The Weekend Sun 15 June 2018

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All it takes is a wave and a smile – everyone on Hawea Street in Mount Maunganui knows Noel Kelly. He’s a popular man and at 93, the oldest kid in the playground.

For 40 years he’s been Arataki Kindergarten’s friendly neighbour over the fence.

While the children grow and get ready for ‘big school’, Noel continues to potter around the yard

fixing bits and bobs and turning old into new.

He’s not a tradesman, but he’s pretty damn close. To find out more about the humble handyman go to page 7. Photo: Bruce Barnard.

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The Sun’s new pop-up museum is nearly complete and will be open any day now.

It’s not the fancy- schmancy version that some of you aspire to, but apparently can’t afford.

But at least it’s a start.

In fact it’s so small, you can stand outside and look in. We had to start somewhere.

It’s about half the size of a phone booth, which is all the budget remaining after the consultants have been handsomely paid.

It’s a temporary solution until someone can think of something better that doesn’t fleece the ratepayers in the process. Because it’s fine to rip off ratepayers if they agree to it.

But clearly in the case of the museum, they’re not too happy about that concept.

That doesn’t mean the city shouldn’t have a museum; in fact we must have one. Just the process of paying for it needs a major re-think.

Small collection

The Sun museum is starting off small and the plan is to build it up.

Based in my historic building at No.1 The Strand, it tells the story of the Old Bond Store and includes some relics that we have recovered over the years, including some items that belonged to the original owner, James Mann.

It took us a bit of tracking down and some horse-wrangling to obtain and some help years ago from the late Jinty Rorke, but the relics are finally back in their rightful place.

Barrel measures, liquor handling equipment and Mann’s journal are among the collection.

Unfortunately, there was no hard liquor to be found. Just the empties.

There’s my grandmother Vera’s old telephone from the farm. It has nothing to do with the Old Bond Store, but it was famously used to call grandad Claude to tell him the cows had got into the front garden and to get his

butt back to sort it out before all the petunias were recycled into cow pats.

There’s a piece of gnarly rope of unknown heritage, but it smells really old.

It’s worth coming to the Sun’s Tauranga Museum just to sniff the rope. It might have been used to moor the Endeavour, but probably not old enough to have come off Takitimu.

There’s a frayed piece at one end, so maybe it was the rope used to moor the Hunters Creek barge, which could explain why the barge became a shipwreck.

Don’t pull the pin

A very special piece is the World War II hand grenade that nearly killed Hitler. If only someone had pulled the pin and thrown it in the right direction.

Pop Wallace brought it back from the war.

It has probably been defused, but just in case, please don’t pull the pin unless you see a guy with a comb-over and a really narrow moustache.

Speaking of Pop, there’s a selection of his vintage fishing gear. Much of it he made himself, while pretending to be working at the hydro dams - or as the family preferred to call them, the trout farms.

I never met Pop, but he sure left us boys a heap of cool old fishing stuff.

Plus a life lesson in how to look busy at your work, while secretly, you’re tying trout flies and making your own rods and reels. Incidentally, he was the original inventor of the salt water fly, sometimes now called a skute, suddenly all trendy again.

But let the record show my great grandfather Pop Wallace long ago perfected the skills of catching fish with a bunch of feathers.

Quick tour

The tour of the museum won’t take you long - at this stage probably about 3 minutes. As the collection grows, we’ll keep you informed.

Anyone with any relics they’d like to see displayed in Tauranga’s new museum, drop

me a line. We will do our best to preserve them and put them on show for the public, unlike the massive collection that the council has hidden away, that the public never gets to appreciate.

I’d like to think the council would come to the party and loan a few relics. I’d especially like to see the Armstrong Gun displayed near its original home atop the Redoubt and occasionally fire it in the general direction of the council building, just to make sure they’re awake in there.

The council is playing Dog in the Manger with all the museum relics and doesn’t want anyone to see anything unless it’s in a grandiose mega-museum that the city will probably never afford - all or nothing mentality - while in the clutches of the current crop of ratepayers who, rightfully so, are adamant about having control of how their rates are spent.

Other options

So why isn’t the city exploring interim options to display even a few of the 30,000 relics? Why not have a boutique pop-up museum, or even a series of small locations, rotating some of the artefacts that can be easily shown?

Maybe they’d deign to allow display of some relics in conjunction with photos of the ones that are in storage... an audio-visual history of the Western Bay. There must be plenty of empty buildings suitable for a short-term museum option, at least. That would really test the waters and measure the community’s appetite for something grander, should the budget ever magically appear.

More magic money

And speaking of magic money matters, many of you are eagerly awaiting the next controversial instalment of the epic “Jacinderella” mini-series. There’s more to come, so watch this space.

In the meantime, some advice that could be attributed to Pop Wallace: Don’t pull the pin until you’re ready to throw.

IMPORTANT STUFF: All material is copyright and may not be reproduced without the written permission of the publisher. Sun Media makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all information and accepts no liability for errors or omissions or the subsequent use of information published. A disused telephone box in West Yorkshire has been transformed into a museum. The booth was “adopted” from BT by the town association of Warley, in Calderdale, and filled with local historical artefacts. The exhibits include old photographs, glass etchings, and personal items such as antique fashion pieces and jewellery.

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Cleaning up the kiwifruit industry “Kiwifruit picking – why on earth would you?” A seasoned picker and pruner slamming the industry which has employed him for 35 years. And which, for the first time in 14 years, officially declared a seasonal labour shortage.

“I have slogged my guts out to make you all rich,” says Mike Pratt in a message to The Weekend Sun, but directed at the kiwifruit industry.

And to prospective kiwifruit pickers – “don’t be tricked into joining the circus like me or you’ll get trapped in a life of poverty and broken promises.

“You have been warned.”

Mike says he loves the kiwifruit industry. “But I also want to stand up for the good bloke who works in it.”

Today he was driving a tractor for a picking gang.

“Eight hours in the orchard for four hours pay. It’s worse than ever.”

The industry’s been screaming out for an additional 1200 workers to pick and pack a bumper kiwifruit crop this season. But either that crucial element of the seasonal labour force, the students and backpackers, wasn’t there, or, as Mike suggests, they got wise and are working out of kiwifruit.

Mike has a litany of allegations about the industry’s treatment of its labour force.

“Okay, it’s weather dependent, but drive an hour to work and an hour home, and if it rains, there’s no work and no pay. You’re penalised for turning up and wanting to work.”

He also cites packhouse politics, labour teams being favoured with work and better conditions, a dodgy contract system, seriously low wages and getting lied

someone arrived and asked if she was to and used. “Rort after rort,” he says. And, he says, there’s no comeback. “There are no unions, no-one’s working. “I said I just don’t know, am I working? So frustrating.” got your back. And if you complain, you’re off, we On yet another day, to save any will replace you.”

New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Inc – the voice for inconvenience, she texted the contractor. “What’s going on? Am I the country’s 2600 growers, is not surprised. working?” He didn’t get back. “I didn’t Nikki Johnson of New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Inc says the industry is aware of a wide range ofAluminium issues Awning Specialists regarding worker welfare.

“And we’re aware some of the employers in the industry haven’t been respecting their employees as much as they should be. And we don’t want those employers in the industry.” But now NZKGI has compliance protocols in place to address those issues.

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She’s put out 50 job applications. “Nothing that Designed for Coastal areas required qualifications.” But not one reply.

B.O.P / Waikato wide She needed food and gas money. “I didn’t want to mooch off my parents anymore, so any bum job.”

Curved - Flat - Gable options She went kiwifruit picking.

“It looked like they paid okay, a pretty easy $16.50 an hour to be honest. I wondered why more people weren’t doing it.” She says she didn’t wonder for long.

“There was a complete lack of communication – it was impossible to get information, to know who was who, what was what and what the expectations were.

“I didn’t even know who was paying me.”

Meg would arrive at work, as stipulated, at 7.50am, ready to start. “Then we would have to sit around waiting in the break room for hours. www.undercoverindustries.co.nz “We wouldn’t know when there would be picking and if there would be picking.”

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Tauranga City Council has approved a bylaw which will see begging and rough sleeping within 5m of a retail premises banned.

Council voted 6-2 in favour of the bylaw amendment.

A notice of motion by committee chairman Terry Molloy in November 2017 directed city council staff to bring forward the review of the Street Use and Public Places Bylaw from 2023 to 2018, and to include consideration of prohibiting begging and rough sleeping in public places. The ban will be included in the draft Street Use and Public Places Bylaw, which is set to go for public consultation later this year.

Sod turned on river project

More than 100 people gathered at Tukotahi Marae on Tuesday to celebrate the start of construction works that will return freshwater flows from the Kaituna River into Te Awa o Ngatoroirangi Maketu Estuary. As the last surviving member of the original Maketu Action Group, Aroha Wilkinson finished the ceremony by turning the first sod while Ngati Whakaue Minister Kahi Hanara gave a karakia.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council is funding and coordinating the $13m construction works which are due for completion by June 2020.

Offenders pilfer solar system

Offenders in the Bay of Plenty took on a concrete bunker shed with a steel reinforced door in order to steal items used to power a solar system. The offending took place sometime between Sunday, June 3 and Tuesday, June 6 at the Fish and Game Reserve in Matata.

Fish and Game officer Anthony van Dorp says the shed broken into is used to house batteries for the solar system that pumps water to the wetlands. The solar panels, solar batteries and the inverter were stolen.

Spotlight on local theatre Part One Theatre. It’s one of humanity’s oldest forms of artistic expression, likely on a par with cave paintings and sharing stories around a flickering fire.

Detour Theatre’s Kim Williamson.

And despite the prevalence of superhero films and ‘binge-worthy’ Netflix series in our lives, theatre still enjoys a strong following, not least of all in Tauranga – the city oft-misrepresented as a ‘cultural wasteland’, but which has, in fact, a vibrant arts scene.

Old favourites

Theatre has had a constant presence in Tauranga for more than 80 years. 16th Ave Theatre – found, appropriately, on that avenue in the city – has run continuously for 82 years.

“We started off as ‘The Mummers’, and our official name is still Tauranga Repertory Society,” says society president Sarah Oemcke.

The society built the theatre in four stages over a 53-year period, from 1948 to 2001, and proudly owns both the building and the land.

Sarah says they are run entirely by their members, who are all volunteers.

“Numbers go up and down, but usually we have around 200-250 members in a given year. They give their time, talents and love tirelessly to our beloved theatre.”

The theatre usually puts on around four shows a year in their main auditorium, and a youth production in January. Acting classes are on a Tuesday night.

Anyone can become involved on stage by auditioning for a role, while there are plenty of opportunities for people to help out backstage or as a member of the technical crew.

“From front of house ushers to cast, crew, technical operators, builders, painters, artists, marketing experts, make-up artists, costume designers, hair stylists, accountants, bar managers and committee members, there

really is a role for anyone who wants to put themselves out there,” says Sarah.

“I am often asked what you get out of becoming a member. My reply is usually whatever you put in.”

A creative detour

Just around the corner, in the Historic Village, is a much younger theatre but one that has gained a solid following in the recent years.

Detour Theatre, run by Kim and Devon Williamson, has been at its current site for 10 years.

“We started in 1996 with a studio in Dive Crescent, where we ran our classes and had rehearsals, and did our shows at Otumoetai Baptist Church,” says Kim. After a space opened up in the old church at the Historic Village, the couple jumped at the chance to move, spending a year fitting the hall out with seats and the other technical necessities of a theatre.

Although they don’t own the building, Kim says they feel pretty secure in their tenancy.

“I think we’re the right kind of fit for what the Village is after, particularly with other artistic groups like The Incubator

up this end.”

They usually aim for four shows a year, starting with the world premiere of Devon’s latest play, which he writes towards the end of the preceding year.

“We then try to do a ‘modern classic’, such as an Agatha Christie or Noel Coward, and at the end of the year we put on a popular comedy, such as the Vicar of Dibley.”

Previously, Detour Theatre also staged a Shakespeare play, and have produced most of the Bard’s classics at one point or another.

“For many years we were the only place in town doing Shakespeare.

“I think we did them all!” laughs Kim. They also run classes for children and adults with special needs, with these classes putting on their own productions at the end of each term.

