The Weekend Sun 29 December 2017

29 December 2017, Issue 888

Bryan Adams exclusive

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Clayton’s goal p3

All that jazz p11

Car of the year p19

With 13 albums and record sales of more than 65 million under his belt, Bryan Adams is easily one of the hottest acts ever to perform in the Bay of Plenty.

If you haven’t got a ticket for his gig next Friday

at ASB Baypark Stadium, you better get in quick.

Opening for Bryan will be Kiwi music legends Dave Dobbyn and the Jordan Luck Band.

Bryan’s two-hour show will include many of his early hits, as well as a few new songs from his

latest album ‘Ultimate’, which showcases his work from 1980 to 2017.

In a Weekend Sun exclusive, read more about Bryan and the story behind his smash hit ‘Summer of ‘69’ on page 9.

Welcoming 2018 p35

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New Year Dishonours List

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As we move beyond the festive furore for another year, we’re doffing our collective caps to the upcoming awards season with a look back at the mad, the bad and the sad of the last 12 months. So here, in no particular order, is The Weekend Sun’s New Year Dishonours List: Best Fat Loss Programme of the Year: Extradition of Dotcom.

Best Fireworks Display: Kim Jong-un for his series of super-duper skyrockets.

Most Spectacular Election Loss Despite the Most Votes: National Party.

Shot Self in Foot Award: Metiria Turei for trying to milk emotional brownie points but finding it backfires; loses job and any remnants of credibility.

Drop Kick Award: Dan Carter caught drunk driving in France in February.

Kicked into touch as brand ambassador for Land Rover.

Really Stupid Award: To the ACC for agreeing to pay thousands of dollars for Pokémon Go injuries.

Forward Thinking Award: The chap who dug up the Marsden Point fuel pipeline and plunged the top half of the country into fuel shortages including Auckland Airport.

Resort of the Year:

Manus Island Retreat.

You'll have a smashing time. What a riot.

Views to die for...

Silly Idea of the Year: Attempts to shift

the school holidays to February when "it’s warmer." Then this November-December turns out to be one of the hottest on record.

Best New Thing:

The strand waterfront steps. Amongst the complete stuff ups, such as one-laning McLean Street, and we need to celebrate the successes. Whoever reconnected Tauranga with its waterfront must be congratulated.

Good Riddance Award: To the crusty

old barge wreck in Hunters Creek. Thanks to harbourmaster Peter Buell and team, the rusty piece of garbage is finally going to be dealt with. Half a century too late, but better late than never. If any of us had left our trash lying around the shores of the harbour, the regional council and its predecessors would have put the boot in.

Best Impersonation of the Year: To

Jacinda Ardern, in a convincing portrayal of Mrs Trudeau.

Biggest oversight: Goes to Santa Claus, for his outright failure to understand the Kiwi accent (in the recent Air New Zealand ad). After all, it was exactly 375 years ago, just before noon in 1642, that the first European - Dutch explorer Abel Tasman sighted NZ. You’d think Santa would have this sorted by now.

Deserter of the Year Award:

Gone Wrong" in the case of Ben McLean's admission of killing his wife and shooting her new partner. When did murder ever go right?

The closing down of New Zealand’s iconic Cadbury chocolate factory in Dunedin its move to Australia is pretty much up there, yes? We don’t want croc scales in our chocolate bars.

Best Emergency Call of the Year: To

Dud punt of the year: The Nats put all

Stupid Headline of the Year: "Murder

the woman who dialled 111 because her dyed hair did not match the colour on the packet and she wanted a refund. Runner-up goes to the guy who called emergency services because he could not turn off the television set.

their money on “The Bill”, only for this old stayer to run second yet again. Will he get a start next time around?

The Duke of Edinburgh Award:

Phil steps down because he can’t think of another person in the world to offend.

Worst All Black Set Play of the Year:

Aaron Smith’s Christchurch Airport dunny dalliance.

The Blind Mice Award: All the fawning

rugby punters who tried to shift the blame and the shame for Smith’s indiscretion onto the people who recorded the evidence.

Best Post-Brexit Extended Scene in a Movie: Goes to the makers of the next

James Bond film, which is now an hourand-a-half longer to accommodate scrutiny of his passport every time he jets between exotic European locations.

Most Inappropriate Use of a Condom Award: Goes to “Conservative

Spokesman” Andrew Roth, who tweeted: “Trump condoms everything that happened in Charlottesville.” Remember folks, stay safe, use a condemn.

Contradiction of the Year Award:

Goes to the UK’s propped-up Conservative government, who have pledged more than £50 million in aid to war-torn Yemen but not before selling arms worth over £4 billion to the Saudi coalition that caused the devastation in the first place.

Bittersweet Moment of the Year:

Andrew Little watching Jacinda Ardern become Prime Minister.

Paul Walker Driver of the Year Certificate: The

guy who took a luge down the Kaimais.

United Future Award for Biggest Political Wipeout: A tie between United

Future and Maori Party

Hone Harawira Cup for Maori Activities: Maanu Paul, for claiming the

entire foreshore and seabed on behalf of all Maori.

The Give and Take Award: Bestowed

upon the Auckland intermediate school which collected $3700 for Fiji flood victims before deciding the money could be better spent - on itself.

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3 New Zealand First list MP Clayton Mitchell is enjoying being a part of the government.

Photo: Ryan Wood.

Catching up with Clayton New Zealand First’s Tauranga-based list MP Clayton Mitchell is looking forward to being part of the government in his second parliamentary term.

Despite New Zealand First receiving a lower party vote in 2017, and losing three seats in the process, Clayton returned to parliament thanks to his high list ranking.

He says the election was a ‘straightforward campaign’, tarnished only by the ‘dirty politics’ of leader Winston Peters having his personal information leaked to the media.

“It was interesting to watch Labour’s turnaround, which no-one expected,” says Clayton. “Our own internal polling had shown us experiencing huge growth, but that didn’t come to pass on election night. That was, in part, to Jacindamania.”

The biggest frustration for him and his party is the ‘first past the post’ mentality of the mainstream media, who he says treated the election as a twohorse race between National and Labour.

“As a result, a lot of the smaller parties were ignored. There’s also a lot of bias in today’s political reporting, and a lot of negative coverage of Winston.”

Despite losing 1.5 per cent of the party vote from 2014, New Zealand First still ended up in a position to decide the next government – and chose a fresh start with Labour.

“Being part of the coalition discussions was fascinating,” says Clayton. “People don’t realise how close it was.”

He’s looking forward to advocating strongly for Tauranga and already has several private member’s bills in mind.

“Getting Route K toll-free is one of my major goals for this term,” he says, adding that ministers are much easier to reach and talk to now that he’s on the government benches.

Clayton, who has a background in hospitality, first became involved in local body politics in 2013, when he successfully ran for Tauranga City Council in the Mount Maunganui/Papamoa ward.

“I’d backed people for council before, but I decided it was time to stand myself. I wanted to bring some fresh ideas and a business perspective.”

As it happened, he was selected as New Zealand First’s Tauranga candidate the following year.

Growing up, Clayton was exposed to politics by his parents, who were at opposite ends of the spectrum – his father was National, and his mother was Labour.

“I’m conservative in my thinking,” says Clayton. “I believe growing inequality is a big problem, and that race-based privileges and laws have to change.”

He currently lives in Mount Maunganui with his wife Erika – a native of Dorset in England.

They have three children together – Jazmine, 11, Oliver, 9, and William, 6 – while Clayton also informally adopted two of his sister’s children (a Maori practice called whangai) after her death in a car accident in 2001.

He is spending this Christmas in England, where they’ll enjoy the snow. “The kids have been before, but never for Christmas,” he says. “Then we’ll all be Ryan Wood back to enjoy a Kiwi summer.”

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Injured tourist dies A German tourist critically injured in a crash in the Coromandel has died.

The 30-year-old was a passenger on a motorbike that crashed with a mini-bus at the intersection of State Highway 25 and Hikuai Settlement Road earlier this month.

Kim Andrea Sauerwein was taken to hospital in critical condition, where she later died.

Police say another rider of the same bike was taken to hospital in a serious condition.

In a statement, police offered their sympathies to the friends and family of Ms Sauerwein.

Updated tsunami maps Updated tsunami evacuation maps for Tauranga are now available online and will be delivered to all households within the Mount and Papamoa evacuation area.

Over the past five years Tauranga City Council has created a network of tsunami evacuation routes and safe locations in coastal areas.

Later this month households in Mount Maunganui, Arataki, Papamoa and Wairakei will receive a copy of four separate brochures that show the tsunami evacuation zones.

Greg on best-dressed list Tauranga’s mayor has been named as one of the country’s best-dressed men in a list compiled by the New Zealand Women's Weekly.

Joining the likes of 1 NEWS presenter Simon Dallow and The Project host Jesse Mulligan, Greg told SunLive it was ‘highly embarrassing’.

“I knew nothing about it,” he said. “I think the photo they used was taken before I was mayor, and somehow they must have got hold of it.

Initially, when staff told me, I thought it was a Photoshop wind-up.”

Drive to the conditions Police are asking people to drive to the conditions over the holidays and take extra care.

Assistant Commissioner for road policing Sandra Venables says as of this month, 362 people have lost their lives on New Zealand’s roads this year.

“This is an absolute tragedy,” says Sandra.

“Our aim is to save lives, plain and simple.”

