The Weekend Sun 20 May 2016

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Keeping Leisa alive

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It’s a measure of the person. She’s between math classes at Mount Maunganui College and she can still make time for The Weekend Sun to discuss life and death, fighting for what she believes is right and fair and to share her deeply moving personal story.

Cruelly confronted by her own mortality, a selfless Leisa Renwick decided “to play her part” and go into bat for fellow melanoma

sufferers. So who is Leisa Renwick, scrapper, survivor, the poster person for the wonder drug funding campaign, the woman who petitioned, fought and won?

Leisa Renwick talks to reporter Hunter Wells on page 9.

Pictured: Mount Maunganui College teacher Leisa Renwick and her Year 9 maths students. Photo: Tracy Hardy.

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Something fishy? Who’s been telling whoppers?

MPI’s quota system a load of codswallop our airspace with their disgusting habit, can stop littering the streets, by biting their own butt.

All fishermen are liars, except you and me, but I ain’t so sure about you.

So the old saying goes. Seems like nothing has changed, only we are now very sure about some fishers, with revelations that industrial fishing fleets kill two or three times the number of fish they report.

Worse, it seems the ministry that’s supposed to guard our ocean resources couldn’t manage its way out of a soggy fish and chip wrapper.

Research by University of Auckland makes a mockery of the Quota Management System and confirms what every recreational fisher has long suspected… that the much-paraded quota system is a joke.

Actually it’s much worse than a joke, it is a conspiracy. A government ministry and a pillaging industry in collusion.

We couldn’t have written a better movie script if we tried.

Adding to the research is the evidence, as even the best fishermen will tell you; It’s getting tougher to catch a feed these days.

You know someone is lying when despite this, those who manage fisheries keep trying to tell us the resource is in good shape.

Then there’s the real smoking gun… trails of dead fish littering the ocean, from unscrupulous commercial operators who have dumped perfectly good fish over the side to suit their greedy commercial gains.

I will start believing the ministry and the fishing industry, when the trail of evidence isn’t found floating on the surface. Until then, recreational fishers can assume that the fish stocks are being plundered left, right and bloody centre.

The ministry will continue to make soothing noises, all to try to keep face and maintain NZ’s supposed environmental status as the good guys of the seas. Codswallop.

We’re not talking a recent thing here.

“The deliberate misreporting of catch to the United Nations for more than 50 years demonstrates a serious level of dysfunction in the Ministry for Primary Industries.

This is a major concern given that the ministry and Minister, Nathan Guy, are tasked with overseeing the quota system on behalf of the public,” says LegaSea’s spokesperson Richard Baker.

It is clear there’s been gross negligence

Ballooning problem

on the part of MPI allowing the illegal destruction of our natural resource.

Heads at MPI need to fall on the iki stick.

Feed the fish

So that’s enough grumping. Here’s some good news… someone planning to save and feed the fish rather than killing them.

According to the NZ Underwater Association, a Florida brewery has developed edible six-pack rings, with the aim of feeding animals.

“It’s a big investment for a small brewery

created by fisherman, surfers and people who love the sea,” according to Peter Agardy, head of brand at the Saltwater Brewery. The rings are believed to be the first of their kind and the small brewery hopes the concept will catch on with the big companies.

Drink can plastic rings are renowned killers of marine wildlife. But the Saltwater product is 100 per cent biodegradable and edible, created from barley and wheat ribbons from the brewing process.

They are as durable as the plastic ones and the brewery hopes the price will drop as more companies use the concept.

Now all we need is a cigarette company to invent the edible butt, and all those smokers who persist in not only polluting

And while we’re trying to save the ocean, one beer can at a time, here’s another tip. Those emotionally-touching balloon releases are causing havoc in the oceans.

Remember if you let one go, there’s a 70 per cent chance it will land in the ocean, since that’s roughly the percentage of sea.

Even more likely if you release a balloon from skinny little NZ. That misty-eyed moment of remembrance of a loved one, or whatever event, may end up being the slow demise of a sea critter.

Try flowers instead.

Free power the bridge?

Finally a thumbs up for the excellent plan revealed in the Sun recently, to light up The Strand Railway Bridge.

Here at RR we reckon it would be cool to have tide-powered generators to supply the light show. There’s free energy passing under that bridge on a reliable and renewable basis. Let’s tap into that!

And how about some spin bicycles mounted on the boardwalk or the reclamation, connected to alternators?

The more you pedal, the more the lights flash up.

It would be a great tourist attraction.

That’s the end of my quota of bright ideas. Have a great weekend and enjoy the fishing. brian@thesun.co.nz

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Marching for Moko - and many more

Tanya Birch and Haylee Dumbar. Photo: Daniel Hines.

His little face is etched into our minds just like Nia Glassie and the Kahui twins. And this Sunday, Taupo toddler Moko Rangitoheriri is the reason people throughout New Zealand will march against child abuse.

But here in Tauranga there is a march – and not only for Moko. It’s for all of the little souls who are victims of this insidious social crime that keeps on creeping into the homes of young Kiwis, giving them no chance of escape.

Tanya Birch and Haylee Dumbar are hosting a march in Papamoa this Sunday at 2pm – the same day ‘I Will March for Moko’ marches happen in Auckland, Hamilton and Christchurch.

“We’ve said to everyone that this march is not just about Moko – his case is current news at the moment and hopefully his story is raising awareness of what is happening – but this is a walk for all child victims of abuse,” say the two childcare workers. We know the gut-wrenching details which throw us all in to a pit of despair.

But again. Moko, aged three, was assaulted during a two-month period in Taupo after his mother left him with a couple while she was in Auckland looking after another child in Starship Children’s Health Hospital.

He died on August 10, 2015, with a postmortem examination revealing he’d been a victim of abuse for a number of months. Moko’s carers, Tania Shailer and David William Haerewa, this month pleaded guilty to manslaughter at Rotorua High Court.

Tanya, a qualified teacher, and Haylee, a centre manager, work at Community Kindy Parton Road with little ones every day.

Tanya is passionate about putting an end to child abuse in New Zealand – and her and Haylee couldn’t make it to the Hamilton march so thought they’d create their own.

“We work in a childcare centre; and in the past when I worked in Australia I saw instances of child abuse,” says Tanya.

“It’s horrible and it just keeps happening here in New Zealand today.

“So we want to try and raise awareness of child abuse and some money to give to an organisation which helps with the cause.”

According to childmatters.org.nz, New Zealand has the fifth worst child abuse record of 31 OECD countries. Tanya says something needs to be done.

“Because I work with children – not necessarily in this centre – but I have seen cases of child abuse so it always make it a bit closer to home.

“We just thought anything we could do would be helpful.”

The Papamoa march starts 2pm this Sunday at Community Kindy Parton Road and finishes at Papamoa Domain reserve.

The community is welcome to join and gold coin donations will be collected which Tanya will gift to an organisation which help the cause.

The ‘I Will March for Moko’ marches are this Sunday, May 22, in Auckland at Aotea Square, Victoria St in Hamilton and at Christchurch Art Gallery from 1pm.

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Dog patrols on beaches Tauranga City Council dog rangers have begun patrolling the Mount Maunganui and Papamoa beaches to help manage an increasing dog problem.

While dog owners might enjoy a walk along the beach, their dogs are not always allowed to tag along with them, says TCC animal services team leader Brent Lincoln.

There are some places where owners aren’t allowed to take their dogs, for ecological reasons or because the areas are used intensively by the public.

Dogs must be on a leash at all times in Matua Salt Marsh and in the Papamoa Dune Wilderness Area between Papamoa Domain and Taylor Rd.

Man responsible for murder A report into how convicted child sex offender Tony Robertson, from Tauranga, was freed from jail to be able to commit rape and murder has cleared the Department of Corrections and the probation service of blame. Auckland woman Blessie Gotingco was killed by Robertson on May 24, 2014.

The Government inquiry into Robertson’s management before and after his release from jail in 2013 was in response to the public consternation that an individual could commit such a “bestial” crime so soon after his release from prison.

Woman found dead named Police have named the woman who was found dead at an Athenree property last Friday.

Yvonne Rogers, 59, from Katikati was reported missing to police about 3pm.

Senior Sergeant Rex Knight says it appeared Yvonne was riding a quad bike when the wheels hit a deviation in the ground and flipped the bike. Rex says Yvonne was pinned beneath the bike and possibly suffocated.

Accident waiting to happen Last year’s Anzac Day oil spill was an accident waiting to happen Judge Jeff Smith said during the sentencing of Mobil in Tauranga this week.

Mobil was fined $288,000 for the April 27 oil spill, in which three-six tonnes of heavy fuel oil flowed into Tauranga Harbour from under the Mount Maunganui wharf.

The oil company pleaded guilty to a single charge of discharging into the environment in De-cember 2015.

SunLive Comment of the Week This comment was posted on the story ‘Dog patrols on beaches’ by Ban Nudists.

“If it’s okay for people to parade themselves nude on Papamoa Beach then I have no problem with dogs. I realise the nudies have a restricted area of the beach, but very few people know this and it’s really offensive and disgusting to stumble into this area unawares. The beach is for everyone, and there are rules in place. The massive increase in population has caused dog numbers to increase, but in my experience, dog owners are far more understanding than the haters. Time to learn to get on people.”

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Hopeful to knock on 4000 doors ‘Sheldon Nesdale for Mayor 2029’.

It’s always been a joke around the breakfast club he runs. “And ‘hahaha’ became ‘hmmm hmmm hmmm’ – and I started thinking I wonder what that would be like?

The Tauranga City Council hopeful – who wants to win an Otumoetai/Pyes Pa ward seat in October’s local body elections – is taking campaigning to an extreme.

And early too.

Known for his entrepreneurial work and bringing the Start-up Weekend to Tauranga, Sheldon has started his own candidacy website while door-knocking too. He’s visited more than 300 households in his ward and plans to visit 4000 before voting starts when papers are sent to homeowners in September.

“I’m using a combination of old-school and new-school campaign techniques,” says Sheldon. “I’m on track to get to 4000 homes before the election.

“My six-year-old son Connor has accompanied me for all visits so far and we get around on scooters.

“I’ve just purchased a two-wheeled electric transporter to get me to homes a longer distance from our home in Matua.”

At the other end of the spectrum, he’s highly active on social media, blogging, Facebook and Instagram.

But it doesn’t end there. The 39-yearold father-of-three also intends to run for

Connor, 6, and Sheldon Nesdale, speaking with Jean Harold.

Photo: Tracy Hardy.

Mayor in six years’ time.

“It’s a bit cheeky going for Mayor straight away. I know I’ve got a lot to learn first. You’ll see my name on the ballot in three to six years from now when I know the system inside-out.”

So why’s he going gangbusters to get on council? “Something woke up inside me about six months ago. So I started a research project, talking to friends and family asking them if they think I’d make a good councillor and what qualities should a councillor have?

He’s since done 28 interviews with councillors, mayors, politicians, business leaders, politics experts, and community leaders to prepare for the role.

Then he thought what do councillors do

a lot of? “Reading, particularly ‘boring’ council documents. So I started reading the Long Term Plan, it was 400 pages – and I loved every frickin page.

“I was getting up at 5.15am to read for an hour-and-a-half before my boys woke up.

And thought ‘Wow, what’s the next one?’”

Now he’s finished reading TCC’s strategy documents. “There’s 15 in a series and it took me six weeks and 1027 pages, then four weeks to type up my notes.

“Everything I’ve learned – about 7000 words – I’ve put on my website.”

And why is he the man for, eventually, the top job? “Where is the city’s vision, where is the leadership? – those are the two things I’d bring to the table.”

Merle Foster

Election signs rules tweaked by city councillors Tauranga City councillors have tweaked the rules for local body election candidates’ elections signs in order to try to remove some of the confusion council rules created in previous elections.

The amendments to the new policy are intended to align the Local Elections Policy with its own Street Use and Public Places Bylaw.

Council candidates’ election signs can now be displayed for six weeks on public land, instead of four. It will provide a map of sites around Tauranga City where it is permitted that one election sign per candidate per designated area can be displayed.

The designated areas are included on Tauranga City Council’s website.

Councillors have deleted the exclusion of election signs on vehicles in the definition of ‘sign’ to ensure consistency of definitions between the policy and the Street Use and Public Places Bylaw.

Council Controlled Organisation assets are not to be used by any party and/or candidate to gain any electoral advantage.

The 2016 local government candidates, and the general public, can see where and how long elections signs will be permitted during this year’s elections through its newly adopted Local Elections Policy available on TCC’s website.

The changes which Mayor Stuart Crosby says involved more discussion than the city council’s debt policy, was not supported by all councillors.

Councillor Steve Morris voted against it, saying the policy changes are to the advantage of sitting councillors.

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Conquering Mauao and the tower How do you train to run up the 1103 steps – that’s 51 flights – of the Sky Tower wearing 25kg of fireman’s equipment?

Volunteer firefighter Steve Hutchinson says it’s simple, really. Just use one of the most natural resources Tauranga has to offer – Mauao.

It’s exactly what Steve and his workmates have been doing – 60 times in the last seven months to be precise. But why?

Mount Maunganui volunteer firefighter Steve and his team will head to Auckland on May 28 to raise money for Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand.

About 850 firefighters from throughout New Zealand will compete in the Sky Tower Stair Challenge, and funds raised will be used to support Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand’s work in the community.

“This will be my third time,” Steve proudly proclaims, but the rest of his team have different experiences with the Sky Tower Stair Challenge.

Hayden Kinzett, Harry Linsay, and Garth Sunckell have all done the stair challenge multiple times, and Leanne Vaile will be conquering the challenge for the first time next Saturday.

Tania Anderson was due to participate but had to pull out due to a shoulder injury.

“I like to think that we’re going above and beyond for most firefighters.

“Most are relatively fit and this is a good excuse to get out there and be extra fit,” says Steve.

He says the team chose the Mount for training as it’s a similar height to the Sky Tower and the distance is slightly longer.

“Going from the other guys’ conversations, I should be able to knock about five minutes off that actual time; so when I’m doing 20 minutes 20 seconds, I should be able to get about that 15-16 minute mark, which I’m aiming for.”

Other local teams include the Tauranga station, the Te Puke Volunteer Fire Brigade and Greerton Volunteer Fire Brigade.

Steve says not a whole lot goes through his mind when he’s climbing the stairs.

“You’re concentrating because you’re making sure you’re not falling over, and just making sure you put one foot in front of the other.

“I personally try to put all of that out of my mind and listen to my music and just concentrating on moving.” What music?

“Heavy metal, so I don’t have to listen to my own gasps for breath!” Steve laughs.

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Phil Twyford in town steering the ship. “It starts right here,� says Phil Twyford, senior Labour politician, MP for Te Atatu and the party’s housing spokesman. “The election is still 18 months away but it starts right here.�

And it was appropriate the election strategy was being hatched right at the party’s grassroots, Arataki, right in the middle of working class Tauranga. “We want to get a Labour MP, a Labour list MP, based in this region serving this big, important and growing community.�

And to achieve that the party’s building a campaign and building its forces. “A ďŹ ghting force to turn out the party vote for Labour in the Bay of Plenty region.â€?

The MP says there are a lot of party votes in the area – six electorates and between 50,000 and 60,000 party votes – and they need to mobilise that vote. “It’s always about the party vote – it determines how many MPs we get in the house. “That’s the logic of MMP [the Mixed Member Proportional system].� “So we will get the Labour Party vote up so we have enough list MPs to deploy one to this region.�

The Labour heavyweight ew in from Auckland for the strategy meeting – dressed down in T-shirt and jeans but talking up prospects. “We also intend to win back Waiariki [the Maori electorate which includes Tauranga, Whakatane, Rotorua and Taupo],â€? says Phil, still smarting from losing the only Maori seat the party doesn’t hold. “Because the Maori Party is the Maori wing of the National Party, it means Waiariki represents two seats on the

National side of the house. We intend to change that,� says Phil.

At the strategy meeting were party representatives of the Bay of Plenty and Lakes region, the Bay of Plenty, Tauranga, Taupo, East Coast, Waiariki, Taupo and Rotorua. “But basically we are working together as a region,� says the MP. “Building a seamless party vote campaign across the region.�

Labour and Phil Twyford see the region’s biggest issue as housing. “There’s a crisis in Tauranga – unaffordability and shortage. And that affects people right from the frustrated ďŹ rst-home buyer who can’t get into the market right through to people who have fallen through the cracks and the homeless and those living in substandard homes. “Labour has strategies to deal with speculation. For starters banning non-resident foreigners from buying existing housing. Dealing with property speculation has to be a big part of the answer. “The other things are addressing the various planning rules that are obstacles to building more and better ďŹ rst homes.

Only ďŹ ve percent of homes being built in Tauranga are in the affordable range – from $350,000 to $400,000.â€?

Phil says our parents’ generation beneďŹ ted from policies like State Advances Corporation loans – essentially the Government passing on cheap borrowing, cheap mortgages if people build a new house. That he believes, would stimulate a lot of entrylevel houses.

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Cruising through Papamoa Papamoa cruisers, start your engines, lace your shoes, oil your chain and get ready to cruise.

Saturday, May 21, is the day for slow bikers, walkers or mobility scooters to get out together and go for a casual roam around Papamoa for an optional gold coin donation. “The plan at this stage is to have lots of fun, and to and make a dollar for Scripture Union camps,� says organiser Iain Bibby.

Iain will meet people between 8am-11.30am on Saturday at 30 Evans Rd to load his trailer with bikes and

mobility scooters. From there, they will meet at 1pm at Henry & Ted cafe to start the cruise. “We will explore the cycleways from either side of Golden Sands Drive, the streets to see devel-opments of Papamoa East, and possibly ďŹ nd the tsunami evacuation route.â€?