Unlike other theatres, the smallness of Detour means they don’t have members – all of the technical roles are filled by Kim and Devon.

“We’re a little different to the other theatres, in that this is our full-time job.

Devon does all of our advertising, for example, and we build the sets ourselves from scratch.”

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Up the road, on the corner of 17th Avenue and Cameron Road, is Westside Theatre, which for many years has been the home of musical theatre in Tauranga.

Tauranga Musical Theatre president Elise Rohde has been in her current role for five years, but has a long association with the theatre.

“My mother and grandmother were involved, so I started very young,” says Elise.

“I jumped on the committee straight after university and have been there ever since. It’s coming up for 60 shows I’ve been involved in.”

TMT, as it is known, recently celebrated its 70th anniversary, and has re-signed the lease on their current site for another 50 years. Their longevity comes down to investing in youth, and putting on both classic musicals and new shows each year.

“Our reputation is particularly strong at the moment, and we like to ensure we do shows for a younger demographic as well,” says Elise.

“We put in our youth programme around 10 years ago, which gets young people doing not only the acting but the production roles too, in one show a year. It ensures we have people coming through and cementing our future.”

As to whether people want local theatre, Elise says demand is strong.

“I’d say there was a slump 10-15 years ago, in my opinion. But it’s picking up again.

“There’s three times as many shows on at Baycourt as there were 10 years ago, so people obviously want it.”

And she says you don’t have to sing and dance

to be involved.

“There’s always a place for everyone in theatre.

People think it’s about being on stage, but I haven’t been on stage for a long time, and I’ve never been happier. There’s many ways to become involved.”

Culture abounds

As to Tauranga being a ‘cultural wasteland’, Sarah says it’s about getting the truth out there.

“I am sometimes a little dismayed when I talk to locals who don’t even know we have local theatre groups operating,” she says.

“I then proudly scream from the rooftops ‘we have three theatres just in one block, and we have at least nine independent theatre groups running in Tauranga, not including the fantastic productions our secondary schools put on.’

“Where is this being showcased? Sorry to point fingers, but if you look at cities that embrace and celebrate culture, the arts are proudly represented in the media.

“Read any online newspaper from Wellington, Sydney, London, Paris, New York, and they all display ‘culture’ as a top tab on their search sites, right next business and sport.

“I look at our local online papers and the arts or culture don't even have a tab.”

To get involved with these local theatres, email the addresses below: 16th Ave Theatre: info@16avetheatre.co.nz Detour Theatre: info@detour.co.nz Tauranga Musical Theatre: info@taurangamusicaltheatre.co.nz Ryan Wood

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you planted that.” It’s a wonderful sense of pride and giving.

“When we started 20 years ago, they had 15,000 people a year through the park,” says Geoff.

“Now it must be getting close to 200,000. It’s a Not Geoff Brann. “We’ve travelled extensively, terrific feeling - seeing people there appreciating the and every time we return home we think, ‘yeah! We place and the trees.” must plant more trees’.”

But while the name society suggests a substantial That’s because when he sees what other global body of like-minded people, the Tauranga Tree cities and towns are doing Society is just seven with trees, he gets excited. active members out of a “And we need trees,” total 20 members. says Geoff.

“We’re all retired – This man doesn’t have farmers and foresters and veins, he has roots. Trees people with a fascination are in his genes – planted for trees,” explains Geoff, by a grandfather. The but they’re dropping off grandfather planted trees the branches one by one. in New Plymouth, helped So this is a plea for create the woodland some new blood, an wonderland that is encouragement to one or Pukekura Park. two new members to join And the grandson has the magnificent seven at kept the faith – planting McLaren Falls on Monday stands of his favourite afternoon to plant trees, tree, redwoods or label trees, tend to trees sequoias, at his former and carry out nursery Every copse starts with a sapling and saplings start farm in Paengaroa. work. You just need a with Tauranga Tree Society’s John Nichols and “I suppose I have been spare Monday afternoon Geoff Brann. Photo: Nikki South. planting trees for 50 and a fascination for trees. years,” says the retired farmer, and 22 years of those “It’s always been a pretty stable number, but we years were at McLaren Falls Park as a member of the could do with more,” says Geoff. “What do we Tauranga Tree Society. offer? The satisfaction of being in a park, creating a “Look at all the trees at McLaren Falls Park,” adds park, and the opportunity to go back and see what’s Geoff. “Virtually every one has been planted by the been achieved and what you have achieved.

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Pillar of Hawea Street When Noel Kelly’s garage doors open up, he’s open for business. For more than 10 years, Noel has said he is going to retire, but he still keeps working.

Described as the “pillar of Hawea Street”, Noel, soon to be 94, has provided help to Arataki Kindergarten for 40 years, doing odd jobs from mowing their lawns and fixing their toy karts to providing the children with regular fruit from his garden.

“Everyone knows Noel,” says Arataki Kindergarten’s Annette Sheehy. “He’s very humble and he’s always ready to help out. “Up until he had a heart attack two or three years ago, he was a lot more involved and would be fixing things and working with the children.”

‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ is Noel’s mentality, and one the kindergarten muchly appreciates.

“He’s very good about sustainability,” says Annette, “which is one of our big things at the kindergarten, so instead of throwing things out and going out and buying new things, he just fixes them for us.”

Noel says he enjoys doing small things to help out and often gets little challenges left by this garage door.

“I’m not a tradesman,” says Noel, “but when I semiretired I started doing handyman work and helped out at the RSA, so I have a few bits and bobs.

“I’m a bit sorry I sold my lawn mower - I regret having to give it up, but age catches up on you, so now one of the teacher’s sons mows the lawns and I tell him what to do,” he jokes. The exchange isn’t just one way, and the school also brings him vegetables from their garden and celebrate his birthday every year.

He says for his 90th birthday they bought him a birthday cake shaped like a tool box.

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Arataki Kindergarten’s handyman Noel Kelly. Photo: Bruce Barnard.

Market day and carving demo to celebrate Matariki week of celebrations by Te Puna Rangiriri Trust, including navigated tours with navigator Jack Thatcher, an evening lecture series and workshops for schools covering topics such as plastic in the ocean, astronomy, guardianship and conservation, and traditional Maori instruments.

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A week of celebrations to mark Matariki, the Maori New Year, will culminate on Sunday with a whanau market day at the base of Mauao.

The market day will be in the Mauao Campground from 7am-3pm and include food stalls, entertainment and games.

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Good food at the right price Natashia Lucas set up the Tauranga Community Co-op 18 months ago after moving here from Wellington.

“I was part of a co-op there,” says Natashia, “but couldn’t find one when we moved here, so I decided to start one.”

The co-op has accounts with several major suppliers with a focus on organics and local, sustainable produce and goods.

“We buy produce, dry goods, chicken,

Tauranga Community Co-op founder Natashia Lucas and membership coordinator Robyn Currey.

meat, and household cleaners,” says Natashia.

“The other part of our co-op that is really great is that we support local businesses, and anyone with a fruit tree in their back yard can sell to us, whether you have 2kg or 100kg.”

Some members sell their produce to the co-op in return for credit on their account.

“It becomes a green economy; an exchange rather than buying or selling for those people,” says Natashia.

The co-op depot is located in Judea, with food ordered between Wednesday and Sunday collected by members the following Thursday. A self-packing system operates, allowing members to weigh and pack their own bags and containers if they wish.

“It’s really good for sustainability and waste-free living, because you don’t take any packaging home,” says Natashia.

For those who can’t pack their own, someone will pack for them (earning themselves packing credits),

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About 60 families currently use the co-op, paying a $20 annual membership fee.

“It’s a change in how people shop,” says Natashia.

“It’s a culture shift from the convenience of supermarket shopping to a model of pre-planning.”

For people who like to eat organic food, the co-op is a cheaper option than buying from the supermarket and Natashia says there is “no comparison” between the taste of an organic vegetable and a supermarket vegetable that’s been shipped from the USA. “It’s amazing when people first make the switch.

“I get a buzz every time I hear them say ‘I can’t believe how good it is’.

“People use the co-op at different levels. We’re at the extreme end and get everything from the co-op.

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Grappling for gold in jiu jitsu A Mount Maunganui martial arts club is holding its title by winning several gold medals at the Coast to Coast Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competition.

Mount Maunganui Jiu Jitsu is a small, friendly Brazilian jiu jitsu club led by title-winning jiu jitsu black belt trainer Felipe Santos.

“We had 11 competitors and

Tauranga Community Co-op members pack their own food into containers to take home, reducing packaging waste. Photos: Michael Lucas.

nappies and the odd treat such as ice cream.”

Members also join for a variety of reasons, including food allergies and a history of cancer in their families.

“One of our member’s husband has cancer and his doctor recommended switching to organics,” says Natashia. “Not only has she been able to make their diet healthier, she has come into our supportive community.

“There are also people who have been around the block a few times and that’s a valuable knowledge base that new people can tap into.”

Natashia says the co-op is run by people, for people.

“We have a playpen and a couch so parents can sit and breastfeed or have a cup of coffee when they come in for a packing session.

“It’s become more than just a processing place; it’s a community. We came here not knowing anyone and we’ve built up some really lovely networks of people.

“It’s a happy place to be.”

But she freely admits it doesn’t always go smoothly.

“One of the issues with co-ops is you don’t always get what you order, which can be tricky if you’re doing meal planning to a tee. There has to be some flexibility.

“It’s not online shopping with Countdown.”

The association between co-ops and hippies is one that Natashia agrees is hard to shake.

“The benefits are so great, we really want to make

seven placings with five first places and two silver medals,” says parent Fred Harawira. He says many of the boys are also competing against children a lot older than them, due to their skill level and weight.

“One of my sons is only 12 and he couldn’t make weight to get him into the junior division, so because he’s 62 kilos he had to go up into the senior division with 14 and 15-year-olds that were seven kilos heavier than him and he won.”

Tauranga Community Co-op member Jonny Lim picks and packs his own produce at the co-op’s Judea depot.

it more mainstream and change the label attached to it. It’s for everybody. It’s about people who love good food who want to get it for a better price and build a community at the same time.”

Natashia and husband Michael have developed their own software for co-ops, FareShare, after finding similar American software difficult to use.

“We’ve built a system that looks beautiful and functions really well. Our members don’t need a training manual to run it. It’s simple and easy to shop.”

Two other Wellington co-ops are currently using FareShare with a public roll-out expected later this year.

If you’re interested in joining the co-op or becoming a supplier, visit: www.taurangacoop.co.nz Kerry Mitchell

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Advertise from the edge of space In a New Zealand first, three sub-orbital helium space weather balloons are being launched from near Tauranga this month to ascend to the edge of space to gather critical scientific data on earth’s cosmic ray environment, and local businesses are invited to be involved.

The Earth to Sky Calculus team launch a space weather balloon in Northern Sweden.

The project, a joint Initiative of local Internet company EOL and Spaceweather.com, is being staged in collaboration with Earth to Sky Calculus – a group of visiting American science students doing cutting-edge research in the stratosphere – and students from Otumoetai, Bethlehem, Mount, Tauranga Girls and Tauranga Boys Colleges.

On each balloon there is the opportunity for a local business to sponsor a flight and send something to the edge of space.

EOL Managing Director Terry Coles says: “For just $1250 we can attach a company mascot, logo, product or even a team photo to the payload so that it travels to the edge of space and returns to land.

“After the flight, the company receives complete HD video of the flight as well as still-frame highlights that can be used for social media and other marketing purposes.”

Terry says it is a great way for a local company to support local students and colleges.

“The Earth to Sky Calculus team are here to train our local students so they can do future flights,” says Terry. “The NZ Space Weather Balloon program will receive wide local media exposure, as well as national and international coverage.” There are now only two spots left.

To find out more, contact Terry Coles at EOL on: terry@eol.co.nz or visit: www.eol.co.nz/space_launch

The tsunami/civil defence sirens are a go I’m excited to tell you about council-approved funding for tsunami/civil defence sirens in the Mount and Papamoa next year.

Funding is available for between nine and 11 outdoor, fixed sirens with in-home sirens to be considered through next year’s budget.

