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The invitations have been sent, the right frock chosen and the perfect play-list sorted – which means it’s almost time to party!

Tauranga residents are invited to Richard O’Brien’s very public 75th birthday bash next Friday, March 24.

The ‘Rocky Horror Show’ star’s ‘75 Years of Frock ‘n’ Roll’ 75th birthday celebrations at Baycourt Community and Arts Centre is

raising funds for the Starship Foundation.

Veteran Kiwi broadcaster and Richard’s long-time friend Mark Sainsbury will be there – and so will ‘Neighbours’ star and Gold Logie award-winning Australian actor, musician, singer and composer Craig McLachlan.

Read more about the birthday on page 5. Photo: Colin Lunt.

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Entertain your friends in style

This week we’ve been brainstorming ways to solve the superannuation problem. Usually I don’t dwell on such trivial matters, as I need my full concentration on the real issues such as how Boomers should spend their vast fortunes acquired at the expense of the Millennial Generation.

Let me explain all this, then I can retire.

Far from the myths perpetrated by a few young moaners, they are not suffering at all from the supposed excesses of their parents.

In fact, many ‘Boomers’ are still shelling out, one way or another, for their offspring, whether they’re thankful and respectful; or ungrateful brats.

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I’m qualified to comment on this from a neutral perspective, as neither a Boomer nor a Millennial. There’s a small but select group of us born in the sixties that are technically the Jones Generation. We are a special bunch in a small time warp of our own, arriving after the Boomers but before the next couple of batches; some who seem to have a problem with the number of Boomers their taxes are going to have to support.

And I’ve come with the answer to the problem: Every generation thinks it is hard done by, compared to the previous generation. When the truth is, every generation is progressively better off than those before them.

If you had the chance to go back in time, would you stick with your current generation; rewind to an earlier one, or fastforward to a future generation?

Would the “hard done by” Millennials choose, if they could, to be Baby Boomers?

If the Boomers have it so good, would a Millennial be satisfied with a life without flat screen colour TV with a gazillion channels, be happy spending hours washing their clothes in a wringer machine and hanging it on the line; having to walk or bicycle to get anywhere because the family only had one car if they were well off; put up with antiquated levels of healthcare; car-less days; caning in schools; extreme chauvinism; and Sonny and Cher?

I don’t think so. In fact, I bet many people would opt to live in the future, even a future they don’t know, than live in the past.

Avoid like the plague

Who in their right mind would prefer to have lived in an age when so many died so young from plague, wars, incurable disease, childbirth complications, genocide and dodgy transport? When women couldn’t vote and no-one understood or cared that smoking was a shortcut to the grave.

Sure there were a few highlights in the past. Such as Woodstock, Jesus, maybe the Concorde... And, well I’m sure there are others…However the romance of the past is often rosier than reality.

Disco error

We will be trying this out in the Sun Media Time Machine, as soon as it’s back in service.

It went in last week for its grease and oil change, and won’t be back till 1982.

The real clincher for me, however, is I’d give anything to get in the Time Machine and avoid the Disco Era. Or should that be Error. If ever a generation had cause for complaint, it’s us Joneses having to grow up with that infliction.

The point is, every generation tends to think they’ve had it hard. But in fact, life keeps getting easier. Quality of life in the civilised world improves year on year.

Technology and medical advances mean life is easier, longer, better, safer, and each generation has more potential to live longer and more fulfilled than the past…if, and it’s a big if, they choose to make the best of it.

Sitting around bleating isn’t making the best of it.

Time consuming

The Boomers have generally worked hard to get where they are now. They got home from a long day of often harder labour than the Millennials will ever know. They didn’t have the sophisticated tools of the trade that we now take for granted. They got home and cooked dinner, often homegrown, on a

pot on a stove. No convenient drive-through takeaways. No microwave slap-up prepackaged meals. If it had rained during the day, the washing had to stay on the line for another day, because there wasn’t the luxury of a dryer.

Boomers had to physically go to the bank to put money in and out. None of this fast and efficient electronic whizzbang timesaving stuff.

Today, homes are maintenance free.

Cars are more plentiful, cheaper and more reliable. Every household chore has been simplified, sped up and is cheaper.

Many day-to-day tasks are automated or completely irrelevant, compared to what previous generations painstakingly undertook by hand.

About the only positive is that Boomers were the first generation that didn’t have to go to war.

But then, neither did the Millennials.

Grow your own?

Yesterday the news broke that food prices had risen sharply. Everyone interviewed bemoaned the price of fresh produce. Yet not once did anyone suggest the answer might be to grow your own! How few of the Millennials would even consider saving a few dollars by growing, catching, hunting or gathering their own tucker? Yet it was a way of life for many Boomers, a necessity.

And no doubt, the next generation after the Millennials will look upon their older generation with the same disdain, particularly when the Millennials get close to retirement age. In fact I expect someone 50 years from now will leap out of their flying car with a copy of this tattered and yellowing newspaper column, transmit it via Mind Control onto whatever newfangled future communication machine is in vogue, and exclaim: “Check this out, they were having the same argument in 2017.

LSMASDMR*.”

Therefore the advice to the angst of younger generations helping pay for older generations in retirement is: Suck it up, buttercup. Tell us what year to which you’d like to time travel, and why.

Send to brian@thesun.co.nz The best ideas will be shared with readers and the winner treated to a free ride in the RR Inter-Generational Warping Machine to a decade of your choice. *Laughed So Much And So Did My Robot.

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Bypass wanted – now!

It’s thumbs up from long-time bypass supporter and Katikati resident Don Wallis.

While Katikati residents will be “dancing in the street” upon hearing the New Zealand Transport Agency is adding a bypass for the town to its State Highway 2 Waihi to Tauranga programme, two long-time supporters want the project to start swiftly.

The NZTA says since the $520 million Waihi to Tauranga programme was announced by Transport Minister Simon Bridges last April, further investigations to develop detailed solutions along the corridor has concluded a bypass is needed for Katikati.

NZTA’s Central North Island regional relationships director Parekawhia McLean says while further work is required to determine the best route for a bypass and timing for design and construction “it’s clear that removing the state highway from the town centre will keep people safe, continue to improve reliability for locals and tourists and improve access to Katikati”.

But long-time bypass supporter and Katikati resident of 45 years, Don Wallis, thinks while political pressure and 2017 being an election year “is going to get it much sooner” construction should happen without further investigation.

Don says when the bypass was on the agenda last time, but shelved by the transport agency of the day due to two local businessmen objecting the plan, the community was told it was ready to go.

“The route has already been set, the money has been paid [for the land], the engineering has been done to the cost of the ratepayers,” says Don, who founded

the Squeaky Wheel Action Group that protested for a bypass back then by repeatedly using the Main St pedestrian crossing – now controlled by a traffic light – to halt traffic they wanted out of town.

“So that [further work required to determine the best route] is absolute rubbish – it’s stalling on paper.”

Don says many in the community would feel that now NZTA has said the bypass is back on the programme, they should just get on with the job.

“That’s exactly what should happen. It’s nothing to do with bypassing Auckland traffic or anything, which is a fallacy.

“It’s all to do with population growth. We [Katikati] have become an extension of Tauranga, we’re a suburb.” Fellow Katikati resident and long-time bypass campaigner John Logan asks: “They didn’t say at what timeframe it will begin or anything?” as he hears of the news. “The bypass has been on the agenda before and been dropped off.”

John says last time the bypass was halted there was a real fear among some – mainly the local business community – that Katikati would become a ghost town. “They were saying: ‘Who’s going to come into Katikati to eat or shop when Tauranga is only half an hour away?”.

But he feels the town is better placed now to grow and evolve after a bypass is built.

Public open days on the SH2 Waihi to Tauranga programme will be held later this month. Merle Foster

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Friday 17 March 2017 A selection of some local breaking stories featured this week on...

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Warning over bus plan Tauranga City councillors have been warned not to increase city parking fees before they increase cycle track and bus numbers in Cameron Rd.

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Tauranga City Council is to seek community feedback about whether to proceed with the development of a supermarket in Welcome Bay. Council will engage with the Welcome Bay community to find out whether the development of a supermarket on a councilowned site is supported, and whether the community has a preferred site from the three options available – Waipuna Park, Waitaha Reserve or Owens Park.

Sentenced to seven years A Papamoa Head Hunter has been sentenced to seven years jail on charges ranging from harassment, intimidation and violence.

Dwaine Riley, 43, was sentenced in court on Monday after being found guilty by a jury last year on 12 charges including injuring with intent to injure, kidnapping and threatening to kill. Charges of injuring with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, assault with intent to injure and threatening to kill were representative charges, covering many separate incidents.

Fighting threats to Kiwifruit Kiwifruit Vine Health Inc has signed an agreement with the Ministry for Primary Industries to help reduce the damaging impacts of the four most common biosecurity threats to the kiwifruit and kiwiberry sectors.

The operational agreement under the Government Industry Agreement for Biosecurity Readiness and Response sets out the contractual arrangements of how industry and government will work together to manage potential pests.

Bay actor pleads guilty in court Former Opotiki College student and ‘Boy’ actor James Rolleston has pleaded guilty to a dangerous driving charge over a crash that left him in a coma and a passenger injured.

Appearing in the Auckland District Court, the 19-year-old pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing injury in relation to the July 2016 crash.

James was left in an intensive care unit for nearly a month after his car collided with a bridge near Opotiki, while friend Kaleb Maxwell was also hurt.

He’ll be sentenced in May.

Specsavers store of the year Specsavers Mount Maunganui is Specsavers Store of the Year, taking the top spot from more than 52 of the branded stores nationwide.

The Mount Maunganui store also took the Overall Excellence award at the annual Specsavers Awards for Excellence held recently.

Specsavers Mount Maunganui was chosen as Store of the Year for a variety of reasons.

SunLive Comment of the Week ‘Bob’s a relic…’ posted by morepork on the story ‘Boatshed days may be numbered’. “...of a gentler time when people just helped each other, took responsibility and ‘got along’.

It will be a shame if he is forced out. At his age, and given his service over the years, they should give him a lifetime lease.”

BikeNow spokesman and sustainable business network co-ordinator Glen Crowther spoke about the council’s transportation plans in the public forum before this week’s Transportation Committee meeting.

The committee is recommending TCC take on a multi-million programme to tackle the city’s increasing traffic congestion by moving large numbers of people onto public transport – buses.

The parking fees increase is a tactic that will be used to make public transport more attractive to commuters.

Currently, buses take two-and-a-half times longer to travel to the CBD than the same journey by car. This excludes waiting times.

Buses are more expensive than cars, not considering car running costs. And a return bus ticket to the CBD costs just over $5.

In Tauranga CBD there are more than 500 off-street carparks where the price for all-day parking ranges from $2 to $6.

The average cost is $4.50.

Parking concessions work out at $2 a day.

TCC is looking at investing more money into buses and radically increasing bus services along key routes in order to fight the increasing peak hour traffic congestion.

The plan involves boosting bus numbers along Cameron Rd from the 16 buses an hour to 26 buses an hour – or a bus every five minutes – by 2018.

This will be done by introducing priority

measures for buses – priority at lights, queue jump lanes, shared lanes and clearways for buses. If full bus lanes are installed, bus travel times along Cameron Rd would nearly halve from about 27 minutes to about 15 minutes.

Putting people on the buses is expected to cost TCC about $3.5 million in capital and construction costs for things like bus interchange sites.

Andrew Campbell

Is Bay of Plenty Regional Council really to the rescue?

During the last few weeks I’ve discussed how Tauranga City Council can reduce rates for homeowners by adjusting the rating system, which is under our control.

You may have noticed on your rates bill last month something we can’t control – the rates you pay to Bay of Plenty Regional Council.

BOPRC received a dividend of $20m last year from its shares in the Port of Tauranga, which were granted to it

in 1989 when government decided that the regional council should own most of the assets of the former Bay of Plenty Harbour Board – once known as the Tauranga Harbour Board.

Our port’s dividend is forecast to grow to $30m by 2025, which is significant because regional council uses it to subsidise regional rates; not only for Tauranga residents but those in Rotorua, Whakatane and Opotiki too. None of

those communities are forecast to grow during the next 30 years but Tauranga is forecast to grow by 50 per cent.

The demands on our city’s finances from having to cater for growth are enormous.

The Southern Sewage Pipeline is nearly complete at a cost of $100m.

The Waiari Water Treatment

Plant, which we need to begin building next year to prevent water restrictions, is now forecast to cost $100m.

Unlike the towns mentioned above, Tauranga residents have sacrificed nice-to-have projects such as a museum to accommodate more residents.

As a voter, you might think regional council should spend the money generated in Tauranga on Tauranga.

As a TCC councillor, I couldn’t possibly comment!

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Richard’s birthday bash Richard O’Brien in centre with the musicians who will support him on stage: Derek Jacombs, Grant Bullot, Beano Gilpin, Grant Winterburn, Richard, Nigel Masters, Mike Kirk, Robbie Laven.

A very special, and very famous guest is flying in from Australia for Richard O’Brien’s ‘75 Years of Frock ‘n’ Roll’ 75th birthday celebrations next Friday, March 24, at Tauranga’s Baycourt Theatre.

‘Neighbours’ star and Gold Logie award-winning Australian actor, musician, singer and composer Craig McLachlan has confirmed he’ll be on-stage with Richard for the very public birthday bash to raise funds for the Starship Foundation.

Among his many roles, including in ‘Neighbours’, Craig played Frank N. Furter in the Australia stage version of Richard’s ‘Rocky Horror Show’ in 1993 and again in 2014. And when Richard extended an invitation to his birthday celebration show his month in Tauranga, he couldn’t refuse.

Craig’s appearance adds to the list of well-known personalities and entertainers supporting Richard’s birthday celebration. Also in the line-up are highly popular local blues band Kokomo and Grant Winterburn, one of New Zealand’s leading pianists.

Veteran Kiwi broadcaster and Richard’s long-time friend Mark Sainsbury will be cast in the role of a friendly shrink, attempting, during the show, to unravel Richard’s mind.

The audience can be assured of enjoying, and participating in renditions of Rocky Horror classics, including of course ‘Let’s Do the Time Warp Again’.

Richard has also written a brand-new song called ‘Harry Singer’ especially for the evening. “It’s inspired by black and white ‘B’ detective movies – I love noir movies. This song tells a story – it has a beginning, a middle and an end,” says Richard, hinting at the tale of a dark criminal underworld.

To add to the evening’s atmosphere – the audience is invited to dress up too and Richard has high expectations of the Tauranga audience’s flair for the outrageous – and there will be prizes for the best dressed. “Every cent of the ticket price from the Tauranga ‘75 Years of Frock ‘n’ Roll’ will go to Starship,” says Richard.

Deciding to support Starship, says Richard, is easy.

“There’s no politics, no other agenda than helping children get well.

“There is a rule that no child should die before their parents as that’s unbearable. Then there is New Zealand’s shocking levels of child abuse, which sees too many children admitted to hospital.”

Since 2010, Richard and his wife Sabrina have lived near Katikati, enjoying the peace and quiet of the countryside. But Richard has by no means retired.

He stars in TVNZ’s new celebrity genealogy show ‘DNA Detectives’ in which he guides well-known New Zealanders though a series of cryptic clues to find their origins, based on DNA. Richard O’Brien presents ‘75 Years of Frock ‘n’ Roll’ at Baycourt’s Addison Theatre in Tauranga on Friday, March 24, from 8pm.

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Badges to boards The Police will be investigating the beach – not for crime fighting but to try to tame the waves.

Bay of Plenty is known for its beaches, and this year Omanu Beach will be hosting more than 85 men and women of the force in its waves.

The annual Police National Surfing Championships is coming to Tauranga from March 20-24, and cops are streaming in from far and wide to try their board in our surf.

Tauranga Police Sergeant Tristan Murray is eager to get on his board and out in the ocean.

“It’s a bit of a break from the rigors of policing.”

And officers from the length and breadth of the country will be travelling to Tauranga to show their skill and get some downtime on the beautiful Bay beaches.

“Some of them are coming from as far as Christchurch and from right up the top of the North Island,” says Tristan.

With nine divisions, including divisions for over 40s, 50s, 60s, women’s and novice, Tristan says there’s something for everyone to enter.

“Some of the surfers are nationally-rated surfers so they’re right up there in the national scene.” And though there will be trophies and medals for the force’s best, Tristan says the competition is more something different to do with his workmates.

“The main aim of the competition is the enjoyment of getting down to the beach with your colleagues.”

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Tauranga Art Gallery closed for now To prepare for the upcoming Paradox: Tauranga Street Art Festival, the Tauranga Art Gallery will be closed to the public until March 28.

The exhibition team is working with international street artists Askew One, Lucy McLauchlan, Sofles, Charles & Janine Williams, Jacob Yikes, Fintan Magee and Rone, who are all creating bespoke works within the gallery as

part of the Paradox Inside installation.

This installation will also complement the Oi You! Collection, which includes the most extensive assembly of works by acclaimed street artist Banksy in the Southern Hemisphere.

For more information about Paradox, visit: www.taurangastreetartfestival.nz

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Learn about Flame tonight

This one’s for Morgan He could have worn his hot pink skirt. Or his orange kilt.

It was a toss-up.

A coffee and desert evening, hosted by Tommy Kapai Wilson, highlighting the work of a Kiwi charity called Flame is on in Tauranga tonight.

Flame is a young, vibrant organisation made up of caring Kiwis who saw a need in the slums of Cambodia and chose to make a difference.

‘Stories from the Slums’ is an evening of hope – that has occurred through the work of the charity – on at Bethlehem Baptist Church

Ross Steele is running his 99th Marathon on Saturday.

Photo: Bruce Barnard.

car he would be two-thirds of the way round the clock.

And journey is a word he uses a lot.

“My journey has been a blast and full of challenges.

“But it’s how you approach those challenges.”

And it’s a personal challenge that’ll be a driving force for Ross tomorrow. Former marathoner Morgan Thomas, father of Ross’ best friend Lee Murray, herself a marathoner, has been fighting a quiet, dignified but losing battle with dementia.

