The Weekend Sun 29 September 2017

29 September 2017, Issue 875

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Blooms and vrooms It’s an unlikely union – petrol heads, hot rods, street cars and cherry blossom – gasoline, V8s and clouds of rich pink spring candy floss.

However it’s a union forged at the Greerton Village and one that works very well. Because the Tauranga Street

Machines and Customs Car Club bash is a popular feature of the annual Greerton Village Cherry Blossom Festival.

About 100 enthusiasts are expected to show their cars in Greerton’s main thoroughfare, Chadwick Rd, tomorrow.

The Weekend Sun found Greig Covell and his 1939

Ford De Luxe in a spectacular spring setting just down the road from Greerton Village at the Althorp Retirement Village. He invites you to join him and the club at the Greerton Village Cherry Blossom Festival from 10am2pm. Greig’s story is on page 10.

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Celebrating age p44

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Piglet, Eeyore and Winnie And the post-election Heffalump Hole

Piglet and Eeyore were strolling through the Hundred Acre Wood, reflecting on the busy week they’d had.

It was a comfortable way to meander and chat, sort of propping each other up, since one leaned to the left and the other the right.

“What day is it?” asked Piglet.

“The day after elections,” replied Eeyore.

“So are you now in charge of Hundred Acre Wood?” the little guy asked his big friend.

“No, I don’t think so. But things might change,” Eeyore replied wistfully, trying to look and sound as confident as the week before.

“So who is in charge?” asked the confused little piglet.

“Well nobody really, I suppose,” replied Eeyore.

“Although Christopher Robin has been in the job for years and years and wants to carry on.”

“Why can’t he? I could help!” exclaimed Piglet, starting to get quite excited about the prospect of being involved.

“I doubt it,” scoffed Eeyore.

“Why?” asked Piglet, now feeling suddenly deflated and a little hurt.

“Because Winnie probably wouldn’t approve,” suggested Eeyore. “Oh Pooh,” said Piglet.

“Yes him,” said Eeyore.

“No, I just meant pooh generally,” said Piglet.

“So does Winnie want to rule Hundred Acre Wood?” asked Piglet.

“Yes, don’t we all?” said Eeyore. “But none of us can do it alone. We have to pick sides.”

“So do you want to rule the Hundred Acre Wood?” asked Piglet.

“Yes of course,” stomped Eeyore, feeling a little miffed that Piglet might only rate her third most likely.

“But why can’t you?” asked the confused Piglet. “Because that would only work if Winnie and Owl and I teamed up in a threesome.”

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“Will he do that?” asked Piglet.

“Who knows? Ask the bear.”

Not letting up, Piglet then demanded to know why, if there had been an election, that Winnie seemed to be calling the shots and not the voters.

“That’s how the Hundred Acre Wood system works. It’s called Emempee. Not to be confused with Eminem.

“Some of the animals had made that mistake already and it hadn’t ended well.

“So where is Winnie?” asked Piglet.

“Gone fishing.”

“Why has he gone fishing when there’s a decision to be made?” asked Piglet.

“Because that’s just what bears do.”

Eeyore wasn’t sure if that was the right answer, but at least it shut the little shite up for a while.

They kept walking.

“What about Owl? “Couldn’t you and Owl and Winnie take sides and scrape in?” suggested Piglet.

“No, I doubt Winnie and Owl would get along around the table. They are just poles apart, philosophically. “Just like you and I,” offered the Piglet.

Eeyore didn’t answer. But both knew they’d never team up to run Hundred Acre Wood.

Sensing that Eeyore’s confidence was a bit sapped from the heady days of the election build up, Piglet pried a little deeper.

“Did you really think you’d be in charge, Eeyore?”

“Well, it was looking hopeful for a while there,” the big donkey’s eyes welling up a Little.

“So what changed,” asked Piglet, hoping he wasn’t getting too close to a raw nerve.

“Everything was going well until Tigger started talking about the Heffalump Hole.”

“So there was a Heffalump Hole?” Piglet glanced about nervously and trembling a bit.

“No, that’s what Tigger told everyone. But there’s no such thing as a Heffalump Hole.

“There isn’t even a Heffalump that I know of.” Almost believing her own assertion, Eeyore cast a nervous eye behind, just in case.

Piglet didn’t want to appear scared, but he believed Tigger too. He thought Eeyore was just trying to skirt around the Heffalump Hole. And he knew that if the Heffalump Hole was found, then the voters would back Christopher Robin and Tigger, and he might be invited along to help. And they could do it all without Winnie.

It was lonely being the only Piglet left in Hundred Acre Wood. He didn’t want to end up like the Te Woozles. The last of them sadly disappeared in the election.

They were now standing outside the Hundred Acre Wood because someone had taken all their special seats.

Friends of Eeyore’s.

“So when is Winnie going to decide who to take sides with?” pondered Piglet.

“When someone brings out the biggest hunny pot,” answered Eeyore frankly.

“Where are you going to find that?” asked Piglet. “Why do you think we’re staggering around this friggin wood, you irritating little capitalist twerp.”

Piglet sensed that Eeyore might be getting tired of his relentless questions.

He was just thinking up something to change the subject, when suddenly, the donkey disappeared into a huge hole in the ground. “They didn’t see that coming,” mused Tigger, from the side of the Heffalump Hole. brian@thesun.co.nz

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IMPORTANT STUFF: All material is copyright and may not be reproduced without the written permission of the publisher. Sun Media makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all information and accepts no liability for errors or omissions or the subsequent use of information published. The real Christopher Robin Milne is reported to have resented his father and the Pooh character. Being forever the tender little boy in Hundred Acre Wood didn’t suit Christopher Robin Milne. Like his father, he became a writer, but wrote memoirs of his own life, “It seemed to me almost that my father had got where he was by climbing on my infant shoulders, that he had filched from me my good name and left me nothing but empty fame.”

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Unsightly and unwelcome in mainstreet ‘No person shall sleep or otherwise occupy a footpath or road in the city centres…. during the hours of darkness…’

Nelson’s hardline stance with its rough-sleeping homeless. And the definition of footpath and road extends to benches or seats in the city centre.

No half measures.

It’s a hardline which Tauranga City Council may be forced to take.

“Banning rough sleeping on the CBD streets of Tauranga isn’t something that’s been considered in the past,” says deputy mayor, Kelvin Clout. “But it may be something we need to consider in the future.”

But cleaning up mainstreet would be tempered with compassion and caring. “Such a bylaw would only be introduced if there were alternative support services in place to assist those who would otherwise be sleeping rough” says Kelvin.

Nelson’s bylaw was prompted by a CBD ‘occupier and protester’, a man with a long-standing grievance against council. He and his supporters had their bedding and possessions littered along the entire frontage of the Farmers store. It looked unkempt, was bad for business, created low level disorder and drew drunks to the CBD causing anti-social behaviour.

That was enough for the Nelson City Council.

Tauranga’s problem is more one of homelessness than protest. But the upshot is the same.

“It’s undesirable to have people sleeping in doorways and places that are high visibility,” says

Chamber of Commerce chief executive Stan Gregic.

“Especially when it impacts on foot traffic and consequently their business.”

The Chamber of Commerce wouldn’t be opposed to a bylaw. Neither would Mainstreet Tauranga, the retailers group. It’s seeing more and more homeless people. And associated problems.

“There are instances when they (the homeless) can be intimidating for shoppers and business owners and this can indeed have an impact on our members’ ability to run their business,” says spokesperson Sally Cooke. It never wants to see a situation where customers aren’t entering a business because they feel intimidated by what is happening on the street.

Earlier this week a Weekend Sun reporter took a wander down Devonport Rd just after 7am.

A man was cocooned in a bundle of covers in the doorway of a vacant shop in the Hedley building, his feet protruding onto the footpath.

Trucks were delivering, cars were up and down the street, people were walking to work, across the road a butcher shop was filling a window display, but the vagrant slept on. When he became aware of the reporter’s presence, he didn’t appreciate the intrusion into what he considered his space. He lobbed an expletive, rolled over on the cold hard tiles and went back to sleep. Kelvin Clout sees hope for this man – the housing first model which aims to put chronically homeless people with multiple and complex needs into permanent, secure and appropriate housing with wrap-around support services.

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Mount surfers advance cause Mount Maunganui's Raiha Ensor and William Van Der Beek have advanced the cause of the New Zealand Junior Surfing Team, advancing through crucial second round heats in Japan.

The Moko New Zealand Junior Surfing Team is competing at the 2017 Vissla ISA World Junior Championship being held at Hyuga, Japan from September 23-October 1.

Ensor advanced out of qualifying round 2 with another strong performance late in her heat to post 10.93 out of 20. Ensor took 10 minutes to catch her first wave but racked up 5.33 and 5.60 point rides in quick succession to go from fourth to first in the small 1.0m waves.

Inquiry into container ship fire The Transport Accident Investigation Commission has opened an inquiry into the fire on board the Hong Kong-registered cargo ship Kokopo Chief, berthed at the Port of Tauranga.

Smoke was seen coming from a hold at about midnight and the ship's crew activated the fire extinguishers and advised emergency services.

The main cargo on the ship was believed to be dressed timber. Deck containers with dangerous goods were removed.There were no reported injuries. The inquiry will seek to explain the circumstances and causes of the accident.

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‘We, their people, weep again’ “It’s crazy to think someone my age, just 18 , perhaps they could be my friends, going off to war, into battle and being killed.”

A young student, born in another place at another time, sitting in the Tauranga Girls’ College library, her future secure and assured as much as possible, and she’s pondering Passchendaele – contemplating death on an unimaginable scale, the blood and gore, the courage and sacrifice on the Western Front 100 years ago.

And Amanda Yang struggles with the idea.

“Did they really know what they were getting into at Passchendaele? I don’t think they did know.” Young men, little more than boys, leaving home for adventure, and dying.

The Battle of Passchendaele, New Zealand’s darkest day, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres.

“Eight hundred and forty six lives lost in one day,” says Amanda. Putting that into perspective, 106 men killed for every kilometre of the Allied advance.

“That’s three classrooms of my friends and classmates killed in the taking of one kilometre.” One kilometre of mud, cloying mud, bodies and barbed wire.

Amanda is a student of biology, chemistry, statistics and business studies at Tauranga Girls’ College.

“But I developed a fascination for WW1. And after studying Gallipoli I wanted to learn more of the stories so I focused on Passchendaele.”

Bloodshed, destruction, death.

“Maybe because I am not from this country.” She was born in Taiwan. “I wanted to learn about New Zealand’s history, what helped shape our national identity.”

And from that research for her internal exams, Amanda was moved to poetry.

‘New Zealand rifles, Walked on, Walked on, Mud and rain and pain, That dragged them every inch marched, much closer to the grave, Cloaked by blinding gas, Suffocated, Drained, No respite, No energy left to fight…

The imagery of the hell that rained down on the New Zealand soldiers is

graphic. “At first I didn’t know it was so bad,” says Amanda. “And when I looked into it I felt really sad.”

‘The enemy rattled through belt after belt, While the New Zealanders fell by the score, They fell on Gravenstafel Road tangled in wire, No call to retire, They fought on.’

It’s verse-laced with fact. It’s also verse-motivated by a personal responsibility. “You hear the story of Gallipoli and Anzac Day but when I tell people about Passchendaele and the battle, they go, ‘Really? I’ve never heard of it.’

And she paints an intimate portrait of the Kiwis who went away, fought and sacrificed.

‘They were young, Straight of limb, True of Eye, Stead and aglow, The sons of New Zealand mothers, The lovers, The Brothers, the men and boys from Aotearoa.’

Amanda clearly identifies with the soldiers.

“They were very young, perhaps 18.” Just her age – she is still in school uniform. They were in another uniform – a more menacing one.

“And perhaps had never been away from home and suddenly they were pitched into battle.

“They were just so bright with life and wide-eyed, so new and innocent. And they’re mixed up in something so crazy.”

And when she closes her eyes for a moment, Amanda is transported to Passchendaele.

“I am seeing mud, putrid mud.

“We are stuck and drowning in it. I can see barbed wire and hear the bullets. I can see bodies on the ground, pools of blood and the wounded left to die.

“Whoa! They’re terrified.”

And all the time the hail of bullets and shells, and the Continued ...

Amanda Yang, poet and youth ambassador.

Photo: Nikki South.

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And in 10 days Amanda may have some answers – she will tread that hallowed ground where those very New Zealanders fell. Her poem won a Ministry of Veterans’ Affairs schools competition. And tomorrow she flies out to Belgium with the defence forces as a youth ambassador at the national commemoration service at Tyne Cot Cemetery.

‘We will gather in the half light at the dawning of the day, In a foreign field, Where row on row the poppies grow, Like a korowai bestowed by Papatuanuku, To cover up our men, To protect them from their foes, A foe who too lies, In a country that is not their own, a generation that will never return to their home, On this day, 12 October 2017, We stand beside them as we could not do in battle, Our men, our boys from Aotearoa.’

“I have thought about it, but I don’t think it will hit

me until the moment I step on that ground. It will be a cool experience. It will be a sad experience.

“It ultimately established who and what we are today,” says Amanda.

“I think this will be the main purpose of the trip for me, to educate people. And for us as ambassadors to spread the word about Passchendaele and keep the story alive and understood.”

Perhaps it will live on in her poem.

‘We their people weep again, In Passchendaele 100 years ago today.’

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Gateway to quarry park underway Visitors to Te Puna Quarry Park will soon be stepping through a kuwaha, or carved gateway, created by local carver Morris Wharekawa.

Morris Wharekawa with a kuwaha, or carved gateway, similar to the one planned for Te Puna Quarry Park.

The Te Puna Quarry Park Society has set up a Givealittle fundraising page to help raise the $13,600 needed to make the kuwaha a reality.

The 3.5m tall kuwaha will be carved from three pieces of totara with the Maori god of the forest, Tane Mahuta, as the central figure.

Local hapu Pirirakau, original owners of the land, and the current guardians of the land, the Western Bay of Plenty District Council, will also be represented on either side. Morris says the carving will take “several hundred” hours although much of the initial work has already been done.

“Working out the detail before you start usually takes the longest. Once you have that, the carving is quite easy.” The design is similar to an existing carving that Morris completed as part of his carving degree. Te Puna Quarry Park Society secretary Dulcie Artus says members felt the eastern bush area needed some sort of gateway and a Maori carving would be ideal. The Pirirakau hapu was consulted and Morris was shouldertapped for the job. “Between the local hapu, ourselves and Morris the idea has grown.

“The result is a design that follows Maori culture with a modern take. We’re chuffed with it.

“It will be a gateway between the development of the park and the bush as it once was, and will remain.” Dulcie says while the group has funds in the bank, this is vital for general maintenance of the park so it was decided to fundraise for the kuwaha.

The Givealittle page has raised $1365 so far and there have also been donations directly to the society with promises of more to come.

The group has also applied for a number of grants, including one from Creative Bay of Plenty, that may make any extra fundraising unnecessary, but all donations are welcome says Dulcie. “It also helps everyone feel a part of the place; a connection between cultures.”

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Shooters eye up competition Owen Bennett and Jess Riddle line up their perfect shots.

Two Tauranga air rifle shooters are hoping to make an impression when they head to the Oceania Shooting Federation Continental Championship in Brisbane at the end of October.

Jess Riddle, 15, and Owen Bennett, 28, will be representing New Zealand in the junior women’s air rifle and men’s air rifle sections respectively.

Both are members of the Tauranga Target Rifle Club. Jess has been shooting air rifles for just over a year. “I was doing small bore prone and a Target Shooting NZ Junior Development Squad coach approached me.

“I ended up going to a training camp where they were shooting air rifles and have been shooting both disciplines since then.

“I think it’s a challenging sport. There are many different things to think about when you’re shooting, and a lot of distractions.”

Owen, who’s been air rifle shooting for 11 years, is

also number one in New Zealand.

“It’s easier to know when you go wrong in air rifle shooting,” he says.

“With a .22 there’s always a little uncertainty.”

He and Jess recently competed in the North Island Open Air Rifle, winning the men’s and women’s competitions. Needless to say, they’re both very good.

At the Oceania Champs, Owen will also be entering in the ‘prone’ and ‘three-position’ divisions, which use .22 rifles.

“Prone (lying down) is the easier position to shoot from, so that generally scores higher.”

Both shooters wear special uniforms made out of canvas, leather and suede, which help shooters be more rigid. They both train at least once a week with the Tauranga Target Rifle Club, one of the biggest in the country with around 30 members.

Social shooting is every Tuesday night at the club and Jess’s mum Lynne says a lot of girls shoot with their fathers.

“It’s something the can do with their Dad, which is quite special.”

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Irishmen, motorbikes and marching girls It’s an adventure story, a marching story and a love story.

It all started in Belfast 65 years ago when an enterprising young Northern Irishman called Allan Rodgers spotted Dunedin’s Blair Atholl marching team on a promotional tour.

And it took a delightful turn this

week when a brass band struck up on the sound system at the CHT Bernadette Home and Hospital in Bayfair. And Allan, with the suited-up Matua Majors and Bluebelles leisure marching teams, executed a spontaneous drill in the lounge and through the corridors.

The music, marching and smell of

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Salute! Allan Rodgers joins the Matua Majors and Bluebelles for drill. Photo: Sharnae Hope. sausage rolls wafting around all added up to Allan’s 90th birthday surprise. “I was quite excited when I heard the girls were coming,” says Allan.

“I really looked forward to it.”

Marching began here in the 1930s as a means of keeping the nation’s young women fit and healthy.

And the Blair Atholl team tried to take that ethos to the UK, Northern Ireland and Belfast.

The press called them the “kilted cuties” and suggested they were “as sweet as the mutton chops and butter of their own happy land.”

Allan Rodger in Belfast obviously thought so.

He introduced himself to each and every one of the 13 Blair Atholl girls and shook them by the hand – including one special one called Audrey.

“He didn’t choose me on the dot,” says Audrey.

“Not at that moment.”

But maybe he did.

“Because after meeting her I thought I better get out to New Zealand pretty quick and follow things up.”

Audrey’s sister told her mother there was now a boyfriend in the picture and it wasn’t a pleasant picture. The sister described Allan being dressed up in his motorbike outfit – “Big great coat and beret and he looked like nothing else,” says Audrey.

And apparently, he couldn’t even speak the

Queen’s English. The lilt is still very much part of the man.

When Allan arrived in Dunedin months later he followed up, and he followed through by marrying the marcher Audrey.

And there began a lifelong association with marching for Allan Rodgers. Motorbikes and marching girls. What was marching’s attraction for the Northern Irishman?

“The girls of course,” he laughs. “It made me appreciate my wife even more.”

Audrey became a leisure marcher – as opposed to a competitive marcher – and is credited with starting the movement. “Fun, fitness and friendship,” says Audrey. There are 100 teams and 1000 marches apparently. “It’s really strong and will stay that way because there are a lot of new marchers coming through.”

And Allan coached marching. “A Bluebelles team,” he says. Audrey was knocking 80 when she was forced into retirement. “Silly legs,” she explains. And the birthday boy gave away coaching in 2002 after a huge contribution to the sport.

The Bernadettes residents may have been out of marching for a few years but it only took a scratchy old brass band recording and the sight of a uniform to stir the passions again.

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A kite is traditionally a tethered, heavier-than-air craft with wing surfaces that react against the air to create lift and drag. The Chinese turned the science into an art form, but they’re also a heap of fun. And on Sunday, October 9 the sky above Katikati will be awash with kites.

Katch Katikati is holding a ‘Let’s fly a kite @ Katikati’ event as part of the 2017 Katikati Arts Festival.

It’s free family fun at Moore Park between noon and 4pm. And the brief is simple – bring a kite and fly it.