It’s been a seven-year mission for me personally, dating back to when a former council scrapped plans for a siren system in 2011. I was chair of the Papamoa Progressive Association at the time, and we made sure our opposition was heard when we tested two enormous

and enhanced air-raid sirens to get council’s attention in 2012.

I pledged to do my best to provide safe places and sirens for our coastal communities and was elected in 2013. Since that time, we have signposted evacuation routes and created inland safe places to evacuate to.

We’ll soon be building two additional tsunami mounds for Papamoa East.

I’m grateful to my colleagues for

supporting these and the sirens the community has been waiting for.

If you’d have told me seven years ago that it would take winning a council seat, hours of debate with colleagues and the long drawn-out process of squeezing these projects into tight budgets over seven years, I might not have made the pledge I did!

I acknowledge Cr Bill Grainger and Cr Catherine Stewart, who have been supporters from the beginning, as well as Cr Leanne Brown, who upon joining council in 2015 has been right behind the project too.

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Wigs on for Wig Wednesday For most of us, wearing is a wig usually involves dressing up in something whacky and having fun.

But for Kiwi kids living with cancer there often isn’t much fun to be had.

Wig Wednesday on June 20 is the Child Cancer Foundation’s annual fundraiser where schools, businesses, community groups and individuals are encouraged to don a wig for a day and fundraise.

There is also a ‘Big Wig Challenge’ where organisations can nominate a ‘big wig’, set a fundraising target and when you hit the magic number the big wig must complete the challenge of either wearing a wig, or lopping off their locks.

Last year more than 400 organisations helped to raise more than $133,000.

Maungatapu Preschool teacher Victoria Hay shaved her hair off for Shave for a Cure earlier in the year – a fundraiser for Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand – and thought Wig Wednesday would be a great way for the children to be directly involved in fundraising for children living with cancer.

The pre-school regularly fundraises for local charities as part of a focus on helping others in need and being involved in its community.

The children have made their own colourful wigs from cardboard, feathers, cotton balls, shredded paper, pompoms and coloured ice-block sticks.

Every week more than three children in New Zealand are diagnosed with cancer.

In order to support these children and their families the Child Cancer Foundation needs to raise at least $6 million every year.

Ph 0508 KIWIFRESH (0508 549 437) Maungatapu Preschool teacher Victoria Hay and her charges, from left, Lucia Ali, Maia Hope and Waiora Kakau are getting wiggy with it for Wig Wednesday. Photo: Bruce Barnard.

Join in the Wig Wednesday fun by posting your photos to your social media channels using the hash tage #wigwednesday and #bigwigchallenge and check out the Child Cancer Foundation’s Facebook and Instagram feeds.

Jess Quinn, 25, who is currently featuring on our television screens in ‘Dancing with

the Stars’ had her leg amputated at the age of nine after a battle with cancer.

The fitness advocate and social media influencer has more than 160,000 Instagram followers and has just signed with US modelling agency Natural Models.

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“We had an awesome time,” says Nathan, “and the help from mentors really benefited our business and company values.

Little Koko will launch its Rollies at the Seriously Good Food Show at ASB Arena Baypark from 10am-5pm on Saturday, June 30 and Sunday, July 1.

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Programme – a pilot project funded by Tauranga Little Koko, made up of Year 13 business students City Council and Western Bay of Plenty District Nathan Hyland, Paige Taylor, Kayla Dawson, Ricky Council to enhance the use of digital technology Doran and Maddie Lewis, in the region. came up with a concept Other winners from the weekend include: for an all-natural healthy Best Validated Mashup: fruit snack for kids Youth Search and Rescue, called ‘Rollies’ – fruit with a lost person leather made of behaviour-predictive natural fruit and geospatial map for use held together by in search and rescue. coconut syrup.

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When an attitude overcomes all It’s not just about being a champion or a winner.

“It’s about giving things a shot,” says Alexia Skipper-Jones, youth advocate for Parafed BOP, “and about being supported to take that shot. It’s about being given the opportunity to do what most students do at school.”

ParafedBOP youth programme is a range of young people with physical impairments, which include loss of vision, cerebral palsy, club feet, loss of limbs, paralysis or muscle degeneration meaning wheelchair or powerchair users.

They’re all taking part in Aspiring Youth, which is part of the programme.

“The idea is regular activities and quality opportunities in a safe friendly environment,” says Alexia. The Weekend Sun’s photographer Nikki South caught up with the programme at Tauranga Domain, where the eight to 21-year-olds were training for upcoming regional cross-country events and next summer’s athletics, such as shot-put, discus and club

throwing – all with an emphasis on technique. “The kids are awesome, polite and receptive,” says Alexia.

“And they give it their all.”

Previously, the group visited Aspire Gym in Bethlehem to trial the gym’s facilities and activities.

The training lead to national and international disability-specific and inclusive events, like The Halberg Games at King College in Auckland and AIMS Games in Tauranga - both of which further develop sporting opportunities for physically disabled people. This month Parafed Bay of Plenty is looking forward to working with para sports available in the region, such as table tennis and badminton, and team sports like CP and blind football in Te Puke and Rotorua during the next school holidays. However, there are more kids out there that don’t get these opportunity, so parents and teachers are encouraged to contact Cherryl Thompson, Parafed BOP, via: cherryl@parafedbop.co.nz or call: 027 PARAFED/027 7272 333.

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Trash fash on the catwalk One man’s trash is another man’s treasure – or a clever student’s fashion design.

Envirohub’s Sustainable Art Challenge attracted 70 entries this year, including 11 short films and 59 ‘Trash to Fash’ entries.

The Trash to Fashion Show and awards ceremony will be held at the Baycourt Addison Theatre this Sunday, with students modelling their Trash to Fash creations before a team of judges and a screening of some of the best short films.

Judges this year include Jacinta Fitzgerald, Anne-Marie Simon and Lynette Fisher from Toi Ohomai, Kerry Funnell from Funnell Designs, Kristy Robinson from BOP Film and artist Michelle Estall.

The annual Sustainable Art Challenge promotes awareness of environmental issues through art and is open to intermediate and secondary students as well as adults within the Western Bay of Plenty.

Entries will be judged on a combination of sustainability, innovation, creativity, wearability, stage impact and functionality.

In the Trash to Fash category, entrants are encouraged to create a masterpiece by upcycling fabric scraps and old garments, or make something stunning out of ‘waste’ from around home or work.

Moviemakers are encouraged to create short films of up to two minutes in length to encourage viewers to get involved in sustainable activities.

The Trash to Fashion Show and awards ceremony is from Trash to Fash is coming to the Baycourt Addison Theatre again 3-6pm on Sunday, June 17. To reserve a free seat at the this weekend as part of Envirohubs’s Sustainable Art Challenge. awards ceremony, visit: www.envirohub.org.nz

An impressive addition to Tauranga I recently visited the University of Waikato’s city campus here in Tauranga. This project is seriously impressive and will be a huge asset to our region. It is costing approximately $55 million.

The project is currently a year ahead of schedule, taking students in the first term of next year. We often hear of major initiatives like this having budget blowouts and time delays, so it is a credit to the construction and project management teams that it is so ahead of schedule.

The long-term goal for student numbers is around 2500. This means big dollars for Tauranga and will add a new vibrancy to the central city.

I value education and the choices it gives young adults moving into the workforce. I want all New Zealanders to succeed, and a great way to do this is through education.

For the first time in 20 years, universities in New Zealand will not receive any increase in government funding to even keep up with inflation.

The government’s $2.8 billion fees-free bribe has proven to be the biggest waste of money.

Treasury’s Budget documents reveal that the number of students in tertiary education is forecast to decline by close to 1000 in 2018/19.

This money could have been used so much more effectively.

My children will not be considering higher education for more than a decade. If they decide to study, I hope it will be in New Zealand.

I don’t want them to be forced overseas because the Ardern-Peters government has not maintained the quality of our tertiary education institutions.

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Smart bins making it easier to recycle Not only are our houses and cars getting smarter, our rubbish bins are too.

Tauranga City Council installed 10 ‘smart technology’ waste and recycling bin stations in Mount Maunganui in December as part of the national ‘Litter Less Recycle More’ project developed by The Packaging Forum in partnership with Be a Tidy Kiwi.

Each bin has an Eye-Fi which provides an alert system to the collector so they are emptied on demand, not on a schedule.

A centre recycling bin is book-ended by two rubbish bins in a bid to reduce contamination, with people typically using the first bin they come to if they are uncertain if something is recyclable or not.

Tauranga is one of five locations, including Marlborough, Queenstown Lakes, Rotorua and Wellington, trialling the bins in a bid to make it easier for people to recycle. Kath Yule, from TCC’s resource recovery and waste team, says there was a great response from the community to the bins over the summer.

“Council ran a summer recycling ambassador programme alongside the bins for 12 days, where the bins were manned

by trained ambassadors managed by Keep Tauranga Beautiful,” says Kath.

“Surveys were taken which found 95 per cent of people liked the bins and 92 per cent of people think it’s important to have public place recycling bins.”

There were issues, however, with residents stacking up household recycling in front of the bins along with rubbish over the Christmas and New Year period.

This was mitigated by installing ‘No Household Recycling’ stickers and

producing an educational pamphlet to deliver to residents within the vicinity of the bins, says Kath. Lyn Mayes, project manager for The Packaging Forum, says one of the main reasons preventing organisations from installing recycling bins is contamination.

“Early signs from Queenstown Lakes, Marlborough and Tauranga are that volumes collected in the recycling and rubbish bins are higher than in ‘standard’ bins and contamination levels in the

recycling bins are lower,” says Kath. A waste audit of the Tauranga bins by Waste Watchers sampled three smart bin stations from three different locations over a three-day period. Nearly 100kg of materials were sorted and counted, with approximately 13kg (27 per cent) of recyclable materials found incorrectly placed into rubbish bins. More than 6kg of materials found in the recycling bins were not recyclable.

Kath says there are no plans to get any more of the bins at this stage.

The importance of investing in our beautiful environment

Ironically, it was the previous government that underfunded conservation by $424 million over nine years. As a result, DOC huts were shut and left to rot and tracks were closed due to the lack of maintenance.

Along with this we saw DOC rangers lose their jobs, all because of a lack of funding.

Currently, New Zealand is suffering from a predator crisis, with around 82 per cent of native birds being at risk of extinction.

I can proudly announce that there has been an increase in funding of $181 million over the next four years into conservation.

With that, $81.3 million has been allocated to predator control. This investment will look at better, more sustainable ways to control predators, as we move towards a life beyond 1080.

1080 not only kills possums, rats and stoats, but also other animals including birds, deer and dogs.

This investment into a robust predator control programme means that DOC will be able to plan ahead.

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opportunity to say ‘thank you’ to volunteers National Volunteer Week is a great reason to celebrate and recognise volunteers for the invaluable work they do.

The theme for 2018 – from June 17-23 – is: ‘Volunteers, the heart of our community’, which captures the essence of what volunteering is about and how their efforts, compassion and time provide a significant contribution to enrich communities.

Whether they work locally as community gardeners, on sports fields or as aid workers, they are part of the global movement of volunteers.

It is important to recognise volunteering and the place it has in keeping our communities strong and healthy.

Volunteering is a fantastic means of getting to know people and ensuring that our communities are a great place to live.

Volunteering can directly increase social connectedness and, at the same time, achieve charitable aims. The good news is that volunteering is going strong in our city.

That’s shown by the growth in numbers of people who come to Volunteering Bay of Plenty, looking for opportunities to help.

Not-for-profit organisations can reach

out more actively for those volunteers.

This is a chance to gain experience which will serve them well and offer richer lives after retirement, gathering expertise with which to switch careers or connect to their community.

Charities could also adopt this sort of language more and be more creative with the volunteer opportunities they offer.

Volunteering Bay of Plenty is the one-stopshop for volunteering in the Bay, and has the experience and know-how to help organisations develop their volunteer programme.

Finding fulfilment and keeping company Volunteering with Alzheimer’s Tauranga/ WBOP was a natural fit for Bruce Inglis.

Bruce’s father had passed away with Alzheimer’s and he wanted to make a difference to someone else’s journey.