About 3pm the group will stop for a coffee break.

Anyone who needs to can choose a bike to rent from Iain’s house if necessary today, May 20.

Those interested should call Iain on 027 572 2987 or if you are running late for the meeting times.

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Investing in infrastructure

Rugby boys Louie Darvill and Jacob Mohi are ready to take on soccer boys Caleb Kirkham and Dane Stollery at Top Team in Katikati. Photo: Tracy Hardy.

Last week I showed how Tauranga City Council is planning to invest more than $4 billion in hard infrastructure projects during the next 30 years for more housing and employment areas.

This just includes roads, water and parks infrastructure and excludes what developers build themselves.

The city has a ‘growth pays for growth’ philosophy. In reality, it’s more of an ambition than a rule.

If anything keeps me awake at night, it’s the risks of council making billion-

dollar investments to accommodate the city’s growing population, reaching 200,000 people by 2060.

If this infrastructure cannot be repaid from growth contributions, which is part of the building consent impact fees, the debt then becomes ratepayers’ debt.

More than $20 million of growthrelated debt has defaulted onto the ratepayers since the mid-2000s.

For example, council builds a road based on how many people we think will live in the area in the future.

Tough challenge for Top Team One of the most fierce-but-friendly rivalries in Katikati will be settled on an obstacle course in town this month, when a new event comes to life to bring the community together.

Rugby boys will be pitted against their arch-rivals off the field – the soccer boys – on May 22, when Top Team goes ahead at the Uretara Domain thanks to Mpowa youth worker Logan Parkin.

In similar fashion to the Kiwi television show ‘Top Town’ where teams from different towns competed in obstacle challenges against each other – Katikati’s Top Team will see different groups from the community vie for prizes

and ultimate bragging glory.

“Basically, the idea is to have an event where the whole community can come together and parents can actually integrate and work with each other – then the children will see socialising from the older age groups,” says Logan.

“We also wanted to get other community groups involved by offering them the chance to have a stall at the event to fundraise for their group. So different groups have put their hands up to have stalls, with a barbecue, cake stall and more on offer.”

All ages are welcome to enter, with three divisions: 14 years and under, 18 years and under, and open. “We will run four teams on the course at the same, with a person from each team competing until their team is finished,” says Logan. “Then the teams with the

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top four times will compete for all of the glory.” And he warns not only brawn will take home the prizes – part of the course will be made up of puzzles, obstacles and team challenges. “You’ll need a bit of smarts and team work to be the Top Team!” Soccer boys Top Team leader Dane Stollery says there is no doubt they will beat the rugby boys – claim bragging rights – and settle the old feud. Meanwhile, the rugby boys hold a different opinion. Rugby boys Top Team leader Stephen Cave says they will clinch the title.

Top Team in Katikati is at Uretara Domain on May 22 from 1pm4pm. To register, see ‘Top Team 2016’ on Facebook.

Entry is $15 per person, which will go towards prizes. If it rains, the event will happen May 29, from 1pm-4pm.

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It’s the Government’s Regional Cultural and Heritage Fund – a new multimillion-dollar pot to support regional cultural centres like a museum.

“And Tauranga could be one step closer to finding the money needed,” says Simon.

Cost has often been put up as a block to the museum project even though 71 per cent of Tauranga respondents to a poll commissioned by the MP recently gave a resounding ‘Yes’ to the plan.

Simon has been campaigning for a museum on the back of that survey. “The main concern about the museum is the cost, but the money wouldn’t just come from the council,” says Simon. “We also need to look at ways to get the private sector involved.”

There are thousands of heritage items lying in storage at a Mount Maunganui warehouse. And the MP says those exhibits need to be on display, showcasing the city and its story. “We have a rich and diverse history and it’s a shame we are not embracing it.”

The Government’s Regional Culture and Heritage Fund is a fund of last resort. Applicants like the

Tauranga City Council would have to show it’s prepared to put up its share – and that it’s already secured funding from a “philanthropic contribution” before the fund can contribute on “a third plus a third plus a third” principle.

Simon believes this is something that can be achieved. “Especially if we look at more economically viable options.” He means a realistically affordable museum. TCC is now considering a museum as part of its Civic Space Option – a project on how best to develop the CBD. A new city library and a civic square are also in the mix.

“The council will be discussing the best way forward at it’s June meeting,” says the TCC’s general manager city transformation Jaine Lovell-Gadd. “That could include seeking feedback on a proposal to carry out a more detailed business case on a future museum.”

And exploration of the museum option will include funding options, including the Government’s new three-way funding proposal.

That’s a fund which has been established to ensure the smaller regional centres get the opportunity to display their treasures, relics and artworks in new museums and galleries.

The Government has also loosened the reins – previously collections had to be of national significance to qualify for funding.

That restriction has been removed. The first round of funding opened this week and the first successful applicants will be announced in August.

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Just playing her part “Let’s go outside and chat. I just love sunny days.” Natural enough considering the dark, gloomy and scary places that Leisa Renwick has visited recently.

“Melanoma is the cancer that gives cancer a bad name”. That thought immediately focuses the mind.

Because we were sitting in a sun-drenched leafy yard right outside Mount Maunganui College staffroom, blathering with the math teacher about kids, algebra, existentialism and the weather.

“When you think of cancer you think of someone getting progressively ill, they try some stuff, do radiation and chemotherapy, maybe it gets better; maybe it doesn’t.”

Leisa is building to something. “But with melanoma, you can be dead within weeks.” The good teacher pauses for effect. “I went from work to being told I was going to die in a fortnight.”

Yet here she is – vivacious, insightful, funny and glowing with good health. She’s back from a near death experience, back from being skeletal and back being normal again.

“Now I have to stop eating whatever I like and as much as I want because I am putting on too much weight.” She laughs because it’s not life and death.

“No, it’s a real problem – a problem we all have to deal with.” We all know the name Leisa Renwick – she wrestled very publicly with the Government and Pharmac to get funding for a new drug for advanced melanoma. She ran a petition to press for funding, embarrassed a reluctant Health Minister Jonathon Coleman out of his office to chat on the issue. And at the end of the day she won.

That’s Leisa the agitator, righter of wrong.

“We were just doing our part.” But there’s also Leisa the wife and mother who’s still battling – her own

personal battle with an insidious disease.

This is how a remarkable public profile evolved from a black, black day back in 2010, how a malignant mole transformed the math teacher into the poster person for a national cancer cause.

“I spotted it in the mirror and I decided I wasn’t happy with it.” A mole had changed.

“I was having a freak out so I went to the dermatologist the same day and demanded they remove it.” They did.

She’s telling her story to a reporter who’s just had a basal cell carcinoma excised from his shin. It wasn’t life threatening and that’s the difference between fair and unfair, cruel and kind. I dodged a bullet this time. But it struck Leisa Renwick.

“The dermatologist thought I was nuts.” But three weeks after Leisa’s biopsy they came back to the observant, self-diagnosing math teacher and said: “Actually you were right”.

They got it early, in plenty of time. There was a further and wider excision and annual skin checks.

“But otherwise you will be fine,” they said. Of course there can be no guarantees with cancer. And there wasn’t.

“In May last year I got a little bit queasy, a little bit crook.” There were visits to the doctor, days off work and eventually hospital with a bloated abdomen. A week later another bullet.

“Stage four metastatic melanoma. Sorry nothing we can do, we will sort out pain relief, go home to your family.” Yes, just like that. But she didn’t believe them, she was in complete denial. And she got angry with doctors who she says: “Wrote me off ”.

“Hospital doctors travel in packs. One important one up front and the rest taking notes. So before they came into my room I would ask if they were the ones coming to save me or the group who’d given up.

‘Because if you are the ones who’ve given up, you can get out now’.” Read the full story at www.theweekendsun.co.nz Hunter Wells

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The Bay never seems to be so cold that you can’t put your boardies on. For Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller that’s certainly the case.

Todd will be wearing his shorts on the shortest day of the year and it will be business as usual.

He’s off to a morning meeting with the Mayor of Tauranga and councillors on the day – and hopes he won’t be the only one looking beach-ready in the middle of June.

“It’s a great idea until you turn up and realise you’re the only one who followed through with it.

“Let’s hope everyone else does!” jokes the MP. Short4Waipuna is a fundraising

campaign to raise money for Waipuna Hospice.

On Tuesday, June 21 – the shortest day of the year – people all throughout the region are encouraged to slip into their best pair of shorts and raise money for the hospice.

“The hospice is so often associated with gentle loving care; and the end of someone’s journey, it is actually also a place that celebrates life that does exciting, full of life things. I think that’s great.

“That’s why it’s such a special place because it celebrates life and so I think it’s awesome that they’ve chosen something quirky and exciting as this.”

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Tauranga City United will be looking to continue their winning form when they take on top of the Northern Region Football League Premier Division’s Eastern Suburbs at home this weekend.

It won’t be an easy task for the boys in blue taking on the division leaders at Links Ave reserve on Sunday. But United has a controversial 3-0 win under their belt to help boost their confidence.

After beating Onehunga Sport in the last round 2-1, United was given an extra point when it was found Onehunga fielded an ineligible player.

It was a good win for United, with eight points, who now sit two places behind Onehunga on the points table in 10th spot.

But they will need a huge effort if

they are to topple Eastern Suburbs, with 20 points, who sit one point ahead of Central United, with 19 points, in second and six points of Glenfield Rovers and Birkenhead United who share third spot with 14 points.

It’s been a slow reversal of form for United, who only three weeks ago were trying to stop the haemorrhage after three loses in a row. Since then they’ve had a 2-2 draw with East Coast Bays and last week’s great result.

Kick off for the match is 2.45pm and the United fans will be expecting their boys to play with plenty of passion and Tauranga City United (in blue) will need to guts which the club is known for. battle hard this weekend.

In other matches in the round: Bay Olympic take on Western Springs, East face Onehunga Sports and Three Kings United Coast Bays go up against Hamilton Wanderers, Forrest Hill-Milford United will battle it out against Birkenhead United.

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Tauranga’s Harmony a Plenty Barbershop Chorus is holding a very special concert to help raise funds for Alzheimers Tauranga.

The 25-member Tauranga Chorus wants to give the Alzheimers support group a boost with a concert full of great barbershop and a capella singing.

Mighty River Harmony from Hamilton, City of Sails from Auckland

and the local ladies a capella group The Keynotes are confirmed for the concert so far.

The concert is at Holy Trinity Church, 215 Devonport Rd, Tauranga on Saturday, May 28, at 2pm.

Entry is $25 and there are 900 tickets to be sold. Tickets are available from Alzheimers Tauranga on 07 577 6344 or the chorus on 07 576 3032.

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Mr Wylie retires: ‘Read all about it’ It’s been one of life’s interesting role reversals. The master became servant for the servant who is now the master. And soon the master who became the servant will no longer be a servant.

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The story could end there but the interest is in the detail.

It harks back to when Brian ‘Rabbits’ Rogers was just a wee bunny, at Otumoetai Intermediate School. There was also a teacher called Noel Wylie. It was the 1970s.

They were never teacher and pupil. But there was a mutual awareness, they knew of each other. Rogers remembers Wylie as “an interesting character� who he had deep respect for.

Respect born of self-preservation perhaps. Because Wylie had a reputation as a bit of a hanging judge – a strict disciplinarian. It was a reputation well-earned. “In the old days it was the strap, and if it was necessary, they got it,� says the old schoolmaster.

It was “necessary� quite often it seems. “I didn’t stand for any silly nonsense.� That could be the reason Wylie remembers ‘Rabbits’ as a “goody two-shoes, a pussycat� in those days.

That was when Wylie was the master and Rogers was the servant. But then the “pussycat� turned into an alley-cat – Rogers became a Rupert Murdoch in his own backyard, a businessman, publisher of The Weekend Sun.

And Rogers also became the master when he hired Wylie, now retired from his strap, to be his deliverer of his newspaper to the shops and venues that aren’t already among the 60,000 with letterbox home delivery.

Sixteen hundred newspapers every Friday for the last six years.

That’s 499,200 newspapers hand-delivered to what Wylie regards as his “precious customers�. Now Wylie is about to retire from partial retirement.

This Weekend Sun delivery man is going to wipe the smudges of printers ink from his hands for the last time, plant that hand in the small of wife Lyn’s back and go ballroom dancing. “And travel before we get too old.�

And this morning as he loaded his van in the dark, the disciplinarian, the shaper of young lives and the delivery man, was reminiscing. “It’s not just throwing a newspaper at someone. “Personally handing them a copy of The Weekend Sun makes them feel valued as people and clients.�

And the rules have changed or the teacher has mellowed.

While he didn’t tolerate nonsense during his professional career, he doesn’t mind a bit of annel, a bit

of banter in his golden years. “Lot’s of nice people out there. “They stir me up and I stir them up. Like Barry Muir and Bill Strand over at the Furniture Gallery. They’re special because we also share a love of speedway. “And the girls at Hilary Pointon.â€? That’s a women’s fashion outďŹ t in Maunganui Rd. “I rark them up and leave as quick as I went in. They tell me to get out.â€? He could have been off dancing with Lyn dozens of editions of The Sun ago. “But I suppose it’s the teacher in me. I love the people contact.â€?

And he bumps into ex-pupils like ‘Crank’, now a company director. So some of the Wylie wisdom must have seeped through. And he’s quick to claim credit. “We had to straighten Crank out on the ďŹ rst day but then he was as good as gold.â€?

That’s the disciplinarian again.

Wylie coached ‘Rabbits’ – aka Brian Rogers – in the school rugby team. Was ‘Rabbits’ any good? “Most Otumoetai kids were average rugby players, nothing startling for some unknown reason.� Read the full story at www.theweekendsun.co.nz

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It may be nearly 13,000km away, but a little slice of Russia is coming to Tauranga next week.

Marina Parshikova, originally from Siberia, moved to New Zealand 15 years ago in hope for a better lifestyle here.

“It’s the climate, the environment; it’s warmer and greener,” says Marina on why she moved from her homeland to the Southern Hemisphere.

Russia is the world’s largest global nation. It’s climate varies across its 17.1 million square kilometres. Siberia has six months of winter which is on average minus five degrees Celsius, so it’s a big climatic change for Marina to be living here.

She was living in Auckland before moving to Tauranga with her family last year.

“We landed on our feet I would say, it’s so great.

“We’ve never had any problems settling.”

Now, Marina is a member of the Russian-speaking

community for Multicultural Tauranga and hopes to see Tauranga engaging with as much Russian culture as possible.

“I’m trying to get the community together and expose as much of the Russian culture to New Zealanders as I can.”

Multicultural Tauranga’s Living in Harmony evening ‘From Russia with Love’ on May 25 will be full of traditional music including a performance by a professional Russian balalaika player.

Expect the finest Russian cuisine from dumplings to beetroot soup. It’s a chance to learn about their culture, sample their food and admire traditional Russian dress.

The evening starts 7pm at the village hall at Historic Village on 17th Ave, on Wednesday, May 25.

Those interested are welcome to come along with a plate for a potluck dinner and a gold coin donation to support the event.

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Getting it off, getting down at nude yoga No thank you!

We’re the conservative Christian bastion of Tauranga.

Nude yoga may be okay in ‘anything goes’ Auckland enclaves like Westmere, but here in the Bay of Plenty it seems we prefer to keep our T-shirts on and our shorts up when we bend the body into a

full lotus. Dignity and decorum first and foremost, freedom of movement a very secondary consideration.

“Nude yoga?” asks Sue Furey of the Tauranga Yoga Centre, hooting with laughter at the suggestion. “God forbid.” Sue forbids too, because it’s unlikely to happen on her shift.

“If you can imagine our demographic

– 20 to 83 or 84 – I think it would put you off yoga forever.”

She’s not being prudish or holierthan-thou. “It just isn’t traditional yoga. We follow classical yoga and classical yoga is not nude yoga.”

All Sue can say is it doesn’t happen at the Tauranga Yoga Centre. Will it ever happen? “No, I don’t really think so. No.” So why in the leafy inner Auckland suburb of Westmere do they feel the need to get it off and get down in a dimly lit room for an hour of nude yoga?

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Essentially, the nudity is for unrestricted range of movement, they say. But it’s also about selfesteem. “There are a lot of people with insecurities and fears about how their bodies look,” according to the instructor, unnamed because he has a corporate image to protect.

But there are obvious pitfalls.

After all, a nude ‘downward dog’ or ‘happy baby pose’ would bring body parts into dramatic and disturbing focus.

“There are so many images in society of body perfection that we assume we need to look a certain way to be normal.”

But a communal and bollocky ‘Surya Namaskar’ can apparently realign our thinking and self-perception.

No realignment in The Weekend Sun office though. We just stood around the water cooler painting mental images and dressing them up with smutty schoolboy delight.

“All those dangly bits,” winced one offended scribe.

“We all have dangly bits,” said another, a female. And what’s worse

– being a yogi in the second row and gazing upon someone’s dangly bits as you struggle into a ‘Adho Mukha Svanasana’, or knowing someone behind is analysing your anatomical correctness.

Perhaps just one row of nude yogi would fix wandering eyes.

And does what happens in the yoga class stay in the yoga class?

Regardless, a butt-naked ‘Bharadvaja Twist’ apparently assists the exploration of the deeper sense of being comfortable with uncomfortableness.

“By facing our fears in a safe and supportive environment, we become more grounded and comfortable with ourselves,” says the Westmere instructor.

