The Weekend Sun 1 December 2017

1 December 2017, Issue 884

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India plays p4-5

Revving to go

Cows and movies p11

Responses to Santa p22

As any speedway fan will tell you, there’s nothing like the roar of the engines, the smell of high-octane fuel wafting in your nostrils and the thrill of being close enough to the action that you feel bits of the dirt track hit you in the face.

Oh, and then there’s the crashes. If there’s only one event you attend at Baypark

Speedway this season, it has to be the SunLive Demolition Derby on Saturday, December 9.

SunMedia sales consultant Aimee-Leigh Brunsdon is taking one for the team this year and is all fired up and ready to go. Read more on pages 26 and 27. Photo: Bruce Barnard.

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With Rogers sidelined for further repairs, you’ll find the occasional guest rabbiting on page two over the next few editions.

This week, Dan Sheridan welcomes a change of pace ahead of the festive onslaught.

Sun, sea, sand and... Christmas?

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Okay, here’s the deal.

I’m a long way from home and currently grappling with the concept of spending Christmas Day in nothing but swimming shorts as opposed to thermal underwear followed by incremental layers primarily made of wool.

For the record, I should point out that in the part of England I come from (Newcastle Upon-Tyne), there are those that don’t necessarily adhere to the confines of traditional winter wear.

As one Twitter account, delicately labelled ‘Up North’, put it: “Southerners are urged not to travel unless necessary as snow, ice and blizzards approach. Northerners – you’ll need your big coat.”

You get the picture.

Winter in the Bay, however, couldn’t be further removed from a Boxing Day dip in the North Sea (before you ask, yes, it’s a thing).

There are hints here that Christmas is in the vicinity, but you have to go looking for them. Subtlety is at work.

Strolling around a supermarket in Papamoa the other day, I thought I faintly heard the line of a Christmas classic being sung through the store’s speakers, but I couldn’t be sure.

This is in stark contrast to the United Kingdom’s approach. Battling the crowds down London’s Oxford Street during any given week in October, November or December is akin to a military exercise.

There, Christmas is brutally inflicted the moment the clock strikes midnight on October 1 via a demolition crew consisting of nauseating adverts, unceremonious shop displays and Michael Bublé. Even the wily mainstays of Halloween and Guy Fawkes’ Night can’t slow the festive juggernaut – they are acknowledged but swiftly sent packing

as marketing departments eye up the real prize at the end of December.

Thankfully, here in New Zealand, there is no such consumerist warfare at work.

Christmas will be acknowledged via a walk on the beach, dinner on the deck and a couple of cold beers.

In other words, pretty much like every other weekend.

Crisis? What crisis?

As well as being a long way from home, I’m also in my mid-40s – a time traditionally set aside for anxiety, yoga,

street replete with stunning views and birds that sound like R2-D2.

As pointed out by Miranda, if you're of a certain age the chances are you had a really good time in the 1990s and celebrated alternative culture's small and not-so-small victories before the internet came along and, in her opinion, killed everything.

I nodded along. Pertinent points were made and issues far too loaded to unpack here were raised about the language of online and the death of certain industries (including journalism).

Admitedly the topic didn't suit my surroundings, but it did make me think. There I was, at the foot of a true natural wonder, listening to a digitally recorded conversation that took place thousands of miles away before it was downloaded via a mobile phone more powerful than the first five computers I ever owned put together.

If this is midlife, I'll take it.

Just not cricket

self-doubt and four-wheel drive vehicles.

A recent podcast by brilliant British comedian Adam Buxton featured an interview with Miranda Sawyer – a journalist and author of the book ‘Out of Time’. The two accompanied me around the base track of Mauao and rambled about the clichés of midlife.

Yes, yes I know walking around the Mount in questionable sports gear in your mid-40s is itself something of a cliché, but where I'm from I don't have a mountain at the bottom of my

Given the palpable dislike of all things Australian within certain corners of our newsroom, there was a flutter of excitement when Christchurch-born England allrounder Ben Stokes was pictured at London's Heathrow Airport with his kitbag seemingly bound for Adelaide and the second Ashes Test.

Following England's 10-wicket defeat to the Aussies at 'The Gabbatoir' last week, was this the saviour that would turn the series?

Alas, it seems Stokes, who was not included in the England squad after being arrested on suspicion of actual bodily harm in September, is heading to the South Island to visit mum and dad and knock a few balls about for Canterbury.

The word 'frustrated' doesn't begin to cover it. Right part of the world, wrong side of the ditch, Ben.

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Among them is former Te Puke Community Board candidate Richard McNair, who’s been helping to organise a petition to gain the necessary signatures to force a public vote.

“I attended the meeting regarding Maori wards, and I thought it wasn’t right,” he says. “To me, democracy is one man, one vote. If you’re going to have Maori wards, you need to have Asian wards as well.

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She says she feels ‘quite comfortable’ about the petition. “I know there’s an enormous number of people ready to sign, and ready to take papers to get others to sign.

“So we will achieve the number required to trigger a poll. People should have a say on the subject – it’s an important one, and we do live in a democracy.”

If five per cent (1705) or more of the district's electors demand a poll, the issue of Maori wards will be determined by a public poll.

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A cricket team called Singh At home in the Punjab, in India’s north-west, Kuljit Singh would play cricket in the streets.

Because he had to.

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A teenager who stole a police car in Murupara, prompting a helicopter search, has admitted his guilt.Maaki Te Huirau Emery, 18, appeared at Rotorua District Court on Tuesday and entered a guilty plea to stealing the $25,000 police car last month. He also entered guilty pleas to charges of escaping police custody, dangerous driving, attempting to take a second vehicle and the aggravated robbery of cigarettes and $300 in cash. Emery appeared

by Audio Visual Link and spoke to confirm his guilty pleas.

"Yeah, might as well [plead] guilty, eh bro?" he said. He’s been remanded in custody for sentencing on January 23.

“That’s all there was,” he explains. “A tennis ball, on the dirt with your mates in any space you could find. It was crap.”

And if they found a grass wicket to play on, they would get up at 5am and seize control and occupy it. “Then we would tell people it was ours today.”

Now his gaze sweeps the green oasis that is Te Puke Domain, with its centerpiece, manicured wicket and tall perimeter of trees offering shade and whispering in the breeze.

It is cricket bliss.

“In the Punjab, we would dream about this. But down here, we are living the dream,” says the young Sikh.

“We love this country.”

Body washes up

Police are in the process of identifying a body which washed up on a Bowentown beach, north of Tauranga.The body was discovered on Monday on the shore of Cove Bay. Last week a search was undertaken in the area for a missing fisherman, which involved the Coastguard and navy. Police have not yet confirmed if the two incidents are connected.

The Singh XI practices most nights.

They want to play and they want to win.

Outrage over recycling changes

A woman is disappointed about announced changes to the collection and processing of glass in Tauranga and Western Bay areas.

The changes, announced by Waste Management, mean the collection of glass items as part of kerbside recycling will cease from March next year. Sharee Vlietstra says: “People who produce a lot of glass waste will now have to put recyclable waste to the side, wait, and then take it down to the Bins for Better Communities being placed around.”

Trial for machete accused

A trial is underway for two men accused of a number of violent offences at a coastal Opotiki area.Wayne Matchitt, 51, and Colin Tutbury, 66, are standing trial in the High Court at Tauranga in relation to 10 charges which occurred at Opape Beach last year. Matchitt faces charges of assault with intent to injure, two counts of threatening behaviour, common assault and threatening to kill. Tutbury faces charges of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, threatening to kill, common assault, assault with intent to injure and two counts of making threats. Both men have pleaded not

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He loves it because it gave him opportunity – he studied IT and business and is now store manager with Restaurant Brands at KFC Gate Pa. He also loves it because he met registered nurse Daljeet Kaur here, married her and is now planning a family. And he loves it because he can play cricket every day, on a grass wicket or in the nets, with 5.7 ounces of real red cricket ball.

“If you see or meet an Indian, he will want to play cricket or talk about cricket.”

All of this goes part-way towards an understanding of the Singh XI – a local cricket team branded by a faith. A bunch of guys from the Punjab who share a culture, a language, and are inseparable buddies.

And like 54,593,224 other Indians, who according to a government study play cricket and are cricket crazy, if they are not at work, studying, with their wives or girlfriends or asleep, they are playing or practicing cricket.

The numbers might not be strictly accurate, but they’re not absurd either.

India is a nation of 160 million TVs and 400 million people will watch a big game.

They’re passionate about cricket and passionate about winning.

“When we win, we sit around and drink beer,” says Kuljit Singh, “but if we lose we go straight home. We don’t even talk to each other.” The sulking lasts until the next day when they turn out to practice to figure why they lost, and to put things right.

The Singh XI takes its cricket seriously they like to be taken seriously and they like to be competitive.

Take a squiz in the Singh XI scorebook.

The openers are Singh and Singh. First drop is also a Singh and its Singh, Singh, Singh all the way down the batting order.

A Singh also opens the bowling. “Not all are Singhs, but most are,” says Kiljit.

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Another night, another practice. The Singh X1 and ring-ins.

Continued... family name which would give away someone’s caste of social hierarchy.

Kiljit, another Singh, was just 22 when he arrived in New Zealand from the Punjab in 2010 with a mate. He was a young man with oodles of charm, a ready smile, Bollywood good looks and a yearning for the game. “We saw these guys playing cricket on the domain in Te Puke. We asked if we could join in and how we could get involved in cricket in New Zealand. They asked us along to practice.”

That’s when they were delivered a few doosras - a few wrong-uns - some of life’s unplayable deliveries.

“They selected me to play in their team but not my mate. He was very disappointed.” But this was a package deal, take one Singh, take both Singhs.

So the cricket bug lay dormant for a couple of years while they studied.

It was awakened by Tuesday night twilight cricket – 16-over, eight ball cricket on a Tuesday night.

Cricketers everywhere. They summoned some more Singhs and got a team, some gear and fees together.

But it didn’t satisfy the lust. “It didn’t feel like real cricket,” says Kiljit. “It wasn’t developing our game.”

But then more cracks appeared in the wicket. Being assimilated into New Zealand cricket would be a difficult journey - more of a test match than a T20.

“We asked another Indian team if we could practice with them. They were out on the field and we were

Offering a straight bat and winning.

barefoot in the nets and playing with a tennis ball.”

They weren’t impressed, so Kuljit and his mates challenged them to a duel. “Let’s see what you guys are made of,” said Kuljit. “We lost, but the game went to the last over. It was a bunch of nobodies against a club reserve.” There was a lesson in the loss.

So the boys held a meeting, collected some money and bought some gear. They were getting serious.

They wanted to play regular competitive club cricket. The Singh XI made the B grade final but wasn’t allowed promotion to reserve grade because they weren’t champions. The goalposts started moving. They overcame that obstacle by forming a club, registering with the association, electing a chairman and secretary and ticking off all the formalities. “But they decided we still couldn’t play reserve grade because we needed two teams in the club.” It seems every time the Singh XI met one criteria, they were confronted with another.

But the boys from the Punjab have a certain resilience, a will to overcome. They went out and formed another team. It couldn’t play competition games but it could fill in the bye games in the B grade competition. So there would be cricket every weekend. The Singh XI name says it all – a bunch of Sikh guys from the Punjab who play cricket, and play it very well. And they wouldn’t mind playing under the new lights at Bay Oval one day.

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Tasty summer fun in Katikati The Katikati Avocado Food and Wine Festival is a wonderful way to spend a summer's afternoon, enjoying live music whilst savouring excellent food and fine wine.

This year’s entertainment line-up includes Kokomo Blues, Flying Kiwis Jackie Clarke, Annie Crummer and Rikki Morris.

The free Kids Zone is also back, which will be open for the whole festival from 11am-6pm on Saturday, January 13, with bouncy castles, big slides, rides and more.

The team from Skew-Whiff will

entertain young and old with magic, unicycling, puppetry, ventriloquism and balloonology. It also includes a half-hour show featuring magic, ventriloquism, and escapology.

The Katikati Avocado Food and Wine Festival will take place at the Katikati A and P Showgrounds on Major Street.

Early bird tickets before December 22 are $20 per person. Ticket sales from then on are $25 per person and free for under-18s.

For more information, and to buy tickets, go to: www.avofest.co.nz

Bring your best singing voice Get into the Christmas spirit next month by singing along to some traditional hymns.

Carols in the Park, at Sydenham Botanic Park in Brookfield, is a family-friendly event that aims to celebrate Christmas.

The event will feature performances from Tauranga Salvation Army Band, Ngai Tamarawaho Choir, Bellevue School Choir, Brookfield School Choir and Brookfield Kapa Haka Group.

The public is welcome to bring a picnic or enjoy the variety of hot food and drinks available for sale.

The free Carols in the Park event will be on December 1 at 6.30pm at the Sydenham Botanic Park at 6 Millers Road.

Scenic run at McLaren Falls Park It's time for another Sunday stroll run, jog and walk around McLaren Falls Park.

Organisers Hamilton Roadrunners have been out and about measuring the distances, with options covering the gentlest of walks to a trail run that will challenge even the toughest guys and gals.

The walk and run is not only open

to club members, but also the public.

On the day there will also be a treasure hunt with a twist, followed by their usual barbeque, and McLaren’s cafe will also be open.

The McLaren Falls Sunday Fun Day will be on December 3 at 10.30am at the McLaren Falls Park, 190 McLaren Falls Road, Omanawa.

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New ‘tag on, tag off’ bus system

Linda Inglis, Josie Parkin, Arnold Lander, Alain Coulomb and Anne Briggs are setting up the piste for the forthcoming national doubles tournament.

Passenger bus users will soon benefit from the implementation of a Regional Integrated Ticketing System.

The Bay of Plenty, along with Horizons, Waikato, Hawke’s Bay, Taranaki, Northland, Nelson, Otago and Invercargill Regional and Unitary Councils have joined together in a consortium to introduce the new cross-boundary ticketing system which will replace the current ageing technology.

