to the BOPDHB’s Expo & talk to our health professionals about their roles & the career opportunities available at BOP Clinical School Education Centre, 889 Cameron Rd, Tauranga 4-6pm.

ICONZ for Girls Every Weds at Welcome Bay Community Centre, W/Bay Rd, behind hall. For girls aged 7-11yrs (yr 3-6). Badges, games, stories & more.

Carolyn 544 0400 Mount Healing & Spiritual Centre Fellowship & celebration at Omanu Bowling Club, Golf Rd, Mount. Doors open 7pm for 7.30pm. Guest speaker: Denise Palmer - channelling. Door charge $3.

Janet 027 264 0226

Otumoetai Care & Craft Group

Every Weds during school term at St Columba Church, Cherrywood 9am 12.30pm. Dawn 576 7783 Scottish Country Dancing Weds at Senior Citizens Hall, Maunganui Rd Beginners class 6pm, regular class 7.30pm. Fri at Papamoa Primary School Hall, Dickson Rd 7pm. 573 5055 Tauranga Opera Forum Cyrano de Bergerac, Franco Alfano’s little-known but wonderful opera at Tauranga Club 5.45pm. Complimentary wine, finger foods, lucky ticket draw & opera screening. Tickets from Creative Tauranga.

928 5270

Tauranga Pryde Youth Group

For lesbian, gay, bi, trans. Meet 6.30pm 1st & 3rd Weds of each month & 2nd & 4th Thurs.

22 3536 968

Tauranga Senior Badminton Club

Every Weds & Mon 7.30pm onwards.

Racquets available. All welcome. Sue 0211 944 335 or 543 0035 Te Puke Toy Library 248 Jellicoe St, opp Atuaroa Ave, Te Puke Weds to Sat 9.30am - 12pm. 021 130 6476

Toastmasters - City Early Start

Improve communication, leadership & teamwork skills. Every Weds at Classic Flyers Avgas Cafe 6.45-8.15am.

Toastmasters is the answer for building confidence & leadership skills. To find a club near you email: LaniDTM@gmail. com or 571 1545. http://cityearlystart. toastmastersclubs.org T.S Chatham (Sea Cadets) Weds during school term at TYPBC, Keith Allan Drive, Sulphur Pt 6.15-9pm.

Micah 021 336 719 or tschathamtga@ gmail.com Yoga with Ocean Views Every Weds & Fri at Fergusson Park Sports Centre (end of Tilby Dr, Matua) 9.30-10.40am. $12 casual. Stella 0210 249 3690

Thursday 22 May

Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting

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

Army Cadets (WBOP Cadet Unit)

Every Thurs at Tauranga Army Hall 6-9.30pm. Ages 13-17 youth development with a military flavour. Email: admin@wbopcu.org.nz Club Mt Maunganui Seniors Play indoor bowls, 500 & bolivia every Thurs 12.45pm. John 575 2422

Community Bible Study International

At 14th Ave Gospel Centre 10am 12pm for a non denominational in depth Bible study until July 4. Jack & Betty 544 3809 Feldenkrais Movement Class At Yoga Centre 1.30pm. Gisella 544 4823 Fitness League Safe, effective, low impact exercise to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed for females. All ages & abilities, complementary first class, every Thurs Central Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave & Cameron Rd 9.30am & Weds at Katikati Memorial Hall 10am.

Pam 549 4799 or 021 117 170 French Connection For lovers of all things French. Come & meet likeminded people over a relaxed drink.

Meet every second Thurs at Brooklyn Eatery, The Strand between 4.306.30pm. Andrea: agohns@yahoo.co.nz Friends of the Library Greerton Chat Group. Topic for conversation: World War One. Villaggio Café 10am.

Gay, Lesbian, Bi, Trans, Intersex Youth Under 26 all welcome at

Tauranga Pryde rainbow youth group 6.30pm for socialising & support.

Kat 022 353 6968

Happiness & Our Mind

Drop-in meditation classes.

Beginners welcome. Classes are self contained so start any date.

Cost $14 per class. Otumoetai Plunket, 59 Otumoetai Rd. Monthly classes, next class June 5 7-8.30pm. www.meditateintauranga.org Healing Rooms At Fashion Island, 42 Gravatt Rd, next to Esquires Coffee Shop, first & third Thurs 10.30am 12.30pm. Second & fourth Sat 1.303.30pm. No appointment necessary.

No charge. 021 154 0978 or www.healingrooms.co.nz Mainly Music Every Thurs at St Enoch’s Church, 16th Ave 9.30am. $3 per family. New members welcome.