In leafy Westmere “it’s about all shapes and sizes, everyone is welcome”. Everyone is welcome at Tauranga Yoga Centre too.

Membership’s doubled to 550 in five years, half that again in casuals, and everyone keeps their clobber on at 26 classes each week.

to nude yoga ‘nekkid’ or in the birthday suit. You disrobe at the venue, wrap yourself in a towel and when the lights dim you shed the towel with style and solemnity.

We are assured most naked yogi are focused naked yogi and don’t even notice other naked yogi.

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But Sue admits a crack did appear in the decency at TYC. “A svelte and beautiful young woman did suggest a nude class.

She was dead serious and I just about fell about laughing.”

That was a year ago, the crack was quickly plastered over and seemliness restored.

“It just doesn’t fit with our ethos.

But I don’t know what happens elsewhere in Tauranga.”

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Tauranga Youth Search and Rescue wins national nomination Tauranga Youth Search and Rescue has earned a nomination in the Youth Week Awards 2016.

Minister for Youth Honourable Nikki Kaye has invited YSAR Tauranga to the Youth Week 2016 Awards Ceremony at The Banquet Hall, Parliament, on Tuesday, May 24.

The awards recognise young people’s contribution and service to their community.

In Tauranga, YSAR trains youth with the necessary skills to enable safe practice and emergency response in the New Zealand

environment. Steve Campbell of YSAR Tauranga says being nominated for the award at a national level is a huge honour for the non-profit organisation.

“Since we started back in 2009 the leaders, parents and students have known that YSAR was an exception programme to be involved in but to have that recognised at a national level is fantastic affirmation for us that we are on the right track.

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Gearing up for round two The country’s had its say, $26 million has been spent and the alternative flag has been committed to the shredder without so much as a flutter.

But that doesn’t mean John the issue is dead. Not Hepburn by a long shot. Not according to Tauranga’s – a man John Hepburn. for a flag.

“That referendum result was very, very much closer than any of the earlier polls suggested,” says John.

Consequently, this advocate of change wants the whole matter revisited by 2020.

“One year before the referendum, the polls were about 80-20 in favour of keeping the flag.” Then six months out things narrowed dramatically. “The final poll before the referendum was more 60-40,” says John.

It narrowed even further for the main event – 56.6 per cent in favour of retaining the flag and 43.2 per cent against.

John says when people have to sit down and tick a box, that’s when they get really focused on the issue.

This all tells John something.

“The flag issue had been trending more and more towards change. If that trend continued, and there’s no reason to believe it wouldn’t, then clearly next time we would end up with a new flag.”

So why are we listening to John? Well John appeared in The Weekend Sun in late-2014 as the whole flag thing was unfurling – and he predicted the referenda was destined for disaster.

“There was such a range of flags in the first, none could achieve an outright majority. And the second was overly politicised with people voting in protest at the cost, the process and [Prime Minister John Key].” It all played out pretty much according to Hepburn.

And now, just when it seems the nation has moved on, John tells us we haven’t.

The matter is not resolved and won’t be resolved until we get a new flag.

“And I think it’ll happen,” says John.

“There’s a certain inevitability about a new flag.” So now he’s thinking about when and how.

“There should be another referendum run in conjunction with the General Election of 2020.”

Read the full story at www.theweekendsun.co.nz

Lobbying for light rail It’s time for the Government to integrate a system of transportation that includes buses and rail.

Continuing their current archaic planning that only considers widening roads during the next one to three decades will do nothing to keep up with the growth we are experiencing as a nation, specifically in Tauranga.

During the last few weeks I’ve had meetings with the Mayor of Tauranga and the New Zealand Transportation Agency to discuss

the future mobility of New Zealand. My meetings have confirmed that trams and light rail are not yet a part of the planning for Tauranga’s future mobility.

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The opportunity is too exciting – and too pressing – to ignore.

I’m looking forward to additional meetings around transportation later this week and will continue passionately lobbying for an integrated transportation system for Tauranga –particularly one that incorporates light rail.

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Remembering and reflecting on Crete New Zealand forces too – by the time the German divisions had gained a foothold on Crete, and sent the Allies scuttling back to Greece, 671 of the 7700 Kiwis in Crete were dead.

A further 967 were wounded and 2180 taken prisoner.

One of those Prisoners of War was Brant Robinson. The ship which was to take Robinson off Crete was sunk. And as they waited on the beach, the island capitulated.

He was told to pile all weapons and surrender to the

The Kiwis had hardly finished breakfast when the German transporters thundered in off the Mediterranean.

It was May 20, 1941 – which is 75 years ago today.

Soon after 8am the skies were filled with parachutes. Two thousand elite German troops jumping in waves of 200 at 15 minute intervals. The Battle of Crete, one of the Second World War’s most dramatic battles, had begun.

A costly affair

Watching all this unfold was a former Post Office apprentice. “We all knew something big was coming, but not what or where it would be,” says Brant Robinson.

They discovered soon enough.

“Someone called out they must be Greek,” says Brant, who was a signalman with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. “But the planes had black crosses on the wings.” They were German.

And they came in low with guns blazing and bombs falling.

At the Anzac parade - Brant Robinson (right), son John and great-grandchildren Zara and Jake.

When it was over 12 days later Crete was dubbed the ‘graveyard of the Fallschirmjager’ or ‘German paratroopers’. Some 3764 were killed – many of them shot dead in the harnesses of their chutes before they even set down.

Daunted by the German losses, Hitler himself deemed: “The day of the paratroops was over.”

And it was a costly affair for

Colin. “Six years of warfare and by the end of it all this 79kg soldier was just 50kg.” And the survivor still survives.

On Sunday, 75 years after the Battle of Crete, Brant, now aged 98 and living in Whangamata, will lay a wreath for Crete veterans at the Crete Memorial Commemoration Service at

Mount Maunganui RSA starting at 10.30am.

“A time to remember and reflect on the implications of our military engagement on Crete,” says Colin.

The association is expecting about 100 people to attend the commemoration.

Germans.

War was declared “He was a 39’er,” says Colin Henderson of the New Zealand Battle of Crete Association.

As soon as war was declared, Brant had signed up, given two weeks training at Trentham and sent off to war. But he was an extraordinary survivor,” says

Celebrating Tauranga College’s 70th reunion Former pupils of Tauranga College are celebrating the school’s 70th reunion this weekend.

Tauranga College opened in 1946 until 1957, when it became the Tauranga girls’ and boys’ colleges.

The weekend reunion on May 20-22 begins with the combined art exhibition and book launch of the magazine-style publication titled ‘Hillsdene - Tauranga College Reunion Edition, 2016’.

The book includes the college history, activities of teachers and pupils while at school, some recollections, notable achievers, published authors, contributions from former pupils – and a selection of poems and prose from the annual ‘Hillsdene’ school magazines.

The exhibition at Creative Tauranga includes international artist Jean Laming and local artists Dulcie Artus and Ngaire Short, well-known haiku poet Catherine Mair and sculptor Carol Bodde.

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The opening reception and book launch invite-only event is on May 19, before the exhibition opens to the public on May 20-30.

The reunion weekend continues on Friday, May 20, with a mix and mingle with former pupils at Tauranga Boys’ College.

The official public opening and luncheon will be on the morning of Saturday, May 21.

The luncheon at The Citz Club will include soup served in a commemorative cup with the old school logo printed on the front for people to take home, as well as a copy of the history booklet.

On Saturday night, May 21, is a reunion dinner at the boys’ college gymnasium.

Sunday, May 22, begins with a church service at The Elms before a relaxing dinner at Daniels in the Park.

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Sell, swap and bargain careful approach to what we use and make. It’s very satisfying to see a garment made out of fabric manufactured decades ago.

“Some wonderful new ways of using embroidered household linens and exotic souvenirs from foreign parts are being explored by modern designers.

“FASH is a local resource for people who care about their planet.” Traders with stuff to sell can hire a table space for $30 by contacting Beth via Facebook – search for ‘FASH Tauranga’.

The Bethlehem Hall doors open at 9am on Saturday, June 4.

Admission is $2.

Proceeds go to the Te Puna Quarry Summer Trust.

others no longer want.

“This is why I call it a social movement,” says Beth. “It can be very hard just to discard stuff you know is perfectly good, but that you have no use for.

“Having a stall at the FASH enables you to pass it on to others whom you know will care about it and create something from it.

“Making things go another round avoids waste, liberates thinking and gives meaning to unwanted clutter.”

During the years, Beth sees FASH Tauranga evolving into an aspect of the ethical fashion movement. “It does help to know that, even at a local level, we can support a

“It’s not just a fabric mart, it’s a social movement,” says Beth Bowden, one of the organisers of FASH 2016.

FASH invites lovers of fabrics, abandoned stitchery and haberdashery to sell, swap and bargain away the contents of their cupboards.

“Set up a table in the Bethlehem Hall on Saturday, June 4, and free up those resources you’ve been hanging on to for too long,” Beth advises.

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Peanut and hazelnut spread brownie I originally found this recipe on Tastemade and altered it to fulfil my peanut butter cravings.

I use crunchy peanut butter to add a bit of texture, but smooth works just as well if you don’t

like crunchy. The more peanut butter added, the better in my opinion but use as much as you like. Two tablespoons gives a subtle hint of peanut butter if you don’t want the flavour too strong or you’re not sure about it the

This recipe makes thick brownies with a bit of crunch.

first time you make it. The finished product is a rich, dense brownie that has a hint of peanut butter.

Ingredients 14 Tbsp hazelnut spread ½ tsp vanilla essence 2 Tbsp peanut butter (crunchy or smooth) 100g butter 2 eggs ½ cup granulated sugar ¾ cup flour ¾ tsp baking powder Method Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius and grease a brownie tray.

Place hazelnut spread, peanut butter – more than specified if you really like peanut butter – with butter and vanilla essence in a double boiler and melt completely.

In a bowl, beat eggs and granulated sugar until combined. Add melted hazelnut and peanut butter mix and stir well.

Sift flour and baking powder together and add slowly to the mixture.

Bake for 40 minutes or until the top of the brownies crack. Serve with a dollop of ice cream or a plop of hazelnut spread Cayla-Fay Saunders on top.

Friends and food in France Some wonderful friends are in France at the moment and to be honest I’m madly jealous.

A few years ago we took a trip to the Basque region of southern France and an abiding memory is watching our youngest son take on a huge bowl of Moules à la Marinière – mussels in wine and cream – while sitting at the harbour’s edge in St Jean de Luz. The only thing that was a little difficult to explain was the tiny size of the Atlantic mussel when compared to our delicious Green Lip. Preparing mussels is actually very easy if you follow a few simple rules. Firstly, buy carefully – choose each mussel individually and discard any that are cracked or damaged. Once home don’t soak in cold water, but place a wet cloth over top until needed.

If a mussel is open and will not close on sharp tapping, it is dead and should be discarded. Also throw away any that feel heavy.

Now to the cleaning bit, bear in mind the mussel is alive and if you are rough it will protect itself by closing tight shut. So gently hold the mussel and in one quick movement slide the beard out in a motion that goes from the pointy to the blunt end.

Finally, scrub mussels to remove any barnacles.

Cook and enjoy.

Moules à la Marinière

Serves 4 Ingredients 3-4 chopped shallots 1 chopped onion 300ml dry white wine 1.8kg mussels, scrubbed and debearded 150ml double cream Seasoning Chopped parsley to garnish 1 clove crushed garlic Method Boil garlic, shallot and onion in a large saucepan with the wine for eight minutes. Add mussels and steam for three-five minutes, shaking saucepan occasionally. Discard any that don’t open and spoon into a deep bowl.

Carefully pour the liquid into a different pan, leaving the sandy residue behind.

Bring this liquid to the boil and add cream.

Reduce a little and pour over the mussels.

Season and garnish with chopped parsley and serve immediately.

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Tips for long-haul trips As a long-haul flight newbie, I had no idea what to expect when I boarded my flight to London last year.

So when I flew from Melbourne to Dubai – the longest flight in my journey – I hadn’t thought about sleeping or bathroom breaks or anything.

Now wiser, I pass on my three favourite flight tips.

If you have a small bladder never get the window seat. I love looking out the window as much as anyone else, but it’s not worth needing to pee for 12 hours.

If you don’t suffer from small bladder syndrome, snag a window seat if you can – you won’t be disturbed by people passing by.

You don’t have to eat every meal offered on flights. I thought that free food should definitely be consumed, but regretted it when

I found myself eating beef stew for what my bodyclock thought was breakfast.

Moisturise and hydrate.

The air in a plane is recycled, pressurised air, so your skin will dehydrate easily. A face moisturiser, hand lotion, and chapstick were musts for me.

I’m sure you all have your own tips; feel free to share them on The Weekend Sun’s Facebook page and help fellow travellers Cayla-Fay Saunders out!

Free English language service for new migrants and refugees successfully.

“When you have no language that is a huge barrier towards you accessing anything in the community,” says Philippa.

As well as a one-to-one home tutor service, English Language Partners BOP offers a number of free courses including NZQA Certificate in English

English Language Level 1 course provides an opportunity to improve English for everyday use, for further study, at work and in the community.

It is for learners who have a low level of English and includes speaking, listening, But without an understanding of English reading and writing. Once you gain the language, it can be difficult for migrants certificate, you will be able to join BOP to find a job or communicate Polytechnic Level 2 courses. within the community.

“We’ve had fantastic success English Language Partners the last two years,” says Philippa.

Bay of Plenty is the largest “We had somebody last year migrant and refugee settlement who became a mechanic. At 20 agency in NZ funded by the years old, he didn’t have a word Government to provide a free of English and by the time we English language service for finished the course he had a job new migrants and refugees, says and his English level was up to English Language Partners BOP Level 2.” manager Philippa Cairns.

The free English for These are people who are Employees course provides an going to be living in NZ permanently and need help English Language Partners BOP offers a number of free courses opportunity to improve your English for the workplace. with language and how NZ including NZQA Certificate in English Language Level 1 Philippa says migrants from works to enable them to resettle and English for Employees.

China, Korea, India, Pakistan and Language Level 1 and English for Thailand have completed courses at English Employees.

Language Partners BOP. “We have 26 The NZQA Certificate in different languages on our database here.”

Chinese, Korean, Punjabi, Pakistani, Thai – people from many different countries migrate to New Zealand and settle in Tauranga for many reasons.

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Greerton Library to open in July The new Greerton Library will open to public on Friday, July 15.

And the temporary Library at 1334 Cameron Rd will close from Saturday, June 11, to make sure library staff are able to transfer more than 50,000 books, shelves, furniture and equipment to

the new building on Greerton Rd. Books issued at Greerton Library will not be due back during the closed period between Saturday, June 11 and Friday, July 15.

However, borrowed books can be returned to Tauranga, Mount or Papamoa libraries, or the Mobile Library, during this time.

In addition to library services, the new library includes a community meeting room and learning centre for people to learn about IT and technology and improve their digital literacy.

Library customer services team leader Joanna Thomas says that while the temporary library will

be closed, the team will be making every effort to ensure a smooth transition for the library users.

“On behalf of the library staff, we thank our valued customers for their patience during the period we will be closed, and we look forward to seeing them soon at our new premises.”

If people have any questions or concerns about returning books, they can call 07 577 7177 or visit library.tauranga.govt.nz A special community event is planned for July 15 to celebrate the official opening.

More information will be provided on the event closer to the date.

The new Greerton Library on Greerton Rd will officially open in July.

The count down is on to winter As you are reading this, it will be a mere 12 days until the official start of winter – unbelievable when you think we are still enjoying temperatures in the 20s.

Although I hear that’s about to change and it will probably be freezing by then!

As we move swiftly into the month of June, a couple of Greerton Village major initiatives and promotions are at the forefront of my daily life.

First up I hear that those elusive Greerton Guerillas will be preparing to yarn bomb our village – not sure exactly when as it’s all a bit of a secret, but early July is the word.

Shortly after that will be the

build-up to our IlluminART Festival. Starting on Monday, July 11, from 10.15am-2pm at Greerton Hall, we will be making lanterns for the Lantern Parade that leads off IlluminART. The workshops will run that week also on Tuesday, July 12, and Thursday, July 14, from 10am-2pm. These workshops are open to all ages and skills – you don’t have to know anything about lantern-making as we have a fabulous tutor, Ally, back again for another year. All lanterns made will be displayed at IlluminART. Contact the office to register.

On Friday, July 15, from 5.30pm we will head off with our lanterns towards the Village Square, newly beautified to celebrate the opening of our library on the same day.

For the next couple of hours you will enjoy light shows, a glow show, shadow puppets, lasers, hot air balloons, roving entertainers the Tauranga Samba Band and more in the Village Square and grounds of Greerton Village School, a real mid-winter treat.

Not been out to Greerton Village lately? Time for a visit to enjoy our eclectic shops, great coffee and cafes, free carparking and a real village atmosphere. Contact Sally at office@greertonvillage.org.nz or call 07 571 6347.

Kindergarten to host open day Greerton Village Kindergarten is having an open day next month to show the public what they’re all about.

Families are invited to the open day at the kindergarten on Greerton Rd on June 11 from 9.30am-12.30pm.

The four teachers at the kindergarten will be there to chat to parents and caregivers about the philosophies and what is available to their children.

The kindergarten will be open as it

would be in a normal kindergarten session, and children will be able to access all play areas. There will be spot prizes donated from Salvation Army in Greerton.

People will also be able to check out the newly revamped sandpit and outdoor area.

Head teacher Pam Hunton says the outdoor area was revamped to create a more natural environment for the children, including adding more trees for shade.

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Functional and artistic koru Flashy stainless steel and forged in the shape of koru, the new water fountains at Otumoetai Primary School could be easily mistaken for modern art sculptures.