For more information contact John Russell on 07 549 4209.

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Roger Hall talks about lost plays He’s arguably New Zealand’s most successful and well-known playwright, and this October Roger Hall will be at Baycourt sharing stories about his lost plays.

servants in a government office. It was later adapted into the 1980s televisions series ‘Gliding On’.

He says he started writing plays, rather than novels, because he found he “couldn’t write description very well”.

“When I’m reading novels, I find myself On Saturday, October 14, Roger will be skipping the description anyway. I did try delivering his talk ‘The Ones That Got Away’, to write a novel, but found my pages were which covers some of the plays he’s written, covered in dialogue.” but didn’t make it to the stage.

The success that followed “It’s about the plays that didn’t ‘Glide Time’ eventually allowed quite work. To get a play on Roger to become a full-time stage you need all the planets to playwright. align, not just a perfect script.”

“After ‘Glide Time’ I received Earlier in the day, he’ll also the Robert Burns Fellowship at be running a ‘playwriting the University of Otago, which boot camp’ for aspiring was at that time the only playwrights. university offering writing “It covers the basics of fellowships. playwriting in a very intense “It helped me make the way – I cram a whole day’s transition between writing course into a couple of part-time to full-time.” hours.

Roger has written more “It talks about the than 35 plays over his difference between writing career, including his latest a novel and writing a play. production ‘Last Legs’ “A novel is much which will be presented freer to switch from by the Auckland place to place and time Theatre Company at to time, for instance, Baycourt from October whereas playwrights 13-15. really only have one For information on weapon: dialogue.” tickets to either Roger’s After years of hard talk, workshop, or ‘Last work, Roger achieved Legs’ visit success with his 1976 Popular New Zealand playwright Roger Hall will www.baycourt.co.nz play ‘Glide Time’, be hosting a playwriting workshop in Tauranga Ryan Wood which portrayed public on October 14.

Young professionals let their hair down It’s the ball season. And in this case an awards night.

Linkt, a business network involving about 600 young professionals, entrepreneurs and career people in the greater Tauranga/Western Bay of Plenty regions, is holding its annual ball

and awards night at Classic Flyers.

The award categories are Young Innovator, Young Employee, Employer of the Year and Young Business Owner of the Year. It’s an 80s themed event and is a chance to get dressed up and celebrate.

Jay Reeve will MC the night, the 2017 LINKT award winners will

be announced and there will be a formal dinner and drinks.

The Auckland DJ and production duo Sweet Mix Kids will see the Linkt ball through the night. The Linkt ball and awards is at Classic Flyers on Saturday, October 7. For more information email linkt@tauranga.co.nz

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He reckons if it’s got four wheels you can stick a V8 engine in it.

“That’s why my next project is to put a V8 in a mobility scooter and drive that around the shops,” says Greig Covell of the Tauranga Street Machines and Customs Car Club.

For someone who doesn’t know a grease nipple from a head gasket, he’s joking me isn’t he? Yes, Greig may be in his mid-60s but there’s still a bit of the boy, a bit of the devil, the larrikin, in this man.

18k But tomorrow he will be very respectfully RUN & RELAY parked up in his fully-restored 1939 Ford Deluxe at the club anniversary bash which is held in conjunction with the Greerton Village Cherry Blossom Festival.

18k And he will sharing stories – car stories, FUN WALK & engine stories with anyone and everyone WALK RELAY who wants to listen.  “There’s always someone who learned to SHOWCASE JEWELLER S 6k  R ionb si n Rob o sno nL aLwa w drive in a 1939 Ford,” says Greig. “One elderly woman told me her boyfriend FUN RUN & taught her to drive in one, and they started WALK in Queen St.” Imagine that. A V8 with Finishes Medals for all no power steering and no power brakes   18km runners your first time behind the wheel in   JEWELLER S and SHOWCASE  Auckland’s Queen St.  SHOWCASE JEWELLER S  And from a one-armed man,  hletics & Harrier SHOWCASE JEWELLER S  Club,  this story  orting  admittedly all licensed up, but who very     gallivants around Tauranga in the very same  be donated to the Trust.  SHOWCASE JEWELLER S two-ton of a car with a stick shift.   neverbeast  SHOWCASE JEWELLER S “I think about it.”

Julian’s Berry Farm WELLER S  & Cafe Toi’s Challenge     He was involved in an accident between SHOWCASE JEWELLER S    two motorbikes at Pyes Pa 46 years ago.  Geotechnical One man lost his life, Greig lost his right   + Structural Julian’s Berry Farm   Chartered & Cafe Toi’s Challenge arm.

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Greig Corvell at the wheel of a 10 year commitment.

“No accidents but been stopped a few times since,” says Greig.

However no questions asked and so no explanation required.

He says it’s interesting that in 1971 when he had the accident there were 800 road deaths – three times the number last year – and 200 of those involved motorcycles. Anyhow, the accident put an end to motorbikes for Greig. “So I thought the only way to replicate the thrill was to put a big motor in a little car,” says the pragmatist. He turned to rebuilding and restoring cars, which has its frustrations for a one-armed man. “Things don’t turn out, you break things and things take a lot longer. But there’s always a way.”

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He went to night school to learn panel beating. “The tutor saw me come in and later admitted he didn’t know what the hell he was going to do with me.”

He learned panel beating but he should have learned patience. “If you lose a limb, learn patience.” This from a man who wanted to do stuff that mostly requires two arms – like welding, building engines, panel beating and stuff.

The Street Machines and Customs Car Club’s ‘show ‘n shine’ is on at the Greerton Village square between 10am and 2pm tomorrow. For more information Tim on 07 552 6666 or Greig on 07 543 0803.

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Call out to all greenfingers It’s still more than a year out. But already the hunt is on for gardens in next year’s Tauranga Garden and Art Festival.

Festival director Marc Anderson says the team has been out visiting gardens – some are festival favourites, others returning after a break, and there are exciting newcomers. But he’s keen for more as they plan to feature 60 gardens next year.

So if you are interested in your garden featuring in the November 2018 event, or you know someone who’s turned their garden into a showcase, then the Tauranga Garden and Art Festival team is keen to hear from you.

Lara Weston, whose garden featured for the first time at the last festival, found it a rewarding experience. “As we discovered, festival goers are not there to

Festival newcomer Lara Weston in her garden. critique your garden, they are there to enjoy your vision and design. We found many looking for simple ideas and inspiration that they could incorporate into their own piece of green paradise.

“As gardeners we're all constantly learning and working with nature, and being part of the festival allows you first hand access to

a great pool of knowledge, via your visitors!” The 2018 festival will be held over four days from Thursday, November 15 to Sunday, November 18.

Anyone interested in submitting their garden in the festival should contact Marc on 07 570 2525 or email info@gardenandartfestival.co.nz

Negotiating our economic, social, and environmental future The most important thing for all New Zealanders to know right now after the election results is that New Zealand First will be working to help form a government in the interests of all New Zealanders.

We have the honour of being the third largest party in Parliament and are determined to make sure that things get better for New Zealand.

We will be focusing on economic, social, and environmental policies.

Increased benefit in one or two, at

the expense of the others, will see us going backwards.

An economically strong New Zealand with working Kiwis sleeping in their cars and un-swimmable rivers is not the New Zealand any of us want.

A clean and green New Zealand, with high unemployment and negative trade and economic data will not work either.

All coalition negotiations will focus on all three – economic, social, and environmental

policies – to build a highly-skilled, added-value, export-driven, homeowning, and fairness-focused New Zealand for all New Zealanders to be proud of.

What is important is a fair day’s wage for a fair day’s work, heading back to a healthy home, in a beautiful and safe country.

We will be focusing on fairness and equal opportunity.

We will do whatever it takes to make sure that New Zealand is put first. We are humbled by the trust voters put in us. Any accommodation with other parties will be to safeguard the economic, social, and environmental future of New Zealand.

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International tourists spent $171 million in Tauranga last year.

Election promises worth $22 million As the surviving political parties negotiate with Winston Peters over forming a government, Tauranga mayor Greg Brownless is hoping at least one of New Zealand First’s pre-election policies survives the process.

That’s the policy of returning the tourism GST to the regions from which it came. For Tauranga that means about $22 million every year, says Greg.

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“The GST on that is about $22 million.

“That’s every year.

“Councillors have been talking for a long time about the difficulty of funding things from just rates. And the government has had record revenues from things like tourism and none of that gets back to us to pay for all the infrastructure that makes it nice for tourists.”

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The city has no direct income from tourism, says Greg. Some people pay rates who are involved in tourism, but there are a lot that don’t.

“They just come in and do tours and disappear,” says Greg. “So I just see that as a great opportunity to get alternative funding that shouldn’t affect the government at all.

“It’s just part of their revenue stream that they have been really enjoying rapid growth in.

“I think that is a good policy and I hope that is part of any government agreement. It would enable us to do a lot of things.

“The main point if it is us locals would benefit.

We would want to encourage tourism because the more tourists we got the more money would come specifically into this area to build amenity for ourselves, not just tourists.”

He’s expecting it. It’s a New Zealand First policy and as they are going to choose the government, they have the power to do this, says Greg.

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National synchronised swimming display Tauranga Synchro athletes will be performing their routines at Baywave this weekend in preparation for the New Zealand National Synchronised Swimming Championships being held in October in Invercargill.

Members of the public are invited to go along and support the girls and see whether it is a sport they would be interested in giving a go.

Baywave spectator charges may apply. Visit Tauranga Synchro on Facebook @ taurangasynchroNZ for more information.

Cricketer Sir Richard Hadlee opens Dad’s diary It’ll be a ‘don’t-miss’ evening for cricket’s purists – one of New Zealand’s icons of the game, Sir Richard Hadlee, coming to town to talk about ‘The Skipper’s Diary’, his famous father’s chronicle of the 1949 New Zealand cricket team tour of England.

Walter Hadlee captained the tour, which was played out in war-torn Britain, at a time of rationing and where buildings lay in ruins.

During the eight-month tour Walter Hadlee kept a comprehensive journal which Sir Richard has developed into a book, detailing a journey that included a match in occupied Germany.

“Opportunities to meet Sir Richard and hear firsthand about the project is a must for all cricket fans,” says Bay of Plenty Cricket CEO Chris Rapson.

The tour statistics alone are an

incredible tale of achievement – 32 firstclass games, winning 13, drawing 18 and losing just a solitary match. Eight players exceeded 1000 runs in first-class matches which, at the time, was a record for touring teams in England.

Legendary Kiwi batsman Bert Sutcliffe had a tour aggregate of 2627 runs, second only to the record of Don Bradman of 2960 runs set in 1930. On 26 occasions, the New Zealand batsmen blasted more than 300 runs in an innings with 10 innings passing the 400-run mark.

‘The Skipper’s Diary’ with Sir Richard Hadlee will be held at Club Mount Maunganui on November 1.

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Pumped about new BMX track

The Papamoa BMX pump track has already proven to be very popular.

Tauranga kids can now perfect their bike skills with the completion of a new BMX pump track.

The BMX pump track, which is located in Gordon Spratt Reserve on Parton Rd, is the only one of its kind in Tauranga and is now open for public use.

“The aim was to provide a facility for everyone to use – locals, young kids and BMXers of all ages.

“The track will provide an opportunity for users to get out and have a go, improve their skills, and have a bit of fun at the same time,” says Project Tauranga manager Michael Vujnovich.

The track has a circuit of rollers, beams and jumps that loop back on itself, allowing the user to ride continuously.

“What makes a pump track different to a BMX track is that the humps are spaced so that you can use your weight to ‘pump’ your bike, rather than pedal.”

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Project Tauranga partners Fulton Hogan, Powerco and Recreational Services all contributed to the track’s development, with support from the local community who participated in working bees.

Pete Roden, well known in the BMX fraternity, designed the track.

Fulton Hogan regional manager Gavin Riddle says they were delighted to help bring the facility to the area.

The Gordon Spratt Reserve BMX pump track will have a formal opening ceremony in mid-October with the date still to be confirmed.

Our very own growing and expanding airport Next month will see the beginning of a $12.7m project to more than double the size of the Tauranga Airport terminal.

This will be welcome news for travellers at peak times who are feeling the squeeze with annual passenger numbers now exceeding 300,000. Numbers are forecast to reach 400,000 within the next 10 years so we need to act now. That’s why we’re increasing the size of the terminal from 1700m2 to 3800m2 with separate check-in and arrival

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As the airport activity (including the lease of airport industrial land) is ‘self-funding’ there will be no rates money spent on this project.

There’s been a bit of talk recently about the possibility of moving the airport to Paengaroa. However, this isn’t feasible within the next 30 years. The cost would be in excess of half a billion dollars and because of the ownership structure

of the airport land and how it was acquired under the Public Works Act it is reasonably certain a disposal of the current airport land wouldn’t pay for new one.

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Do you know this artist?

Hearing Support Bay of Plenty has a mystery on its hands.

A former Hearing Association Tauranga (as it used to be called) committee member has turned up an old suitcase full of pen and ink prints that were meant to be sold as a fundraiser but it never went ahead.

The limited edition prints, dated 1983, are by an artist named George W Stephenson and feature two scenes in Coroglen on the Coromandel Peninsula.

One is called ‘Bush River’ and the other ‘Beautiful New Zealand’.

“They were going to sell them as fundraiser, but it never went ahead so the committee members at the time put the prints, 275 of each one, in a case in storage. About a week ago one of the committee members came in with the suitcase and told me the story because he was moving house and found them,” says Hearing Support BOP manager Jo Sykes.

Jo has tried to find out who the artist, George Stephenson is, but no one, including the Tauranga Society of Artists, has heard of him.

“It would be good to know some history. Who is the artist? Is he still around? Perhaps he has family here who would like to have a copy.

“Also, if there is interest in the work we may still be able to sell them.

“They’re actually pretty good,” says Jo. The first 10 of each print are missing.

Each print is

numbered and signed and individually wrapped in plastic with a sticker on the outside that says ‘Geo Stephenson’.

On further investigation Jo discovered the Alexander Turnbull Library, the National Library of New Zealand, holds two copies of each of the prints, which were priced at $20 each or two for $30 at the time.

Dr Oliver Stead, curator of drawings, paintings and prints at the library, says the prints were not expensively printed but the artist was very skilful and the images are “lovely”.

There is a reference in the National Library listing to the ‘Sunburst Community’ in Coroglen which George Stephenson may have been connected with.

In the mid-1970s the government allowed ohu (a Maori word for community work group) to set up in rural areas of New Zealand to assist people in becoming self-sufficient from the land and giving people a chance to develop alternative social models.

Sunburst was the first ohu established in 1974 by a group of friends who had lived together in Auckland and the Hokianga. The land lacked vehicle access and residents rigged up a flying fox to transport supplies across the Rangihau River until a neighbouring farmer bulldozed a track for them. Sunburst lasted about six years.

If you have any information about George Stephenson please contact Jo Sykes on 07 578 6476.

Jo Sykes from Hearing Support Bay of Plenty would love to hear from anyone who knows anything about these pen and ink prints by artist George Stephenson.

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Looking for a church to go to Tauranga’s Pacific Island community is looking for a church, preferably somewhere central so it can be accessed by community members from Te Puke or Katikati, Tauranga City councillors were told recently.

Pacific Island Community Trust CEO Delwyn Walker was speaking to councillors during an open forum.

She said PICT has been incorporated in Tauranga since 2004 and a community trust since 2008, but there was still a huge proportion of the population that didn’t know much about Pacific Islanders living in the city, or their language and culture. “I have found being with this community that they are quite behind the times in terms of engaging with the wider community;

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in terms of having very few resources.

“One issue is the fact that all these small communities are growing.

They are very heavily in touch with their spiritual side – about 85-90 per cent attend church on a regular basis.

But guess what? They don’t have their own church in Tauranga Moana or the Western Bay. “They either hire the facilities of council which is the halls, or they hire somebody else’s church, or they hire whatever facility available to them to have their communal activities.” Delwyn wants council help to look at a way of centralising the small island communities so they have an identity in Tauranga.

Read the rest of the story at www.theweekendsun.co.nz Andrew Campbell

Stunt safety key in parkour One gym has proved that climbing and swinging off buildings like a monkey isn’t always reckless and unsafe.

Te Puke Gymsports is getting kids off the streets by teaching them how to land safely when they try stunts in their backyard.

The urban sport, parkour, involves free running and disciplined movements that were developed from military obstacle course training. It includes running, swinging, jumping, rolling, crawling and somersaults.

Te Puke Gymsports head parkour manager Nikki Smith says they are the only gym club in the Bay of Plenty that offers parkour.

The parkour club has 40 students from the ages of five to 15, including beginners, intermediate, advanced and elite.

To measure which group fits the students best they are judged on their speed and skill level.

“They learn how to get over objects by free-flowing through, and once they get up to the more advanced classes, they do somersaults over the apparatuses,” Nikki says.

Parkour is a very spiritual sport with the mentality that if you free your mind, your body will follow.

Nikki says they get a few kids who have ADHD and Asperger’s, who don’t do well in traditional sports, but thrive in parkour.

“You get kids who are all arms and legs, so when they try and do sports they are uncoordinated, but they can do it and they love it.”

Assistant coach and elite student Luke Emerson and advanced group Josh Muir, Gage Olsen, Nathan Muir, Tinus Nel, and Tyee Dixon.

She says a lot of people see parkour as a dangerous sport but it teaches kids how to land correctly when they are trying out new stunts.

“In layman's terms if they jumped out of a tree they wouldn’t break their leg, because they’ve learned how to break the fall.”

“They’re learning how to land safely and roll and do all those things that they can do outside.”

Last weekend the gym had an in-house competition where students showed off their skills.

Nikki says it was their first competition and it was great to see all the kids getting involved.

“The competition was a great success and it was cool to see what they could do and how far they Sharnae Hope pushed themselves.”

Nirvana and The Chili Peppers at Totara Street Well, not really – but two great tribute acts will be playing hits from these great bands on Saturday night.

Lounge Apes and Funkadelic Monks are two Auckland-based tribute bands, playing the songs of Nirvana and Red Hot Chili Peppers respectively.

Tauranga fans can expect to hear popular Red Hot Chili Peppers number such as ‘Californication', ‘Under the Bridge', and ‘Can't Stop', as well as Nirvana hits such as ‘Lithium', ‘Come As You Are', ‘HeartShaped Box' and the ever-popular ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit'.

Many more from Nirvana's studio albums will be performed on the night.

Lounge Apes and Funkadelic Monks are playing at Totara Street, 8pm, Saturday, September 30. Tickets $20 from www.cosmicticketing.co.nz or on the door.

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Easter Sunday has traditionally been a restricted trading day, with only a few types of shops allowed to open.

Do you think all shops in Tauranga should be allowed to trade on Easter Sunday if they wish to?

Go to www.tauranga.govt.nz/easter or use the form below to tell us what you think.

It’s now up to councils and their communities to decide whether shops can open on Easter Sunday, and it’s time to make a decision for Tauranga.

Submissions are open until 5pm on Sunday 22 October 2017.

If trading were allowed on Easter Sunday: • This would apply to the entire city, including all suburbs (e.g. Papamoa, Mount Maunganui, Bethlehem, Greerton etc.); • Shops would only open if they wish to; • Employees would be entitled by law to refuse to work on Easter Sunday, without having to give a reason;

• Easter Sunday is not a public holiday. This means employees choosing to work on Easter Sunday would receive normal pay, not time and a half or an alternate paid day off;

• This won’t override liquor licensing provisions. If a venue cannot currently sell alcohol on Easter Sunday, the policy will not change that. Alcohol will continue to only be sold with a meal at restaurants and cafés;

• Good Friday would remain a public holiday with no trading;

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Reviving Neighbourhood Support

ISSUE 2, 2017

Tauranga ratepayers support Neighbourhood Support with $11,000 a year, money which has enabled

the organisation to contract help to update its database and formalise training of coordinators.