Similar to other electronic card systems in larger metropolitan centres, RITS will allow passengers to check and top-up their balances online.

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RITS will be in place for five years while allowing for procurement of a nationwide, long-term solution for public transport ticketing and payments.

The ‘tag on, tag off’ technology should be available on all regional bus services by mid-2018.

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When petanque gets serious It’s a watershed weekend for the Tauranga BOP Petanque Association.

First, it’s hosting the national senior doubles tournament – 27 pairs and 54 players from as far afield as Alexandra in Central Otago to the Far North. And secondly, they’ll be under the gaze of the national body, because this tournament could be a dress rehearsal for something much bigger.

“Depending on how we handle this tournament, we may get to host a big trans-Tasman tournament against Australia in March,” says local association president Jo Ann Ingram. And there’d be 70 people for that tournament.

This weekend’s doubles tournament is a seniors’ event (over-55), but it will be competitive. Because on Monday, after the tournament, there will be selection trials for a New Zealand seniors team to travel overseas.

Petanque originated in La Ciotat in Provence, France in the early 1900s. For the uninitiated, it’s a bit like bowls – hollow steel balls are tossed at a small wooden ball called a cochonnet, literally “piglet”, or jack. And the game is played on a piste de petanque – like a green in bowls but gravel or broken shells in petanque.

It took about 90 years to catch on in New Zealand. Now it enjoys a lively following, mainly among mature people.

“A bowler who can no longer lean down can play petanque because you playing standing upright. A golfer who can no longer make it around the golf course can play petanque.”

The sport has celebrity status in the French territories like New Caledonia and Tahiti.

“It’s almost a national school sport,” says Jo Ann. “You want to see the youngsters play – it’s serious and amazing.”

In New Zealand, petanque is a very social game reserved for summer evenings with a glass of wine in hand. “Yes, that’s the social side. But there’s also a very competitive side.”

And to see the competitive side, the public’s invited along to Tauranga BOP Petanque Association’s terrain at the Mount Maunganui Sports Club on the corner of Kawaka and Totara Streets this Saturday and Sunday.

If you are interested in playing petanque, message Jo Ann at: ingram99nz@gmail.com or call her on: 07 5783606 or: 021 836067.

For more information go to: www.sporty.co.nz/taurangapetanque

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A mingling of the mayors Tauranga Mayor Greg Brownless will be one of five mayors presenting to the second New Zealand China Mayoral Forum in Wellington this weekend, In all, 15 Chinese mayors and vice-mayors representing around 80-million people will be joined by approximately 33 mayors from across New Zealand.

The aim of the forum is to further strengthen relationships between regions of both countries.

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session will also provide an opportunity for businesses from both countries to engage in discussions on future trade and investment opportunities.

China is New Zealand’s largest source of foreign students, the second largest source of tourists and took $9.4 billion of our export products during 2016.

Priority One, Export Bay of Plenty and Education Tauranga will also be represented at the forum.

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And Nikki at the Strand Café copped it.

No wonder you can afford a new car, they told Nikki. A 1200 per cent mark-up – what a rip-off.

But it wasn’t Nikki’s $4 savoury scones that was the point of the story.

It was all about a Wellington café that hiked the price of its scones by 22 per cent to $5.50. The customers saw the story while thumbing through The Weekend Sun over a cup of tea and, well, a scone.

And they vented at Nikki. Excessive and unnecessary, they cried. They did their scone.

Foodie Peter Blakeway chimed in. “If the scone is truly exceptional, then $5.50 is not expensive,” says Peter, “especially if it’s made with great, fresh ingredients, made with love, made with passion and made interesting.

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And a “vague, non-descript powdery mix of ingredients thrown together” is how Nikki, herself a daily baker of scones, described The Weekend Sun recipe for a 41 cent scone.

“Where on earth did you get that recipe?” asked Nikki. She and Sandra whipped up a batch of the 41 cent scones at The Strand Café and their conclusion?

“Crap!” The dough was crumbly and required more milk and butter to make it work.

That would have pushed out the 41 cents a unit.

Even then, they say the scone was pathetically small and tasteless. “What sort of cheese did you use?” she asked scornfully.

Well, we used a modest house brand edam. “There you go,” says Nikki. “Tasteless!” The café uses tasty.

They took photos to reinforce their point – the 41 cent scone was dwarfed by the $4 scone. But you could have bought a cup of tea with the difference.

And they had to endure arguments, abuse, scone envy and customer resistance.

We have now moved on from scones.

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Campaign wins top honours New Zealand’s first nationwide anti-racism campaign ‘Give Nothing to Racism’ has won top honours at the Asia-Pacific Communications Awards, taking out the supreme award for the best communications campaign by an NGO, association or institution.

Race Relations Commissioner Susan Devoy paid tribute to 2017 New Zealander of the Year Taika Waititi, the team at Clemengers Touchcast BBDO and the host of famous Kiwis who helped the Human Rights Commission launch the unique anti-racism campaign.

“This award belongs to all New Zealanders who want our country to be the kind of place we can be proud of, the kind of place we want our kids growing up in,” says Dame Susan.

“The jury recognised that enabling people to check their own behaviour while also putting a smile on their face was not just entertaining, it was also incredibly powerful.”

The hard-case, but hard-hitting video and accompanying celebrity memes have so far been viewed more than three million times, shared more than half-a-million times and reached more than five million people in 186 different countries. Every celebrity filmed their own video meme and 2017 New Zealander of the Year Taika Waititi and a host of other a fit-for- purpose website was launched at: Kiwi celebrities helped the Human Rights Commission launch the www.givenothing.co.nz anti-racism campaign. Photo: Gage Skidmore.

Celebrating five years of shared work spaces Tauranga’s first co-working space, where members can select a tailored package that best suits their business, has just celebrated its fifth anniversary

Priority One’s Ignition co-working space opened its doors in October 2012, but in just 18 months quickly grew to capacity

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on the top floor of Rydall House in the city centre and moved to the ground floor of the same building.

“We were able to create a much more sophisticated space, with meeting rooms, breakout spaces and a large foyer which is perfect for hosting events,” says Ignition manager Susanne Irwin.

Many of Ignition’s members experienced significant growth during their time in the

co-working space and were able to move on and set up permanent offices.

“Since its early beginnings, Ignition has had a strong focus on increasing the awareness of what co-working is and how it can support early stage entrepreneurs,” she adds.

There are now seven co-working spaces within the Tauranga/Mount Maunganui area.

Feed the beast If you're an avid foodie and a craft beer lover, then hearing that a local boutique beer, wine and food festival is coming is like winning the social event lottery.

Beast of a Feast 2018 ticks all the boxes and more with its line-up of must-see live bands, must-drink craft beer and must-eat feasting options available from some our favourite food truck vendors.

A two session event, it caters to those with small humans in their lives between 10am-3pm, then kicking off at 4pm it’s strictly R18 where things get a bit more festive.

So on January 4, 2018, come down at the Soper Reserve for the Bay’s next must-do festival, Beast of a Feast 2018.

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Swapping the career reels at 72

Popcorn? Ice cream? Bale of hay? The Capitol’s Ross Treblico.

Ross Treblico is a farmer who runs a movie theater. Or, conversely, he’s the cinema operator who is also a man of the land.

Either way, it’s a weird juxtaposition that seems lost on him.

as 5am during the school holidays. Then I’ll be down at the cinema until midnight, every day, seven days a week. I haven’t had a day off for 20 years.”

That’s at least 15 hours a day.

“It’s an easy job. Not hard.” By “not hard”, it can be assumed he means it’s not physical, that he doesn’t break a sweat. “But it is still work, you gotta be here.”

And he’s insistent that in 20 years of owning his He’s equally at ease making popcorn and choc-tops as he is silage. He‘s equally at ease driving a tractor or own cinema, he’s never seen one movie in its entirety.

Not one. But he did see the first 15 minutes of the operating his $1 million digital movie projectors. three hours and 48 minutes of Lord of the Rings: And he’s just as happy dealing with beef cattle as The Fellowship of the Ring – he is people. Although he prefers beef cattle because “people can be very hard Here are The Weekend Sun’s probably not enough to pick up the favourite farm films: story line or critique it. work”. Beef cattle don’t walk in off the “There was a phone call and I had street demanding a piddle in the toilets Ewe Only Live Twice to come out. Then the lolly man at his Capitol Cinema in Te Puke, and Bridget Jones's Dairy arrived. I had to order the lollies so they certainly don’t spit or whack you Grazing Saddles I didn’t go back in. No point.” when he says no.

Sheepless in Seattle And because each of the four He’s had to prise apart people Close Encounters of screens in the complex would “making out” during a movie. And the Herd Kind empty at a different times, Ross there are people who want to bring in Apocalypse Cow would have to clean them out. their own alcohol and food. “It can get Tractor the Future There was never time to stop and quite nasty and I am sick of that sort Sheep Impact watch the core business. of thing,” says Ross. “So I definitely Hen in Black But - and it’s a big but - Ross will enjoy farm work more.

Beauty and the Beef be sad to leave it. “I will miss it “People who come in and buy a Farmageddon after a while,” he admits. ticket and some popcorn don’t know I Once Were Farriers “It’s taken such a big chunk of my am a farmer.” And the kids down main The Hogfather life for the last 20 years.” street in Te Puke just call out “there’s The Loin King The former pig farmer, kiwifruit the movie man”. They don’t call out orchardist and current cattle there’s farmer Treblico.

However, Ross’s time as “Mr Movie Man” is rapidly rancher never set out to be in the motion picture industry. It evolved that way. In fact, it fell on him. rolling towards the credits. He’s getting out, selling “I had bought the old Westpac building for my up and going back to farming. wife’s business and bits of spouting and pipe were “I’m 72 soon,” he says, but his work ethic is even falling on my roof from the Capitol next door.” more epic than some of the movies he shows at the Read the rest of the story at www.theweekendsun.co.nz Capitol. “I am feeding the cattle by 8am, and as early

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Turret Road experiment now finished The six week closure of the slip lane from Turret Road onto 15th Avenue is over, with the access re-opened for evening commuters.

The road was closed to give council traffic engineers a comparison, and to help find longer-term solutions to peak hour hold-ups.

A question analysis of the data is expected to answer is when traffic lights will be installed at the Burrows Street intersection.

“The intersection needs traffic lights to help control the amount of traffic able to exit Burrows Street onto 15th Avenue,” says city council transportation manager Martin Parkes. “When we closed that slip lane the same sort of behaviour just transferred to Burrows Street, so people were letting other people out, which is having a knock on effect back up to the 15th/Fraser lights.

The council is widening 15th Avenue between Grace Road and Burrows Street in the next financial year.

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$11m travel lift dock taking shape The first slab pour for the Tauranga Marine Precinct’s travel lift - more than 430 cubic metres of cement - has been laid, marking a major step in the $11 million project.

The concrete was delivered by 78 concrete trucks.

The concrete slab forms part of the hard stand where the 350-tonne travel lift, the largest in the country, will operate. It’s expected to arrive early in the New Year.

The slab development follows months of underground preparations and general civil engineering work.

The project replaces the 600-tonne

slipway that was disassembled when the second harbour bridge was constructed.

Sharing the canine love Diversional therapist Tania Peck gives Bethlehem Views resident Ron Cumming an opportunity to pat Molly the Maltese poodle cross during a visit from the Tauranga SPCA dog squad.

She’s the social butterfly - the one who visits all the regulars for a scratch under the chin or a rub of the tummy.

Holly the Saint Bernard is the canine leader of the Tauranga SPCA’s dog squad, making monthly visits to local retirement homes to bring a smile to their elderly residents’ faces.

She is joined by Molly, the Maltese poodle cross, Cracker the pug and Diesel the Staffordshire bull terrier. A dog for every taste.

Bethlehem Views retirement home activities coordinator Kathy McDonald says the dog squad visits are “extremely rewarding” for residents.

“They get a lot out of it,” she says. “You see their faces light up when the dogs come in.”

Diversional therapist Tania Peck says the visits are particularly valuable for residents with dementia.

“It provokes reminiscing of situations when they owned pets themselves, and gives them a way to express love.”

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The Tauranga SPCA dog squad is out and about three times a week, visiting around 12 retirement homes on a monthly cycle.

Holly’s owner, June Lawson, coordinates the group and has been volunteering with the squad since retiring nine years ago.

The volunteers are mostly retired like June, and Cracker and Molly are her neighbours’ dogs that she ‘borrows’ for the visits.

“We do whatever the rest homes want us to do, whether that’s visiting with a group in the lounge or taking the dogs to residents’ rooms,” says June.

“They like to pat the dogs, and some like having the small dogs, like Molly, sit on their lap. It’s very rewarding to see the enjoyment the residents get from it. A lot of people in rest homes in Tauranga retired from a farm and they miss their animals.”

If anyone is interested in joining the dog squad, contact Hannah Cobb at the Tauranga SPCA on: 07 578 0245 or: tauranga.admin@spca.co.nz Kerry Mitchell

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Leading another life on the boards Acting tutor Daniel Bechir Urrizaga is enticing people to the stage in Tauranga.

The Argentinian actor, who chose to make Tauranga his home last year, has been teaching adult acting classes out of 16th Ave Theatre since the beginning of the year. He has about a dozen regulars, and this term has extended the classes to include sessions for teenagers aged 12-16 years and young adults aged 17-21.

Daniel, 37, studied performing arts in Argentina and went on to develop his craft in Cambridge, England and in Granada in southern Spain, where he worked as a full-time actor and co-founded a physical theatre company called ‘La Esclusa’. He travelled to New Zealand 10 years ago on a working holiday and returned here to live last year. With full-time acting not an option in Tauranga, he works as a swimming instructor but joined 16th Ave Theatre to keep his passion for the dramatic arts alive.