“Volunteering has given me insight into some of the unanswered questions I had about my own father,” says Bruce, “as well as a great sense of fulfilment, knowing I’m helping someone else to live as well as possible.”

Bruce provides companionship and regularly visits Robert, who has dementia.

This week they went to the Mount, somewhere Robert said he’d never been before.

Bruce suspects he has simply forgotten, but it really doesn’t matter.

Bruce says that being a part of the ‘thrill’ of discovering new places with Robert is great fun.

“You really get to know someone,” he says.

“It’s a real privilege.”

Volunteer coordinator Faye Philp says: “Our volunteers are often surprised by the benefits they gain from helping others and stay because of the fulfilment of the role.”

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Special women thanked for 50 years of volunteering Two very special women, who have been putting smiles on children’s faces for nearly 50 years, are being celebrated.

To our wonderful team of volunteers The BOPDHB wishes to thank you all for your outstanding generosity; we truly value the time and support you provide.

You are a great asset to our community making a huge difference by helping patients, families and staff at Tauranga Hospital enjoy a more pleasant and positive experience.

Thank you.

http://www.bopdhb.govt.nz Phone Lesley Grant (07) 579 8650

Doreen Birchfield and Debz Turner are volunteers at Tauranga Hospital’s Children’s Ward, and are being thanked for their unwavering commitment as National Volunteer Week is marked.

“The kids love asking me how old I am,” says 81-year-old mother, grandmother and great-grandmother Doreen.

“One little girl asked me once, and when I told her she screwed her face up and said: ‘yuck, you’re nearly 100!’”

Come rain, hail or shine, Doreen has walked from her home to the hospital every Wednesday for her two-hour ‘shift’ since 1996.

On Mondays, Doreen also volunteers to spend time with the elderly at Tauranga’s Fraser Manor rest home.

Play specialist Donna Opie says Doreen emanates warmth, knowledge and kindness.

“It’s that grandmotherly approach that the children love,” says Donna.

Debz Turner is the ward’s longest-serving volunteer and is in her 27th year of service.

During that time she has seen some children, whose conditions mean they are regular visitors, grow from babies to teenagers. She says she loves “to see smiles on the children’s faces”.

In the early 2000s, when Debz lived in Gate Pa, she volunteered up to three days a week.

Having moved to Papamoa in 2010, she now commutes via bus one afternoon a week, and

Michael Wenzel with his 7-month-old son Lucas and volunteer Doreen Birchfield.

Left: Debz Turner is in her 27th year of volunteering at Tauranga Hospital.

helps to maintain the playroom and resources.

“Debz is open, accepting and willing to undertake any task that is required to ensure a welcoming and safe playroom,” says play specialist team leader Debbie McDougall, praising her dedication.

Having a hoot while making a difference Last year at Breast Cancer Support Service Tauranga Trust, volunteers gave more than 140 hours to this busy charity.

People like Karen White, who has been with The Trust for three years.

“I wanted something to get my teeth into, that

involved making a difference and meeting people,” says Karen, who has had breast cancer herself.

That’s exactly what she’s done – and it’s been fun.

“We get stuck in to get the job done, but we also chat, laugh and generally have a hoot,” says Karen.

“I have volunteered for lots of events, but the Nude Dude Swim was a first! I loved it - the atmosphere was great and everyone got together for a good cause.”

Watching lots of bare bottoms disappearing into the water is a sight Karen will not forget in a hurry.

To find out more about volunteering, visit: www. breastcancerbop.org.nz/page/ volunteer-vacancies

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Give so others may live They’re giving thanks all around the world to a bloke called Karl Landsteiner this week, because heaven knows how many millions of lives he has saved.

He won the Nobel prize, his image is on an Austrian banknote, there are bronze busts and they were certainly celebrating him at the Tauranga Blood Service on Cameron Road this week.

Landsteiner was the Australian biologist, physician and immunologist who succeeded in identifying the three main blood groups, A, B and O. He’s the father of blood transfusions and the New Zealand Blood Service was built on the back of his discovery.

Blood transfusions replace blood lost during surgery or due to a serious injury.

A transfusion may also be done when the body can't make blood properly because of illness.

Every year, New Zealand Blood Service celebrates World Blood Donor Day on June 14 Landsteiner’s birthday - in each of its donor centres around the country.

It’s a thank you to the man and a thank you to 110,000 unsung heroes, the wonderful blood donors, around New Zealand. It’s also a call for more people to follow their lead.

On just one day this week, five staff from Qube Global software at Mount Maunganui each gave

Squeeze and give - Alex Hermosillo making a 470ml life-saving donation at the Tauranga Blood Service. Photo: Sharnae Hope.

470mls of blood, which goes towards the saving of 15 lives. And even though Tauranga has one of the highest return donor rates in the country, the Blood Service needs 125 whole blood donations and 100 plasma donations every week to reach its targets.

Blood Service Tauranga also wants to thank all of the business and community groups that are part of its Team Red programme, who give staff time off work every 3-6 months to donate.

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Parkinson’s help in the Bay of Plenty Henry has had Parkinson’s for seven years, and was diagnosed at the age of 55. He was a commercial truck-driver, but lost his job when the company decided he could no longer drive, adding financial compromise to his upturned life.

When first diagnosed, he perceived that Parkinson’s societies were for old people.

However, he found this is far from the truth, and on joining met people in similar circumstances, thus minimising socially isolated. The community educator, a registered nurse with specialist knowledge in Parkinson’s, assessed Henry and Judy.

She provided information about the importance of the strict medication regime, as well as the support and educational seminars that keep everyone informed of ways to manage Parkinson’s.

Judy and Henry also learnt that specialist exercise classes and singing groups are fun ways to keep the body strong and working.

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More diversity in medical students More Maori and Pacifica students are training to be doctors and dentists, as well as people from rural areas.

Between 2010 and 2016, there was a 124 per cent increase in the number of Maori students and a 121

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per cent increase in Pacifica students on the University of Otago’s health professional programmes.

They were even more pronounced in medicine and dentistry, with increases of 179 and 133 per cent respectively.

Over the same period, the number of students from rural areas increased from 19.2 to 22.5 per cent.

Pro-vice-chancellor of the division of health sciences, Professor Peter Crampton, says good progress has been made in increasing the diversity of health professional students at the university.

However, he is disappointed there has been little change in the overall socio-economic profile of health professional students.

Research shows a large proportion of

students came from socio-economically advantaged areas and only 3.4 per cent of students had attended secondary schools with a socioeconomic decile of less than four.

The university has looked to address this issue and will in future be including low socio-economic groups and refugees in its health professional programmes admissions criteria.

Getting some winter health winners Chilly weather doesn’t have to bring on winter ills, and Bay Health Clinic has solutions to give you the zest and vigour to enjoy winter.

A large herbal and nutrient dispensary is used to help an array of problems, boost immunity, detoxify and energise the body.

One of the herbs used to help prevent winter coughs and colds is Echinacea, which is usually combined with other herbs to meet your personal health needs.

The practitioners work with you through personalised programmes to improve your health at every level.

Nutrition coach Roz McIntosh describes herself a ‘personal trainer for nutrition and diet’, and can help with meal planning and recipes for the winter months.

If you are struggling to get off the couch and into the great outdoors, Chatelle, counsellor and EFT practitioner, helps you change to better habits.

Call: 07 571 3226, email: ask@bayhealth.nz or make online bookings via: www.bayhealth.nz

Your journey in life is about personal growth “Our real journey in life is interior: it’s a matter of growth, deepening and of an ever greater surrender to the creative action of love and grace in our hearts.”

Thomas Merton.

How much time do you give to silent reflection to help you discover and grow the love, strength and talents you have within you?

To do this, it’s important to go to a quiet place.

At the start this may be difficult, and it can be helpful to have some form of structure that will support you in becoming more comfortable with the quiet, whether this structure is a form of meditation, a way of breathing or a simple thought or concept to reflect on. How important is it for you to take time out to go to a peaceful place to replenish your spirit?

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Celebrating 70 years of AA This year marks the 70th anniversary of the first Alcoholics Anonymous group in New Zealand.

The first official AA group meeting took place on Auckland’s North Shore in June 1948 in dentist Alf Joughin’s Devonport surgery. Alf is remembered as a “real gentleman”, always smartly dressed with a colourful bow tie, and passionate about helping others recover from the disease of alcoholism.

Alf’s message of hope helped many to remain sober for decades; one for 63 years so far.

There are now 464 weekly meetings of AA groups in New Zealand, with an estimated 4000 successfully recovering members of AA nationwide.

In 2016, there were estimated to be 2.1 million

members of AA in 118,000 groups around the world.

The Ministry of Health’s 2015/16 New Zealand Health Survey found one in five New Zealand adults – nearly one million people – had a hazardous drinking pattern.

Alcoholism crosses social, economic, age and gender boundaries. For each alcoholic who stops drinking, untold numbers of families, friends, neighbours and employers, as well as healthcare, psychiatric, social and probation professionals also benefit.

A list of AA meetings in the Bay of Plenty can be found at: www.aa.org.nz To contact an AA member in this area call: 0800 229 6757.

Winter skincare and soul care Did you know that this coming Thursday, June 21, is the shortest day of the year?

The winter solstice makes me want to hunker down and hibernate. But while a log-cabin holiday would be nice, like many of you, I have staff and clients and a family to care for.

So today, I want to remind us all to weave in some skincare rituals and soul care pauses into the heart of winter.

This can be a time to catch your breath and re-establish some healthy patterns. I believe that your general health is not the luck of the draw. You do contribute to your health by your choices.

My husband, Jeff, has had some health challenges over the past few years and it has made us reassess our fairly healthy diet and make changes. Isn’t that often the way?

We just recently did the Bestow Winter Cleanse together.

This is a seven-day clean-eating programme with beautiful recipes, skin nutrition boosters and nurturing rituals to nourish the skin and body.

We loved it and I am

recommending it to my clients as a winter health re-boot.

A facial treatment is also the perfect blend of skincare and soul care this time of year. Your skin will be challenged by the lack of humidity in the air and the drying effects of heat pumps.

We have just introduced the Winter Retreat Facial and Footsoak in clinic at Jamele.

This sensory facial rehydrates skin with botanical therapy and the relaxing foot soak and foot massage make this is a true winter retreat for the soul.

Visit: www.jamele.co.nz/winterretreat-facial for details.

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NZ Post supporting warmer Kiwi homes this winter NZ Post and New Zealand Red Cross are calling on Kiwis to donate their pre-loved curtains to help keep people in vulnerable situations warm this winter.

To help build resilience in communities, NZ Post and New Zealand Red Cross have joined forces to launch the Red Cross Curtain Call. This is a national

campaign supporting Red Cross Curtain Banks in Whakatane, Tauranga, Gisborne, Palmerston North and Invercargill.

The Red Cross Curtain Call began on Monday and continues for six weeks. More information can be found at: www.nzpost.co.nz/curtaincall Call: 0800 COURIER to have your curtains collected for free and help keep vulnerable Kiwis warm this winter.

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718 schools across NZ receive KidsCan programmes As winter bites, nine more schools will be added to the KidsCan programme this term as the total of primary, intermediate and high schools across New Zealand asking for help continues to grow.

There’s been no let-up in schools applying for KidsCan assistance over the past 12 months, with more than 70 schools from all 16 regions of the country joining as KidsCan partner schools. However, there are still children set to go without this winter.

The children’s charity still needs more than 1500 caring Kiwis willing to donate just $20 per month to ensure children in our communities receive the basics, with 13 schools currently on the waiting list.

That equates to more than 2000 children waiting to access KidsCan’s Food, Shoes, Raincoats and Health and Hygiene programmes as winter hits home.

KidsCan Founder and CEO Julie Chapman says the need in some of our communities around New Zealand is fairly dire, and she’s not at all surprised that more schools are putting their hands up for support.

“Unfortunately, winter is the worst time of the year for families living in material hardship,” says Julie, “and what we’ve seen over the years is that parents are keeping their kids home from school because they don’t own shoes, socks or raincoats.

“And those who do go to school turn up wet and freezing cold, making it difficult to participate in class.”

More than 174,000 children now have access to KidsCan’s support in low decile schools across the country.