“The last year, 2016/17, was particularly challenging,” said Tauranga coordinator Kathy Webb during an open forum at a recent Tauranga City Council environment committee meeting. “Volunteers have been very scarce on the ground.

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They had an inquiry about a brothel in a street, Cathy Hayes has been working on updating an questions about trees, and even a resident whose eight-year-old database, and Bruce Banks has been neighbour was throwing dog poo at his house. writing a training manual for volunteers.

“We got the street coordinator to facilitate a The organisation has found a niche in happy ending.” coordinating communications There are now 12,261 households across the city between residents and the that are part of Neighbourhood Support. Bruce various layers of officialdom, predicts that will rise by another 1500 over the next says Cathy. six months.

The floodgates opened after Andrew Campbell Neighbourhood Support successfully used its newsletter feedback to locate a missing person for police.

“For the next two weeks I was inundated with phone calls from people across the area talking about neighbour problems, says Cathy.

“Sometimes I feel as if I am almost becoming a councillor.

“But in the process I guess we are a link, people feel comfortable coming here.

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If you want netball coaching, it’s best to get it from the top.

And former ANZ netball star, Jodi Tod, will be holding clinics at the ASB Baypark Indoor Sports Pavilion during the second week of the school holidays with programmes to suit netballers from Year 5 up.

The clinics, divided into Years 5-6 and Years 7-8 will be held on Tuesday, October 10 and Wednesday, October 11 from 9.30am-3pm.

ASB Arena’s Simon Leach says the clinics offer high-calibre coaching and participants will improve their skills, have fun, and play the game indoors on netted courts.

Jodi says older school-aged girls keen to play netball are also being catered for with a secondary school tournament at the Indoor Sports Pavilion on Thursday, October 12.

“It’s a great opportunity for secondary school-aged girls to grab some friends, join as a team, or come on your own to be put in a team,” she says.

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Loud shirts making noise for the deaf by dressing up in a loud shirt and collecting donations.

In Tauranga, 35 groups have registered in this year’s appeal including 21 businesses, six schools and five rest homes. This year’s fundraiser has a beach theme.

The two charities which it raises money for are each dedicated to enabling deaf children with cochlear implants or hearing aids to listen and speak like their hearing peers.

The Hearing House is based in Auckland and provides services to affected families living north of Turangi and the Southern Cochlear Implant Programme is based in Christchurch and provides services to affected families in the rest of the country.

Melanie Louden, fundraising and communications manager at The Hearing House, says the event is crucial to both organisations.

“The money raised from Loud Shirt Day is vital to the work both organisations do to change the

lives of deaf and hearing impaired children with cochlear implants and hearing aids.

“We are grateful for every bit of support that enables us to help parents give their child the gift of sound and the spoken word.”

The Loud Shirt Day team is grateful for all the support we receive from generous people across the country.”

Scott Johnston, chief executive officer at The Hearing House, says the event also provides an excellent opportunity to raise awareness of children with hearing impairment.

“With today’s technology a deaf child can speak just as well as any hearing child.

“Loud Shirt Day provides a wonderful opportunity to tell their stories and to raise much need funds to support them in their early years.”

All Loud Shirt Day donations go to the region in which they were raised.

Last year the event raised more than $200,000.

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Mayor Greg Brownless, one of many locals involved in this year’s cause.

It’s time to get loud today, September 29, to help change the lives of New Zealand’s deaf and hearing impaired children as part of Loud Shirt Day.

Loud Shirt Day is an annual appeal which raises money for The Hearing House and the Southern Cochlear Implant Programme.

The event sees schools, businesses, community groups and individuals around the country raise money

Key advice from John John Key gave me three pieces advice when I became an MP three years ago.

One, never forget your family – they were there before politics, they will be there after politics. He told me to make sure I ring them every night I was away in Wellington and try to make their important events, even if you have to leave an electorate event early.

Two, work as hard as you can in your community, try to listen more than talk to lift your understanding of all those you seek to represent.

Three, enjoyment in politics, he said, will be measured on how you do both of these things well.

I reflected on these words on Saturday night as we took in the very special election result and I have to say he was pretty much bang on. In no way have I mastered his advice, but I feel I am at least pointing in the right direction. I was surrounded by my family and it was very special to be

able to acknowledge Michelle, Aimee, Bradley and Amelia and my wider family for their support. I was able to acknowledge how very humbled I am by the support of the wider community. This is an unusual job where you only really know how you are tracking every three years.

Thanks for your endorsement and be assured I will continue to learn and apply my experience on your behalf.

As you can tell, I love doing this job.

It’s a privilege and I feel especially honoured to represent a community that my family and I have been a part of for 43 years.

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Disagreement over fluoride study A recently published US study finding that women who drink fluoridated water have lower IQ babies is being panned by Bay of Plenty Medical Officer of Health Dr Neil de Wet, while being promoted by fluoride opponents.

Fluoride Free New Zealand says the results mean the 23 New Zealand councils that still fluoridate drinking water should stop using it immediately in order to protect the brains of the unborn.

Neil says the study referred to is poor quality, has limited scientific value and is largely irrelevant to understanding issues regarding safety and effectiveness of water fluoridation.

Trucks pushing carbon figures A study of pollution levels in Tauranga shows the city’s carbon emissions are higher per person than they are in Auckland.

The report shows cars and trucks are the city’s biggest generator of carbon emissions. For the 2015/16 year, the city’s population of 128,000 people was emitting 6.3 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.

Some 63 per cent of the emissions are transportation emissions, with petrol and diesel making up 511,761 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions, and the transportation emissions are 97 per cent road transport – diesel 57 per cent and petrol 40 per cent.

Trout fishing season opens The new trout fishing season opens this weekend, providing parents throughout the country with a great family school holiday activity.

For months, freshwater anglers have been eagerly anticipating the start of the new trout and salmon fishing season on Sunday, October 1.

Licences for the 2017-18 season have been on sale for six weeks and thousands have already been sold.

Fish & Game communications manager Don Rood says the start of the season always provides the opportunity for families and mates to get together.

Rugby supporting local charities Mitre 10 Cup rugby teams will look to give back this week as the competition celebrates Charity Week. Each provincial union hosting a match over the next five days will run a variety of activities in recognition and support of their chosen charities.

“Our provincial unions are involved in a number of amazing charity ventures and we’re hoping that the wider community will be able to see that throughout the course of this week,” says head of Provincial Union Rugby Steve Lancaster.

“Several unions have strong charity and community programmes throughout their season, but by aligning them for week seven it will hopefully raise some much-needed awareness for these organisations.”

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Colour bursts out of retirement village Local artists are taking to the spotlight with their vibrant coloured art on show to the public.

The Omokoroa Community Art Group will have some art pieces on display at an exhibition at Bob Owens Retirement Village from September 29-October 1.

The art group has been running for 20 years with around 30 members who range in skill levels.

The group was invited to show off its members’ work as part of the Bob Owens Retirement Village open day.

Exhibition organiser and artist Jackie Knox says the members usually only have

one exhibition a year at the Settlers Hall so this exhibition is quite special for them.

“Bob Owens is going to have an open weekend and some of our members live there so they’ve teed up that we can exhibit our work over the weekend.”

The art works will be from a variety of mediums, including water colours and oil paintings, and textile prints.

The Omokoroa Community Art Group exhibition will run from September 29-October 1 from 10am-3pm at the Bob Owen’s Retirement Village, 112 Carmichael Rd, Bethlehem. All work is for sale and admission is free. For more information call Jan on 07 579 2519.

Jackie Knox’s own work ‘Patrick Caulfield Roses’.

Helping to support our youth in need With mental health issues increasing among teens, one company is doing its bit to help provide an ear for Kiwi kids in need.

Last year OfficeMax launched a campaign to raise money for 0800 What’s Up – a free counselling helpline and web chat service for children and teenagers by New Zealand charity Barnardos.

Over the past eight months $12,760 has been raised by selling more than 2500 do-it-yourself, colour-me-in bags, with $5 from each sale donated to the helpline. Barnardos chief executive

Jeff Sanders says the “These extra funds are money will contribute incredibly important to to Barnardos counsellors 0800 What’s Up. responding to 45,000 calls “They will allow us from kids in need. to respond to children “We receive calls, both who need our help. on the phone and through “We are so web chat, each year from appreciative of children around New the support from Zealand who need some OfficeMax and its kind of help. investment in caring OfficeMax’s campaign helps better “Our trained counsellors for Kiwi kids.” connect children and teenagers to help these kids find OfficeMax Australia free counselling. solutions to their and New Zealand’s problems, equipping them with managing director Kevin Obern says everyone in the the tools they need to deal with all company is pleased and proud to be able to help such a kinds of situations. worthy cause and support Kiwi kids.

“We love working with Barnardos and having the opportunity to give a helping hand to children across New Zealand,” he says.

The colour-me-in bag is still available for $9.99 in all OfficeMax stores nationwide and online until stocks last.

To talk to a counsellor call 0800 WHATSUP (0800 942 8787) free seven days a week (week days midday–11pm and weekends 3–11pm). You can also chat online seven days a week between 5-10pm.

Family fun at Waihi Trolley Derby The countdown is on with Waihi's Goldfest celebrations across October starting this weekend.

Kicking off the fun is the annual Trolley Derby, in which participants race in homemade trolleys through the town.

The Goldfest Market Day will also be on from 9am, with music downtown, plenty of sales and specials through lots of shops, food and refreshments for everyone, and a great mix of stalls selling all sorts of goodies.

“It's always a great day for both entrants and spectators, who can get right up next to the course through the centre of town, starting at the top of the aptly named Haszard St,” says GO Waihi coordinator Brian Gentil.

The Trolley Derby is scheduled to begin at midday.

For more details visit www.waihi.org.nz

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Tauranga Samba celebrates 10 years

Could this be you? Tauranga Samba is looking for new members.

Tauranga Samba is celebrating 10 years of bringing Brazilian beats to the Bay this month.

The percussion group has had a steady membership over the years but is looking to drum up more support, says Tauranga Samba event coordinator Rob Pinkerton.

“We have a steady core of 15-20, but we’d like to build that up to around 35. We meet every Tuesday at 7.15pm at the Mount Maunganui Sports Centre. On some days we have up to 28 people there. We supply the drums and

you don’t have to have a musical background, you just have to be able to keep a beat.”

Rob became involved with the group through his wife, who’s been doing it for nine years.

The first musical director was Phil Solomon who came over from Perth and decided to set up a Samba group in Tauranga.

“Now he’s working with a group down in Hastings – so he sort of takes it wherever he goes,” says Rob. The current musical director is Darius Chapman, who’s been in the role for three years.

Tauranga Samba’s drummers appears at many community

events, most recently at the Anchor AIMS Games. Their popularity is generally spread by word of mouth and Rob says they perform at an event every fortnight on average.

Next March they’ll be heading to Wellington for CubaDupa 2018, a weekend street festival that attracts performers from all cultures.

Rob says anyone is welcome to join Tauranga Samba – just rock up on a Tuesday night, or call him on 021 232 7185.

“Our members include nurses, teachers, retirees, firemen, shelf packers, office managers, and more – a whole variety of people.”

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Let’s make Paradox a national phenomenon It just may be that Tauranga held New Zealand’s favourite event of the year. The enormously popular Paradox Art festival, which featured work by Banksy and other internationally acclaimed street artists, was a resounding economic success and generated record numbers through the Tauranga Art Gallery.

Now it’s a finalist in the New Zealand Event Awards

2017. You can assist getting national acclaim for the festival by voting at www.eventfinda.co.nz There are 19 other finalists, including Auckland’s Santa Parade, Winetopia, Womad NZ 2017, the World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships, The Royal NZ Navy’s 75th anniversary international navy review and the Repco Beach Hop.

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extracted and bottled at the world's largest specialised olive leaf grove, with more than one million olive trees.

The company still operates out of Paengaroa, with more than 150 staff located at its head office on Wilson Rd South. In total, Comvita’s 500-plus More than 40 years on, Comvita has grown to staff are located across eight different become a globally-recognised, countries; New Zealand, Australia, NZX-listed natural health Hong Kong, China, Japan, South products company, committed Korea, the United Kingdom to the development of and the USA. innovative products, backed In Paengaroa, you can by scientific research. visit Experience Comvita, Comvita is a world leader the company’s tourist in manuka honey and attraction. On-site, you fresh-picked olive leaf can join a guided tour to extract, which are core to discover the world of the the company’s product honey bee and the healing range, and found on power of nature through shelves in retail locations New Zealand’s native across 18 different countries. plants, including manuka.

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Don’t let the wet weather put a dampener on your school holidays – grab your gummies, throw on a raincoat and get exploring with Virtually on Track. Back by popular demand, Sport Bay of Plenty’s Virtually on Track is once again hosting the fun, app-based challenge GooseChase in three diverse locations in the Bay of Plenty. Waihi Beach, The Redwoods (Whakarewarewa Forest) and Ohope Beach surrounds (including West End to Otarawairere Bay track,

Fairbrother Loop and Tauwhare Pa site) are the locations in which GooseChase can be used, providing plenty of outdoor opportunities to explore and collect points. The free app, called GooseChase, sees teams completing physical and mental ‘missions’, and taking photo/ video evidence of their success in an Amazing Race-style event that’s sure to provide plenty of entertainment. Each mission is worth a certain number of points, with bonus points awarded for

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Complete your missions, score points and challenge friends and family – all you need is the app to get going. The games will be available for use anytime between 9am, Saturday, September 30 and 7.30pm Sunday, October 15, so you can complete missions and explore the locations at your leisure during the holidays.

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Create your happy place! The Spring Home Show is the perfect opportunity to find all your home products and service needs under one roof.

Step through the doors and feel the buzz of energy and inspiration.

If you’re looking to build, renovate or decorate your home, get expert advice from more than 180 leading experts and suppliers to bring your dreams to life.

If you’re looking to modernise, renovate, or build your dream home, it can be hard to know where to start.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to talk to a range of knowledgeable builders and tradies, interior decorators, home heating and insulation installers, kitchen specialists, and roofing, decking and glass services.

Browse the comprehensive range of garden, outdoor, pool and spa options to get your outside space ready to enjoy when the sun comes out!

See the action at the Live Cooking Theatre presented by local celebrity chef Peter Blakeway as he puts the Everdure by Heston Blumenthal range of charcoal barbecues to the test. Get your caffeine fix at the Coffee Corner while the kids let off steam in the Kids Corner, enjoying the free bouncy castle, face painting and balloon art.

Every ticket into the show gives you an entry to win an amazing outdoor prize package worth $5000, including a Weber Genesis E330 barbecue, gas fire pit, six-seater outdoor dining setting and colourful accessories.

Plan small alterations or huge transformations to suit your needs and budget. Whether this is your first time attending or you’ve come year after year, there’s always something new at the Spring Home Show!

Visit the Spring Home Show at the ASB Arena Baypark, Tauranga from September 29-October 1. Parking is free. Visit www.springhomeshow.co.nz for more information.

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Make a splash this summer Barrier Reef pools have been imported to New Zealand by Andrew and Jocelyn McGilllivray of Tauranga since 2009.

The Barrier Reef pool brand is sold and installed throughout New Zealand by retailers who appreciate the great reputation, fabulous designs and attention to workmanship of the Barrier Reef fibreglass pool.

The McGillivrays have recently set up a new pool yard in the Tauriko business district. The yard is expected to be open to the public from mid-October to view the pools says Andrew. Viewing hours will be on listed on the website.

Andrew says many people like to climb inside the pools “without getting wet” to see the actual size of the pool and get a feel for the depth and space. This can be done at the pool yard. Jocelyn says the network of retailers is currently expanding throughout New Zealand and some of the new retailers are adding the Barrier Reef product to their existing businesses.

New retailers are located in Whitianga, Taupo, Cambridge, Gisborne and Franklin.

These retailers complement the existing retailers already located in North Auckland, Kerikeri, Hawkes Bay, Wairarapa, Bay of Plenty, Matamata, South Waikato and the South Island, many of whom have been involved with Barrier Reef pools for many years.

Make a splash this summer! Come and talk to the team at the Tauranga Spring Homeshow this weekend about your new Barrier Reef pool – Stand F218.

Make the most of outside this summer Get ready to move outside for summer!

Create your happy place outdoors at the Spring Home Show by talking to a range of knowledgeable suppliers, all under one roof. Turn your outdoor area into an alfresco family room – it's a less expensive option than adding another room to your home!

Retractable canopies, pergolas, louvres, awnings and fixed roofing systems – the Spring Home Show brings you all the possibilities. Are you looking to entertain your friends over a tasty barbecue dinner, create a backyard getaway where you can curl up with the latest romance novel, or want to welcome the summer nights sitting and chatting around

a blazing fire pit? Check out the latest in outdoor furniture and accessories, browse and compare, and find the options that are right for you.

Visit the Spring Home Show at the ASB Arena Baypark, Tauranga from September 29-October 1.

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The Carpet Couple from Flooring First is familyowned and operated with a hands-on approach to find the perfect flooring for you that is functional yet stylish.

Owners Jason and Raewyn Fair will have a stall at this year’s Spring Home Show with the latest trends in carpet, vinyl and vinyl planking.

Their stall will showcase a new Godfrey Hirst loose lay vinyl plank range, a selection

of carpets and you will be able to feel the difference with the latest in Sleepyhead underlay.

“The Home Show is all about getting ideas and seeing what will work for you,” says Raewyn. “After the home show we are happy to come and do a free measure and help you select products that best fit your space.”

The Carpet Couple do installations for new residential housing and refurbishments as well as some businesses.

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Get ready for summer with a curved pergola As the warmer months begin to set in, it’s the perfect time to shade your deck areas with a pergola manufactured and installed by Steve Tucker at Curved Pergolas, a trade-qualified, licensed builder with more than 30 years’ experience.

aluminium, the low-maintenance pergolas are assembled on-site. The pergolas can be either curved or flat and custom designs are available.

“People can keep the harsh sunlight out while still allowing some warmth to come in with a curved pergola. The Alsynite polycarbonate roofing cuts out 99.9 per cent of UV rays, and comes with a 10-year warranty,” says Steve.

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High quality artificial turf to be showcased at Home Show Husband and wife team Hamish and Anita Dennis are proud to offer their customers New Zealand’s most real-life artificial turf through their long association with manufacturer Urban Turf Solutions.

based Urban Turf Solutions.

“They produce such a high-quality and realistic product that not only looks great but also lasts, and that’s important,” says Hamish.

In addition to having installed artificial turf in a variety of residential situations, Hamish has also installed many artificial sports surfaces such as cricket wickets, tennis courts and golf greens, which for a “Our artificial turf sports-mad Kiwi provides people with male are dream jobs. a serious alternative Impact Turf and to real grass. It’s come Landscapes will use the a long way from the Spring Home Show to days when it was simply Hamish and Anita Dennis. display a range of their known as astro turf,” artificial turf products says Hamish. and will provide a fantastic opportunity to Hamish has been see and feel the grass and to discuss possibilities installing artificial turf for more than 10 with Hamish and Anita. years and is proud of the fact he is one of the For more information call Impact Turf most experienced installers in the Bay of and Landscapes on 020 4118 7682 or email Plenty. During those 10 years Hamish has admin@impactturf.co.nz exclusively used artificial turf from Auckland-

Make waves in your very own backyard Upgrade your summer and make waves in your own backyard by creating your own pool oasis.

The Spring Home Show brings together the Bay of Plenty’s most experienced range of pool suppliers under one roof.