“They opened their doors to me and have been just amazing,” he says. “I’m learning a lot about community theatre and loving it.”

Daniel says he was asked to do an acting workshop, but he suggested running a series of weekly classes instead. “I believe if you want to be good at acting you need to learn, take it home and process it, and then next week do it again. It’s really intense to be acting for four hours at once.”

Daniel is pleased with the attendance at his classes so far and the progress his students have made.

“I’m very proud and happy. The first term I had five students and that has since grown to 12.”

Most of Daniel’s adult students range in age between 30-60 years, but he also has a man in his 70s who did some part-time modelling in his younger days and was keen to regain some of that confidence.

“Most people come here thinking ‘I’m not going to

be able to do it’. The first class is free so this is your chance to realise you can do it. “Lots of people are shy or have anxiety problems and would like to feel more comfortable and confident.

“Most of them say they don’t want to be actor, they just want to do something different.” Daniel knows all about being anxious.

“When I was 20-years-old I had anxiety problems and I was really shy.

“My therapist told me to try acting classes. I was like ‘are you crazy?’ It was hard for me to meet new people and

she wanted me to go to an acting class and play the clown. She said ‘go take a look and see what you want to do’.”

The rest, as they say, is history.

“As soon as I started I realised that it wasn’t me I was playing. You can lead another life. That, for me, is amazing.

“You get to do things you would never do in your life.

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Pets sniff out quirky signs of the times If you ever want to know what’s going on in the world – or in Tauranga at least – it pays to take a drive past the Welcome Bay Vet Clinic on Welcome Bay Road to see the cat road sign out front.

This week, for example, you would have seen two cats in love representing the engagement of Prince Harry to Ameacrican actress Megan Markle.

Last week it was a cat resplendent in koru designs and a pounamu around its neck to recognise the Ra Whakangahau kapa haka festival at nearby Waipuna Park.

Vet John Drummond has been erecting the quirky signs outside the vet clinic for about 15 years – about as long as he’s been putting up his impressive Christmas light display.

The Christmas lights have been put up this week and John is aiming to have them working by the weekend. It’s a big job – probably about three full days’ worth according to John – but the reality is he couldn’t stop putting them up each year even if he wanted to. “If I’m a little bit late people come and say ‘you are putting them up, aren’t you? I’m really looking forward to it’. People start to worry if I don’t do it. In some ways I’d like to stop it but I can’t really.” He began putting up the lights after a neighbour started the trend.

He made an aluminium frame to attach the lights to, but says his early efforts were “a bit of a mess”.

“The following year they came out with rope lights and they worked really well. The last one I added by the front door, the dog cocking its leg on the pole, is really popular with the kids. A lot of them

pose next to it with their leg cocked.”

In the early days John’s daughter, Amy, and son, Andrew, used to dress up and hand out lollies, which added to the bottleneck outside.

The kids have grown up now, and there are broken yellow lines on Welcome Bay Road to prevent the bottleneck, but John’s Christmas lights

are still the talk of the town.

His quirky signs on the road outside the clinic are also hugely popular and he often receives comments from people on the clinic’s Facebook page, as well as those who drop in to say how much they brighten up their day.

Read the rest of the story at www.theweekendsun.co.nz Kerry Mitchell

Inset: The Christmas lights at the Welcome Bay Vet Clinic are a must on Tauranga’s Christmas Lights Drive. Above: Vet John Drummond has been putting his quirky signs out on Welcome Bay Road for the past 15 years.

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Helping keep Mauao clean and tidy Summer is here and so is the endless stream of litter that needs to be kept out of the ocean.

The Keep Mauao Clean Facebook group is having a beach clean-up on the beach side of Mount Drury from 1-3pm on Sunday, December 3.

Buckets and gloves will be provided but please bring your own water and sunscreen and wear appropriate footwear and clothing. Prizes will be given away on the day. Keep Mauao Clean is bringing together people who care about their local environment.

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Pride on the line The carnival atmosphere of the Oceans 17 under-14 national surf lifesaving championships at Mount Maunganui in March will be recreated later this month for the DHL International Surf Rescue Challenge.

Pride will be on the line for the Black Fins at Mount Maunganui as they battle it out in the surf and on the sand at the International Surf Rescue Challenge for the first time.

While the New Zealand team are current world champions, the Australian team has never lost the international challenge.

It came down to the wire as they narrowly beat the Black Fins by just two points at the last event on the Gold Coast in 2015.

“It’s a pretty big deal and we got really close last time,” says Surf Lifesaving New Zealand sport manager Mike Lord.

“The team will definitely be looking to win it off the Aussies this year.”

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competition includes three tests which include swim, surf board, surf ski and beach events.

This year there will be seven national open teams and five youth national teams, and with this being the first time New Zealand has hosted the event since 2011, the excitement levels are building.

Mike says it is a chance for Surf Lifesaving New Zealand and our athletes to show what they are made of on an international stage.

“We’re using it as a test, with the idea of hosting world championships here in New Zealand some time over the next eight years,” he says. “The world championships were last held in New Zealand in 1998.

“Good surf conditions will be important during the event, however all teams are well-used to competing in the ocean.

“If it’s choppy and messy, these guys will be fine. A metre-and-a-half of nice, clean

surf would be great, though. I’m sure the athletes would love that.”

Local schools will be visited by the international athletes on Friday, December 1, providing an opportunity for Surf Lifesaving New Zealand to generate interest around the event and surf lifesaving in general.

Junior surf lifesavers will also have a chance to rub shoulders with their surf lifesaving heroes as part of an ambassador programme which will give them access to the competition arenas as ‘runners’ for the team and the chance to experience what it’s like to represent your country.

The first test of the competition will be at Mount Main Beach on Thursday, November 30, followed by the second test on Saturday, December 2 and the last test on Sunday, December 3.

All events run from 9am-3pm and the public are welcome to attend.

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Bridge players reinforce standing The Waikato Bays is recognised as a strong bridge region, and it lived up to that reputation at the inter-provincials in Wellington.

The seniors team of Pat Rutherford, Tony Hacking, Rachelle Pelkman and Murray Wood, all based at the Tauranga Bridge Club, won their section by a large margin with nine from 12 matches.

The Intermediate team of Pamela Pedersen and Bren Birss (Mount Maunganui Bridge Club) with team mates Brian Sullivan and Brian Gallaher (Waikato Bridge Club) also won their section, winning 10 of their 12 matches.

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Clean sweeps in womens’ motorcross A future Tauranga star of motorcross has won her grade in the Women's Motocross Championships.

The championship, held near Eltham, saw young and old take to the dirt in some healthy competition.

Tauranga's Shelby Catley won the junior women's 12-16 years' grade title by a similarly tight margin, out-scoring Te Awamutu's defending champion Rachael Archer by just one point.

Opunake's Taylar Rampton came out on top, winning the senior women's class by just three points from Rotorua's Letitia Alabaster.

Hawera's Nicholl Marshall was untouchable in clean-sweeping the veteran women's class.

The seniors: Tony Hacking, Pat Rutherford, Rachelle Pelkman and Murray Wood best performance combines the open, women, senior and intermediate teams. This was

retained by Wellington, with Waikato Bays finishing a creditable second.

Giving our support to help a day at the races Christmas is just around the corner, and with that comes the summer holidays.

Families will gather together, make plans and head out for the fun and festivities of the season.

One of the major events that attract thousands of people and their families is the Tauranga Races for the much-anticipated Christmas Race meet on 15 December. My family looks forward to going to the races as it is a great place for communities, families and friends to gather.

It is also a sought-after event for work functions and corporate get-togethers.

Racing, however, is in decline due to legislative interpretations and previous lack of will by the former government to support an industry that is a poster child for the added-value exports.

The racing industry is a large contributor to our economy, adding $1.6 billion to our economy. It also provides employment for more than 17,000 people with a volunteer base of over 52,000.

A decade ago we had just under 10,000 brood mares and our racing industry was booming. However, the industry has now reached a crisis point,

with around 3000 brooding mares today, which is seriously jeopardising our export potential.

We also need to look at job training and career pathways in the equine industry to once again encourage a once-thriving sector.

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With sponsorship from TECT, Tauranga City Council, Love NZ and Sign Creations, The Exchange rent-a-plate system was launched at Little Big Markets in Coronation Park in June.

Market-goers rent enamel plates from the food vendor for $2 each and then return the plates to The Exchange for a refund. Plates are then washed in an on-site commercial dishwasher and re-used, reducing the amount of food packaging waste.

The Exchange started off with just 1000 plates, limiting its use for large events, but Hannah says they are hoping to get more sponsorship to buy more plates. Having a sponsor logo on them may also deter

people from taking them away.

“Some people wander off with the plates because they’re either not aware of how the system works or they think ‘this is a cool plate’ and sneak off with it. We haven’t lost too many, but the numbers are dwindling.” Hannah says the public has been “super-receptive” to the concept, as well as the food vendors. “It’s all about taking the time to educate people about how it works.”

Hannah says the company’s events divert much of their waste away from landfill anyway with composting and recycling, but the overall amount of waste has been reduced substantially with The Exchange. “Overall the total waste generated at an event is lower, but we rate the success of the scheme by everyone’s positivity about it.

“Everyone wants to jump on board and lots of people don’t want their $2 back because they realise it is not-for-profit and the money goes back into the kitty to cover the cost of running it.”

The Exchange is on hold at the moment in preparation for being located at Our Place - a new city centre container shopping precinct on the site of the former Tauranga City Council administration Kerry Mitchell building on Willow Street.

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A female force to be reckoned with Tauranga law firm Lyon O’Neale Arnold is championing a new women-led seed capital fund that aims to raise half-a-million dollars to support female entrepreneurs.

SheEO is a leading global innovation, providing a platform for women to finance, support and celebrate female entrepreneurs.

It has been launched in New Zealand by businesswoman, former Telecom CEO and co-founder of My Food Bag Theresa Gattung.

Based on a scheme already in operation in Canada and the United States, the aim is to bring together 500 women who each contribute $1,100 to create a funding pool of $500,000 (the additional $100 per contribution covers formation, administration and management costs).

This funding pool will initially support five female-led ventures in New Zealand, in the form of interest-free loans that are paid back over five years.

Lyon O’Neale Arnold will hostac an information event at the Tauranga Club on December 7, at which SheEO founder Vicki Saunders will beam in from Canada.

The law firm’s co-director Denise Arnold met Vicki at the inaugural World Women conference in Auckland earlier this year, at which they were both speakers.

World Women was organised by Theresa, who is also patron of the Cambodia Charitable Trust, which was founded

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by Denise 10 years ago to help transform children’s lives through education.

“I think it’s really important that women support each other both in their personal and business lives,” says Denise, who founded Wonder Women, a free speaker series that is held quarterly in Tauranga to bring women together to share ideas.

“Women in business face different challenges to men and are often motivated by different reasons,” she says.

“Whether they are wanting to invest or apply for a loan, this event will give women the opportunity to find out more about this exciting new initiative and how it serves women and their unique business needs.”

The SheEO information evening will be held at Tauranga Club, Devonport Road, at 5.30pm on Thursday, December 7.

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Suspense movie starts season It’s one of the classic movie synopses.

New York ad exec, Roger O. Thornhill, played by Cary Grant, is pursued by ruthless spy Phillip Vandamm, played

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The Mount Maunganui Weet-Bix TRYathlon is sold out this weekend, with a record 1400 children, aged seven-to-15, entered in the annual event.

Held at Arataki Park, the age-appropriate course includes a 50-150m swim at Baywave, a 4-8km cycle around the streets surrounding the park and a 1.5km run.

All participants receive a medal on the finish line and ambassadors handing out medals this year include Tauranga Olympic canoe slalom silver medallist Luuka Jones and retired New Zealand heptathlete and high jump champion Sarah Cowley-Ross.

Welcome Bay twins Sam and Levi Mitchell, 9, will be doing their third Weet-Bix TRYathlon this year and their second at Mount Maunganui.

“It's really fun,” says Sam. “The bike is my favourite, and you get a really cool t-shirt and a medal at the end. When I finished the TRYathlon in

Sam Mitchell on the home straight of the Weet-Bix TRYathlon at Arataki Park last year.

South Auckland I got a high five from (world shot put champion) Valerie Adams.”

Levi says he is always “really tired” at the end, but there is extra motivation to get to the finish line.

“I like the prizes they give away at the end, even though I haven't won one yet!"

The Mount Maunganui TRYathlon is the first of the 2017/2018 season that will see 17 events completed throughout the country between December 2017 and April 2018.

The Weet-Bix TRYathlon series has been running since 1992 and more than 300,000 Kiwi kids have taken home a medal during that time.

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Breakfast and questions A few editions ago, The Weekend Sun ran a competition for children to win breakfast with Santa thanks to the Bethlehem Town Centre.

Entering was simple – tell us why you would like to have breakfast with Santa and be in the draw to win.

Here are some of the adorable responses we received.

Congratulations to our winners, who have been contacted by The Weekend Sun.

Sosiua, 6, wanted to thank Santa for the watermelon he gifted her last year.

Isabella, 6, wants to have breakfast with the big red man so she can thank him and ask him what she is getting this year. “And to have a yummy breakfast so my dad doesn’t have to make me toast that morning and he can sleep in.”

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Traffic growth is double the national average Traffic volumes in Tauranga, which have been growing at 10 per cent over the last two quarters, have slowed to just under five per cent for the year ended September, according to the quarterly Infometrics report to Priority One.

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But even at 4.7 per cent for the year ending September 30, Tauranga’s traffic growth is still roughly double the national average.

“There has been a lot of growth,” says Priority One communications manager Annie Hill.

“Also bear in mind a lot of the congestion is due

to roadworks happening around Bayfair, and most recently I’ve noticed the test change going out towards Welcome Bay and Ohauiti.”

The traffic volume figure is included in a raft of indicators showing Tauranga’s economy is booming across all sectors with the exception of house sales, which suffered a 23 per cent fall for the year.