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St John urges public to prioritise their health and wellbeing this winter St John has issued five key messages to the public to help them look after themselves and each other this winter.

These messages are about immunising against flu and treating minor symptoms at home, seeking help if symptoms persist, preparing well if you have a medical condition such as asthma, managing self-care with coughs and sore throats and, in an emergency, calling 111.

“This is the first year the St John 111 Clinical Hub has been in place nationwide,” says St John medical director Dr Tony Smith, “helping triage emergency 111 calls to make sure callers receive the most appropriate advice and treatment.”

The latest flu season has been

catastrophic internationally, particularly Europe and the UK, and St John has taken a number of measures to ensure the NZ ambulance service is well prepared.

“We have gone thorough data analysis, showing us where the peaks and troughs, hot spots and demand surges are,” says Tony.

“We do that so that we can appropriately allocate extra resource to those areas, be it more ambulances or more rostered ambulance officers.

“St John has taken every step available to it to help ease winter health pressures.” In 2017, the winter month surge saw an extra 4000 ambulance call-outs in July and 3000 in August. Based on influenza surveillance last year, the St John service estimates there were more than 18,000 hospital admissions on average nationally with flu in New Zealand.

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“Too many of our homes are cold and damp,” says Megan, “leading to preventable diseases such as rheumatic fever and asthma.

“That’s a burden on Kiwi families, as well as on our health system and the economy.

“Lower-income families, young children and the elderly are especially vulnerable when living in cold, damp housing.

“About 42,000 children go to hospital every year with infectious and respiratory diseases

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As part of the 100-Day Plan, the government passed the Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill, requiring landlords to properly insulate rental properties.

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A special enclave in a seaside community Whether you want a permanent home, a holiday home or a rental investment, Victoria Key’s gated community in Omokoroa is a perfect choice.

Located on 30 Tory Way, stage two of the gated Omokoroa community is now on sale, with four homes still available for this spring.

“We want to take the risk out of buying a new home,” says developer Jonathan Hudson. “The freehold homes are nearly complete, so buyers can see for themselves the quality of the fit-out and know when they will be able to move in.”

All properties are two-storey modern townhouses with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, with access to a swimming pool and recreation centre.

“The quality of the house inside and out is awesome value for money,” says homeowner Murray Littleton.

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Murray says when his wife Theresa first saw Victoria Key she was delighted by the air of security and the great facilities available within a few minutes’ walk.

“There’s plenty of open space but still with friendly neighbours close by.

“We’re delighted by the standard of our home, with granite bench tops and high raked ceilings in the living area and bedroom. It’s warm and sunny and fits us perfectly.”

For more information or to book a viewing at Victoria Key’s gated community on 30 Tory Way, Omokoroa go to: www.victoriakey.co.nz

Four homes are still available for this spring.

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Our vision is bold, but our progressive and passionate board and councils recognise the potential this region has and the significant role we play in assisting its development.

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We hope you will join us on this journey to not only showcase the Bay of Plenty, but preserve the region’s unique identity.

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Consultation underway on insurance Public consultation on New Zealand’s insurance contract law is underway.

Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Kris Faafoi says a key consideration is whether there is a need for greater regulation of insurer conduct.

“Insurance plays an important role in the lives of New Zealanders, helping us cope with unforeseen life events and providing businesses with greater certainty,” says Kris.

“But there are significant problems with New Zealand’s insurance contract law which are undermining the effectiveness of our insurance markets and impacting those who do not receive the support they anticipated from

their insurance policies.

“I have heard, for example, that consumers are sometimes not covered for losses or unable to claim for important needs like health treatment because they innocently did not disclose seemingly unrelated matters to the insurer.

New Zealand’s insurance law is outdated, with legislation spanning six different Acts, some more than 100 years old, says Kris.

“The world has moved on and some parts of the law – such as the disclosure obligations consumers face – no longer strike the right balance.

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Managing expectations The world holds its breath after ongoing threats, insults and talk of war - the exchange of "fire and fury" and "dotard" between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un. Now they are ready to shake hands, sit down face-to-face, and let’s pray that this may bring forth the dawn of new era for the Korean peninsula, especially the long-suffering people of North Korea.

It seems we have to manage our current reality while holding onto our hope and dreams for the future. The burdens and battles of life need to be balanced with calling to mind the blessings and joys.

In Ecclesiastes we read that God has planted eternity in the human heart. This is the hope for a better tomorrow - the hope that is fundamental to our existence. Perhaps this hope is God’s gift to enable us to overcome present difficulties and motivate us to seek a better tomorrow.

Robert H. Schuller said: “Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.” It’s easy to become sad or frustrated over the past, but the past is final - we can do nothing about it.

Instead of focusing on what has been, we can focus on God’s promise of a better tomorrow.

Knowing God and the forgiveness offered through Jesus Christ brings healing and hope that God will change us for the better.

Let’s claim this truth for our world too.

May God give us all “strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow”.

Rev Donald Hegan - St Columba Presbyterian

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Now is a good time to reflect It seems to me that is the core of it all.

Soon it will be mid-winter. The days are In my faith community, my religion, I learn a little drawing in, the nights are getting longer more each day about how to honour God by loving and colder. It is a good time to think about my neighbour as myself.

Mary Rose - A Quaker in Tauranga. what really matters, what will last and how you can do good in the world.

Spirituality is looking at that which is beyond the material: taking time to think about love, aroha, and what is good and what is of God, of tending to things of the soul.

I recently heard a wise woman say that religion gives humans a way of doing spirituality together (Elizabeth Duke: 2018 Quaker Lecture).

Each religion has evolved a way of making a community to experience some aspect of spirituality, of faith.

Those ways differ hugely from religion to religion.

Each uses some aspects of music, silence, prayer, preaching, study, ritual, liturgy, discipline, companionship, hospitality, work or service to enable people to do good, to honour God. There are, truly, many different religious experiences. As I write, I remember the various ways of being religious in different faith communities that I have experienced in my long life.

All through the differences, I keep being reminded of one of the sayings of Jesus Christ: “Love your neighbour as yourself,” (Mark 12:31)

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Limited view of race relations

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Chance to be eco-city ignored

People like C Humphreys and R Paterson (The I was disgusted that TCC councillors voted to Weekend Sun, June 1), and R McNair and N Mayo institute a one-size-fits-all rubbish and recycling (The Weekend Sun, June 8) who want councillors system (page 3, The Weekend Sun, June 8). Rather who supported a Maori ward to resign are taking a than “… minimising very limited view of race relations. the rubbish trucked Those councillors were simply following decisions from Tauranga of Parliament that Maori should be represented in to the Waikato local government. As long as that government policy landfill …”, stands it was reasonable for councillors to support the effects of it, since a Maori ward would make absolutely no this policy are difference to Pakeha voters at all. more likely The rejection of a Maori ward in the voter poll does to include an not mean that election unfairness to Maori should be increase of ignored. Democracy is not automatically fair. General $5 per week elections were made fairer in 1993 when the MMP for families system was introduced. We still have to change the renting houses in law so that local elections are fair to Maori, because at Tauranga, the active present they are not. discouragement of the P Dey, Welcome Bay. ‘refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle’ ethic taught by schools and environmental organisations, the encouragement of people to generate more rubbish, discouragement of those who currently compost organic materials, and increased debt due to the capital needed for the supply of the new bins.

Perhaps the people who are pushing for a museum I doubt that the “staff and consultants…” who are should take an early morning trip to the side of the reported to have “… developed a detailed model of river by Wairoa Bridge and see all the vehicles parked the implications of such a service …” have included there in which people are sleeping. the above effects in their model.

Finding the homeless somewhere to live should be Councillors have unfortunately ignored the a higher priority than a museum and I’m pleased that the residents of Tauranga have spoken out against it. opportunity to develop Tauranga as a zero-waste eco-city, a model for other New Zealand cities to Will TCC do something about it? Maybe, but I’m follow, despite some having professed environmental not holding my breath.

A Wakefield, Bethlehem. ethics in the past, instead making it an even more unaffordable city.

I would have expected better of councillors, although, based on previous decisions, perhaps that was a vain hope.

A Willoughby, Welcome Bay.

House homeless first, not museum

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Stand up for your share It may seem like a serious problem for the kiwifruit industry, but come on, why would you want to work for low wages, or want to carry others who have never seen a kiwifruit, or work for an industry who can send you home after waiting for fruit to dry and not even think about the petrol you have wasted or the time?

To share a bin rate with others who are hung over or with a cold, or a sore neck and back. Why would you want to carry others? There is no guarantee of a wage that can meet the cost to live.

We have heard how much profit the packhouse and orchard owners make year after year. For 35 years I have slogged my guts out to make

you all rich.

PSA came and the government helped out the orchard owners but us workers had a two-week standdown to be allowed the dole. I give you all a middle finger and laugh at the comedy that you call the kiwifruit industry.

Stand up for your share. Don’t be tricked into joining the circus or, like me, you will get trapped into a life of poverty and broken promises. You have been warned.

M Pratt, Te Puke.

Generalisations and other stuff

I like to vote for whoever makes the most sense at the time of the election so I voted for Labour this time. Consequently when I started reading RR’s Jacinderella column (The Weekend Sun, June 8) I was immediately on the defensive. But that man is clever and funny! Keep up the good work!

Then to read that the council is

actually planning to save us all money on rubbish collection, what a pure delight!

But my mood changed when I read Todd Talks. Maintaining prison numbers is lunacy. We need to work harder on rehabilitation and avoiding the ambulance at the bottom of the hill approach. Social and mental services need to be streamlined and run by caring, empowered individuals who get their empathy checked on a regular basis.

And, Mr Muller, if we reduce the number of offenders we automatically reduce the number of victims.

P Knights, Mount Maunganui.

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A ‘sneaky flip-flop’ Tauranga City Councillor John Robson campaigned on a platform to ‘Stop the Museum’. At the TCC meeting to conclude this subject, he attempted to slightly amend the resolution to make it acceptable to more councillors. Had this passed, it would have meant a ‘yes’ vote by the majority to ensure the museum project was passed. Fortunately his sneaky flip-flop did not succeed. This indicates Councillor Robson is not abiding by his election promise and in fact, can’t be trusted.

W Morris, Tauranga.

John Robson responds: The key message of my campaign was one of ‘balance’ as can be seen in my candidate profile statement.

My signs identified key issues including excessive and unsustainable increases in rates and debt, and an extravagant $55m museum.

My voting record shows that I moved and voted for a rates cap – a motion that was passed by council. With regard to the museum issue, I have spent time explaining the process to Mr Morris, but he appears to not want to listen.

Suffice to say, I moved and voted for no money for the museum (either Capex or Opex) for the next 10 years – a motion that was passed by council.

I’m still working on the debt. I keep my promises.

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Plastics going to landfill Plastics that were once able to be recycled are now heading straight to New Zealand landfills as China's waste import ban starts to bite.

China stopped accepting 24 different types of waste at the start of this year because it said contaminants were polluting its environment.

Recyclers here have been scrambling to find new markets for the waste. Many say it's not worth the cost of sending them to other overseas markets and large stockpiles have been mounting.

Others have had to stop accepting some types of plastic altogether, as they have nowhere to put it.

Hager to be compensated Police have apologised to investigative journalist Nicky Hager for breaching his rights during their 2014 investigation into his book Dirty Politics.

Nicky’s home was searched by the police in October 2014, and in 2015 the High Court ruled the warrant used for the search was "fundamentally unlawful".

Following that court case, there were still a number of other alleged breaches of his rights that needed to be resolved and a settlement was reached.

As part of the settlement, Nicky will receive substantial damages and a substantial contribution to his legal costs. The amount he will receive will remain confidential.

Legal action on cladding New Zealand building owners with cladding similar to Grenfell Tower will bring legal action, a lawyer says. The combustible cladding spread fire quickly through the Grenfell Tower apartment block in London almost a year ago, killing 72 people.

Auckland Council has found 116 buildings with similar aluminium composite panels, of which 25 have panels with highly combustible polyethylene cores which burned rapidly in Grenfell Tower fire.

Wellington City Council has identified 113.

Leading building disputes lawyer Paul Grimshaw said he was surprised at the number of buildings with the cladding and concerned property owners have approached him and his firm about what to do.