These knowledgeable, credible sellers and installers will be able to help you

with your budget, look, and building requirements, and provide recommendations on accessories such as covers, enclosures, heating and lighting. They will also be able to give you sound advice on long-term care and safety concerns to ensure you’re taken care of for years to come.

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Visit the Spring Home Show at the ASB Arena Baypark, Tauranga from September 29-October 1. Parking is free.

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Lifejacket maintenance The ongoing changeover from traditional foam core life jackets to inflatables brings another maintenance chore into the boatie’s life.

Inflatable life jackets are inflated by a CO2 bottle, by a mechanism that has to be checked on a regular basis to ensure it will still work if required.

Unlike foam lifejackets, inflatables cannot be thrown around, tossed in lockers for months on end and their operation taken for granted afterwards.

Inflatable lifejackets are deployed by pulling the activating knob. Some are also fitted with an automatic function.

The automatic deployment is activated upon immersion. (Inflation and deflation plus inspection may also be carried out using the mouth inflation tube).

Getting the right fit

Originally developed for oilrigs and commercial operators where traditional foam filled PFDs were bulky and impractical for constant use, inflatable PFDs provide full specification PFD buoyancy once they are inflated using CO2 gas. They are unobtrusive and extremely comfortable to wear, although obviously providing no inherent buoyancy prior to inflation.

The CO2 cylinders and automatic cartridges, if applicable, are a 'single use only' product and both must be replaced following each use.

Always ensure to fit the correct re-arming kit – all quality PFDs will have inscribed on them the re-arming kit that should be used.

Because of their nature, inflatable PFDs require an annual inspection by an accredited service station regardless of whether they have been inflated or not.

In areas where high salinity, humidity and a hotter climate provide a harsher environment, annual inspections are critical.

Annual inspection checklist

1) Check the PFD cover, buckle and straps for visible damage. If applicable check the safety harness for damage and that the buckles are locking correctly.

2) Open up the PFD and check the retro reflective tape has not been damaged. Check the mouth inflation tube for damage and blow the whistle to ensure it is not clogged.

3) Inflate the lung by using the red oral tube. Leave the PFD overnight in a room with a stable temperature of around 20°C. If the temperature goes down over night, this will affect the pressure.

Check there is no loss of pressure and no visible

damage to the lung. If the pressure falls, the PFD must be sent to an accredited service station for further tests. Under no circumstances must you attempt to repair a PFD. 4) Deflate the PFD by inverting the cap on the mouth inflation tube and press gently to expel the air. Replace the cap when finished. Do not use anything except the cap to deflate the lung.

5) Remove the CO2 cylinder by unscrewing anticlockwise and inspect thoroughly. It should be intact with no rust or corrosion. Weigh the cylinder on a kitchen or letter scales to ensure that the weight corresponds to the minimum gross weight engraved on the cylinder +/-2g. If the weight is incorrect or the cylinder is in any way defective it must be replaced. Check the new one in the same manner. Do not refit the cylinder yet.

6) Pull the manual knob sharply to ensure that the lever moves freely and that the piercing cutter protrudes at the bottom of the thread when activated. Fold back the lever to the normal position and secure it with a new green firing indicator.

7) Automatic cartridges on the water=sensing inflatable must be replaced if it has been immersed or if it is over three years old. Check the cartridge is clean and completely dry, check the expiry date on the cartridge and that the green indicator is in place, discard and replace if applicable. Unscrew the cartridge anticlockwise, and replace by screwing on clockwise firmly.

8) To replace the CO2 cylinder, hold the unit tightly and screw the replacement cylinder in clockwise (hand tight). Note for the piercing cutter to work correctly the cartridge and cylinder must be firmly tightened. Do not use any tools.

9. Repack the lifejacket according to the instructions ensuring all the gas is expelled and that the manual pull knob is accessible. Repairs must be conducted by trained service personnel.

Pre-wear self-checks:

It is also important to carry out regular pre-wear checks. Failure to do so may affect the performance of the PFD and your guarantee 1. Visually inspect for damage.

2. Unscrew the C02 cylinder and check it is not pierced. If the cylinder is pierced, discard it and re-arm the PFD. If not pierced, screw the cylinder back in hand tight.

3. Check the expiry date of the cartridge. If out of date discard and re-arm.

4. Ensure that the cartridge is screwed up hand tight (automatic only).

5. Check the safety indicators. If either of the green indicators is missing the PFD must be rearmed or fully inspected.

6. Ensure the dust cap is correctly fitted to the oral tube.

7. Check that the manual inflation pull knob is accessible when donned.

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Fishing for rainbow gold Somewhere in one of the Rotorua lakes there’s a ‘golden trout’ worth $10,000 to a lucky angler.

Fish & Game staff have released 30 rainbow trout with specially numbered pink tags that can win prizes in the ‘Fish for Gold’ promotion which gets underway on the opening day of the season, October 1.

There are two big prizes to be won – one is $10,000 cash, the other an outboard motor valued at nearly $1000.

Fish & Game staff have released 10 of the pink tagged fish into each of three lakes – Tarawera, Rotoiti and Okataina.

Eastern Fish & Game manager Andy Garrick says weather conditions were perfect and the fish were randomly released at different spots on the three lakes.

“The operation was carried out

by Fish & Game officers amid a certain amount of secrecy as we don’t want hundreds of boats converging on a few localised areas.

“We think it adds a bit more to the excitement and anticipation

of the day if no one knows where exactly they were released.

“Though we doubt it would make any difference to the likelihood of catching one as the fish are likely to spread far and wide.” Andy says no one, including himself, knows which lake the $10,000 fish went into.

The numbers on the pink tags have been matched to prizes that have been placed into envelopes and sealed by a Justice of the Peace, before being randomly numbered and locked away securely until the supervised draw.

One envelope contains the grand prize and another a Yamaha 2HP outboard motor valued at $949.

The other envelopes each contain a $200 tackle or voucher prize, “so every registered angler who returns with a pink tag fish will be a winner”.

“Fish for Gold is dangling some irresistible bait in front of anglers in the lead up to the new season and you need to get in quick if you are thinking about entering,” says Andy.

“Hundreds of people have already registered to take part and the event is limited to the

first 1200 entries.”

Fish for Gold is free to enter with a 2017-18 Fish & Game sports fishing licence. Children under 12 are not eligible to enter on a free child’s licence, but can if they are included as part of a family fishing licence.

The event runs from Sunday, October 1 to Sunday, October 8 inclusive and you need to register online prior to opening day.

Details including entry form and terms and conditions can be found via Eastern Fish & Game’s website www.fishandgame.org.nz/ fish-for-gold

The all-important trailer check Often overlooked, the boat trailer is a sometimes forgotten part of the boating equipage that has been known to call attention to itself sometimes by dropping a wheel in heavy traffic – or seizing a wheel bearing on the motorway.

In the rush to the boat ramps in the warming weather, there are some things to remember about the trailer that is transporting the boat.

However big, small, flash or plain the boat is, it represents an investment in time and money that often far outweighs the value of the trailer transporting it.

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“They say it takes a community to raise a child,” says director Aaron Sinclair. “And we aim to achieve that by building whanaungatanga – connecting parents, whanau, community, businesses, organisations and service providers.”

Grow even plans on hooking up with a neighbouring retirement village. “There will be real magic in bringing young and old together.”

It’s important that Grow feels like an extension of the child’s home and a hub for the whanau.

“We asked parents what they

wanted for their children. We listened and provided. After all, a childcare centre is a community,” says Aaron.

There’s glowing endorsements from parents.

“I have two children at Grow and I struggle to get them to come home,” says mum Emma Scott.

“It honestly made me want to be a kid again,” says Rosie Richardson. “I would recommend Grow to any family looking for a place for their children to flourish.” And there’s space to flourish in this daycare where teacher/child ratios are well below requirement – Grow occupies 4000 square metres of prime Papamoa. “We have one of the biggest kids’ play areas in the Bay of Plenty, the equivalent of a football field.

“So they can enjoy space and at the same time recognising the need for alone time.”

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Elliotte, Zara, Laycee and teacher Kristie Palmer. children and the community to enjoy, says Aaron. That means this summer kids will be growing fresh fruit and vegetables to take home, all the while learning about the rich and precious environment around them. Grow has also been designed to allow for all weather play – the kids can play outdoors rain or shine.

At Grow ECE it’s the age of open space with child-led learning, exploring, having fun and developing in a safe and secure environment. For more information call 07 929 7718, email info@growece.co.nz or visit www.growece.co.nz

Plan to raise achievement in maths and writing Education Minister Nikki Kaye has announced a plan to support schools and early learning providers to lift achievement in maths and writing.

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Earlier this year the government announced a new ‘Better Public Service’ goal to have at least 80 per cent of children in Year 8 achieving at or above the National Standard in maths and writing by 2021.

"We will be backing our teachers, education leaders, children and young people all the way to help them achieve these new targets,” says Nikki.

"The Result Action Plan focuses on better collaboration with the wider community and the social sector, improved teaching through dedicated training, the development of assessment tools and a focus on creating personalised pathways for each child."

National Standards give teachers and parents

information on how each child is achieving throughout their time in primary school.

"Since National Standards were introduced, they’ve proved an invaluable mechanism for targeting extra help to children who need it, when they need it," says Nikki.

"But too many of our students are still not achieving in the key areas of maths and writing – two core skills that open up a world of possibilities right across the curriculum. The data also tells us that achievement levels in those subjects are decreasing between years four and eight."

The 2016 Public Achievement Information data, also known as PAI, demonstrates the need for a focus on National Standards in Year 8 with 70 per cent of students achieving at or above the standard in maths and 69 per cent in writing.

In reading, 78 per cent of children are achieving at or above the standard.

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City-fringe commercial block for Tauranga The expansion and redevelopment of mixed-use building sites in Tauranga’s central business district and city fringe continues to move at a rapid pace, with another parcel of land placed on the market during September.

The flat countered site at 160168 Devonport Rd comprises some 2019 square metres of freehold land and is currently occupied by three commercial tenancies – including one of the Bay of Plenty’s biggest Government-affiliated health and disability charities, Life Unlimited Charitable Trust.

Bayleys Tauranga salesperson Lloyd Davidson says the 160186 Devonport Rd property was the latest real estate venture in Tauranga to be put forward for major redevelopment under a new use format to reflect the changing demands of the city, its users, and residents.

Other such locations and redevelopment projects announced over

the past two years include: • The $90 million Waikato University campus in Durham St encompassing a 12,000 square metre student hostel • Two levels of new commercial office space and a street level array of new hospitality operations within the 4000 square metre premises known as ‘The Reserve’ in Harington St and due for completion in the first quarter of 2018 • Three floors of new commercial office space and a street level array of restaurants and bars within the 950 square metre Fifty One The Strand development on The Strand, also due for completion in the first quarter of 2018 • The Westpac Building at 2 Devonport Rod which is currently undergoing due

diligence for a proposed $50 million redevelopment, including premium retail sites at ground level, office

New BOP property listings fall New Bay of Plenty property listings added Waikato 23.2 per cent, Northland 24.0 per cent and 37.6 per cent, compared to the same to www.realestate.co.nz during August 2017 Coromandel period last year. dropped by 27.2 per cent to 588 properties compared to the number of listings in August 2016.

The average asking price for residential listings in the Bay of Plenty dropped in August 2017 by 0.7 per cent to $604,770. Demand from buyers also dropped by 13.5 per cent.

The total number of residential Bay of Plenty dwellings for sale dropped by 7.2 per cent to 1321 properties.

The New Zealand housing market was showing significant regional variances in the lead-up to the general election.

Nationally, there has been a fall in new listings, static asking prices and muted demand in August.

“With inventory and demand both low, we are currently in a relatively stable price environment,” says realestate.co.nz spokesperson Vanessa Taylor.

Average asking prices were down 1.7 per cent nationally, compared with the previous month, while demand was down 8.5 per cent.

Real time statistics from realestate.co.nz show that nationally new property listings were down 17.5 per cent, with the upper North Island hardest hit.

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Jumping at the chance to be a building consultant “The job of building consultant for Classic Builders was an opportunity I jumped at,” says Classic Builders building consultant Bryce Hickey.

Bryce has been a construction manager with Classic for two years and during this time completed 60-plus houses, loving every minute of it.

With more than 10 years in the building industry as a qualified builder, Bryce started out sweeping floors and digging footings and reached the stage where he was managing multiple sites across the Bay. “I learned first-hand what it takes to build the perfect home from top to bottom,” says Bryce. “The role of building consultant gives me the chance to use my vast building and industry knowledge to help build a product that

brings total customer satisfaction.

“I get a real kick out of knowing that as a part of a larger company, I’ve got the backing to help people achieve that home they’ve been visualising. My own family situation has undoubtedly changed the way I look at things – I’m a husband and father of three amazing kids aged 16 weeks to four.

“With a growing family I know what it’s like to have moving goalposts in what you need from a home; longevity is just one consideration I can help you factor in,” says Bryce.

“I like to think I can also throw in a bit of

Classic Builders’ Bryce Hickey.

Kiwisaver HomeStart continues to grow KiwiSaver HomeStart is playing an increasing role in helping home buyers purchase their first property, building and construction minister Dr Nick Smith says.

“The second full year of the scheme has seen 15,400 first home buyers assisted with $75 million of grants, an increase of $10 million over the previous year,” says Nick. “A total of 30,943 people have been helped with grants of

$148,139,000 since the scheme started in April 2015. They are on track to deliver on the target of 90,000 grants over five years as promised when the scheme was announced in Election 2014.

“The growth in the use of KiwiSaver funds for the purchase of a new house is even more dramatic, growing to $655 million in the second full year, up from $495 million in the previous year.

“The importance of KiwiSaver HomeStart is that the most difficult hurdle to overcome for first home buyers, particularly with low interest rates, is pulling together the funds for a deposit. The scheme has assisted with more than $1.4 billion to date in funds for a deposit for first home buyers.

“We now have all of the key housing data trending in the right direction.”

‘can do’ attitude, and I hope that’s one of the reasons people like to work with me. The other is that I’m like most of us

that live here in the beautiful Bay – I’m a typical Kiwi who loves sport and the outdoors.”

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Working with the home design process One of the most common questions we get asked is ‘how does the design process work?’

While huge amounts of work go on in the background, l will attempt to give you a very topline overview to cut through some of the misconceptions.

Firstly, actually creating a brief is something that people often find the most challenging. We start by having clients complete a very simple online system that asks practical questions to automatically generate a design brief.

When we have all the information to hand, including a clear understanding of your budget, we will arrange to meet on the site to distil this information further.

If required we will come up with suggestions to modify the brief to save on cost. We then make all this tangible with an initial sketch that collates all of this information, while always balancing with budget. I really enjoy designing by hand sketches in the initial phase, rather than on a computer as it keeps the design very

fluid and allows some of the individuality of each home design to be reflected at an earlier phase in the process. The sketch is then presented to the client and amended as required. The sketch stage leads onto developed design.

This is where the sketch design is loaded onto the computer and modelled.

This allows clients to walk through their home and gain a full understanding of the design, an incredibility powerful tool as it turns the piece of paper into reality.

Following the developed design we move into pricing drawings.

This stage delivers a portion of the full construction drawings to the respective builder/s for estimate pricing.

Upon client approval we proceed into

full consent/construction drawings.

Another critical stage where accuracy is key. Accurate drawings flow through to construction allowing for an enjoyable and seamless construction process.

How to get our blinds clean - really, really clean If you want your blinds really clean, then Tony Baker from BOP Ultrasonic Blind Cleaning is the man for you. Tony says ultrasonic technology is the most hygienic way to clean your blinds, and the method is suitable for places that must be germ-free.

“Ultrasonic technology is used in all hospitals, dental surgeries and optometrists as part of the sterilisation process. It is also used in many other industries that require a precision clean to remove dirt, dust, grime, mould and bacteria,” says Tony.

It works by placing the blinds in an ultrasonic tank

of hot water. The tank then emits cleaning technique. sound waves that travel through the “Nobody likes cleaning blinds, but water, creating millions of with the ultrasonic blind cleaning microscopic bubbles that implode method, everybody likes the results.” “and literally suck the surface clean,” says Tony.

“Ultrasonic cleaning will not scratch, pit or damage items the way that conventional cleaning methods do.”

Ultrasonic blind cleaning removes dust, dirt, bacteria, bug stains, grease and grime as well as odours from cooking, pets and cigarettes, and is a The BOP Ultrasonic Blind Cleaning van safe and gentle blindis quite recognisable.

World Green Building Week 2017 World Green Building Week 2017 is about acknowledging how buildings can be the heroes of climate change.

Buildings account for more than a third of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, but that can change.

When buildings are net zero they use clean energy, are highly efficient and don’t waste energy . Some of New Zealand's most heroic buildings are in the spotlight during the week from September 25 to October 1.

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Council seeks feedback on transport Residents in Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty are being asked for their thoughts about transport challenges that need to be addressed over the next 30 years.

The survey focuses on challenges that face Tauranga’s transport network as the city and region grow exponentially over the next few decades.

Responses from the survey will feed into a 30-year transport plan that is being led by Tauranga City Council in conjunction with SmartGrowth, Bay of Plenty

Regional Council, Western Bay of Plenty District Council, and the NZ Transport Agency.

Tauranga Transport Committee chair Rick Curach says public feedback will help determine the region’s response to challenges like increasing population, more vehicles on the road and the safety of people who need to move around Tauranga City.

“Many of our challenges revolve around the fact that here in Tauranga we rely on cars more than any other city in New Zealand.

“In the next decade we’re expecting to see an extra 20,000 vehicles travelling each day on our main roads. In the next 30 years the city’s population will reach

180,000, not including people who commute into the city from the Western Bay. “Feedback we get from the transport survey will help the councils and other agencies prioritise transport investment.

“We’ve done a huge amount of work, which is ongoing, to build an efficient network for all road users.

“One of the questions we’re asking is: should we put more priority on providing better public transport, walking and biking options for people over the next 30 years?” The transport survey is open for feedback until October 27 and can be accessed via Tauranga City Council’s website www.tauranga.govt.nz

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Safe picks in light cars Bay of Plenty locals on the lookout for a new light car can rest assured there are plenty of safe picks to choose from, particularly with the release of the latest round of Australasian New Car Assessment Programme safety ratings.

The Kia Rio, which hit the market earlier this year, and higher spec models of the popular Suzuki Swift (GL Auto, GLX and the RS Auto) have been awarded five-star ANCAP safety ratings.

The GL Manual, which is the base version of the Swift, achieved four stars after falling short of the number of safety assist technologies needed for a five-star ANCAP safety rating.

AA Motoring Services general manager Stella Stocks says both the Swift and the Rio are popular cars for city driving.

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“However, it’s disappointing that the Rio features a range of crash preventing technologies which are only available on variants in the European market. That means Kiwi buyers miss out on buying the safest version of the car.”

These features include Autonomous Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Warning and Lane Support System, which are unavailable in New Zealand, even on higher spec models.

“We would like to see manufacturers offer New Zealand drivers the same degree of crash prevention technologies European drivers receive, if not as standard, then at least as an option,” she says. Both the Rio and the Swift performed well across the crash tests with the Rio offering better protection of the driver in the side impact crash test.

The full list of ANCAP’s vehicle safety ratings, other vehicle safety information and the specifications of the rated vehicles are available online at www.ancap.co.nz or www.rightcar.govt.nz

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Bringing Brits to the Beach Brits at the Beach is a celebration of all things British, including a car and bike show, and is heading to Whangamata from October 6-8.

The event gets underway on Friday, October 6 with a drive-in movie at Williamson Park, followed by a Grand Parade leaving Williamson

Park at 8am on Saturday, October 7, a Village Fete and Car Show at the Whangamata Wharf from 10am-2pm and a ‘Drive my Car’ run to Tairua from 2-6pm.