SunLive Comment of the Week ‘Wrong words indeed!’ posted by Nerak on ‘English only sign causes outrage’ “Perhaps a very small incentive scheme can be run to encourage those who do not easily communicate in English? Another idea would be to have a ‘5 minute English only’ session during break times, might be a chance for English speakers to help their colleagues. Better communication between staff has to be a win. A good sign would read ‘customers, we encourage you to ask ALL our staff where you might find something’. Personally, I love talking to people from other lands, and sometimes they speak far better English than the locals! Practice makes perfect.”

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Happy New Year from a Greerton celeb She’d probably huff at the suggestion, but Sally Benning’s a minor celeb in her own backyard – she’s the face and voice of Greerton Village and the manager of Greerton Mainstreet, the retailers’ lobby group.

“That word ‘village’ – that’s what sets us apart,” says Sally. If the 12 apostles were cornerstones of the church, then this apostle is the cornerstone of Greerton.

“The village is key – we have fought hard for that name.”

Yep, fought! Remember the stink when locals demanded the word village be woven into the name on the new library. Not just Greerton Library, but Greerton Village Library. Uppity lot.

There was no sympathy from the other end of Cameron Road – city fathers’ soon clobbered that idea. But you can’t remove pride and identity. Greerton’s still Greerton Village – and it wears the word well.

“It won’t go away. It shows a community attitude,” says Sally.

Especially under Sally Benning’s stewardship. She’s a stylish, spirited, no-nonsense, make-it-happen, ex-pat Pom who comes from another village - Titsey on the North Downs in Surrey. The accent has survived 27 years of Kiwi bastardisation.

“We have surveyed people, and a lot from outside Greerton.

They like the village atmosphere because we’re small and friendly.” Not like those malls. “Malls are okay but one is pretty much like another.” Soulless places. Not like Greerton.

Greerton Mainstreet manager Sally Benning is originally from Surrey in England.

“We have lots of trees, beautiful roses, gardens and greenery throughout the village.

We are definitely villagey,” says Sally.

Now we’re aboard for a 25-hour flight from Greerton to Gatwick, the international airport south of London where Sally once worked and hobnobbed for the airport newspaper.

“He would come into the office – ‘hello Richard’, ‘hello Sally’ – he would wear his skanky old jumper and sit on the corner of my desk and chat.”

She has certainly frolicked among tall poppies because ‘he’ is Sir Richard Branson – the entrepreneurial billionaire who, at the time, had just launched Virgin Airlines. And our Sally’s on first name terms.

“I doubt he remembers me – he won’t be wandering around London boasting he knows me.” But here’s Sally sitting in her modest un-Branson like office in Greerton and name-dropping.

When The Weekend Sun first suggested to business leader Sally that we do a Christmas profile she snorted. “I am not that interesting.” But the Richard Branson story makes her eminently interesting. “He was great, very ordinary but with lots of ideas about things.”

Now if Sally Benning was back home in Titsey, she would have contemplated a

traditional festive dinner of roast turkey and all the trimmings – chestnut stuffing, bread sauce and roast potatoes. “And you have to have parsnips and Brussel sprouts.”

Before dinner she and her husband would have walked five miles to the local pub for a drink and then home again. The Poms are very civilised like that. Then Sally might throw on a Christmas carol – ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem’ or ‘Silent Night’.

But this year Sally Benning may well be fishing. “My sister-in-law is coming out.

And people coming here from England in December want to do something on the beach or at sea.”

But if not a fishing expedition, then a barbecue. Prawns and crayfish and ham.

And she might pick up a book – her choice is never author-driven, but there will be suspense and or history.

Then she’s back proselytising on behalf of Greerton – never misses a chance. “It’s a great place to be at this time of year.

I would challenge any other suburb in Tauranga to decorate their shopping centre like we do.”

And she has a festive message: “We wish the world was a happier, nicer place, but we can’t necessarily make it so. So it’s very much about families, and it’s always special for us to have family around.”

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Year in review and the year to come

Recycling centre proposed for Omokoroa New ways of getting rid of rubbish and recycling will be explored by the Western Bay of Plenty District Council.

Different ways of getting rid of waste will be explored

by Western Bay of Plenty District Council, including establishing a recycling centre in Omokoroa.

Council adopted its Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2017 earlier this month, which puts future waste management service provision into the draft Long Term Plan programme for 2018/2028.

Council began reviewing the Waste Management and Minimisation Plan earlier this year to determine its role in managing the district’s waste, with the overall aim of reducing waste going to landfill.

Public feedback showed support for an investigation into council-

led kerbside recycling and rubbish collection, but there was concern about the potential impact on rates.

In response, council will undertake an investigation of an alternative recycling and rubbish collection model to achieve better oversight and management of solid waste and recycling throughout the district.

This will be done in 2018/19 and will cover a range of service delivery options for kerbside rubbish and recycling services and the cost implications of each option. The community will be consulted on the approach council should take.

Council has agreed in principle to establish a recycling centre in Omokoroa, subject to agreeing with the community how the operational costs will be funded.

This will be part of the investigations, as demand for a recycling facility is likely to be impacted by any decision on whether to implement kerbside recycling.

The new plan includes continuing community education programmes to encourage better waste disposal practices. These include worm composting workshops, a business waste minimisation programme, zero waste education in schools, waste-free living workshops and introducing recycling on marae.

Council’s current involvement in waste services extends to the provision of community recycling and green waste facilities; public refuse bin collections (e.g. at parks and reserves); illegal roadside dumping clean-up and abandoned vehicle collection.

After years of being able to ‘look but not touch’ the waterfront, the opening of the tidal stairs and pontoon was a highlight for me. Like the new Greerton Library before it, they’re examples of cost-effective projects achieved by the previous council that add to our residents’ quality of life.

2017 is the last year that the previous council’s long-term budget has been influencing how your rates are spent and how much we collect. The average rate rise over the three years of that budget has been 3.1 per cent - reasonable, when you consider the challenges of managing a growing city.

2018 will see the current council’s

long-term budget come into force. The average increase is forecast to be 9.1 per cent over the next three years. The forecast rates rise will be blunted for most homeowners, however, if residents agree to a proposed change in the rating system which shifts some of the burden onto commercial ratepayers and reduces the burden on the average homeowner.

May I wish you all a Happy New Year.

We live in a great city, so enjoy it!

Twilight rocking in Katikati The 2018 Katikati Twilight Concerts get underway on January 6 with The Lady Killers with Chet O’Connell, followed by Landslide: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac on January 27 and Miho’s Jazz Orchestra and Brilleaux on February 10.

All events are held outdoors at the Haiku Reserve, with gates open at 5pm and the show starting at 6pm.

Parking is free, picnics are encouraged and there is a coffee cart on site. If the weather is wet, the concerts will be held the following day.

Single tickets cost $25, season tickets (three concerts) are $60 and children aged 15 years and under attend free when accompanied by an adult.

Single entry tickets are available at the gate (cash only) and season tickets from the Katikati Information Centre.

Email: katikaticoncerts@gmail.com or phone Dianne on: 07 549 3522 for more information. Alternatively, visit: www.katikaticoncerts.co.nz or call: 07 549 3549.

The Weekend Sun has one double pass to the Katikati Twilight Concert on January 6 to give away to one lucky reader who can tell us where the concerts will be held in Katikati. Enter online: www.sunlive.co.nz under the competition section. Entries must be received by Tuesday, January 2.

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Cannabis rules loosened A law change broadening access to medicinal cannabis has been unveiled by the government.

Under current law, Ministry of Health approval is required before most cannabis-based products can be prescribed.

The Prime Minister says any vote on the bill would be as a party, not a conscience vote.

Health Minister David Clark says the legislation is as far as the government can go on medicinal cannabis and still have the numbers to get it through parliament.

"We wanted to make sure that medicinal cannabis is more accessible to people with terminal illnesses or chronic conditions and the piece of legislation will make progress."

Aussie fee hike dropped The Australian government has dropped plans to make New Zealanders studying at Australian universities pay higher fees.

The government had proposed legislation which would have removed access to government subsidised fees for New Zealanders and permanent residents.

But without the support of many Australian MPs, the government did not have the votes to pass the bill and has scrapped the legislation.

Australia will still go ahead with some reforms that were part of its higher-education reforms, but none that required legislation, such as student fee increases, and changes for New Zealanders and permanent residents.

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Exploring our backyard The shores of Tauranga Harbour are home to a number of quiet spots where it is possible to get away from the hustle and bustle of some of the Western Bay of Plenty’s more popular beaches over the summer.

Athenree to Omokoroa

Athenree Beach is a sheltered estuary beach 50km north of Tauranga. It sits on the edge of Shelly Bay and at low tide you can walk across the estuary to Waihi Beach and Bowentown.

It’s a great spot for a barbecue, with a children’s playground and plenty of you can turn off space to kick a ball or play cricket. to Tanner’s Point, Across the road is the Tuapiro Point, Athenree Hot Springs & Ongare Point and Holiday Park.

Kauri Point It includes two natural Tanner’s mineral pools which are Point has a available to guests and the small wharf paying public.

The history of Katikati is depicted on the and a boat Athenree is also home town’s walls in more than 40 murals. ramp with to the historic Athenree Homestead. Tours of the homestead are available and good access to the harbour.

There’s also a great walk around the station cafe is open every Sunday from January the inner estuary. to March from 12-3pm for ‘Athenree Tea’ – scones Kauri Point is a popular spot to take and jam, tea and coffee. the kids fishing off the jetty, which Heading up State Highway 2 towards Katikati juts out into the deep water of the harbour. If you’re lucky you might also see a pod of orca swimming past.