But the new fountains serve both style and purpose.

Designed by 12-year-old Otumoetai Primary School pupil Amelia Mackenzie, the twin fountains underwent a design process after being selected as the strongest design from a pool of 15-20

entries pulling from the school’s logo as inspiration.

“It’s in our school logo, so I thought it would be nice to tie it back to that.”

And as far as looks and taste, the fountains get Amelia’s seal of approval. “I thought they looked amazing. [The water] tasted really nice, it tastes better when you make the drinking fountain.”

Amelia hopes the fountains stand the test of time, and they last in the gardens for “quite a while”.

“It’s quite cool seeing other people drinking from your drinking fountain.”

But she’s not sure whether creating the winning design this time will lead to a career in fountain-making.

“Probably not, I quite like engineering, but I don’t know if I’d want to do it as a job.

“But in my spare time I might design stuff.”

Amelia says she never expected to win when she was creating her design.

“I just thought it would be a fun thing to do, and I didn’t think I’d win, but when I did it was really cool because you see your own creation there brought to life.”

The shiny new fountains not only look nice, serve a purpose, and add

Otumoetai Primary School pupil Amelia Mackenzie is very proud of her winning design. Photo: Tracy Hardy. the teacher is helping the student, style to the school, they also hide a pushing the student out into the profound symbolism. world and helping equip her.”

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Polytechnic says baking jobs sure to rise in the Bay of Plenty Those looking for a new career direction may want to consider commercial baking – there is currently a New Zealand-wide skill shortage and Waiariki Bay of Plenty Polytechnic has the course to get you started.

Student Rachael Crittenden says she’s always loved baking and when she heard about the new course, she promptly signed up.

“I had come to enquire about all courses to do with food. When I heard about the new baking course, I knew that was the one for me.

“I love the science of baking; getting the measurements right and watching your product rise. It’s also a really fun, hands-on course.”

The one-year course teaches students

the fundamentals of commercial baking in the polytechnic’s purpose-built kitchens.

Students will work in teams to produce

good quality cakes, bread, biscuits, pies and other baked goods. Graduates can expect to find work in bakeries, supermarkets, restaurants and cafés.

“It’s great knowing there’s going to be a job at the end of it,” says Rachael.

“Plus I’m doing something I love, so it’s perfect.”

With the next course starting on July 18, people are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to avoid missing out on a place.

For more information on the New Zealand Certificate in Baking (Generalist) (Level 4) call 0800 267 7659 or visit Student Rachael Crittenden is enjoying Waiariki www.boppoly.ac.nz Bay of Plenty Polytechnic’s new baking course.

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Making bullying ‘disappear’ Kiwi magician Elgregoe is once again bringing his magic show with a blend of humour, magical illusions and behavioural education to Bay of Plenty schools.

Today, May 20, Elgregoe’s new live magic show for children aged five to 12 happened at Brookfield School at 9.15am and Omokoroa No 1 School is to see the magic at 1.30pm.

Another show will be at Bethlehem College at 9am on Monday, May 23.

From Elgregoe’s sidekicks Zazu, Ecce and Ruby the talking parrots, to the Floating Man trick, to ventriloquism, the show is set to entertain.

But Elgregoe, known off-stage as Greg Britt, is more than just an entertainer.

The idea for the show started following a conversation between Elgregoe and a school principal, who professed frustration at the phenomenon of schoolyard bullying.

At a loss, the principal jokingly challenged Elgregoe to make bullying disappear with his magic.

Jokes aside, more than 850,000 Kiwi kids have seen the show, and this year thousands more will learn about how they can become part of the solution to bullying in schools.

Elgregoe, or Greg, hopes to see students having fun at the show while still engaging with the messages around the seriousness of bullying and key elements needed to make it disappear.

“Every time I step onto a school stage I say to myself: ‘This one is for them’. I want to take them on a journey, to give them that sense of wonder I felt when I first saw a magician; and,

more importantly, to remember the messages.

“I want school to be a positive experience for them and give them the skills to have a bully-free day because that’s the real magic.”

This year’s show theme, Traffic Lights, fits into the 2016 curriculum for primary and intermediate schools, with an emphasis on healthy relationships at home, in class or on the playground.

Elgregoe and show assistant and wife, Sue, engage students with the fun of the show to help “stop bullying, slow down to consider their actions, and go be that student who makes a positive change”.

Magician Greg Britt, AKA Elgregoe.

An international outlook for Tauranga children Travel the world, experience the sights and sounds of a new culture, and get an education in the process.

While we’re lucky to have excellent universities in New Zealand, much can also be said for furthering your education abroad. What you learn in the books is just as important as the life experience you pick up along the way.

Saint Augustine said it best: “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page”.

For our generation, attending university overseas was something we could only dream of.

But thanks to the increasingly accessible world we live in, it’s a very real dream for our children and one many more parents and their school-leavers are

considering turning into reality.

Whether it’s the hallowed Ivy League schools of Harvard or Yale, Cambridge and Oxford in the United Kingdom, or top universities closer to home such as the University of Sydney, an overseas tertiary education is not out of grasp if our kids work hard and are supported.

With this in mind, parents are starting to think about international alternatives to NCEA such as the Cambridge International Curriculum, known as the CIE, and the International Baccalaureate.

The CIE is a globally recognised and accredited qualification, which stands our students in good

And we’re excited to see stead if they want to secure a the exotic and exciting scholarship to a university in the United States, Europe or Australia. locations to which it may lead.

Parents often ask me about the benefits of it.

Education is a global market, and transferable qualifications like Cambridge are in demand and instantly recognised almost everywhere.

And ACG is the only school in the area totally based on the Cambridge curriculum, starting from primary school – which is increasingly a key drawcard for Bay of Plenty parents.

It’s also a system which prepares students to be confident, responsible, reflective, innovative and engaged – and parents report that they love the easy-tounderstand grading system.

There’s no one-size-fits-all solution for our children, but we’re happy to be offering another choice to Tauranga parents.

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Community to discuss air quality issues Ensuring the region’s air quality is improved and protected for current and future generations is the focus of a series of upcoming workshops and open days by Bay of Plenty Regional Council.

Tauranga’s workshop on Friday, May 27, from 9.30am-12.30pm at BOPRC at 87 First Ave, will focus on key air quality issues in each of the sub-regions, along with proposed measures to mitigate and address them.

Issues and proposed recommendations form part of a recently-released discussion document to support a draft new Regional Air Plan – a Resource Management Act document that defines air discharge activities.

The document outlines the most significant air quality issues in the region, identified through air quality monitoring data and complaints received.

Issues include open burning in urban areas, commercial and industrial boilers, agrichemical and fumigation spraying, abrasive blasting, intensive farming, crematoria and spray-painting.

The two-hour workshop will include presentations from staff and discussions on key issues relevant to each sub-region.

The workshop will be followed by an open day. Tauranga’s open day is on Monday, May 30, from 2pm-8pm at BOPRC office, 87 First Ave. BOPRC senior policy analyst Karen Parcell says some proposed rules to address these

How air quality affects living in the Bay of Plenty is up for discussion. good air quality compared to other parts of the country.

“We want to continue to preserve this resource so we can continue to enjoy good air quality in years to come,” says Karen.

“Our role as the regional council is to manage the air quality so it does not impact negatively on the health and well-being of our community.”

Community input is sought until Friday, June 17, to ensure the right issues have been identified in the proposed draft plan and proposed rules to address issues will achieve desired outcomes.

The discussion document is on Bay of Plenty Regional Councils’ website or call Karen on 0800 884 881 extn: 9346, or email Karen.parcell@boprc.govt.nz To register for a workshop, call Paula Jorgensen on 0800 884 881 extn: 9344, or email paula.jorgensen@boprc.govt.nz

air quality issues may have an impact on members of the community, which is why council is actively seeking input.

“We know good air quality is important to our community so it’s important to strike the right balance between managing air quality, people’s health and the regulations that may be required to achieve this.

“One of the proposed mitigation suggestions is to ban open burning in urban areas, which may have a significant impact on households who use backyard fires to remove garden rubbish and general waste.

“We are also clarifying conditions around things such as agrichemical spraying, as well as activities that need a resource consent, such as crematoria and methyl bromide use at the Port of Tauranga.”

Karen says although Rotorua rates as the second-worst city for air quality in NZ, overall the BOP region generally enjoys

Avocado growers conference to be held in June Bay of Plenty avocado growers will be among hundreds of people toasting a successful third season under AVOCO at the company’s conference next month.

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The event at the Waipuna Hotel and Conference Centre in Auckland on June 25 is an opportunity for growers to come together under one roof, enjoy each other’s company and hear from the industry’s leading technical experts from NZ and overseas.

They’ll also hear AVOCO’s marketing team outline their export plan for 2016-2017 – a season that’s shaping up to be a record-breaker for New Zealand growers. It’s estimated the national export avocado crop will be five million-plus trays, exceeding the record 4.5 million trays that went offshore in 2014-2015, with conference attendees set to hear how AVOCO will handle its share of the massive projected volume.

The full-day programme will culminate with dinner, entertainment and the presentation of the AVOCO Grower Awards.

These are awards of excellence and public recognition for growers who operate at the top of their game.

AVOCO director John Carroll says the conference is an opportunity for growers to learn from experts in their field as well as celebrate with their peers in an industry that’s going from strength to strength.

“The conference will arm growers with the technical information they need to make sound decisions

in their own orchards as well as hear our latest plans for market development.

“At the same time, it’s also important to recognise our very best growers and congratulate them for an outstanding season.” AVOCO, a collaborative partnership between Bay of Plentybased Southern Produce and Auckland-based Primor Produce, has enjoyed enormous success in its first three years.

Last season was a low volume year nationally, with AVOCO exporting more than 61 per cent of the 2.5 million trays exported.

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Tips and tricks to building a warm, lasting fire Surprisingly enough, building a warm, lasting fire is harder than you might think – and with winter approaching, a warm fire in your hearth is a must.

Thankfully, my boyfriend and fire fan Dan Euinton lights my fires so I don’t have to.

Dan’s tips to build a warm fire that doesn’t fizzle out faster than a sparkler at Guy Fawkes are pretty simple, and all of the materials needed can be found

easily around the home You’ll need a few sheets of newspaper – make sure it’s not The Weekend Sun! – lots of twigs and bark about 15cm-20cm long, a log or two, and some matches.

Dan says start by scrunching up the newspaper into a loose ball and laying it in the hearth, then take your smaller twigs and bark and position them in a teepee shape around the newspaper, making sure you leave a gap at the front to light the paper.

Then take some larger

Nifty winter warm-up tricks The mercury has finally started to drop this week and Sunners are greeting winter’s cooler weather.

But if you’re on a budget here’s some nifty tricks to keep warm.

First if you have draughts, get some of those sausage-shaped draught-stoppers for the bottom of the door. You could even make your own.

Try closing the curtains before the sun disappears – locking in the solar heat.

Hit the op-shop for woollen mittens, gloves scarves and jerseys – wool is the best and these places usually have good stock of cosy clothes.

Rugs are a good way to keep your floors warm but don’t cost the same as carpet.

They’re great to fill gaps and areas of bare floor.

And make sure you have warm bedding – those old woollen blankets grandma used to knit might not look so stylish – but they are the best bet for keeping your bed warm right through the night.

twigs, and lay them on top of the smaller sticks.

Continue building up the teepee, adding larger twigs around the outside until you run out.

Strike your match and light the newspaper in the middle.

Add your logs once the fire is roaring.

Dan says the kindling – that’s the

twigs and bark – are an important step in building a long-burning fire.

“Good preparation and gradually increasing the material sizes are the key to a good fire.”

So brush up on those primitive skills and try building a fire without the fire starters this weekend.

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Keeping your tiny tot toasty this winter Keeping the youngest members in the household warm during winter is crucial if you want the family to steer clear of winter illnesses.

So here’s some tips on how to keep babies toasty during the cooler months ahead.

Firstly, keep their sleeping environment cozy. Use flannelette sheets on their cot mattress.

And have at least one spare pair in case a night change is needed.

Have some wool blankets on hand – wool is a breathable fibre that provides instant warmth unlike synthetic materials. It regulates to individual body temperature and is

warm in winter while cool in summer. Also, Merino wool undersuits are good for baby to be dressed in overnight during winter.

Again they breath and keep baby warm when they need it.

And cover them up with a suit or sleeping bag – these are particularly handy if your baby moves around a lot in their sleep or kick off blankets.

Woollen hats and

too. And pull the curtains before the sun goes down to utilise the solar heat.

Heatpumps are great because you can set them to a certain temperature and the system will flick once it falls below it. A great power-saving feature too.

Bath baby in the afternoon when sun or warmth is at a maximum.

And be careful when you take baby outside. The change from warm inside to cool outside can give them a chill.

And make sure, if outside, baby is wrapped in warm clothes with a hat on – hoods are good as they can’t pull them off so easily.

mittens are handy but good luck getting baby to keep them on.

Now look at the insulation of your home – particularly your bedroom.

Underfloor and ceiling insulation is key to sealing the home’s thermal envelope and trapping heat in.

Doublebacked curtains which fall to ground-level are crucial

Staying warm in a ‘tin can’ caravan will prevent excessive heat loss, and investing in a good thick pair of thermal or wool socks is a good way to try to protect your little piggies.

Close the doors and windows and draw the curtains before the sun goes down and cook your dinner in the oven; this will serve the double purpose of heating your van and your belly!

Try to have a space blanket – a light metal-coated sheet designed to retain heat usually seen emergency rescues – on-hand for those extra chilly nights.

And wrap up tight with wool blankets and swan down duvet inners.

Winter is cold enough, but when you live in a tin caravan it tends to feel a little more frigid.

So whether you live in one usually, or you want to see the snow in a caravan this winter, there are a few cheap little tips that can help make your tin can a little cosier.

Hanging a thick wool blanket to section off the caravan can help keep a small section warm, especially over windows where the heat escapes easily.

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Being active about the cooler months ahead The “duck and down” has been pulled up round the ears. And the electric blanket, a best friend between June and August, has been cranked up to three on a couple of nights recently.

It’s winter – it’s time to keep warm and healthy. Eat lots of fruit and vegetables to ward off colds and flu.

Have lots of hot meals and hot drinks to keep your family warm

and healthy and wrap up in layers of warm clothes to stay snug when leaving the house.

It’s also important for health that homes are warm and dry.

Cold and damp homes are linked to poor health, especially for babies and small children, people who are ill, and older people.

Here are some ways to keep your home healthy that won’t break the bank.

Only heat the room that you are in. Try and keep the temperature between 18 and 21 degrees Celsius.

Dress warmly for bed and make sure your bedroom is warm enough. It is very important to stay warm during the night.

Block up unused chimneys

A cosy home that won’t break the bank Teenagers have the answers to winter’s ills.

They’re very effective unless you are the billpayer.

Spend three times as long in the shower and wind up every heating device in the house to the max.

Expensive. So with spendthrift teenagers in mind, here are 10 easy ways to save money and cut your electricity costs Talk to your electricity company about plans.

Most of them have options including a flat rate, year-round direct debit, pre-payment meters and low use rates for people who are very frugal.

Most electricity will go on hot water so use less.

Set the washing machine on cold and rinse dishes in cold. Take short showers instead of baths. Showers use 60 per cent less water.

Fix dripping taps. A dripping hot tap can cost $80 a year but a washer costs less than $1.

Wrap old cylinders in hot water cylinder wrap.

They’re available from hardware stores. Make sure the thermostat is set to produce a temperature of 55 degrees Celsius at the tap.

Always turn off lights when you leave a room.

But it’s better to leave energy-efficient light bulbs on for short periods.

Appliances with a standby function should be turned off at the wall. This can save up to $75 a year.

Turning off the heated towels can save $120 a year.

And do you need to be told that clothes dryers are cheap to buy but expensive to run?

Don’t open the fridge too often or leave it open.

Make sure you cool food before putting it in the fridge. Turn off your second or ‘drinks’ fridge – this could be costing you $190 per year.

Don’t go in and out of the oven when cooking.

Always keep lids on pots, use as little water as possible to cook and simmer rather than boil food.

Opt for the microwave, as it uses 30-40 per cent less power.

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and stop draughts around doors and windows. Make your own draught ‘snakes’ by stuffing rugby socks or pantyhose with newspaper or cushion filling. Up to 20 per cent of heating can be lost through draughts.

Open windows and curtains to capture any bit of winter sun.

Close them as soon as the sun goes down to trap heat in your home.

Trim any trees that prevent sun entering your house.

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The Weekend Sun earns gold The Bay’s favourite, most-read newspaper is now officially the favourite of the nation’s print industry.

The Weekend Sun has won the country’s top printing prize for its July 3, 2015, edition, revealed at the Pride in Print Awards this month.

Held at Auckland’s Sky City on Friday, May 13, the awards celebrate the skills and innovation within the print industry.

The Weekend Sun, printed by NZME Ellerslie, was acknowledged as one of the year’s best pieces of work in the Publications/Newspapers Category.

“Friday night’s recognition for The Weekend Sun – and the various other awards earned – fully endorse our commitment to quality, training, our team and to our clients,” says NZME property, print and production group manager Dan Blackbourn.

Sun Media directors Brian and Claire Rogers are extremely happy and proud to have won gold.

“This award highlights the extra efforts the production team put into their designs.”

Production head of department Kym Johnson says it’s great to have the production team’s dedicated work acknowledged with the award.

“The design team are a dedicated group

who take great pride in their work. It is wonderful to have this recognised in such a way.”