The fall across the Western Bay was 26 per cent, against a national drop in house sales of 17 per cent.

But other figures show there is little relief in sight for commuters.

Vehicle registrations continue to increase, up 8.4 per cent for the year.

The Strand will be filled with choral renditions of the most popular Christmas songs on December 10, when Carols on the Waterfront returns to Tauranga’s CBD. The joint venture between Downtown Tauranga, Sun Media and several innercity churches involves a retelling of the original Christmas story, also known as the Nativity, as well as traditional Christmas carols.

The family-friendly evening will begin at 5.10pm with a procession from No. 1 The Strand to the Edgewater Fan, which will involve children playing the biblical characters of Mary and Joseph, accompanied by a donkey.

Everyone is invited to join the procession, and children are encouraged to dress up as shepherds or angels.

At 5.30pm there will be carols, accompanied by the Salvation Army band and Inachord Chorus leading the singing.

A short play will also be staged by Aquinas College students, which event co-organiser Reverend Dale Williamson, of Holy Trinity Tauranga, says will be an entertaining version of the original Christmas story.

“Everyone is welcome to attend and sing some carols in the sun,” she says.

“Between 500 and 1000 have come in past years, depending on the weather, so we’re expecting a good crowd.”

The evening is expected to wrap up by 6.30pm.

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Wouldn’t it be great to live in an environment where there is no family violence?

That has been the focus of two of the community events I have attended this week, one with White Ribbon and the other with Shakti.

Domestic violence is something that happens in homes across the country and we need to speak out about it men, women, families and neighbours.

White Ribbon’s message about ensuring Dads have the skills and confidence to talk to their sons about creating respectful relationships with women, strikes a chord with me.

As a Dad of two boys, I support this message and it is certainly something I hope to instill in my boys.

National made tackling family violence and reducing the harm it causes a key priority of our government. We introduced the

Family and Whanau Violence Legislation Bill, which made the most significant reforms to our family violence system in two decades.

We piloted the Integrated Safety Response in Christchurch and the Waikato, which changes the way family violence is responded to on the front line. By August this year the pilot had helped more than 30,000 people.

I hope the new government continue to progress the significant work National did to start reducing family violence and make a difference to the lives of victims and their families.

We have a lot of great organisations in Tauranga that are here to help and I am very grateful for the work they do for us.

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Council recycling decision praised Aspects of Tauranga’s recycling report were rubbished this week by Earthcare Environmental director Mike Jones, who says a council-controlled rubbish collection and recycling system can be considerably cheaper than the $300-$400 a year such a service is currently expected to cost ratepayers. “Councils are tendering out and getting costs per household of $122-224 for a relatively complete recycling range,” says Mike.

A report compiled by SLR consultants based its model on European costs, which are much higher due to landfill.

The sky's the limit for Chinese international student When Sky Ma’s parents sent him to study in Tauranga from China five years ago, he barely spoke a word of English and relied on his mobile phone’s translate function to communicate with his teachers.

Now, the 20-year-old University of Waikato student cites Kiwi slang, especially ‘chur’ and ‘sweet as’, as one of his favourite things about living in New Zealand.

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He says he took some valuable advice from a fourth-year student to treat study like a full-time job and is proud that he has now passed all of his papers so far.

But tertiary study took some getting used to. "There were no bells to tell you when to go for lunch," he says, recalling his first week on campus.

"I kept waiting for the bell to ring."

He enjoys the mix of younger and more mature students in Tauranga and occasionally heads over the Kaimai’s to visit friends at the Hamilton campus.

Every summer break Sky returns to China and enjoys catching up with family and friends, but doesn’t enjoy returning to the smog that’s at its worst during the Chinese winter.

He’s been hospitalised more than once as his body isn’t used to processing the polluted air.

"When I go back I miss the fresh air here, and the people. People in this country are really chill."

Sky Ma is studying for a Bachelor of Social Work in Tauranga.

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Celebrating 13 years The Papamoa Paradise Probus club has just celebrated its first 13 years with a special luncheon and a cake cut by two of its oldest members Peggy McKenzie, the first club president, and Myrtle Wright.

Another special feature of the meeting was the awarding of a Distinguished Service Award to Selwyn Prince for his outstanding leadership while club president, when the club was experiencing some trying times. His leadership and tact helped the club stay focused on its aims and purposes.

The Papamoa Paradise Probus club is one of more than 20 similar Probus clubs in the Bay of Plenty area. The Probus movement, which has as a theme of ‘Friendship, Fellowship and Fun’ for semi-retired and retired citizens, began in Britain in the 1960s, with the first in New

Zealand being formed in Kapiti in 1974.

There are now currently more than 150 Probus clubs in New Zealand with more than 14,000 members.

This club meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month at the Sports and Recreation Centre at 80 Alice Way, Papamoa.

As well as guest speakers and entertainment, the club also has a variety of special interest groups including golf, ten pin bowling, dining out, mystery trips and walking groups.

Selwyn Prince, the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award.

Ancient Romans and 21st Century Tauranga Whenever you recycle a glass bottle you are participating in a human tradition that has been around for at least 2000 years.

Roman citizens were recorded recycling glass just after the time of Christ. Move forward to 2017, many Tauranga citizens received a letter from Waste Management last week informing them that glass will no longer be accepted in their kerbside recycling bins from March 1 next year.

Instead, glass bins will be set up around town.

I don’t believe for a second that removing the convenience of a kerbside bin will do anything to increase recycling. You may have read already that council is looking at our city’s waste problem, including options for rates funded, user pays,

different bin collections, increased regulation – or any combination of these.

We’ll present a solution to you in March for consultation prior to any decision being made. As things are, we’re going backwards, and a modern city deserves better.

There’s another environmental initiative that council is seeking your feedback on. We’re proposing to spend $1.75m over the next three years to clean up contaminants in storm water entering the harbor, focusing initially on the CBD, Mount Industrial and Welcome Bay areas.

As summer approaches, there is no better fun than swimming at Pilot Bay with the kids or jumping off the pontoon at the new tidal stairs in the CBD. However, it kills the mood a bit when you see a discharge coming from storm water pipes nearby!

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Aimee-Leigh’s no shrinking violet Aimee-Leigh Brunsdon’s claim to motoring fame is driving off from a petrol station forecourt with the petrol pump still in her car.

But don’t let that fool you.

The Sun Media sales consultant will be no holds barred when she takes to the terracotta track at Baypark Speedway on December 9 for the annual SunLive Demolition Derby.

Aimee-Leigh is swapping her ‘nana car’ – a 2000 Nissan March – ¬for a battered Daihatsu Charade to give it a last hurrah before it goes to the great wrecking yard in the sky.

While she may be new to all this, there are no signs of nerves from this cool cat.

“I’ve never done anything like this, so I’m really throwing myself in the deep end,” says Aimee-Leigh.

“That’s the best way to learn how to swim, right?”

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The idea of driving around a track smashing into other cars has got her quite excited. “It will be an experience for sure. I’ve been to many demolition derbies and I’ve got a lot of guy friends who do burn-outs and things like that. I’ve always thought it would be a bit of fun to do it myself.”

And Aimee-Leigh is no shrinking violet – she’s out to win.

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Kathy, who was the SunLive driver for the January 2017 event, says you certainly get thrown around a bit in the car, but it’s all part and parcel of the event.

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Kathy Sellars in action at last year’s SunLive Baypark Speedway Demolition Derby.

onto the track it was quite thrilling,” says Kathy, “and I got in a few spins and a jump over the ramp before my car died and wouldn’t start again.”

The more experienced drivers gave her plenty of advice and helped her into her gear and onto the track. “Everyone was having a good laugh and were all amped up and ready to go.

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Up to 50 cars are expected to take to the track for this year’s event, ensuring there will be plenty of action.

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“It’s our Downtown Tauranga/Goddard’s Centre treat for the city centre and we hope everyone will love it.”

Santa’s Wonderland will run from Monday, December 4 to Saturday, December 23 from 10am–4pm.

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Reading your water meter Water rates help to pay for water collection, treatment facilities, our water distribution network and water conservation measures.

Almost all properties in council’s boundaries are charged for water by meter. Meters encourage a responsible attitude to water use and mean fair sharing of the cost of the water supply.

Those who use less pay less.

Reducing the demand for water has a big impact on how much money needs to be spent on treatment plants, pipes and reservoirs.

Water used is charged for at a volumetric rate of $1.89 per cubic metre including GST. There is also a base charge of $29.00 for all standard domestic customers.

To work out how much water you

are using, and to check whether there is a water leak on your property, take the reading once a month and write it down. Then take another reading the next month. Subtract the first month’s reading from the second month and that is your usage.

Water meters are usually located in a box in the ground on or near your front boundary. They are normally in a straight line between the road and your outside hose tap.

The black numbers on the white background on your water meter count in cubic metres. This is the reading that your water invoice will be based on. The digits showing in red are not recorded.

The little disc in the middle of your water meter spins around whenever water is flowing through the meter.

It can be useful for detecting leaks, and if it spins when all the taps are off, you may have a leak.

New standard to target meth-contaminated properties Standards New Zealand has released a new standard which will provide industry guidance on good practice methods in the testing and clean-up of methamphetamine contamination in houses.

“Standards New Zealand is pleased to release a highly anticipated standard that will address public concern on the safety of occupants in houses where methamphetamine has been detected,” says Standards New Zealand manager Carmen Mak. The standard – NZS 8510:2017 ‘Testing and decontamination of methamphetamine-contaminated properties’ – addresses properties used as make-shift laboratories for the illicit manufacture of methamphetamine, as well as properties contaminated by the use of methamphetamine.

“The standard is a culmination of the work of 21 committee members with expertise from the public and private sectors, whose

combined experience offered a wealth of knowledge on methods of testing and decontamination of methamphetamine-contaminated properties,” says Carmen.

Standards development committee chair, Dr Mike Reid says the development of the standard followed a robust process in accordance with the Standards and Accreditation Act 2015.

“It will provide a benchmark to those in the industry who are working to make the affected homes in New Zealand safe to occupy.

“Application of the standard will provide assurance that activities such as screening, sampling, testing, assessing, and decontamination of contaminated properties, and disposal of their contents, are carried out in accordance with good practice,” says Carmen.

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Is your pet up to date with vaccinations for the holiday season?

Vaccinations protect against infectious and potentially life threatening diseases. It can be difficult to know what is recommended and when, so we’ve put together a brief summary:

Puppies and kittens usually need a series of three vaccinations to establish a good level of immunity.

The final vaccination is at about 14-16 weeks.

Adult cats and dogs need regular boosters to keep antibodies at a protective level.

Dogs must be vaccinated every

three years against parvovirus, distemper and hepatitis.

Parvovirus causes severe vomiting and diarrhea and is often fatal.

Distemper was once very common but is rarely seen now thanks to vaccination and hepatitis damages the liver.

Additional vaccinations for kennel cough and leptospirosis require yearly boosters. Kennel cough, or canine cough, is caused by a viral or bacterial infection causing a harsh cough.

Dogs going to boarding kennels and daycare must be vaccinated against this as it is highly contagious.

Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease transmitted by rat urine and is potentially fatal.

The main vaccination for cats protects against two

respiratory viruses - cat flu and pan leukopenia similar to parvo in dogs. Cats going into a cattery or those living in a densely catpopulated area need this annually, while other cats can be vaccinated every two-to-three years.

Feline immunodeficiency virus, or feline aids vaccine, is optional.

FIV affects about 15 per of cats and is transmitted by close contact with an infected cat.

The vaccinations your pet requires will be assessed at the time of their annual health check and is based on lifestyle and risk.

Check that your pet’s vaccination book is up to date before you check your pet into boarding facilities.

Pet waste top of the list for carpet mess It’s inevitable. If you have a pet and a nice wool rug, you will, at some point, have to clean your pet’s mess off said rug.

You’ll get angry, you’ll assign a time out, and then you’ll be forced to clean it up.

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that pets have a lot to answer for when it comes to dirty carpet experiences.

Pet excrement and vomit are two of the most common undesirable substances

that respondents have had on their carpets, with more than 36 per cent having had to deal with a clean-up of this nature.

This comes in above the number of people who’ve had red wine spills (32 per cent) and kids’ drinks (27 per cent) on the carpet.

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The best of both worlds When Dr. Liza Schneider, founder of Holistic Vets, realised conventional medicines and surgeries weren’t doing enough to help her patients, she decided it was time to rethink the industry.

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doing our job well,” adds Liza.

See the difference Holistic Vets can make in your animal’s health.

Visit the clinic at 56 Fraser St or phone: 07 578 7054.

Established in 2003, Holistic Vets is the first of its kind in the country to offer the best of both worlds, integrating all the advantages of conventional medicine and surgery with complementary therapies.

“We like to educate and empower our clients so they understand more about their animal’s health and how to keep them healthy,” says Liza.

“Often, when we give clients information about how to feed and care for their animals, it helps to keep them healthy in the long-term.”

Holistic Vets has a nationwide client base, offering consultations by phone or in clinic, using a combination of surgery, conventional medicine and complementary therapies helping to find the right solution for your animal.

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A new, multi-platform daily children’s TV show which centres around kids and their pets has been funded by NZ On Air. Fanimals will be broadcast on weekdays on TVNZ 2 and have extended content on HEIHEI – TVNZ and NZ On Air’s new online media platform for primary-aged children.

It will also have a dedicated app and games.

HEIHEI will launch in the first half of 2018, carrying a wide range of mainly local content for primary-aged children on a safe, ad-free platform.

Holistic Vets has a nationwide client base, offering consultations by phone or in clinic.

Merry Christmas from Mount Vet Hospital As we come into the holiday season, we know how important pets are to our families and we want to give you a few tips on taking care of them at this time of year.

Inevitably, over Christmas we will have lots of delicious food around, however save this for your human families.