“It has been tough for Morgan and just as tough for his lovely supportive family,” says Ross.

So Ross will be running for Morgan. And for Alzheimers Tauranga.

“I’ve been watching the deterioration of a dear man.

It’s been quite a wake-up call for me.”

The Hamilton marathon was to be Ross’ 100th but he was confronted with his own challenge – albeit miniscule and insignificant by comparison.

“Moderate arthritis in the left hip.” This means his efforts will be reduced to a walk unfortunately.

And he’s quick to point out it’s not the running.

Dad had five hip ops. “My brother two, other brother one.” And the aches and pains are all part of…well, the journey. Read more at www.theweekendsun.co.nz

But Tauranga man Ross Steele opted for his orange tutu – apparently quite a cheeky little number.

“Because orange is my favourite colour. And for a bit of fun,” says the runner who’s clocked up 98 marathons in a 25-year career. “And too many people go through life with neither fun nor colour.”

Ross will be wearing the orange tutu when he lines up for the 42.195km of the Kirikiriroa Marathon in Hamilton tomorrow, March 18. And the impish runner’s put the challenge out to all his mates coming to the event.

“Tutu compulsory and a splash of orange.” In other words wear your tutu too.

Ninety-eight marathons, including one on each of the seven continents. The word ‘seven’ is etched into his calf as a reminder, as if he needs reminding.

And the 98 includes 23 laps of Lake Rotorua. “Well used to trekking round there.” What about those hills at the top of the lake? “Flat slopes, not hills, flat slopes.” He will put a positive spin on anything.

Like the marathon itself. “It’s all about attitude. If you think you can do it, you will. If you think you can’t, you won’t.” The 60-year-old calculates he’s run up about 60,000km in his 25-year journey. If he was a

from 7pm-9pm tonight, March 17.

The night will cover projects – from putting water filters into slums to teaching photography, to a mobile clinic on a tuk-tuk taking medical care to the poor – of Flame’s young adults who live in the Flame Leadership Academies.

Entry is by Koha – and all proceeds go to supporting the work of Flame with slum living children in Cambodia.

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Gracias Nueva Zelanda – gracias! free. I will at least give them an honest option as what’s wrong and “Gracias, gracias, gracias,” say Chilean cousins Iguacia Jarpa and their repair options.”

Pitar Fernandez. “They are beautiful people.”

And Ben. “Would like to help out in some way. Do they have a The beautiful people are The Weekend Sun readers, who bank account?” responded to their story in last week’s edition with an “I would love to help them,” says Chilean-born Melanie. There outpouring of offers – accommodation, money, support, advice were another dozen offers of and mechanical repairs. assistance to The Weekend Sun. “Today we are very happy,” In the meantime Pitar and says Pitar. But last week the Iguacia are holed up in the Kiwi cousins were in tears and just Corral backpackers in Te Puke. wanted to go home.

They may be starting in the Their problems started when Seeka Kiwifruit packhouse next they bought a 1996 Nissan door next week. station wagon at the Ellerslie Their car won’t take them Car Fair. They didn’t get it anywhere but its home – they checked, they naively took the are sleeping in. They are filling word of the vendor and it blew their days playing ping-pong. up when they reached Tauranga.

Yesterday they “hick-chiked” to And $2500 dollars went up in the supermarket. “Everyday pasta, a cloud of steam. rice, pasta, rice, tuna, pasta, rice.

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And bread and tea.” They are Ron said: “If you guys need a laughing not complaining. It’s the hand feel free to phone. I have Pitar Fernandez and Iguacia Jarpa say thank you! joys of being a backpacker when a daughter in London and we the next pay cheque is still a week away. know problems can occur no matter whose fault”.

“But we are happy now,” says Iguacia. And they were gratefully And another. “Hey, Craig here from City Automotive. I’m willing thumbing through the offers when we left them in the sun down to check out the car free of charge and no obligation, no strings the road from Te Puke. “Thank you, gracias.” attached. There is always a way to get a car going cheap or even

The Nissan is still munted, overheating to hell. But at least international relations between Chile and Nueva Zelanda have been restored.

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Helping out will be 50-60 Year 9-13 students on the arts council committee. There are a number of activities planned including storytelling, relays, face painting, cupcake creations, parachute and a bouncy castle all to enhance the event.

There is also talk of the Tauranga Girls’ College mascot, Tiger, visiting; a social creature who is determined this event should not be missed.

This will be the sixth year of what has become a regular feature on the Tauranga Girls’ College arts council calendar.

Gate Pa School junior students and their teddy bears are invited to a picnic on March 21.

The day aims to bring the children happiness, laughter, and, of course, allows them to spend the day with their favourite treasured toys.

The Tauranga Girls’ College students enjoy the interaction, there are some who attended Gate Pa School, and they enjoy the opportunity to give back and support their learning community.

Tayla Fruean, Tauranga Girls’ College student

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TAG needs virtual reality volunteers If you want to be involved in the Paradox: Tauranga Street Art Festival and virtual reality tickles the curiosity in your brain, then Tauranga Art Gallery wants to hear from you.

Part of the Paradox Inside installation, the gallery is hosting a 360 degree VR experience created by world-famous Melbourne street artist Rone.

The experience features a series of unique female portraits, which Rone

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Cheery, cheery, cheerio!

Bonnie Leonard signs off.

Photo: Hunter Wells.

Her voice silenced – for now “I am trying not to blub – so I will leave you with ‘The Organ, The Dance Band and Me’.”

With that she flicked off the microphone, the red ‘on air’ lights on the studio console dimmed and died – and Bonnie Leonard wound up her final offering, a 78 called ‘Cheerio’.

“This is when they say goodbye, so keep a twinkle in your eye.” A scratchy but lilting melody from 80 years ago because Bonnie didn’t want to leave on a miserable note. She dabbed her eyes, poked her tongue defiantly at the reporter who was waiting for her to ‘blub’ and 23 years of Sunday morning broadcasts on Village Radio faded to black. A familiar voice silenced for now.

Turning off the mic

Twenty-three years behind the mic, one-third of her life – and it was all over.

“So then we will be cheery, cheery, cheery, cheerio.”

Bonnie with her warm, measured concert programme-like tones – a voice for radio and groomed for “I will miss all my oldies,” says the 70-something former music teacher, real estate marketing consultant and until moments ago, radio jock and companion to the city’s seniors. “I love them all dearly.”

Bonnie called her five-hour finale last Sunday morning ‘Memories of You’.

“There’s a lovely tune the Benny Goodman orchestra plays called ‘Memories of You’ – it’s one of my favourites. Your face beams in my dreams, In spite of all that I do, And everything seems to bring, Memories of you.” And Bonnie showered her audience, her radio community with that sentiment all Sunday morning –Eddie Calvert and that golden trumpet, Nat and Natalie Cole, Harry Secombe and ‘Fascination’ by The Melachrino Strings. And the like.

It’s a format drummed into Bonnie by station founder and former director general of broadcasting, James Hartstonge himself – and one she stuck rigidly to. “Two stage and screen, two country, two light classical. And vary it between group; female and male vocals, orchestra and band. It’s proven. Hartstonge

knew his stuff.” And Bonnie learned his stuff. “‘Memories of You’ encompassed all the people I’ve met and worked with.

And the listeners, some of whom have passed, on and I played all their favourite tunes.” Music that has endured. And listeners who’ve endured.

Like Barbara from the Mount, whose senses have been surgically and immovably tuned to 1368 KHZ since Village Radio in Tauranga began in 1984, and since Bonnie began in 1993. “She wanted to shout me lunch. And she wanted to say she loved me.”

“Barbara is ‘a darling lady’ by all accounts. She just relates to me and I play the music she likes. That makes me feel good,” says Bonnie.

And there’s the payback for a volunteer broadcaster on Village Radio. “There’s nothing nicer than making someone happy. It’s hard in life but easy on the radio.

You just have to know what people want. “And it’s so nice to think people are getting a buzz out of it.”

Goodbye Bonnie

And as the clock wound down on Sunday morning the place was buzzing with buzzes. There was a call from Helen and Bonnie tells her: “Thank you Helen, you bring me joy”. The phone log is brimming.

“Love, luck, thanks,” from Val. “Very sad,” says Sheila. “Going to miss you,” says Pat. “Been glued all morning,” admits Keith.

“I feel like I have just been to my own funeral,” says Bonnie. And then a telling message in the phone log.

“South Island? Bloody lucky!” from Barbara.

Bonnie is bucking a trend, or perhaps starting one.

Just when it seems all the migratory roads lead to Tauranga, Bonnie’s road leads to Gore in the deep South Island where they catch the biggest brown trout in the world, where they roll their Rs and houses are as cheap as chips.

“There were three houses for sale. Two were bought

by Aucklanders and I bought the other.”

And so the music teacher with Licentiate of Royal Schools of Music letters in theory packed her 10,000 records – bar 100 or so – and headed south on Tuesday.

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A day of country fun Animals, kids’ activities, entertainment, food galore and gold old-fashioned country fun is being organised for Saturday, March 18, at Te Puna School’s 2017 Country Fair.

Organiser and Te Puna PTA member Lissa Carston says her team is sticking to their tried-and true methods of drawing punters to the fundraiser with all the country has to offer at the school grounds.

“We haven’t got many new things happening – but we have all of the old favourites that everyone enjoys,” says Lissa.

So get ready – from 9am-2pm at the school children can enjoy pony rides, tractor rides, coconut shy, plate smash, rifle range shooting, face painting and much more.

People should turn up early for the jumble sale, plus plants and produce up for sale, a selection of jams, chutneys, pickles and sauces, second-hand books and many stalls offering bit and bobs.

The Te Puna Idol talent quest will see entrants entertain, and a silent auction will be on.

And the well-known helicopter drop is at 1.30pm on the school field. The helicopter attracts a large crowd of children by hovering above and dropping 200 ping pong balls. Each child

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Lissa says the fair – open to everyone – is a relaxing day of country fun for everyone.

And it’s all for a good cause – funds raised this year will go towards upgrading the school’s junior sandpit.

“We’re creating a big sandpit, water play adventure park area for our five, six and seven-year-old students.

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Fishing competition extended Katikati Fire Brigade has extended its annual fishing competition to run this weekend as well after wet weather put a dampener on it for some anglers on March 10-11. To keep fishos happy, the competition will have another briefing and spot prize giveaway session tonight, March 17, and fishing will commence afterwards and go through tomorrow, March 18. And as per usual, children have to bring their catch to weigh-in from 2pm-4pm, tomorrow, March 18 while adults weigh-in fish from 2pm-5pm.

Some fishos took the option of fishing during last weekend’s wet weather – their weigh-in results will be collated with this weekend’s results to produce winners for prizes tomorrow afternoon’s prizegiving from 4.30pm for children and 5.30pm for adults.

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New rescue boat to officially propel into service Waihi Beach Coastguard will officially welcome its newest vessel, the $197,000 purposebuilt AVOCO Rescue, to the fleet tomorrow with a public ceremony.

Although the 5.8m rescue boat has been out on the water already this summer, the coastguard will hold a launching ceremony on March 18 from 2pm at its Bowentown headquarters.

Avocado exporter and marketer AVOCO has pledged an annual sponsorship contribution of $20,000 for three years, which will go towards coastguard’s yearly operational costs as well as running costs of AVOCO Rescue.

“External funding is paramount to our success. Without them we would not be as well equipped to perform our key role of keeping the community safe when they are out on the water,” says Waihi Beach Coastguard spokesperson Jim Pooley.

“We are extremely grateful for the ongoing support from our sponsors, including AVOCO, of seeing this new vessel come to fruition and take our capabilities to new levels.”

The vessel is a 5.8m Naiad designed Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat, powered by twin 115hp Yamaha outboards.

AVOCO Rescue was commissioned to replace Search Two, a 5.5m long vessel, which since being launched in 2003 clocked up more than 1000 hours on the water, and joins coastguard’s primary vessel ‘Gallagher Rescue’, a 9.5m Naiad powered by twin 250hp Yamaha fourstroke outboards.

The fleet expansion means the coastguard now has the capability to cover two completely different areas, with Gallagher Rescue overseeing the Bowentown Bar, one of the most notorious in New Zealand, and AVOCO Rescue protecting the channels and shallow areas of the Northern Tauranga

Waihi Beach Coastguard’s new vessel AVOCO Rescue on the water.

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Harbour. Jim says since hitting the water back in December, the vessel has logged 29 hours – a relatively low number despite the Waihi Beach community swelling from 2700 permanent residents to an estimated 25,000-30,000 during the summer period.

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The official launch on March 18 will include a blessing from local tangata whenua and have Coromandel MP Scott Simpson, Western Bay of Plenty Mayor Garry Webber, key sponsors and the public in attendance.

The purpose-built vessel is a result of a partnership between AVOCO, TECT, The Lion Foundation, First Sovereign Trust, Valder Ohinemuri Trust and the Western Bay of Plenty Coastguard unit.

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Homes and plantations destroyed Ten years ago, when Grant Ranui returned home from the Eastern Bay of Plenty to live on the family block in Pyes Pa, he became aware that much of his family history was muted.

And his ancestors had not spoken about what was also an important part of Tauranga history.

“It was all hush-hush and wasn’t taught in our schools,” says Grant.

His predecessors had lived in a peaceful established village near Taumata Rd. Surrounded by their plantations and gardens, this wasn’t a fighting fortified pa.

It was 1867, and his forebears had been growing their whole year’s food supply through the late summer. Fields of maize, kumara, marrows, pumpkins, melons, tobacco and potatoes surrounded the village.

It was considered some of the best agricultural land in the district with 80 acres of potatoes producing 12 tons to the acre.

On February 3, 1867, the whole of Taumata was destroyed. The militia spent three days demolishing the thatched houses and cultivations. It was reported at the time that 60 men set fire to the crops.

This Bush Campaign – known as Te Weranga – followed a scorched earth policy of the Government, was designed to drive Ngati Ranginui from their homes and devastate their livelihoods.

In August 1864, Governor George Grey had promised three-quarters of the land marked for confiscation in Tauranga would be returned to Maori. About the same time a few Ngaiterangi chiefs were persuaded to ‘sell’ the Katikati and Te Puna lands. In actuality, the resident hapu of those

areas were not privy to the sales and vigorously protested.

In 1867 disputes over additional lands being surveyed for confiscation by the Government led to military action and the destruction of the forest villages, crops and plantations on the edge of the bush inland from Tauranga.

Since January 2017, to mark 150 years since the attacks on their ancestor’s villages, local hapu have been holding commemorative events, including the erection of memorial pou at Taumata, Te Irihanga and Whakamarama.

“We don’t forget what happened in the past or hold animosity about what happened,” says Grant.

“The following year after the crops were destroyed at Taumata was hard. We pride ourselves on being able to provide for our families.

“The ability to be resilient is an important message that we try pass on down to our kids. We want them to grow up knowing about the bush campaigns.”

Starting at 5.30am on April 8, the public is invited to attend a dawn ceremony and dedication of a memorial pou at Puketoki Reserve, Whakamarama followed by a whakanoa and breakfast, a powhiri and telling of the story of Te Weranga at Tawhitinui Marae, and finishing with a Hakari in the early afternoon.

Grant Ranui with the Taumata pou.

Photo: Tracy Hardy.

All or nothing for Mount motocross rider Mount Maunganui motocross rider Cody Cooper is geared up to reclaim the lead and defend his MX1 title on March 25 when the 2017 New Zealand Motocross Championships fourth and final round wraps up at Taupo.

Cody arrived in the Manawatu last weekend with a 13-point lead, with stellar performances at earlier rounds in Timaru and Rotorua, but was knocked off his perch by visiting Australian star Dean Ferris at Flipp’s Motocross Park at Himatangi.

Cody is now is now second in the standings, one point adrift of Dean after a disastrous day saw him manage only 4-5-2 results, settling for an

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unaccustomed third step on the podium below second best MX1 rider on Sunday, another visiting Australian Todd Waters.

“I had a few issues to deal with today with some of my equipment,” says Cody. “But I like the Taupo track [the venue for the final round] and I’ll be aiming to put things right there.

“It will be all or nothing for me now in Taupo,” says Cody.

Fellow Mount Maunganui motocross rider Rhys Carter is placed fifth in the MX1 class going into the championship’s final round. All three classes – MX1, MX2 and 125cc – will wrap up at Taupo on March 25.

Wheat film gets a second screening After a successful screening in Arataki last year, Mount Maunganui and Te Puke Chiropractic clinics are showing the documentary ‘What’s with Wheat?’ again at Te Puke War Memorial Hall.

The film offers another perspective on different foods, including wheat, and how that might be affecting people’s health.

Doors open at 7.15pm on Wednesday, March 22, at the Te Puke War Memorial Hall, 130 Jellicoe St, Te Puke.

Tickets are $5 from Te Puke Chiropractic, Mt Maunganui Chiropractic, the Healing Room, and Te Puke Toy Library, with all proceeds going to the toy library.

For further information call 07 574 3099.

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A chance under the spotlight They are looking for people to help direct, build sets, make costumes and act. So if you’d like to discover what life is like behind the curtains, phone Ann on 07 549 5530.

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The Katikati Theatre group is looking for new people to join up – especially some who can get on-stage or work back stage in order to give some of the regular crews a break.

Bath tub racing in Bowentown One of the quirky things that makes Bowentown cool is their annual Bath Tub Regatta.

Serious fun, the fast-moving bath tubs cause plenty of spectator excitement as they zip around the course at breakneck speed.

There will be five races on race day, this Sunday, March 19, with 8hp and 15hp bath tubs competing. Assembling at 9am at Bowentown Boating and Sport Fishing Club, the bath tubs undergo technical inspection by race scrutineers. A few practice laps follow with races starting 12.30pm.

Co-organiser and competitor Evan Walker bought his vessel from a boat builder in Auckland.

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ahead of the regatta, but there may still be spills and capsizes “I raced it for the first time last year. Didn’t win,” says Evan.