578 3040 Mount Art Group Every Thurs at St Peter’s Church Hall, 11 Victoria Rd, Mt Maunganui 9am - 1pm. Visitors welcome.

Merilynn 575 6777 Mt Maunganui Creative Fibre Meet every Thurs at Arataki Community Centre 9am - 1pm. Share & learn spinning, weaving, crochet, knitting, felting & other creative crafts. Visitors & new members welcome. Jan 574 1265 Petanque Tauranga/BOP Club Every Thurs & Sun at Cliff Rd venue 1pm start. Jo Ann 578 3606

Preventing Elder Abuse Public Meeting Mount RSA, 544 Maunganui Rd

10am - 12pm. Have your say & hear from professionals about what’s available in your community. 578 2631 Salsa on the Strand Presented by Bay Salsa at Defy. Intro class 8pm followed by social dancing. No partner required. $2 entry, members free. www.baysalsa.co.nz

Tauranga Heart Support Group

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

Tauranga Model Railway Club Meet every Thurs evening. Ed 543 1108

Tauranga Rock n Roll Social Dancers

Authentic music every Thurs at 14 Norris St, behind Pak n Save 7.30-9.30pm. $3 entry pp - supper included. Maria 576 7326 Tauranga Storytellers’ Group Meet last Thurs of month. Learn how to develop your storytelling skills. Claire 577 7220 Toastmasters - Kickstart Club Have fun while learning to speak confidently. Breakfast meeting at Alimento Cafe, 1st Ave, Tauranga 7-8.15am. Guests welcome. Helen 571 6181 Western BOP Grey Power Assn Inc AGM at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave, Tauranga 1pm. Guest speaker: Colin Craig, Conservative Party leader. Afternoon tea provided.

Gold coin donation please.

Friday 23 May

Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting every

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

Chess Tauranga Every Fri at Tauranga RSA, Greerton 6pm onwards for the whole family.

Werner 548 1111 http://www.westernbopchess.weebly.com/

Children’s Traditional Thai Kickboxing

With world class instructor. Rapid progression in developing self defence skills. Term

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

2 - Fridays at the Martial Arts Academy, 154 First Ave West 4.30-5.30pm. First class free. Alexis 021 050 0574 email: info@ tmaa.co.nz Clan Davidson Gathering at Aaron Court Motor Inn, 250 Ulster St, Hamilton May 23-25. Activities include a dinner hosted by the World Chief of Clan Davidson. Maureen 04 577 2225 or email: maureenmac@ xtra.co.nz no later than May 21.

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A good excuse to praise Kiwi music Many people, even me sometimes, diss New Zealand Music Month, but any excuse to write more about Kiwi music can’t be a bad thing.

At the end of last year we had a ‘New Year's Resolutions’ column and more than half the musicians said their resolution was to finish the album they’d been working on.

First out of the block, and with a very substantial bit of work too, is Irishman Derek Toner, guitarist and second singer with Nine Mile Stone (née The Mellowdrops). His debut solo album, ‘The Importance of Yar’ is now available, credited to Tuner, his long-time nickname.

He’s has been working on it since February last year and started at home in – as is traditional – his garage, later given its exotic Irish name, Studio Garaiste. There were practical reasons, as Derek relates: “Studios are

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expensive and I had learnt from the last Nine Mile album that a lot can be done at home. So I recorded all the acoustic guitars, bass lines, and majority of vocals on days off and late into the night”.

That’s how a lot of modern recording works. Some things are easier to record and you can do them yourself with a decent set-up and a good microphone.

Other bits require specialisation. For the drum parts Derek worked with drummer James Bos and an electronic kit to get exactly what he wanted: “Songs were stripped right back and I was able to really nut down what I wanted from the rhythm section...so by the time we went to the studio we knew exactly what we wanted. All the live drums were done in one day at Colourfield”.

The recording took through till September, then Derek returned to Colourfield for Tim Julian and Nine Mile Stone band mate Cian O’Cinnseala to add a few instruments and mix the beast. That took another four months.

All of which sound very workmanlike.

But an album, as well as being a bunch of work, is a personal thing. This one starts with Cook Islands’ singing. Derek got married there nine years ago. They had a Catholic ceremony but a few days later when wanting to attend mass were taken by accident to a Protestant

Tuner – The Importance of Yar

Te Ope Whakaora

Kicking off with a chorus of Cook Islands singing Derek Toner’s debut solo album, under his alternative moniker Tuner, is a fine piece of work, in a similar musical vein to his regular band Nine Mile Stone but jettisons some of that band’s bombast for a more personal sound.