Foods like chocolate, caffeine, alcohol and raisins are all toxic to dogs.

We also need to be careful with food, such as cheese and fat from meat as these can cause an illness called pancreatitis, which causes them to vomit and have diarrhea.

It is best to keep our pets on their regular diet over the holiday period to avoid any illnesses.

With the weather heating up, we also need to take care

to get out of the sun during the day when you’re away.

We hope everyone has a safe and happy Christmas and we look forward to seeing all of our clients in the New Year.

when taking our pets in the car.

They should never be left in the car at this time of year even if the windows are slightly open or if you are only planning to be gone for a few minutes.

In just 10 minutes the temperature in your car can increase from 24 degrees to 38 degrees, and after half-an-hour it could be up to 50 degrees.

This is enough to kill your pets or cause severe heat stroke or dehydration.

It is important they have access to plenty of water throughout the day, especially when they are getting exercise.

They also need to be able

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Be your own supermarket We all know supermarkets are calibrated to make us spend – that’s why the vegies and fruit are just inside the door. They lull us into thinking we are entering an oasis of naturalness and freshness.

Spend, buy, be happy.

So if you are sick of subsiding the supermarket owner’s summer holidays to the Costa del Sol, here are some ideas on growing your own veg at home - even if you do live in a third floor apartment as increasing numbers of us do.

Try a table planter or raised bed, a patio garden, or enjoy planting green vegetables and herbs in the spring and watch them thrive. You can grow a surprisingly large amount of delicious food in a

small space if you plan properly. The supermarkets will loath you.

If you are going to do some vegetable gardening using containers, tables, planters, or bags, and you don’t have a ton of space to work with, here are some things to consider: With small spaces, particularly balconies, plants can suffer from a lack of light. There are ways to deal with this, primarily by noticing where the light comes from and maximising it.

A container-style garden is good, as is a patio, but only if it doesn’t make your outdoor space unusable.

You still need access to the space, and it should be beautiful, not cluttered.

There are some wonderful planters and configurations to make sure your little garden is easy to maintain and enjoy.

Garden containers can be heavy, especially after watering, so this take this into consideration before installing one on a balcony. Be sure you don’t exceed the weight restrictions of your balcony or deck.

The nice thing about a raised bed is that it really works. You’ve got

a good amount of space to work with, so you can have a good amount of dirt in the planter itself. It can even be built waist high, which means you don’t have to bend down.

It has at least 11 inches of depth for your soil, so you have access to about eight cubic feet to plant in. That’s quite a bit. It’s not really enough to grow potatoes in, but tomatoes, lettuce and zucchini should all do well. Definitely worth a look.

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Celery, leeks and mustard greens are three of the most under-rated vegetables that can come straight from your garden.

Celery may come out of the fridge to dip into humus or a bloody mary, but it’s also

delicious when braised until tender.

Leeks are most often used as an aromatic for soups and stews, but they can also be the main ingredient of certain dishes, eaten raw in salads, sauteed until tender or braised to make them soft and sweet.

Mustard greens are often just dug into the soil but have a strong taste that is slightly bitter, slightly spicy and slightly peppery.

There’s definitely a mustard flavor to them. Add them to salads or use them on sandwiches and burgers instead of lettuce.

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Climate change threatens New Zealanders’ health A report by the Royal Society of New Zealand has revealed people’s physical and mental health could be affected by climate change.

President Professor Richard Bedford claims that the direct effects, such as increased exposure to heat waves and weather events, including flooding and fires, will have an impact, but also warns of indirect effects like reduced water safety or challenges to our mental health.

“We can reduce these risks by taking action to reduce climate change,” he says.

“If we know what the risks are, we can prepare for them and reduce negative outcomes.

“If we think of the basic building blocks of health, such as our shelter, the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat, all will be affected by climate change.

“We can expect more particulates and pollen, causing increased respiratory problems like asthma, contamination of drinking water supplies and increased toxic algal blooms, as well as increased food spoilage or crop failures, which may reduce food safety and affordability.

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“Then there is the social and mental disruption that could come from the breakdown of communities if people need to relocate, and also the toll that repeated stresses can have on our mental health.

“Hotter days can lead to higher rates of aggression, and there is also research that shows that rates of heart attacks and strokes can increase as temperatures rise.

“Another public health risk is an increase in infectious disease if carriers can spread and better

survive in New Zealand with a changing climate.”

The report - titled ‘Human Health Impacts of Climate Change for New Zealand’ - is the third in a series produced by the Royal Society looking at climate change from New Zealand’s perspective.

The first report summarised the findings of what changes we can expect, while the second looked at the options for mitigating climate change through reducing our emissions of greenhouse gases.

Frequent droughts

Professor Alistair Woodward, epidemiologist and biostatistician at the University of Auckland, who contributed to the latest report on health, says one of the changes that is going to impact heavily on our health is an increase in droughts.

“There’s going to be a reduction in rain, particularly on the eastern side of the country, but the increase in drought frequency is going to put a lot of pressure on our rural economy.

“We know that there is a relationship between the rural economy, the welfare of the people working in the rural economy, and the frequency of mental health problems.

“All kinds of health

issues are related to communities under stress and that’s something we’ve got to anticipate and prepare for.”

Health inequalities

The report finds that climate change will likely exacerbate existing socioeconomic and ethnic health inequalities.

“We don’t think that climate change

will affect everybody equally or evenly.

You can think of it like a threat multiplier. Climate change is going to make life harder for people who are already suffering.

“The sooner New Zealand and the global community acts to reduce climate change, the less risk there is of us experiencing these negative effects on our health.”

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Cameras to record marketing of ‘healthy’ food to children Children will wear small portable cameras on their clothes as part of a new University of Auckland study to investigate how the marketing of healthy products and lifestyles affects children’s everyday lives.

Dr Darren Powell, of the University’s Faculty of Education and Social Work, has received a $300,000 Marsden Fund ‘Fast Start’ grant to research how children understand and experience ‘healthy’ marketing practices.

The study, called ‘Consuming kids: The impact of marketing ‘health’ to children’, will provide analysis of how

marketing healthy products and lifestyles shapes children’s health knowledge, practices and identities.

“Global concerns about childhood obesity and the negative effects of marketing junk food have created a new opportunity for corporations: the marketing of healthy products and lifestyles to children,” says Darren.

“While there is a large body of literature examining the

relationship between unhealthy food marketing and childhood obesity, relatively little is known about how the rapid turn to marketing healthy products and lifestyles influences children.

“Indeed, one of the main reasons I wanted to do this research is a concern that some of the marketing messages that children receive about how to be healthy - especially those relating to bodies - may actually be rather unhealthy

for children.”

A group of 16 children from two schools, aged seven-to-nine, will use wearable cameras to create visual images at diverse sites, including homes, schools, and sports clubs.

These images will be analysed with the children in order to get rich descriptions and original insights into the attempts of corporations and their various partners to market the concept of health to children.

Tool brings unity between patients and healthcare Kiwis living with HIV will now have access to a new interactive tool to help them overcome a range of treatment barriers and better communicate with their healthcare providers.

The Unity Tool, which will be introduced to Kiwis this month, is an interactive online resource designed by HIV advocacy groups, healthcare providers and GSK/ ViiV Healthcare.

It’s aim is to improve treatment outcomes and optimise treatment beyond control of the HIV virus, by helping the patient feel more comfortable disclosing their health needs.

The tool uses an online form to take patients through a series of questions and then creates an appointment guide which they can take to their healthcare provider for further discussion on issues of concern.

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The magic of unicorn root Having nagging hormonal problems? The Bay Health Clinic may have just what you need to regain your healthy balance.

One of the herbs used to help with women’s hormonal problems has a magical sounding name - ‘False Unicorn Root’.

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Chatbot helping Kiwis drink more responsibly More than 11,000 Kiwis have signed up to use the Sober Self Chatbot since it launched in late September, in an effort to drink more responsibly and have a more responsible night out.

With almost half (49.1 per cent) of the users aged between 18 and 24, the Sober Self Bot is proving a hit with its intended audience.

A joint initiative from responsible drinking campaign Cheers! and ridesharing app Uber, the Facebook Messengerrun Sober Self Bot is designed to help people plan for a safe and fun night out by setting up a time to go home with a personal reminder message before their night out begins.

Users can create their own

personal message or rely on the bot’s own pre-programmed messages. The Sober Self Bot also reminds its users to drink water and eat food while out to help prompt responsible drinking behaviours.

Punters can be rewarded with discounted Uber rides if they go home at the time they originally set for themselves.

“It’s exciting to see more than 11,000 New Zealanders now thinking about responsible drinking through the Sober Self Bot, especially young people who are more likely to adjust their long-term drinking habits,” says Matt Claridge, spokesperson for the Cheers! campaign.

“Many of our best intentions get sidelined or forgotten once we have those first couple of drinks. The Sober Self Bot reminds you of the plans you made before you went out –

whether it’s getting up early to go to the gym, or catching up with your kids or your mates the next day. And what better person to remind you to get home than your sober self?”

The Sober Self Bot is part of a broader multi-media campaign

Olives squeeze out luncheon sausage Kiwis are spending less on luncheon sausage and more on olives and fresh herbs, with the humble sandwich filler dropping out of the basket used to measure food price inflation.

Stats NZ prices 162 different foods each month to create the food price index, which shows how overall food prices move each month.

Joining luncheon on the way out of the basket are milkshakes, cottage cheese, alfalfa sprouts, canned corn, taro and spring onions. New items going into the basket are olives, fresh herbs and herbal teas.

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manager Jason Attewell says Stats NZ removes items from the basket when their expenditure gets low, or because they are well-represented by other items.

The food price index basket is updated every three years to make sure it reflects what households typically spend on food. For example, in 2008 Stats NZ dropped another meaty treat – saveloys – and hummus dip was added.

“These changes to the food price index basket reflect the changing diets and spending habits of Kiwi households,” says Jason.

“We’re often asked how we choose the items for the food price inflation basket.

The answer is that we survey people to find out what they spend their money on.”

based on the idea of planning a ‘Night to Remember’.

The campaign includes outdoor posters, digital advertising and social media.

To sign up to the Bot, go to Facebook Messenger and search ‘Sober Self Bot’.

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An attempt by Tauranga pupils to break the world record for the largest game of Chinese whispers has been successful. Guinness World Records officially approved the record on Wednesday in an email to Holland Beckett, who served as scrutineers of tache record attempt.

The event was part of Hearing Week - an initiative by the National Foundation for the Deaf that aims to raise awareness of hearingimpaired people and the impacts of hearing loss. A total of 1763 pupils from Tauranga Intermediate and six primary schools were involved.

$20bn hole says govt

Media coverage of concerns at last The average lethargic Kiwi should be grateful to Sir Bill Gallagher and for his speech to the Waikato Institute of Directors as reported in the press. A little research can quickly verify his claims. At last the media has seen fit to publish his claims; claims that echo the concerns of a multitude of New Zealanders relating to the Treaty and the successive governments’ revisions that have seen rather dubious interpretations enshrined in law. Alterations to national statutes, regulations and legislation, including the Treaty, have seen Maori, 15 per cent of our population, gain preferences and inordinate powers. Sir Bill voiced concerns that the media have been reluctant to publish previously.

Historically-validated articles of many contentious issues, and letters contesting ethnically-contrived amendments have been ignored. This letter, lacking the newsworthiness of Sir Bill’s speech, will doubtlessly be consigned to a PC editor’s dustbin.

B Johnson, Omokoroa.

Sir William correct Of course Sir William Gallagher knew exactly what he was saying when he said the 1975 version of the Treaty of Waitangi was a fraud (also, the document from which it was developed was incorrect). A man of Sir William’s standing would not make such a statement without checking his facts. The only true version was that signed by Hobson on behalf of Queen Victoria and by over 500 Maori leaders. It gave Maori sovereignty to the Queen in return for British citizenship. A very good deal.

L Christie, Otumoetai.

The government has accused National of leaving it with a $20 billion bill which has not specifically been included in future budgets.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson told parliament this week that National failed to put aside the money for its promised big ticket Defence Force upgrade. Government officials are now reviewing the programme to look for better value for money, he said. But his predecessor, Steven Joyce, denied National had left behind a fiscal hole.

Tauranga City Council CEO Garry Poole has seen the light.

I raise this because Garry has proposed that two important questions be asked of all Tauranga citizens regarding the new 10-year plan currently under consideration.

One, ‘What do you want for your city?’ Two, ‘What are you willing to pay for?’

Cr Morris said “Those questions are a cop out.” I believe he was meaning ‘I will tell them what they are getting and going to pay for’.

Thankfully two more bulbs came on. Cr Terry Molloy and Cr Bill Grainger agreed that asking those important questions was the right thing to do.

Congratulations to Garry Poole and those councillors who support direct democracy! We may just have seen the beginning of a new era of consultation in this communication age.

K Evans, Tauranga.

Promises just a ploy Re proposed 13.6 per cent rates hike.

Well done Cr Morris for posing the question ‘Can politicians keep their promises?’ (page 12, The Weekend Sun, November 24 ) and then telling us that the answer can be found at the following site: www.sunlive.co.nz/ tauranga-city-council.html The answer was indeed easy to find on this site. Mayor Brownless promised ‘a 20-year affordable action

plan’ and to get ‘council spending and staffing levels under control’, while Deputy Mayor Clout promised a reduction in rate rises! Both these attractive promises were designed to make us think that their proposers were genuinely concerned for struggling ratepayers, but we can now see that they were no more than a ploy to gain votes.

R Rimmer, Welcome Bay.

What is wrong with ratepayers?

Farm buying crackdown

The government’s decision to tighten rules on farm purchases by foreign buyers is being welcomed by Fish & Game as long overdue.

The move – part of the new government’s pledge to strengthen the Overseas Investment Act – was announced this week.

Fish & Game chief executive Martin Taylor says the Overseas Investment Office’s poor performance has been hurting New Zealanders wanting access to the outdoors.