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Three strikes repeal halted New Zealand First has put the brakes on Labour's plan to repeal the three strikes law – dealing a major blow to Justice Minister Andrew Little.

Andrew had been expected to bring the matter before Cabinet on Monday morning, but instead called a media conference to say that would not happen.

"New Zealand First have said they are not prepared to support the repeal of Three Strikes at this point," he told media.

"They didn't want that to be seen as separate from a broader programme of criminal justice reform."

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Music for the end of the world Because things don't seem good.

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Corben Simpson. egg from its salad symbol in order to be more inclusive towards vegans.”

Predictably following were the outraged cries of non-vegans, whose freedom to employ an egg-inclusive salad emoji had been unfairly curtailed by vegan emoji-Nazis. Just kill me now.

Einstein was – as usual – right when he said: “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.”

I can't help but remember something Ritchie Pickett once said to me, as we stood drinking unhealthily in the downstairs bar of the Hotel Saint Amand, in the days when pretty much the funnest place to be in town was the Hotel Saint Amand.

Back then there was music twoor-three nights a week upstairs, and four-or-five times a week downstairs.

And the place had become something of a de facto home for temporarily

Ritchie and I were listening to the duo who had been resident in the downstairs bar for that summer, the extraordinary combination of Maurice Greer, iconic Human Instinct drummer, and Corben Simpson, Blerta founder and singer of such memorably eccentric songs as ‘Dance All Around The World’.

They were really something quite special together. To this day Maurice has a uniquely entertaining approach to a drum kit, while Corben astounded local guitarists by playing an electric guitar that not only had the bottom two strings replaced by bass strings, but which had a scalloped fretboard, making it impossible to play by anyone other than Corben.

They both sing wonderfully.

There were, almost inevitably, a number of escapades in the upstairs rooms, the strangest of which started with a woman becoming stuck halfway out of a second-storey window in the early hours of the morning.

So there I was with Ritchie, the summer was ending and Corben and Maurice’s residency was finishing. “If these guys ever get together again it'll probably be the end of the world,” says Ritchie. I didn't pay much attention at the time but maybe he was right.

We will, I guess, find out this Saturday (June 16). Corben and Maurice are playing at Vinyl Destination on Devonport Road, kicking off at 7pm.

I would expect that, assuming the world doesn't end, it'll be a uniquely weird and wonderful evening.

Tickets are $25 from Eventfinda.

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Detour stages perfect winter distraction Detour Theatre’s run of 20th Century classics continues with Noel Coward’s most popular of all madcap farces, Blithe Spirit.

When the hapless psychic accidentally summons the spirit of Condomine’s late wife, Elvira (Cassandra Woodhouse), his home and life are quickly turned into a shambles as his wife’s ghost torments Written as a distraction both himself and to the bombing of his new bride, Ruth London in World War (Michelle Barns).

Two, the play still serves Rounding out as a wonderful distraction the comic chaos to a world that at times is an inept maid seems to border on insanity (Stella Cooke) and 77 years later. unsuspecting dinner “Tauranga audiences can guests Doctor and thank their lucky stars that Mrs Bradman they won’t have to walk (Glen Morris and irit. across planks laid over Allison Stewart).

The cast of Blithe Sp raphy). the rubble caused by a Detour Theatre’s Ambient Photog (Photo: Wendy Dillon, recent air raid to attend production is the show,” says director expertly led by director Kim Williamson.

Kim Williamson.

Blithe Spirit runs from the June 20 to July 7.

Blithe Spirit sees sceptical novelist Charles Bookings are available online via: Condomine (Ryan Wood) inviting www.iticket.co.nz, over the phone on: self-proclaimed medium Madame Arcati (Lisa 0508 iTICKET and over the counter at Tauranga Thorne) to his home for a séance, hoping to i-SITE. Information on the Detour Theatre Trust gather material for a new book. can be found at: www.detour.co.nz

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Oriana Singers bring folk music to life The Oriana Singers, led by regular musical director Katrina Daniela, present John Rutter’s The Sprig of Thyme - a collection of 11 songs from across the British Isles and Ireland.

From The Bold Grenadier to Afton Water, The Oriana Singers will present The Sprig of Thyme later this month. these numbers talk about human life and love, with The Sprig of Thyme will be performed on Saturday, Rutter’s arrangements at once simple, complex June 23, from 2.30pm at St Andrews Church, Dee and compelling.

Street, Mount Maunganui, and on Sunday, June 24, To complement The Sprig of Thyme, the choir will from 2.30pm at Otumoetai Baptist Church, 241 perform other folk songs from across the British Isles, Otumoetai Road, Otumoetai. including Danny Boy, The Ash Grove and a modern Tickets are $15 for adults, and accompanied arrangement of Greensleeves, all of which will appeal children can attend for free. Tickets are available to the audiences. from choir members or door sales on the day.

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The raucous theatre-comedy show Jekyll and Hyde is heading to Tauranga on June 22–23 as part of a nationwide tour.

inside,” he says.

“The epic nature and theatricality of these characters telling these ridiculously intense stories, projected onto our small lives is joyful, funny and silly.”

After premiering in The completely Wellington in 2017, reworked version of Jekyll and Hyde was Robert Louis Stevenson’s met with sensational novel has morphed into reviews. The playful a terrifyingly hilarious retelling is brought to production that life by a talented cast celebrates the delightful of five; Susie Berry darkness that exists (winner, Best Female within us all.

Newcomer Wellington This gloriously scary Theatre Awards 2016), yet sexy adventure Andrew Paterson (An for the 21st century Awfully Big Adventure, introduces audiences to Jeeves and Wooster), the most delightfully evil Jack Buchanan (When man alive: Mr Hyde – a Sun and Moon Collide, man so evil he punches Jeeves and Wooster), the cleaning lady, dropThe cast of the theatre-comedy show Jekyll and Hyde.

Jonathan Price (An kicks a precious kereru Awfully Big Adventure, and yells ‘shark’ at the beach.

Don Juan) and Comfrey Sanders (Don Juan).

Director Leo Gene Peters says that authentic Jekyll and Hyde will play on June 22-23 at Baycourt characters are a central part of the production.

Theatre in X-Space.

“Jekyll and Hyde is really about the idea that we all Visit Ticketek for tickets and more information. want to be good people, but we all have this darkness

Turning ribbons into donations Breast Cancer is a club that no one wants to be a part of, but unfortunately many women in Tauranga don’t have a choice.

Breast Cancer Support Service Trust Tauranga manager Helen Alice says in May, they encouraged the Western Bay of Plenty community to take part in Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Tauranga Citizens Club were one of those groups to take part in the cause and ended up raising $2000 for Breast Cancer Support Service Trust Tauranga at their Pink Ribbon Breakfast on Sunday, May 27.

The Pink Ribbon Breakfast was $15 per head - $10 for the breakfast and $5 for Breast Cancer.

For every $5 raised, the club donated another $5.

“Some people contact us and

register,” says Helen, “while others, like Tauranga Citizens Club, let us know at the end of May how much they’d raised.

“When I got the phone call it was amazing to learn how much they had raised - $2,000 will go a long way and will make a huge difference in what we can provide in the Western Bay of Plenty.

“The money is not going out of the region. It’s a direct difference - it’s not going into this blind bucket and it’s nice for people to understand where their money is going.”

The donation will help the trust fund services such as massage, counselling, dinner deliveries, workshops and post-operative support for more than 800 women.

“Any amount of money helps and we wouldn’t be able to survive without the small and the big Tauranga Citizens Club’s Pink donations of fundraising efforts,” adds Helen.

Ribbon Breakfast.

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Wine, cheese and funeral conversations Funerals may not be the norm for a wine and cheese gathering.

However, plenty of people have many questions around funeral planning but the time, place and person to answer queries aren’t often aligned.

Therefore, Todd Gower Signature Funerals is providing such an opportunity, and adding the wine and cheese as well as a lovely venue.

A Wine, Cheese and Funeral Conversations evening will be held at Woodhill, 167 Grange Road, Tauranga on June 27, from 5.30-7pm.

Come and have a chat with some of the Todd Gower team at a cosy and low-key event focused on addressing common questions and answering any others.

Funeral director Darin Friis of Todd Gower Signature Funerals says attendees may decide to start thinking about pre-planning their own funerals once they have some answers under their hat.

“There are many advantages in planning ahead,” says Darin, “such as relieving some of the emotional stress on your loved ones.

“It also gives you the chance to create a meaningful funeral ceremony that reflects who you are and what was significant for you throughout your life.

“When discussing funerals we’ve actually found

Darin Friis looks forward to welcoming people to the wine, cheese and funeral conversation evening to be held at Woodhill.

Everything animals under one roof All things pets are on display and ready to play for the first time in the Bay! The Bay of Plenty Pet and Animal Expo is at ASB Arena Baypark on June 23-24.

The expo provides pet lovers with access to the best products, services and advice for their pets, all under one roof.

Expect to meet all creatures great and small, including alpacas, birds, cats, dogs, fish, guinea pigs, ponies, rabbits, rats, reptiles and more.

See Billy Black with Jonah the rugby playing pig, along and his Kiwi Culture and Sheep Shearing Show.

Visitors will be able to speak to experts, get the latest information and purchase goods at showonly specials from exhibitors.

Billy Black with Jonah the rugby playing pig.

There’s something to entertain every member of the family. For more information visit: www.petanimalexpo.co.nz

The Weekend Sun has one family pass and one adult double pass to the Bay of Plenty Pet and Animal Expo for two lucky readers who can tell us what their favourite animal is.

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

Entries must be received by Tuesday, June 19.

that the best question is ‘what don’t you want?’

“We appreciate our role is to help you, and your family, plan the funeral you want.

“We think you should be entitled and feel empowered to sign off your way.”

Those interested in attending the event are asked to RSVP, by June 25, on: 07 543 1977.

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Antony Warnes/The Incubator

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Bowl Felting Workshop

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Dragon Boating

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Glaucoma NZ Tauranga

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Katikati Bowling Club

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Synchronised Swimming

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Beginners train Sat mornings.

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Community Radio broadcasting nostalgic music & Community Notices seven days on 1368 KHz AM Band. Radio Museum open from 10am. Request line 571 3710

Sunday 17 June Accordion - Keyboard

Oldtime music-makers at Welcome Bay Hall 3rd Sunday every month 1-4pm.

All welcome $3 entry & Ladies a plate please. Ces or Joy 544 3849

Bible Seminar

1:45pm Greerton Senior Citizens’ Hall, Maitland St, Greerton. Title: “The life of Jacob - lessons for us”. Interactive, Q&A. All welcome. Vic 543 0504

BOP Oodle Club

Socialise your dog and meet other dog lovers! Meets first Sunday of each month from 2-3pm at Fergusson Park (Beach Road end). All breeds welcome.

Cliff Road Petanque

Join us for social games on Sunday & Thursdays at 1pm.

Beginners welcome. No joining fees. Need new players. Fresh air guaranteed!

Katikati Lions Moggies Market

2nd Sat of month Katikati Memorial Hall, Main Road 8am-Noon. Enquiries 549 3589

Keynotes Inc.

Keynotes 4-part harmony Women’s Chorus Meet Thursday 7pm @ Wesley Church 13th Ave. Singing for fun & health. Ph Nora 544 2714

LOL Laughter Wellness

Blast away the winter chills with laughter. Arataki Community Ctr, Zambuk Way, Mt Maunganui 11-11:45am. Koha.

Ph Trish 022 036 6768 or lollaughterwellness@gmail.com

Neighbourhood Support

Start a Neighbourhood Support group in your street. Neighbourhood Support will help you to do it. Ph 0800 463 444 or for local contacts: www.wbopns.org.nz

Otumoetai Tennis Club

Adult tennis. Start time 1pm. Bellevue Park, Windsor Road (next to swimming pool complex.) New players & visitors welcome. Coaching available. Ph Fred 544 5088

Petanque

At Club Mt Maunganui, Blake Park, Kawaka St. Tuesdays and Saturdays 1pm. All very welcome to try us out. Learn a new sport. Ph Jo Ann 578 3606

Sunshine Sequence Dance Group

Come and enjoy tea/dance. Sat June 30. Baptist Church Hall, 13th Avenue.