“This year we have 12-17 competitors, coming from Tauranga, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Paihia, Auckland and Whitianga.”

Bowentown has been holding the event for about 15 years, originally helping raise funds for breast cancer research. This year, some of the funds raised will go to the Coastguard NZ, which will also be on hand in case boats crash into each other or competitors capsize.

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Bathtub racing started in Nanaimo, British Columbia in 1967 with the mayor of the time, Frank Ney avidly participating dressed as a pirate.

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When you pay for your parking at the new machines*, you’ll be asked to enter your licence plate number. This is a pay-by-plate system.

No ticket is provided. Once you’ve paid, you can walk away. No need to go back to your car to display a ticket. (eReceipts available)

* Machines will be upgraded during April 2017.

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A sea challenge on Tauranga shores This weekend, March 17-19, a sea challenge will take place at the annual Northern Area Sea Cadets regatta at Sulphur Point, Tauranga.

Teams from Hamilton, Auckland and Whangarei will compete with the local unit, the TS Chatham Sea Cadets.

Learning the skills

“Our northern area skills regatta will have more than 80 participants in seven units,” says Lieutenant Commander Sandra

Berry. “One from Tauranga, one from Hamilton, four from Auckland, and one from Whangarei.

“They compete with nine cadets and one officer in each team, so that’s 70 people plus staff that help run the various skills stands, whether it be mast building, using mast equipment to make a flag pole, putting the mast up, sailing, rope work and marching.”

The Cadet Forces in New Zealand is made up of three branches or corps. These are the Air Training Corps, the New Zealand Cadet Corps and the Sea Cadets.

Each corps is modelled on a corresponding branch of the New Zealand Defence Force – the Royal New Zealand Air Force, the New Zealand Army and the Royal New Zealand Navy.

Extra-curricular activity

The Sea Cadet Corps is the smallest of the three branches and has 16 units across New Zealand.

Each area of the Sea Cadets – Southern, Central and Northern – holds an annual regatta.

And for Sea Cadet warrant officers

Sea Cadet warrant officers Tayla Wong-Lithgow and Sophyia Hilario.

Tayla Wong-Lithgow and Sophyia Hilario, sailing, shooting, rowing, ropes, kayaks, camps and sea challenges are all part of normal life.

“I was looking for an extra-curricular activity to do,” says Tayla, who got involved six years ago. “Sea cadets sounded really cool. There’s heaps of activities and you get to meet lots of people. That really appealed to me.”

“We do a coxswain course, which teaches cadets how to sail,” says Sophyia, who entered sea cadets five years ago and has a father serving in the New Zealand Defence Force. “We assess them on their skills, which can be transferred into NCEA credits.”

Youth can join sea cadets from age 13, usually staying on until age 19, when they choose to continue, join the forces, or leave; often for university. New members are welcome.

Other activities undertaken are rowing, kayaking, rifle shooting, rope work and first aid.

Teamwork is one of the core values taught and runs through all the boating and leadership courses, camps, regattas and competitions.

The public is invited to watch the weekend regatta and meet the cadets from 10am-2pm on March 17-19.

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Live, learn and laugh The Te Puke Hospice shop is putting out a call for new volunteers. The opportunity to live, learn and laugh while volunteering at the shop is available via morning, afternoon and weekend shifts – with hours to suit everyone.

To find out more or signal interest. Call Catherine on 07 573 4678. Or call in to 200 Jellicoe St, Te Puke.

PM’s tough talk time-wasting

Prime Minister Bill English is telling everyone born after June 30, 1972, to work longer, because there’s not enough in the pot for you.

In the last eight-plus years this blue government has not contributed a single shiny penny to the New Zealand Superannuation Fund. This is lunacy. It currently stands at $30 billion, instead of the more than $50 billion there should be.

Poor financial management added to hyperimmigration is costing us billions of dollars, and forcing hard-working New Zealanders to foot the bill by working longer to receive less.

Fake tough talk while crystal ball-gazing 20 years into the future – why not unveil a policy on flying cars and underwater cities while he’s at it?

New Zealand First’s policy is keep 65 the retirement age; keep investing in the NZ Superannuation Fund; and 25 years contributing to NZ is required before a pension.

Simple, straightforward and sustainable. Now, and in 20 years’ time.

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One hour to escape The red clock on the wall keeps ticking down, down, down.

Half a dozen padlocks are dotted around the room, cryptic clues are hanging on the walls, and we are stuck.

We’ve been locked in a room, five of us, and we have one hour to escape.

No, we haven’t been kidnapped, we’re not being held hostage, and we’re not in danger. In fact, we locked ourselves in this room of our own free will; we want to be here.

And we even paid for the pleasure.

This is all the doing of the team at Escape Masters Tauranga.

It works like this: you gather between two and six willing participants, head to Escape Masters in Red Square, and get yourself locked in a room with one way in and another way out.

And you have one hour.

The rooms are filled with puzzles and cryptic clues on how to escape – hatches, combination locks, and cryptic messages left behind for you to figure out.

Escape Masters Tauranga currently have three rooms to choose from – the circus room, the prison escape, or the Eyres Family General Store.

Our teams tried the prison room and the circus room – the prisoners escaped within their hour, but the circus-goers didn’t quite manage it, wrenching the door open 15 seconds after the timer had expired.

Not everything is a clue, but every little thing feels like a clue.

It seems as though every item, every scratch and marking, is there on purpose. Some are, others are red herrings, designed to throw escapees off.

As soon as we were finished, we all wanted to go again. It’s almost addictive, the rush of figuring out a clue and finding a way out – especially if you find a clue before everyone else in your team.

Escape Masters Tauranga recently opened its doors to the public, after running a weekend of free trials to iron out any kinks in the rooms. From these trials – where they asked for a donation per room – they were able to raise $426 for the Under Escape Boss Debbie Purdy behind bars at The Stars charity.

So the question now is – can you escape the room?

Escape Masters. Photo: Bruce Barnard.

Learn about a flower of the underworld The people behind the Aongatete Forest Project are hosting an evening called ‘Flowers of the Underworld’ next Tuesday, March 21.

‘Flowers of the Underworld’ is a talk by the Department of Conservation’s Hamilton-based terrestrial ecosystems manager Avi Holzapfel about dactylanthus and bats.

Dactylanthus is New Zealand’s only indigenous fully parasitic flowering plant – and it is pollinated by the

short-tailed bat. According to DOC, the Maori name for dactylanthus is ‘pua o te reinga’ meaning ‘flower of the underworld’ and alludes to the way its flowers emerge from below ground.

Dactylanthus is regarded as being in serious decline – and a DOC Recovery Plan is in action.

To learn about the fascinating parasitic plant, the talk is on Tuesday, March 21, from 7.30pm at Pahoia School at 29 Esdaile Rd. Entry is a gold coin donation.

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Former and current Friends of Baycourt chairpersons Jane Mason and Anna Finlayson-Smith with the keyboard of the community and arts centre’s Steinway piano.

Friends of Baycourt chair Anna Finlayson-Smith says the first Steinway Open Day is next Sunday, March 26.

“Everyone is invited to come to the stage and play the piano, there is no age limit and there is no charge – all you need to do is book a time and come and enjoy a wonderful time.”

The Steinway first arrived in New Zealand from Germany in March 2009, after then Friends of Baycourt chairperson Jane Mason had an ambition to see a Steinway piano at Baycourt.

The Tauranga Regional Concert Piano Trust was formed to raise the necessary funds, and as part of the fundraising they came up with the novel idea of selling the black and white keys to the piano.

As a result, the Steinway keyboard was purchased and each

donor’s name was recorded against his or her chosen key. The keyboard is now proudly mounted on the wall in the small lobby that leads into the Addison Theatre.

The open day was created after Anna had the vision to host an event where anyone who wants to play the Steinway had an opportunity to do so, with the idea keenly supported by the Friends of Baycourt committee.

“It is not a concert as such, but a day for the public to enjoy this special asset.

“We simply want the community to have their time with the piano to play whatever music they wish – and to bring their own audience!

“This magnificent instrument has been appreciated by many people who have had the opportunity to play it and listen to the music it produces. We look forward to seeing the pleasure it brings everyone at the open day.”

The Steinway Open Day is at Baycourt Community and Arts Centre, Durham St, Tauranga, on Sunday, March 26, from 10am-4pm.

Entry is free.

To book an appointment time, email Anna at: dameanna@talk.co.nz or call 07 577 7189.

Giving for good makes great sense right now

New Zealanders are a generous lot – we rank in the top three countries in the world for donations to community causes, says Acorn Foundation operations manager Margot McCool.

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Given that all charitable donations qualify for a one-third tax credit – up to the level of your taxable income – Margot says it makes sense to donate now, before the March 31, the end of the tax year, and claim back the tax credit straight away.

“We understand there is a lot of pressure on some people to give.

Acorn can help by consolidating their donations in a structured way – we

Margot says it’s this intrinsic desire to want to make a difference in our own communities that drives so many people to donate their time and money to causes they are passionate about.

“That can include coaching sports teams, helping out at a hospice shop, or contributing towards the operating costs of community agencies whose work we recognise as vital to our health and welfare.”

Margot says it’s crucial we get in behind these groups which contribute so much ‘Thanks for all of your donations’ - Acorn Foundation. to our enjoyment of life. take care of all the administration, so “No-one would expect their bank or our donors can relax in the knowledge their children’s school to use volunteers that their chosen organisations will to provide their services, so why would always be supported, while Acorn looks we expect community groups to after the paperwork.” economise on staffing?

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A new fridge freezzell for charity Iconic artist Dick Frizzell, in collaboration with Cooking 4 Change and Haier, is on the hunt for New Zealand’s most deserving charities and community groups as part of the just announced ‘Freezell 4 your Community’ campaign.

Dick Frizzell with his fridge design.

And Tauranga’s The Incubator could be one of them. An initiative between Cooking 4 Change and Haier, ‘Freezzell 4 your Community’ aims to create awareness of some of our country’s most deserving charities and community groups and provide them with a much-needed resource in the form of a limited edition, Dick Frizzell exclusively artworked, Haier multi-door HMD440X fridge, for either use in their organisation or as a fundraising tool.

The Incubator has made it through the selection process and is now in the final five charities chosen for consideration. And now it’s up to the community to decide.

Five deserving charities or community groups have been selected by a small panel of Cooking 4 Change celebrity contributors and it’s now up to the New Zealand public to vote online to decide who they think is the most deserving to take away one of three Freezell fridges.

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The value of volunteer coordinators “But what do you do for paid work?”

It’s a question many coordinators of volunteers are asked when they mention they work with, and organise, other volunteers.

available in the area of volunteer coordination, but WESTERN BAY enough in my opinion.

VOLUNTEERING not There is critical need for With Theo Ursum Volunteer professional training in WBOP centre manager volunteer management.

There are three-year study undergraduate studies This job has always been undervalued. to become a human resource manager. A volunteer The volunteer of today is more demanding and coordinator almost completes all of the same tasks savvy, which means volunteer engagement must be as a human resource manager, but usually without a more professional. Volunteer engagement needs to qualification title. There simply isn’t enough training be based on solid foundations, have great structures available for people seeking and needing to increase and processes, and have appropriate rewards systems their skillset to meet the needs of the demanding role in place. of coordinator of volunteers.

No longer are coordinators the coordinator of Without a culture of support from the highest ‘lists of things to do’ but rather they are the ‘leader levels of an organisation and insufficient training of volunteers’. The role of volunteer coordinator available, all the efforts of a coordinator attracting must be valued because this role is the crux of any and retaining excellent calibre volunteers may simply successful volunteering programme. go to waste.

It is time organisations and philanthropists Volunteering Bay of Plenty not only refers understand this professional development in the volunteers to local non-profit organisations and volunteer sector. Ideally, part of their funding dollars promotes volunteering in the Bay in general, we should be put towards building a robust volunteer can also assist organisations with every aspect structure that gives the position of coordinator the their volunteer programme. Currently, we’re financial support it deserves. working together with Volunteering NZ to create a Also, we need to create a professional pathway for professional pathway for coordinators of volunteers. coordinators of volunteers. There are some courses

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Zoran, the legend!

It’s March 5, on this side of the hemisphere…and I am living on a sail boat in Tauranga.

I have three roommates: Zoran, Leoni, and Lisa.

We are all couch surfers.

Zoran Cacic is somewhat of a legend, he has been hosting couch surfers for merely three years now, and holds the record for most surfers hosted in one night – a solid 27 people.

His very first surfer happened by chance. You see Zoran is an amputee – he is also highly driven by adrenalin. It was 2009 when he was in a car accident and suffered a crushed bone in his left leg – an easy fix.

Zoran was in hospital when he received the news – the doctor had overlooked a minor detail in the surgery. And within just a night, one of the bones that was crushed in the accident had been cutting off the blood supply to the nerves in his leg just below his knee – and it had turned gangrene.

The only possibility was one that shook his world and within a few hours he was on a helicopter to try and save the leg, but in the end they amputated.

Within a few short hours, Zoran lost mobility, his ability to work, to snowboard – one of his favourite things in the world – in total he lost what was his identity.

He spent much of his time trying to distract himself from the trauma and reality of what had happened to him. During this time he conquered some magnificent tasks. One included tramping the Tongariro Crossing – a seven-hour, rocky terrain hike in the centre of the North Island.

Zoran bungee jumped, he even re-learned how to snowboard again, and spent months of his time on the South Island doing just that.

It was in the Bay of Islands at a restaurant when he noticed a German backpacker crying, so naturally he asked if everything was okay.

She recounted to him how all of her things had been stolen at the backpacker hostel, and she was left strapped with no money, passport or phone.

Zoran realised he’d been spending so much time

feeling down and out about his own misfortune and he was tired of it. Without a second thought, his adrenalin kicked in, and he offered to take her on a trip of New Zealand.

The two friends spent three months together, travelling, discovering new parts of the breathtaking country, and forgetting completely about their unfortunate circumstances.

This was just the start of what had become a real life passion, a fire d Zoran Cacic.

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If we are travelling to Fiji or Samoa we will be spending a few hours on a plane versus a whole week in a resort.

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Exercise is like a magic pill, minus the pill!

We all know the benefits of exercise. We all know we should be a bit more active than we are. There is so much research that says people who exercise regularly – and we’re not talking Olympic athletes here – are less likely to develop diseases like diabetes, are more likely to live longer and with better quality of life.

But there is also a whole heap of research that says exercise can help to manage health conditions, reduce symptoms and slow progression of many illnesses. Exercise is like the magic pill – minus the pill! Of course exercise requires us to put some effort in, unlike a pill where you pop it in your mouth and it works.

It is also important to understand that if a person has a particular health condition there are some rules about exercise, which are specific to their condition.

For example, resistance exercise – like lifting weights – is really helpful for people with diabetes because that type of exercise helps to clear sugar from the blood better than walking or cycling.

If you are relatively healthy now, exercise will help to keep you like that. I have often said our days should be about eating, sleeping and exercising. If we ate well, slept well and exercised we’d all be in a much better health position than we are currently.

Get yourself into the habit of regular exercise. Start small, even just 10 minutes if you haven’t really ever done any exercise before. Build up from there. Seek help. Ask your family to join in. Live your best life.

The truth about stretch marks Stretch marks are something most women will have to deal with at some point throughout their life. They typically appear as bands of parallel lines, which range in colour from purple to bright pink to light grey.

Stretch marks most commonly occur during teen years and during pregnancy, when your body changes shape rapidly. Similarly, they may appear during times of rapid weight loss or gain. They have been found to be a result of skin stretching and an increase of cortisone in your system. Cortisone is a hormone naturally produced by your adrenal glands and having too much of this hormone can make your skin lose its elasticity.

So what can be done about stretch marks? Time is the best cure because most stretch marks do fade over time. Dermal needling, which stimulates the skin to produce collagen, can improve the look of stretch marks. But they

never completely go.

The best cure in this case, is prevention. Zinc is a mineral that helps the skin to heal and repair itself. As our New Zealand soil is low in this mineral, it’s a good idea to take it in a supplement form. It’s also vital to take a daily dose of an essential fatty acid blend, which contain both Omega 3 and Omega 6. These are not only essential for good health but for the health, resilience and vitality of the skin. Topically, keep your skin nourished and elastic with a good quality moisturiser, applying it onto damp skin straight after a shower to lock in the hydration.

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Leisurely paddle for the mind

What could be better than a day out on the water paddling around some of the Bay’s best views?

How about raising money for a deserving cause?

If the water is calling you this weekend, get yourself and your paddleboard out to Leisure Island tomorrow, March, 18 for a day of sea and fundraising.

Organiser Naomi Cranston says it’ll be a great day out for locals while raising money for the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand.

The main event tomorrow, March 18, is a team paddle relay around Leisure Island where teams-ofthree have each team member complete one lap of Leisure Island.

So whether you’re proficient on a shortboard or longboard surfboard, a stand-up paddleboard, or an inflatable toy or boat, there’s a way for you to have a great time while raising money and awareness for mental health in New Zealand.

Great prizes are up for grabs from Backdoor Surf NZ, The Good Room, Mount Social Club, RPM, Beyond Fitness NZ, Astrolabe, Yo and Co, Vitality Organics, Mexicali Fresh, Octopus’s Garden, Back Porch Café, AFTK, Zeytin’s Mount Maunganui and Rocktopia.

Register for the paddle on the day from 12pm, or email Naomi at: mountcs@christiansurfers.org.nz For more information, and to stay up-to-date with weather changes, visit Facebook – and search ‘Team Paddle Relay for Mental Health, Mount Maunganui’.

Organisers Carmen Mills, Naomi Cranston and Logan Mills.

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B vitamins are responsible for functions from the red blood cell development – think B6, folate and B12 – to energy processes, via B1, B2, B3, B5 and biotin. The key is to ensure your body always has sufficient available. Fatigue, either from poor red blood cell development or from compromised energy processes, is often the first sign of insufficient levels.

Meanwhile, Vitamin C has a central role in the production and maintenance of collagen. When people died of scurvy it was from poor collagen formation in blood vessel walls. The key to supplementation is not to take huge amounts at once but lower levels frequently during the day.