There are several walks in these areas, both in the bush and along the foreshore, and they are popular for safe swimming and family picnics. Many people also depart from these spots to kayak across to Matakana Island.

Katikati is New Zealand’s mural town with its history featured in more than 40 murals painted on the walls.

The Haiku Pathway – one of New Zealand’s Millennium Projects – is the largest collection of haiku stones outside Japan. Officially opened in June 2000 it has 30 poetry boulders and is located along both sides of the Uretara Stream just behind the town’s main street.

Bird lovers will be in their element in the Uretara Estuary and Yeoman Walkway. You can park your car at the north end of town where the river meets the road and follow the river

Govt hits the ground running The incoming government has hit the ground running but will face many obstacles in 2018 as it seeks to sustain a stable economy, leading New Zealand economic forecaster BERL says.

Treasury’s half-year economic and fiscal update had all the hallmarks of a sizable mini-Budget, BERL chief economist Dr Ganesh Nana says.

The update confirms pre-election calculations that while a tight fit with little wriggle room, there are no multi-billion-dollar holes and the package is consistent with the government’s selfimposed Budget responsibility rules.

The natural mineral pools at Athenree Hot Springs & Holiday Park are a great place for a dip.

Fishing is a popular pastime at the Kauri Point jetty.

Photo: Western Bay of Plenty District Council.

through fields and wetlands.

And if that’s not enough birds for you, the Katikati Bird Gardens are just a few kilometres up the road.

They are home to little shags, royal spoonbill, white-faced herons, paradise shelducks, black swans, black teal, kereru and kakariki.

There is a cafe on-site with outdoor picnic tables and a children’s play area.

Just up the road from the bird gardens is the Aongatete Forest, located in the Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park. There are a number of walks ranging from 15 minutes in duration to the longer loop walk which covers a distance of 6.4km.

The Aongatete tracks start at the Aongatete Outdoor Education Lodge at the end of Wright Road off State Highway 2.

Just 20 minutes before you hit Tauranga is the settlement of Omokoroa. Residents and holidaymakers fish, kayak and swim from the jetty, and enjoy sporting facilities such as the golf club, boat club, tennis club and playing fields.

The Omokoroa Bird Trail Walk is a feast for bird lovers and the Omokoroa to Tauranga Cycleway is a great way to see the coast by bike.

And if you’re a kid or a big kid at heart, Omokoroa has New Zealand’s first fully custom skate path, suitable for both skaters and riders. The skate path picked up a merit award in the Outstanding Project category of the 2016 New Zealand Recreation Association Awards.

Kerry Mitchell

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Encountering marine residents Orca in the harbour. Photo: Nathan Pettigrew.

With the long beach and entrance to the large harbour, Tauranga is home to a variety of marine predators that are either resident or passing through.

The regular species include bronze whaler sharks, New Zealand fur seals, orca, dolphins and the occasional leopard seal.

There was a southern right whale in the harbour last winter, and there is a pair of fisherman who swear they saw a great white shark near the entrance once.

The first rule about marine predators is look, but don’t touch. The second is give them plenty of room.

All seals, sea lions, dolphins and whales are protected under the Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978. It’s an offence to harass, disturb, injure or kill marine mammals.

Anyone charged with harassing, disturb, injuring or killing a marine mammal faces a maximum penalty of two years’ imprisonment or a fine to a maximum of $250,000.

The Department of Conservation rules are common sense and set spatial boundaries for boats and distances from marine mammals, mainly aimed at the dolphin watching business, but are still applicable to the public.

Do not disturb, harass or make loud noises near marine mammals.

Contact should be ceased should marine mammals

show any signs of becoming disturbed or alarmed.

Do not feed or throw any rubbish near marine mammals.

Avoid sudden or repeated changes in speed or direction of any vessel or aircraft near a marine mammal.

There should be no more than three vessels and, or, aircraft within 300m of any marine mammal.

Ensure you travel no faster than idle or ‘no wake’ speed within 300m of any marine mammal.

Approach whales and dolphins from behind and to the side.

Do not circle them, obstruct their path or cut through any group.

Idle slowly away. Speed may be gradually increased to out-distance dolphins and should not exceed 10 knots within 300m of any dolphin.

Keep at least 50m from whales, or 200m from any large whale mother and calf or calves.

Give seals and sea lions space. Where practicable stay at least 20m away.

Avoid coming between fur seals and the sea. Keep dogs on a leash and well away.

Never attempt to touch seals or sea lions – they can be aggressive and often carry diseases.

Swimming with whales is not permitted. People may swim with seals and dolphins but not with dolphin pods with very young calves.

Avoid approaching closer than 20m to seals and sea lions hauled out on shore.

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Bringing the best days of his life No, as it turns out. Summer of ‘69 is a reference to the sexual position of the same name. He shared this little pearler on breakfast television in the USA in 2008.

Bryan confirmed this story with The Weekend Sun in the lead-up to his concert at ASB Baypark Stadium in Mount Maunganui on Friday, January 5.

“I only added that phrase ‘Summer of ‘69’ into the song as a laugh the song was originally called ‘Best Days of My Life’,” he says.

Bryan saved for his first guitar by washing dishes, and quit school at 15 to pursue a career in music. He names his early musical influences as Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Alice Cooper.

So where did his more easy-listening rock style come from?

“I think I did go down the hard rock road, but I also put some slower stuff in there,” explains the 58-year-old. “Some of them ended up becoming so huge they eclipsed the rock, but only because it was easy for radio to play them, and not the rock.”

In The Sound radio station’s annual top 500 rock songs of all time, as voted by listeners recently, Bryan’s ‘Run to You’ came in at 356 and ‘Summer of ‘69’ at 154.

Bryan says we can expect to hear a lot of his old songs during his two-hour show next week, as well as some of the newer tracks from his latest album ‘Ultimate’, which covers his music from 1980 to 2017.

The album also includes the hit song ‘All for Love’ that he recorded with Rod Stewart and Sting in 1993. The Weekend Sun suggested he might like to belt it out on stage at Baypark with his support acts, Dave Dobbyn and Jordan Luck.

“Oh, I wouldn’t wish that upon them!” he says. “I don’t know them but I’ve listened to their music – it’s going to be a great tour.”

Bryan has recorded hit songs and performed with a number of well-known musicians over the years, including Rod Stewart, Sting and Tina Turner, but he only recently performed on stage at the Invictus Games in Canada with Bruce Springsteen, who he was often

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compared to in his younger days.

“It was the first time we’d sung together,” he says, “and we’ve known each other since the mid-80s, so I don’t quite know how we missed that beforehand.

“Anyway, we had a great night and it feels like we really became friends.”

He also particularly enjoyed sharing the stage with Italian opera singer Pavarotti.

“It was such a silly TV show and I sang in Italian of all things, but again, we became friends and we hung out many times afterwards, usually over large bowls of spaghetti.”

Apart from being a Grammy Award winner (for his hit ‘(Everything I Do) I Do It for You’ from the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves), Bryan is an Order of Canada and Order of British Columbia recipient for this contribution to music and philanthropy.

He set up a foundation that improves education for people around the world and, as a long-time vegan, supports animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

Bryan is also an acclaimed photographer, having published four books of work covering celebrity portraits, American women, British soldiers that suffered life-changing injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan and, most recently, abstract black and white images from the island of Mustique in the West Indies.

His advice to budding photographers entering this year’s Trustpower Photographic Exhibition is simple: “It’s always a good idea to take the lens caps off! Seriously though, even when you think you have the shot, take another 10 frames.”

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Alcohol doesn’t come with an instruction manual Often referred to as the silly season, people can make questionable choices as they get caught up in the frenzy of festivities.

So online programme Alcohol&Me has a list of the most common drinking myths to ensure festive spirits consumed are done so with knowledge.

Alcohol&Me’s Jude Walter says: “We want to empower Kiwis to stay safe and sociable by giving them some simple tips they can think about when they are out and about socialising.

“Alcohol doesn’t come with an instruction manual, so we want to make it easier for people to understand alcohol and how it affects your body and mind.”

Myth 1: Eating a big meal before drinking will keep you sober.

Fact: Food won’t stop you getting drunk, but it will slow the pace that your body absorbs alcohol. It is important to eat before and during the occasion, and stick to eggs, meat and dairy the next day.

Myth 2: Coffee and a cold shower will sober you up.

Fact: Coffee or a cold shower might help to wake you up, but it won’t speed up the body’s ability to process the alcohol you have drunk.

Time is the only cure.

Myth 3: Drinking alcohol makes you warm.

Fact: While your “beer coat” may mean you feel warmer, you’re actually not, so dress for the conditions!

Myth 4: Eating before bed will reduce your hangover.

Fact: While eating is important, grabbing a kebab won’t ward off your hangover. Drink lots of water before, during and after you drink alcohol Myth 5: Puking helps you sober up and prevents hangovers.

Fact: Vomiting after drinking is your body’s way of preventing poisoning.

You may feel better, but it will only be short-term.

Myth 6: Beer before liquor, never been sicker. Liquor before beer, you’re in the clear.

Fact: It is the amount you drink and not what you that is important. Your liver can only process 10 grams of pure alcohol per hour and there is nothing you can do to speed this process up.

Keeping your electronic gifts safe from theft So you’ve just unwrapped the latest and greatest smart phone, or maybe you were really good this year and Santa brought you that new flat screen TV, laptop, tablet or games console that was at the top of your wish list?