Quality controller and designer James Carrigan says: “It takes a full team effort to keep regular high standards in all our newsprint publications”.

In addition to The Weekend Sun win, the print company also collected four more gold medals, a significant haul of Highly Commended certificates and earned its third Training Company of the Year Quality controller and designer James Carrigan with Award in the last five years. the winning edition of The Weekend Sun.

Local MP goes into bat for local businesses Small and mediumsized businesses are the backbone of our communities.

A vast majority of enterprises in the Western Bay of Plenty employ 20 or fewer people. Small business owners put their capital

on the line because they believe they have something to offer our communities, nation and world.

It takes an incredible amount of work to take a good or service to the market as a small business – and it is vital we continuously search out ways to reduce the financial and time burdens these enterprises face.

That’s why the Government, for example, has cut ACC levies.

It’s why we introduced 90-day trials and a starting-out wage.

It is why we fund the rollout of faster broadband.

These and other measures

help explain why small business confidence is in solid, positive territory in New Zealand and we will continue to support and encourage these businesses growth.

A new tax package will make paying tax easier and more certain for small businesses.

It will reduce the burden of interest and penalties and will assist smaller businesses to

better tailor payments to their own circumstances.

Every single sector and every single enterprise that is exporting will benefit from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.

Signing the TPPA will save New Zealand exporters about $274 million a year in tariffs and boost our economy by at least $2.7 billion a year by 2030.

These and many other initiatives are ensuring the future of work is served by an efficient and productive system that allows our small nation to be successful on the world stage.

Do you have a leaky home?

The Financial Assistance Package, which helps people with a contribution to repair leaky homes, is closing to new claims on 23 July 2016.

To give time for an assessment to be undertaken, applications should be with MBIE by 27 June 2016.

Go to building.govt.nz/FAP for more information or to apply for financial assistance.

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A comfortable lifestyle and hands-on care for elderly A care facility that truly cares and nurtures it’s residents, Mitchell Court Rest Home in Matua offers a comfortable lifestyle for the elderly.

Mitchell Court Rest Home manager Linda Rodrigues chats with residents.

Manager and owner Linda Rodrigues says the benefit of being a smaller facility is the amount of individual attention for residents.

“As a smaller facility, we can cater for individual needs and we are semi-

secure so can take people who may wander, who can get lost in a bigger facility.”

“Being a small home we can provide really individualised care for people.”

Linda enjoys being so closely involved with the operation of her rest home and its residents.

Mitchell Court is a 35-bed facility, contracted to provide resthome-level care, and staff are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to provide continuous nursing care.

NZ trusts inadvertently under spotlight The eyes of scrutiny are further afield than you might think – are you aware the United States’ Government is watching our income?

Trusts in particular are under the spotlight.

In 2014, the New Zealand Government signed an Intergovernmental Agreement with the United States, to share information under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. The aim is to enable the US Government to track income earned by NZ entities – including companies, partnerships and trusts – in certain circumstances, such as where an entity has a controlling US person – a US citizen or tax resident – or where it is managed by another NZ entity such as an investment management company.

This regime requires all NZ entities to self-classify, and, if required, register with the US Internal Revenue Service and file annual returns.

If this obligation isn’t met, financial penalties may be imposed.

Even if an entity can avoid the registration and reporting obligations, details of that entity may be passed to the IRS by its bank or investment manager, as these entities have their own FATCA reporting obligations.

A word of caution to those who have trusts with investments managed by an investment manager – including investments managed by a bank – you can be caught under the regime, even if there is no US person connection.

We recommend you seek specialist tax and legal advice to ensure your trust’s obligations are met under the FATCA regime.

Road Safety Week is the time to reflect on road risks work being done to minimise them.

Recently, I attended the Western Bay Joint Road Safety Committee Meeting, which brings together representatives from three councils, New Zealand Police, New Zealand Transport Agency, ACC, and the Travel Safe Programme in the Western Bay. It was excellent to see these agencies all working together on an agreed programme to target risk areas on our roads. The programme

is built on best practice, community participation and partnerships, and takes an integrated approach.

I was astonished to see the range of programmes underway in our schools and our communities to encourage safe cycling, safe driving, safe vehicles, safer speeds and safer roads and roadsides. One piece of very good news shared was the improvement in the performance of young drivers on our roads.

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Ladies, listen to your heart!

Six years ago, at age 48, Tracey Rudduck-Gudsell discovered she’d been living with a heart condition for her whole life.

Today she’s an ambassador for Heart Foundation and says it’s her passion to spread awareness of heart diseases.

This month marks Heart Foundation’s Go Red for Women campaign, which encourages women to take charge of their heart’s health.

Statistics show heart diseases claim nearly 3000 Kiwi women a year.

That is 4.6 times more than those who die from breast cancer.

Tracey is a business development manager at Heartland Bank and was previously the chief executive of Creative Tauranga for 11 years.

She made a job change in September last year after “thinking about stress levels” because of her condition.

“I had an incident one night with chest pain and my husband thought it was just indigestion, but three days later my chest was still sore.

“I went to my doctors and found I had a racing heart,” says Tracey.

She was referred to a cardiologist and was diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia

– a heart condition which affects the speed of heart rate.

“I was asked how I’d been getting on with the condition throughout my life.

“But I had no idea I had any condition, it had been completely undetected. I was shocked.”

Fortunately, Tracey’s condition isn’t lifethreatening but she’s still conscious of her health by maintaining a good diet and exercise routine.

She says it’s “a bit of the unknown” and is advised to go to the hospital’s emergency department if certain symptoms occur.

“As women we go for cervical smears, we go for mammograms, we should also make sure we’re getting our heart health tested as well.

Tracey Rudduck-Gudsell has a heart condition which was “It’s one of those undetected for a number of years. things that can slip Photo: Bruce Barnard. under the radar.”

For more information, visit: Go on the Heart www.heartfoundation.org.nz/ Foundation’s website to find out about the go-red-for-women Rachel Noon Go Red for Women campaign this month.

A slow beauty approach to beautiful skin

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When my mother Pat Foster bought Jamele Skincare 30 years ago it was a sad and sick little clinic As Jamele began to thrive, we going downhill fast. in turn taught women how to Mum rescued Jamele and rebuilt it from the inside out with a holistic approach to skin health.

This philosophy of viewing the skin as a reflection of our inner health was a relatively new idea for the industry at the time.

rebuild their skin health from the inside out through nutrition, supplementation, wellness practices and ethical skincare ranges which nurture and nourish their skin without stripping it.

During the decades technology developed in leaps and bounds and the beauty industry became caught up in the apparent quick-fixes offered by invasive procedures such as heavy chemical peels, micro-dermabrasion and laser resurfacing. The problem with these short-term fixes is

they do long-term, and often irreversible, damage.

We are thrilled the health and wellness movements in society are fostering a return to an ethical, high-touch rather than high-tech, approach to beautiful skin.

Our industry colleague, Janine Tait, calls this the ‘slow beauty movement’ because it is following the same return to slower, deeper, truer ideals found in the slow food and slow fashion movements.

We are proud that we’ve held true to these values throughout the last three decades at Jamele – and we count it a privilege to journey with new clients who are discovering the slow beauty

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Caring for all aspects of women’s health Striving for the betterment of women’s health for ladies of all ages, Adelpha Care specialises in all aspects of women’s health.

And Morag Baruch says it is an ideal work environment, working alongside a range of other health practitioners.

“General practice has changed considerably during my 28 years in the field; patient problems and treatments have become more complex and numerous, so I have chosen to narrow my areas of interest and expertise into women’s health,” says Morag.

She says general practice consultations tend to be constrained into 15-minute slots which does not provide adequate time to assess and discuss treatment options with patients with issues specific to women’s health.

“I allow for 30-minute appointments, which I believe are necessary to be able to provide high quality care with an emphasis on providing information to patients about their treatment options.

“I am happy for patients to book directly to see at Adelpha Care or be referred by their healthcare practitioner.”

Morag Baruch.

Unexpected benefits of our body’s interconnectedness We have branches of medicine that specialise in every body system.

The advances in specialist medicine have seen huge advances and benefits for human health. There is, however, a downside. Sometimes we lose sight of the extraordinary interconnectedness of the human body.

I see this all the time. For example, someone contacts me about a problem such as asthma or allergies.

I create a diet that helps to desensitise the immune system and to reduce airway inflammation.

When someone starts a nutritional programme we monitor progress each month, and in many cases clients get unexpected benefits. It is not possible to reduce airway inflammation without this having benefits on other body tissues.

As the months pass, clients will often tell me other problems are starting to fade; their aching knees are better, they are sleeping better and almost universally their energy has improved.

During the last year or so I’ve been helping someone

who has suffered from a severe head injury. She’s been able to work but the injury greatly affected her personality and quality of life.

I was helping her on an unrelated issue but was aware of the research linking many mood disorders to low vitamin D. Her cholesterol was unbalanced so we made dietary changes and introduced a patented natural cholesterol-balancing supplement.

Given the brain injury we deliberately added antioxidants that are able to cross the blood-brain barrier to protect and repair neurons and microcirculation. For the first time in ages she now feels happier and in much greater control of her mood.

As a bonus her cholesterol and general health have improved. Give me a call or email john@abundant. co.nz if you need more information. Join my full weekly newsletter at www.abundant.co.nz John Arts is a qualified nutritional medicine practitioner and founder of Abundant Health. Contact John on 0800 423 559. To read more go to www.sunlive.co.nz

Counterintuitive brilliance or ‘pie in the sky’?

Eat For Keeps is working on a new project which could play a part in both raising awareness on one of the major issues surrounding obesity and diabetes, and help many Kiwis learn how to make the right food choices and understand why.

Judge for yourself, and any comments appreciated – are we onto something? Or is this simply ‘pie in the sky?’ Initially, our

group looked at running a national wellness challenge and received a lacklustre response. What we found was the overwhelming interest was in food, and people simply cannot get enough of all matters pertaining to this subject. So, on this very

subject, here is our proposition: Ballooning obesity and diabetes numbers are big news today – and we believe the fast food industry could play a significant part in helping turn around this major problem.

Read more at www.sunlive.co.nz

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The expense of uncontrollable pets I live in Nautilus Dr, Papamoa Beach. This neighbourhood has serious problems caused by roaming pets. I know the main culprits in our area are cats but a number of dogs are guilty too. Specific events that have caused a lot of anger among residents include the following.

Rubbish strike.

Our rubbish is collected on Tuesday mornings. A number of residents put their rubbish out the night before and I’ve quite often seen bags torn open with the contents spilled out

on the roadside. Our rubbish has been attacked twice recently.

I’ve often discovered patches on our lawn where the grass simply dies off for no apparent reason.

A lawn maintenance expert assured me this is the result of animals urinating on the grass. In our case it has to be cats as it most often occurs in the fenced area of our property inaccessible to dogs.

Of course, the affected area of the lawn has to be re-sown, which leaves a nice patch of soft bare soil, just perfect for a dog or cat to dig up and bury their business.

Because our garden, like most in coastal areas, is made up of soft sandy soil, it is a

perfect place for cats to dig and deposit their faeces. When this happens right under our windows, swarms of flies are attracted to the ‘deposits’ and invade the inside of the house.

This is particularly bad during warm summer months. Apart from the health hazards this poses it can be pretty soul-destroying to see one’s hours of toil spent trying to make one’s garden look presentable totally undone. I know a number of residents have spent a lot of money trying to deter animals from roaming onto and damaging their property.

This seems quite unjust. Why should people be faced with extra expense just because pet owners cannot or will not keep their animals in control? I Young, Papamoa Beach.

House tax horse has bolted Democracy sorely undermined Prime Minister John Key and others were advised a year ago to put in place a stamp duty or land speculation tax but all the politicians pooh-poohed that proposal and existing tax rules stayed in place.

Now we are back on the land tax bandwagon way after the event when Government should have addressed the issue in 2015.

Any land tax must be imposed at the point of sale, not 12 months later. It needs to be selfassessed, self-policing and paid before any transfer is registered.

By all means allow a residential exemption for New Zealand citizens, on the primary family home lived in for at least two or three years prior to sale.

Tax collected could have gone into major infrastructure and greenfields development but frankly the horse has bolted.

House prices NZ-wide have gone through the roof, depositors and savers shafted by pathetically low interest rates now used to fund low interest loans to crazed house purchasers and property speculators.

Still, why be surprised – these fiscal political fools get nothing right. We have a poor health system with huge waiting lists, failing education systems and welfare schemes are a joke!

Don’t forget the Freshwater and Foreshore and Seabed issues either. Grade ‘F’ for fail allround. R Paterson, Matapihi.

Are ratepayers aware that ‘their’ rates help pay their council’s membership to Local Government NZ? In August 2015, the LGNZ president Laurence Yule signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Freshwater Iwi Leaders Group.

LGNZ has done a deal to create partnership obligations to councils involving “economic development, environment, infrastructure, employment, social issues, health, housing, energy and local democratic representation and decision-making”.

Meanwhile, the Ministry for the Environment, at Minister for the Environment Nick Smith’s direction sent a group of ministry employees around the country to ‘consult’ the community about freshwater.

The deal is done and the Iwi Leaders Group’s seven outrageous demands are virtually signed, sealed and delivered thanks to LGNZ. Democracy is being sorely undermined when LGNZ can ignore 75 per cent of the rat paying public in their wishes to ‘not have’ representation based on ethnicity.

MJ Anderson, Pyes Pa.

Have your say: vote this October I have just come back from a third world country with a better roading structure than ours.

Government-funded of course, but not with half their road income siphoned off to fund no-hopers.

The South Island boasts good roads, but also a ‘bridge to nowhere’.

Western Bay has a new Tauranga Eastern Link, in my opinion, originating from political pressure, with a “road to nowhere”, with less traffic than Tauranga to Waihi Rd. Where is our local and central government support for a higher traffic road count?

Just remember local body elections are coming in October and a knife-edge general election for central government

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will be next year. Time is long overdue for ordinary people to make their voice heard. Where is our Katikati bypass?

We all know this would not be the total answer, but hell, it would help.

So would Thompsons Track to the Waikato. Half an hour saved to Hamilton – it’s only had a 100-year gestation period!

And it could be funded as a toll road with a public/private arrangement, without New Zealand Transport Agency funding.

Our ratepayers group have some good ideas, listen to them. Help this lovely area, and vote, vote, vote in October.

Don’t let me, or Katikati down.

N Mayo, Katikati.

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Out of touch with reality

Defending the need to defend our borders Re: Roger Rabbits’ column ‘Society’s priorities up the wazoo’ (The Weekend Sun, April 29).

I’m not sure of the motive for your comments on defence expenditure two weeks ago Rabbit? Was it to stir up some reaction, as I think you are too sensible to really believe what you wrote.

Defending our borders and sovereignty are the first responsibility of a government, and this country spends only one per cent of GDP on defence.

Compare this with two per cent for Australia, and three per cent for the UK. The recently completed SAS facility at Ardmore is essential if we’re going to defend ourselves against terrorism.

Our armed services are also involved in peace-keeping missions such as Sinai, Iraq, Solomon Islands and East Timor.

I agree the bathtubs/fisheries patrol boats the Clark Government substituted for two frigates are inadequate for their role in fisheries and ensuring the safety of a huge area of ocean.

The National Government in the 1990s had actually ordered four frigates, to be made in Australia, two

were later cancelled. Likewise the demolition of our fighter capability in the airforce; and the loss of highly qualified air crew to Australia and the UK. After the Battle of Crete in 1942, then New Zealand Prime Minister Peter Fraser stated that never would NZers be asked to fight again, without air protection provided by NZ. His political successor in 2000 could not wait to get rid of a replacement lease for the obsolete Skyhawks.

The money then got spent on more than 100 Light Amoured Vehicles, which were unfit for use in the Pacific, and could only be used in Afghanistan once roads were formed.

It is not just the amount of money spent, but the quality of the expenditure, just like all other areas of state expenditure.

The big three - health, social welfare and education - gain the lion’s share of money, leaving just a few crumbs for the defence of our nation, which is expected to remain at one per cent of GDP. That includes personnel costs as well as capital purchases, to remain compatible with our Allies.

A Owen, Katikati.

The Government has once again shown how out of touch it can be with reality.

A quixotic plan to levy insurance fees on motor vehicles to help fund the new fire service amalgamation indicates there are many bumps to be felt on many outof-touch-with-reality heads in the Beehive.

I bet less than half of all cars on

the road are insured so they won’t have to pay a cent while us insured will have to pay a hefty fee. A right thinking group would have put the fee on registration because all, well most, cars are registered so a levy on registration would make the fee a lot less.

Wake up and hear the buzzing in the beehive lads and lasses.

A Bourne, Bethlehem.

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Disc golf 66 Extreme to tee off The national champion and the local record-holder will go head-to-head in the spectacularly difficult setting of McLaren Falls this weekend.

Organisers of the Charity Concert in Opotiki this Sunday report growing local excitement at the prospect of the return of supporting act, country singer Dennis August of Mount Maunganui.

Known as the “man with the big voice” Dennis had many in tears of delight with his performance at last year’s concert, according to spokesman Mike Butterworth.

Mike says Dennis is regarded as one of the best country singers in Dennis August. New Zealand and was one of the elite few to be chosen by Sister Mary Leo for vocal training.

During the years he’s been associated with many great artists including John Rowles, Dalvanius, Billy T James, Prince Tui Teka and Sir Howard Morrison.

He is also in his ninth year as Patron of The New Zealand Country Music Association.

Along with several other quality country performers, Dennis will be supporting the main act, crossover classical singer Rebecca Nelson, when the concert gets underway at the Deluxe Theatre at 1.30pm on Sunday, May 22.