Most multivitamins have little vitamin E and often

in a low grade synthetic form.

Vitamin E protects cholesterol as it circulates in our blood. Low levels of vitamin E can lead to cholesterol oxidation, the first step in the development of artery plaques. About 200 International Units to 400IU of natural tocopherol will maintain optimal levels.

We’ve long known about the role of vitamin D in bone development. More recently, we understand the role of vitamin D to build cancer defences and protect against immune disorders; especially autoimmune disease. I put the maximum allowable by law in my multivitamin but this is marginal for the winter months. I recommend 2000IU-4000IU daily in the cooler months.

When choosing a multivitamin, beware of oncea-day products. It is just not possible to put enough vitamins, antioxidants and especially bulky minerals in a once-a-day dose. For more information give me a call or email: john@abundant.co.nz 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

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Out of the woods and into the world Mount Maunganui-based creative agency Woods agency’s vision from the beginning is to “make regional New Zealand businesses world famous” and build an award winning, world-class agency.

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Could your small business do with some assistance?

Did you know Tauranga Chamber of Commerce has an 0800 helpline that’s open to any small business in the Western Bay of Plenty? If you’re stuck on an employment or tax issue, or need somebody else’s opinion about your business plan, then chances are we can help – or at the very least point you in the right direction.

Last year the chamber was able help with more than 500 general business enquiries that came to us via the 0800 number. And the beauty is, this service is completely free. You don’t even have to be a member of the Tauranga chamber – you just have to be a business located anywhere between Waihi Beach and the other side of Te Puke.

You can also come into the chamber to meet with a business advisor if your problem can’t be easily dealt with on the phone. For example, if you are thinking of starting up a new business and are not sure about the direction to go or how to protect your business idea, then a one-hour appointment with our smart economy business

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If you have most things under control but feel you could benefit from having a sounding board or someone to help steer you in the right direction, the chamber can match you with a business mentor who can work with you for up to a year, mostly for a small upfront fee.

The chamber also employs business advisors who can come to visit you at your place of work and have a more in-depth discussion with you and your partners. Typically, the focus of these visits is to discuss your business’ opportunity to grow, and to identify areas where you might have gaps or need extra support. If you are developing new technology or doing some kind of product research, we can put you in touch with the right people and advise you on any grants or assistance that might be available.

Did you know most small businesses in the Bay can qualify for government grants of up to $5000 or more in a year, not to mention similar amounts for research and development support?

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Tauranga City rates increases sought Tauranga City Council is seeking public consultation on an Annual Plan involving an average rates increase of 3.8 per cent for households.

For Tauranga homes it means a rates increase of between $67 and $98 a year depending on the property value.

A $400,000 property will have a rates increase of $71 for the 2017/2018 year, a $500,000 property will see a $76 increase, a $600,000 home an $80 jump; an $800,000 property a $89 rise and a $98 increase for million-dollar properties.

The council is seeking public consultation because while the proposed Annual Plan budget for 2017/2018 is based on year three of the 2015-2025 Long Term Plan, changes are proposed to the budgets as set out in the LTP to reflect revised economic and business conditions.

In particular growth is now estimated at three per cent, which is above levels assumed in the LTP and has implications for both capital and operational budgets.

The $154m capital programme is the biggest in the last 10 years, says TCC chief financial officer Paul Davidson.

Following the plan’s approval by council earlier this week the consultation period for the Annual Plan 2017/2018 will run from 8am on March 20, 2017, to 5pm on April 20, 2017.

Included in the $154 million capital programme is half of the $4 million cost to build a new visitor information centre at Coronation Park by summer 2018/2019. This will be 50 per cent funded by rates, and 50 per cent via the targeted economic development rate on commercial properties, and paid during two years.

Other capital works include a sludge pond decommissioning at Te Maunga wastewater treatment plant, worth $6m; extension of the Tauranga Airport terminal at $4.6m; structure plans for new urban growth areas totalling $1.6m; a new Papamoa Community Surf Rescue Base with a $950,000 council contribution; floodlighting at Bay Oval regional cricket ground with TCC $765,000 contribution; and a third hockey turf at Blake Park with council contributing $600,000.

Looking after women in business As many of you will have seen, on March 8 we celebrated International Women’s Day. While this is a great opportunity for our community not only to celebrate our wives, mothers and sisters, and to discuss the issues facing women in our society, we need to be mindful these issues should not only be front of mind one day a year – but every day.

The two biggest issues for women I feel we have a responsibility to eradicate are domestic violence and our gender pay gap.

New Zealand’s gender pay gap is 12 per cent. Yes, we are consistently ranked as having one of the lowest gender pay gaps in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. No, this isn’t good enough. There is no justification in 2017 for paying women anything less than the value of the job.

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I’ve had the privilege to work at both Zespri and Fonterra in senior levels in my career and looking back I probably fell into the trap of paying what the ‘market suggested’ and didn’t forcefully test that the proposed remuneration was genuinely fair and blind to gender. It’s important we front the bias that exists so clearly across many of our employers.

Granted the bias might be subconscious, but every woman should be paid what the role is worth – not what we think the woman might accept in salary negotiation.

There is a lot of debate on feminism and its role in today’s age, but for me it’s simple. Until I can look my daughters in the eye and assure them they will be free from violence in their homes and paid fairly in line with their male counterparts I will continue to be a determined feminist on these issues.

Community midwives get pay rise Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says community-based midwives will receive a $2.8 million pay increase this year, further boosting support for maternity services.

“This fee increase for Lead Maternity Care midwives acknowledges their important work with many of the 60,000 new babies born annually in New Zealand,” says Jonathan.

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Connect with farming at free open day Andrew and Robyn McLeod’s Papamoa dairy farm is in a peculiar position. It is situated within Tauranga City’s boundary, watching housing rise and creep quickly towards it.

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The McLeods, who milk 400 Friesian cows in a 29-aside herringbone from a 127 hectares platform, will show people how put a set of cups on a cow.

“We’ll be milking cows throughout the day, giving opportunity for people to milk the cows and try fresh milk straight out of the udder,” says Andrew, who manages his farm with two staff.

But on the hand increasingly But there will be other facets of more of the people living in the farming on show too. “There will be city or urban landscape – and sheep shearing, and hopefully some these new homes – approaching machinery on display by contractors. the farm have no contact or link We’ll have a Fonterra milk tanker here to to agriculture or land like we all view; and the farming industry will also be w byn, and Andre did in the past. showcased at various stands set-up.

Ella, 13, Connor, 12, Ro d. Photo: Tracy Hardy. she “A generation ago or two “Sheep get brought in for the day – and McLeod in their milking generations ago, everybody had an if we’re lucky we’ll get some dogs working uncle or family friend with a farm and the kids were shipped off to those sheep as well.” the farm for the school holidays,” says Andrew.

Andrew says three years ago they had 1500 people come to “And it’s just not like that anymore so people don’t have access to their farm open day – but the last few years have been hampered by those rural encounters like we used to.” wet weather. So, in an unusual twist of fate, we have a dairy farmer praying for sunshine. Up to 60 volunteers, including neighbouring So this is part of the reason why Andrew, Robyn and their children farmers and community groups, help run the day and parking is Ella, 13, Connor, 12, open the gates to their farm and show the provided in paddock on the farm. public what farming is all about each year, hosting the Bay of Plenty “A lot of people go to a lot of effort for the day and it is a shame if Free Farm Day on behalf of BOP Federated Farmers. wet weather spoils the party.”

“It’s great for town and urban people to see what goes on, on a And there’s lolly in a haystack and gumboot-throwing and free dairy farm – and farming in general,” says Andrew. colouring competitions, flavoured milk and stickers to keep “We get a lot of bad publicity obviously from various media – and the kids entertained. lots of people are only subjected to the negative slant of the industry.

“People give a lot of good feedback about the day – it’s great “So it’s really good to show people there is a massively positive for kids and a lot of adults who haven’t been to farms either,” side to dairy farming – and what does go on on a farm is not always says Andrew. “We just ask that people wear covered shoes or necessarily what the media is capturing.” gumboots, bring a drink, sunhats or raincoats if it’s wet, and come This Sunday, March 19 – for the and enjoy the day.” eighth year – the BOP Free Farm The Bay of Plenty Free Farm Day is this Sunday, March 19, from Day will be hosted by the McLeods 10am-2pm at the McLeod farm at 1189 Welcome Bay Rd – and will at their Welcome Bay Rd farm from be signposted from both ends of the road.

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Sustainable living on show at events If you’d like to live a more sustainable, healthier life – and just need a nudge in the right direction – there’s five events on this week in Tauranga that could change your way of living.

A produce swap gathering, electric weeder demonstration, estuary clean-up, speakers’ forum, and a market gardening open day are on offer as part of Envirohub’s 2017 Sustainable Backyards calendar.

The produce swapping gathering is on tomorrow, March 18, at 28 Percival Ave, Matua, from 2pm-4pm.

Attendees are welcome to bring excess produce from home and garden to swap, in a local backyard garden, while enjoying a cuppa.

On Monday, March 20 the electric weeder demonstration is from 10am-2pm. To find the location, email: kazelcass@gmail.com or call 021 0332428.

The Waikareao Estuary Clean-up – which will see local school and estuary care groups plus the public clearing rubbish – is on Tuesday, March 21, from 10.30am-2pm at Waikareao Domain, Tauranga.

On Wednesday, March 22, there’s a Small Scale Organic Market Gardening Open Day at 430 Kaitemako Rd, Welcome Bay, from 10am-4pm.

Here will be talk on the opportunities and challenges of organic certification and the running of a sustainable business.

And that night is the Speakers’ Forum on the health of New Zealand’s streams and waterways – with a screening of the Kathleen Gallagher’s documentary ‘Water Whisperers ‘Tangaroa – from 7.30pm-9pm at Baycourt, 38 Durham St, Tauranga. For more information on events, see: envirohub.org.nz

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Work that stands the test of time In business for more than 25 years, Emilio’s Timber know how make great quality products that stand the test of time.

“We’ve been making trellis since 1991,” says Emilio’s Timber’s George Kuttel.

George, his son Emil Kuttel, and his nephew Mike Tervit, who

has been with Emilio’s Timber for 25 years, have put up plenty of good-quality trellises, fences and screening in the Bay of Plenty and beyond.

“We have customers coming back after 10 or 20 years saying: ‘Hey the stuff we got off you last time is still sound, it’s still good’ – and we’re proud of that.”

Servicing mostly in the Bay, Emilio’s Timber has also had jobs

as far as Wellington, Whangarei and Invercargill.

“We do trellis’s and fencing and screening, for privacy, for wind protection, for beautification – whatever you want,” says George.

“The main point of difference we do have is that we make the trellises to order so it’s to the exact sizes people want.”

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Hunters should stick to the basics and ‘be safe’ The approaching ‘roar’ and game bird season will encourage many Bay hunters into the hills and swamps to bag animals.

But hunting associations are issuing a timely reminder to hunters to “be safe”.

New Zealand Deerstalkers’ Association president Bill O’Leary says the number of firearm license applicants nationally has more than doubled in the last decade “and this has increased hunter numbers”.

So the Hunter Safety Inter-agency Committee, chaired by Bill, is reminding hunters to

follow some basic rules. Get a firearm licence, get permission to access and hunt on land, communicate your presence to other hunters – and understand and observe the basic rules of firearm safety.

Bill says most incidents are the result of failure to observe basic rules such as always pointing the firearm in a safe direction.

Unlicensed shooters and illegal hunting are ‘red flags’ and spotlighting has featured too frequently in shooting incidents, says Bill.

“Experienced shooters are not exempt from making mistakes. Bad habits, complacency and deteriorated eyesight have been linked to past incidents.

“Each and every hunter needs to look hard at their own and their mates’ attitudes and conduct and ensure that safety is the most basic of considerations when hunting.”

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“We had employed an international company to research potential names.

“They put forward nine and Zespri was the one that appealed most to the board members.

“It had to be checked to ensure it didn’t mean anything offensive in other languages.”

But events that led to the new brand began much earlier. In 1987 competition between exporters had become intense with undercutting and price bargaining onshore and in the markets.

This coincided with a massive 4.6 million tray crop. The result was a drastic drop in grower returns and confidence.

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now means a lot Those events are well remembered

by Doug Voss, the first chairman of the Zespri Group Ltd in 2000, a position he held until 2003.

“This industry was built on growers’ indomitable spirit, a selfhelp attitude and determination to overcome the odds and save ourselves from what has sometimes seemed like certain death,” says Doug. Without the bold moves taken in the 1990s, including the single point of entry marketing and the Zespri brand, Doug believes the industry would not be in the strong

position it is today.

Today the name-with-no-meaning has done more than gain profile and premiums for the fruit which carries its label. It is associated in the minds of consumers with health, vitality, nutrition, fun and safe food – and they are prepared to pay more for a Zespri kiwifruit than those of its competition.

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Who will be Katikati’s Top team for 2017?

The local fire brigade squad has the bragging rights from last year but there’s a few other groups in town ready to snatch the glory of 2017’s Top Team at Uretara Domain this Sunday.

Yes, Katikati’s Top Team – in similar fashion to the Kiwi television show ‘Top Town’ – is back on March 19 with teams-of-four competing against one another in challenges and obstacles while racing against the clock.

And Mpowa youth worker Melody Bishop says there’s still a last-minute chance to enter a team-of-four in the categories – 14 years and under, 18 years and under, open, and family.

Melody, who has taken over the organising reins, says this year’s event has been tweaked to suit participants and Katikati Volunteer onlookers.

Fire Brigade’s “We’ve established a team won Top family category this year, Team 2016. as families with young ones and adults didn’t really fit into the other categories.”

Feedback from last year’s event also suggested participants wanted the course to be longer “so as a result this year the event starts at 12 noon instead of 1pm to fit in some extra challenges”.

For families, colleagues and friends, Melody

says Top Team is the perfect opportunity to get outside, exercise, spend quality time together and enjoy some healthy competition.

“Several local businesses have supported this event providing some great prizes that are up for grabs.

If you needed another reason to get along to Top Team this Sunday, there will also be food and drink stalls on-site run by local stallholders and community groups.”

There will also be live music from local performers and young ones can enjoy a bouncy castle and entertainment area.

“Whether you’re participating or watching, the Top Team event is a great opportunity to get the whole community together to have some fun,” says Melody.

Katikati’s Top Team is at Uretara Domain this Sunday, March 19, starting 12pm.

Entry is free for the community but don’t forget to bring cash for the food stalls.

Children taking part in last year’s Top Team found some tasks mentally tough as well as physically challenging.

Where can we ride to next?

If you haven’t tried an e-bike – see Len Haller at Anebike. He’s got one of the largest ranges of e-bikes on display anywhere.

Anebike works hard to bring you the best value and latest e-bikes from NZ and around the world.”

Len says three years ago when he had the first Moustache quality mid-drive electric bikes he’d get the comment: ‘Yeah but it’s cheating’. “This was until they tried them themselves and suddenly it’s not about cheating but ‘Where can we ride to next?’

He stocks the Fleetwood MTB-V1.0, features a Shimano Steps Motor – a proven eBike platform with big distance capabilities. “We regard the Fleetwood MTB-V1.0 as the baseline of what a good electric bike should be.

“This is not a toy made of cobbled together parts from China but rather a fully integrated electric bike for absolute riding pleasure,” says Len. “It’s rock solid – it’s capable, reliable, comfortable, balanced and backed with a full two-year warranty in New Zealand, not offshore like so many others.”

Len says being an e-bike specialist, it’s his job to explain, present and demonstrate what an e-bike is and how it works.

“We have the most informative presentation in the business. Try us.

“We know we’re not able to sell everyone a bike, but it won’t stop us trying.”

Mix this with the best range of e-bikes available in NZ, and he’s pretty sure he can help.

From factory-built e-bikes to a customised

set-up, brands include Moustache, NZ’s Fleetwood Electric bikes, NZ’s Hiko e-bikes, as well as Apollo, Merida, Magnum, LaPierre plus more. “And, we have some of the best prices you’ll find.

“That’s what Anebike is all about.”

See www.anebike.co.nz or call Len on 027 787 1577.

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To enter a team, register at: www.katikatiresource.co.nz or call Melody on 0277389233 by today,

March 17. Entry is $5 per person for participants aged 18 and under, or $15 per person aged 18-plus. Merle Foster

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Ditch the carrots and limit the butter?

No longer will Bay residents want to substitute a peeled carrot for a piece of fruit in the lunchbox. And they make think twice about making baking the weekly scones.

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up 51 per cent since The vegetable and dairy product are February 2016,” says among other items which have gone up Matthew. in price, according to Statistic NZ, and “One kilogram of produced the largest annual food carrots cost $3.53 price rise in five years. in February Statistic NZ consumer 2017, compared prices manager with $2.34 a year Matthew ago. “Apple prices also Haigh contributed to the large says movement, up 32 per cent food prices from February last year.” increased 2.2 “However, apple prices in per cent in the Carrot prices are at an February were down 13 per cent year to February all-time high, according from January.”

2017, led by higher to Statistic NZ. Prices for dairy products also prices for fruit and increased. Butter prices were up 33 per cent vegetables, and dairy products.

“This was the largest annual increase since compared with February 2016, and 13 per cent from January 2017.

December 2011,” says Matthew.

“And 500g of the cheapest Higher prices were seen in all sub-groups available butter cost on average – except meat, poultry, and fish, which $4.58 this month, were down two per cent. compared with Fruit and vegetables were up 7.7 per cent $4.06 last month and grocery food was up 2.3 per cent, and $3.45 a year according to Statistic NZ. ago,” says Matthew.

Vegetable prices were up 12 per cent, led Food prices rose 0.2 by higher prices for carrots, kumara, and per cent in the month of tomatoes.

February, compared with a 2.8 per “Carrot prices are at an all-time high,

cent increase in January.

With seasonal adjustment, the cost of food rose 0.8 percent in February 2017.