Before you get stuck in police say there’s one thing you should probably take care of first, and that’s recording the serial number.

Mount Maunganui community constable Kurt Waugh says with the risk of theft being much higher during the festive period, people need to take precautionary measures.

“We are always finding stolen property whose owners have not recorded serial numbers. So with your new presents this Christmas, make sure you note them down and take pictures.

“This can be done with electronic devices, bikes and jewellery; basically anything that has a serial number, document it.”

He says people should do this as soon as they receive their new items.

“When police do search warrants or locate stolen property on offenders, if there is no serial number, often those offenders get to keep that stuff. If you don’t write it down the bad guy keeps the items.”

A free website is also available to log your serial numbers: www.snap.org.nz Kurt says those planning to go away for

the festive season should also be vigilant.

“Have someone keep an eye on your property and ensure you secure your house, even if you’re only leaving it for a short period of time.

“If you’re going to the beach don’t leave valuables in your car or in a visible place, as these things are all encouraging to opportunist thieves.”

He says people should also consider joining their local neighbourhood support group.

“Police do a fortnightly newsletter on crime prevention advice and good police work stories in each local neighbourhood.”

Those wishing to be connected with their local neighbourhood support group can email: nstauranga@wbopns.org.nz

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Jazz up your social calendar If Santa didn’t quite hit the high notes this Christmas, then securing tickets to the National Jazz Festival Tauranga’s star-studded line-up of events is sure to make up for it.

Safe speed I feel proud when I drive down Tauranga’s Eastern Link at 110km.

It’s such a smooth ride, with little road noise and it feels very safe. This section of motorway is one of the safest in the country and that is why the speed limit was raised. It’s great to have been the Minister of Transport ensuring our best and safest roads go to 110km.

We are in the thick of peak time on NZ roads as Kiwis drive to holiday destinations and visit family and friends. It’s so good to be able to offer people travelling in our region a modern motorway that meets the best international standards. It also highlights the growth and prosperity of this region and is in line with other motorways internationally.

National has led the way with these types of roading initiatives and I hope the new government continues on our path.

As you are making your plans for New Year’s Eve, I want to wish you safe travels. I am planning to spend some time around the barbecue with my family. I also want to wish you a very happy New Year. I hope 2018 will be your best year so far.

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The 56th festival – the longest-running of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere – will have Tauranga rocking this Easter with an impressive line-up of musicians – both local and from abroad.

And while it might seem a wee way off, you’d better get in quick as these tickets won’t last long.

2018 will see something for everyone with crowd favourites including the Baycourt concert series, the 41st National Youth Jazz Competition, the TECT Big Band Bonanza on The Strand Waterfront, Downtown Carnival, the highenergy Hurricane Parties and much more.

Local bands hitting the stage include shining star Caitriona Fallon and the Bay of Plenty’s very own Kokomo, as well as old-time festival favourites Woody Woodhouse Connection, Bay Dixie and The BBC. International acts sure to wow include six-piece Melbourne traditional jazz and Dixieland band Shirazz, Sydney bluesman Isaiah B Brunt and world-renowned Australian trumpeter James Morrison performing with the James Morrison Quartet.

“We have an incredible line-up of events and acts showcasing the many different areas of jazz – from traditional New Orleans jazz to swing, bebop, fusion, blues, funk and soul – with something to suit everyone’s musical tastes,” explains festival director Craig Wilson.

“Tickets are selling fast, so get in quick or miss out on helping put jazz and Tauranga on the map.”

The 56th National Jazz Festival Tauranga runs from March 28-April 2.

For the full National Jazz Festival Tauranga programme and tickets visit: www.jazz.org.nz

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New boats accommodate growing sailor numbers In a time-honoured ceremony, Sailability Tauranga’s two new Hansa 303s were added to the fleet recently, giving the sailing charity a boost that will allow for an increase in the fast-growing charitable trust’s sailing roster.

The boats were bought with the assistance of grants from TECT and Bay Trust.

The chairman of TECT, Bill Holland, and the chief executive of Bay Trust, Alistair Rhodes, were there for what Sailability chairman Peter Dallimore says is a “turning-point” occasion.

“Two other sponsors deserve special mention and they are Mike Farmer of Farmer Auto Village and Bill Mitchinson, president of the Past Commodores Association, International Order of Blue Gavel NZ who were prepared to sponsor us before we had even put a boat in the water,” says Peter.

Marina Society who bent over backwards to allow this project to proceed by placing absolutely no hurdles in our way at all. Without their help we could not have even started this project.”

The two brand-new 303 Hansa boats are intended for use by disabled sailors. They are a recognised international class which means that not only can disabled sailors benefit from going for a sail, the more competitive sailors can compete.

Until now Sailability Tauranga has been working with two hired dinghies. The Hansa 303s feature armchair-style seating with the two passengers in the boat instead of on the gunwale. They are steered by a joystick and the on rs a libati Celebrant Marie Gilpin pou ki South. over the new boats. Photo: Nik

“Their conviction after considering the structure we were in the process of putting into place, and their understanding of the benefits this programme could bring meant that we had to succeed; there was no room for failure. Thanks to them and the sponsors who were to follow, Sailability Tauranga has become a reality for the long-term.

“Of course we could not have succeeded without the support of the Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club and the Tauranga

centre board weighs 38kg, making them almost impossible to capsize.

The class is international and is sailed in the para-Olympics.

Sailability Tauranga was established in June 2016 by a group of experienced sailors and compassionate citizens wishing to share their accumulated years of sailing experience and the joy and fun that sailing provides with those who thought sailing was an inaccessible sport.

It is run by volunteers and provides people with physical, learning or sensory disabilities the opportunity to sail safely, to experience adventure and freedom, and to build mobility, self-confidence and pride through achievement.

Sailability Tauranga has 55 sailors registered and will now be able to increase that number with the new boats.

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Entries are flooding in for the second year of the Trustpower Photographic Exhibition and with $10,000 in prizes up for grabs, it’s little wonder.

Adding to the prize pool this year is the chance for the 20 winning photos to be displayed in the first Bay of Plenty Photographic Exhibition in Tauranga’s sister city, Hitachi in Japan.

“In collaboration with Creative Bay of Plenty we have been able to arrange for the chance for copies of the winning photos to be sent to Hitachi, Japan to appear in a photographic display there to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the sister city relationship,”

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says project lead Sally Cooke.

“It’s a lovely add-on and means the winners will be in an international exhibition as well, so that’s quite something.”

This year’s exhibition features four categories for photographers from amateur to professional to enter.

These include Our People, Nature and Landscapes, Celebration and Digital Manipulation.

Entries for the Trustpower Photographic Exhibition are open until midnight on January 9 with the 20 winners exhibited along The Strand for eight weeks from January 26.

For more details and to enter go to: www.downtowntauranga.co.nz

Nice Blocks was founded in 2010 by friends Tommy Holden and James Crow, who were on a mission to create a better

summer treat for their kids.

Their ice blocks are ethically produced and made from all sorts of good-for-you, natural and organic ingredients. They source their fruit locally whenever they can and use as little added sugar as possible.

The one-year partnership will see a raspberry flavoured Surf Life Saving Nice Block, which will be specially wrapped in the iconic red and yellow Surf Life Saving colours and feature the ‘Swim Between the Flags’ safety message.

It will be stocked at BP Connect and BP 2 Go stores nationwide throughout summer, with 30 cents per unit being donated to Surf Life Saving New Zealand.

Surf Life Saving New Zealand CEO Paul Dalton says it’s exciting to partner with Nice Blocks ahead of what will hopefully be a long, hot summer.

“Not only are they helping us to raise much needed funds through sales of Nice Blocks, but they are helping to keep Kiwis safer at New Zealand’s beaches by featuring our all-important message of swimming between the flags,” says Paul.

Nice Blocks co-founder Tommy Holden says he and James have always been up for supporting their community.

“This essential rescue service and amazing charity is protecting our community in the water and we think they could use some help. Our donations will go towards helping Surf Lifeguards save lives this summer.”

To find out more about Nice Blocks visit: www.niceblocks.co.nz

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Cheap and easy back to school buying tips The start of the new school year is an exciting time for both parents and students, but it can be a costly one, with parents having to fork out for uniforms, shoes, bags, stationery and school fees.

But with a bit of forward planning, there are ways to help keep the costs down:

School uniforms

These are usually one of the biggest back-to-school expenses, especially if your child is starting at a new school and needs the whole kit. Buying second-hand is always a good option and there is a very good Facebook page in the Bay of Plenty that is worth keeping an eye on: ‘School Uniforms New and 2nd Hand BOP Area’. Some schools, such as Tauranga Intermediate, have a second hand uniform sale at the end of the school year. Trade Me and local op shops are also good places to look for second-hand uniform. Some uniform shops offer laybuy and with some uniforms

now being sold by The Warehouse, there is the option to use Christmas Club savings to purchase uniforms.

Shoes

Expensive or cheap?

It obviously depends on your budget but with children growing out of their shoes very fast, it may not be worth spending lots of money on expensive shoes.

Some schools require certain types of shoe so you may not have much choice. Getting the right support is important for growing feet and the professionals recommend looking for shoes with a flexible sole so the shoe moves and bends with your child’s foot, and a heel tab to support the achilles heel. Most shoe stores and department stores have back-to-school sales.

School bags

Another item that varies hugely in price depending on the label.