5-9pm. $5pp. BYO food, plates, cutlery, non alcoholic drinks. Jan 544 4379

Croquet

Croquet at Tauranga Domain, Cameron Rd, Sun, Tues, Fri 12:45 for 1pm start. Beginners welcome. Peter 571 0633

Corkers Toastmasters

Corkers Toastmasters meets on the 3rd Sunday of month at 2pm at The Zone Cafe, Owens Place, Mount Maunganui.

Ph Chrissy 027 296 7939

Farmers Market - Mount Mainstreet

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

Free Taichi Classes

to learn more about Friendship Forces home hosting program. Ph 022 011 4776

Maketu Market

Maketu Market is held every 3rd & 5th Sunday of the month at Maketu Village Green. 7am-12pm. Pat 021 447 420 or Fennis 027 428 2862

Messy Church

Looking for something creative, messy, stories, prayer, games, all ages? 4-6pm at 53 Te Okuroa Dr Papamoa Dinner provided Koha appreciated. Julie 0274 205 375 http://www.communityofstaidan.com/

Messy Church Fun Time

Holy Trinity Cnr 3rd Ave, Devonport Rd. Crafts, activities, Christian story, community time, simple meal. All free.

Theme: Kindness. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Ph 578 7718

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

Psychic Cafe Spiritual Centre

Tauranga’s largest Spiritual meet.

Greerton Community Hall. Doors open 6:45pm, starts 7pm. $10 one time fee then everything else FREE. Psychics, Healers, Spiritualists, Refreshments.

Kevin 07 578 7205

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

Sundays & Thursdays 1:30pm, in pond behind 24 Montego Drive Papamoa, sailing Electron Yachts for fun. Adult beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419

TMAC Annual Auction

Tauranga Model Aircraft Club is holding its annual auction at Classic Flyers. Registration from 8.30am. Auction starts 10am.

Public welcome.

Monday 18 June Achieve Toastmasters

Find your voice meets 1st 3rd & 5th Monday of month at St Stephens Church Hall Brookfield at 7:30pm. Ph Frank/Chrissy 07 543 9493

Age Concern Cards 500

Learn the Art of Taichi, made easy.

Absolutely free. Hosted by Richard Johnson .Wu Kwan Chen Taichi. Tauranga Senior Citizens Club. 7pm Ph Richard 021 0236 5472

Every Monday except Public Holidays 9:30-11:30am at Age Concern Office, 177a Fraser Street. $2 donation. Ph 578 2631

Golden Oldies Rugby

Open Meeting 10am Tauranga Central Bapist Church . 13th Ave/Cameron Rd. All welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757

Golden Oldies rugby needs you.

Tauranga Old Stars needs new players.

For fun games, post match celebrations & social activities email taurangaoldstars@gmail.com for more info

Historic Village Market

Great market every 1st & 3rd Sunday from 8am-12 pm at 17th Ave. Fruit & veg, crafts, tools, food, plants, clothes & paintings.

Home Hosting & Travel

Go to thefriendshipforce.org or attend one of our meetings or coffee mornings

Alcoholics Anonymous

Badminton Club, Aquinas College

Tauranga Badminton Mondays 7:309:30pm. Aquinas College Events Centre.

Seniors & Year 9 upwards.

Casual players welcome. $8 pp.

Club racquets available. Ph/text Sue 021 194 4335 www.sporty/ taurangabadmintonclub.co.nz

Bethlehem Indoor Bowls

Meets in Bethlehem Hall every Monday night. 7:30pm start. Names in

by 7:15pm. New members of all ages welcome. Ph John 027 654 1298

Body+Soul Fitness

For over 50s. Mon & Fri Greerton Hall, Tues Tauranga Senior Citizens Norris St, Wed Bethlehem hall. 9:15am.

Dianne 027 431 4326 or 576 5031

Chess at Mount Maunganui

Mount RSA Chess Club every Mon, 544 Maunganui Rd. 6-7:30pm during school term. Late program 7:30pm onwards. Standard rules. Incl casual games. Noel 579 5412

Corkers Toastmasters

Find Your Voice meets 3rd Sunday of month at The Zone Cafe (upstairs), Owens Place, Mount Maunganui at 2pm. Inquiries to Chrissy 027 296 7939

Dutch Friendly Support Network

Coffee morning (1st Mon of month) 10am-12noon. $3 entry. Vintage Car Club Rooms, Cliff Road, Tauranga. Ph Bernadette 07 572 3968

Friends Of The Library

Greerton Library Book Group meets at 10:30am. Theme this month, True Crime. Tea & coffee. Visitors & new members always welcome. Jenny 543 4760

Genealogy Friendly Group

Mako Room, Papamoa Community Centre 1:30-3:30pm. We offer assistance to anyone with an interest in researching their family history. Ph 544 4182

Indoor Bowling

St Columba Indoor Bowling Club, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood. All playing levels are welcome. 7:30pm start, names in by 7:15pm. Ph Paul 576 6324

Meditation

Free classes,10am Monday in Bellevue.

Stop those thoughts, find the joy of life.

Awaken your ‘spirit’. For info ph David or Trisha on 570 1204

Meet Desmond

Are you interested in taking back control of your type two diabetes? Meet DESMOND. Free. INFOLine 07 571 3422

Oceanside Probus Club

Meet 1st Monday of the month at Omanu Golf Club, Matapihi Road, Mount Maunganui, 9:30am. All welcome. Ph Myra-Lou 575 6595 Don 575 2708

Recycled Teenagers Gentle Exercise

Mon & Wed 14 Norris St. 9:15am10.45am. Tues. St. Marys Hall Cnr. Girven Rd & Marlin St. 9am-10:30am.

Ph Jennifer 571 1411

Scottish Country Dancing

For Fun Fitness & Friendship. Monday 1-3pm. St Peters Church Beach Road Katikati. Ph Douglas 07 548 1997

Sequence Dancing To Enjoy

Come with a partner to the Norris St Hall Monday & Wednesday 7-10pm & enjoy dancing & making friends.

Learners & rusty ones welcome. www. sequencedancing.org.nz

Silver Singers

Require soprano & bass voices for their choir. Practices are on Mondays at St Stephens Church, Brookfield Tce. Pat 579 1036

Tauranga Civic Choir

Choir practice 7:30pm Wesley Church, 13th Ave, Tauranga. Enquiries welcome.

Ph Heather 575 9092. For info visit taurangacivicchoir.org.nz

Tauranga Creative Fibre

Every Monday 9:30am. Also 2nd & 4th Thursday 7pm. Learn & share spinning, weaving, knitting, felting, crochet & more. 177 Elizabeth St. Ph Margaret 571 3483

Tauranga Gem & Mineral Club

Second Monday of every month.

Juniors 6pm, Seniors 7:30pm, Clubrooms, Historic Village, 17th Ave West. Come & check it out. Ph Bryce 027 695 0606 or www.tgmclub.com

Tauranga Rocknroll Club

Lessons and Social Evening of dancing Mondays at Legion of Frontiersman Hall 165 Elizabeth Street. For enquires, phone Malcolm 0275927240 or view www. taurangarocknrollclub.org.nz

Tauranga Senior Citizens Club

CARDS 500 Mon & Thurs.

INDOOR BOWLS Tues, Wed & Sat. 14 Norris St. (behind PaknSave) 12:45pm for 1pm start.Entry $2 includes afternoon tea. New members welcome.

Walk For Wellness

Free walking group for people with cancer & their supporters. Departs 9:30am from the green toilets halfway along Pilot Bay. Cancer Society 07 571 2035

Zonta Tauranga Womens’ Organisation Warmly welcomes other

like minded women, meet new friends championing rights of women & girls in our community. Get togethers, dinners/ speakers. Suzy 021 266 5044

Tuesday 19 June

ABC - Avenues Badminton Club

Every Tues at Tauranga Boys College Gym. Juniors 6-7:30pm (term time).

Seniors (Adults) 7:30-9:30pm. Club racquets available. Delwyn 027 212 4720

Alcoholics Anonymous

Open meeting 7:30-8:30pm, St Peters Anglican Church. 11 Victoria Rd Mt. All Welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757

Altrusa Ladies Service Club

Meet every 2nd Tuesday @ Chapel Cafe for meal & business meeting.

Elsewhere on 4th Tuesday for social evening. Ph Denise 027 2846828 www.altrusa.org.nz

Beginner Social Dance Class

Tues 6pm, Tauranga Primary School Hall, 5th Ave, or Thursday 8pm, Greerton Hall, 1247 Cameron Rd (opp Caltex). Ph 027 322 1786 Sonia

BOP Linux Users

Meetings resume 3 July2018 http:// boplug.co.nz/event-calendar/

Cards 500

Mount Senior Citizens Hall, 345 Maunganui Rd. Tues & Thurs 12:30pm.

Ph Jack 575 7719

Crafty Craft Group

Every Tues term time 9-11am. St Peters Church, Spring St. Bring own craft or learn a new one. Shelly 022 3415 082

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Ladies exercise with weights, floor work, stretching, dance. Make friends & enjoy. St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood. 9:3010:30am. Ph Gloria 021 139 2448

Greerton Indoor Bowling Club Greerton visit Oropi

Greerton Lions Club (mixed)

Meet 1st & 3rd Tuesday of each month at Fairway Lounge Tauranga Racecourse 6pm. Ph Bill 543 4424

Inachord Women’s Chorus

We welcome new members. Multi genre music. 3 weeks free trial. Lots of fun. Bethlehem Community Church 183 Moffat Rd. 7-9pm. Ph Sabine 021 111 8659

Judo

Moreland Fox Park. 6pm7pm Juniors/beginners.

7pm-8.30pm Seniors. First 2 lessons free.

Meet DESMOND

Would you like to better manage your type two diabetes? Meet DESMOND. Contact us for details

Morning Prayer

Tuesday-Friday every week 8:30-9am, at 53 Te Okuroa Drive Papamoa. Julie 0274 205 375 or visit: http://www.com-

munityofstaidan.com/

Mt Runners & Walkers

Our running & walking groups meet at the Scout Hall on May St every Tuesday & Friday. Leaving at 9:30am & back by 10:30am. www.mtrunnersandwalkers.co.nz

Otumoetai Tennis Club

Midweek Tennis Tues & Thurs. Start time 9am. Bellevue Park, Windsor Road (next to Swimming Pool Complex). New players & visitors welcome.

Ph Pam 570 0302

Otumoetai Walking Group

Meet at 9am at Kulim Park. Ph Jim 576 7339

Scrabble

Meet at Tauranga Bridge Club, Otumoetai Rd, 8:50am. All very welcome. Ph 544 8372

Sequence Dancing

Tauranga Social & Leisure Club, St John Anglican Church Hall, 94 Bureta Road Otumoetai. Tues 7pm-9:30pm except 2nd Tues each month 3:30pm6pm. Faye 543 3280

South City Indoor Bowls

7:30pm Club Night (2-4-2 Pairs)

Stroke Support Group

9:30am-12pm, Senior Citizens Hall, Maitland St, Greerton. Great morning tea, games, etc. All stroke survivors welcome! Ph 021 137 6653

Tauranga 60+ Continuing Education Judge Rosemary Riddell.

You be the judge 2nd instalment.

10am Otumoetai Baptist Church, 241 Otumoetai Rd. $4 entry.

Tauranga Acoustic Music Club

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

Tauranga Diamond Friendship Club

Formerly Probus, meets 1st Tuesday of each month, 1:30pm at Tauranga Citizens Club. Guest speakers, social outings, numerous activities. All welcome. Ph Nancy 543 4468

Tauranga Target Rifle Club

Shooting Tue night 7pm. Range 165 Elizabeth St West. All enquires 07 578 0098

Welcome Bay Lions Club

Meet every 2nd Tues monthly, Greenwood Park Village, Welcome Bay Rd. Dinner meeting 2nd Tuesday of month. Business meeting 4th Tuesday of month. Graham 544 8625

Yoga For All

Welcome Bay Community Centre, 6:30-8pm. Traditional, relaxing Yoga class. Beginners welcome. $12 one or $90 nine classes. Bring a mat.