The event concludes on Sunday, October 9 with a ‘Bonnets Up’ Car Show and buy, sell and swap market at Titoki Reserve from 10am-1pm.

To register go to www.britsatthebeach.co.nz

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Alcohol interlocks put brakes on drivers Alcohol interlocks becoming a mandatory sentence is one of the most significant blows against drink-driving in New Zealand’s history, says the Automobile Association motoring affairs general manager Mike Noon.

“Alcohol interlocks are the best weapon we have to keep drink drivers off the road but, until now, they’ve been sitting in the holster.

“The law has now finally been changed to make it mandatory for the highest risk drink drivers to have to get an interlock put in their vehicle. That is going to mean less drink-drivers getting back behind the wheel, less crashes and less lives lost.

“One third of the deaths on our roads right now involve alcohol and we have to do more to stop them.”

The government’s Land Transport Amendment Bill that has now passed into law will make alcohol interlocks a mandatory sentence for repeat drink drivers or those caught at very high levels of intoxication.

Alcohol interlocks are like an in-car breathalyser that requires the driver to do tests before and during

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a car trip. If the driver has any alcohol in their system the car will not start.

About 10,000 drink drivers eligible for an interlock normally appear in courts each year but under the previous sentencing system only a few hundred were receiving an interlock sentence.

Even so, in 2016 the less than 400 interlocks currently active in New Zealand stopped a driver affected by alcohol being able to start their car 2124 times. “The AA is going to be closely monitoring the number of drink drivers receiving interlocks from 2018. If we can get at least 5000 offenders a year having an interlock put in their vehicle it’s going to likely prevent tens of thousands of attempts to drink and drive,” says Mike.

International evaluations have found alcohol interlocks reduce reoffending by an average of 60 per cent and in the Australian state of Victoria interlocks have stopped someone affected by alcohol driving more than 250,000 times since they were introduced in 2003.

“The AA praises the government for striking another blow against drink-driving. What we have to do now is make sure that the law delivers the results intended and that the thousands of eligible offenders each year definitely do end up with an interlock in their vehicle.”

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Do I need a nutritional supplement? (Part 3) My multi vitamin/mineral/ antioxidant formula has more than 60 ingredients and more than 10 of these are antioxidants to protect cell structures from free radical damage. Researchers have linked accumulated free radical damage to pretty much every disease.

I have written extensively that free radical damage to our cartilagesecreting cells is the real driver of osteoarthritis.

Free radicals can also damage small LDL cholesterol particles that get trapped in our blood vessel walls starting the process that leads to blocked arteries.

Free radicals can damage the collagen in blood vessels walls.

If left unchecked this makes blood vessels stiffer, increasing blood flow resistance and raising blood pressure.

I have formulated antioxidant supplements for nearly 20 years and there is one antioxidant compound that has a profoundly positive effect on numerous types of body tissue. I am talking about

OPC, abbreviation for oligomeric proanthocyanidins.

In nature you will find OPCs mostly in the skins and bark of plants where they protect delicate oils and other plant structures. In foods you find OPC concentrated in things like red wine grape seeds and peanut membranes.

OPC is excellent for blood vessels as it readily attaches itself to collagen in blood vessel walls. This means OPC can help to protect blood vessels from premature damage, helping circulation, blood pressure and many other cardiovascular problems.

That is why I recommend OPC, at least 200-400mg of naturally-extracted OPC daily, for high blood pressure or other circulatory problems. OPC works best when included with other complementary plant-sourced antioxidants, the antioxidant minerals selenium, copper, zinc and manganese, and vitamins C and E.

Together these vital antioxidants help protect your cells from premature aging and development of disease processes. For more information give me a call or email john@abundant.co.nz.

You can read back issues 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

Starting to resolve your old and new health issues Springtime is a great season to explore ways to help and support your body and mind so you look and feel better.

Bay Health Clinic can help you resolve old and new health problems enabling you to regain your zest for life.

When you get in touch, the practitioners can briefly explain how they can help you. Before you come to your appointment they will help you note important aspects of your health. All your health is important to the practitioners, not just the problem you may initially ask about, as health issues you may have may be interconnected.

The team will guide you with personalised lifestyle, food and drink choices. When needed they use nutritional support, herbal medicines, massage and

Jaine Kirtley Pouring Herbal Medicine inside Bay Health Clinic.

specialised tests, helping you to improve your main complaint and your whole health.

Call today 07 571 3226 or email ask@bayhealth.nz to find out how they can help you.

Practitioners Wanted Bay Health Clinic in Tauranga is looking for Practioners (Naturopaths, Herbalists, Nutritionists, Massage Therapists and other professionals) to join us in the newly renovated clinic.

Flexible hours. Profit sharing. Large stock of Herbal Medicines, Nutritional products etc. Lovely garden setting, with medicinal herbal plants. Mentoring and case history discussions available.

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Men, melanoma, and mortality Men, as all wives know, are not good at looking after their own health. In general they do well with boats, cars and gadgets. When it comes to wearing a hat, putting on sunscreen or going for a skin check, all these feature low on their priority list.

Luckily most men have a partner, mother, sister or a mate who can see when he is not doing so well at looking after himself.

At Skinspots skin cancer clinic over the past few years almost 70 per cent of people requesting a first skin check were female. The rest – males – were mostly told to get a skin check by another person, usually their partner.

The longest operating cancer registry in the US shows that since 1950, melanoma incidence has increased more than 20-fold in

older men, and the rate of men dying of melanoma has tripled.

A recent trend analysis revealed an emerging vulnerability for melanoma among men. New Zealand rates top in the world in melanoma incidence.

Melanoma occurs more in older men, but melanoma is the leading cancer among males aged 25-44 years. Melanoma rates are increasing for males. Death rates from melanoma are higher among men and are still increasing.

This means men have a problem that we are not good at managing.

We laugh it off and pretend it’s nothing, both to maintain our selfimage and to not risk losing work.

For a man the ‘don’t fix it until it’s broken’ attitude doesn’t cut it when it comes to preventing death from melanoma. Early detection and treatment is critical and usually curative.

As a safety net, ladies please continue checking the man in your life.

Making a splash during the school holidays Believe it or not the school holidays are here again.

“If you’re like me you approach this time with the best of enthusiasm, to spend some quality time with the kids, mixed with the increasing pressure to provide 24/7 entertainment,” says marketing manager at Moana Spas Mere Eden, Te Kaha, Niwa, and Ihaia Brears, and Sam and James Kawha.

Kawha-Brears.

“Oh, and try doing this without selling one of the Mount Maunganui has suggested that you and your kids off to pay for the activities… the struggle is real.” little humans go and have a dip next week.

Mere has the answer – take the kids for a swim.

“Get away from screen time and simply enjoy each In a moment of madness, the boss at Moana Spas in other’s company while splashing around and making a mess here!”

Moana Spas has three six-seater spa pools warmed up ready to bubble away, and you can delight the kids with the multi-coloured lights and waterfall fountains.

“We will also have our Bluetooth speakers going, rocking the latest tunes, so it will be like a spa pool disco!” says Mere.

Mere says caregivers are entirely responsible for their own children so please keep a close eye on your little ones.

To ensure kids and parents aren’t kept waiting visit www.moanaspas.com and confirm on the ‘contact us’ page how many kids you’ll be bringing and what time you’ll be coming, or phone 07 575 5099.

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Get yourself all dressed up and paint the town Raid your wardrobes, hit the op shops and get your best pink outfit on for Tauranga’s annual HOT Pink Walk in support of people with breast cancer on October 11.

stations, House of Travel shops or register online www.hotpinkwalk.co.nz Those who register online can

collect their sticker and map from the merchandise tent at Masonic Park from 5.30pm on the day.

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The easy 3km walk includes giveaways and some great entertainment along the way, including Tauranga Samba, Bay of Plenty Pipes & Drums, the Dancing Divas, Let’s Zumba, Scottish country dancing, Greek dancing, belly dancing, and fire juggling from Flames of Plenty.

The event gets underway at Masonic Park on The Strand at 5.30pm, Wednesday, The HOT Pink Walk is a chance to dress up in pink October 11 and the walk starts at 6pm. to celebrate the lives of those who have won and lost All funds raised on the walk, held during their battle with breast cancer.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month, go to “Everyone gets dressed up in outrageous pink. the Breast Cancer Support Service Tauranga Trust.

“It’s a fun, celebratory event where people can Manager Helen Alice says the event, which started in celebrate being alive and remember people they have 2002, attracted about 3000 people last year. supported through breast cancer or people they have “Along the route we have entertainment ‘hot spots’ lost to breast cancer.” and this year we’ve added more entertainers which is Entry to the HOT Pink Walk is by donation with a really exciting because it’s nice for the walkers to get suggested donation of $10 for adults and a gold coin that entertainment as they go along. for children.

“I recommend getting your friends together to You can pay your donation and collect your HOT come down and make a fun night of it.

Pink Walk sticker, map and info sheet from Z petrol “Bring your kids, bring your dogs.

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Here, there & everywhere

Don’t let food try and manipulate you The way that we live our life means more than our genes when it comes to good health.

The food we choose, the activity we do, the way we cope with adversity, our general outlook on life – all these things contribute to our lifestyle. We know that people sometimes have a family history of disease and in the near future we’ll all know a lot more about our genes and how they can shape our lives. However, despite new genetic technologies, for most of us, living well comes down to the basics of how we live, not our genetic makeup.

Nutrition is a prime example.

We have easy access to highdensity, low-nutrient food.

Sugar is abundant. Processed foods of every nature line our pantry shelves and we have less vegetables gardens than in generations past. Our children might be the first generation to not live as long as their parents.

Food is a pretty potent health manipulator. In simple terms, eat an abundance of fresh, nutrientrich, natural foods and you will likely have good health or be moving toward better health at least. Eat a whole heap of processed, sugar-rich, caloriedense foods and you are on the

road to poor health. A good quality nutrition plan that is stacked full of vegetables and natural foods can reduce your risk of things like heart disease and diabetes. Think about how the food you eat will manipulate your health. Make a small change today to the way that you eat. Build on that change in the weeks to come.

Manipulate food for your own benefit, instead of allowing food to manipulate you.

Learning to stand up for what you believe in “Never complain about what you have permitted to be.” – Orrin Woodward.

It’s challenging to stand up for what you believe in when you are in the minority, and it is even more difficult when you feel you are standing alone.

However, to stand and do nothing other than complain can actually be more damaging than choosing to do nothing. When you choose not to act and yet complain you create frustration within yourself and often within those around you.

Without action there is no outlet to release that frustration and this creates a cycle of victimhood.

In a situation that creates fear, what actions would you choose to take if you weren’t afraid?

If you would like to know more about coaching or

supervision phone Mary Parker, The Fast Track Coach, 07 577 1200/021 258 2145 or visit www.thefasttrackcoach.co.nz

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A safe and protective environment for our elders With a 45-bed psychogeriatric dementia unit and a 15-bed secure dementia unit, Radius Althorp provides a safe and protective environment for dementia care residents and your loved ones, while still offering independence and choice.

Both units exude a homely, lively and welcoming atmosphere with good indooroutdoor flow and free access to generous outside spaces for daily walks, activities and plenty of fresh air.

Radius Althorp practises ‘person-centred care’ so that each resident is living life to the fullest and celebrated and acknowledged for the unique individual they are.

Staff are specifically trained to work with dementia residents, continuously focusing

on ways to alleviate and respond to the feelings and emotions they experience.

They work closely with Tauranga Hospital’s mental health services for older people to provide the best care particularly for those with high and complex needs.

The hospital’s Radius Althorp practices ‘person-centred care’ specialist psychiatrist works collaboratively with Radius Althorp’s living at Radius Althorp – even with the nursing team and GP. best care, they can’t replace family and the The team encourage families to stay special knowledge and relationships built actively involved with their loved ones up over a lifetime.

Combining treats and conversation Miss having a good old yarn and a relaxing cuppa?

You might like to join Age Concern’s coffee, cake and conversation group.

The group meets once a month to enjoy a range of cakes and coffee around a table of like-minded people. The next

meeting will be on Thursday, October 19 from 10.30am-12pm at the Tauranga RSA, 1237 Cameron Rd, Greerton.

For catering purposes, attendees will be required to pay $3 per person.

To register your interest phone the Age Concern office on 07 578 2631.

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Looking for an e-bike?

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 New Zealand 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 featuring 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 as 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 New Zealand and he’s pretty sure he can help.

From factory-built e-bikes to a customised set-up, brands include Moustache, New Zealand’s Fleetwood Electric and Hiko e-bikes, as well as Apollo, Merida, Magnum, LaPierre and more.

“And we have some of the best prices you’ll find. That’s what Anebike is all about.”

Call Len on 027 787 1577 or visit www.anebike.co.nz

Anebike have a wide selection of electric bikes for you to choose from.

Adding a photo to your SuperGold Card SuperGold Card carriers can now choose to add a photo to their card to help make identification simple.

The addition of a photo to your SuperGold Card could be useful if you don’t have a current form of photo identification, such as a driver licence or passport.

To arrange for a photo to be added to your card, visit your nearest AA driver and vehicle training licensing outlet with your card, along with three

forms of identification that verify your name, date of birth and address.

The service is free for all SuperGold Card holders.

A SuperGold Card is available for seniors and veterans 65 years old or over, or for under 65s who receive the non-qualified spouse or partner rate of NZ Super or Veteran's Pension.

The card will give you discounts and offers from a wide range of businesses as well as free off-peak public transport concessions.

Time to put cards on the table If you’re in need of a couple of laughs and some real competition you might want to try your hand at a 500 card game.

brush up on their skills during the friendly game.

If you don’t know how to play, club members are happy to teach you.

The 500 group plays every Monday (except public holidays) at 177a Fraser St at 9.30am.

Light refreshments will be provided and a $2 donation is welcomed.

Age Concern’s weekly 500 card group meets every Monday and allows either old or new players to

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Caravan awning business celebrates 20 years Bay Canvas Limited was established in 1997 with the owner, Merv Garrett, having more than 25 years’ experience in the manufacturing and repairs of all canvas and PVC products.

This year the company is celebrating its 20th year of providing quality products and service in the Bay. Bay Canvas specialises in the design and manufacturing of caravan awnings and custom-made caravan products. The awnings are available in 40 different colours and each awning can be uniquely

Bay Canvas specialises in the design and manufacturing of caravan awnings and custom-made caravan products. designed for each customer. tool carry bags, re-covering for deck “If people need an awning, or repairs chairs, trampoline mats and more. to their existing awning in time for Until the end of October Bay Canvas Christmas, now is the time to get in will be offering free heavy-duty mesh touch, as too often people wait until ground sheets with all new awnings Labour Weekend, or later, and can ordered (while stocks last) up to the miss out,” says Merv. value of $250. For more information Bay Canvas also manufactures other call 07 5782749 or visit canvas products including ute covers, www.baycanvas.co.nz

Older people celebrated ‘When I am an old woman I shall wear purple With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me.’

These lines, from the poem ‘When I am an old woman I shall wear purple’ by Jenny Joseph, were marked

by Age Concern Tauranga members at their monthly meeting this week to celebrate Celebrating International Day of Older Persons at International Day the Tauranga RSA. of Older Persons on October 1. contributions of older people in their Members dressed in purple clothes families, communities and societies at and red hats to mark the day, a United large. It focuses on the pathways Nations initiative which is celebrated that support full and effective world-wide. The theme of the 2017 participation in old age, in accordance International Day of Older Persons with old persons’ basic rights, needs is about enabling and expanding the and preferences.

Shingles vaccine on the way for the elderly Pharmac is on track to fund a free shingles vaccine for over 65s as early as April 2018.

Shingles is an infection that is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. Symptoms include burning, sharp pain, tingling or numbness of the skin, a rash, a fever, chills, a headache and an upset stomach.

Pharmac has completed the formal assessment of the funding application for the shingles vaccine. It found that the vaccine should be made available for people aged 65, with a two-year catch-up programme

provided for those between 65 and 80 years of age.

Between the ages of 65-80, there are 600,000 people who would be eligible for the funded vaccine through the catch-up programme.

The vaccine could be available as early as the influenza season beginning around April 2018 and be available free of charge from primary care practices.

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Hospital staff in pyjamas say ‘Let's Get Moving’ to retract into a passive role.

“For the older person, even a few days bed rest can cause a rapid decline in muscle strength and lead to an increased stay in hospital and complications."

The Let's Get Moving campaign, based on the #endPJparalysis movement from the UK, featured staff from Tauranga Hospital's medical wards, admissions planning unit and allied health team.

Pyjama-wearing staff at Tauranga Hospital have been highlighting the debilitating impact on patients of spending long periods in bed with a ‘Let’s Get Moving’ campaign.

Research shows that for the over 80s, spending 10 days in bed can age their muscles by 10 years.

"We wanted to start a conversation about the impact even a few days bed rest can “have on reducing muscle strength and increasing the risk of complications for patients, particularly for older patients in hospital," says older adult nurse practitioner Rosie Winters.

Key themes of the week included a focus on getting patients dressed in their normal clothes again as soon as possible and staying active.

Staff at Tauranga Hospital went to work in their pyjamas last week to highlight the need for older people to stay active.

Patient feedback was very positive and the experience of wearing pyjamas to work proved thoughtprovoking for staff.

"One of our staff said how unmotivated she felt because she was wearing her pyjamas,"

says Rosie. "It brings home the psychology of clothes. We've used this as an opportunity to talk to patients about being conscious of their activity levels each day.

"With patients, once they come in and change into gowns they tend

Helping nurture safer senior drivers Senior drivers aged 70-plus are encouraged to attend the free Staying Safe Driver Refresher workshop to update and refresh their driving skills.

The theory-based refresher workshop is presented

by Age Concern Tauranga and covers road rules, intersections and roundabouts, searching and scanning, car maintenance reminders and driving rural and urban roads.

Facilitator Deb Grainger quotes NZTA: “Age isn’t necessarily a precursor to being an unsafe driver. All drivers regardless of their age need to continually assess their driving skills to maintain high levels of safety.”

This workshop is offered at venues from Waihi Beach to Te Puke. Feedback from participants includes: “Time well spent; very worthwhile; very interesting and informative; up to date information; I have been

a driver since age 17 (now 89 years old) and need to keep up with traffic changes; good variety in the presentation”.

To register contact Age Concern Tauranga on 07 578 2631

Deb Grainger facilitating the Driver Refresher workshop.

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Did you know?

• For people over 80, spending 10 days in bed ages their muscles by 10 years.

• Just 24 hours of bed-rest reduces your muscle power by 2.5 per cent and not just in your arms and legs but in your heart and lungs.

• Older adults living at home typically take 900 steps per day but in hospital most patients only take 250 steps per day.

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Getting a head start on a business degree When former Aquinas College pupil Jake Hoffart went to Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology to find out about studying business, he thought he wouldn’t be starting his studies for nearly two years. Just 15 years old at the time, he was shocked to find he could start as soon as he’d finished Year 12.

“Mum and I couldn’t believe it,” Jake says. “We said ‘no’ initially but then I went home and thought about it and realised it didn't make much sense to go back for Year 13.

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“My parents were concerned I was a bit young, but they left the decision to me and now think it’s fantastic. Me too. I've saved heaps of money by living at home and I’m two years ahead of my friends.”

Now Jake is halfway through his Bachelor of Management Studies, majoring in finance, with the University of Waikato in Tauranga.

Mark Wilson, group leader business studies at Toi Ohomai, says he can tell in the interview if a younger

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In the hustle and bustle of getting underway, it is important not to overlook the need to set up any business loans properly.

Many people set up a business after establishing themselves first – they have a home and have invested cash and savings into that home to get to the stage where they can invest some cash in a business.