Italian film festival Paolo Rotondo and partner Renee Mark have put together a superb offering of new films and return hits from Italy’s dynamic film industry for the new Cinema Italiano Festival 2016 coming to Tauranga this month.

The 2016 festival includes everything from documentaries and animations to powerful dramas and popular heartwarming Italian comedies.

It is the Cinema Italiano Festival’s first year, with 21 Italian films selected from some of the finest Italian films from 2014-2015 secured for New Zealand audiences. The Cinema Italiano Festival 2016 is showing at The Rialto, Tauranga, from May 19-26.

TAIPA - MANGONUI 1,662 WHANGAREI 55,400

ROTORUA 65,280 NEW PLYMOUTH 56,300

GISBORNE 43,656

WANGANUI 43,560 PALMERSTON NORTH 80,079

NELSON 46,437

BLENHEIM 30,600

GREYMOUTH 9,850

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HOKITIKA 2,967

WANAKA 7,390

The Weekend Sun has two double passes to any screening during the festival for two lucky readers who can tell us how many Italian films will feature in the festival?

Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competition section. Entries must be received by Wednesday, May 25.

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Voice for Life is making a point today with its advertisement on the number of abortions in New Zealand since 1974. For a small country 500,000 is a horrific number and disproportionately high on a world scale.

If those babies had survived – what a difference it would have made to the balance of age groups in our country, and the superannuation equation.

But the sad thing about the numbers is not just about missing babies: it’s also about the high proportion of the mothers of those babies who come to regret their decision some time later. Abortions can sometimes be spur-of-the-moment reactions to the discovery of a pregnancy; they can be coerced or pressured by the man involved, by the family, or – for teens – school counsellors.

A hasty decision could also hide other things that should be brought to light, such as incest or rape.

Voice for Life is a pro-life charitable trust, just one of the “family” of pro-life bodies that stand up for the right to life and fulfilment of every human being. It is many of these bodies that are witness to the pain and sadness, and need for support, when the implications of an abortion becomes overwhelming for the mother at a later date.

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Disc golf at the country’s most punishing course.

It’s something called The 66 Extreme – 66 because that’s the number of holes to be played in this Tauranga disc golf tournament.

And extreme because the stunning setting at McLaren Falls belies the fact it’s the most unforgiving disc golf course in the country – it’s renowned for gusting winds and steep slopes.

They talk about “a roller” up there – a disc which lands close to the hole can also end up at the bot-tom of a hill.

But not too difficult for local man Dean Marshall – he recently

had a record round of 49 for the par 60 course.

That will be in the sights of Auckland professional Simon Feasey, who’s travelling down for the two-day tournament.

Up to 40 players from as far afield as Cromwell, Christchurch and Auckland are expected for the tournament. Disc golf has been played in Tauranga for the last 20 years – often at Yatton Park in Greerton where a weekend round will pull about 15 players.

For the uninitiated, disc golf is played with a frisbee and involves the player throwing from the tee and progressing to the hole in few shots as possible.

The first round of the 66 Extreme will tee off at 9am tomorrow, May 21.

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The group of Year 13 students reached the national ďŹ nals after winning the best 15-minute production at the regional ďŹ nals competition for their presentation of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Act 1, Scene 2â&#x20AC;&#x2122; from â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Tempestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in April.

However, in order to get to Wellington they need to raise $2000.

Katikati College head of drama Maggie Kelly says all the choreography, music and costumes were created by the winning foursome in their free time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just so proud of these students who have chosen the piece from â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Tempestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and choreographed it in a way that it is

completely different to anything people have seen before. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The chance to go to Wellington and experience what other schools are doing, to meet with other Shakespeare enthusiasts and the learning opportunities are just amazing for them.â&#x20AC;?

The college is hosting a fundraiser called â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Treading the Boardsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; on Thursday, May 26.

Expect comedy sketches alongside more serious scenes written by New Zealand playwrights and a touch of melodrama â&#x20AC;&#x201C; all performed by the collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s senior students.

The evening will end with the winning regional performance by Ethan, Tyler, Micaela and Georgia.

Tickets cost $10 from Katikati College school ofďŹ ce or Katikopy and Print, Main Rd, Katikati. All proceeds go to the studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; national ďŹ nals trip.

This reporter is most decidedly not an artist. I have a love affair with stationery and notebooks and pens, but I cannot draw, sketch, paint, or doodle. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even have nice handwriting â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop me trying to make my own zine.

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never done a zine, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not alone, but the Tauranga Zinefest is coming up on June 4 and so is the opportunity to try making a zine for yourself.

But what is a zine?

Pronounced â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;zeenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, a zine is a DIY, self-published, short-run mini magazine.

Lynette Fisher and Hannah Wynn are developers of the Tauranga Zinefest at Tauranga Art Gallery, in collaboration with The Incubator, and encourage anyone and everyone to come.

The Tauranga Art Gallery will be buzzing with more than 30 zinemakers, speakers, and tutors from

writer, poet, creative, or you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t draw for sausages or want to learn more, buy some zines â&#x20AC;&#x201C; yes, they are for sale!

Or if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for something hip to do in the weekend, the Tauranga Zinefest is for everyone interested in self-published content or art.

Lynette Fisher and Hannah Wynn.

Keep in mind Richard Robinson Photography. though, some zines throughout the country, and if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re may include mature wanting a crash course in zinemaking, themes, so keep an eye on your little Murtle Chickpea of the Featherston ones just in case.

Traveling Zine Museum can help.

For more information, visit Murtle is hosting three workshops www.facebook.com/TaurangaZineFest and register for the workshops at in zinemaking during the May 28-30 taurangazinefest@gmail.com weekend at The Incubator at Historic So if I can do it, and be somewhat Village, so bring a gold coin donation successful, then anyone can. Trust me and a pencil case ďŹ lled with pens and Cayla-Fay Saunders on this one. creativity. Whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re an artist,

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Reasons to be cheerful – Part 34 We continue the occasional series wherein Winston expounds on things that currently make him happy.

Once upon a time some old dude said: “The times they are a-changing” and nagdarnit if it doesn’t look like the fella might have been right. Times they are a-changing in Tauranga and that makes Winston extremely happy...

175) New Radio! Everyone celebrated when Tauranga got radio back earlier this year. Despite the best efforts of KISS.FM and the Historic Village Radio, Tauranga has largely been deserted by radio with pretty much everything broadcast from Auckland and the idea of ‘local’ or ‘community’ becoming a bit of a joke.

Paradise 105.4 changed all that. At last we have a radio station that lives and broadcasts in Tauranga and, since I wrote about it last, Paradise has gone from strength to strength, now including a noticeable amount of Bay music alongside its exemplary playlist of Americana and left-field rock.

They have also started interviewing bands before local gigs, with touring folkies Other Roads and Anthony Coulter (more of him later) both being interviewed recently by Nicki on her Friday Weekend Warm-Up show. Now, in a move of great confidence, breakfast DJs (yes – Tauranga finally has a breakfast show on radio again!)

Andy and Veronica, co-bosses of The Matua – home of a country jam every Wednesday and much music besides – have proved it really is possible to buy your own little piece of paradise by becoming co-owners of Paradise FM. Good luck to them and the rest of the team!

175) New Food! Recently, I complained that Tauranga doesn’t have the vibrancy of somewhere like Wellington. A couple of things this month have given me hope that we’re heading in the right direction. Firstly, the Arigato food truck. Yes, I know we have night markets, but there’s only so much fun you can have with reheated frozen dumplings (Yes, I know, there’s good stuff too...).

But this seems a little more like The Real Deal.

Arigato is a one-man operation serving bowls of Ramen – noodles and stuff. You can find him every Thursday evening, from 5pm8pm, outside the Love Rosie Bakery just off Cameron Rd (on Ninth Ave). And the odd other place (Mount Main Beach) and time. Check it out at Facebook.com/arigato.ramen. Yum! 176) New Music! Or, more accurately, old music. I know it made headlines after the spurious stupidity of a single complaint about a cat, but the more interesting thing about Vinyl Destination is right there in the name. Vinyl Destination, on Devonport Rd, sells vinyl. Remember it’s better than CD. If, of course, you don’t mind scratches, lower sound quality and shorter running time.

But you do get bigger artwork.

The real sign of change is this: a year ago at the Jazz Festival an Auckland band commented they couldn’t sell vinyl here or CDs in Auckland.

So Tauranga hipsters have obviously now moved to vinyl, making them as hip as Auckland hipsters. If a shop such as this can survive in a high-rent area such as Devonport Rd then maybe the times they really are a-changing. Fingers crossed!

177) New Video! Ever wanted to see the Mount from a roof just along the road? Well settle in, because that’s exactly where Shane Davies from Soundtree Productions filmed Anthony Coutlter’s new video for his song ‘Go-Go Girl’. It’s online now at www.youtube.com/ watch?v=0dqLItR-VUI Prepare to be amazed!

178) New Gig! Well, pretty much by definition every gig is a new gig, but I can’t really pretend that there’s much new about this one. But it wouldn’t have fitted in unless I called it ‘new’. Anyway, after writing about Brilleaux an infeasible number of times recently, I had a call from someone in Omokoroa pleading with me to tell everyone that Brilleaux are playing there on Saturday. I do this only because it is their last, absolutely final, no more gigs after this one, gig before heading off to tour England and Europe. The gig is this Saturday, May 21, Omokoroa Boat Club, $20, 8pm. There. Done. watusi@thesun.co.nz

GIGGUIDE & ENTERTAINMENT Wednesday 25 – “A Taste of The Crown and Badger Wednesday 25 – Meet the Your Music”. Come along Brewer & beer tasting with Sunday 22 – Dovetail 5-8pm. Friday 20 – Shabang 9pm with chord sheets and sing Deep Creek Brewery 8pm.

Jazz and easy listening duo. – late. with the band. 7.30pm $25 ticket.

Mount RSA start.

Saturday 21 – One One One Thursday 26 – Quiz night & Friday 20 – Break Thru 9pm – late.

Welcome Bay Bar Millionaire Hotseat 7pm.

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Free entry.

The Hop House Friday 20 – Karaoke with Saturday 21 – Break Thru Paulena The Matua 7.30pm.

Friday 20 – Tome (Wellington) 8pm. Reggae, Sunday 22 – Back Porch Sunday 22 – Legal Tender folk, blues. Free entry.

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The Cinema Italiano Festival Screening at the Rialto, Tauranga May 20-26.

U3A Tauranga General Meeting

At Wesley Church Hall, 100 13th Ave, Tauranga 10am. Guest speaker: Sandra Simpson - Literary manager for Tauranga Arts Festival - “authors & guest speakers featuring at the Festival.”

Morning tea provided. Entry fee $4pp.

Visitors welcome.

Saturday 21 May

Alcoholics Anonymous Women’s meeting at St Andrews, Dee St 10-11am, children welcome. 0800 229 6757 BOP Essential Tremor Support Group

Quarterly meeting May 28 at Evans Rd Community Church, Papamoa 10am.

Guest speakers: Dr Steven & Mrs Taki Fischer, National president & coordinator. Gold coin donation &/or small plate for morning tea. Ann 542 4005 Car Boot Sale Greerton Village School, Greerton Road 7-11.30am.

Cost $5 per site. Shirley 577 1116 or 0274 146 Car Boot Sale 30 Evans Rd, Community Church car boot sale 8-11am. Car wash, food. $5 a space. Arthur 574 1822 Garage Sale At St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood 8am.

The 66 Extreme Disc Golf Tournament May 21 & 22 at McLarens Falls Disc golf course. Dazz 021 0314 1117 or FB tauranga disc golf.

Te Puke Scottish Society Monthly dance at Te Puke Memorial Hall, Jellicoe St 7.30pm. Old time & sequence dancing with live band, good company, great supper. Subs due. Entrance fee $7.

Valerie 573 7093 Village Radio Community radio broadcasting from Tauranga Historic Village 1368 kHz AM. Music of 1940’s - 90’s weekends 9am - 5pm, weekdays 10am - 5pm. Specialty programmes. www. villageradio.co.nz or 571 3710 Zinefest Workshops What’s a zine?

Want to learn to make one yourself?

Murtle Chickpea is hosting 3 workshops to make these mini magazines at The Incubator, Historic Village May 28- May 30. Gold coin donation. Bring a pencil case with pens,rest is provided.

Register at taurangazinefest@gmail.com

Sunday 22 May

Bird Care. www.learnbirdcare.org.nz LOL Laughter Wellness Laugh away life’s troubles. Sandpiper Room, Arataki Community Centre, Mt Maunganui 11-11.45am. $3 door charge. Trish 022 036 6768 email: lollaughterwellness@ gmail.com Messianic Meetings Every Sat at Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui 10am. Seek to unite together in our walk to put truth into action on a daily basis. All ages welcome. 544 7424 or 0210 226 3515

A Course in Miracles Study & support group meets at 1pm in the Back Benchers room Grindz Cafe, 50 First Ave. (New venue). Topic. Forgiveness. The key to happiness. RSVP. You can also Skype. Txt 021 0274 2502 All Things Print Making With Hannah Wilson at The Incubator, Historic Village, 17th Ave 2-4pm. 571 3232 or info@theincubator.co.nz Bay Bible Fellowship/Lord’s Day Worship & communion service at Welcome Bay Primary School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Rd 10am. “How salvation works.”

Preacher: Bevin Hayward. www.bbf.net.nz Bible Seminars Every Sunday at Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St 1.45pm.

Title: “Demon possession - what does the Bible say?” Interactive, Q&A. Refreshments provided. Vic 543 0504

Tauranga Moana Maori Trust Board, 3 The Strand, Tauranga May 21 & 22 10am - 5pm.

Crystals, incense, readers, healers & more. Free entry.

Papamoa Cruisers Slow bikers, walkers & mobility scooters. From Golden Sands School 1.30pm. At Church car boot sale 8-11am. Be in early to get bikes or your scooter on the trailer.

Iain 027 572 2987 Petanque at Blake Park Every Sat 1pm. Coaching & competitive play.

Equip available, all levels welcome. Jo Ann 578 3606 Scholars Pro Music Concert May 21 7.30pm & May 22 2.30pm at St Peter’s Anglican Church, Victoria Rd, Mt Maunganui., Tickets available at Baycourt ticketed. Adults $35, students $25 & door sales cash only.

Tauranga Airsoft Club Inc Interested in Airsoft? Play games twice a month at TECT All Terrain Park. www.taurangaairsoftclub.co.nz Tauranga Wedding Show ASB Baypark 10am - 4pm. Free fashion shows, amazing competitions & offers. Beauty makeovers. Event day only specials. tickets $15, under 14 free.

ist Church, 25 Moffat Rd, Bethlehem 2-3.30pm. All proceeds from the offering will help support Bible distributions & projects for children & the youth of Syria. Jane 544 2251 City on its Feet Walking Group Every Sunday at the new shopping centre, 83 Pyes Pa Rd 9am. Medium & fast pace.

Mike 543 4733 or email: mikemell@ kinect.co.nz Croquet Every Sun, Tues & Fri at Tauranga Domain, Cameron Rd 12.45pm. Peter 571 0633 Czech & Slovak Club Tauranga Czech School & Playgroup 10am - 12pm, Tauranga Boys College, Devonport Rd. www.csclubtauranga.nz Death Cafe Coffee, cake & group directed conversation on dying, death & living.

May 29 at Grindz Cafe 2-4pm. Carole 022 068 9183 or www.deathcafe.com Papamoa Lions Club Market Gordon Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd, Papamoa.

Gates open 7am for stall holder entry.

Quakers in Tauranga In hall behind Brain Watkins House, cnr Elizabeth St/Cameron Rd 10am for an hour of

Introduction to Wildlife Rehabilitation Seminar held May 28 by Learn

Mind Body Spirit Fair Tauranga

Bible Society’s “Family Variety Show” May 29 at Seventh Day Advent-

mainly silent worship followed by tea/ coffee & talk. 544 0448 www.quaker. org.nz

Radio Controlled Model Yachts

Meet Sun & Thurs at pond behind 24 Montego Drive, Papamoa 1.30pm to sail Electron & similar 3ft long yachts, for fun. Beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419 Soak ‘n Sunday Sounds Mount Hot Pools 7-9pm every Sunday in May to support some talented local musicians during NZ Music Month.

Sunday Cyclists Meet outside Paengaroa Hall, Old Coach Road, Paengaroa 9am. All levels catered for.

Jenny 0274 353 669 or 578 8937 www.cyclebop.co.nz

Tauranga Friendship & Social Club

Walks, dinners & outings for over 50’s.

Barbara 544 7461 Tauranga Theosophical Society Ed McCabe - “Flood your blood with oxygen.” Tauranga Yoga Centre 2pm.

Entry by donation. 577 6042 Tauranga Underwater Hockey Juniors up to year 10 students 5-6.15pm. Seniors Year 11 to Adult 6-7.45pm. Every Sunday (except school holidays) Baywave Aquatic Centre. Lane 027 287 4731 or 578 7573

Te Puke Forest & Bird Mystery Trip Late start 11am. All welcome. Please ring to book 542 1934

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Achieve Toastmasters Keep speaking, keep helping, keep succeeding. 1st, 3rd & 5th Mon of month at St Stephen’s Church Hall, Brookfield, Tga 7.309.30pm. Craig 027 587 5115 Alanon Family Group Meet every Mon at St George’s Anglican Church, Gate Pa & Cameron Rd 7-8pm. 0508 425 266 Badminton Club: Seniors & Juniors

Juniors: Mon 6-7.30pm. Seniors: Mon & Weds 7.30-9.30pm. Bethlehem College Events Centre, Elder Lane. All levels of players welcome. Sue 021 194 4335 or www.taurangabadmintonclub. co.nz Bethlehem Bowls Every Monday at Bethlehem Hall 7.15pm. First 3 nights free. Wendy 578 2585 Body & Soul Fun Fitness For over 50’s, social events & guest speakers.