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It seems Tauranga ratepayers will be facing some hefty rate increases over the next 10 years, adding hundreds to the yearly bill.

There must be a genetic code in elected officials that forces them to punish the people who pay them.

Figures show a 13.6 per cent rate increase in 2018/19, seven per cent in 2019/20 and a 10.7 per cent increase in 2020/21. A household paying $2500 in rates per year will see that figure rise to $3555 ($68 per week) in three years’ time and $4448 ($85 per week) in 10 years’ time. If you deduct $4448 from a pensioner’s income then its obvious many will be rated out of their homes.

Tauranga rate increases have a history of being higher than just about every other district in NZ. What is wrong with ratepayers in Tauranga that they vote the same people into office time and time again? The sqaunderbug attitude of TCC is clearly shown in the ripping down of a building they could have sold and will now rebuild on the empty site.

Who wants to struggle into the city centre and waste time and petrol looking for a park when one has council business to attend to? The new building should be in somewhere like The Lakes where there will be plenty of parking.

A Bourne, Bethlehem (Abridged).

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Moment of truth

grievances and compensation. It stifles On November 21 I had to take part in the debate on the issue of Maori innovation and fractures the fabric of our society. wards for the Western Bay of Plenty Instead of unifying the country it Council. I voted not to introduce divides Kiwi from iwi and Maori wards and now, for councillors of Western me, it is the moment of truth. Unfortunately iwi Bay (but not all) are part of the crime, as is central have decided they are a victim of circumstance. It government.

The process was flawed allows them to blame other people; lets them blame

by Western Bay Council. circumstance; permits them The public and ratepayers had no say on who will to avoid responsibility for their lives; encourages them foot the bill. In two years’ Cr Mike Lally. time I have to front up to to feel sorry for themselves, and guarantees they will stay a victim the people in Te Puke who voted for for financial gain. Ethnic-based tribal me.

They will let me know if I got it politics has to stop. wrong and I hope I have not let you Instead of opening business and down. being part of commerce, iwi has come Cr M Lally, Te Puke-Maketu to rely on patronage as payback as (Abridged). a means of advancing unqualified

Hunker down, it could be awhile Mr Rabbit, I find your proposed extended fishing expedition to expose dirt on the new government mildly objectionable (The Weekend Sun, November 24). You conveniently forget the growing social inequalities, the educational and research wasteland, housing prices that have been allowed to go into fairy land and a record on the environment that makes Hitler look like a fun guy to take to parties!

So hunker down, take extra sun block, fill up the chilly bin and consider

how long it will take your tinny to get to South America because if Jacinda Adern lasts as long as her mentor, Helen Clark, you are going to be on the high seas for a very, very long time.

P Knights, Mount Maunganui.

Nothing short of apartheid I’m astounded that in 2017 the Western Bay of Plenty District Council is even contemplating voting for Maori wards (page 3, The Weekend Sun, November 24).

I agree with Kaimai councillor Margaret MurrayBenge that if Maori wards were voted in it would be nothing short of apartheid.

Mayor Garry Webber is saying that the district’s constituency is made up of 11 iwi and 74 hapu, one of the highest ratios in NZ. Can he please tell me then why the same ratio of Maori have not represented themselves, without having to be ‘spoon-fed’ once again?

If anyone, of any race, creed or colour, wishes to be elected as a councillor or MP then we already have a perfectly fair system in place, based on merit, not on gratuitous white liberal pampering.

Of course it also requires interest and energy.

I believe that one of the main reasons that some Maori haven’t advanced into modern society is not their fault. It’s the fault of progressive white people who are patronising them and causing complacency and stagnation. And I reckon most Maori think the same.

If only five per cent vote for Maori wards then there’s a real chance they’ll be introduced and that’s not democratic or fair in my book.

P Kelly, Te Puna (Abridged).

How to send a letter to the ed The Weekend Sun welcomes letters and photographs from readers.

Preference will be given to letters that are short (200 words) and supplied with full name and contact details. Photos are best in high resolution, jpeg format. Email: letters@thesun.co.nz

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Dangerous roads, bad attitudes Recently we had an overseas expert telling us that our roads were the cause of many accidents.

I wonder what he would have said if he had been with me on the bus recently. At Cameron Road and 11th Avenue I watched a woman in the middle lane preparing some sort of drink in her vehicle.

With both hands off the wheel when the lights changed, she took off across the intersection, still concentrating on pouring the drink. With attitudes like this, no wonder our roads are dangerous.

W Lawrence, Otumoetai.

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The Weekend Sun’s ever popular guide to ‘What’s On’ in the Bay. Pg44 THE WEEKEND SUN

Damn, it’s the festive season already December. Damn. It’s December already.

Not panicked about Christmas yet?

Panic now.

The pair describe their songs, rich in pastoral imagery, as being about overcoming demons, being washed clean and starting anew, and love in its many forms.

The Danberrys have appeared at many festivals We’re coming into the final stretch, around the time that most bands wind down their gigs before the big throughout the south-east United States, including the CMA Festival, the International Bluegrass Music summer blow-out.

Association festival and the Americana Music Festival.

It’s just too hard. You can be certain that on any This will be their first visit to New Zealand but you given night from now until Christmas, particularly at can check out several clips on YouTube. weekends, about a quarter of your audience The Katikati concert will be is doing something pre-Christmasa particular treat since related, be it office drinks, the duo are being friends’ barbeques joined for the (now we finally have show by Vanessa summer sun in the McGowan, sky), lingerie parties the wonderful or simply collapsing upright bass from exhaustion player and and stress. singer from However, I’m Tattletale Saints, pleased to report that who has a few hardy souls are out previously visited there plying their musical the Bay for several The Danberrys. trade and that there’s actually a memorable concerts. bunch of really interesting stuff hitting Things kick off at 7.30pm at the the Bay in the next week. Allow me to briefly suggest Katikati Bowling Club. Entry is $20 ($15 for Folk some possible additions to your musical calendar.

Club members).

First up, and one I’m getting excited about is a But wait, there’s more... duo from Nashville at the Katikati Folk Club next Wednesday (December 6). They are The Danberrys, and they’re playing for the folk club’s final bash of the Back to the 80s The following night (Thursday, December 7) a blast year which is also their Christmas show, so dressing from the 80s arrives at Totara Street performance up is encouraged. venue at The Mount in the form of Australia’s Pseudo The Danberrys are Tennessee-born couple Ben Echo and our very own Narcs.

DeBerry and Dorothy Daniel, who both hail from As I probably don’t need to remind you, we have East Nashville. They sit roughly in the indie-folk an actual Narc living in the Bay, none other than field, with Dorothy’s smoky voice accompanied by keyboard player and songwriter Liam Ryan, currently Ben’s assured and intricate acoustic guitar. Their songs have been widely praised and have won awards. hunkered down in a studio making music in Waihi and in charge of the youth band competitions at the National Jazz Festival.

Award winners Liam was a writer on both the Narcs’ biggest hits, In fact, each of band’s three albums have been Diamonds on China and Heart and Soul, and with nominated for independent music awards. Their guest DJs spinning 80s hits and the Aussie visitors latest, Give and Receive, was recorded in Nashville wheeling out the likes of Funky Town, A Beat For and released in June 2016.

You and more, it should make for a fun evening.

It received two Independent Music Award And if you wait one more night, next Friday nominations for Best Americana Album and Best (December 8) Totara Street moves from the 80s to Country Song (Let Me Ride), and one win for Best Jamaica as a selection of international and Bluegrass Song (Long Song).

New Zealand reggae/roots/dancehall bands take to the stage.

There’s Jah Sito (Chile/New Zealand) bringing his seven-piece band, mixing Latin beats with Rastafarian vibes. And there’s Tyneegiant, based in Rotorua, formed by Patu Colbert - founder of 1814 who will also be opening at One Love 2018. They bring an electric mix of roots, rock, reggae, skank and ska.

Meanwhile, Lioness will perform original female roots reggae from Hamilton and there’s local content reggae and roots R&B from Tauranga’s Direct Descendants. The party starts at 8pm and costs $20.

GIGGUIDE & ENTERTAINMENT GREER’S GASTRO BAR Sun 3rd Native Poms Popular Covers Duo 5.30pm – 8.30pm MT RSA Fri 1st Terry Jensen Duo From 7pm Sat 2nd Gerry Lee From 7pm Sun 3rd Tauranga Big Band 4pm - 7pm MOUNT SOCIAL CLUB Fri 1st Out of the Woods 6pm – 9pm

Sat 2nd Mila & Santiago 6pm – 9pm Sat 2nd DJ – R&B & Hip Hop From 9pm Thur 7th Jam Night From 9pm THE BARREL ROOM Fri 1st Toner, Franks & Beano From 8pm Sat 2nd Take 2 : 5pm – 8pm Sun 3rd Robbie Lavën & Mike Garner : 4pm – 7pm Thur 7th Quiz Nite – 7pm

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A new and fun experience for all adults Bring out your competitive side right in the heart of Tauranga’s CBD with some adult scavenger hunt fun.

“After successfully launching Escape Masters, we began thinking of something for adults to do,” says Great Adult Scavenger Hunt creator Phil Holland.

“This new experience is a cross between a pub crawl, a pub quiz and a scavenger hunt.”

Designed to give participates a Tauranga experience, It works like this: a group of between two-to-six The Great Adult Scavenger Hunt will take you to people will meet at The Escape Masters HQ at 27 three local pubs: the Craft Bar and Kitchen, the Barrel Spring Street before their allotted game time to pick Room and the Crown and Badger. up their wristbands.

In each bar you will have to answer questions about the pub’s history and its atmosphere and perform some challenging tasks that will leave you in fits of giggles.

If you want to grab extra points along the way, take plenty of selfies and videos and post them on The Great Adult Scavenger Hunt Facebook Page.

While cruising around the bars you will also be able to enjoy some tasty drinks, discounted for all game members.

The scavenger hunt costs $15 per person. You must be over 18 with a form of ID, Sun Media team Kerry Mitchell, Kendra Billington and and have a smartphone.

Winners of each session will Sharnae Hope.

go into the monthly draw and three teams will win a voucher from either of the bars.

For more information, or to book a time slot from Friday, December 1, go to The Great Adult Scavenger Hunt Facebook Page or call: 07 579 5552.

Christmas concert festivities The Operatunity concert will have you reminiscing and singing along to your favourite Christmas songs.

Sue Boland, John Cameron, Bonaventure AllanMoetaua, Karl Perigo, Lynette Martin and pianist Paul Carnegie-Jones are all back to celebrate the final Operatunity show of 2017 - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.

This is the second time in 2017 that these core performers will come together to put on a sell-out show.

Sue, John, Bonaventure and Lynette have been performing in Operatunity concerts together since 2009, and since the addition of Karl and Paul in 2015, the performers have become an even more harmonious team.

Join the Operatunity Christmas festivities in Tauranga on Friday, December 8 at 11am at Holy Trinity Church, 215 Devonport Road. Tickets are $34 and include lunch with the artists after the show.

For more information visit: www.operatunity.co.nz or call the office toll free on: 0508 266 237.

Lynette Martin, Sue Boland, John Cameron, and Karl Perigo.

The Weekend Sun has a double pass to the Tauranga Operatunity concert for one lucky reader who can tell us the name of one of the artists performing?

Enter online at: www.sunlive. co.nz under the competition section.

Entries must be received by Tuesday, December 5.

Come and play the ultimate Pub Quiz...

3 Pubs - receive bonus offers while seeking answers and completing tasks.

BOOKINGS: 07 579 5552 www.thegreatscavengerhunt.co.nz 27 SPRING ST. RED SQUARE

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THE DANCE INSTITUTE PRESENTS

DATE&TIME

Join the festivities at the Trustpower Christmas Parade VENUE

FRI 8 DEC / 7 PM SAT 9 DEC / 1 PM SAT 9 DEC / 6 PM

Bethlehem College Performing Arts Centre

TICKETS

Available from BAYBAT Batteries 28 15th Ave, The Dance Institute Ph 544 2900, or door sales.

No EFTPOS available

Adults $25 Child (14 yrs & under) $18 3 yrs & under FREE

It’s nearly time for the annual Trustpower Christmas Parade in Downtown Tauranga and everyone is invited to join in the fun!

The parade, on Saturday, December 2 at 11am, will see Downtown Tauranga come alive with family entertainment, bands, marching teams, acrobatic groups, fairy tale characters, vintage vehicles and colourful community floats.

Santa will join in the celebration with his new float with his most trusted reindeer at the end of the parade, and he has invited many of his friends to join him so watch out for Batman, the Joker, Elsa, Alice and The Mad Hatter, Cinderella, Belle and many more.

There will be giveaways

The Trustpower Christmas Parade from last year. during the parade and you can join Santa and all the characters on the waterfront after the parade.

The parade runs from Devonport Road on 2nd Avenue down to the Harrington Street intersection on The Strand.

For more information go to: www.taurangachristmasparade.co.nz or email: info@downtowntauranga.co.nz

Get swept away by ‘Up and Away’ Come to the

11AM

SATURDAY

Prepare to be swept off your feet and float away with the Dance Institute’s end-of-year production ‘Up and Away’, which takes to the stage on December 8-9.

The local dance school has more than 160 pupils who are ready to take you on a journey past the clouds, through the stars and into the realms of space.

The dancers are aged three-to-18 and have been working on ballet, modern, jazz and contemporary dances which will all be showcased in this fun, family-friendly production.

“The students are all working really hard to bring the story to life and are looking forward to showing off all they have learnt,” says Dance Institute principal Shireen Breebaart.

‘Up and Away’ lead dancer Millie Burton. Photo: David Brown/Kawika Design.

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The show follows a girl who is swept away by her party balloons and taken on an adventure through the sky, eventually exploring space and the planets.