Matthew says higher prices for fruit and vegetables – up 1.8 per cent – were offset by lower prices for meat, poultry, and fish – down 1.5 per cent.

“Seasonal influences on fruit and vegetable prices are apparent as we move out of summer. “Increases were seen for summer produce, led by strawberries and lettuce, and decreases were seen for end-of-summer produce, led by apples and potatoes.”

Butter prices have jumped 33 per cent in 12 months.

Picturesque surrounds and tasty cuisine Uniting people, great food and fare is the ethos behind The Black Sheep Bar and Grill – Tauranga’s country hot-spot for all dining experiences.

“We’ve got this amazing facility – a huge outdoor area for kids to play and parents to relax, a boardroom, an atrium and an inside restaurant – plus parking galore,” says Black Sheep co-owner Hugh Clavis.

“We couldn’t want for more location-wise, we’re handy to everyone – locals, out-of-towners, travellers – anyone who fancies a stop and a bite to eat.”

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Think brisket benedict for breakfast, Japanese fried chicken tacos for lunch, barbecue pork ribs or venison burgers for dinner – just a few of the tempting choices, alongside a great selection of local wines and craft beers.

“We want everyone coming through our doors to feel welcome, be it for breakfast,

lunch, dinner, a bite after work or morning tea,” says co-owner and chef Dan Moffat.

“We’re family-friendly – let the kids have fun, explore the bush, bring the dog – we’ll happily host special events too.”

With a new winter menu coming soon, plus children’s playground and community events on the cards, it’s a hive of activity at this country mecca.

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An absolute winner on the dinner table Wow, what a few weeks. The 2017 year has started at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology with a mad flurry of activity as the new students arrive.

Great fun, and timely when you consider that my first love where food is concerned will always be seasonal flavour.

With that in mind, this recipe is an absolute winner. New Zealand stone fruit are on the shelves, so now is the time to use them. This recipe is so easy to do and always reminds me of those wonderful cake shops in Paris.

Stone fruit like apricots, cherries, nectarines, peaches and plums are all members of the ‘prunus’ or rose family of trees and shrubs, with none native to New Zealand but originating mostly from Asia and China. Although the groves of wild peaches or ‘Maori peaches’ found growing along North Island rivers may have been planted by the explorer James Cook or early whaling and sealing communities, the first peach orchard in New Zealand was planted by European settlers in about 1840.

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Serves 8 • 1 sweet pastry case, brushed with melted chocolate • 4 peaches, de-stoned and cut into eighths. (Other stone fruit or pip fruit may also be used).

• Almond paste or frangipane: • 225g cold unsalted butter • 225g caster sugar • 175g ground almonds • 50g plain flour • 4 eggs Method Prepare peaches and sprinkle with lemon juice to prevent browning. Cream butter and sugar until almost white. Mix together flour and ground almonds. Add one egg at a time to butter and

sugar mix, sprinkling in a handful of ground almonds and flour at the same time to help the butter and sugar accept the eggs.

Once all the eggs have been added, continue to fold in the remaining almond and flour mixture. Place half of peaches on base of pastry case. Pour over frangipane mixture.

Place remaining peaches on top of mixture in an attractive pattern. Bake at 200 degrees Celsius for about 40 minutes, but check after 30 minutes to see if cooked. For smaller tarts, adjust time accordingly. Once cooled, turn out of tin and glaze with apricot jam, heated with lemon juice, water or alcohol and sieved.

Sweet pastry (Pâté Sucrée) • Makes enough for 1 x 23cm tins • 175g plain flour • 40g icing sugar • 75g softened unsalted butter • Pinch salt • 1 egg yolk • 2 Tbsp water or milk • Seeds of ½ vanilla pod and grated zest of ½ lemon Method Place all of ingredients in the bowl of a food processor and process until it forms a firm dough. Then turn out and knead lightly before placing in a polythene bag and leaving in the fridge for 30 minutes to rest.

Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius and place a solid baking sheet inside as well to preheat. Roll out pastry as thinly as possible and carefully

An edible food highway

There’s only one Sustainable Backyards event in Katikati next week – and it’s a goodie. On Thursday, March 23, people can find out about how the Kati Kaiway was created.

The edible food highway in Katikati’s Gilfillan Reserve was initiated by Katikati Kindergarten, after fitting with the parents’ and teachers’ philosophy of caring for the environment.

The Kati Kaiway Tour event is a chance to meet the coordinators of the project at Katikati Resource Centre, 45 Beach Rd, from 5.30pm-6.30pm.

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line the flan tin. Prick the base with a fork, or use baking beans, and brush all over with beaten egg white. Bake on the baking sheet on the middle shelf for 20 minutes. Once cooled, the pastry case can be brushed with melted chocolate to stop it going soggy from the filling.

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THE BAYLEYS INTERNATIONAL RACE DAY

Galloping back into horse racing history The headlines read: ‘Stakes boosted’.

Robert Silson had announced an extra $3000 to the stakes in the Japan-Bay of Plenty International horse race, making it the third richest 1600m event in New Zealand.

It was big news for Bay of Plenty Racing Club in 1973. Newspapers published the new 1974 stake will be $10,000 plus a $600 silver cup presented by the Japan Racing Association, Tokyo.

It meant the Bay’s racing club had made the third wealthiest 1600m race in NZ after the Wellington Racing Club George Adams ‘Tattersalls’ Handicap and the Auckland Race Day Easter Handicap.

“My uncle did that,” says Tauranga man Peter Silson. He was 22 years old when the Japan-Bay of Plenty International Race began.

And he’s reminiscing more than 40 years on, with the next Japan Cup scheduled as part of Tauranga’s biggest race day of the year on Saturday, March 25.

“There’s only one reciprocal race that’s been going longer than the Japan cup,” says Peter.

“I think that’s between Japan and South America, so this race is pretty special.”

The race, which is now called the Group Two Windsor Park Stud Japan-New Zealand International Trophy, is the feature race in next

weekend’s Bayleys International Race Day. Peter understands his uncle Robert – or ‘Bob’ – visited Japan 12 times back in 1973 to make agreements for the race to go ahead in NZ. “With the Japanese, you’ve got to become friends before you do business.”

Peter says uncle Bob was heavily involved in racing and believed racing was one way of connecting Japan and NZ. So while in Japan on a business trip as part of the NZ Meat Board, he pitched the idea of a reciprocal race to Japanese racing hierarchy.

“He got the idea from a reciprocal race between United States Hollywood Park race course and Japan but they never sent anybody over during the races.

“That’s one thing Bob insisted upon, he said: ‘If this was going to last, we always had to send somebody over’.”

That’s when Air New Zealand came on board with an offer of two seats to Japan on race day.

“And they’re still doing that today,” says Peter.

Then the reigns were handed to Peter. He made his first trip to Japan as vice president of the BOP Racing Club about 12 years ago.

“I went five times as president and in the last three years as president we were invited back to the Japan Cup meeting, which is probably one of the most prestigious races in the world.”

Peter says BOP Racing Club is thought very highly of by the Japan Racing Association.

“We are treated extremely well…because we’ve had that history for so long.”

Gates open 9.30am, The Japan Cup has always been a Group Two with racing starting race with quality horses, says Peter, who’s raced at 12.30pm. For more many horses.

“There’s only been one occasion when I had a information, visit: racingtauranga.co.nz horse that I entered in the Japan Cup. But that year it got rained out and the race cancelled.

Zoe Hunter So we didn’t get to race in the Japan Cup.” But Peter’s always hoping to enter the next one, just not next weekend. “We haven’t got anything up to that quality yet.”

Described as Tauranga’s richest and most glamorous sporting event, the Bayleys International Race Day features a 10-race programme which includes the Group Two Windsor Park Stud Japan-New Zealand International Trophy, the Drymix Cement Bay of Plenty Cup and the Triton Pacific Owens Plate.

Off-track activities include the prestigious Shiseido Fashions in the Field, live music plus free children’s e earlier days reminisces th entertainment.

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We need a city-wide referendum!

Re: ‘The building is perfectly useable’ by Ken Evans and Tauranga Mayor Greg Brownlee’s response (The Weekend Sun, March 10).

A man walked up to me today and said: ‘Congratulations on exposing the Tauranga City Council plans to demolish our administration building’. He said, “as I believe, the administration building is fine and just needs some repairs”.

“You know,” he continued, “this has happened before! TCC said they were going to demolish the Greerton Hall, because it leaked”.

Being a builder he climbed a ladder and quickly found the leak. He told them how to fix it which they did. The Greerton Hall is still standing and working fine!

The councillors at that time and the ones we have today seem to be unable to control their staff who want to smash down everything and spend millions of dollars on new.

It has got to stop.I have written to the Minister of Local Government and plan to hold a city-wide referendum on the issue. K Evans, Tauranga City.

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Re: The Life+Style article ‘Paula’s passion’ (The Weekend Sun, March 3).

Paula Gaelic cited that ‘the lack of support from our council’ made the task of establishing the Katikati Heritage Museum - now Western Bay Museum - more difficult.

How can this be? The Western Bay of Plenty District Council, using ratepayers’ money, supported the museum in the following ways.

Ignoring community opposition it agreed to assist the original purchase of the Katikati Heritage Museum by going guarantor for its mortgage.

When that went belly up, the

council purchased the artefact collection, paid for collation, storage and the manager’s salary.

It allocated and renovated the prime Main St building - the old fire station for the museum for which they now pay $10 per year peppercorn rental.

The council has also agreed to provide grants of $60,000 per year for three years and agreed to capital expenditure of $75,000 for museum furniture.

Considering all this support and the fact that all ratepayers in the Western BOP are making an annual contribution through their rates to this project - Katikati Ward are paying 50 per cent ($7.25 per household) and the other 50 per cent is paid by the rest of the Western Bay including Te Puke and Maketu as part of their general rating charges.

I would suggest Paula and her group of supporters reshape their thinking and express some gratitude to the ratepayers, who were constantly told the museum would never be a charge on their rates. Yeah, right.

W Rains, Katikati.

New partnership looks for better public transport outcomes A new local authority partnership led by Bay of Plenty Regional Council is looking to make public transport play a bigger role by ensuring Tauranga’s wider transport plans and investment during the next 30 years is directed to help achieve this outcome.

The Public Transport Committee is a partnership between Bay of Plenty Regional Council – which funds and delivers public transport and other local transport partners – and the New Zealand Transport Agency, Tauranga City Council, Rotorua Lakes Council and Western Bay of Plenty District Council.

This group, which contribute to the $13 million invested annually into public transport, will look at how the Western Bay of Plenty Public Transport Blueprint project and the Tauranga Programme Business Case can be better aligned to ensure funding is maximised to achieve better public transport use.

And those involved hope this will help to reduce the region’s growing congestion and safety issues.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s Public Transport chair Lyall Thurston says although the partners have over the years worked together, the blueprint project and the Tauranga Programme Business Case are

significant pieces of the long-term transport vision, which enables greater collaboration between the partners and their local community to ensure they deliver sustainable public transport and wider transport results regardless of their operational boundaries.

“The regional council contributes a significant portion of the investment to deliver public transport, about $10 million annually, with support from the NZTA and local authorities providing a small but important portion towards infrastructures such as bus shelters and bus stops,” says Lyall.

“We know public transport is one component to solving the significant issues we are experiencing with congestion and safety and with further growth expected during the next 30 years, this issue will worsen if some work is not done now.”

Lyall says elected officials from the three councils will also engage with the local community to ensure their feedback is considered.

He says the regional council’s blueprint project will look to inform how our public transport service will be delivered in Tauranga and the Western BOP under the new service contracts to commence in mid-2018, during the next nine years.

“Public transport is not just the buses that are on the roads, but it also encompasses the school bus service in Tauranga, which we took responsibility for funding and delivering two years ago from the Ministry of Education, and other services vital for the inclusion of all members of our community such as the Total Mobility scheme and the SuperGold Card scheme,” says Lyall.

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Uniquely unfair for innocent Kiwis

For example, a 40-year working life apportionment basis. The current position is particularly infuriating to more than 80,000 Kiwis who spent part of their working lives overseas, retired back to NZ yet cannot receive any NZ Superannuation payments because of the direct deduction policy applied to their personally contributed overseas pension programmes. Paradoxically, this does not apply to Kiwis still living overseas.

It is uniquely unfair and penalises innocent Kiwis.

Let’s rectify this anomaly immediately along with the immigrant entitlement fiasco.

R Paterson, Mount Maunganui.

Prime Minister Bill English must have a political death wish with his proposal to extend the New Zealand Superannuation age to 67 by 2037. It’s certainly the correct approach based on increased longevity and affordability but why raise the eligibility age issue in election year? Particularly when he concedes there is no prospect of passing legislation to implement it. ‘Daft’ and ‘delusional’ are words that spring to mind. Even although the Labour Party entitlement policy was also 67 years, they are back peddling furiously.

Let’s now look at the position of immigrants to NZ – they should not qualify for NZ Superannuation until they have permanently resided in NZ for at least 20 years and then only on the basis of the proportionality factor.

It is a problem of the young When I left school in the 1950s, I paid one shilling and sixpence in the Social security Tax. Former New Zealand politician Arnold Nordmeyer put that into the Consolidated Fund and we are still paying it. People are living, working and contributing longer, and a larger population means the Universal Super is affordable. Doom and gloom makes news, history and facts are ignored.

At 80 years, I’ve been paying 7.5 per cent of my earnings for 64 years.

Younger people, without jobs, breeding unemployables, on the many benefits

available from social welfare, are overburdening the system without contributing. It is not a problem of the ages, it is a problem of the young!

Please study the history and show me where I am wrong.

D Hardie, Paengaroa.

The answer to the pension problem The answer to the pension problem isn’t to raise the retirement age, the answer is as simple and as obvious as Peter Dunne’s hair.

Reinstate the contributory compulsory pension plan labour introduced in the 1970s, which then-Prime Minister Robert Muldoon bribed the NZ workforce out.

Further, the Government should stop misappropriating the current pension

contributions of the workforce and invest them in the Cullen fund where they should be going right now and backdate investing all those misappropriated funds of the last eight years.

For Goodness sake, it’s hard enough to get a job right now at 45. Who the hell is going to employ a 65-year-old looking for work in 25 years’ time.

A Bourne, Bethlehem.

Let’s turn the first sod!

It is good see the NZTA has finally seen sense and decided to add a bypass for Katikati to their State Highway 2 Waihi to Tauranga programme.

A very swift back pedal, which looks likely to have been prompted by 2017 being an General Election year, but a very positive one at that.

Now let’s hope it doesn’t get stuck in NZTA’s slow wheels of bureaucracy. The community believes the land is purchased and route is designated from the last time it nearly made it over the line. So let’s get the first sod turned.

K Morland, Katikati.

Should parks be given up for supermarket?

Why is the city cosying up to the grocery conglomerates? Why are ratepayers paving the way for Foodstuffs and Progressive Enterprises to get into Welcome Bay? I thought city councils were in the business of libraries, rubbish disposal, sewage disposal, water reticulation, bus services and the like.

But supermarkets? Why is Tauranga City Council sorting a site for a supermarket in Welcome Bay? I trust the council’s time, resource and effort is being charged out at a fat market rate for the benefit of the ratepayer.

Does Welcome Bay want or need a supermarket? Let Progressive and Foodstuffs find out, let them pay for the process – it’s to their commercial advantage.

The council’s looking at converting some of our open

spaces, our playing fields, our reserves and parks into shopping aisles because, apparently, there isn’t a big enough and appropriate private site to accommodate a supermarket. Why is the council bending over here?

And would the council sell the park or reserve, would it lease the land? Would it be gifted? This ratepayer would want to know, if a supermarket scored some prime ratepayer property on the fringe of the Welcome Bay commercial precinct, that the ratepayer would be the winner that the supermarkets stump up with another piece of developed recreational land ready for us to enjoy. Then what other ratepayer assets may be sacrificed in the interests of big business?

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Wedding in the spotlight A Tauranga theatre company is set to put the Wedding of the Century in the spotlight in its first show of the season.

On March 22 to April 8, Detour Theatre stages the story of a 99-year-old Rest in Peace Resthome resident nun who wants to wed on her 100th birthday.

Nine actors take the stage led by Susi Jansen, playing Sister Dorothy – the 99-year-old nun at the centre of the madcap comedy.

Kim Williamson is 80-year-old Nelly, who’s moved on from bucket lists to bottle lists and drinks her way through an entire liquor store.

Jane McKenna is Phyllis, the 80-year-old former nurse, who is trigger happy with the defibrillator.

Fifteen-year-old Georgia Thorne relishes the role of quirky teenager Jessica, who has a passion for fireworks and a plentiful supply of cheerful predictions of the seniors’ imminent deaths.

“There’s a horrible stereotype of seniors who are placid and dull – the seniors we know are not at all like that,” says director Devon Williamson.

“We’ve set out to produce a play that shows high-spirited, fun-loving and empowered seniors.

“They have their fair share of struggles with ageing, but they’re not letting it get in the way of living their lives to the max.”

The Wedding of the Century is at Detour Theatre from March 22 to April 8.

Bookings are available online at www.iticket.co.nz, by phoning 0508 iTICKET or at the Tauranga i-SITE on Willow St. Information on the Detour Theatre Trust can be found at www.detour.co.nz

Mother Pat is not impressed with Sister Dorothy’s wedding plans.

Photo: Wendy Dillon, Ambient Photography.

Orchestra gives more than music Opus Orchestra is touring with Kiwi cello prodigy Matthias Balzat. Fresh off the competition circuit, Matthias took top honours as grand winner of the hotly-contested 50th National Concerto Competition.

development – you can’t observe technique or emotion on a recording – and Opus offers free tickets to school-age children.”

With three new Tauranga sponsors backing Opus, including TECT and Legacy Trust, the orchestra is saying ‘thank you’ by giving back to the community.

Parents, caregivers and teachers of students involved in classical This adds to his already-impressive music are eligible for free tickets. list of prestigious awards, including Additionally, Opus offers a free winning the inaugural 2016 Wallace ticket to drivers of audience International Cello Competition. members no longer able to transport Opus music director Peter Walls themselves. is thrilled Matthias won. “He has Peter says the April programme been part of the Opus family for is designed as a Russian view of several years, so it’s wonderful to classical music, including Prokofiev’s celebrate his success by featuring popular ‘Classical Symphony’.