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

Chess Mt Maunganui Mount RSA Chess Club every Mon at Mount RSA, 544 Maunganui Rd. Early program 6-7.30pm during school term. Late program 7.30pm onwards. Noel 579 5412 Chess, The Mount Club Every Mon at St Thomas More Church, 17 Gloucester Rd 1-4pm. The only place you play standard chess in Tga. $3 a session. Sets, boards, clocks & refreshments provided. Bob/ Viv 575 5845 or 0274 786 282

Citizens Advice Bureau For free, confidential information and advice about anything call in Monday-Friday 9am5pm 38 Hamilton Street, Tauranga or Freephone 0800 367 222 or 578 1592.

JP Service every Mon 1-4pm, Weds & Thurs 9am-11.30am. Migrant Clinics Tues - Fri 1pm-4pm. – All welcome no appointment necessary.

City of Tauranga Pipe Band Grade 3

Meet every Mon at Otumoetai Primary School Hall 7.30pm. Comprehensive learning programme for pipers & drummers. Experienced players welcome to join the competitive band. Sharon 576 7874 Civic Choir Tauranga Wesley Church, 13th Ave, Tga 7.30pm. New members welcome. Heather 575 9092 www. taurangacivicchoir.org.nz Dancefit Get fit, while having fun. At Bethlehem Hall, Waihi Rd. Mondays 9.30am & Thurs 9.15am. $5 a class, first class free. Ruth 0274 156 819 Dancing@Te Puke Sequence dance group meet at St Pats Hall, Beatty Ave, Te Puke 6.30-8.30pm. For learners & improvers, waltz, foxtrot, tango, cha cha & more. Partners required. $3pp. Gordon 572 0060 or email: gordoncadman@gmail.com Fitness League Ladies 50 plus exercise with dance to music. Improve posture, energy, toned body, increase strength & fun. Every Mon at Greerton Senior Citizens Hall, 39 Maitland St 9.3010.30am. Gloria 573 4429 Fitness League Safe effective, low impact fun exercise set to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed for women of all ages & abilities. First class free. Every Mon at Settlers Hall Omokoroa 9.30am & Tues St Johns Anglican Church Waihi 9.30am.

Dorothy 549 3378 Free Meditation Classes Mon 10am & Weds 7.30pm in Bellevue, Tauranga.

Gain a new awareness. David/Trisha 570 1204

Harmony a Plenty Barbershop Chorus Every Mon at Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd 7pm. New members welcome. Wilf 571 5576 or www.harmonyaplenty.co.nz Omokoroa Indoor Bowling Club Meet at Settler’s Hall, Omokoroa Rd every Mon 1.30pm & Tues 7.30pm. $3 mat fee. New players free first 3 weeks.

Anne 548 1636

Optimal Emotional Freedom Technique Practice group meets via

Skype Mondays 7pm. “Put away your skepticism. This really works.” Dr. Wayne Dyer. Txt 021 0274 2502 Otumoetai Indoor Bowls Club night, Matua Primary School Hall, Clivedene St 7.15pm. New members welcome.

Karen 576 0443

Plant Based Cooking Seminar

May 30 Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Mt Maunganui 6.30-8.30pm. Talk, teach, taste presented by local Mount chef, Arna Buckley. Entry $10. Book now 574 1107 or 021 0232 9895 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 Practice every Mon at St Stephens Church, Brookfield Tce 1-3pm. Tenors, bases & contraltos needed for our 35 voice choir.

Pat 579 1036 St Columba Indoor Bowling Club Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood. Names in by 7.15pm, 7.30pm start. All playing levels welcome. Paul 576 6324 Tai Chi & Taoist Qi Gong At Arataki Community Centre 9-10am. Warren 574 2464 or 0274 745 389 Taoist Tai Chi Daily classes. For days/ times www.taoist.org.nz Tauranga Brass Practice every Mon at Community Hall, Elizabeth St West 7-9pm. All players welcome.

Alex 0274 920 185 or 571 8720 Tauranga Creative Fibre Every Mon at Arts Centre, Elizabeth St from 9.30am.

Spinning, weaving, felting, knitting, crochet & more. Also on Thurs evening twice a month. Shirley 577 0188

Tauranga Rock n Roll Club Inc

Club night every Mon at Tauranga RSA, Cameron Rd, Greerton 8pm.

A relaxed, social evening of dancing. Members $3, non-members $5.

Visitors welcome. Check the Facebook pages. Trina 575 7461 a/hs 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.

Te Puna Indoor Bowling Club Every Mon at Te Puna Memorial Hall 7.15pm. Ian 579 3024 The Writing Project Support, encouragement, info for people working on a piece or wanting to. 4th Mon of month 7pm. Kaye 07 218 1411 or 022 034 0115 or kaye.mclaren@gmail.com Womens Art Group Every Mon at Lyceum Club Rooms, 68 1st Ave 9am - 12pm. New members welcome.

Margaret 543 3244

Tuesday 24 May

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 Community Service Club

Business/dinner meeting 2nd Tues.

Social night 4th Tues, each month.

Julie 544 0277 Badminton (Social) Every Tues & Fri at Otumoetai Baptist Hall 9.30am 12pm. Racquets available.

Lorraine 579 3229 Baby Classes Learn how to settle your baby in 3 months with former Karitane nurse Lyndsay Morgan. Every Tues at Arataki Community Centre 10am.

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Bayfair Petanque Club Tuition & boules available for learners & visitors.

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

Margaret 572 3173 Bureta Garden Circle Monthly meeting at St John’s Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai 1.30pm. Visitors welcome. Colleen 576 7610 Cards 500 Every Tues & Thurs Mount Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd. Names in by 12.45pm. 575 4650

CV Writing Clinics (Free Service)

Need help to create a basic CV? Complete the CV form, available at your local library & bring it to one of the CV writing clinics. Tauranga Library Tues 10am. Weds 10am. Papamoa Library Fri 12.30pm. Greerton Library Mon 12.30pm & Thurs 12.30pm. Times are subject to the availability of Volunteers.

Excel Toastmasters Every 2nd, 4th & 5th Tues at Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way 6.15-8.30pm. Learn public speaking & leadership skills. brooke_bop@hotmail.com Falun Dafa Free exercises & meditation classes. Every Tues at Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui 7pm.

Judy 021 0425 398 Fibromyalgia Support Meeting At Hillier Centre, Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui 1.30pm.

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

Every Tues at St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood 9.3010.30am. Gloria 573 4429 Friends of the Library Mt Maunganui Library Book Group meet 10am. Topic this month: Gothic (spooky) stories. Gail 574 3376 Inachord Chorus Womens 4 Part Harmony every Tues at Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd 6.55pm. Enjoy the challenge of singing & performing varied repertoire.

Cathy 579 2040 Junction Mental Health Peer support & advocacy: coffee & chat at St James’ Hall, Greerton 10am – 12pm. 543 3010 Learn Self Defence And get fit, a Chinese style martial art training every Tues & Thurs at Tauranga Boys College Gym 6-7.30pm. Mon & Thurs at Tahatai Coast School 6.15-7.45pm. Free lesson first time. Brian 021 241 7059 Mahjong Every Tues at Gate Pa Bowling Club 1-4pm. Beginners welcome. Pearl 578 6556

Matua Otumoetai City on its Feet

Meet every Tues at Kulim Park 9am.

576 7339 Mount Aglow Salvation Army Hall 9.45am. 36th birthday celebration.

Guest speaker: Judith Turner. Shared lunch to follow. Corrin 542 1304 Mount Morning Badminton Every Tues at Mount Sports Centre, Blake Park 9am - 12pm. Social, competitive, all ages, beginners welcome. Racquets available. Visitors $5 per session.

Maxeen 575 0162 Nonviolence & Conscious Living Want to speak more compassionately to yourself & others?

Learn non violent communication Tues or Weds at Historic Village 7pm. 021 0238 0340 RhondaLAPowers@gmail. com Overeaters Anonymous Do you or a family member or friend have a problem with over or under eating? Overeaters Anonymous can help - meetings Tues & Fri. 544 1213 or 022 0642 186 Petanque Tauranga/BOP Club every Tues & Sun at Blake Park 1pm.

Equip available, coaching given.

Jo Ann 578 3606 Sequence Dancing Tauranga Social & Leisure Club. St John’s Anglican Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai every Tues 7-9.30pm except second Tues of the month 3.30-6pm. Visitors welcome.

John 578 9716 South City Indoor Bowls Club mystery night at Greerton Hall 7.30pm. Keith 577 1116

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Tauranga Astronomical Society AGM tonight, followed by presentation on different types of rockets used to get into space & how they work. Telescope viewing weather dependent. Fergusson Park Observatory 7.30pm.

Kiwi Toasters Building communica-

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

Heather 574 0976 Tauranga Scrabble Club Every Tues at Tauranga Bridge Club, Ngatai Rd 8.50am. 3 games $2.50. New players welcome. 544 8372 Tauranga Society of Artists Tuesday evening group meet at 171a Elizabeth St West 7-9pm. Friendly & supportive, any level of ability welcome. 576 9592 Tauranga Target Rifle Club Club night every Tues at Elizabeth St West 7pm.

Casual shooters $7.50 per 13 shot card. All equipment & coaching supplied. Tauranga Target Rifle Club Inc .

Te Puke Lyceum Club Meet every Tues.

Also have readers & garden groups.

Mah Jong meet every Thurs & Sun. Singing every Fri. 8 Palmer Court.

Jenny 573 7487 Welcome Bay Wheelers Recreational cycle group meet every Tues at Palmers, Ohauiti Rd 9am. Pam/Andrew 544 3272

seminar on buying or selling real estate. Tauranga City Library 12.30-1.30pm & 5.30-6.30pm. 577 7177 or email: library@tauranga.govt.nz to register.

Micosoft Word Styles & themes, headers & footers, watermarks & table of contents screenshots 1.30-2.30pm or 5.30-6.30pm. $8. Tauranga Library Learning Centre, Bookings essential.

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Tauranga Morning Badminton Club

Wednesday 25 May

Advancing Your Drawing Skills With Nick Eggleston at The Incubator, Historic Village, 17th Ave 9-11am. Starts today for 6 weeks. $160. 571 3232 or info@theincubator.co.nz Age Concern Walking Group Meet at 83 Pyes Pa Road 10am. 578 2631 Alcoholics Anonymous Reflections at Te Puke, Te Puke Baptist Church cnr Malyon St/Station Rd 7.30-8.30pm.

0800 229 6757 Bipolar Support Group For people with bipolar 1-2pm. Transport available if required. 543 3010 Bowls Indoor Every Weds & Fri at Mount Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd 12.45pm. Beginners welcome.

575 4650 Cards Do you play crib or would like to learn? Every Weds at Greerton RSA 1pm. Rona 578 7939 Comedy Convoy Presented by NZ Comedy Trust at Baycourt Addison Theatre 8pm. Prices from $39.50. www.baycourt.co.nz

Community Bible Study International

Every Weds at City Church, 252 Otumoetai Rd 7-9pm. Bible study on Galatians. Julie 552 4068 Dance Fitness Getaway fun for mums & others. Get your grove fix, disco, hip hop, Latin & more. Free trials & discounts. Every Weds at Matua Hall 9.30-10.30am. Helen 022 882 0237

Fernland Spa Water Exercise Class

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

Classes taken by qualified instructor & lifeguard. New participants ph Jennifer 571 1411 Fitness League Te Puke Ladies 50 plus exercise with dance to music. Improve posture, energy, increased strength.

Every Weds at St An-drew’s Church Hall, Oxford St 9.30-10.30am.

Gloria 573 4429 Freemasonry Gate Pa Lodge meet at Hairini Masonic Centre 7.30pm.

Glen 027 918 9096 Gate Pa Indoor Bowls Champion Pairs (Roycroft Trophy) at Greerton Hall 7pm. Names in book. Kevin 543 4044 Healing Rooms Experience God’s healing touch at Bethlehem Town Centre, cnr shop behind PO/Bookstore, open Wednesday’s 1-3pm. All inquiries 021 110 0878. No appointment necessary, no charge, all ages welcome. 022 120 5406 www.healingrooms.co.nz Insight Endometriosis Fertility treatment options at Heart Foundation Offices, Unit 8a, 26 Tawa St, Tauranga 6.30-9.30pm. Speaker: Brad Chittenden, Fertility Associates - “Fertility Treatments.” Free admission.

tion & confidence 1st, 3rd & 5th Weds at 3 Palm Springs Blvd (same building as Palm Springs Pharmacy) 5.30-7pm.

Chrissy 027 296 7939

Lyon O’Neale Arnold Library Law Series Free legal advice

Mount Maunganui Badminton Club

Every Weds 6.30pm for 2 hrs. $8 to play. All skills welcome.

Eve 021 906 481 Mount RSA 8 Ball Club Every Weds at Mount RSA 6.30pm. Enjoy a game of pool or learn to play. Come along.

Gail 022 647 5314 Multicultural Tauranga Living in Harmony Evening at Village Hall, Historic Village, 17th Ave 7pm.

Meet the community originally from the Russian Federation & learn about their country, food & costumes. Bring a plate of food to share for a potluck dinner & gold coin donation.

Otumoetai Care & Craft Every Weds at St Columba Church Hall, Cherrywood, Otumoetai 9am - 12.30pm during school term. . Crafts, fun, games, entertainment. Lunch provided.

Dawn 576 7783 Papamoa Outdoor Bowls Roll-ups every Weds & Sun, Gordon Spratt Reserve 1pm. 574 8334 Scottish Country Dancing Every Weds at Senior Citizens Hall, Maunganui Rd. Step practice & formation revision 7pm, regular class 7.30pm.

Lynne 573 5055 Single Coffee Club 60+Mixed company for singles 60+ that meet once a week for coffee, enjoy socialising & making new friends. Email: mixandmingle@xtra.co.nz or 027 439 4267 Tauranga Badminton Club Weds at Bethlehem College 7.30-9.30pm.

Some racquets available, casual players welcome. Sue 0211 944 335 www. taurangabadmintonclub.co.nz Tauranga Embroiderers’ Guild Every Weds at Tauranga Rowing Club rooms, Memorial Park 10am - 2.30pm & 7.30-9.30pm. Juniors 4-5.30pm. Beginners & experienced stitchers welcome.

Nancy 544 4778

Tauranga Mid-Week Tramping Club

Tarawera Falls to outlet. Grade easy, approx. 5.0hrs. Bob 571 3939 Te Puke Spiritual Centre Guest speaker: Chrissie Shirley - international access consciousness certified facilitator. Settlers Lounge, Te Puke Memorial Hall, doors open 6.45pm for 87.15pm.

Cost $5 entry.

Toastmasters Build your confidence, find your voice & open doors of opportunity in 2016.

Join the happy bunch at City Early Start. Every Weds at Avgas Cafe, Classic Flyers 7-8.15am. 021 044 5654 or www.cityearlystart.co.nz

Wednesday Eve Mountain Bike Ride Meet at RideBikes, 393 Cameron Rd 6.15pm. Jen 578 0016

Wednesday Recreational Cycle Group Meet at Sulphur Point, near Nautilus, off Cross Rd 9am. Cam 552 4513 Women’s Bridge Group Every Weds at Lyceum Club rooms, 68 1st Ave 12.50pm. New members welcome.

Helen 579 1947

Thursday 26 May

Abstract Painting with Oils Every Thurs for 6 weeks 6-.30-8.30pm with Kristian Lomath at The Incubator, Historic Village, 17th Ave. $190. 571 3232 or info@theincubator.co.nz Argentine Tango Social dancing for men & women. Beginner course (4 one hour classes) starts 2 June. More details on FB “Golden Asix Tango”. Phillip

027 309 1355 or goldenaxistango@ yahoo.com

Awesome Clothing Sale Good quality, all sizes & styles - men’s, women’s, children’s, shoes, sheets, duvets etc. Only $5 a bag. You pick. Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga 9.30-10.30am. Organised by Turning Point Trust 578 6934 Bay City Rockers Social Rock n Roll dancing every Thurs at Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St 7.30-9.30pm. Gavin 027 643 6222 Club Mt Maunganui Social games club.

Play indoor bowls, 500, bolivia & 5 crowns every Thurs 12.45pm. Prizes & visits to other clubs. John 575 2422

Community Bible Study International

Every Thurs at 14th Ave Gospel Centre 10am - 12pm. Bible study on “Return to Jerusalem.” Jack/Betty 544 3809 Craft Club - Ladies Every Thurs at Arataki Community Centre, Bayfair 9am - 2pm. All crafts welcome.

Social day. Jenny 574 7401 Fitness League Safe, effective, low impact exercise to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed to help with posture, balance & stamina, combination of exercise, movement & dance. All ages & abilities. Complementary 1st class.

Thurs: Central Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave/Cameron Rd 9.30am. Weds: Katikati Memorial Hall 10am.

Pam 549 4799 or 021 117 7170 Friends of the Library Greerton Library Chat Group meet at Tauranga RSA, 1237 Cameron Rd 10am for coffee. Speaker: Joanna Thomas – Greerton Library update. All welcome.

Pam 571 2566 Free Mediation Classes Every Thurs at Papamoa Sports & Rec Centre, 80 Alice Way, off Parton Rd 7pm. Find peace, love & joy & make your life rewarding.