The problem is that home loans are not generally tax deductible. That means the interest paid on the home loan is not treated as a tax deductible expense.

The best approach is to invest any spare cash into reducing your home loan and borrow as much as possible against the business.

You are still borrowing the same amount from the bank, but because the purpose of the loan is to establish a business the interest is tax deductible.

Repaying your business loan last will save you money not only in the long run, but also when you are first trying to get cashflow through the business in the early years.

In reality the security offered to a bank is probably still the same – i.e. your home – but the purpose of the loan is different and that is what Inland Revenue takes into account.

Seeking sound legal advice when you embark on a new business venture is always advisable, as seemingly small details like this can make all the difference.

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Survey shows jump in farms making a profit Winter is on its way out and the Federated Farmers July Farm Confidence Survey shows there’s a spring in the step of those who work the land.

The responses to Research First from nearly 800 farmers show the highest level of confidence in current general economic conditions since 2014.

Dairy and arable farmers are the most optimistic and all regions are demonstrating more optimism compared to the last survey in January this year.

Compared to 12 months ago, the proportion of farms making a profit has doubled (55.4 per cent versus 27 per cent in July 2016). Notably, the percentage of all farms making a loss has substantially decreased by a factor of four (9.6 per cent in July 2017 compared to 42.5 per cent in July 2016), particularly within dairy and ‘other’ farm groups

(goats, rural butchers, high country, bees).

Federated Farmers economics and trade spokesperson Andrew Hoggard says this is consistent with strong recovery in commodity prices and farm incomes since mid- 2016 for most farm produce, and the continued absence of farm expense inflation.

Good news for the nation and the provinces is that 32.3 per cent of farmers expect their farm production to increase over the coming 12 months (up 16 points on the January survey) and 19.1 per cent expect their on-farm spending to increase over the coming 12 months (up 17 points on January).

Nearly 40 per cent of farmers expect to be able to retire some farm debt over the next year but on the downside, 25.6 per cent say it has been harder to find skilled and motivated staff this year.

"The survey showed the biggest concern for farmers is regulation and compliance costs, which has leap-frogged over farm gate and commodity prices

(now in second place). The public perceptions of farming is third on the list of concerns and the environment is fourth."

Andrew says the survey shows that farmers rate reducing regulation and compliance costs as the highest priority for the government, followed by the economy and business environment, gaining re-election, and biosecurity.

Climate change a top priority for NZ businesses The Deloitte BusinessNZ Election Survey has found climate change is one of the top 10 government-related issues for businesses.

More than 14 per cent of all respondents ranked climate change Deloitte as one of their top three governmentBusinessNZ related issues.

Election Survey “Following the Paris Agreement, there is unprecedented momentum around the world to tackle climate Sustainable Business Council change. This issue is far too big executive director Abbie Reynolds for any one sector to tackle on its says she is pleased to see the own. Sustainable Business Council awareness of climate change growing member organisations want to be among businesses. smart and achieve more through “This survey shows the urgency partnerships and collaboration with for action on climate change among the incoming government.” businesses is growing.

The complete results of the 2017 "Many leading New Zealand Deloitte-BusinessNZ Election companies in the Sustainable Business Survey can be found at Council are already reducing their www.businessnz.org.nz. The BusinessNZ Deloitte emissions from the products and services they sell Election Survey, conducted in May 2017, surveyed to customers. Some are setting ambitious targets to 575 businesses of all sizes in all sectors and regions of become carbon neutral by 2050.”

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Better outcomes for Maori students in Te Puke The government’s priority of better education outcomes for Maori is one at the forefront of teaching and learning at Te Puke High School. The school is spending more than $75,000 researching how best to go about it.

The school successfully applied for and was granted $76,000 from the Teacher-Led Innovation Fund to look at maximising success for Maori learners using both culturally responsive and 21st century teaching practices. Teachers at the school were involved in the Ministry of Education’s Te Kotahitanga project from 20072012 which involved learning about

culturally responsive teaching practice.

It resulted in an increase in the achievement of Maori students, including a lift in NCEA results, but not to the same level as non-Maori students.

The school has also found that younger Maori students in Years 9 and 10 are even further behind their peers in literacy and numeracy.

Deputy principal Polly Thin-Rabb and leader of learning PE and health, Shea McEvoy, are leading the project team and are excited about the professional learning ahead.

“These are things we’ve been working on for the past few years and now we have the opportunity to sit down and put it all together,” says Polly.

Participants in the research include teachers, Maori students and their whanau, who have been video interviewed on the school marae to kick start the project and will be interviewed again at the end of 2018 about the changes they have experienced in the classroom.

21st century learning

Working with experts from the University of Waikato, the project will involve all staff looking at culturally responsive and 21st century learning practices together.

“The first is about how we teach and learn, and the second is about what we teach and learn,” says Shea.

Polly says 21st century learning is not just about using digital tools.

“Digital tools are just tools. They shouldn’t be used as the be all and end all for learning.

“These are the sort of things we have to help people work through.

“Twenty-first century learning is more about communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity – all things that employers say they need in order for our economy to move forward. We need to prepare kids for jobs that don’t exist yet.

“And that’s challenging when you come from a traditional approach, as we all have,” says Polly.

“It’s all about mind shift and challenging our own assumptions and beliefs.”

The school has already made some changes, reshaping its junior curriculum to an integrated curriculum where, rather than English, mathematics, science, social studies and PE/health taught as separate subjects, they are taught together as ‘themes’ with up to six teachers in the classroom at any time.

Engaging in a different way

“We’re able to engage kids in a completely different way. The idea is we start engaging them through their passions and it is less about content and more about developing core skills in literacies,” says Shea.

The school is also looking at whether it is overly focussed on assessment in Years 9 and 10.

Traditional schools are very assessment-driven which can be “an exercise in regurgitation,” says Shea. “And regurgitation doesn’t make you a genius, it makes you a parrot.

“We want to give all kids from all cultures time and space to engage with their learning and their passions.”

Polly says by developing teachers understanding of culturally responsive and 21st century teaching practices they believe they will see Maori learners achieving equitably to non-Maori students.

“That will happen through professional learning in a collaborative environment rather than on our own. We are teaching together and now we will be learning together to create change together.”

The results of the research will be shared with other local schools – Te Puke schools have recently formed an official Community of Learning – as well as schools throughout New Zealand.

Shea McEvoy and Polly Thin-Rabb, pictured with students (from left) Ashleigh Ngow, Kobe Jepson, Olivia Davies, Beau-Harley Orupe, Liam Rogers and Wiremu Winiata, are leading the charge to raise Maori student achievement at Te Puke High School.

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Relief work in early childhood centres Until there is a time when nobody is ever sick, has sick family members, takes holidays, attends training courses or permanent staff don’t leave, there will be a need for registered reliever teachers and unregistered relievers to help fill those gaps.

“Relieving provides flexibility.

“Permanent roles are not possible for all and relieving is a great way to gain some income while studying, caring for whanau, building one’s own business or simply a gentle way to gradually move into full retirement, says Stephen Goodman, ECE Consultants co-owner.

Not all relievers are short-term and looking for permanent work at a single centre. “Some of our team have been

with ECE Consultants team for more than 10 years,” says Stephen.

“What all relievers must have is a love for children, a genuine interest in working with them and the flexibility to fit in with the permanent team and the centres’ way of doing things,” says Rachael Dean, the other owner of ECE Consultants. “Oh, and also energy.”

ECE Consultants has been providing early childhood education relievers to many of the wonderful early childhood centres throughout the Bay and the Waikato for more than 15 years.

Extra income and flexibility are not the only benefits of relieving. Despite a tertiary qualification, field-based experience can give teachers a different insight and knowledge. Past employees of ECE Consultants have commented on the value of a period of relieving, from the improvements to their practice, the increased understanding

More workforce education needed

A global survey shows New Zealand has moved up the Global Competitiveness Index from 24th to 13th during the past decade.

This year the index shows New Zealand ranking highly for things such as lack of corruption, health and primary education, higher education and training, and goods market efficiency.

However, New Zealand’s competitiveness is reduced by things such as inadequate

infrastructure, inadequately educated workforce and restrictive labour regulations.

"This shows there is a mismatch between the skills required by business and the skills that are being taught in the education system, and points to the fact that we need to equip more New Zealanders with higher-level technical, trades, science, and maths education,” says BusinessNZ chief executive Kirk Hope.

of different philosophies and being able to choose the career pathway that was really going to work for them, to being what reignited their passion for teaching under-fives.

For more information phone 07 823 3397 or email admin@ececonsultants.co.nz

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KNOW YOUR Local REAL ESTATE AGENT Out of the box house marketing Pukehina real estate specialist In today’s world we receive few letters, but marketing material from all types of business still fill out letterboxes.

To some this is ‘junk’ but to others this can be useful information. Delivering flyers to boxes saying ‘No Junk Mail’ must be respected by all businesses promoting their service or product. Many real estate agents deliver promotional material such as flyers, letter, cards, chocolates

and even cash offers.

The aim is to provide profile and contact information if you are thinking of selling or looking for a new home.

The information you receive may help you to know the real estate agents working in your area, however picking a real estate agent needs to be more considered than just phoning off a flyer. Experience, track record, ability to listen and understanding the responsibility of handling a person’s most valuable asset are crucial attributes when

selecting an agent.

One of Winston Churchill’s famous quotes is “The price of greatness is responsibility.”

Our letterboxes used to be for letters, official documents, bills and the occasional birthday card.

How times have changed!

Ross Brown.

Joy Walker is a high-achiever who has been specialising in coastal property at Pukehina Beach for the past 14 years.

Her real estate success has resulted in many personal awards over the years and she has seen the beach grow from a holiday hideaway to a viable option for permanent residents who enjoy this idyllic lifestyle.

As a local resident Joy knows the area very well, knows the local people and is able to assist with your real estate needs the way only a local can.

Her attention-to-detail record-keeping systems ensure her database is kept regularly informed about the latest in the market.

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Joy would welcome the opportunity to keep you informed about this beautiful part of New Zealand and you are welcome to email Joy requesting to be part of her database and receive relevant updates.

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Te Reo Maori a treasure I Brougham (The Weekend Sun, September 22) believes that academics have murdered the Maori language, and he wants to persuade us that the Maori language cannot be correctly translated into English, even though we know that Maori is being used and understood throughout New Zealand every day on television and radio, and in universities, schools, kohanga

reo, and marae. All languages change over time and include new words.

Academics are the servants of this change. They do not control it.

Te Reo Maori is a treasure so beautiful that it must surely survive and flourish.

I Brougham should learn to speak it before he belittles it any further.

P Dey, Welcome Bay (Abridged).

Limitations of te reo

In confirming I Brougham’s recent letter on the limitations of te reo (The Weekend Sun, September 22)

it may be noted that te reo contains 18 syllables, English 15,831.

B Johnson, Omokoroa.

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A great opportunity The preliminary results from polling day are Nat 58, Lab 45, NZF 9, Green 7 and ACT 1. At first I was annoyed with the voters of NZ for giving Nats that many votes, then I considered the possible coalition partners. Nat has lost its self-serving previous coalition partners, except ACT. No coalition permutation would need or want the ACT seat.

Nats have but one choice and that is NZF since they have stated interminably that they could not work with Greens.

NZF campaign slogan was ‘Had Enough?’ – presumably of the Nats government. So I don’t think NZF will welcome Nats advances.

So we are left with a Lab/NZF/Green coalition.

This has wonderful possibilities for NZers if they can work together for the common good.

Labour will look after infrastructure, health, education, housing, poverty, productivity, wage rates, the military and the economy.

NZF will ensure that all policies and trade deals are designed to benefit NZ. They can look after immigration, foreign affairs, law and order and we are all one nation with no racial discrimination.

Greens will look after our environment, regional development, climate change, transport and education.

What an opportunity to rid ourselves of a government whose means of increasing the NZ economic pie was to invite more guests, sell assets and run down others.

This caused the portions NZers received to stay the same or reduce, causing poverty and homelessness.

What a great opportunity.

P Dolden, Papamoa (Abridged).

Lack of recycling Be seen on the road options in city As someone who is conscious about my green footprint, I think it is horrible the lack of options there are when it comes to recycling in Tauranga.

Only plastics numbered one or two are acceptable in my green bin, however, in places like Auckland and even smaller towns like Whakatane they have the option of recycling plastic from one to eight.

On the Tauranga City Council website they say that more than 68 per cent of Tauranga kerbside waste sent to landfill has the potential to be recycled or decomposed - maybe there is a reason for this.

People get confused about what can and can’t be recycled and admittedly some of it is laziness as well.

I know for a fact that there are many people out there like my parents who forget what can be recycled and can’t read the number on the plastic, so often I end up fishing recyclable plastic bottles out of their bin.

The majority of plastic I have in my house also is either five or seven, which means I have to chuck them in the bin - adding to the landfill, when really it doesn’t have to.

Why don’t we have more options?

S Harris, Tauranga.

I saw a cyclist almost hit by a car in central Tauranga yesterday. The driver was in the wrong as he didn’t give way at the intersection, but the cyclist didn’t appear to be making much of an effort to be seen. It was a gloomy morning and I don’t think he had lights on his bike, nor was he wearing any bright clothing. I admire cyclists for getting out of their cars and doing what many of us won’t, whether it’s for the exercise or to reduce congestion on the roads, but please help us to see you.

C Mason, Welcome Bay.

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Te Maunga wastewater woes Needy, not the greedy Over 12 months ago SunLive revealed the resource consent for the Te Maunga sewerage oxidation ponds had expired four years prior, yet TCC continued to use them.

These ponds also leaked into the estuary, continuously above allowable limits. No sign of being remedied?

On September 17, 2017 SunLive again revealed that another consent on the same site had lapsed. The consent allows for UV treatment to kill off the sewerage bugs that remain, if any. All before sailing off into the sunset via the Papamoa Beach pipeline.

The UV plant was to be operational by early 2015, now still not working “technically speaking”, whatever that means? Either bugs overdose on UV or not. Presumably millions already borrowed/spent via TCC-staff/ consultants/failures yet still no result.

What cost to the environment/ratepayers?

Recent contrast: regional council got itself upset about a part-day oil leak into Tauranga

Harbour. After the courts were done with it the cost was millions. So what’s the difference between a few litres of oil once, and five years of raw sewerage (1825 days)? Meanwhile regional council sit and do nothing, apparently happy with Tauranga meandering along for two to five years still non-compliant. Looks like a double standard.

Note: government policy is for councils to reduce sewerage outflow volumes. TCC spends would look to be expanding/ business as usual for sewerage outflows. Where is it all going – endless green sea lettuce?

I Stevenson, Tauranga (Abridged).

As a foundation member who was vice chair of New Zealand First in the Auckland area I, with others, spent up large to start the party – money that one could ill afford. The decision that comes forth in this election will determine whether there ever was a New Zealand First Party, and history will not be kind for the wrong decision.

The needy not the greedy was the charter for NZF, anything else is totally unacceptable. Many countries in the world are in severe strife because of greed. Henry Ford was asked ‘Why do you pay your workers more than most?’ – ‘So that they can buy my cars’.

The logic of that is lost on many.

R Chamberlain, Otumoetai.

A disappointing election night Watching the election the other night, I was disappointed to see 46 per cent of those who voted chose to back National, a party that has, in nine years, single-handedly created crises in housing, education and healthcare.

I remember former Prime Minister John Key trumpeting often on television that more and more Kiwis were returning home from Australia, such was our economic prosperity compared to our neighbours across the ditch. And yet, he didn’t think to turn off the immigration tap from other parts of the world; nor did he and his party think ahead and build houses, hospitals, or schools for these returning New Zealanders.

Now John is Sir John, gone to advise an American company on how best to do business in China.

He’s good with the Chinese, Sir John – he just sold his multimillion dollar Parnell mansion to a Chinese buyer.

Meanwhile, Waikato Hospital is full, and five-yearolds are starting school in classes of 30-plus kids.

The average house price in Auckland is still a million dollars, and it’s starting to get that way in Tauranga too.

But at least we might get a tax cut. What’s the ruination of a country compared to an extra $20 a week in the wallet?

W Kovacs, Mount Maunganui.

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Scotsman is ace Belgian beer pourer He’s a Scotsman, a dyed-in-the-wool Celtic supporter who plays for Tauranga City, and he’s now New Zealand’s most proficient pourer of a certain Belgian beer.

Frankie McGuire from the Mount Social Club in Maunganui Rd is a draught master – the Mount Maunganui bartender went to Ponsonby’s Sapphire Room to be part of the contest to find the most perfect execution of the Stella Artois nine-step pouring ritual.

Fifteen contestants, 15 beers, but only one winner.

And Frankie walked away as New Zealand Draught Master for 2017 and won a return trip for two to the Stella Artois brewery in Leuven, Belgium.

“Can’t wait to get to the brewery and then do my bit to keep the 600-year-old legacy alive,” says Frankie.

This isn’t just about pouring another beer. It’s a nine-step art form – from the ‘purification’, the cleaning and rinsing of a branded glass, to the 45 degree angled pour and the ‘beheading’, the gentle smoothing of the head with a cutter as it foams up and over the side of the glass.

There’s also the ‘bestowal’ – the presentation of the beer on a coaster with the logo to the customer.

And the two finger rule – the right amount of foam in a glass of Stella Artois.

Aside from the pouring skills Frankie McGuire ticked two other important boxes – charisma and chat. Those who know the Mount Maunganui bartender would back him on both counts.

Frankie McGuire from Mount Social Club – master craftsman.

Time to lay off the cheese?

Many people can’t resist a bit of colby, edam or even brie, but is cheese really as addictive as cocaine?

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With New Zealand at the forefront of the dairy industry, cheese is in almost every Kiwi fridge.

A study at the University of Michigan looked at many food items and found that cheese is a main contributor to making foods such as pizza addictive.

During digestion, casein – which is a protein found in many milk-based foods – breaks apart to release an opiate drug called casomorphins.

Milk itself contains a tiny amount of casein, but producing a pound of cheese requires about 10 pounds of milk, so the chemical is ingested in high amounts.

The average person is

estimated to eat around 35 pounds of cheese, suggesting that it really is as addictive as research claims.

The problem is particularly bad when it comes to highly-processed cheese, with foods with added fats or refined carbohydrates triggering addictive eating behaviour.

This is why many scientists have started referring to cheese as 'dairy crack'.

Seasoning your body with nutrition Most of us have herbs and spices tucked away in our kitchen cabinets that we haphazardly spread all over our culinary creations, but are there actually any health benefits?

The short answer

is yes, however the problem is that most herbs and spices have been sitting on the shelf for a while so they lose their nutritional value.

Most herbs and spices contain more diseasefighting antioxidants

than fruits and vegetables, and are high in B-vitamins and trace minerals.

Growing your own is the obvious choice, but if you can’t you can always purchase organic herbs and spices from specialty stores.

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Why our Creator came to Earth in the form of a man Many find it hard to understand why the Creator would come to earth as a man.

A story I once heard about a flock of geese might help.

A man always told his wife she was stupid for believing the Creator would lower Himself to come to earth as a man (as Jesus).

He couldn’t relate to the idea.

One day however, some stray geese, which should have finished flying south for the winter, were caught in a very dangerous storm and collided with his house several times.

The man felt for the geese and wanted to save them. He had a barn, so he decided to risk his own life in the dangerous storm to save them.

He tried everything to get them into the barn, but nothing worked.

Realising they would not follow a human, he thought to himself if only I were a goose, I could save them. He cleverly decided to make himself look like one by carrying his one and only goose in front of the geese and letting it go at the barn door. It flew

in, and the stray geese followed his goose to safety.

At that point he remembered how he had told his wife she was stupid for believing the Creator God would lower Himself to save His straying creatures by becoming one of them.