Info: Bhajan 07 929 7484

Wednesday 20 June Age Concern Walking Group

10am Carlton Reserve off Ngatai Rd

Antenatal Services. Free

Hei Tiki Pumau, Antenatal programme with kaupapa Maori delivery.

Every FIRST and THIRD weeks in the month, over Wed to Friday. Based at Huria Marae Complex.

Bowls Indoor

Mount Senior Citizens Hall, 345 Maunganui Rd. Names in 12:45pm.

Bring a friend to see if you like it. Ph Nancy 575 4650

Tauranga Samba Brazilian Drumming Percussion band. 7:15-

9:15pm. Mount Sports Centre, cnr Hull & Maunganui Rds. No experience reqd. Ph Rob 021 232 7185

Mount Senior Citizens Hall, 345 Maunganui Rd. Beginners 6pm, general dancing 7:30pm. Ph Mary 574 8687 Lynne 021 140 7912

Steady As You Go

Exercises at St. Johns Church Hall Bureta, Wed 2-3pm except 1st Wednesdays each month. Improve balance & overall wellbeing. Ph Alison 07 576 4536

Table Tennis Tauranga

Memorial Hall QEYC 11th Ave. Wed 12:45-3pm, social mixed doubles 7:30-9:30 club night. Roy 578 7800.

Thur 1-3pm social singles, doubles 3:30-6:45 Juniors 7-9pm club night.

New players welcome. Paul 021 884 021

Tauranga Embroiderers’ Guild

Cards

Community Bible Study

ing off track. Grade moderate. 6 hours. Glyn 543 0949

Do you play crib or would like to learn? Every Weds at Greerton RSA 1pm sharp. Ph Michael 562 0517 Join us @ City Church 252 Otumoetai Road, 7-9pm for a Study on the Book of Acts until 1st November. Ph Julie 552 4068

Fitness League

Exercise, Movement, Dance suitable for all ages, 10am, Katikati Memorial Hall, Main Rd. Complimentary first class. Ph Pam 549 4799 or 021 117 7170

Fernland Spa Water Exercise

Gentle exercise in the warm mineral water. 11am-noon. Suitable for arthritics, accident & illness rehabilitation.

New participants. Ph Jennifer 571 1411. Not school holidays.

Free Diabetes Support

Tauranga Long Walks Group

Come & experience God’s healing touch, whether physical, emotional, spiritual. Above Graced Oppshop, cnr 11Ave, Christopher St. No charge. Ph 021 110 0878 www. healingrooms.co.nz

Judo

Arataki Community Centre, 5:30pm-6:30pm. First 2 lessons free.

Katikati Bowling Club Kiwi Toasters

Matua Garden Club

Meets monthly, 3rd Wednesday of the month, at 1:30pm in the Matua Hall, Levers Road. New members welcome.

Meet DESMOND

Would you like to better manage your type two diabetes? Meet DESMOND. www.diabeteshelp.org.nz

Mt Spiritual & Healing Centre

Mt Spiritual & Healing Centre every 1st & 3rd Wednesday start 7:30 Bowling Club, Golf Road. See events

Free classes 7:30pm Thursdays in Bellevue.

Stop those thoughts. Find the Joy of Life.

Awaken your Spirit. Ph David or Trisha on 570 1204

Meet The Missioner

Discuss any topic that is important to you. First 4 receive a free coffee. 11-12pm at Gana Cafe Papamoa. Julie 0274 205 375 http://www.communityofstaidan.com/

Papamoa Palms Friendship Club

11am first Wednesday of the month at Gordon Spratt Reserve. Ph Sue 574 3280. All welcome bring your lunch. Tea/coffee provided.

Social Rock’n Roll Dancing

Including RnR Waltz, Neon Moon.

Thursdays at Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St. 7-9:30pm. $3 entry includes supper. Gavin 027 643 6222

Spiritual Study Psychic Craft

Psychic Medium Kevin Reed runs Spiritual Development Meditation & Psychic Craft Open Group every Thurs evening. For details ph Kevin 578 7205 or email: kevinreednz@gmail.com

Square Dance Fun

New dancer class now, see Facebook Orange City Squares & Rounds.

Enjoy music movement laughter, details 577 1100 or 578 6516. Frontiersmen’s Hall, Elizabeth St

Sunshine Sequence Dance Group

Memorial Park next to Mini Golf on 11th Ave. No charge. 9:30am

Toastmasters City Early Start

Beginners classes today: Tauranga: 15 Koromiko Street, Judea, 1-2:30pm. Mount Maunganui: 345 Maunganui Road, 6:157:45pm Katikati: Memorial Hall, 5:307pm. Memberships from $19 month. All welcome. Ph 578 6193

Meet at Daniels in the Park, 6pm, 11th Ave. Dinner, fellowship, interesting speakers, projects within our community. Visitors welcome. taurangarotary.org.nz or email secretary. tauranga.rotary@gmail.com Improve communication leadership teamwork skills join motivated enthusiastic group Classic Flyers Avgas Cafe 6.50-8.15am email LaniDTM@gmail. com www.cityearlystart.co.nz and FB

Thursday 21 June

Age Concern Social Connection

Gate Pa Indoor Bowls Club Night 7:30pm

Meditation

Tauranga Rotary

Social RocknRoll Dancing including Rnr Waltz, Neon Moon.Thursdays at Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St. 7-9:30pm. $3 entry includes supper.

Gavin 027 643 6222

Healing Rooms 1-3pm

Music & dance for preschoolers, Mums & carers. $3 per family. Morning tea provided.

9:30-10am. Holy Trinity Church, 215 Devonport Rd.

Learn dancing at a friendly club. Baptist Church Hall,13th Avenue, 7pm-9:30pm. $2pp includes supper. Jan 544 4379

Friends Of The Library

Papamoa Library Book Group meets at 10am. Theme this month, Historical Fiction. Tea & coffee. Visitors & new members always welcome. Ph Patti 572 0201

Mainly Music

Tauranga MidWeek Tramping Group Lindemann loop includ-

Meet like minded people for friendship & conversation. Hinton Lounge, Tga RSA. 10:30am-12pm. $3pp.

Ph 578 2631 to register for catering purposes. All welcome.

Speak to our Registered Diabetes Nurse about your diabetes INFOline Mon-Thurs 07 571 3422

Tauranga Morning Badminton

Learn how to divide your orchids & pick up some basic care tips. From 7pm, Wesley Church, 13th Ave, Tauranga. All welcome.

Scottish Country Dancing

Walk around Tauranga & Waikareao Estuary. Meet front of QE2 Centre Memorial Park 9am. 10km walk. Starting point varies. For details ph Sue 021 925 971 or see facebook.

A revolutionary FREE money management course that teaches budgeting skills with a simple system that really works. Wed & Thurs. For info Carlene 021 241 3671

Find Your Voice meets 1st, 3rd & 5th Wednesday of month 3 Palm Springs Boulevard (beside Pharmacy) Papamoa at 5:30 pm. Ph Chrissy 027 296 7939

Tauranga Orchid Society

Come along & practice in a supportive, relaxing space. Wednesdays 11:15am-12:25pm Bookings required.

Spaces are limited. Ph Nic 021 124 2598 www.sweetyoga.co.nz

CAP Money Course

Tauranga Ladies Rebus Club

Every Tues & Thurs 9-11:30am at QE2 Centre. Racquets available, all welcome. Ph Rachael 0274 462 959

Prenatal Yoga, Bethlehem

Meets every Wednesday at Tauranga Rowing Club, Devonport Road, Tauranga 10am-2:30pm, 7:30pm9:30pm. Beginners very welcome. Ph Jenny Williams 07 219 7740

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

3rd Tuesday each month. 9:30am at Daniels In The Park. Meeting, morning tea & speaker. Visitors/New members welcome. Ph Wynn 543 2118

coming on facebook. Ph Sue Buckland 572 4911

Bay City Rockers

Community Bible Study

Join us @ 14th Avenue Gospel Centre 10-12pm, for Study on the Book of Acts until 8th November. Ph Gay 021 225 5981

Fitness League

Exercise, movement, dance. 10am, Central Baptist church, 13th Ave & Cameron Rd. Complimentary first class. Ph Pam 549 4799 or 021 117 7170

Greerton Indoor Bowling Club

Day Tournament (2 plates per person)

Judo

Moreland Fox Park, Greerton. Juniors 6pm-7pm. Seniors 7pm-8:30pm.

First 2 lessons free.

Katikati Bowling Club

8 Park Rd Rummikub 1-4pm, $3 entry. Phil Green 549 5344

Katikati Fairview Golf Club

Men’s Vets Nine Hole Golf Thurs 8:30am Tee off. New Players are welcome. Ph Stewart 021 978 650

Katikati Toastmasters

Find your voice Katikati Toastmasters meets 1st 3rd & 5th Thursday of month Katikati Community Centre, 45 Beach Road, Katikati at 7:30pm. Ph Chrissy 027 296 7939

Tai Chi in the Park

Taoist Tai Chi Relaxed-Balanced-Strong

Tauranga Model Railway Club

Meets every Thurs at 7:30pm cnr Mirrielees Rd & Cross Rd. Ph Mike Oldfield 926 9198 for details

Friday 22 June

Alcoholics Anonymous

Open meeting, 10am Tauranga Central Bapist Church, cnr 13th Ave & Cameron Rd. All welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757

Arataki Artists Group

Every Friday morning 9am-12pm at Arataki Community Centre. Occasional tuition with local artists. Paint with friends.

All levels welcome. Ph Chrissy 572 0818

Chess Tauranga

Tauranga RSA Chess Club, Greerton 5-7pm, Casual & Standard length games.

Ph Werner 548 1111 http:/www.westernbopchess.weebly.com/

Computer Lessons

At Papamoa Library. Learn to use your computer, iPad, mobile phone & other devices Book an individual lesson with our Tutor. Ph 577 7177

Death Cafe

Come & discuss death. A monthly facilitated meeting gathering with no agenda but the attendees. 10-12pm at Gana Cafe Papamoa. Julie 0274 205 375. https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=fhCzN75xSKA&fea ture=youtu.be

Greerton Indoor Bowling Club

Yatton St, Greerton. Names in by 7:15pm for 7:30pm start. Handicap Pairs

Movie Church, Toy Story

4-6pm for the whole family. FREE movie & meal at 53 Te Okuroa Drive Papamoa. Ph Julie 0274 205 375 or visit: https://www.facebook.com/ events/213076526136821/

Taoist Tai Chi Relaxed-Balanced-Strong

Beginners classes today: Tauranga: 15 Koromiko Street, Judea, 9-10am. Papamoa: 242 Dickson Road, 9-10:30am. Memberships from $19 month. Great for stress, suitable for all. Ph 578 6193

Tauranga SeniorNet

Gain confidence with technology. Club day, 4th Friday every month at 1pm. All welcome.

Historic Village. (opposite cafe).

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Services range from mowing and full property landscaping to building retaining walls and fences, plus everything in between. No job is too small or

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Mount Rossko Landscapes also offers weed-spraying, planting, water-blasting and hedge-trimming - whatever you need to keep your garden in check.

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Kev believes life is too short to have a bad shower, so he’s here to help renovate bathrooms and replace them.

“I do total shower replacements from start to finish,” says Kev, “with no other trades involved.

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Interview tips to land the job If you’re interviewing for a job, there are a few things you might want to consider to increase your odds of landing that new role.

Interviewers start assessing you as soon as you arrive, so your presentation and attitude are very important.

Show you appreciate being interviewed; show you want to work for the company and are willing to learn.

Most interviews start with introductions and informal conversation followed by questions from the interviewer or interview panel, and then a chance for you to ask questions.

Speaking clearly and varying your tone to show you are interested and enthusiastic.

To give a good response take the time to think about the question before answering. Let the interviewer lead

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By giving examples from past experience demonstrates your knowledge and skills.

When asked to tell them about yourself, summarise your study or work that is relevant to the job you want, talk about your personal and professional goals and what you like to do in your free time.

Research about the job and the company to answer questions such as: “Why do you want to work for this organisation?” and “How will you fit into our business?”

Find more interview tips at: www.careers.govt.nz

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