It is a story to entertain young and old, emphasised through the varying styles of music from classical to upbeat pop and electronic.

Shireen says the show is always the highlight of the year and everyone is very excited to share the story of ‘Up and Away’ with the audience.

The production premiers at Bethlehem College Performing Arts Centre, with a 7pm show on Friday December 8, as well as shows at 1pm and 6pm on Saturday December 9.

Tickets are $25 for adults, $18 for children (14 or under) and children ages three and under are free.

Grab your tickets quickly before they also float away!

Come and hear inaugural recipient of the Friends of the Tauranga Art Gallery Emerging Artist award, Sam Eva, speak about her work and study.

Sam is a 2017 visual arts graduate of the Toi Ohomai Bachelor of Creative Industries.

There will also be a Christmas afternoon tea for the last Art in Afternoon for 2017.

The Art in the Afternoon session will be on Wednesday, December 6 from 3-5pm at Tauranga Art Gallery on the corner of Willow Street and Wharf Street.

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Women’s Triathlon a hot ticket for 2018 Women keen to take part in the 2018 Generation Homes Women’s Triathlon need to get in quick, with more than 600 entrants already.

Women’s Triathlon

The 2018 event, scheduled at Pilot Bay, Mount Maunganui for Sunday, Swim Swim 400m, 400m, Cycle Cycle 10km, 10km, Run/Walk Run/Walk 4km 4km February 25, includes a 400m swim, 10km cycle and 4km run or walk.

Participants can enter as individuals, two or three-person teams or in a special mother/daughter (racing as The Generation Homes Women’s Triathlon is an opportunity to individuals) category. Girls aged 11 ‘have-a-go’ in a fun, friendly environment. years and above are encouraged to enter.

Event director Miranda Clark says she has already $38 worth of sponsored product in the bag.” received around 620 entries. The event was to be Free training for the event is on offer from January capped at 700 entries, but this may be extended to 800 16, with entrants able to come along to Pilot Bay on if the strong demand continues.

Tuesday nights to practice the swim leg of the triathlon Miranda attributes the popularity of the event to – often the biggest barrier for some participants. the fact it is the only ‘women only’ triathlon in The event is celebrating its fifth year in 2018, Entry: $45 for individuals, $70 for teams the top of the North Island and that the course is prompting Miranda to take part herself. “totally do-able”.

She is buoyed by the support she has received on Entry: the $45 for individuals, $70 for&teams $80 for mother/daughter entry “It has got such a heart and soul to it,” she says. event’s Facebook page, with her post viewed by more & $80 for mother/daughter entry Enquiries: info@trichicks.co.nz “It’s a real have-a-go event. than 11,000 people.

Entry: $45 for individuals, $70 for teams Entry: $45 forEntry: individuals, $70 for teams Enquiries: info@trichicks.co.nz “We also have an incredible registration bag. Entrants If you want to join Miranda you can register at: $80individuals, for mother/daughter $45&for $70 forentry teams Entry: $45 for individuals, $70 for teams pay $45 to enter and, at the moment, we have about www.trichicks.co.nz Enquiries: info@trichicks.co.nz & $80 for mother/daughter entry & $80 for mother/daughter entry & $80 for mother/daughter entry Entry:$70 $45for forteams individuals, $70 for teams Entry: $45 for individuals, Enquiries: info@trichicks.co.nz Enquiries: info@trichicks.co.nz Enquiries: info@trichicks.co.nz & $80 for mother/daughter entry & $80 for mother/daughter entry Enquiries: info@trichicks.co.nz Enquiries: info@trichicks.co.nz

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Generation Homes Womens Triathlon Volunteers are needed to help make this year’s Christmas in the Park event a success.

If you want to help spread a little Christmas cheer this year, what better way than donating your time?

Little Big Events is looking for volunteers to help set up and run the not-for-profit Tauranga Christmas in the Park event.

The fun-filled family event will help several charities, including Women’s Refuge, Homes of Hope, Tauranga Community Foodbank, Shakti Women’s Refuge, Good Neighbour Trust and families identified by the Welcome Bay, Merivale and Arataki Community Centres.

Events coordinator Hannah Wynn says while volunteers are needed on the day, it is the two days before and after the event that are crucial.

“It’s takes a good few days to pack in and pack out after the event,” she says. “That’s where we really need the help and it also means that people can come along and just enjoy the event on the day.

“Anyone who is willing to donate their time is perfect. You don’t have to have a particular skill or have worked at an event before.”

Tauranga Christmas in the Park will be held on Saturday, December 9, from 1-8pm at Blake Park.

Entry will be by gold coin donation and donations of non-perishable food items and Christmas gifts labelled with the age and sex the present is suitable for are welcome.

This year there will be live performances by Avalanche City, Modern Maori Quartet, the Randy Matthews Quintet, Richter City Rebels and Georgia Lines.

There will also be activities such as face painting, a carnival area, bar, Street Food Union, youth area and Zespri’s Santa’s Grotto with a photo booth.

If you’d like to volunteer for Tauranga Christmas in the Park, contact Hannah via: hannah@littlebigevents.co.nz

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Saturday 2 December Art Classes Adult Art Classes for

Term 4 booking now. Clay, paint, stone sculpture, drawing & more. Check out theincubator.co.nz for more information.

Balmoral Kilties Welcomes ladies to join this great sport for fun, friendship & fitness. Age 30+. For more info ph Coach Anita 07 578 8996 or 021 025 76 094 evenings 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 Beth El Messianic Family Come celebrate family life with Jews & Gentiles who meet & worship as Yeshua (Jesus) & all the early believers did. 10am Otumoetai Primary. BethEl.org.nz Blood Brothers Musical Sat 2 to Sat 9 - Musical presented by Stage Right Trust. Addison Theatre, Baycourt. Check website for times. www.baycourt.co.nz Carols at the Quarry December 15th 7pm at Te Puna Quarry Park (near Tauranga), $5 per car.

Christmas Sequence Dance Mount Maunganui Scottish Society Christmas Sequence Dance Sat 9th Dec, 7:30pm10:30pm. Arataki Community Centre, Bayfair, Mt. Maunganui. Great Band, Lovely Supper. Entrance $7. All Welcome. Erica 576 0578 Christmas Social Dance Held on Sat, 9 Dec, Greerton Hall, 7:30pm. BYO drink & nibbles. Great music by Helen Riley.

Everyone welcome. Ph 544 2337 or 027 322 1786 Come Dancing Tauranga Social Dance Club. First Saturday of month, Sequence & Old Time. Greerton Hall 7:30pm.

Great music supper & raffles. Ph Faye 07 543 3280 Dragon Boating - Womens Give it a Go Paddling Sessions held weekly Mon/Thurs 5:30pm & Sat 7:30am, Sulphur Point.

RSVP by Txt Brooke 022 078 2308 for info pack.

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.

Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Road.

12:45-3pm. Ph Phil Green 549 5344 LOL Laughter Wellness Discover the joy & health benefits of hearty laughter.

11-11:45am Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Mt Maunganui. Koha.

Call Trish 022 036 6768 Email lollaughterwellness@gmail.com Oliver Twisted (Dance/Musical) Gillian Moore School of Dance Musical.

Today 1pm & 7pm. Addison Theatre, Baycourt Tauranga. www.baycourt.co.nz Otumoetai Tennis Club Adult Tennis on Saturdays at Bellevue Park, 75 Windsor Road, Bellevue. Start time 1:30pm.

Enquiries Fred 544 5088 Papamoa Christmas Art Fest Sat & Sun. Paintings, photography, floral artist, and live music, or join an art and craft workshop. Free Entry 53 Te Okuroa Drive Papamoa. Ph Julie 0274 205 375

Petanque Tga/BOP Club Club Mt Maunganui. Tuesdays & Saturdays 1pm start. All welcome. Try a new sport!

Equipment available, all coaching given. Ph Jo Ann 578 3606 Qigong With Michael Classes: Mon 1-2pm (weekly) Whisp Alternative Health Club Shop 24 Piccadilly Arcade, 43 Devonport Rd Sat: 9:30am-10:30am (weekly) Health Quarters 67 Willow St. Bookings 021 735 798 www.michaelgoodhue.com Steps Performing Arts Showcase

Musicals through the years. Boys College Theatre. Today 2pm & 7pm. $25 adults & $15. Tickets on the door or Ph Paula 021 274 4116

Tauranga Friendship Social Club

Walks, dinners & outings for the over 50s. Couples & singles all welcome.

Barbara 544 7461

Tauranga Rotary Easter Booksale

Please donate books, records, Cds, Dvds, Jigsaws & Sheet music for next Rotary Charity Book sale. Ph Anne 543 5350 or Ross 544 0817 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 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 Trustpower Christmas Parade Downtown Tauranga today at 11am. More details at taurangachristmasparade.co.nz

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 Maketu Market Every 3rd & 5th Sundays at Maketu Village Green.

Enquiries to Pat 07 533 2687 or Fennis 0274 282 862 Model Powerboat Racing BOPMPBC December race day, last one for the year.

Fast model powerboats, monos, hydros & cats. Racing starts 10am until around 4pm. Taurikura Drive, Tauriko NZDA BOP Range Day NZDA BOP branch run public open days last Sunday each month at their 300m range in TECT All Terrain Park. 9am-3pm $20 bring firearms licence Papamoa Outdoor Bowls All welcome to our Roll Up’s. Sun & Wed. Register at 12:30, commences 1pm. Come & experience OUTDOOR BOWLS Geoge Spratt Reserve. Ph 574 0177 anytime.

Psychics, Healers and Spirituality

From 4pm! Combining the annual fiesta with a big bang! Music, kid’s activities, market & food stalls, rides, bouncy castles & much more. Gold coin entry. More info on www.facebook.com/WelcomeBayCommunityCentre

The Psychic Cafe Spiritual & Healing Centre, Greerton Community Hall, Tauranga. Doors open 6.45pm starts 7.00pm Door fee $10 everything else FREE. Ph 5787205 www.psychiccafe.nz Quakers in Tauranga In hall behind Brain Watkins House, cnr Elizabeth/ Cameron Rd 10am for an hour of mainly silent worship followed by tea/coffee & talk 544 0448 www.quaker.org.nz

WANTED Books/CDs/DVDs/Puzzles

Radio Controlled Model Yachts

Tye Park Fireworks Extravaganza

For Mount Lions & Lioness Clubs Book Fair. Drop-off points or collection ph Pip 543 2175 or Stella 575 0685 or text details to 021 033 0795 Village Radio Museum Community Radio broadcasting nostalgic music & Community Notices seven days on 1368 KHz AM Band. Radio Museum open from 10am. Request line 571 3710

Sunday 3 December 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 Computer Help for Individuals Need help to use your computer, iPad, tablet, eReader, phone or other device. Contact the Library to book a lesson with one of our tutors. Every Sunday, Monday, Wednesday & Friday. Ph 577 7177 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

Sundays 1:30pm & Thursdays 5:30pm, in pond behind 24 Montego Drive Papamoa, sailing Electron Yachts for fun. Adult beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419 ScandinaviaNZ Xmas Party Nordic Xmas afternoon 2:30-5pm. Paper crafts, gingerbread, Secret Santa game, Xmas songs and Xmas tree For details and book: Hanne 570 6121 Sequence Dance New Years Eve, Sunday Dec 31. Greerton Hall, Cameron Rd, 8pm till midnight. Entrance $8pp.

Supper provided. Excellent programme & music. Prizes, raffles. Goodbye 2017, welcome 2018.

Tauranga Fuchsia Show Today 8:30am-3:30pm, Legion of Frontiersman Hall, Elizabeth Street West, Tauranga (by the expressway), $3. Includes plant sales.

Ph Pat 07 579 1655 or Noeleen 07 578 4643

Monday 4 December

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 Badminton Club-Aquinas College 7:309:30pm. All players welcome. Friendly & sociable club. Casual fee of $8pp, club racquets available for free use. Ph/txt Sue 021 194 4335 www.taurangabadmintonclub.co.nz Breakfast Challenge 5 Day Healthy Breakfast Challenge. We’ll help you get healthy summer. TXT Svetlana 027 616 2124 Beauty & The Beast Dance show by Urban Dance Youth Trust. Monday 4th & Tuesday 5th at 6pm in the Addison Theatre, Baycourt. For more info go to www.baycourt.co.nz Body+Soul Fun Fitness For over 50s, occasional speakers, social events. Monday to Friday various venues. All classes 9:15am10:15am Qualified Instructor.

Dianne 027 431 4326 or 576 5031.

Dutch Friendly Support Network

Coffee morning (1st Mon of month) 10am-12noon. $3 Entry. Vintage Car Club Rooms, Cliff Road, Tauranga .

Phone Bernadette 572 3968 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.

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Mahjong Visitors & Beginners welcome (free teaching available) 12:45-4pm Tauranga South Bowling Club 11th Ave. Ph Shirley 576 0014 Meditation for Introspection Mon 6-7pm (weekly) Whisp Alternative Health Club Shop 24 Piccadilly Arcade, 43 Devonport Rd. Bookings 0204 494 477 or whispshop@gmail.com Meditation - Free Classes Mondays at 10am in Bellevue. Ph David or Trisha at 540 1204. Find Peace, Joy, Well-Being & Pure Knowledge.

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 Plunket Car Seat Clinic Is your baby’s car seat safely installed? 471 Devonport Road, Tauranga. Monday & Thursday 10am-2pm. Ph 578 7813 no appointment necessary.

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 Sequence Dancing Te Puke Free Dancing. Join us, with partner, at Citizens Club Te Puke. 6:30-8:30pm. Enquiries 027 654 1569

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 RocknRoll Club Lessons & Club Dancing @ Legion of Frontiersmen Hall, 165 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga. Ph Malcolm 027 592 7240 or www.taurangarocknrollclub.org.nz Tauranga Toastmasters Meet weekly at Tauranga Lyceum Club, First Ave. 7:15-9:30pm. Learn public speaking & leadership skills within a welcoming group. Guests welcome. Ph Alan 544 5989 Womens’ Art Group We meet every Monday 9am-12pm at 68 1st Avenue.