It doesn’t pay to buy anything too big either. Experts recommend

children don’t carry any more than 10 per cent of their body weight on their back. Straps should be padded and adjustable so the bag’s weight can be correctly distributed, and separate compartments are good for keeping stationery, sports clothes and food apart. Most large department stores stock schools bags of reasonable quality. Watch out for the sales to get the best bang for your buck.

School fees

You can opt not to pay these, but schools generally frown on that and may withhold items such as school year books, or charge you for extracurricular activities. Many schools appreciate

that the beginning of the school year is an expensive time and don’t expect payment until either late in the first term, or the second term. Others also offer payment plans so you can stagger payment of the fees throughout the year.

Stationery

Another item that varies hugely in quality and price, with some schools insisting you buy pre-made packs to ensure the correct items are purchased. Again, the stationery stores always have back-to-school sales and you can shop online and have it delivered to your door if you choose. Sometimes your kids don’t need all the items on the school stationery list because they still have them from the previous year. Books don’t have to be covered with expensive book coverings either.

Top students sharpen their entrepreneur skills Top students from Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology and the University of Waikato will again be spending summer sharpening their business skills at an entrepreneurship programme.

Now in its third year, the Project Ignite summer start-up programme has invited students to submit start-up ideas which are rigorously assessed by a

panel of business people. They then select 10 scholarship recipients.

The programme provides participants with all of the tools they need to validate ideas and create a sustainable business.

The students each have their own mentor to guide the earlystage concepts through to start-up ventures. “They also have group activities under the guidance of

expert start-up coaches,” says Ignition manager Susanne Irwin.

“And they’ll hear from inspirational speakers, learn tips from practical sessions and have opportunities to network and build new connections.”

Susanne says providing an ‘incubator’ and supporting and facilitating young entrepreneurial talent is an important step towards retaining skills in the region.

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NEW YEAR’S DAY Ditching the failing New Year’s resolutions for key changes Most of us can agree that New Year’s resolutions are a waste of time and a majority of us do not follow through with our commitments.

According to Darleen Barton, a leading 'relationship whisperer', life coach, counsellor, mediator and bestselling author, we need to dump

New Year's resolutions and instead make a contract with ourselves.

Leading business site, Business Insider, says that 80 per cent of New Year's resolutions fail by February. Even worse, Forbes states that only eight per cent of resolutions are achieved.

"Every year millions of people make New Year's resolutions and most of them fail," says Darleen.

"If we are serious about improving

our life, making key changes and achieving the things we want to achieve, we need to start taking change seriously.

"2018 should be the best year ever and it can be if people are prepared to get serious. Forget New Year’s resolutions, they are a waste of time. Instead make a contract with yourself.

"We only live once, why not get serious about getting the best out of it. We enter into commercial contracts to buy things as basic as phones, internet and Netflix.

“Why not enter into a commercial contract with ourselves to improve our life. Isn't our life the most valuable thing we have? Surely it's more important than Netflix?

"Making a contract with yourself is easy.”

She recommends five key steps:

1. Work out what you want to achieve in 2018, by when and what you need to do or change to achieve this.

2. Speak with significant people in your life to discuss the changes you need to make to achieve your goals. They may have suggestions and good ideas to help you. Get their buy-in and ask them to assist you with moral support and encouragement.

3. Draw up a contract with yourself to confirm the actions, dates and milestones. Detail in your contact with yourself what you are going to do, when and how. Be specific and make sure the document includes clear milestones.

4. Build in rewards for yourself as you reach your goals. Selfencouragement is important and a vital part of growth.

Keep your inner circle updated on your progress through progress reports.

5. Sign the document in front of your inner circle – get them to witness it.

Moderation is the operative word this summer As we hook into another season of excess, here’s some cautionary scientific data that may assist some commonsense, some moderation. Even abstinence.

A study in the British Medical Journal showed a 14-25 per cent reduction in heart disease in moderate drinkers when compared with people who’d never drunk. German scientists

in the journal Age and Ageing say some alcohol can reduce the risk of dementia. Elderly people who drank between two and three units a day were 29 per cent less likely to have started developing dementia by the end of the threeyear trial period than those who were teetotal.

A daily glass of wine can help keep brittle bones at bay by

increasing bone mineral density, according to scientists reporting in the American Journal of Medicine.

After New Year’s Eve try giving up alcohol for the 31 days of January. It will give you time to ponder your drinking habits. You will find you feel better, you’ll sleep better, certainly save lots of money and even lose weight.

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Fireworks Midnight fireworks will be launched from several locations and can be seen across the city. Watch them from your deck or backyard!

At the family-friendly time of 9.30pm a fireworks display will light up the sky from a barge at the Tauranga waterfront and at Gordon Spratt Reserve.

There will be road closures in place on The Strand on the night.

Fireworks can be scary for animals, so keep your pets inside this New Year’s Eve. Keep the blinds closed and the TV or radio on, as it helps drown out the outside noise.

Keep your pets safe this New Year’s Eve!

REMEMBER There will be no organised event at Mount Maunganui Main Beach on New Year’s Eve. To create a safer environment Tauranga City Council and NZ Police will put enhanced safety measures in place. There will be extra lighting along the beach, medical assistance, private security teams and the Red Frogs in and around Mount Maunganui on the night.

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New Year medical care options As demand on health services increases heavily over the holiday season, officials are urging sick people to phone their GPs at any time of day to avoid overstretching services.

The Western Bay of Plenty Primary Health Organisation says that a system will automatically divert out-of-hours calls made to general practices to a telephone nurse triage system.

The system operates 24/7, with callers given expert medical advice from a registered nurse. All 30 general practices in the wider Bay of Plenty are connected to the automated service.

Tens of thousands of visitors come to the Bay over the summer who are not enrolled with a practice in the Bay. They can call 0800 forhealth (0800 367 584) and receive the same service.

“The telephone nurse triage service gives people access to prompt, expert advice so they can best address their medical needs,” says WBOP PHO chief executive Roger Taylor. “In some instances, a visit to a pharmacist is all that is needed, avoiding unnecessary consultation fees or a long wait at the hospital’s emergency department.

“Of course, if it is a medical emergency, call 111 immediately to be connected to the ambulance service.”

Roger says sunburn, alcohol-related incidents, sexual assaults, food poisoning and drownings are all more prevalent during the summer holiday season.

“We urge people to take responsibility for their own health and safety these holidays, to ensure their festive season is a happy one,” he says. “I know it’s a cliché, but prevention is always better than cure.”

For those that want to see a doctor outside of their practice’s normal opening hours, and for out-of-towners who don’t have a doctor in the Bay, Accident and HealthCare (2nd Avenue Medical Centre) in Tauranga is open 8am – 9pm every day, including New Year’s Day. The Doctors Bayfair is open weekends and statutory holidays from 8am – 2pm, except for Christmas Day, while Katikati Medical Centre is open 8.30am – 12 noon at weekends

and statutory holidays, apart from New Year’s Days.

Casual patient fees are available on the practices’ websites.

Outside of weekends and statutory holidays, most practices are open.

WBOP PHO’s Health and Wellness Services, on 1st Avenue (West), Tauranga, will be open during normal business days.

Accident and HealthCare manager Dave Gilbert says with other practices being closed over the statutory holidays, the clinic sees a “large increase” in patients over Christmas and New Year.

“Patients are likely to have to wait a little longer to see our clinicians,” he advises.

“We would encourage people to drink responsibly as a number of injuries we see over this time are alcohol-related.

And please ensure you have sunscreen applied to you and your children as we do see many people with extensive sunburn at this time of year.”

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The Best-in-Class 2017 winners are:

Skoda’s Kodiaq is New Zealand’s Car of 2017 It’s been turning heads around the world since its launch, and now the Skoda Kodiaq has been named New Zealand’s Car of the Year for 2017.

The mid-priced seven-seat SUV faced down nine other finalists for the coveted title, earning the support of the New Zealand Motoring Writers’ Guild and the AA after all the votes were counted.

AA Motoring Services general manager Stella Stocks says because the Kodiaq was forced to line up alongside a collection of very worthy and varied contenders this year, the win for Skoda is even sweeter.

“Skoda has presented the world with a great all-round vehicle,” says Stella. “While it’s clearly been built with the family in mind, the Kodiaq’s configuration, spaciousness and technology ensures the market has an affordable versatile choice that will endure.

“SUVs remain the most popular segment in the Kiwi motoring market and Skoda’s entry into the seven-seater space with the Kodiaq, which also has

a five-star safety rating from ANCAP, means we’re well served by the brand.”

New Zealand Motoring Writers’ Guild president Robert Barry says the all-new Skoda Kodiaq SUV more than lives up to the brand's tag line of being ‘simply clever’.

“The Kodiaq is more refined than many luxury SUVs,” says Robert, “with great design ideas, excellent packaging and competitive price points.

“It has made the Skoda brand come of age in New Zealand and reach critical mass. It is therefore no surprise it has won the accolade of 2017 New Zealand Car of the Year.”

The New Zealand Car of the Year was selected from a shortlist of new models released to the market between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. The finalists were the BMW 5 series, Holden Astra, Honda Civic hatch, Hyundai Ioniq, Land Rover Discovery, Mazda CX-5, Skoda Kodiaq, Subaru XV, Suzuki Ignis and Suzuki Swift.

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A new category for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids was added to the best-in-class line-up this year, reflecting the increased availability and variety of these cars.

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Market strong in The Lakes Is selling your property over the Local Eves real estate agent Ross Brown wants to wish everyone a Happy New Year, particularly all his clients with whom he’s had successful outcomes in 2017.