The idea no longer seemed so strange to him.

David Kidd, Church of God’s Love 7th Day

They’re out to get me!

Have you ever felt like that? I suspect it is more common for those in leadership positions such as PMs and MPs! This was something King David of the Bible lived with constantly, especially in that gap period of his life between being anointed King and actually becoming King. He served under an insanely jealous predecessor who made his life perplexing and complicated. He knew what it was to be both hero and villain, or as Rudyard Kipling put it, he knew the two imposters, Triumph and Disaster. He went from security to refugee, from favourite to fugitive.

The Psalms that David wrote during that period reflect the struggle that all followers of Jesus face at times.

When the pressure is really on, are we going to give up or go under, or are we going to trust God? Fear would have been a regular companion, yet

David was able to write, “But when I am afraid I will put my trust in you.” (Psalm 56:3) and “I trust in God, so why should I be afraid?” What can mere mortals do to me?” (56:11) I remember someone saying that faith is spelt R-IS-K. And that’s the choice we have when things look bleak. Fear or faith? Can I take the risk of trusting God in my current circumstances?

Rev Paul Grimmer, Tauranga Central Baptist Church

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Courting religious controversy Bob Dylan has been at the heart of quite a few seminal moments in music.

Now one of those controversial moments is about to take centre stage with a comprehensive multi-volume retrospective.

The seismic event usually cited with regard to Ol' Bob is the moment he pitched up with electric guitars at America's Newport Folk Festival in 1966 and shattered whatever notion people had about folk and rock being two disconnected things.

To understand the outrage it helps

to remember that folk music was far more central to popular culture back then. In the charts and on the radio folk and pop sat side by side but rarely met.

If you liked folk, pop was an anathema.

Dylan followed that confrontation by touring the world, being booed everywhere (except Australia!).

It is now regarded as one of the greatest and most influential tours in modern musical history.

But people often forget that less than two decades later Dylan did the same thing: changed his style so radically that audiences around the world booed him. In retrospect, it provides an interesting window into society's views and intolerance.

Even before social media.

Gospel backlash

Because in 1979 and for the next couple of years, Bob Dylan was rounded booed and widely derided for becoming a Christian.

It actually seems pretty weird now. Why would people, and what right did they have to react so extremely about something as seemingly personal and harmless as a singer being born again?

As with the folk/rock incident you have to remember that Bob Dylan fans were particularly passionate.

He was someone who many regarded as their voice; their avatar through the turbulent late 60s and 70s.

And that voice was known for a certain skepticism about society's institutions, be it courts, governments or churches. This was the Bob Dylan who derided

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religious consumerism with sneering lines about “Flesh-coloured Christs that glow in the dark”. So it was something of an about-face...

Secondly, Dylan didn't embrace the ‘love your brother’ sort of Christianity. People might have accepted a religious version of ‘All You Need Is Love’.

But, no, he went straight into full on ‘believe right now or you're going to hell’ mode, possibly not the most attractive face of religion. And thirdly, with the conviction of a true believer, he changed his live sets to include absolutely nothing written before his conversion. No ‘Blowing in the Wind’, no ‘Like a Rolling Stone’.

It was Gospel Bob or nothing.

A new release

That turbulent period is about to be documented in Bob Dylan's latest instalment of the ‘Bootleg Series’, Volume 13 to be precise. And while last year saw the monumental release of a 36-CD set of every single show on the tumultuous 1966 world tour, this one, ‘Trouble No More’, covering 1979 to 1981, comprises a mere eight CDs and one DVD. The problem with last year's release however was that Dylan played the same set every night in 1966. Those 36 discs included a mere 18 different songs, each played many times.

Volume 13 contains more than 100 songs, 14 of them previously unreleased. Actually, nothing here has been released before. And if you order it from www.BobDylan.com you get a bonus double CD with a full extra concert from 1979. Looking back now it's hard to work out what all the fuss was about, yet at the time it was treated as about the most important and potentially disastrous thing happening in the music world. Even Cat Stevens converting to Islam was better received, but then he didn't immediately tour singing solely Islamic songs. But, baffling as it is to try and comprehend society's shocked reaction, it is reassuring to look at Dylan's gospel output and see that over the course of three intensive years the initial didactic and rather repugnant fundamentalism that pops up on 1979's ‘Slow Train Coming’ expanded to the point that the third album in that group, ‘Shot Of Love’, included ‘Every Grain Of Sand’, possibly the pinnacle of philosophical religious songwriting.

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Best dressed in Greerton Village The Waipuna Hospice shop won Greerton Village’s Cherry Blossom Best Dressed Window competition. The prize is a $750 marketing package with The Weekend Sun newspaper and SunLive news website.

Twelve shops in Chadwick Rd and Cameron Rd entered the competition, and each of the windows was judged on theme, design, public appeal, quality, originality, creativity and attention to detail.

The winning window featured hundreds of painted cherry blossoms and incorporated the ‘Heart of Greerton Village Greerton’ theme into the Cherry Blossom display. Cups and saucers Window Display had been drilled through Competition. to create tall pillars and the display also referenced Japanese blossoms with a jigsaw puzzle in the window.

“I went to the supermarket on Friday, bought a potato and cut it into two flower shapes,” says shop manager Paula Taplin.

“I had some help to do Waipuna Hospice shop manager Paula Taplin and Greerton the potato stamping on the Mainstreet Manager Sally Benning. window. And then it took The Waipuna Hospice shop has two paid staff and about four hours to set the 20-30 volunteers helping each week. window up, because I was being a bit pedantic.

The Greerton Library also received special The towers of bric-a-brac were the hardest thing commendation for the colourful and informative to do and we had someone drill through them and displays inside the library. chainsaw the wood.”

Shazam for one night only It's been nearly five decades since Shane Hales' number one hit song 'Saint Paul’, written about Beatle Paul McCartney, topped the charts and took out the Loxene Golden disc for local song of the year in 1969. And Shane has still got it!

WHAT’S ON

This year Shane was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen's Birthday honours. "I never thought I'd be still performing in 2017. It's crazy.”

His energy on stage and sheer love for what he does is contagious. Equally outstanding is his huge repertoire of songs.

Shane and his highly acclaimed band Shazam are coming to Tauranga for one night only.

They'll be bringing hits from the 50s and 60s and a full-scale tribute to Cliff Richard and The Shadows at The Entertainers Club (upstairs Tauranga Citz Club) on October 8 from 5pm.

Tickets are $15 and available from reception, or door sales from 4.30pm (unless sold out prior).

MARY POPPINS

Tauranga Musical Theatre

23 Sep to 7 Oct Addison Theatre (Musical)

Shane Hales.

PLAYWRITING BOOTCAMP WITH ROGER HALL Roger Hall

Sat 14 Oct 10am

Baycourt Terrace Room (Workshop)

MOUNT MAUNGANUI COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS AWARDS 2017 Mount Maunganui College Tue

17 Oct 7pm

Addison Theatre (Awards)

LAST LEGS

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Fri 13 & Sat 14 7:30pm Sun 15 Oct 4pm Addison Theatre (Comedy)

ROGER HALL TALKS ABOUT “THE ONES THAT GOT AWAY”

PSS PSS Tauranga Arts Festival

X Space (Talk)

Addison Theatre (contemporary clowning, theatre, circus)

Roger Hall Sat

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14 Oct 4:30pm

Thur 19 Oct 6pm Fri 20 Oct 1pm & 6pm

Baycourt Box Office – Ensure you are buying through Ticketek outlets only.

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It’s cherry blossom time in Greerton Village After much anticipation the Greerton Village Cherry Blossom Festival is all go for tomorrow, Saturday, September 30 from 10am-2pm.

This will be a great day to visit Greerton Village and admire our beautiful flowering cherries, take a walk around the village and take in some of the amazing window displays that a number or retailers have artistically designed especially for this event.

Don’t miss the winning window at Waipuna Hospice shop in Cameron Rd just before the Greerton Hall.

We have a number of boutique-style shops with offerings not always available elsewhere and some wicked sale bargains to be had throughout the village, so leave time for some shopping.

Chadwick Rd will once

again feature around 100 custom cars and hot rods – just as impressive as our trees and more so if you are a petrol head!

Around the village you might see the Roving Mad Hatter on his unicycle, the Alice in Wonderland hula-hooper or even stiltwalking butterflies.

Outside the school field in Chadwick Rd, ‘Circus in a Flash’ will be running circus ‘have-a-go’ workshops for budding Cirque du Soleil performers.

The village square will be ringing out the good old rock n roll tunes with the Al Dawson Band performing throughout the day and the famous ‘no reserve’ auction run by the Street Machines and Customs Car Club at 1pm – always a bargain to be had there.

Over in the Greerton Village School grounds the rotunda will be alive with singing, dancing, drummers, circus activities, kapa haka and much more.

You will also find a myriad of stalls, raffles, games and food, including a hangi which you can pre-order at the school office, ice cream and coffee. The school gala is a major fundraiser for Greerton Greerton School kapa haka group.

Village School as well as a whole lot of fun.

The kids will be well catered for with a petting zoo, mini jeeps, bouncy castle and pony rides.

So this really is the day to visit us in Greerton Village. Come early to soak up the atmosphere and enjoy all that Greerton Village has to offer.

For more information contact Sally on 07 571 6347, email office@greertonvillage.org.nz

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Mainstreet’s potpourri of talent It’s acclaimed as one of the slickest boutique shopping strips in the country. It’s our own Mount Mainstreet.

rather than just a performer.”

Mainstreet invites you to spend a lazy Sunday soaking up the busking talent and voting for your favourite to be in a draw to win $50 Mount Mainstreet cash. Take in one of a multitude of Now add another dynamic to cafes, restaurants and bars – the sun, the shops, the grab a coffee, a wine or eateries, the beaches beer, a bite alfresco and scenery – that’s and soak up the the emerging magic of Mount songwriters, Mainstreet. singers and Then mosey dancers, the round the hidden talent.

30 specialist From violin women’s to saxophone clothing shops, and flute, guitars, health stores, ukuleles and beauty services, keyboards, to accordion pharmacies, bookstores, and steel drums.

All Mount Mainstreet is a souvenir shops or find a It’s an opportunity to stage at the Weekend Sun nice piece in one of the showcase talent on the Mount Busking Festival . fine art galleries. big open public stage that At the Weekend Sun is Mount Mainstreet. It’s the Weekend Mount Busking Festival there’s a free Sun Mount Busking Festival which photo booth. is celebrating its 21st year and will And for the kids, donkey rides, be held on Sunday, October 8 – the junior section from 10.30am-noon and animal petting pens, Pepi Toot train rides around the Mount streets, free open section from 12.30-2.30pm. popcorn, fun games out on the closed It will be an entertainment bonanza stretching from Salisbury Ave to Pacific road, face painting, balloon twisting, stilt walking and a trampoline.

Ave. All Mainstreet is a stage.

The Sunday Farmers Market will also “The event is a great platform for be operating in Phoenix Car Park. young performers to build and gain To enter the busking go to experience,” says Mount Mainstreet manager Ingrid Fleming. “Being out on www.mountmainstreet.nz or contact Ingrid on 07 575 9911/027 314 7743, a big public stage like Mainstreet helps email ingrid@mountmainstreet.nz develop the art of being an entertainer

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Saturday 30 September Bay Networking Singles Club

Social activities 55+. Dining, BBQs, outings. Facebook on Bay networking Singles Social Group or Ph Mary-Anne 027 207 1690 or Jonathan 07 572 2091

Casino Fundraiser

Fundraising for Homes Of Hope. Casino night & Charity Auction. At Mt Surf Lifeguard Clubrooms 7:30pm. $10 entry ticket.

Melanie@marra.co.nz

Discover Life’s True Purpose

Why am I here? How can I have a more meaningful life? Create an action plan that works. Starting soon. Info/ register: www.eventspronto.co.nz/ meaningfullife

Free Blues Rock Concert

Starring amazing “Skeleton Crew” plus Corben Simpson. 2pm at St James Church, 70 Pooles Rd, Greerton.

Refreshments provided.

Free Womens Self Defence

28th & 29th Oct More details contact The Gym, Tauranga or go to selfdefencecourses.co.nz click on Register for Workshops

Gate Pa Junior Tennis

Saturdays: 9am 5-8 years, 10am 9-11 years. Thursdays: 4:30pm Intermediate & College ages. Coaching included.

Enquiries Graeme 0274 520 600 or web/facebook.

Girl Guide Biscuits

Girl Guide Biscuits on sale in Katikati at Cherry Court from 10am-1pm Plain, Choc, Mini - 3 for $10 or $3.50 pkt.

Greerton Hall Market

Petanque Tga/BOP Club

Blake Park 1pm start. All very welcome. Equip available, all coaching given. Ph Jo Ann 578 3606

Playwriting Bootcamp

Workshop with Roger Hall. 10am on Sat 14 Oct. At Baycourt Terrace Room.

Tickets at www.ticketek.co.nz

ScandinaviaNZ BoP Shared Lunch

Meet others with Nordic culture heritage. Shared Lunch @ Evans Church, 11:30-1:30 $4. Bring plate of finger food. Barbara 542 1185, gebara@clear. net.nz

Sunshine Dance Group

Sequence dancing & socialising. Tea Dance Sat. Baptist Church Hall, Cnr Cameron Rd & 13th Ave. 5-9pm. $5pp. Bring own food, plates & cutlery.

BYO non alcoholic drinks.

Tauranga Friendship Social Club

Walks, dinners & outings for the over 50s. Couples & singles all welcome.

Barbara 544 7461

Tauranga Fuchsia Group

Meets last Saturday of the month at Tauranga Arts Centre, Elizabeth St 1:30pm. Visitors welcome.

Ph Pat 579 1655.

Te Puke Scottish Society

Dance, Saturday 21st October, 7:30-11pm. Te Puke RSA/Citizens Club. Catered supper, great band, wonderful people. $7.

Ph Ally 573 7632

The Sociables

30s/40s/50s age group of males & females that meet once a week to dine out or participate in activities & events.

Ph 022 012 0376

The Way Messianic Meetings

8am-1pm in conjunction with the Cherry Blossom Festival. Crafts, plants, produce, bric-a-brac. Stalls inside/outside. Tea, coffee, snacks available.

Phone to book. Tricia/Gary 543 1487, 027 908 2952

A community that teaches & practices ‘One New Man’ principles as outlined in scripture. All ages welcome.10am, Hillier Ctr, Mt Maunganui.

Ph 021 0226 3515

Katikati Bowling Club

Community Radio broadcasting nostalgic music & Community Notices seven days on 1368 KHz AM Band.

Radio Museum open from 10am.

Request line 571 3710.

8 Park Road. 12:45-3pm. Ph Phil Green 549 5344

Mary Poppins @ Baycourt

Tauranga Musical Theatre 23 Sept-7 Oct. Addison Theatre. Tickets at www.ticketek.co.nz

Otawa Sanctuary Weeding Day

Join us for the day pulling weeds around native plantings.

Meet at 10am at gateway just over the bridge about 1250 No 3 Rd Te Puke. Free BBQ lunch. BYO Tools.

Pacific Island Community (Tauranga)

Trust Annual General Meeting. At 1pm Lifezone Church, 7 Oak Lane, Tauranga.

Village Radio Museum

Sunday 1 October Annual Hymnfest

Bible Society Tauranga at 2pm at The Salvation Army Citadel cnr 5th Ave & Cameron Road Tauranga.

Beautiful, Historic

Athenree Homestead & Refreshment Rooms in the old Athenree Station open 12-3pm. 360 Athenree Road, Athenree.

More info on website www. athenreehomestead.org.nz

Bible Seminars At 1:45pm Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St, Greerton. Title: “Genesis-The 6 days of Creation” Interactive, Q&A. All welcome.

Vic 543 0504

Corkers Toastmasters Building communication & leadership 3rd Sunday of month. Upstairs Zone Cafe, Owens Place, Mount Maunganui.

2-3:30pm. Chrissy 027 296 7939

Croquet At Tauranga Domain, Cameron Rd, Sun, Tues, Fri, 12:45pm. Beginners welcome.

Peter 571 0633

Farmers Market - Mount Mainstreet Held every Sunday 9-1pm rain or shine! Right in the middle of Mount Mainstreet at Phoenix Car Park, Maunganui Rd. www.mountmainstreet.nz

Historic Village Market Every 1st & 3rd Sunday monthly 8-12noon. Wet or fine. Inquiries: hvm@ lionsclubs.org.nz A Bethlehem Te Puna Lions Club Project.

Introduction to Buddhism classes Join us for a ten week course based on the DVD “Discovering Buddhism”. Facility donation/ Koha of $5 gratefully received.

Email buddhismbop@gmail. com for details

Psychics, Healers & Spiritualists Psychic Cafe - one time fee $10 then EVERYTHING FREE. Greerton Community Hall, Tauranga. 7pm start.

Enquiries 578 7205 or www.psychiccafe.nz

Quakers In Tauranga Meet in hall behind Brain Watkins House, cnr Elizabeth/Cameron Rd at 10am. All welcome for hour of mainly silent worship followed by tea/coffee & friendly chat. Ph 543 3101 www.quaker.org.nz

Tauranga Historical Society Tauranga Historical Society meeting, 2pm at the hall behind Brain Watkins House, 233 Cameron Road. Speaker, Lyn Williams, Hamilton based historian.

Tauranga Organ/Keyboard Society At Carmel Country Estate, 11 Hollister Lane, Tauranga, 1:30pm. Listen/play the Organ &/or Clavinova.

Ph June 574 2204

Tauranga Spiritual Society Inc Senior Citizens Hall, 14 Norris St Meditation & Healing Group. 1st & 3rd Sunday of every month. 7pm Members $5. Non members $7.

Ph 022 067 0467

Monday 2 October Achieve Toastmasters

Keep Speaking, Keep Helping, Keep Succeeding 1st , 3rd & 5th Monday of month St Stephens Church Hall Brookfield 7:30-9:30pm. Inquiries Frank/ Chrissy 543 9493

Active Adults Fun Fitness Cardio Strength Stretching Aerobic activity for heart, Weights for strength,Yoga for balance & flexibility.

All fitness levels. 9-10am $7 Arataki Community Centre. Lynda 029 230 0162

Body+Soul fun fitness For over 50s, occasional speakers, social events. Monday to Friday various venues. All classes 9:15am-10:15am Qualified Instructor. Dianne 027 431 4326 or 576 5031.

Chess Mount Maunganui Mount RSA Chess Club, 544 Maunganui Rd. 6-7:30pm during school term. Late programme 7:30pm onwards. Standard chess rules. Incl casual games. Noel 579 5412

Jaime Jorge - Violinist At 7pm Tga Adventist Church, 25 Moffat Rd. Jaime has performed in 35+ countries. Jaime sees each concert as an opportunity to share the love of Jesus.

Katikati Bowling Club Welcomes New Members. Come along & learn how to play lawn bowls Coaching available. Mixed Roll-ups 9:15-midday. Phil 549 5344

Kung Fu Nam Wah Pai is a Chinese style martial art Training. 6-7:30pm. At Selwyn Ridge School Welcome Bay. Brian 021 241 7059

Let’s Learn Wanting to learn something new? Check out the wide variety of classes, workshops & activities listed on www.letslearn.co.nz or ph 544 9557. Become a lifelong learner today!

Meditation - Free Classes 10am. Find peace, the joy of life, & well-being. Call David or Trisha at 570 1204 for details.

Papamoa Cruisers Scooters Meet Papamoa McDonalds 10am.

Coffee & chat then a one hour cruise.