The recording, done variously at home and the Colourfield is fantastic.

The album sounds a million bucks and there are musical highlights throughout, be it the extraordinary work of backing singers Liz Tamblin and Leeilani Tuala or a terrific sax solo from Lewis Martin on ‘Out Of The Ashes’.

Though Derek cites Glen Hansard, Elbow and Neil Finn as influences the overarching musical spirit lurking is Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters who repeatedly peeks out from behind sound effects, drum rhythms, vocal styles,

Irishman Derek Toner’s debut solo album is now available. church. Being too polite to leave they were introduced to the famous Cook Islands church singing.

“The church shook with the bass of the male tenors and I was just mesmerised by the force and volume of the men and women singing in that room.

I tracked down a CD they made and vowed one day if I ever made an album they were going to feature on it.”

Mission accomplished. watusi@thesun.co.nz

subtly but ever-present. I don’t mean this as criticism; I’m sure many will listen without even noticing.

‘Catch Us If You Can’ is a case in point, initially sounding melodically like a Roger Waters’ ballad but, just at the moment you expect him to scream or falling bombs to intrude instead you get a mellow chorus of female singers sounding like they’ve just arrived from a Leonard Cohen song. It’s a lovely song, with the album’s sweetest melody.

Elsewhere things are bigger and heavier but always melodic. Not easy melodies, mind. These aren’t simple catchy pop songs but complex and interesting pieces whose immediate charm disguises layers of musical invention.

‘The Importance of Yar’ is available on iTunes, at Tracs or by emailing derektoner@gmail.com Or check his Facebook page ‘Tuner.’ (note the full stop after the word).

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Russian Wednesday Russian food, Russian music, Russian dance – it’s all very Russian at the Historic Village next week.

The Tauranga Regional Multicultural Council is holding its second Living in Harmony event for 2014, on Wednesday, May 21, at 7pm.

TRMC President Ewa Fenn is hoping for a big crowd, after attracting about 90 people to their Dutch evening last month.

Taisiia, 8, and Savelii, 8, Tarola in traditional Russian costume.

Visitors will enjoy entertainment from a children’s Russian dance group, as well as singing, games and a cooking demonstration.

The event is the second in a series of eight ‘Living in Harmony’ evenings being hosted by TRMC this year to introduce residents to the region’s diverse culture groups.

Everyone is welcome; entry is free with a plate of food for the potluck dinner. Ewa is asking for a small donation to cover costs.

By Corrie Taylor

Photo by Tracy Hardy.

First Tauranga visit for NZ Dance Company

Cover story coming to this show. The male dancThe New Zealand Dance ers are incredibly athletic; they’re really Company will perform in normal blokes really.”

Tauranga for the first time next Among the tour’s eight dancers is 33-year-old Justin Haiu, from week – in a one-night-only Whangarei. recital showcasing exquisite Justin, who began breakdancing at age choreography, dancers 17, performs three works in the tour, including the solo ‘Release Your Robot’. and design.

Created by Justin himself, he says the Company co-founder Shona McCulwork features robotic dance mixed with lagh is excited to visit Tauranga with contemporary movements – a modern what she promises is a show everyone combination he hopes will capture the can enjoy. audience.

“We’re very excited to come there, During this performance Justin will be as we know it’s a really active arts joined by Tauranga’s Becki Elers, who community. was given the opportunity though the “What we love about this show is it company’s Youth Engagement Prohas a very broad appeal. The variety of gramme. music and choreography means everyThe Language of Living 2014 National one can enjoy what we’re doing.”

Tour will show at ASB Baycourt on May The company launched in 2012, with 21, as part of the company’s first New the objective to inspire and grow audiZealand-wide tour.

The Weekend Sun has two double ences’ engagement with dance. passes to this event to give away to lucky Shona says the public response has been very rewarding. She says the tour is readers who can tell us what age Justin began breakdancing. Enter at www. not a ‘men in tights’ event and encoursunlive.co.nz under the competitions ages everyone to check it out. section, before Tuesday, May 20.

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Project captures top artist Grahame Sydney is a painter at heart – but this week it’s his photography that will capture the attention of Bay of Plenty residents as they visit Rotary Club of Tauranga Sunrise’s Treasured Art exhibition.

From May 16-17, nine of the renowned New Zealand artist’s works will be on display alongside almost 80 others at the Ingham Sears Mercedes Benz showroom.

The pieces not involved in the charity auction on Thursday night will be for sale, where Grahame says they could sell for $1250-$1750 each.