Ross, who is based at The Lakes, has lived in Tauranga for 40 years and says knowing how to help clients buy or sell their home is what he does best.

“The market is buoyant at the moment. The

Lakes area in particular is experiencing huge growth, and seems to be attracting great prices and demand.”

Ross covers all of Tauranga and Omokoroa and welcomes new listings. As a professional photographer and videographer, he’s also able to capture the best images of your property to maximise its appeal.

“We’ll be around over the New Year period bringing new properties to market.

We’re happy to talk to anyone with inquiries.”

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Providing advice on market conditions is one of the many key components of real estate agent Derek Roser’s work with clients, and during the New Year it’s extra important.

Derek says people are often cautious about selling over the holidays, however it can be the best time to sell, with people having more time to look around.

“As we relax and wind down after the working year we allow our minds to reflect on the year’s events and ‘where we are at’ in our lives,” he says.

“Recorded sales over this period suggest that people are still actively looking and buying houses. Seeing properties that provide them value and benefits often fuels the desire for change.”

To find out how Derek Roser can help you sell your property or find the perfect home to buy call: 021 707 097 or email: derek.roser@eves.co.nz Derek Roser.

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Enjoying your golden years with new opportunities Ageing isn’t something that should be dreaded. It’s a beautiful process, just like a maturing wine or cheese.

And retirement shouldn’t be seen as an end point – it’s a new opportunity to embrace the things you love the most.

The Vines at Bethlehem is building on

the region’s status as the most desired retirement haven in the North Island.

It has been carefully designed by local architects to be beautiful, modern and homely. Created by people who are passionate about what retirement should offer, The Vines incorporates the neighbouring Mills Reef Winery feel.

Potential residents will be surprised at how affordable The Vines’ homes are.

One of the homes at The Vines.

With two and three- bedroom options available in either detached or duplex configurations, The Vines is the perfect place to make your good years golden.

All grounds and exterior home maintenance is taken care of, giving residents more freedom and time to enjoy the facilities on offer.

The Vines is well-equipped with 12-hectare grounds, walking tracks, a pool, and clubhouse facilities including a snooker table, library, dining area, and a lounge with an open fire.

And more luxury facilities are scheduled, with a beauty salon, relaxed living spaces, craft rooms and spacious lounge areas expected to be developed soon.

And with the Bethlehem Shopping Centre just down the road, shoppers will be able to enjoy a stroll before enjoying some retail therapy and returning to their home at The Vines.

For more information contact Tony Arlidge on: 07 578 0525 or visit: www.thevinesatbethlehem.co.nz

Government winter energy payment coming Superannuitants will automatically receive a winter energy payment from July 2018 as part of the government’s new Family Package announced recently.

Singles will receive a payment of $20.45 per week and couples $31.81 a week from

July 1 to September 30.

The government has introduced the payment after concerns that about 1600 New Zealanders die and thousands more are admitted to hospital with respiratory illnesses each year due to living in houses that are too cold.

The cost of household heating has risen by 30 per cent since 2008.

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Special care for dementia sufferers over holidays A ‘less is more’ approach is needed to help support family members or friends with dementia through the holiday season, says Dementia Auckland CEO Rod Perkins.

People with dementia have special needs at this busy time of year, he says.

“Family members or friends with dementia often require help to support them through the holiday season.

"We understand

people are busy catching up with relatives, however the bustle of guests coming and going can be very disorientating for a person with dementia.

“It’s important not to ‘quiz’ people with dementia about people’s names. If the person seems to be having difficulty with names, just give them the name of the person. By giving this cue you can empower the person living with dementia to just enjoy the conversation without distress."

People with dementia can also have trouble

Are the majority of communities age-friendly?

The Office for Seniors has used its Facebook page to gauge how age-friendly communities are.

The age-friendly model was developed by the World Health Organisation and is about encouraging and supporting people of all ages to remain active and engaged in their communities as they get older.

It encourages each person to identify what needs to happen to make communities a good place for older people to live. A five question age-friendly survey was completed by a total of 318 over-18s.

The survey showed communities have some real strengths in terms of inclusion of seniors. However, there are some areas where improvement can be made, in particular council engagement with older people and access to local amenities such as medical centres, shops and parks.

The quality of outdoor spaces, such as parks and footpaths, have a major impact on seniors’ mobility, independence and quality of life.

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or very poor and half said it was either okay, good or very good. Social participation helps seniors enjoy respect and esteem. A third of people thought that their community was good or excellent at including older people and a further third thought they were just ‘okay’.

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Engagement between seniors and councils is critical.

Almost half of all respondents said engagement with local council was either ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’. Only 12.6 per cent thought local council engagement with older people was ‘good’ or ‘excellent’.

navigating a new environment, so if you’re traveling to an unfamiliar location, take the time to do a ‘walkthrough’, and make sure that doors are clearly identifiable. Ensure that your family member is able to move smoothly from one room to the next, and that lighting is consistent.

Familiar foods that are easy to eat are more accessible for people

with dementia, and can also function as a memory aid.

It may also be helpful to select plain crockery, or plain table linens.

"We mostly recommend that you enjoy the holiday," says Rod. "Supporting a person living with dementia may take some pre-planning at this time of year, but the rewards are worth it."

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Wellington museum woes interesting

Interesting that Wellington City Council is involved in a long-running saga around a large-scale build of a convention centre/movie museum to be built opposite Te Papa. Also involved is Sir Peter Jackson as tenant apparent, leasing three-four floors for a movie museum.

The numbers are mind-blowing: $80m price tag, annual losses just $4m for WCC ratepayers to pay!

Sounds like a genuine bargain right?

Not so, with costs to build skyrocketing well over $150m without certainty, losses increasing even more, Sir Peter getting cold feet, WCC getting itself more involved (fatal) and estimates of paying attendees dropping from 500,000 to 88,000 before any agreement, never mind to start building. The aspirations here look like WCC ratepayers will need a bigger and more robust WCC to contain all this creativity and excesses to avoid massive debt overflow of biblical proportions.

The usual issues arise: who borrows the money, who pays the debt, who is paying the losses every year and who walks away scot-free? The usual game here is to leave WCC ratepayers with all the dreams and hopes but when it all goes to General Custer all the usual suspects have all vanished, leaving the WCC ratepayers with all the debt and no escape from any of it.

I Stevenson, Tauranga (Abridged).

TCC report card TCC’s horrific debt history continues unabated, ballooning from $58 million in 2004 to a projected $500 million plus in 2018/2019. Currently the fiscal profligates have demolished a perfectly good administration building: $60 million; eyeing up a new museum: $40 million, library: $35 million, rugby stadium: $50 million and upgrades for the Performing Arts Centre, Memorial Park, and Bay Venues. The list of ‘wishes’ is endless and now we have an insane $430 million monorail idea.

They’ve let essential infrastructure fall into disrepair and won’t address Turret Road/15th Avenue and Hairini Bridge widening.

Consultancy with ratepayers is zilch, with no transparency, no openness, no honesty and showing no financial nous. TCC elected members are overoptimistic and always under-deliver

so we have ‘castles in the air’ with less than five per cent of citizens using them while the other 95 per cent have no use for them.

TCC consistently breach tenets of the Local Government Act while splurging money on parasitic outfits (noncontributors) reeking of self-interest, indulgency and elitism. It seems to fulfil the criteria of the unqualified being selected from the unfit, by the apathetic voters, to do the unnecessary, supported by a bureaucracy providing a sure method of transferring energy into solid waste. New Year’s resolution: they must go and the quicker the better for Tauranga’s financial well-being.

R Paterson, Matapihi.

Less speed, less harm Speed limits have been raised from 100kph to 110kph on some of our roads because the roads are safe authorities say.

The majority of our roads are safe. The problem is unsafe drivers.

Everyone’s in a hurry. Life is lived at such pace. People are so busy and stressed out.

They’re impatient, inconsiderate and drive in the same mindset.

You get to your destination just the same doing the designated speed limits. Running late is no excuse for speeding. Leave home a few minutes earlier, drive responsibly and considerately and we’ll all get to where we’re going safely and alive. Oh if only!

There was another fatality on SH2 recently. Possibly the result of excessive speed and there will be more on this stretch of SH2 until the new highway is built.

Ignorant drivers don’t drive to the road/weather conditions, speed limits, don’t adhere to the road rules, if indeed they know them, drive drunk/drugged or text while driving. I see that constantly.

The impact of an accident at 110kph is colossal and injuries sustained are often not survivable. Our overworked, underpaid emergency services don’t need this extra work.

So much for the TV campaign ‘less speed, less harm’.

S. Gussey, Omokoroa.

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Deplorable act of depredation In early December a deplorable act of depredation was carried out on the dunes at Te Ara Place, Papamoa Beach. A decadent, detrimental removal of two moderate wooden seats.

This defective reasoning is because of the decimation of approximately four square metres of ‘dune grasses’.

I deplore this removal and fear of my demise, because after walking 2km from Harrison’s Cut, I deserve a sit-down on said seats so on my return home I am not feeling debilitated.

One cannot sit on the sand for fear of being bitten to death from you know who, the dreaded Crawler.

Now this is not a desipient matter; it’s deadly serious for my and others’ well-being, although the view is to die for. I feel depressed, despondent and despairing.

Please return the original seats. Let common sense prevail. Now I gather it requires resource consent.

D Seymour, Papamoa.