New members very welcome. Ph Annie 543 2108 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 Zonta Tauranga Championing Women’s Causes welcomes you to meet others likeminded. Great speakers, a fabulous meal & fun at Tauranga Club. Every 2nd Monday 5.30pm. Call Suzy 021 2665 044

Tuesday 5 December

Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting,

St Peters Anglican church, 11 Victoria Rd Mt Maunganui 7:30-8:30pm. All Welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757 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 Citizen, 345 Maunganui Rd, Tuesdays, Thursdays 12:45pm. Further info Garry 576 3033 Crafty Craft Group Bring your own project. Card making also on offer. Saint Peters Church Tuesday 9-11am. Ph Shelly 07 262 1035 Falun Dafa Free Classes Ancient wisdom still works in 2017. Easy exercises & meditation. 7pm Huia Room, Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd Bayfair. Ph or text Judy 021 0425 398

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THE WEEKEND SUN Greerton Lions Club Meet 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of the month at 6pm at Fairway Lounge, Tauranga Racecourse. Ph Bill 543 4424 or Alison 543 4928 Housie Te Puke Housie is held at Te Puke Bowling Club every 2nd Tues 6:30pm sharp. Full details Ph Te Puke Club 573 9709 Junction Coffee & Chat Junction Coffee & Chat 10am-12pm St James Church, Greerton, Tauranga. Come & meet others for support & friendship.

For details call Junction 543 3010 Ladies Exercise With Dance 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 Nanogirl Live! Engineering Magic

Live Science Spectacular. Tuesday 12th Dec, 5pm & 7pm. Addison Theatre, Baycourt. For more info see www. baycourt.co.nz for

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.

Otumoetai Tennis Club Adult Midweek Tennis Tuesdays & Thursdays at Bellevue Park, 75 Windsor Road, Bellevue. Start time 9am. Enquiries Pam 570 0302 Otumoetai Walking Group Meet at 9am at Kulim Park. All welcome. Ph Jim 576 7339 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 Club Mt Maunganui. Tuesdays & Saturdays 1pm start. All welcome. Try a new sport! Equipment 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 Plunket Car Seat Clinic Is your baby’s car seat safely installed?

13 Queen Street, Te Puke. 3rd Tuesday each month 10am-2pm. No appointment necessary.

Scrabble Tauranga Scrabble Club 8:50am 3 games $3 Tauranga Bridge Club Ngatai Rd. New players very welcome Ph 544 8372 Sequence Dancing Tauranga Social and Leisure Club, St John Anglican Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd Otumoetai.

Tuesdays 7pm-9:30pm except second Tuesday each month 3:30pm-6pm.

Faye 543 3280 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 Acoustic Music Club

Greerton RSA 7pm. Friendly gettogether, all instruments, all levels of ability. Come in & enjoy some live music. Grant 578 6448

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 Welcome Bay Lions Welcome Bay Lions meet every second & fourth Tuesday of the month at Greenwood Park. All welcome. Please Ph 544 8625 Yoga For All Welcome Bay Community Centre, 6:30-8pm. Traditional, relaxing Yoga class. Beginners welcome. $12 one or $90 nine classes. Bring a mat. Info: Bhajan 07 929 7484 Yoga for Introspection Improve your emotional, mental & physical wellbeing. Tuesdays, 11-12noon at Omanawa Hall. Contact Chatelle on 021 647 205 or chatelle.jeram@gmail.com

Wednesday 6 December

Age Concern Walking Group Mclaren Falls Ph 578 2631

Art In The Afternoon Today at

Tauranga Art Gallery, 3pm with Sam Eva - Winner of Emerging Artist Award. Visitors $5 entry.

Bolivia Card Game Every Wednesday 1-4pm Lyceum Club, 8 Palmer Court Te Puke. Entry $3 includes refreshments. Beginners welcome. Marie 573 9219 Bowls Indoor Mount Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd, Wednesdays & Fridays 12:45pm. For info Ph Ernie & Nancy 575 4650 Cards (Cribbage) Do you play crib or would like to learn? Every Weds at Greerton RSA 1pm. Ph Michael 562 0517 Easy Dance Tuition Basic Ballroom, Waltz, Quickstep, Foxtrot. Modern Sequence. Beginners welcome. $5 St Johns Hall, Bureta Rd. 7pm.

Ph 576 2403

Fernland Spa Water Exercise

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 0211100878. No charge, all ages welcome, www.healingrooms.co.nz Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Road.

Mixed Roll-ups 12:45-3pm. 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 Live Comedy Show Seasons Greetings - 22 Nov-9 Dec. Written Alan Ayckbourn, Directed by Julie Lankshear. Tickets on sale now. Book online iticket.co.nz no booking fees. Ph free 0508 484 253 Meditation - Free Classes Wednesdays 7:30pm at Bellevue. Ph David or Trisha at 570 1204. Find peace, the joy of life, pure knowledge.

Mount Maunganui Lioness Club

Meetings 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month. New members welcome.

Meet new friends & enjoy community services & social activities Ph Christine 575 2144 Mt Healing & Spiritual Meets Omanu Bowling Club, Golf Rd. Last night for the year, doors open 7:30pm with a donation for Foodbank. Enquiries to Janet 0272 640 226

Mt. Maunganui Menz Shed

Wednesdays & Thursdays 9am at 6/45 Aviation Ave. New members welcome.

See www.menzshed.org.nz or Ph Keith Dickson 021 0259 6454 Otumoetai Tennis Club Adult Twilight Tennis on Wednesdays at Bellevue Park, 75 Windsor Road, Bellevue 6:30-8pm.

Visitors welcome $5. Ph Pam 570 0302 Papamoa Cruisers Mobility Scooter group meet Papamoa McDonald’s at 10am. Coffee chat possibly ‘cruise’.

For info ph Iain 027 572 2987 or 07 572 2987 Papamoa Outdoor Bowls All welcome to our Roll Up’s. Sun & Wed. Register at 12:30, commences 1pm.

Come & experience OUTDOOR BOWLS Geoge Spratt Reserve.

Ph 574 0177 anytime 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.

Contact Alison 576 4536 Table Tennis Tauranga Memorial Hall 12:45-3pm mixed doubles social grade 7:30-9:30 club night all grades.

Friday 1-3pm social grades 3:30-7 Junior club 7-9 club night.

Tai Chi Tai Chi Community class Wed during school terms. Bethlehem Hall 1-2pm Qualified Tutor Trish 021 482 842 communitytaichinz@gmail.com Tauranga Embroiderers Guild Meets EVERY Wednesday at the Tauranga Rowing Club, Devonport Road, Tauranga 10am-2:30pm 7:30pm9:30pm. Beginners very welcome. Ph Jenny Williams 07 219 7740

Tauranga Midweek Tramping Group Otanewainuku circuit. Moderate. 6 hours. Sheryl 574 3743

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 7 December

A Place to Bee Welcome Bay craft group meeting at Lighthouse Church 11-12:30pm. All Welcome! All crafts!

Great company! Ph Mel on 027 576 3105 for more info.

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 Bay Coastal Healing Rooms

Experience God’s healing touch. Today 1:30pm-2:30 pm. Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Road, Mount Maunganui.

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0210 271 3254 www.healingrooms. co.nz

Baywide Housing Advocacy Services Having hassles with hous-

ing, landlords, flatmates, NZ, Govt Departments? FREE drop in Clinic, Thursdays 5:30-7:30pm at Baywide Community Law Offices 63 Willow Street, Tauranga.

Craft Club Ladies, all crafts are welcome. 9am-2.30pm. For a friendly social day at Arataki Community Centre Bayfair. Ph Jan 021 062 3660 Having Housing Hassles? Free drop in clinic 5:30-7:30pm for help with landlord, flatmate problems, applying for housing, etc. Baywide, 63 Willow St. French Connection For lovers of all things French. Every second Thursday, La Mexica 4:30-6:30. Contact agohns@ yahoo.co.nz for info Junction Coffee Group Join us for friendship & support at Junction Mt/ Papamoa Coffee & chat every Thursday 1-2pm. Ph 543 3010 for details.

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. Singing for fun & health.

Ph Nora 544 2714 Learn about Facebook Lunchtime Seminar, Papamoa Library, 12:30-1pm.

All welcome.

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. Corner Devonport Rd, 3rd Avenue. Music & dance for preschoolers & mums, Nans, Carers. $3 per family.

Morning tea incl.

Meditation - Free Classes 7:30pm Blue Rovers Sportsground Hall, Fraser Street (across from 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/ More Than Crafts Greerton Bible Church cnr Oropi Rd and Chadwick Rd, Thursdays (excl. school holidays) starts at 9:30am. Crafts and a cuppa $3.

Enquiries Ruth 543 4879 Mount Papamoa Coffee Group

Junction Coffee & Chat 1-2pm Papamoa MacDonalds. Come & meet others for support & friendship. For details call Junction 543 3010 Mount Underwater Club Club night at Mount Ocean Sports Clubrooms Salisbury Ave, Mount Maunganui. Tonight 7:30pm Christmas BBQ. New members welcome.

Gail 021 471 768 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. Ph Dave 575 5887 Pilates Classes 11am-12pm at Omokoroa Settlers’ Hall. $12 per class. Claudia 021 192 7706

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 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 Lyceum Club Womens Friendship Club at 68 1st Ave. Numerous activities include painting, bridge, & catered dinners with interesting speakers. New members welcome. Margaret 543 3244

Tauranga Model Railway Club Meets at 7:30pm in club rooms, corner Cross Rd & Mirrielees Rd, Sulphur Point. Ed 543 1108 Womens’ Singing Group Beginners very welcome. We meet every Thursday 11am at 68 1st Avenue. Ph Marie 576 1300

Friday 8 December

24 Hours A dance show by the Dance Edu-

cation Centre. Dec 15th at 6:30pm & Dec 16 at 1pm & 7pm. Addison Theatre, Baycourt. For more info see www.baycourt.co.nz 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/ Counselling Need to talk? First Session free at Arataki Community Centre. Every Friday.

To book your appointment, please Ph Karen 021 579 249 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 Operatunity Christmas Concert Celebrate nostalgic Christmas songs like Feliz Navidad & Ave Maria! Tickets $34 including lunch.

For bookings: 0508 266 237 Starts 11am, at Holy Trinity Church, 215 Devonport Road.

Page to Stage Dance show by KJ Studios.

Friday 8th at 6:30pm & Sat 9th at 11:30am.

Addison Theatre, Baycourt. For more info go to www.baycourt.co.nz Singers Wanted Ladies Singing Group.

Meet at TePuke Lyceum Club. 10am. Ph Bev 573 4943 T1 diabetes 18-30’s Pizza Party, 6pm Contact info@diabeteshelp.org.nz The Dance Institute Presents Up & Away annual production. Bethlehem College Performing Arts Centre, Friday 7pm. Saturday 1pm & 6pm. Phone 544-2900 for ticket info www. danceinstitute.co.nz

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Love happens in many different ways I like the idea that 'love' and 'light' go together and that both are part of knowing God.

When I was quite young, I found these words in the New Testament: 'Dear Friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Whoever loves is a child of God and knows God' (1 John 4, 7).

Now I am a Quaker, I know there is the love of God in every person.

My spiritual journey is to find how to keep in touch with that of God in me and in others.

Sometimes anger, hurt and fear come and it does not seem like love.

Last week this happened for me. Misunderstandings led to knots of hurt, fear and anger between me and another.

Even though we are old friends, there was hurt, fear, maybe even hate between us.

One of us asked for a 'clearness meeting', which is an old Quaker custom. We asked a wise friend to sit with us while the two of us took turns to talk and to listen.

In the presence of that wise friend, knots of misunderstanding were untied and love and light flowed again.

Hallelujah.

When there is a sense of light in the connection between me and another, there is 'love'.

Sometimes, instead of love, there is hurt, anger and fear: maybe this is 'hate'.

Love always cares for the good of the other as well as oneself.

Mary Rose - Tauranga Quakers

Is true religion simply love?

Many believe if they are loving, kind and generous they have true religion. It sounds good, but is it true?

Once upon a time there was a man who loved a beautiful princess.

He serenaded her every night.

He brought her red roses by the

truckload and built palaces for her with his fortune.

He did all he could, including paying the guards bribes to see her.

Sadly, however, she abhorred his singing, far preferred carnations to roses, preferred a warm and humble cottage to cold palaces, despised his fortune made by exploiting the poor and hated his scandalous bribes.

This man, however, truly loved her. He loved her so much that when he realised she would never be his, he had a replica of her made and lived with her replica for the rest of his life on a deserted island.

The moral of this story is you can genuinely love someone, including God, but if your idea of love is not their idea, or God’s idea, you'll never please them.

If true religion is love, we must know what God's idea of love is.

Love is extremely important to God. His definition of love is in the Bible and we need to be guided by it. See 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 and 1 John 5:1-3.

If not, we will be like the man in the story, living our lives with only a replica of true religion and will miss out on the eternal satisfaction of the real thing.

David Kidd - Church of God

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A protest against a recent motion to ban begging and rough sleeping in the city’s CBD was led by a group of locals outside the Tauranga City Council on Tuesday afternoon.

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1. Stu with Vicki Mossop.

2. Jacob Sheridan, 13, with his father James and brother Jonny, 14, taking food to the Monday ‘Milo Night’ at Willow Street, feeding homeless people.

Young filmmakers were celebrated at the 2017 International Youth Silent Film Festival New Zealand Regional Awards Final held at Baycourt on Tuesday night.

3. Alistair McMahon, Rose McMahon, Samuel Edwards, Holly McMahon and Su-an McMahon.

4. David Tauranga and Megan Peacock Coyle.

5. First place and best director winner Tina Jeong.

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