Matthias Balzat. him as soloist. “Matti has a fine solo “Matthias will perform an career ahead of him.” audience favourite in Tchaikovsky’s Matthias’ talent showed early, and he gained entry beautifully crafted ‘Variations on a Rococo Theme’. to Waikato University at just 14 years old. His youth The Tauranga performance is at Baycourt makes him the perfect inspiration to instrumental Community and Arts Centre on Saturday, April 1, at students, says Peter.

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Bonnie and Blind Boy – no complaints there

There is one complaint I hear more frequently than all others.

Scott, Craig Parker and Oliver Driver alternating as the narrator, directed by Simon Prast...that’s a real who’s who of New Zealand theatre!

It’s hard to believe it was way back in 2002. Since then Grant has backed Richard on television and stage, forming a firm bond with the mercurial star. Just another little Tauranga success story I wanted to share...

About music that is. If we threw it open to any sort of complaint I wouldn’t know where to start. But the musical complaints are relatively predictable and unchanging.

There are complaints about venues – sound, size, price, lack thereof.

Complaints about events – sound, size, price, Coming soon... organisational deficiencies. And quite regularly, dear Okay. On to upcoming events and I fear that readers, you will be concerned to hear – complaints tangent was too long to now do them justice. Still, about audiences. (In case you want to know, as I said, the main thing is to let you know they’re you are either too loud, too quiet, or too cheap to happening; you are clearly smart people who don’t pay cover charges!) mind the occasional long word and have mastered But, standing high above those minor niggles is the art of a quick Google. one overarching source of frustration: not knowing Bonnie Raitt is coming to The Civic Theatre in that things are happening until it’s too late. That Auckland on Saturday, April 1. Her album from applies equally to national last year ‘Dig In Deep’ was impressive, she has a stuff and local shows. sensational four-piece band and And I too must confess, she’s, well she’s Bonnie despite the army of highlyRaitt, monster guitarist, trained undercover felines heartfelt singer and, in constantly monitoring news my eyes, legend. and entertainment feeds I’ve dug Bonnie Raitt’s from the 24-hour satellite music since I was a wee coverage here at the Watusi Watusi, her early blues Country Club (think of it stuff in particular. After as the Mar-a-Lago of the all, this was a young Southern Hemisphere), woman who sought out there are still artists lessons from Mississippi slipping in and out of Fred McDowell and the country before even other greats, a woman who Bonnie Ra registering on the radar. is as good a slide player as itt.

So this week I want to anyone today. let you know about two upcoming events I had assumed everyone in Auckland. knew she was performing but three people I spoke to last weekend A rocky tangent didn’t. Hence the plug.

First though, I was chatting More obscure, and genuinely on recently about Richard O’Brien’s the blues train, is Jerron ‘Blind Frock ‘n’ Roll extravaganza next Boy’ Paxton, who’s coming to the week (as seen on The Weekend Tuning Fork, the bar next to Vector Sun’s front page) and a friend Arena, the following week on mentioned the rather cool Thursday, April 6. Paxton is big, musical partnership that has 130kg, black, Jewish, 28 years old built up between Mr O’B and Jerron ‘Blind Boy’ Paxton. and – no surprises here – legally the show’s remarkable keyboard blind. More importantly, he sings player, Tauranga native Grant Winterburn. and plays the banjo, guitar, piano, fiddle, harmonica,9! $9 I won’t go on about Grant, as I assume many of Cajun accordion, and theebones. r. Tickets only m m su r e v o hts you know him. Decades ago, as a schoolboyee His speciality is music from the 1920s, not just blues nd flig kehe W here cleaned up with awards at the youth band section of but like a songster such as Mance Lipscomb, a mix of the National Jazz Festival while playing wild Deep ragtime, hokum, French reels, Appalachian mountain Purple-like rock in bars with Hit ‘n’ Run. music and more. But beyond that he approaches his But what surprised me is that it’s now 15 years since material like John Fahey or Kelly Joe Phelps would, Grant was musical director for ‘The Rocky Horror creating long dramatic modern improvisations while Show’ in Auckland. I’d forgotten what a prestigious retaining an evocative old time vibe.

Kiwi show it was: Joel Tobeck as Frank, Michael He really is something special.

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Public invited to view new Legacy gardens Legacy Funerals is expanding its already distinctive range of venue options, with Legacy Gardens about to open in Papamoa.

million has been gifted back to the local community, with a large and diverse number of community groups and organisations benefitting.

Legacy Trust is the owner of Legacy Funerals and the trust’s generosity is only possible because of the choice families make in using Legacy Funerals – profits from the business are distributed by the Trust.

To enquire about the use of Legacy Gardens, or to meet with a staff member for pre-planning advice and information, call 07)5434780 or email: office@legacyfunerals.co.nz.

The new venue includes a memorial garden, a 200-seat funeral chapel plus smaller room options, a catering lounge and on-site parking.

It will also offer something new for Western Bay of Plenty – a columbarium. This is a respectful place, which loved ones can visit, where urns holding cremated remains are stored.

The design of Legacy Gardens has included a focus on beautiful places for reflection and remembrance.

Everything Legacy Gardens has to offer can be viewed at a public Open Day tomorrow, March 18, at the site on the corner of Ashley Place and Te Okuroa Drive, Papamoa.

Legacy director Kevin Wearne says Legacy Gardens is an asset for the community.

“We are delighted to be able to not only use Legacy profits for the good of the community, but also to invest in infrastructure, such as this, for the good of the community too.”

Legacy Trust celebrates its Papamoa Surf Lifesaving Club is one of many organisations to benefit 10th anniversary this year. from Legacy gifting. Legacy’s Annie Innes, with Papamoa Surf Lifesaving During those years $2.4 Club chairman Andrew Hitchfield and head coach Matt Cairns.

Madcap, mile-aminute comedy Tauranga’s 16th Ave Theatre is bringing a madcap, milea-minute, laugh-out-loud adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous ‘Sherlock Holmes’ iconic detective series to the stage.

Written by Stephen Canny and John Nicholson, ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ stages the story of a mysterious curse that’s threatened the Baskerville family name.

Only the brilliant detective Sherlock Homes and his plucky sidekick Dr Watson can solve the case.

The Weekend Sun has three double passes to give away to one lucky reader who can tell us what detective series ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ is adapted from?

Enter online at www.sunlive. co.nz under the competition section. Entries must be received

by Wednesday, March 22.

GIGGUIDE & ENTERTAINMENT

Greer’s Gastro Bar Sunday 19 – Waylon McPherson 5.30-8.30pm.

Solo acoustic guitar and vocals. Easy listening and popular covers.

The Crown and Badger Friday 17 – St Pats Day. Blistered Finger 12pm.

Shabang 9pm – late.

Saturday 18 – Raw Deal – 9pm till late.

Sunday 19 – The Whittakers 2-5pm.

The Matua Friday 17 – St Patrick’s Day Celebrations. Live Irish music with the original (Blarney Boys) Robbie Laven and Andy Craw 5-8pm.

Wednesday 22 – “A taste of your music”. Come along with chord sheets and sing with the band.

7.30pm start.

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Uplifting beauty of sound An award-winning Auckland ensemble comprising of five leading early music exponents are making their way to Tauranga next month.

in the Auckland Fringe Festival twice, and both times won the Best Musical Production award.

“Affetto has quickly become known for innovative and uplifting programming, beauty of sound and for bringing forgotten music to life in new ways.”

Tauranga Musica and TrustPower are proud to present Auckland’s Affetto at Tauranga Park Auditorium on Pyes Pa Rd, on Sunday, April 2, from 4pm.

Tickets cost $32 for adults, $10 for U19’s or free if accompanying an adult ticket-holder.

Tickets are available from Tauranga Musica, 385 Oceanbeach Rd, Mount Maunganui, or: www.tgamusica.co.nz Or at the door.

Tauranga Musica in association with TrustPower is hosting Affetto at Tauranga Park Auditorium in Pyes Pa on Sunday, April 2.

Formed in 2010, Affetto are Jayne Tankersley, soprano, Peter Reid, cornetto muto and baroque trumpet, Polly Sussex, viola da gamba, Philip Griffin, theorbo, and Rachel GriffithHughes, harpsichord and organ.

“The combination of soprano, harpsichord, cornetto, viola da gamba and theorbo provides an engaging range of sound colours and allows for flexibility of interpretation,” Auckland ensemble Affetto is Polly Sussex, Rachael Griffiths-Hughes, says Tauranga Musica Jayne Tankersley, Philip Griffin and Peter Reid. Photo: Affetto/Facebook. spokesman Barry Ward.

The Weekend Sun has two double passes to The programme for Affetto’s upcoming concert features Verde give away to two lucky readers who can name Antigua, Cantigas and Cargona from the 16th and 17th Century, the venue where Affetto is performing on April 2? with music from Madura, Marin, Strozzi, Merula, Ortiz, Monteverdi Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competition section. and selections from the group’s new CD. All entries must be received by Wednesday, March 22.

Barry says among their many accolades, Affetto has participated

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Discover the world of the honey bee Are you looking for an all-age, all-weather attraction not far from your doorstep?

If so, why not take a ‘Discover the World of the Honey Bee Guided Tour’ at Experience Comvita.

Share the inspiring story of Comvita’s founding partners. Explore the healing power of nature through New Zealand’s native plants, including nature’s first aid kit – Manuka.

See the world through the eyes of a honey bee and learn how they share the gifts of nature with us. In the hive, immerse yourself in their extraordinary world.

Guided tours are run daily where guests discover the amazing world of the honey bee and the healing power of nature. The tour now includes

March madness sale for good

are like new – from size eight to 20 – plus there will be a fabulous range of scarves, shoes and jewellery.

All proceeds from the sale go to the Turning Point Trust, which is a mental health and addiction service provider in Tauranga.

Discover the world of honey bees with Experience Comvita’s guided tours.

A day out for families and their four-legged friends For a family and furry-friendly day out this weekend, head along to Wharepai Domain tomorrow, March 18, from 10am-2pm.

Tauranga SPCA’s Pet and Family Fun Day is a great place to get some tips and tricks for a happier, healthier pet.

With pet products, face painting, bouncy castles, ice cream, advice from the SPCA team, pets for adoption and more, the day is a great way to get out and get amongst it.

Dogs on leads are welcome, and the Police will be putting on a Police dog demonstration.

The SPCA Pet and Family Fun Day is on March 18 from 10am-2pm at Wharepai Domain, corner Cameron Rd and Hamilton St, Tauranga. Entry is a gold coin donation.

For more information, see: www.taurangaspca.co.nz

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From 9am to 12 noon on March 17 a huge selection of women’s pre-loved clothing will be on sale. All garments

Comvita’s Virtual Reality experience, ‘Manuka Honey Heartland’.

Guests can complement their visit to Experience Comvita in the retail store, which offers a full range of natural health and wellness products to taste, sample and purchase.

Also on-site Café Restore provides delicious fresh made food, smoothies and juices as well as organic, fair trade coffee and tea.

Visit Comvita today at 23 Wilson Rd South, off State Highway 33, Paengaroa, Te Puke. Phone 0800 BEES BEES, email: experience@comvita.com Or visit: www.experiencecomvita.com

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JULIE’S

Friday 17 March

Greerton Indoor Bowling Club Club

night, subs due & aggregate starts.

Tauranga City Silver Band Hall, Yatton St. Names in by 7.15pm. Sally 571 8914 St Patrick’s Friday Fun Night At Baywave Aquatic & Leisure Centre 6-8pm. $6 entry. Games, music, hydroslide & more.

Saturday 18 March

30th Annual Book Sale Tauranga Rotary

Club held April 15, 16 & 17 at Seeka Coolstore, Totara St, Mount. Donations of books, records, CDs, DVDs, jigsaws & sheet music needed. Deliver to: Caltex Welcome Bay, Bayfair, Greerton, Katikati.

Z Energy 11th Ave, Hewletts Rd & Bethlehem. Or Ross 544 0817

Bay Network Singles Social Club

Friendship group of people aged 55+ who wish to make new friends & enjoy club activities, dining, shows, trips, bbq’s etc.

Mary-Anne 027 207 1690 or 576 9988 Car Boot Sale Greerton Village School, Greerton Road 7.30am - 12pm. Cost $5 per site. Shirley 577 1116 or 0274 146 040 Come Dancing Te Puke Te Puke Scottish Society’s, St Patrick’s Dance (green theme) March 18, Te Puke Warm Memorial Hall 7.30pm. Enjoy the company of like minded people with a love of dancing.

Live band, great company & supper. Door charge $7. Valerie 573 7093 Fergie Fundraiser Las Vegas style games & entertainment at Otumoetai Sports & Recreation Club, Fergusson Park, Matua 7pm. Prizes/auction 9.30pm. Cost $25pp entry. Limited to 120 tickets. Richard 027 433 7675 email: richard.kluit@eves.co.nz Friendship Force International Friendship & Home Hosting exchanges with other clubs worldwide. Barbara 574 5711 or email: regclothier@gmail.com www. thefriendshipforce.org Kids Gone Fishing Day April 1 9.30am 1pm with prizegiving at 1.15pm Tauranga Bridge Marina (Mount side). Free sausage sizzle, bait provided, spot prizes. Pre-register for this event by downloading a form www. tayt.org.nz - registrations will be open at 9am. Brought to you by Blue Light.

Garage Sale - Fundraiser 2 Chester St, Tauranga (off Cambridge Rd) 8am 12pm. All proceeds to Tuakana n Teina Youth Leadership Group.

Legacy Gardens Open Day Open to public at the site on the corner of Ashley Place & Te Okuroa Drive, Papamoa 10am - 2pm.

Monster Garage Sale At Papamoa Family Services, 35e Hartford Ave, opp the park 8am. Clothing toys, bric-a-brac, sausage sizzle & more.

Naram & SK Simeon Australasia’s hottest reggae dancehall act, with support from Red Robin (Te Mata), Rise & Shine Rockers (Tauranga) at Papamoa Beach Tavern 8pm - 1am. Free entry.

Narcotics Anonymous Open meetings every Sat 7.30-8.30pm & every Sun 7-8pm, Hanmer Clinic, 1235 Cameron Rd, Greerton. Every Mon 7-8pm & Fri 7.30-8.30pm, Hillier Centre. 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui. Women’s Meeting every Tues 10.30-11.30am Downstairs Hall, Salvation Army Recovery Church, 375 Cameron Rd. If using drugs is causing you problems, maybe we can help.

0800 NA TODAY Papamoa Cruisers Slow bikers only.

Papamoa McDonald’s to share transport or have your bike transported. 1.30pm start ride from Maxwell’s Rd Daisy Hard-

wick entrance. Ride around Waikareao Estuary. Watch this space or ph Iain 027 572 2987 about mobility scooter & biking cruises.

Petanque @ Club Mt Maunganui Sat & Sun - coaching & competitive play 1pm.

Equip available, all levels welcome. Jo Ann 578 3606 Sabbath Service Every Sat 10.30am Bible discussion adults & children. 11.45am share blessings/ singing/sermon Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Mt Maunganui. 576 0435 or 021 0778 214

Tauranga Indoor Radio Control Car Club

Race day, Mount Sports Centre, track set up from 8am, practice starts 11am approx.

Have a look & maybe pick up a new hobby. www.tirccc.co.nz Tauranga Races March 25 - Bayleys International Raceday, featuring the Group 2 Windsor Park Stud Japan NZ International Trophy & Shiseido Fashions in the Field. Tauranga Racecourse, Greerton 12-6.15pm. Adult General Admission (18+) $10, children under 18 years free.

Te Puna School Country Fair Te Puna School 9am – 2pm. Stalls include coconut shy, plate smash, rifle range, cakes & more. Hangi by pre-order or buy it on the day. Helicopter ping-pong drop 1.30pm – you could win a free helicopter ride!

Facebook Te Puna School Country Fair or email: pta@tepuna.school.nz Te Puke Community Market Jubilee Park 9am - 1pm. Monique 027 356 9545 The Lizard Market Omokoroa Settler’s Hall, Omokoroa Rd 9am - 1pm. Lots of different stalls. Free admission.

The Rusty Mannequin Sale Historic Village 9am – 12pm. Fabulous range of preloved women’s clothing in excellent condition. Scarves, jewellery, shoes & handbags. Cash only.

Trustpower Photographic Exhibition

Until April 9 at The Strand, Downtown Tauranga. Large scale exhibition showcasing our people & places. Free entry.

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

Sunday 19 March

A Course in Miracles Spirited discus-

sion on practical application of Miracle principles at Backbenches Room, Grindz Cafe, 50 First Ave. Free non demoninational teaching. 12pm coffee & chat. 1pm discussion.

Bay Bible Fellowship/Lord’s Day Worship & communion service at Welcome Bay Primary School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Rd 10am. Exposition of 1 & 2 Peter “How rebirth takes place.” Pastor Lincoln Forlong. www.bbf.net.nz Bethlehem Lions Market Held 1st & 3rd Sun of month at Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga 8am - 12pm. Stallholders - booking a carpark site is essential. Email Alf hvm@lionsclubs.org.nz Bible Seminars Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St 1.45pm.

Title: “The Way to Life Series - #5 Old Testament Prophecies about Jesus.”

Interactive, Q&A. Refreshments provided. Vic 543 0504 BOP Rose Society AGM at 39 Montego Drive, Papamoa 1.30pm.

Speaker: Kevin Dowdle - “The importance of fertilising & spraying roses.” Fern 575 2857

Carmel Country Estate Retirement Village Open day at 11 Hollister Lane,

Ohauiti 10am - 4pm. www.carmel.co.nz Club Mt Maunganui Bingo every first & third Sunday of month.