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Te Tumu ‘waste of money’ The TCC proposed urban development of the Te Tumu block is a waste of taxpayers’ money. There is no need for the coast to be built up from Mauao to Maketu; this last remaining greenfield beachfront block needs to be preserved, not converted to a built-up area.

The land is a narrow coastal strip, bounded by the ocean and the Kaituna River.

Urbanising this represents an ongoing liability for the council and taxpayers as the Kaituna floods from both the catchment and predicted ocean sea level rise.

The largest inner-city park in the world is Kings Park in Perth, Australia, at 406ha. This is the most popular visitor destination in Western Australia and attracts five million visitors each year. Te Tumu is 1.8 times this size. The ongoing income a world class park would generate from upmarket cultural and eco-tourism would be of far greater benefit to the local community than the proposed caravan park.

TCC needs to be working with WBCC to develop infrastructure at the existing BOP settlements at Maketu, Welcome Bay and Katikati before embarking on a greenfields infrastructure project wasting multimillion dollars of public money.

R Clifford, Papamoa.

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I am delighted that the council have decided to go with the Cliff Road option for the museum.

It is fairly accessible and closer to other historic sites, and a delightful outlook.

This will be a huge tourist attraction, and no-one would begrudge a gold coin donation.

It is absolutely crazy that our fast-growing city is not displaying the thousands of precious artefacts that are still in storage. It will be a memorable day at the opening.

M Brooks, Tauranga.

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Cart before the horse The cart before the horse!

I feel sorry for the commuters of Welcome Bay and Ohauiti.

The increase in traffic (by visitors to the museum) will cause more delays on the two-lane bridge to and from the CBD. J Roud, Ohauiti.

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New Year’s resolutions A mere couple of days and we'll be saying goodbye to 2017. I assume you have resolutions prepared.

Buy less packaged products and food. Recycle more on our own section. Exercise and ride my bike more. Drink more water and less wine. Eat more fruit and less ice cream and chocolate!

To ease us into the New Year I've asked a few prominent local folk from various areas of the music scene here to offer their resolutions for 2018. I'm sure they'll be better at keeping them than I am.

Thanks for reading and commenting during 2017 – see you on the other side.

Marion Arts

Singer, songwriter, guitarist, composer, writer, teacher.

I resolve to (optimistically) find a suitable publisher for a novel I have written; to ramp up my struggle to find musical, especially vocal, authenticity in these last days of American influence; to use less petrol and fewer plastic bags.

Derek Toner

Ex-10 Mile Stone (nee The Mellowdrops), currently vocals/acoustic guitar with Toner, Franks & Beano, often found at The Barrel Room on Wharf Street.

1. Dig deeper; 2. Find new influences; 3. Say yes more and don't forget about balance.

Jan Preston

Singer, songwriter, ex-Coup D'Etat (Doctor I Like Your Medicine), Queen of Boogie-Woogie Piano, film composer, sister of Gaylene.

Keep calm and keep playing. A great NY resolution for all of us, since singing and playing music is a powerful way to stop worrying and unwind from our busy and stressful lives. It takes me into the present moment, the best way to live. Bring it on!

Sean Bodley

Guitarist extraordinaire with Eternal Sea. This year released instrumental album Genesis. 2018 I plan to begin writing my sixth studio album, something vastly different from what I have done before.

Putting a live instrumental band together is not far off and, as always, focusing on becoming a better musician!

Nicole Stagg

Booking person and head honcho for The Entertainer's Club.

Embrace every morning with gratitude. With each day you have a new opportunity to be a happier version of yourself, and remember worrying does not take away tomorrow's trouble, it only takes away today's peace. Be present and live!

Greg Brownless

Accordion player, musical theatre aficionado, mayor.

Liam Ryan

Keyboard and more for The Narcs, Torch Songs and the Lizard Kings Doors Experience (Waihi Beach Tavern, January 6).

In 2018 I am going to try and take in as much live local music as possible – the BOP scene is pumping at the moment.

And, as I do every year, I am promising myself more time at the piano.

Penelope Rowsell-Hoggard

Folk singer and musician with My Pennyworth, host of Aongatete Festival Under The Figs (February 23-24).

Tackle the songs on the ‘to learn’ list. Take time to exercise, relax and practice the instruments I don’t play often. Be mindful, enjoy life even the madly busy times eat slowly!

Waylon Mcpherson

Solo singer/guitarist, guitar and equipment repairer, effects pedal builder.

My resolutions are to convert a room into a multi-purpose family and jam zone, get to the beach more for swimming and enjoy more family outings with the kids like speedway, parks, live music events, and really appreciate every day!

New Years Eve in the Citz Restaurant Celebrate New years eve with The Shadz Tickets available at reception: $35pp Includes a buffet dinner

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Black Falcons join line-up for Classics of the Sky The Royal New Zealand Air Force’s Black Falcons aerobatic team will perform at the Tauranga City Air Show for the first time on Saturday, January 20.

Classic Flyers marketing manager Amy Scott says the Beech Texan T6Cs have never displayed as a team in Tauranga before and the team’s inclusion “is a real privilege.”

Among the line-up of ex-military and aerobatic aircraft will be another crowd favourite; the ‘Roaring Forties’ Harvard aerobatic team, and Dave Philips will be back for yet another of his spectacular Tiger Moth displays.

Steve Geard and Doug Brooker of international aerobatic fame will impress with their specialist aerobatic aircraft.

There will also be a chance to watch the military crew display tanks, guns and tracked vehicles and hear the sound of big bangs as the show unfolds.

Classic Flyers has also acquired yet another Grumman Avenger restoration project to be rebuilt alongside the current Avenger exhibit from Gisborne. Joining them will be Brendan Deere’s Avenger from Ohakea so this is the first time the three Avengers have been together since the 1950s.

Joining the Avengers on the day will be other Classic Flyers static and operational exhibits.

The Classics of the Sky air show is on Saturday, January 20 with gates open at 1.30pm and the air show starting at 3pm.

Tickets are available from www.eventfinda.co.nz and from the gift shop at Classic Flyers.

Gate sales are available on the day.

For more information visit: www.tcas.nz email: airshow@classicflyersnz.com or phone: 07 572 4000.

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The Royal New Zealand Air Force’s Black Falcons aerobatics team will be taking to the skies of Tauranga on January 20 for the Classics of the Sky – Tauranga City Air Show. Photo: Gavin Conroy.

The Weekend Sun has one double pass (two adults) and one family pass (two adults plus three children) to the Classics of the Sky – Tauranga City Air Show to give away to two lucky readers who can tell us what sort of aircraft make up the Black Falcons aerobatic team. Enter online: www.sunlive.co.nz under the competition section with your preference for double pass or family pass. Entries must be received by Tuesday, January 2.

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Welcoming in the New Year New Year celebrations in Tauranga will follow the same format as last year with an early evening celebration and fireworks on The Strand, followed by a midnight display.

An indoor youth event at Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre will also be part of the celebrations.

Earlier this year Mayor Greg Brownless said he was confident a city-wide and safety-focussed take on New Year's Eve was the way to go for Tauranga.

“Last year's family-friendly approach has proven we're on the right track, with many enjoying the early waterfront celebrations and the traditional midnight fireworks.

“Our focus is on creating a family-friendly, community-focused New Year's Eve atmosphere that can be enjoyed and celebrated by all in a safe way.”

The alcohol-free event on The Strand gets underway at 6pm on December 31 with a Mayor’s barbecue, a glow show, roving performers, samba, games and more.

The event will be topped off with 9.30pm fireworks. There will also be a midnight fireworks display.

The council is also hosting a Silent Disco at the Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre for youth aged 14-17 years from 8.30pm to 12.30am.

Three DJs will battle it out at the disco, which will see young people wearing an individual set of wireless headphones and choosing which genre of music they want to listen to, whether it be hip hop, old school anthems or house music.

There will also be a laser light show at midnight. Tickets are $20 and include entry to the venue, headphone hire and a bus ride to and from the event on specified routes. Book online at: www. eventspronto.co.nz/silentdisco

Another NYE date with Trinity Roots Wellington-based band Trinity Roots are heading back to the Bay of Plenty for another New Year’s Eve gig.

But this time the band is booked in at the Papamoa Beach Tavern in Beach Road, which has morphed from a sports bar into a seaside bar cum restaurant cum entertainment venue.

Trinity Roots has been commonly associated with New Zealand reggae, however the sound has been billed as bringing together something between

head-nodding reggae, slow burning funk and jazz adventurism to form “undeniably indigenous waiata, unconstrained by genre boxes.”

Since the band’s inception, five-year hiatus and then reformation in 2010, Trinity Roots has performed sell-out shows locally and globally, building on its reputation as a multi-award winning, platinum-selling band.

Trinity Roots has almost become a New Year fixture in the Bay of Plenty.

When 49,000 people flocked to the

beach at Mount Maunganui to welcome in 2017, Trinity Roots was the headline act.

The Papamoa Tavern is delighted to have Trinity Roots aboard to see in 2018.

“We’re stoked to be hosting Trinity Roots this New Year’s Eve. The epic vibes will be too irresistible to not bop along too.”

The gig starts at 5pm on December 31 to 1am on January 1.