Speaking to The Weekend Sun, Grahame says the works featured in the exhibition are all “very close to home”.

“I tend to take photos of things that stop me in my tracks, usually within a close range to home.

I don’t think there’s anything in that collection there more than about 20km from where I live [in Central Otago].”

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Born in Dunedin in 1948 he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1969 and Secondary Teachers’ College in 1970.

Following his first solo exhibition at Dunedin’s Moray Gallery in 1972, he spent a period overseas in the United Kingdom and Europe before returning to Dunedin in 1974 to begin life as a full-time artist.

Still primarily a painter, Grahame entered the world of professional photography in 2006 following a trip to Antarctica.

“I couldn’t paint or draw because it was too cold to have my hands out. I had to resort to the camera to show what I was finding fascinating.

“I’d always been a photographer of a private variety, never intending they should be published; but some people forced my hand after that trip and said: ‘These should be seen’.”

The Treasured Art project raises funds for KiwiCan. Grahame says it’s always very satisfying to be able to help “wonderful causes” such as KiwiCan. The exhibition is at Ingham Sears showroom, from 10am-3pm today and 10am-2pm tomorrow.

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Organised by the Rotary donated to Kiwi Can, Sunrise fundraising project. development programme.

Club of Tauranga Sunrise. the Foundation for For further information Youth Development’s contact: Kathy Webb on programme that 027 281 4842 or email provides local kathy.webb@outlook.co.nz primary school children with life To be held at Ingham skills and values Sears Mercedes-Benz, education.

Mount Maunganui, 15th-17th May. Organised by the Rotary Club of Tauranga Sunrise.

By Corrie Taylor

Above: Grahame Sydney.

Pictured is two of Grahame Sydney’s works on display at the exhibition

Cookbook giveaway Gourmand award-winning author Vanessa Hudson is celebrating the launch of her latest cookbook in Tauranga next week.

Vanessa’s book ‘Goodness Me it’s Gluten Free Pasta’ will be launched at the One Stop Gluten Free Shop on Tuesday, May 20.

From 6pm, there will be pasta making demonstrations, a book signing, and a Q and A session as well as recipe tastings.

Tickets are free but booking is essential as numbers are limited. RSVP to enquiries@goodnessme.co.nz

The Weekend Sun has one copy of the cookbook to give away to a lucky reader who can tell us where the book launch will be held.

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

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And to a wedding we go...

To plan a wedding in one day is a feat like no other – but Rochelle Free says it’s possible at the Tauranga Wedding Show.

On next weekend, the annual show is returning bigger than ever – with more than 90 wedding specialists in one place offering advice and guidance on everything from dresses to cakes.

Rochelle, the event organiser and owner of Freestyle Events, says putting together this year’s show has been a pleasure, with so many exhibitors keen to join or return.

“Tauranga is becoming the perfect wedding destination. There is so much to offer, with great venues and fantastic suppliers through the whole spectrum.”

Featured will be everything wedding-related, from dresses, venues and flowers, to jewellery, photography and invitations.

There are a lot of prizes up for grabs too – including the chance to win a $2000 wedding dress from Jonovia Bride and Design.

“My goal for this wedding show has been if someone wanted to organise their entire wedding on one

day they could do it; and they could this year because we will have everything there.”

Rochelle also hopes that in holding this event it will encourage bride and groomsto-be to utilise the local businesses the Bay of Plenty offers.

“Because we have such great suppliers here in the Bay, people don’t need to go outside the region. Everything is here that they need and an amazing variety of it.

There’s a wealth of knowledge.”

Free engagement photos will be offered on the day, so brides: don’t leave your grooms at home.

The Tauranga Wedding Show, sponsored by Harvey World Travel Bayfair, is on May 25 at ASB Arena, Baypark.

The Weekend Sun has 10 double passes to the show to give away to lucky readers who can tell us the organiser’s name.

Enter at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competitions section before Wednesday, May 21.

By Corrie Taylor

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CAR FAIR – buy or sell any vehicle every Sunday at 11th Avenue Car park opposite Mad Butcher 8am-noon. Ph for more information 027 733 9686 or www.taurangacarfair.co.nz

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travel & tours A DAYS OUTING – lots to choose from with our Travel Club. Waitomo / Whakatane / Glenbrook to mention a few new places to visit.