Ian 576 2032 Happiness & Our Mind Drop-in meditation classes, beginners welcome.

Classes are self-contained, so start any date. $14 per class. Tauranga Plunket, 471 Devonport Rd. Monthly classes, next class today 7-8.30pm. www.meditateintauranga.org Katikati College Fundraiser Treading the Boards - a variety of scenes from senior drama students will be showcased. Held at Katikati College Hall 7pm. Tickets $10, available from the school office or KatiKopy & print.

Keynotes 4 Part Harmony Women’s chorus every Thurs at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave 6.45pm. For fun & health. Nora 544 2714 Leisure Marching Requires new ladies for non competitive marching. No experience required. Every Weds at Moreland Fox Park, Greerton 8-9.30am.

Tricia 543 4581 Lodge Te Puke Thinking of joining the oldest fraternity - Freemasons? Lodge Te Puke meet 4th Thurs. Graeme 576 1539 Mah-Jong Every Thurs at Bowls Matua Bowling Club, 108 Levers Rd, Matua 1-4pm. Beginners welcome.

Julia 576 4127 Mount/Papamoa Coffee & Chat From 1-2pm. Transport available if required.

Junction Mental Health Peer Support & Advocacy 543 3010 More Than Craft Every Thurs at Greerton Bible Church, cnr Chadwick Rd & Fraser St 9.30-11.30am. 10 crafts available. Talented tutors. $3 entry. June 544 0823

Orange City Square & Round Dance

Tues morning class 10am-12pm.

Wednesday Plus, Thurs club night & new dancers Frontiersmen’s Hall 7.30pm. 543 1063 Otumoetai Golf Men & women 9 hole competition 8-9am start. Free coaching offered for new members.

Graeme 576 2436 Papamoa 500 Card Club Every Thurs at Gordon Spratt Reserve 12.45pm.

Dave 575 5887 Sunshine Dance Group Learn sequence dancing at a friendly club. Meet every Thurs at Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave & Cameron Rd 7-8.30pm, followed by dancing till 10pm. $2pp, entrance includes supper. Jan 544 4379

Tai Chi Que Gong Every Thurs at Ohauiti Hall 11am - 12pm.

Eric 577 1988 Tai Chi & Taoist Qigoing

Every Thurs morning at Elizabeth St Community Centre. Warren 574 2464 or 0274 745 389 Tauranga Heart Support Group Low impact group exercise class for those with or at risk of heart disease. Every Mon at St Enoch’s Church Hall, 16th Ave & every Thurs at City Church, Otumoetai. Both 9.30-10.30am. $4pp.

Hannah (Clinical Exercise Physiologist) 0508 227 342 Tauranga Machine Knitters Club Meet 4th Thurs of month at Wesley Methodist Church, 13th Ave, Tauranga 1.30pm.

The Ten Tenors Presented by Event Entertainment Ltd May 26 & 27 at Baycourt Addison Theatre 8pm. Prices from $79. www.baycourt.co.nz Toastmasters - Kickstart Every Thurs at Alimento Cafe, First Ave, Tauranga 7am. Guests welcome. Helen 571 6181 Ukulele Lessons For primary age children. Every Thurs at Otumoetai Baptist Chapel 3.30-4.30pm. Enquires Linkt Community Trust email: learn@ lead.co.nz

Friday 27 May

A World Class Performance Will Martin & Rebecca Nelson in concert June 17 at Holy Trinity Tauranga 8pm. Joined

by LBD, Tauranga Girls College 12 voice choir & 3 piece band. Adults $45, students $25. Tickets available from Waipuna Hospice, Hospice Shops & www.waipuna-hospice.co.nz Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting every Fri at Hamner Clinic, 1235 Cameron Rd, Greerton (behind Bridgestone) 7.30pm. For more meetings or assistance 0800 229 6757 BroYoga (Men Only) At Fergusson Park Soccer Hall 7-8pm. An intro to yoga which will enable you to join any regular yoga class. No booking needed.

Please wear comfortable clothes. Stella 0210 249 6390 Chess Tauranga At Tauranga RSA, Greerton 5-7pm, for the whole family.

Longer if necessary for longer games.

Werner 548 1111 http://www.westernbopchess.weebly.com/ Diabetes Help Tauranga Drop-In Centre WBOP PHO 154 First Ave West. www.diabeteshelp.org.nz Genealogy Research Members of Papamoa Genealogy Branch at Papamoa Library 10am – 12pm to assist researchers with their family history. Daphne 575 4674 Greerton Indoor Bowling Club Bethlehem visiting (a plate please). Tauranga City Silver Band Hall, Yatton St. Names in by 7.15pm. Sally 571 8914 Narcotics Anonymous Open meeting every Friday at Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui 7.308.30pm. If using drugs is causing you problems, maybe we can help.

0800 NA TODAY

Public Screening of “5 Broken

Cameras” Documentary about Palestinians’ life under Israeli occupation. Wesley centre, 100 13th Ave 7pm. Hosted by Tga Monthly Film Nights & Trade Aid Tga. Guest speakers & audience discussion. $8 entry (cash only) at door. Includes refreshments & Palestinian products.

RSVP if poss tmfn2007@gmail.com Savage Night Out June 3 at ASB Baypark, Mount 7.30pm. Savage, P Money, Jupiter Project, Dan Aux, Prestige Hustlar. $35 early birds/$45 general tickets from eventfinda.co.nz Door sales $55 on the night.

Tauranga Lyceum Club Women’s friendship club. Catered lunch first Fri of month & dinner third Weds with varied & interesting speakers. Other activities include; painting, mah jong, music appreciation, bridge & book club. 68 1st Ave. Wendy 543 1146 The Sociables A 30’s/40’s age group of males & females that meet up once a week to socialise by dining out or participating in local activities & events.

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Are you getting tired of the ‘old’ you?

Do you ever wish you could transform yourself into something better than you are? Or that your life was more fulfilling and worthwhile than it is?

We are constantly bombarded with advertisements that promise our lives will be transformed for the better if we buy the products advertised. The message is buy more, accumulate more and life will be better.

Is this true? The sad truth is most of what we have accumulated in our lives will be seen as worthless rubbish, only fit for the tip, by whoever has the job of cleaning up after us when we die.

Accumulating things does not transform lives as the advertisements promise. It does not help us become a better ‘me’.

So what does help? Jesus promised that He came so people may

have life to the full (John10:10). Saint Paul wrote that we are not to conform to this world but let God transform us by the renewing of our minds (Romans 12:2).

It is very difficult to transform ourselves, especially our minds, and create a new ‘me’. However, with God’s help, especially in the person of Jesus, and the help of the Holy Spirit, we can begin to be transformed for the better.

God’s desire is to lead us to have a worthwhile life and become the person God created us to be. However, this will only happen if we invite God to do this.

Living daily in relationship with God through Jesus is the best way to transform the old ‘me’ into something better. God has been successfully transforming people for the better for thousands of years.

It is worth giving it a try.

Dale Williamson, Holy Trinity Tauranga

Trust Him: choosing not to be anxious We live in challenging times, but as God’s children, we have a different hope and a different power for living than the unsaved.

Our trust is in the God who cannot fail, who is always watching over us, and who promises that ultimately He will work all things together for our good (Romans 8:28). However, God does declare in His Word that we are to choose not to be anxious, and it is a choice!

Paul says in Philippians 4:6: “Do not be anxious about anything”.

Jesus says the same thing in Matthew 6:25–34. Verse 25 says: “Do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on”. And He repeats this in verse 31.

Jesus says in verse 27: “Which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?” In verse 34, He says: “Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself.”

Then in John 14:1 Jesus says: “Do not let your heart be troubled” and in verse 27 of the same chapter: “Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful”.

Each of these ‘do nots’ are commands, not suggestions – and we have to choose to obey! Understand though that God never commands us to do something we

are unable to do according to His power that is at work in us and according to His all-sufficient grace.

Jesus says in John 14:27: “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you”. He Himself is the Prince of Peace and He dwells in us.

In anticipation of His ascension, Jesus told His disciples in John 14:16-17 that He would ask the Father to send “another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth” and “He dwells with you and will be in you”.

Let me encourage you to choose the place of peace and of trust and to choose not to be anxious about anything. Your Heavenly Father knows you and loves you.

He never slumbers nor sleeps. His eye is always upon you.

Peter Whitcombe, Jesus First Church

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gardening ABLE GARDENER, experienced, HIÂż FLHQW NQRZOHGJHDEOH KLJKO\ TXDOLÂż HG 0DLQWHQDQFH SUXQLQJ hedges, shrubs, roses; disease/ pest control, lifestyle blocks, garden renovations; design & plant. Ph Tita 027 654 8781 or a/h 542 0120 GARDEN MAINTENANCE, weeding, hedges, pruning, spraying. Ph Keith 021 960 464 MATURE GARDENER Ph Bob 570 0539

groceries SPECIALS WEEK: 21/5/16 to 29/5/16 Mainland Natural Butter 500gm $3.99 each Anchor Milk 2L - $3.99 each Coupland Bread - $0.99 each Coupland Hot Pies - 2 for $2.99 Bell Original (30 tea bag) - $1.49 each Bluebird Chips 150gm - 2 for $3.99 Sparkling Duet 1.5L - 2 for $2.49 Lipton Ice Tea 500ml - 2 for $4.50 Many more items in store. 291 Maungatapu Superette & Stationers.

Ph 544 0772

www.sunlive.co.nz/classifieds.html health & beauty NATURAL NEW ZEALAND Health Products & Clinic.

Something for everyone. NZ Registered Natural Therapies & Natural Medicine Practitioners.

Opposite BP Te Puke. Ph 573 5533 www.naturaltherapiesnz. com and www.kiwikitz.com

housesitters DO YOU WANT PEACE OF MIND that your treasured home is in trustworthy hands while you are away on holiday?

Professional house minder available from June. Excellent references. Ph Cathie 022 162 8301 TRUSTED FREE HOUSESITTERS available 25 October - 21 December 2016. 15 years housesitting experience in Tauranga, excellent references. Ph 027 302 8328

livestock AC PETFOODS collect injured & unwanted cows & horses. Ph 0800 369 6269

lost & found FOUND KITTENS, Various areas, various colours Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found male tabby cat, Papamoa area, Ref: 23907 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found grey tortoiseshell female cat, Te Puke area, Ref: 23898 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found long haired black cat, Parkvale area, Ref: 23903 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245

spiritual guidance SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE & counselling. Need some direction? Confused, not sure where youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re heading?

Readings, Healings and Counselling by experienced therapist. Ph Kerry 021 607 797 or 07 552 6768

to let BROOKFIELD SMALL one EHGURRP EDVHPHQW Ă&#x20AC; DW 1HZ Ă&#x20AC; RRU FRYHULQJV EDVLF NLWFKHQ

to let $290 per week, includes power and water. Suit single person.

Available now. Ph Anita 027 392 2183

trades & services AFFORDABLE BUILDING MAINTENANCE House Painting, KRXVH UHSDLUV VSRXWLQJ URRÂż QJ repairs, general maintenance.

20 years experience. Ph Andy 022 350 0600 ALL ABOUT QUALITY Tradesman interior plasterer.

6PDOO MREV RND\ 3OXV KRPH Âż [ LW building repairs. Ph Murray 027 266 5657 APPLIANCE REPAIRS For service of all Fisher & Paykel, Haier and Elba appliances, Ph 0800 372 273 for your local technician.

BOAT BUILDING repairs and maintenance. Timber & Âż EUHJODVV WUDGH TXDOLÂż HG ERDW builder. Ph Shaun 021 992 491 or 07 552 0277 BRYCE DECORATING Interior & exterior painting, wallpapering.

Quality work. Ph Wayne 579 5588 or 021 162 7052 LET ME CLEAN your small RIÂż FH KRXVH KROLGD\ EDFK move in, move out, newly built home clean ups. New client special intros. General BOP area. No job too big or small.

Ph Wendy 0212 789 321 ELECTRICIAN, 18+ years experience, NZ registered.

Residential & commercial, maintenance & service, new builds, renovations. Fast, friendly service. Ph Andrew 022 354 1960 HANDYMAN BUILDING and section maintenance, decks, fencing, pergolas, painting, water blasting, odd jobs. Free quotes Ph Rossco 027 270 3313 or 544 5911 INSECT SCREENS Measure.

Make. Mend. Ph Rob at Magic Seal 543 4940

trades & services PAINTER/DECORATOR Interior and Exterior, quality workmanship friendly services.

Over 20 years specialising in residential and more. Quality paint at trade prices. For your best advice in all areas.

Ph Shane Mount/Tauranga Decorators 07 544 6495 or 021 575 3071 PAINTING & DECORATING Exterior & Interior Painting Gurus, Roof Painting, High quality workmanship, prompt service, fully insured, satisfaction guaranteed, get the A Team @ Fresh Coats Painting. Call 022 421 4261 ROOF REPAIRS free quotes for all maintenance of leaking roofs, gutter cleaning & repairs.

Chimney maintenance & repairs.

Registered roofer, 30yrs exp. Ph Peter 542 4291 or 027 436 7740

STUMPINATOR STUMP Grinding free quotes & prompt service. Narrow machine to access rear yards. Ph 576 4245 or 022 076 4245 TILER 30 years + experience, TXDOLÂż HG LQ DOO DVSHFWV RI WLOLQJ Available now! Ph 0204 0864 211 TREE SHRUB and hedges trimming, topping removal, rubbish removal, palm pruning or removal, satisfaction guaranteed free quote. Ph Steve Hockly 571 5958 or 027 498 1857 WINDOW CLEANING Home, business, rural. Tauranga, The Mount, Papamoa, Te Puke.

Clearly Windows, Freephone 0800 40 55 88 or call Nicky on 021 148 6467

transport DRIVING MISS DAISY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; more than a taxi service! We will attend doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appointments with the client and transmit relevant information back to family, assist with shopping or ensure children safely attend sports practices or music lessons. Safe, friendly, reliable service. Ph Jackie from Driving Miss Daisy 552 6614

Cathrine Grobler, 16, Jonathan McLeay, 15, and Mia Pugh, 15, from Bethlehem College representing Uruguay.

Delegates of Nigeria Euan Robinson, 15, Emma Jackson, 15, and Maria Trass, 15, from Rotorua Lakes High.

Otumoetai College students George Robinson, 15, and Ben Kennerley, 15, representing Senegal.

Our future leaders

The future leaders of Tauranga strut their stuff in the halls of power impressing the organiser of the Model United Nations Security Council this week.

Shub Singh, 11, and Saptrishi Sharma, 11, helping out for the day.

Bethlehem College students Phillip Smith, 18, Hamish Duncanson, 17, and Calvin Joubert, 18, representing Syria.

Malaysia and Syria in discussions.

travel & tours

travel & tours

â&#x20AC;?A A Aâ&#x20AC;? - DISCOVER STEWART ISLAND & BEYOND - Contact The Hinterland Tours Team for more information about our many memorable holidays & entertaining shows. Door to Door Service & Free Newsletters.

Ph 07 575 8118 or 027 235 7714.

Book Now seats are limited - free Door to Door service & free colour catalogue: Ph: No 8 Tours team on 579 3981 or Email info@no8tours.co.nz

ASK US ABOUT OUR TRAVEL club and travel guide for all upcoming trips and tours.

Still spaces available on the Northern Explorer 28th May and spaces for WOW â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Wellingtons Wearable Arts Extravaganza in Oct. Call Zealandier Tours 575 6425 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; email emma@ zealandiertours.com.

JOIN NO.8 FULLY ESCORTED TOURS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; (1) June 16th Waitomo Hotel Lunch Day Trip. (2) June 23rd 2 days Grand Chateau & Raurimu Spiral. (3) June 29th Mystery Day Trip. (4) August 7th Evita Matinee Show. (5) August 20th 5 days Coastlines, Castles Dunedin to Oamaru. (6) Sept 3rd 4 days TransAlpine & Wild West Coast. (7) Sept 10th 4 days Farewell Spit & Takaka.

(8) Sept 26th 14 days Tasmania.

(9) Sept 29th 4 days World of Wearable Arts. (10) Nov 1st 2 days Andre Rieu.

venues FOR WEDDINGS, FUNCTIONS OR MEETINGS+ check out No.1 The Strand, a beautiful historic setting. Email: kim@ no1thestrand.co.nz or www. no1thestrand.co.nz WEDDINGS, PARTIES, MEETINGS etc - The perfect venue. With stunning Harbour views, fully licensed bar & kitchen onsite. Restaurant open every Friday from 5pm & Sunday from 4.30pm, kids under 12 years dine free with every paying adult. Tauranga Fish & Dive Club, 60 Cross Rd, Sulphur Point. Ph 571 8450

wanted to rent URGENT! WOMAN PLUS CAT seek small house in Tauranga, quiet street, room for many fuschias in pots, ex gardener and ex refs. Ph 544 7118 WANTED GARAGE for a Toyota Hi-Ace Van in Mt Maunganui area. Ph 027 243 5263

NEED MORE

SPACE? Ideal as an extra bedroom RU KRPH RIĂ&#x20AC;FH Three convenient sizes: standard 3.6m x 2.4m - $70pw large 4.2m x 2.4m - $85pw xtra-large 4.8m x 2.4m - $100pw Fully insulated with lockable ranchslider, large window, power, security lights, curtains, carpet, smoke alarm & even a small deck.

Minimum 6 month rental period.

Visit our display cabin at: 17 Plummers Point Road, WHAKAMARAMA or 159 Jellicoe Road, TE PUKE or call for a free brochure.

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