DJs Ayesha and Mr Bambolocat will be the support arts. Tickets are $45 and available from www.eventfinda.co.nz

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Saturday 30 December Bay Networking Singles Club

from 10am. Request line 571 3710

WANTED Books/CDs/DVDs/Puzzles

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

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

Beth El Messianic Family

Sunday 31 December

Come celebrate family life with Jews & Gentiles who meet & worship as Yeshua (Jesus) & all the early believers did. 10am Otumoetai Primary. BethEl.org.nz

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

Kevin Bloody Wilson Show

Almost Awesome Tour R18 comedy show. Sat 24 Feb at 8pm. Addison Theatre, Baycourt. More info at 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

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

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

Village Radio Museum

Community Radio broadcasting nostalgic music & Community Notices seven days on 1368 KHz AM Band. Radio Museum open

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

Croquet

At Tauranga Domain, Cameron Rd, Sun, Tues, Fri, 12:45pm. Beginners welcome.

Peter 571 0633

Farmers Market - Mount Mainstreet

Held every Sunday 9-1pm rain or shine! Right in the middle of Mount Mainstreet at Phoenix Car Park, Maunganui Rd. www.mountmainstreet.nz

Historic Village Market

Every 1st & 3rd Sunday monthly 8-12noon. Wet or fine. Inquiries: hvm@ lionsclubs.org.nz A Bethlehem Te Puna Lions Club Project.

Maketu Market

Every 3rd & 5th Sundays at Maketu Village Green. Enquiries to Pat 07 533 2687 or Fennis 0274 282 862

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.

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

Radio Controlled Model Yachts

Monday 1 January 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

Alcoholics Anonymous

Open meeting every Monday & Friday mornings at 10am. Wesley Methodist Church, 13th Ave & Cameron Rd. 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

Body+Soul Fun Fitness

For over 50s, occasional speakers, social events. Monday to Friday various venues.

All classes 9:15am-10:15am Qualified Instructor. Dianne 027 431 4326 or 576 5031

Tauranga Creative Fibre

From 9:30am 177 Elizabeth St. Learn & share spinning, weaving, knitting, crochet, felting. Margaret 571 3483

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

Michael Jackson History Show

Music tribute show. Tues 13th Feb at 8pm. Addison Theatre at Baycourt. For more info go to www.baycourt.co.nz

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. Ph Jim 576 7339

Overeaters Anonymous

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

Do you or family members/friends have a problem with over or under eating? Meet Tue & Fri Ph 544 1213 or 022 064 2186

5 Day Healthy Breakfast Challenge.

We’ll help you get healthy summer. TXT Svetlana 027 616 2124

Tuesday 2 January

Katikati Bowling Club

Open meeting, St Peters Anglican church, 11 Victoria Rd Mt Maunganui 7:308:30pm. All Welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757

Club Mt Maunganui. Tuesdays & Saturdays 1pm start. All welcome. Try a new sport! Equipment available, all coaching given. Ph Jo Ann 578 3606

Breakfast Challenge

Welcomes New Members. Come along & learn how to play lawn bowls Coaching available. Mixed Roll-ups 9:15-midday. Phil 549 5344

Let’s Learn

Wanting to learn something new?

Check out the wide variety of classes, workshops & activities listed on www. letslearn.co.nz or Ph 544 9557. Become a lifelong learner today!

Meditation 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

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.

Silver Singers Choir

Sundays 1:30pm & Thursdays 5:30pm, in pond behind 24 Montego Drive Papamoa, sailing Electron Yachts for fun.

Adult beginners welcome.

Graham 572 5419

Require bass voices for their choir. Practices are every Monday at St Stephens Chapel Brookfield Tce. Pat 579 1036

Sequence Dance

Matua Hall, Levers Road. 7:30pm.

Keen to learn about breeding & exhibiting birds? Sheryl 027 216 3568

New Years Eve. Greerton Hall, Cameron Rd, tonight 8pm till midnight. Entrance $8pp.

Supper provided. Excellent programme & music. Prizes, raffles.

Goodbye 2017, welcome 2018.

information please visit our website. www.taurangacivicchoir.org.nz Enquiries welcome. Heather 575 9092

Tauranga Bird Club

Tauranga Civic Choir

Practice Monday, 7:30pm, Wesley Church, 13th Ave, Tauranga. For more

Alcoholics Anonymous

Beginner Social Dance Class

Tuesday, 27 February, 8pm, Tauranga Primary School Hall, 5th Ave or Thursday, 1 March, 7pm, Greerton Hall, 1247 Cameron Rd. Ph 5442337 or 0273221786

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

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

Heath Franklin’s Chopper

Bogan Jesus comedy show. R15. Tues 1 May at 7:30pm.Addison Theatre, Baycourt. More info at www.baycourt. co.nz

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

Petanque Tga/BOP Club

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

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 get-together, 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

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Otumoetai Tennis Club

Improve your emotional, mental & physical wellbeing. Tuesdays, 11-12noon at Omanawa Hall. Contact Chatelle on 021 647 205 or chatelle. jeram@gmail.com

Adult Twilight Tennis on Wednesdays at Bellevue Park, 75 Windsor Road, Bellevue 6:30-8pm. Visitors welcome $5. Ph Pam 570 0302

Wednesday 3 January

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.

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

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

Katikati Bowling Club

8 Park Road. Mixed Roll-ups 12:453pm. Ph Phil Green 549 5344

Moscow Ballet ‘La Classique’

The Nutcracker ballet. Wed 2 May at 7:30pm. Addison Theatre, Baycourt. More info at www.baycourt.co.nz

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. 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

Papamoa Outdoor Bowls

Singles Social Coffee Club

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 12:453pm 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 021482842 communitytaichinz@ gmail.com

Tauranga Embroiderers Guild

Meets EVERY Wednesday at the Tauranga Rowing Club, Devonport Road, Tauranga 10am-2:30pm 7:30pm-9:30pm. Beginners very welcome. Ph Jenny Williams 07 219 7740

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

Tutus On Tour

The Royal NZ Ballet. Wed 4 Apr at 6:30pm Addison Theatre, Baycourt.

More info at www.baycourt.co.nz

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

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

Thursday 4 January

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

Baywide Housing Advocacy Services

Having hassles with housing, landlords, flatmates, NZ, Govt Departments?

FREE drop in Clinic, Thursdays 5:307:30pm at Baywide Community Law Offices 63 Willow Street, Tauranga.

Craft Club

Ladies, all crafts are welcome. 9am2.30pm. For a friendly social day at Arataki Community Centre Bayfair. Ph Jan 021 062 3660

Drop-in Meditation Classes

Beginners welcome. Classes are self-contained so you can start on any date. Cost: $15/ class. At Greerton Library, 139 Greerton Rd. 7pm-8:30pm www. meditateintauranga.org

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

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.

Meet the Missioner

Discuss any topic that is important to you. First 4 receive a FREE coffee 11-12pm at Gana Cafe Papamoa Julie

The Incubator Creative Hub’s new gallery was opened recently by Tauranga City Mayor Greg Brownless and named ‘The People’s Gallery – Toi ka rere’. The official rebirth of the Forrester’s Hall in Tauranga Historic Village marked 109 years to the day that the Hall was originally opened by the Mayor of the time.

Margaret Murray-Benge, Joan Horsley, Kathy Webb and Ruth Woodward.

Tauranga Historic Village team leader Blair Graham.

Vanessa Locke with Dave Harper from The Men’s Shed.

Labour List MP Angie Warren-Clark, Tauranga Deputy Mayor Kelvin Clout, Kathryn Clout, Ken Brown, Li-Jong Liao and Tauranga Mayor Greg Brownless.

0274 205 375 http://www.communityofstaidan.com/

Mount Papamoa Coffee Group

Junction Coffee & Chat 1-2pm Papamoa MacDonalds. Come & meet others for support & friendship. For details call Junction 543 3010

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

Friday 5 January Cards 500

Senior Citizens Te Puke every Friday 12:45-3pm. Lyceum Club, 8 Palmer Court Te Puke.

New members welcome. Brian 573 8465

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

Foster & Allen

7pm Fri 13th Apr & Sat 14th Apr music show in Addison Theatre, Baycourt. More info at www.baycourt.co.nz

Kelvin Cruickshank Medium

Fri 9 Mar at 7pm. R16. Addison Theatre, Baycourt. More info at www.baycourt.co.nz

Singers Wanted

Ladies Singing Group. Meet at TePuke Lyceum Club. 10am. Ph Bev 573 4943

Te Puna Speed Shear

Te Puna Speed Shear 13th January 2018 from 5:30pm Top Shot Bar Te Puna Rd. Money raised on the night will go to Assistance Dog NZ

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

National Coverage from business, beauty, sport, politics and more Major International and Regional News updates

Womens’ Singing Group

Beginners very welcome. We meet every Thursday 11am at 68 1st Avenue. Ph Marie 576 1300

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Knowing God in 2018 We are but a few days away from starting yet another New Year. I don’t know how 2017 was for you, but I sure am looking forward to the new beginnings and fresh opportunities that inevitably present themselves with the start of another year.

This made me think of the fresh opportunity I will have in 2018 to get to know God better.

While I have “walked with the Lord” in a personal relationship, as an adopted child of God for over 35 years, I still have a lot to learn about God. I want to know Him better.

In 1973, the renowned author J.I Packer penned his now classic book “Knowing God”.

It remains a very helpful resource, even 44 years later. It has helped countless people grow in their Christian faith, or for some, for the first time come into a personal faith-relationship with God. Packer wrote in his foreword: “The conviction behind this book is that ignorance of God – ignorance both of His ways and the practice of communion with Him – lies at the root of much of the church’s weakness today.” Isn’t that still the truth?

Will you take up the challenge to make 2018 a year of knowing God? Richard Roodt – Bay Bible Fellowship

www.citychurchtauranga.org.nz

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