To receive our latest calendar ph Zealandier Tours 575 6425 or admin@zealandiertours.com ASK US about our upcoming Shows - Michael Bublé / Annie / Andrea Bocelli – one only concert in NZ so be in quick to secure a seat. Don’t forget Disney on Ice for the grandkids or something extraordinary at WOW in Wellington. Ph Zealandier Tours 575 6425 or admin@zealandiertours.com AWE-INSPIRING THE LION KING SHOW, SYDNEY *Bay of Islands & 90 Mile Beach *Te Kaha Beach Resort *Waiheke Island *Andrea Pocelli Show *Chathams Island - plus many more unique tours..... Door to door service.

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The latest Quotable Value Little wonder when the latest QV Residential Price Movement data shows an increase in average house Index was published on May 8. prices during the last 12 months of In common language this data shows, for each Local Authority (council), how much the average house price has changed during the last three months, 12 months and since the 2007’s peak.

It’s interesting to note our Tauranga region has a current average value of just more than $449,000.

This is a 4.8 per cent increase during the last 12 months and a 2.1 per cent increase during the last three months.

Western Bay has an average value of just under $413,000 with a 4.2 per cent increase during last 12 months and a 2.6 per cent increase during the last three months.

Has the Reserve Bank-introduced Loan Value Restrictions affected the market here since the introduction in October 2013?

Yes, the decrease in volume of sales in the lower quartile of the region’s price range is evident. But volumes and average house prices continue to grow due to increasing sales occurring in the average, to above average, house-price brackets.

There is a definite increase in enquiry and action from buyers outside our region,

about 15 per cent across the greater Auckland area, and just below eight per cent across the greater Christchurch region.

If the intent of the introduced LVR restrictions was to dampen demand and stem the increase in – specifically Auckland and Christchurch – house prices it hasn’t happened to date.

In fact the QV report quotes: “New Zealand property values took a downturn last month and predictions were that this would level out, but instead the trend show values are starting to increase again”.

By Ross Stanway,

Eves Realty Ltd and Bayleys Real Estate

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Growing is painful, but it’s the best way to go Let’s face it – growing can be painful. My eight-month-old daughter, who is currently teething, is good testimony to that.

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

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Growth implies change and maturity, neither of which are comfortable ideas – and both are things many of us struggle with.

Peter encouraged his readers to “like newborn babies long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation” (1 Peter 2:2). Simply put: Read and grow – don’t read and don’t grow.

The Sword of the Spirit cuts away the influence of the old self so that we grow into the likeness of Christ. It is the means by which God transforms His children from babies into adults, as He renews our minds.

The thing is, sometimes it’s much easier being an infant. Sometimes our hearts just don’t want to have God remove that false way of thinking or incorrect desire.

Sometimes we’d rather stay as we are. Why is it so easy today to block out distinct and definitive teaching from God’s word? A tragic reason is a desire for immaturity. It’s an uncomfortable notion none of us want to admit to, but sometimes we stay away from the Bible because we don’t want to be challenged, we don’t want to be corrected and we don’t want to change.

No believer is immune from this temptation, but let us today resolve to seek the Lord’s mercy for our failings, and surrender our lives to His will and His way.

Let us pray as the Psalmist did: “I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways’ (Psalm 119:15). Let’s grow up for God.

By John Kerr, Bay Bible Fellowship

Love one another – who is one another?

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

www.stlukeschurch.org.nz

Scripture speaks about “one another” and about “brothers” in the faith and our responsibilities to those who are fellow believers.

Jesus says in John 13:35: “By this all people will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another”.

Today, the word Christian is so widely used and misused it has become a term that is seemingly without reference.

We have politicians calling themselves Christians because it is politically expedient, yet they are often involved in practices and spiritual pursuits contrary to the Word of God. There are those who call themselves Christians because their name is on a Church roll, or simply because they live a moral life better than most.

If we are to truly fulfil what Scrip-

ture teaches about loving one another, and about relationships as brothers in the faith, we need to know biblically who our brothers are and who are not.

That’s clear when you consider Jesus says in Matthew 7:21-23: “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven” and “on that day many will say to Me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and cast out demons in Your name, and do many mighty works in Your name?

And then will I declare to them; ‘I never knew you”. And Paul speaks in 2 Corinthians 11:26 about “false brothers”.

Clearly, we need to differentiate between the true and the false Christian, between the true brother and the false brother, if we are to rightly love one another.

I think 2 John 9:-11 are key verses. Verse 9 in the Amplified Bible says: “anyone who runs on ahead [of God] and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ [who is not content with what He taught] does not have God; but he who continues to live in the doctrine [teaching] of Christ [does have God], he has both the Father and the Son”.

This means the issue between true and false Christians is true believers walk in truth according to the plumbline of God’s

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Whitcombe, Jesus First Church

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