Good prizes. 575 4886 Croquet Every Sun, Tues, Fri at Tauranga Domain, Cameron Rd 12.45pm. Beginners welcome. Peter 571 0633

Czech & Slovak Club Tauranga

Czech School & Playgroup at Tauranga Boys’ College, Devonport Rd 10am 12noon. Guests welcome. https://www. csclubtauranga.nz/en/ Free Farm Day Andrew & Robyn McLeod’s Dairy Farm, 1189 Welcome Bay Rd, Papamoa. Farm talks & demonstrations, sheep shearing, petting area & more all for free.

Healing Yin Yoga Mount Yoga Studio 9-11am. Papamoa Community Centre 5.30-7.30pm $35. Stella 021 024 96390 www.stellayoga.co.nz Maketu Market Every 3rd & 5th Sunday at Maketu Village Green 8am - 12pm.

Stall holders, ph Pat 533 5687 Old Time Music Makers Club Every 3rd Sunday at Welcome Bay Hall 1-4pm. $3 entry & ladies a plate please.

Quakers in Tauranga In hall behind Brain Watkins House, cnr Elizabeth St/ Cameron Rd 10am for an hour of mainly silent worship followed by tea/coffee & talk. 544 0448 www.quaker.org.nz Radio Controlled Model Yachts Meet Sun 1.30pm & Thurs 5.30pm at pond behind 24 Montego Drive, Papamoa to sail Electron & similar 3ft long yachts, for fun. Graham 572 5419 Sunday Ladies Squash Mount Squash Centre, 51 Miro St 4.30-6pm. Open to all, non-members $2. Racquets available, bring non-marking shoes. Suitable for beginners. Kelly 027 227 9525 Tauranga Crohns & Colitis New support group - first meeting today at Fergusson Park, Tauranga 12.30-3pm. Bring a picnic or BBQ available. Bring the family. Email: bop@crohnsandcolitis.org.nz

Tauranga Friendship & Social Club

Walks, dinners & outings for over 50’s.

Barbara 544 7461 Tauranga Spiritual Society Inc Senior Citizen’s Hall, 14 Norris St. Doors open 6.30pm for 7pm. Speaker: Terry Keillor “Hypnotherapy – Past Life Regression.”

Members $3, non $5. Raffle available $2.

Free healing & cuppa. 022 0670 467

Tauranga Underwater Hockey Club

Every Sunday of school term as well as last Sunday of school holidays at Baywave.

Beginners 5-6.15pm. Experienced 6-7.45pm. Loan equipment available. Ken 533 2005 or 0210 274 4626 Tauranga Writers Workshop “Yes, we do judge a book by its cover” Alzheimer’s Society House, 116 13th Ave 2-4pm. Exploring cover design, both DIY & fee-paid as self-publishers in this Year of the Authorpreneur. $5 (or gold coin for members). 022 053 4868 or taurangawritersnz@gmail.com The Psychic Cafe Large group of spiritual, psychic & healing practitioners to meet & greet, cafe style. Greerton Community Hall, doors open 6.45pm for 7pm. Door fee $10, everything else free.

578 7205 or www.psychiccafe.nz

Trustpower TECT Rescue Helicopter

Open day at Tauranga Hospital, Cameron Rd, Tauranga 10am - 2pm. Live demos by emergency services. Meet the rescue crew.

Win a flight in a chopper. Free admission.

Monday 20 March

40th Anniversary of CAB in Tauranga

Calling all members/volunteers of Citizen’s Advice Bureau Tauranga.

We are celebrating 40 years of CAB in Tauranga. Email Kim, manager. tauranga@cab.org.nz to be involved.

Achieve Toastmasters Keep speaking, keep helping, keep succeeding. 1st, 3rd & 5th Monday of month at St Stephen’s Church Hall, Brookfield, Tauranga 7.309.30pm. Craig 027 587 5115 Beginner Salsa Lessons Presented by Bay Salsa at Studio 162, 162 Durham St 6.30pm. Walk in classes. www.baysalsa.co.nz 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. All classes 9.15-10.15am.

Dianne 576 5031 or 027 431 4326 Bowls Every Mon at Bethlehem Hall, Main Highway 7.15pm. First 3 nights free. Wendy 578 2585 Chess Mount Maunganui Mount RSA Chess Club every Mon at Mount RSA, 544 Maunganui Rd. Early programme 6-7.30pm during school term. Late programme 7.30pm onwards. Standard chess rules. Incl casual games. Noel 579 5412 Civic Choir Tauranga Practice every Monday at Wesley Church, 13th Ave, Tauranga 7.30pm. www.taurangacivicchoir.org.nz Heather 575 9092 Come Dancing Monday Nights St Pats Hall, Beatty Ave, Te Puke 7-8.30pm. $3pp. Robert 573 8639 Concert Mount Senior Citizen’s, 345 Maunganui Rd 1.30pm. Entertainment Helen & Group followed by afternoon tea. $3 door.

Dancing Every Mon & Weds at Senior Citizen’s Hall, Norris St 7pm. Modern, waltzes, tango, quicksteps & more. $3pp.

543 9125 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 in Bellevue

Every Mon 10am & Weds 7.30pm.

Find peace & the joy of life. Stop those thoughts. Enjoy good health & better quality of sleep. David/Trisha 570 1204 Friends of the Library Greerton Library Group 10.30am. New group – all welcome. Jenny 543 4760 Genealogy Friendly Group Meet in the Mako Room, Papamoa Community Centre 1.30-3.30pm. Assistance offered to anyone with an interest in researching their family history. Daphne 575 4674 Greerton Every Girls Rally Meet Mon fortnightly during school terms at Greerton Bible Church, cnr Oropi & Chadwick Rds, Tauranga 4-6pm. Open to all girls ages 7 years upwards. Mary 571 0061 Line Dancing Every Mon at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave 6-8pm. Every Weds at Arataki Community Hall, Zambuk Way, Bayfair 12-2pm. Every Thurs at Matua Hall, Levers Rd 1-3pm. Pat 544 2574 Mah Jong Every Mon at Tauranga South Bowling Club, 11th Ave 12.45-4pm. Visitors & beginners welcome. Free teaching available. Shirley 576 0014

Melanie McKenzie - “Landing Places”

Art Exhibition until 9 April at The Art Lounge, 32 Devonport Rd, Tauranga.

Open Mon - Fri 11am - 5pm, Sat 11am 4pm. Free entry.

Mount Chess Club Every Mon at Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui 1-4pm. The only place you can play standard length chess in Tauranga. $3 a session. Sets, boards, clocks & refreshments provided. Bob/Vic 575 5845 or 0274 786 282 Mt Maunganui Bridge Club Every Mon 12.45-4.15pm, with junior & novice sessions 7-9.15pm. Weds 7-10.15pm. Thurs 10.45am - 2.15pm (bring your lunch). Fri 12.45-4.15pm. 60 Golf Rd. $3 members $5 visitors. Anne 572 5522

Omokoroa Beach Indoor Bowling Club

Settlers Hall, Omokoroa Rd Mon 1.30pm & Tues 7.30pm. Cost $3. Anne 548 1636 Otumoetai Indoor Bowls Box Drawn Triples, Matua Primary School Hall, Clivedene St 7.15pm. New members welcome. Karen 576 0443 Piloga Classes Fusion of Pilates & yoga movements. Every Mon & Fri at Arataki Community Centre 10.15-11.30am. $15 per class.

Plunket Car Seat Clinic Mon & Thurs at 471 Devonport Rd, Tauranga 10am - 2pm. Car seats checked & fitted by qualified Child Restraint Technicians.

No appointment necessary. Donation appreciated. 578 7813 Recycled Teenagers Gentle exercise for 50’s forwards, & injury or illness rehabilitation. Morning teas & educational talks optional. For men & women. Mon & Weds, 14 Norris St, Tauranga Senior Citizens Club. Tues at St Mary’s Church Hall, Girven Rd. 9 - 10.30am. First class free. Jennifer 571 1411 Ryukyu Kempo Karate Every Mon & Weds at Levers Rd Hall, Matua 6.30-8pm.

Age 10 & up, families welcome. Marty 027 405 1468 Silver Singers Choir Tenor & base voices needed desperately for their 30 voice choir. Practices every Mon in St Stephen’s Chapel, Brookfield Tce, Otumoetai 1pm.

Pat 579 1036 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. Margaret 571 3483 or 021 0817 0350 or marg.rus@gmail.com Tauranga Rock n Roll Club Inc Club night every Mon at Tauranga RSA, Cameron Rd, Greerton 8pm. Relaxed, social evening of dancing. Members $3, nonmembers $5. Visitors welcome. Check the Facebook pages. Trina 575 7461 a/hs Tauranga RSA Women’s Section AGM today at Tauranga RSA, 1237 Cameron Rd, Tauranga 1.30pm.

Maxine 577 9112

Tauranga Scottish Country Dance Club Beginners class at St John’s

Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd 6.308.30pm. Sarah 579 0123 Tauranga Theatre Organ Soc Baycourt 1pm to hear & play the Mighty Wurlitzer.

552 0243 Welcome Bay Painters Group Every Monday at Lighthouse Church Hall, Welcome Bay Rd 9.30am – 12.30pm.

Dennis 544 6451 Women’s Art Group Every Mon at Lyceum Club Rooms, 68 1st Ave 9am 12pm. Margaret 543 3244

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Tues at Tauranga Boys’ College Gym. Juniors 6-7.30pm (term time), seniors (adults) 7.30-9.30pm. Adults $7 per night casual, student $5 per night casual. Delwyn 027 212 4720 Alcoholics Anonymous Every Tues at St Peter’s Church Hall, 11 Victoria Rd, Mount 7.30-8.30pm. 0800 229 6757

Altrusa Women’s Community Service

2nd Tues evening for dinner/ business. 4th Tues for social evening monthly. Email: president.tauranga@altrusa.org.nz Cards 500 Every Tues & Thurs at Mount Senior Citizen’s, 345 Maunganui Rd 12.45pm.

Garry 576 3033 Excel Toastmasters Every 2nd, 4th & 5th Tues of month at Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Bayfair 6.158.30pm. Learn excellent public speaking & leadership skills. yolanda.cambridge@ gmail.com or 544 3730 Falun Dafa Classes Easy to learn & free. Simultaneous improvement of mind & body. Every Tues at Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui 7pm. Judy 021 0425 398 or email: judy.shakespear45@gmail.com Fitness League Ladies exercise with dance, weights, floor work every Tues at St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood 9.3010.30am. Gloria 021 139 2448 Greerton Every Boys Rally Fortnightly on Tues during school terms at Greerton Bible Church, cnr Oropi & Chadwick Rds, Greerton 6-7.30pm. Open to all boys aged 7 years upwards. 577 6467 Inachord Chorus Ladies singing group.

Great music, great company. Bethlehem Community Church Building, 183 Moffat Rd, Bethlehem 7.15-9.15pm.

Debbie 0211 291 126 Junction Mental Health Peer support & advocacy: coffee & chat at St James’ Hall, Greerton 10am – 12pm. 543 3010 Katikati Maestro’s More men needed to join their choir. Our aim is to give enjoyment to the community & broaden music repertoire rather than just a sing-along. Rehearse every Tues at St Peter’s Church 7pm. Jeanette 549 3668 or 027 243 5799 Mount Morning Badminton Every Tues at Mount Sports Centre, Blake Park 9-11.30am. Social, competitive, all ages.

Beginners welcome. Racquets available.

Daily fee $5pp. Margaret 575 9792 Ocean Running 5k run & walk around Mauao base track every Tues. Register from 5.15pm at Mt Ocean Sports Club, Pilot Bay. $5 entry includes free drink after run/walk & chance to win spot prize. Walkers start 5.45pm, runners 6pm. Phil 021 383 354

Otumoetai Matua Walking Group

Every Tues at Kulim Park 9am.

576 7339 Overeaters Anonymous Do you or a family member or friend have a problem with over or under eating? Overeaters Anonymous can help - meet Tues & Fri. 544 1213 or 022 064 2186

Papamoa Sports Indoor Bowls

Don Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd. Coaching available. Names in by 7.15pm for 7.30 start. Michael 542 0609 or 0274 888 5968 Petanque Bayfair Petanque Club, every Tues & Thurs at Russley Drive 1pm.

Equipment & coaching available. Try a new sport. Margie 542 0084 or 021 0293 7459 Petanque - Tga/BOP Club Club Mt Maunganui 4.30pm start (until daylight savings ends). Equip available, all coaching given. Jo Ann 578 3606 Pilates Classes Every Tues at Arataki Community Centre 11.15-12.15pm.

Every Thurs at Omokoroa Settler’s Hall 11am - 12pm. $12 per class. Claudia 0211 927 706 Raft Coffee Morning Informal cancer support group. Meet people on the same journey as you & help each other stay afloat through your experiences. 3rd Tues of month at Raft Café, 65 Chapel St 10-11.30am. Angelique 07 927 6505 Sequence Dancing Tauranga Social & Leisure Club meet at St John’s Anglican Church Hall, Bureta Rd, Otumoetai every Tues 7.30-9.30pm except 2nd Tues of month 3.30-6pm. Visitors welcome. Murray 576 3294 South City Indoor Bowls Club night – Interclub format at Greerton Hall 7.30pm. Mary 541 0687 Taoist Tai Chi New beginners classes at 15 Koromiko St, Judea 1pm & 5.30pm. Wade 021 606 133

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Tauranga Continuing Education (60+) Group at Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga, 3rd Tues of month at 10am. $4 charge to cover expenses. Speaker: Kingsley Field, Retired Newspaper Editor. Topic: Having fun with the English language. David 544 4179 www.taurangacontinuingeducation. weebly.com Tauranga Morning Badminton Club

Tues & Thurs at QE Youth Centre, cnr 11th Ave/Devonport Rd 9-11.30am.

AGM March 28. Heather 574 0976 Tauranga Patchwork & Quilters First & third Tues 7pm & second & fourth Fri 10am. At Tauranga Art & Craft Centre, 177 Elizabeth St, Tauranga.

Helen 0274 177 581 Tauranga Orchid Society Monthly meeting, Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave 7.30pm. Speaker: Rob Price, Fernwood Products. Visitors welcome. Natalie 543 0847 Tauranga Scrabble Club Tues at Tauranga Bridge Club, Ngatai Rd 8.50am. $3 games $2.50. New players welcome. 544 8372

Tauranga Stroke Support Drop-In Centre Peer support group for

stroke survivors & their carers.

Every Tues at Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St 9.30am - 12pm. $4pp includes morning tea. 571 3050 Tauranga Toastmasters Every Tues at Tauranga Lyceum Club 7.15-9.30pm.

Learn public speaking & leadership skills. Guests welcome. Alan 544 5989 Yoga Tues, Yoga Matua Hall 6.50-8pm.

Weds & Fri Yoga Fergusson Park 9.3010.40am. Tues & Thurs Yin Yoga, 121 Carlton St 10-11.30am. www.stellayoga. co.nz or Stella 021 024 96390

Wednesday 22 March

Age Concern Walking Group Yatton Park 10am. 578 2631

Alcoholics Anonymous Reflections at

Te Puke every Weds at Te Puke Baptist Church, Station Rd 7.30-8.30pm. 0800 229 6757 Bipolar Support Group Support for people with bipolar 1-2pm. Transport available if required. Junction 543 3010

Black & White & Read All Over

Portraits of Tauranga Writers exhibition at Creative BOP, Willow & Wharf Sts March 22 April 3 Mon - Sat 9am - 5pm.

Bowls Indoor Every Weds & Fri at Mount Senior Citizen’s, 345 Maunganui Rd 12.45pm. Nancy/Ernie 575 4650 Cards Do you play crib or would like to learn? Every Weds at Greerton RSA 1pm. Rona 578 7939 Club Mount Indoor Bowls Every Weds at 45 Kawaka St. Names in by 6.45 for 7pm start. Val 027 302 8149 or 543 4168

Community Bible Study International

Every Weds at City Church, 252 Otumoetai Rd 7-9pm. Bible study on “The Book of Genesis.” Julie 552 4068 Disc Golf Weds evening (social) doubles challenge. Beginners 9 hole course takes less than an hour. Exp disc golfers on hand. Disc hire is incl. To register your team, post on Facebook.com/ Tauranga Disc Golf (2 per team) plus team name by 12noon. Wear good footwear. $10 per team. Dazz 021 0314 117 Fernlands Water Exercise Class Every Weds 10.45-11.45am. Suitable for accident or illness rehabilitation. Gentle exercises for pre or post joint replacements. Helpful in weightloss or arthritis. Classes held rain or shine, Qualified instructor & lifeguard. Jennifer 571 1411 Gate Pa Indoor Bowls Club night & Mackay Shield vs Papamoa at Greerton Hall 7.30pm. Plate for supper please.

Kevin 543 4044 Healing Rooms Experience God’s healing touch. No charge, all ages welcome.

Now upstairs at Graced Op Shop, cnr 11th Ave & Christopher St 1-3pm. 021 110 0878 www.healingrooms.co.nz Kiwi Toasters Every Toastmaster’s journey starts with a single speech. Every 1st, 3rd & 5th Weds of the month at 3 Palm Springs Boulevard (same building as Palm Springs Pharmacy) 5.30-7pm.

Chrissy 027 296 7939 Narcotics Anonymous Working the Steps. Closed meeting every Weds 7.309pm, Downstairs Hall, Salvation Army Recovery Church, 375 Cameron Rd. If using drugs is causing you problems, maybe we can help. 0800 NA TODAY 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 SAYgo - Falls Prevention Class Gentle exercise for the elderly, held 3 Weds each month. Hall not available 1st Weds of month. At St John’s Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai 2-3pm. Allison 576 4536 Scottish Country Dancing Every Weds at Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maunganui Rd 7pm. Lynne 573 5055 Singles Coffee Club 60+ Every Weds 10am for coffee & once a month for lunch for a social get together. Looking for something new to do or meet new friends? This could be it. Gayle 0274 393 267 or mixandmingle@xtra.co.nz Tai Chi Community class every Weds at Bethlehem Hall, 239 SH2 1-2pm.