Trailer back up. Ph Ian 027 856 4883 or Iain 027 572 2987

Piloga Classes A fusion of Pilates & Yoga movements. Mondays & Fridays 10:05-11:20 at Arataki Community Centre. $15 per class. Mel 022 187 1295 or Claudia 021 192 7706

Recycled Teenagers Gentle Exercise 50+, & injury/illness rehabilitation.

Mon & Weds, 14 Norris St, Tauranga Senior Citizens Club. Tues at St Mary’s Church Hall, Girven Rd. All 9-10:30am. Jennifer 571 1411

Silver Singers Choir Require bass voices for their choir.

Practices are every Monday at St Stephens Chapel Brookfield Tce. Pat 579 1036

TaiChi QingGong 18 moves A good way to improve your energy.

Every Monday at 169 Elizabeth Road (Community Hall). 6:15-7pm. All welcome. Gold coin donation. 571 5168

Tauranga Bird Club Matua Hall, Levers Road. 7:30pm.

Keen to learn about breeding & exhibiting birds? Sheryl 027 216 3568

Tauranga Civic Choir Practice Monday, 7:30pm, Wesley Church, 13th Ave, Tauranga. For more information please visit our website. www.taurangacivicchoir.org.nz Enquiries welcome. Heather 575 9092

Tauranga Creative Fibre From 9:30am 177 Elizabeth St. Learn & share spinning, weaving, knitting, crochet, felting. Margaret 571 3483

Tauranga Senior Citizens Club Cards, 500 & Bridge Mon & Thurs.

Indoor Bowls Tues, Weds & Sat at 14 Norris St, 1-4pm. Register by 12:45pm. $2 includes afternoon tea. New members welcome.

YOGA with Nic -Bethlehem Classes are: Mon & Thurs nights 7-8:10pm; Wed & Fri mornings 9:15am-10:25am; Tues afternoons 1:15pm-2:25pm. Stretch, lengthen, strengthen, reset. Contact Nic: 021 124 2598 www.sweetyoga.co.nz

Tuesday 3 October Argentine Tango “The dance that makes you feel” *FREE Intro classes. *No partner required...(need more guys). Come challenge your senses. FB/”Tango in Tauranga”.

Denise 0204 006 1340

BOP Linux Users Share and learn about the Linux computer operating system 1st Tuesday 7-9 pm L J Hooker, Cnr Cameron Rd, 8th Ave. Experts and beginners welcome. $2

Cards 500 Mount Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd, Tuesdays, Thursdays 12:45pm. Further info Garry 576 3053

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THE WEEKEND SUN Coffee & Chat

Bolivia

Junction: Peer Support & Advocacy hosts weekly coffee and chat at St James Church, Greerton 10am-12pm. Ph 543 3010 for details.

Every Wednesday 1-4pm Lyceum Club, 8 Palmer Court Te Puke. Entry $3 includes refreshments. Beginners welcome. Marie 573 8867

Easy Dance Tuition

Mount Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd, Wednesdays & Fridays 12:45pm. For info ph Ernie & Nancy 575 4650

Basic Ballroom, Waltz, Quickstep, Foxtrot. Modern Sequence. Beginners welcome. $5 Otumoetai Primary School 7pm Ph 576 2403

Junction Depression Support Group

Bowls Indoor

Community Bible Study Int’l

Join in mutual support for depression in relaxed & safe environment.

Tuesday 1-2pm 28 Carlisle Street, Greerton. Ph 543 3010 for details

Join us @ City Church 252 Otumoetai Rd 7-9pm for a Bible Study on The Book of Genesis until 22nd Nov. Julie 552 4068

Ladies Exercise With Dance

Fernland Spa Water Exercise

Burn calories with weights, floor work, dance 9:30-10:30am St Columba Church 502 Otumoetai Rd Cherrywood. First class free. Gloria 021 139 2448 Fitness League

Ocean Running Mount Maunganui

5k run & walk around Mauao base track. $6 entry Mount Ocean Sports Club from 5:15pm. Full details on Facebook or Phil 021 383 354. All welcome.

Overeaters Anonymous

Do you or family members/friends have a problem with over or under eating? Meet Tue & Fri Ph 544 1213 or 022 064 2186

Petanque Tga/BOP Club

Blake Park 1pm start. All very welcome. Equip available, all coaching given. ph Jo Ann 578 3606

Pilates Classes

11:15-12:15 at Arataki Community Centre. $12 per class. Claudia 021 192 7706

Scrabble

Tauranga Scrabble Club 8:50am 3 games $3 Tauranga Bridge Club Ngatai Rd. New players very welcome Ph. 544 8372

South City Indoor Bowls Club

At 7:30pm Greerton Hall. Open Fours Xmas Tournament (Plate & raffle item). Mary 541 0687

Tai Chi

Otumoetai Sports Club Fergusson Park 1:30-2:30 $8 Suitable for beginners to advanced. Beautiful surroundings, friendly group, all welcome.

Taoist Tai Chi

Tai Chi Classes Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 1-2:30pm. Come along to 15 Koromiko Street, Tauranga. Kay 021 668 468

Tauranga MidWeek Tramping Group

Wharawhara Road to Wahine Rock. Moderate. Garry 578 3083

Tauranga Patchwork & Quilters

Every 1st & 3rd Tuesday at 7pm & 2nd & 4th Friday at 10am. At Tauranga Art & Craft Centre, 177 Elizabeth Street. Ph Helen 0274 177 581

Tauranga Target Rifle Club

Shooting every Tuesday night until October 10th from 7pm at the Range Elizabeth Street West. All welcome.

Ellis 578 0098

Treat Trail Te Puke

31 Oct, 4-5:30p.m. Dress up in costume & follow the treat trail.

Enjoy games & street food along the way. Free! More info @ Epic Te Puke on Facebook.

Welcome Bay Lions

Welcome Bay Lions meet every second & fourth Tuesday of the month at Greenwood Park. All welcome. Please ph 544 8625.

Wednesday 4 October Age Concern Walking Group

Greerton Countdown 10am.

Ph 578 2631

10:45-11:45am. Held rain or shine, not during school holidays. Qualified instructor & lifeguard. New participants ph Jennifer 571 1411

Heart Foundation Walking Group

Join us for a walk on the first Wednesday of each month @ 10:15am followed by morning tea at the Heart Foundation RSVP Ph 575 4787

Healing Rooms

Experience God’s healing touch.

1-3pm Upstairs, Graced Opp Shop, cnr 11th Ave & Christopher St. Inquiries 021 110 0878. No charge, all ages welcome, www.healingrooms.co.nz

Hope in ME Conflict

Ray Warren of Voice of the Martyrs & MAOZ Israel 7pm Otumoetai Baptist church. “Bringing hope to the Middle East” “Israel’s Prophetic Clock” Dorothy 570 1196 or Email dotfin@kinect.co.nz

Katikati Bowling Club

8 Park Road. Mixed Roll-ups 12:453pm. Ph Phil Green 549 5344

Kiwi Toasters Toastmasters

Building communication & leadership 1st, 3rd & 5th Wednesday of month 3 Palm Springs Boulevard (same building Palm Springs Pharmacy) 5:30-7pm Inquiries Chrissy 027 296 7939

Meditation - Free Classes

Wednesdays 7:30pm at Bellevue.

Ph David or Trisha at 570 1204. Find peace, the joy of life, pure knowledge.

Mt Healing & Spiritual

Meets 7pm Omanu Bowling Club, Golf Rd. Tonight’s guest Margaret Edmonds ‘Mediumship’. Entry $3. Ph Janet 027 264 0226

Singles Social Coffee Club

60+ Looking for something new to do or make new friends, this could be it. Gayle 027 439 3267 or 578 1878 E: mixandmingle@xtra.co.nz

Steady As You Go

Exercises at St Johns Church Hall Bureta, Weds 2-3pm EXCEPT 1st Weds each month. Improve balance and overall wellbeing. Ph Alison 576 4536

Tai Chi

Tai Chi Community class Wed during school terms. Bethlehem Hall 1-2pm Qualified Tutor Trish 021482842 communitytaichinz@gmail.com

Tauranga South Garden Club

First Wed of month at Central Baptist Church Hall cnr 13th Ave/Cameron Rd 1:30-3pm. Visitors welcome.

Ph 578 1017

TePuke Spiritual/Healing Centre

Meetings 2nd & 4th Wed monthly at Lyceum Club, 8 Palmer Court TePuke. 7:15pm. $5. All Welcome. Kerry 021 607 797

Toastmasters City Early Start

Improve communication leadership teamwork skills. Join a motivated & enthusiastic group at Classic Flyers Avgas Cafe 6:50-8:15am email LaniDTM@gmail.com Text 021 044 5654 www.cityearlystart.co.nz

Thursday 5 October Bay City Rockers

Social RocknRoll Dancing, Neon Moon, Rnr Waltz 7-9:30pm at Senior Citizens Hall Norris St. Includes Supper. $3 entry. Gavin 027 643 6222 or Steve 027 277 9569.

Coffee & Chat

Junction: Peer Support & Advocacy Mount Maunganui/Papamoa Coffee & Chat group. 1-2pm. Ph 543 3010 for details.

Community Bible Study Int’l

Join us @ 14th Avenue Gospel Centre 10-12pm until 9th Nov for Bible Study on the Book of Matthew.

Jack & Betty 544 3809

Counselling

Need to talk? First Session free at Arataki Community Centre.

Thursdays & Fridays. To book your appointment, please ph Karen 021 579 249

Craft Club

Ladies, all crafts are welcome. 9am2.30pm. For a friendly social day at Arataki Community Centre Bayfair.

Ph Jan 021 062 3660

French Connection

For lovers of all things French. Meet fortnightly Thurs at La Mexica on the Strand 4:30-6:30pm. agohns@yahoo. co.nz

Katikati Bowling Club

8 Park Rd Rummikab 1-4pm, $3 entry. Phil Green 549 5344

Katikati Toastmasters

Building communication & leadership 1st, 3rd & 5th Thursday of month Katikati Community Resource Centre 45 Beach Road 7:30-9:30pm.

Chrissy 027 296 7939

Keynotes Inc

Keynotes 4 part harmony Women’s Chorus Meet Thursday 7pm @ Wesley Church hall 13th Ave Sing for fun & health Nora 544 2714

Line Dancing

Matua Hall Levers Road 1-3pm. All welcome. No experience necessary. $6 Ph Pat 544 2574 or 021 02712467 or just come along!!

LOL Laughter Wellness

Laughter is as natural as breathing. New summer timeslot 6:30-7:15pm. Arataki Community Centre, Bayfair, Mt Maunganui. Koha. Call Trish 022 036 6768 Email lollaughterwellness@gmail.com

Mainly Music-Holy Trinity

9:30-10. Cnr Devonport Rd, 3rd Avenue. Music & dance for preschoolers & mums, Nans, Carers. $3 per family. Morning tea incl.

Meditation - Free Classes

7:30pm Meredith Hall, Fraser Street (Near Yatton Park) Find peace, the joy of life, pure knowledge. Ian 576 2032

Meet the Missioner

Discuss any topic that is important to you. First 4 receive a FREE coffee 11-12pm at Gana Cafe Papamoa Julie 0274 205 375 http://www.communityofstaidan.com/

Papamoa Coffee Chat

Mount/Papamoa Coffee & Chat 1-2pm. Ph 543 3010 at Junction Mental Health Peer Support & Advocacy for further information.

Transport available if required.

Papamoa 500 Card Club

Every Thursday at 12:45pm. At Gordon Spratt Reserve. Phone Dave 575 5887

Pilates Classes

11am-12pm at Omokoroa Settlers’ Hall. $12 per class. Claudia 021 192 7706

PSS PSS

Tauranga Arts Festival. Thurs 19 Oct 6pm & Fri 20th 1pm & 6pm.

Contemporary clowning, theatre & circus.

For details see www.baycourt.co.nz/

Radio Controlled Model Yachts

Sundays & Thursday 1:30pm, at pond behind 24 Montego Drive, Papamoa, sailing Electron yachts for fun. Adult Beginners welcome.

Graham 572 5419

Spiritual Development Psychic Craft

Spiritual development, meditation psychic craft 7-9pm. Open group. Tutor Kevin Reed 25years experience. Ph 578 7205 email kevinreednz@gmail.com

Square Dancing Fun

Easy walking dance. Learners welcome.

Club night 7:30pm. Frontiersmen’s Hall, Elizabeth St. Other sessions ph 543 1063.

Facebook Orange City Squares Rounds.

Tai Chi in the Park

Memorial Park next to Mini Golf on 11th Ave. No charge. 9:30am

Tauranga Arts Festival 2017

Thu 19 Oct-Sun 29 Oct. Baycourt’s Addison Theatre, X Space & The Terrace Rooms (16 events).For details see www.baycourt.co.nz/

Tauranga Creative Fibre

Every second and fourth Thursday of the month from 7pm. Learn and share spinning, weaving, knitting, crochet, felting.

177 Elizabeth St, Margaret 571 3483

Tauranga Model Railway Club

Meets at 7:30pm in club rooms, corner Cross Rd & Mirrielees Rd, Sulphur Point.

Ed 543 1108

Friday 6 October Cards 500

Senior Citizens Te Puke every Friday 12:45 -3pm.

Lyceum Club, 8 Palmer Court Te Puke.

New members welcome. Brian 573 8465

Chess Tauranga

Tauranga RSA Chess Club, Greerton 5-7pm, Casual & Standard length games.

Standard Chess rules. Werner 548 1111 http:/www.westernbopchess.weebly.com/

Embrace Dancing WCS

Learn West Coast Swing. A smooth, fun modern dance. First Class is free. 169 Elizabeth St Community Centre from 6:45pm Vero 021 191 1601 embrace.dancing@gmail.com

Last Legs Comedy Show

Auckland Theatre Company. Fri 13 - Sun 15 Oct at 7.30pm. Baycourt Addison Theatre. Tickets at www. ticketek.co.nz

Singers Wanted

Ladies Singing Group. Meet at TePuke Lyceum Club. 10am. Ph Bev 573 4943

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RUN ON LISTINGS entertainment TAURANGA TANDEM SKYDIVING best buzz in the Bay! Gift vouchers available.

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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

bible digest PEOPLE WHO TRY hard to do good and be faithful will find life, goodness, and honor. - Proverbs 21:21

cars for sale CAR FAIR – buy or sell any vehicle every Sunday at 1150 Cameron Road, Gilmours Carpark 9am-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

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COMPUTER REPAIRS and upgrades, virus removal, data recovery, internet connection and email problems. Local business, reasonable rates, mobile service 021-072-5002 FREE ON SITE DIAGNOSIS & quote. We come to you.

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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.

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health & beauty NATURAL NEW ZEALAND Health Products & Clinic.

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GET READY FOR SUMMER NOW! Life coach/ Personal trainer available for home visits & outdoor training. Specialising in weight/ fat loss, toning, fitness, boxing & nutrition. For the balanced lifestyle you deserve call Dave 022 432 7007 for a FREE consultation.

livestock AC PETFOODS collect injured & unwanted cows & horses. Ph 0800 369 6269

lost & found FOUND KITTENS VARIOUS places various colours Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 FOUND Young Adult Grey Cat, Greerton Area, Ref: 103369, Ph SPCA FOUND Yellow Budgie, Brookfield Area, Ref: 103096, Ph SPCA

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FOUND Adult Black Male Cat, Matua Area, Ref: 103177, Ph SPCA

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FOUND Adult Tabby/Torti/White Female Cat, Papamoa Area, Ref: 102981, Ph SPCA

PAINTER/DECORATOR Interior and exterior. Quality workmanship, friendly service.

Over 25 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

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public notice ANNUAL BOOK SALE Books wanted for Tauranga Harbour City Lions November book sale. Drop off points are Living Quarters, Bethlehem Town Centre; Payless Plastics, 414 Cameron Rd; Mobil Service Station, Cameron Rd; Liquor King, 140 Otumoetai Rd, Brookfield. No magazines, videos or encyclopedias please.

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AVAILABLE NOW. Ph 576 8507 APPLIANCE REPAIRS For service of all Fisher & Paykel, Haier and Elba appliances, Ph 0800 372 273 for your local technician.

BUILDER /HANDYMAN - not LPB. Heap of experience and know what I can’t do. Smaller jobs preferred. Available now. No dodgy jobs thanks. I take pride in my finish. Rog (021)689592 BOAT BUILDING repairs and maintenance. Timber & fibreglass trade qualified, boat builder. Ph Shaun 021 992 491 or 07 552 0277 ELECTRICIAN, 18+ years experience, NZ registered.

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PLASTERER A1 TRADESMAN with 30 yrs experience. Quality finish with friendly, reliable service. I specialise in interior walls & ceilings with no job too small. Strip your own wallpaper and I will skim your walls ready for a modern paint finish. Repair cracked walls & ceilings using proven carbon-fibre technology.

Call Murray now for an obligation free quote 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.

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Registered roofer, 30yrs exp. Ph Peter 542 4291 or 027 436 7740 TREE SHRUB and hedges trimming, topping, rubbish, palm pruning or removal, satisfaction guaranteed free quote. Ph Steve Hockly 571 5958 or 027 498 1857

travel & tours “AAA” Tour (1) GREAT BARRIER ISLAND & FLIGHTS DIRECT FROM TAURANGA: (2) The Old Motu Road Venture: (3) South Island Autumn Tour + Main Highlights (Rail & Coach): (3) White Island Flight & Guided Tour: (4) October Mystery Tour….a good day out! (5) Discover The Chatham Islands: (6) North Island Train Trip & Te Papa Museum. We provide Door to Door. Phone Hinterland Tours: 07 575 8118.

3 TOP TOURS to enjoy now that Spring is sprung 1) Hamilton Gardens Rose Show & The Base shopping 2) Auckland to Coromandel via the Hauraki Gulf

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Phone Zealandier Tours - 572 4118 to book your space of find out more.

NO 8 TOURS NEW ZEALAND’S SENIOR TRAVEL CLUB – Join our Club today for Free to receive all our VIP Members Benefits. (1) Northern Coromandel Secluded Secrets – Departs November 11th 4 Days. (2) McKenzie Country & Mt Cook National Park -Departs November 18th 6 Days. (3) Central Plateaus Hidden Gems - Departs November 27th 5 Days. Complimentary Full colour catalogue, Free Door to Door service. No 8 Tours team on 579 3981 or Email info@no8tours. co.nz

venues BOOK YOUR CHRISTMAS FUNCTION NOW. No.1 The Strand, a beautiful historic setting. Email: bookings@ no1thestrand.co.nz or www.no1thestrand.co.nz FOR WEDDINGS, FUNCTIONS OR MEETINGS+ check out No.1 The Strand, a beautiful historic setting. Email: bookings@ 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

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SPACE? Ideal as an extra bedroom or home office

Becky Parata, Oakly Macdonald (age 3) with grandmother Bev Carnie, Vivienne O’Neill, Gillian Russell and Tess Hawkins, all from Carter House in Te Puke.

Three convenient sizes: standard 3.6m x 2.4m - $75pw large 4.2m x 2.4m - $90pw xtra-large 4.8m x 2.4m - $110pw Fully insulated with lockable ranchslider, large window, power, security lights, curtains, carpet, smoke alarm & even a small deck.

Minimum 6 month rental period.

Maia Solomona age 9, Mary-Ann Braddock, Maesyn Jessop-Braddock age 2, Sasha Solomona age 13, Metua Braddock and in front is Tomokino Solomona dressed in purple for the Alzheimers Memory Walk.

Visit our display cabin at: 17 Plummers Point Road, WHAKAMARAMA or 159 Jellicoe Road, TE PUKE or call for a free brochure.

Spike Dodds and Vana Moore.

Danni Zoll who is riding a Honda CB400 with Diego Zampieri who is riding a Harley 1200. It’s their second year riding in the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride. At Bethlehem Town Centre.

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