Supreme ultimate health exercise programme, suitable everyone. Qualified tutor Trish Miller 021 482 842 communitytaichinz@gmail.com Tauranga Embroiderers’ Guild Every Weds at Tauranga Rowing Club, Devonport Rd, Tauranga 10am - 2.30pm & 7.30-9.30pm. Beginners welcome.

Jenny 07 219 7740

Tauranga Library Learning Centre

Microsoft Office Course. Topic: Professional Documents in Word. 1.302.30pm. Cost $8. Exploring the Digital World Seminar. Topic: Online Banking.

5.30-6.30pm. Cost: Free. To book, 577 7177

Tauranga Mid-Week Tramping Group Kaimai Summit to Te Tuhi Rd. Easier option to Mangamuka Hut. Grade mod, approx. 7.0 hrs. Bruce 543 1034

Te Puke Spiritual & Healing Centre

2nd & 4th Weds of month at Lyceum Club, 8 Palmer Ct, Te Puke. This week: Energy in Objects - psychometry. $5 entry includes raffle, tea/coffee. Door opens 6.45pm for 7.15pm start. Kerry 021 607 797 Te Puke Toy Library Weds - Sat 9.30am - 12pm. Thurs 3.305.30pm. 242.1 Jellicoe St, Te Puke. 027 263 9309

Toastmasters - City Early Start

Improve communication, teamwork & leadership skills. Join the supportive & motivated group at Classic Flyers Avgas Cafe every Weds 6.45-8.15am.

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Thursday 23 March

A Place to Bee Craft, conversation, coffee, knitting. Every Thurs at Lighthouse Church, next to Welcome Bay shops on the hill 11am - 1pm. Mel 027 576 3105 Amazing Weekly Bag Sale Every Thurs at Historic Village 9-10am. Fill a large bag for $5 with women’s, men’s & kids clothing & linen. Bags supplied.

Bay City Rockers Social Rock n Roll dancing as well as Neon Moon, Rock n Roll Waltz, as examples. Dancing every Thurs at Senior Citizen’s Hall, Norris St 7.30-9.30pm. $3 entry with light supper provided. Gavin 027 643 6222 Citizen’s Advice Bureau Trialling a fortnightly service on Thurs. A specialist in family/whanau dispute resolution can help you make well informed decisions about proceeding forward with confidence. Make an appointment on 578 1592 Club Mt Maunganui Social games club.

Play indoor bowls & cards every Thurs 12.45-3.30pm. Prizes to be won & visits to other clubs. Monthly subsidised dinners. Gloria 575 0059 Community Bible Study International

Every Thurs at 14th Ave Gospel Centre 10am - 12pm for a Bible study on “The Book of Matthew.” Jack/Betty 544 3809

Concert Band Katikati

Musicians wanted, especially wood-wind to join community based wind & brass band. All ages welcome. Rehearse Katikati town hall in the arts room 7-9pm.

Wendy 022 387 2947 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 Free Drug Detection Open meeting at Bethlehem Hall, SH2 12-2.30pm. Who should attend? All managers/team leaders/supervisors who have the responsibility for the safety of persons in your

workplaces. Guest speakers. Must register: 578 5039 or kimcawte@gmail.com Free Guitar Lessons Every Thurs at Historic Village 10-11.30am. Limited to 3 people per day. Register with Terry Heath from Turning Point 578 6934 Free Meditation Classes Every Thurs at Meredith Hall, Fraser St, Merivale (near Yatton Park) 7.30pm. Have control over those constant thoughts! Find peace & the joy of life. Enjoy good health & better quality of sleep. Ian 576 2032

Free Pilates Class on the Waterfront

Tauranga Waterfront 12-1pm.

French Connection For lovers of all things French. Meet fortnightly on Thursday at La Mexica, The Strand 4.30-6.30pm. agohns@yahoo.co.nz Friends of the Library Greerton Library Chat Group meet 10am. Speaker: Librarian (& blogger) Paula Phillips – ‘Librarian by day, book reviewer by night.’ Pam 571 2566 Greerton Village Music Community music morning for seniors. Come along, enjoy the music, join in with dancing. Meet new people. Guest artists. Greerton Hall, 1247 Greerton Rd 1-3pm. Entry $4pp, afternoon tea provided. Di/Charley 0276 262 496 Keynotes 4 Part Harmony Women’s chorus meet every Thurs at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave 7pm. Sing for fun & health. Nora 544 2614 More Than Crafts Every Thurs at Greerton Bible Church (cnr Chadwick & Oropi Rds) 9.30-11.30am. All types of crafts. $3 entry.

Ruth 543 4879 Mount/Papamoa Coffee & Chat From 1-2pm. Transport available if required. Junction Mental Health Peer Support & Advocacy 543 3010 Opera Forum Carmen, George Bizet’s most popular opera. Tickets from Bureta Pharmacy or House of Travel, Spring St. Complimentary wine & canapes. Tauranga Opera Forum 577 0583

Orange City Square & Round Dance Club

Tuesday morning postponed until April.

Weds Plus, Thurs Club night & New Dancers 7.30pm. Frontiersmen’s Hall. 543 1063 Otumoetai Hockey Club Men’s & Women’s teams available for senior hockey. New players welcome. Season commences early April. Caroline 576 5178 or 027 283 2153 cjbigham@hotmail.com Papamoa 500 Club Every Thurs at Gordon Spratt Reserve 12.45pm. Dave 575 5887 Salsa on the Strand Presented by Bay Salsa at La Mexica 8pm. Intro class, followed by social dancing. No partner required. www. baysalsa.co.nz Sunshine Dance Group Learn sequence dancing every Thurs at Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave/Cameron Rd 7-8.30pm fol-

lowed by dancing until 10pm. $2pp entrance includes supper. Jan 544 4379 Tauranga Heart Support Group Low impact group exercise class for those with or at risk of heart & associated diseases. Every Mon & Thurs at City Church, Otumoetai Rd 9.3010.30am. $4pp. Diana 021 0476 155 Tennis Seniors WBOP Players 35 years +. Tauranga Lawn Tennis Club, Wharepai Domain 9am - 12pm. New members welcome, $4 ball fee. Lynda tswbop@gmail.com 0210 576 601 Women’s Singing Group Every Thurs at 68 1st Ave, Tauranga 11am. Beginners welcome. Interested? Marie 576 1300

Friday 24 March

75 Years of Frock ‘n’ Roll Richard O’Brien does the time talk with Mark Sainsbury plus a few surprises. Dress to impress. Baycourt 8pm. Tickets from Baycourt or Ticketek.

Brick Kids Te Puke - Lego Club Term time school aged children. Every Fri at Te Puke Library 3.30-4.30pm. Free entry.

Chess Tauranga Tauranga RSA, Greerton 5-7pm, for the whole family. Longer if necessary for longer games. Incl casual games.

Standard chess rules. Werner 548 1111 http:/ www.westernbopchess.weebly.com/ Counselling Need to talk? First session free at Arataki Community Centre. To book your appointment ph Karen 021 579 249 Friday Fun Night Grab your friends & come on down to Baywave Aquatic & Leisure Centre 6-8pm. Only $6 to get in with games, music, hydroslide & more.

Greerton Indoor Bowling Club Jack & Jill.

Tauranga City Silver Band Hall, Yatton St. Names in by 7.15pm. Sally 571 8914 Oesophageal Cancer Support Group Open to anyone living with oesophageal cancer &/ or their carer. Some members may be newly diagnosed, while others may be undergoing treatment or have finished treatment. New members welcome. Cancer Society’s Tauranga Office, 111 Cameron Rd 10-11.30am.

Tammy 07 927 6503 Tauranga Lyceum Club Catered lunch first Fri of month & dinner third Weds with varied & interesting speakers. Other activities include; painting, mah jong, music, bridge & Rummikub. 68 First Ave. Margaret 543 3244 Tauranga RSA Housie Restarts today 1pm.

Te Puke Senior Citizen’s Club 500 cards every Fri 1-3pm. Brian 573 8465. Bolivia every Weds 1-4pm. Marie 573 9219. At Te Puke Lyceum Rooms. Refreshments provided.

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. 022 0120 376

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Is our generation serving God’s purposes?

For most Christians there is a sense they’d like to think they’ve done all that God has called them to do in their lifetime.

Acts Chapter 13 is about people, who God calls, to spread the gospel across Asia Minor and we see people like Paul doing what the Holy Spirit leads him to do in establishing churches and maintaining them.

But interestingly enough in this chapter God has these two phrases that are a summary of King David’s life.

Verse 36 says: “…when David had served God’s purposes in his own generation he fell asleep and was buried with his fathers and his

body decayed”. And despite all David’s shortcomings we see that God approved of what he did in his generation.

Luke then goes on to talk about Christ, who served God in his time through his ministry of teaching, healing and deliverance. And He is now seated at the right hand of the father making intercession for us.

Before he went back to the father he gave the gift of the Holy Spirit, who is in us and on us and enables us to do the will of the father in our generation.

My challenge to each of us is this – are we serving the purposes of God in our generation?

Stephen Tyrrell, South City Baptist

The poor cousin of The Ten Commandments In the beginning God made the seventh day and put a special blessing in it for humanity’s benefit. With many of us leading hectic lives we need a blessed rest day, so it’s a great shame the Sabbath has become the poor cousin of The Ten Commandments.

It’s the most modified – apart from the anti-idolatry one, surprisingly omitted from the catechisms of two major denominations. It’s the only one some say Jesus broke. He wouldn’t be the unblemished Saviour of the world if that were true.

It’s the only one it seems okay to ask others to break for our benefit, yet ironically it’s the only one of the 10 specifically forbidding this (Exodus 20:811). It seems to be compromised more than the others when pressure comes or

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Christians rightly give utmost importance to having a good relationship with God. Again, it’s so ironic the Sabbath is the poor cousin when it is the most relevant of The Ten Commandments to the cultivation of our relationship with God. Of the 10, only the Sabbath is specifically designed for this purpose. That it has become the poor cousin is therefore most peculiar indeed.

Getting much-needed rest from our daily grind, finding special time to worship God, learning more of Him, and being together with our brethren and families are very important blessings. Let’s not miss these blessings!

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55A EDGECUMBE ROAD, BOP Multiple Sclerosis Society, Saturday 18th 8am - 12pm.

JUST $20+gst with FREE signs & price stickers! accommodation

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION Romantic, separate, selfcontained accommodation with a touch of luxury. Rural location 5 minutes from Hobbiton. Sleeps up to four. Continental breakfast included. Ph 021 0595 185

”BUT THE FRUIT of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

Against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23

business opportunity

ASIAN CONTACTS WANTED with business connections to Hong Kong to help launch a unique breakthrough antiaging & rejuvenation product line. Lucrative ground floor opportunity. “Be a part of a dynamic team working within a company breaking industry records.” Ph Yvonne 021 499 038

cars for sale

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

computers

COMPUTER GETTING you down? Problems, viruses, upgrades, internet, new or refurb PC’s tuition, or advice. Ph Bruce for a no obligation chat or quote 576 7940 or 021 260 9183 FREE ON SITE DIAGNOSIS & quote. We come to you.

Pensioner discounts. Ph Kyle at Tech Solutions 027 828 7078

curriculum vitae

NEED A C.V.? Don’t let your C.V. get lost amongst all the others. I can help you stand out on paper. A C.V. For You can provide you with a personal and professional touch.

From scratch or updating existing ones. Check out samples on www.facebook.com/acvforyou or Ph/text on 021 27 27 912

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Natural Medicine Practitioners.

Opposite BP Te Puke. Ph 573 5533 www.naturaltherapiesnz. com and www.kiwikitz.com

DRY PINE FIREWOOD $99 per trailer load delivered (2m3) ph 021 0834 1852 www. taurangafirewood.co.nz

QUIT SMOKING IN ONE HOUR. Leave the “gonna” club now! Thousands of successful quitters.

Ph James 021 373 523 www.powerhypnosis.co.nz

for sale

bible digest

health & beauty

TAURANGA TANDEM SKYDIVING best buzz in the Bay! Gift vouchers available. Ph 574 8533 today

firewood for sale

THIS WEEKS GARAGE SALES!

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BRAND NEW WEDDING DRESSES 1. Beautiful vintage lace gown. Size 10-12. Was $850. Now $600. 2. Heart shaped strapless with corset back & ruching to waist. Size 10-12. Was $1200. Now $899.

Ph Chloe 027 355 2598 BOAT - ALUMINIUM DINGHY 7ft 6in x 4ft 2in. Handy trundler and oars. $750 ono. Ph 544 1160

gardening

ABLE GARDENER, experienced, efficient, knowledgeable, highly qualified.

Maintenance, pruning, hedges, shrubs, roses; disease/pest control, lifestyle blocks, garden renovations; design & plant.

Ph Tita 027 654 8781 or a/h 542 0120 HANDYMAN HOME AND GARDEN SERVICES Tree pruning, weeding, hedges, waterblasting, home maintenance, rubbish removal, affordable rates. Ph Philip 027 655 4265 or 544 5591 LAWNMOWING HONEST reliable operator. Mulch or catch + edges done from only $20. Ph/txt Peter 027 201 2886 or 575 9903 PEA STRAW FOR SALE Conventional bales of pea straw. Very good quality. Approx 12 kilos per bale. For delivery contact The Peastrawboys, ph Graham 027 838 7741 www. thepeastrawboys.com RIDE ON MOWING lifestyle blocks, businesses, schools, churches, commercial and residential. Police vetted and insured operators. Ph Crewcut 0800 800 286

health & beauty

NATURAL NEW ZEALAND Health Products & Clinic.

Something for everyone. NZ Registered Natural Therapies &

WE PAY TOP Keeping NZ Green RECYCLING

livestock

AC PETFOODS collect injured & unwanted cows & horses. Ph 800 369 6269

lost & found

FOUND KITTENS various areas, various colours Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found adult silver tabby/ tortoiseshell female cat, Bethlehem Area, Ref: 90054, Ph SPCA Found adult cream/ginger male cat, Judea Area, Ref: 89814, Ph SPCA Found adult black female cat, Parkvale Area, Ref: 89854, Ph SPCA Found adult tortoiseshell/white female cat, Greerton Area, Ref: 89675, Ph SPCA Found adult black female cat, Mount Maunganui Area, Ref: 89684, Ph SPCA Found adult grey/tortoiseshell female cat, Brookfield Area, Ref: 89698, Ph SPCA Found tan crossbreed female puppy, Te Puke area, Ref: 90201, Ph SPCA Found tan adult female Greyhound Cross Breed Dog, Te Puna area, Ref: 90083, Ph SPCA

situations vacant

EXPERIENCED RESIDENTIAL and commercial painters required for immediate start. Must have full licence. Further information ph Danny 027 272 3530

trades & services

APPLIANCE REPAIRS For service of all Fisher & Paykel, Haier and Elba appliances, Ph 0800 372 273 for your local technician.

trades & services

APPLIANCE REPAIRS Qualified professional service to most brands of whiteware. Servicing

trades & services

Mt Maunganui, Papamoa and Te Puke. Pensioner discounts available. Ph 542 0540 or 021 426 978 BOAT BUILDING repairs and maintenance. Timber & fibreglass trade qualified, boat 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 BUILDING OR RENOVATING? Be inspired. Get the right look.

Book a personal in-home consultation today. FREE measure and quote. BOP Curtains & Blinds. Ph 571 2345 or 021 725 721 DECORATOR, Interior/exterior.

Quality workmanship. Best rates.

Get a free quote. AVAILABLE NOW. Ph or txt 028 409 7004 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 MAINTENANCE - TOTAL PROPERTY maintenance.

Building work. 30 years + experience, qualified in all aspects of building. Available now. Ph 0204 0864 211 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 021 575 307 PAINTING & DECORATING Exterior & Interior Painting Gurus, Roof Painting, High quality workmanship, prompt service, fully insured, satisfaction guaranteed, get the A Team @ Fresh Coats Painting. Ph 022 421 4261

trades & services

PAINTER OLDER BLOKE seeks work. Smaller jobs preferred. 22 years experience.

Very reliable. Modest rates. Ph Bob Goddard 027 234 7141 PLASTERING, INTERIOR WALLS & ceilings. Tradesman 30yrs exp. Skimming, painting prep. Small jobs OK. Ph Murray 027 266 5657 RETAINING WALLS Specialist in all timber retaining walls, new builds and repairs. All associated earthmoving, design and engineering. Ph Mike 0274 942 966 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 & friendly service. Narrow machine to access rear yards. Ph 576 4245 or 022 076 4245 TILER 30 YEARS + experience, qualified in all aspects of tiling.

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

travel & tours

”A A A” – HINTERLAND TOURS EXCLUSIVE JOURNEYS TO: - HAWKES BAY STUNNING AUTUMN COLOURS HOLIDAY: - Plus other tours coming up...

(1) “Come – Be – A - Pioneer” on the East Cape (Opotiki to Gisborne): - (2) Treetops Luxury Lodge Luncheon: - (3) North Island Train Journey + Te Papa: -

travel & tours

(4) Mid – Winter Christmas Tour & Mid - Winter Christmas Dinner at Chateau Tongariro: - (5) Westside Story Show, Auckland: - Contact us for full details, and to chat about our other unique Trips. We provide door to door service (we will pick you up, and take you home again after tours). Free Tour Newsletter. Ph Hinterland Tours Team on 575 8118 or 027 235 7714.

NO 8 TOURS NEW ZEALAND’S SENIOR TRAVEL CLUB – Selling FAST!!! Come and be Wowed at Wellingtons Wearable Arts Show 2017.

Includes Door to Door Pick Ups, Premium Seating Tickets & Full Colour Programme, Accommodation, Meals as Listed, Exclusive Tour & Wonderful Lunch at Pencarrow Lodge, Guided Tour of Government House, Travelling on a comfortable spacious Tour Coach. DATES; Thurs, Sept 28th to Sun, Oct 1st 2017- 4 Days.

BOOK NOW: Ph No 8 Tours team on 579 3981 or Email info@ no8tours.co.nz

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

FOR SCRAP METAL AND MACHINERY

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