The Weekend Sun - 31 August 2018

31 August 2018, Issue 923

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The numbers will shock. According to local waste minimisation experts, the Bay of Plenty chops up and dumps an estimated 300,000 used car tyres into landfills every year. Nationally, we wear out the equivalent of about 8,000,000 tyres every year – 20,000 a day.

An estimated 80 per cent of them end up in landfills.

The rest are dumped recklessly or become environmental eyesores – mountains of abandoned car tyres in paddocks or sheds. Is that all about to change?

The government has announced its intention to attack New Zealand’s “long neglected waste problems”.

And that could mean transforming the issue of used

car and truck tyres into economic activity and jobs.

It’s been a pet project for Waste Watchers’ Marty Hoffart for about two decades.

He’s both hopeful and excited that New Zealand might be catching up with the rest of the world.

The story of Marty and the used tyres is on page 3.

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Mr Trump could be right about fake news I was watching a documentary with the grandchildren and quickly became suspicious about the information screened.

It was a dramatisation of the life of early mankind; when prehistoric beings roamed the earth with dinosaurs and lived in caves and somehow managed to survive without plastic straws.

One of the first signs of inaccuracy in this doco was when the prehistoric man they called Fred, used a sabre tooth tiger to open a can of food. I became further suspicious when his wife Wilma operated a small elephant, improvised as a vacuum cleaner, around their stone house in Bedrock.

But the real giveaway was when Fred got into his stone car. A flaw in this depiction was easy for an alert journalist such as myself to spot: the car was engineered in such a way that it would be impossible to turn corners.

Now not many of you would be astute enough to notice such a small but important detail.

problem. Two rock rollers joined by parallel and fixed side rails means the vehicle has no ability to turn.

So either the documentary is some clever fake, or Mr Flintstone only ever drove one way down a straight road and then reversed straight back.

More suspicions

Other news this week that has raised our suspicions: The government is to set up some working groups to investigate why it needs so many working groups. Currently the number of working groups is 152 and counting, which will cost the country $170m, which is about what we saved by not using plastic straws.

Defies science

Now we can give them the benefit of the doubt with a talking, truncated live vacuum cleaner and possibly roll with the sabre toothed can opener. But a car that won’t turn corners is just a bit far-fetched for this enquiring mind.

Fortunately I know these things because my brother is an engineer and I have grown up with such practical scepticisms ingrained.

Many attempts have been made over the years by engineers and even backyard enthusiasts to replicate the Stone Age car, but all have suffered the same crippling

Dammit I’m mad, when spelt backwards, is ‘dammit I’m mad’ but only if you conveniently ignore the apostrophes.

Play it again, Bill

We’ve been reminded this week of a story too good to be true. In 1999 Aussie truck driver Bill Morgan, who was clinically dead for 14 minutes after a vehicle crash, then won a car with a scratchy card. When a TV news station asked him to re-enact

the scratchy moment, he bought another card and won a further $250,000 while the cameras rolled.

Dodgy song lyrics

The word ‘macaroni’ was used in 18th century Britain as a slang word for ‘fashionable’.

It became a trendy word to throw around among the young and the rich who had travelled to Italy, and macaroni became a buzz word for fashionistas of the time.

Hence the line in the song ‘Yankee Doodle’, which has never made sense until now: “put a feather in his hat and called it macaroni”.

Meanwhile, an escaped prisoner was found in the outback, camping. It was a case of criminal in tent.

Fishy names

Questionable names: We’ve always been a bit suspicious of Cee Payne as a representative of the New Zealand nurses’ union, so we’ve been keeping a watch for other people with names too conveniently appropriate for their positions.

This week we introduce Jon Bass, spokesman for Seafood Expo Asia.

Sounds a bit hoki to me.

Tauranga schools to get new classrooms, says Jacinda Otumoetai College was the big winner this week following a government announcement to spend $73 million replacing crumbling classrooms and providing new modern learning spaces for students in the Bay of Plenty, Waikato, and Hawke’s Bay. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Education Minister Chris Hipkins

announced the spending at Otumoetai College on Wednesday.

The local school will receive around $47 million to repair buildings which have suffered weather-tightness problems and are in poor condition. The redevelopment will replace 57 teaching spaces, the library, and provide a new entrance.

Tauranga Girls’ College will receive

$6 million to redevelop a three-storey block with significant weather-tightness defects. Oropi School will receive four new teaching spaces and Tauranga Boys’ College three new teaching spaces.

“This government is focused on rebuilding education, and in the case of these big school redevelopments we are taking that literally,” says Jacinda.

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The chance of winning a prize on an Instant Kiwi scratchie is about one-in-five, depending on the game on the scratchie.

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Used car tyres a toughie Where do old tyres go to die?

One was unceremoniously dumped off the boardwalk into the delicate and pristine mangrove habitat at the head of Waikareao Estuary.

Three women walkers who spotted the tyre tutted their disapproval. “Philistines,” said one. “Damned inconsiderate,” said another.

Just one dumped tyre. But symbolic because every year, New Zealand discards 3.9 million car tyres and 1.2 million truck tyres. Weight-wise, one truck tyre is roughly equivalent to five car tyres, so the country has to dispose of about eight million passenger tyre equivalents each year.

“That’s 20,000 a day,” according to garbage guru Marty Hoffart, director of the waste minimisation consultancy, Waste Watchers.

“They would fill 55 20ft shipping containers, and at the moment about 80 per cent of them are just cut up and landfilled.” He huffs with frustration.

He’s been banging on about recycling car tyres for 20 years, ever since he arrived here from Canada.

“No other country in the world allows this.

“Why are we doing it? What a waste of rubber and steel and resources that could create jobs and economic activity.”

Europe banned dumping tyres in landfills in 1991.

But here at home, no real solutions for end-of-life tyres in New Zealand has led to millions stockpiled around the country, wasting a resource and posing a significant harm to people and the environment.

“There has been no regulation of the tyre industry, no regulating the $4-$5 disposal fee we pay the tyre shops.

It’s itemised on the account when we buy a new tyre but we don’t know where it goes.

“Certainly not on recycling,” says Marty.

Then out of Wellington recently the rumble of the Waste Minimisation Act being cranked up – a programme to tackle New Zealand’s long-neglected waste problems. It was music to Marty’s ears.

“I have heard loud and clear our record on waste is unacceptable,” said Eugenie Sage, Associate Minister for the Environment.

“Now we need to tackle the tough problems that need leadership to fix.” Like tyres.

Marty says the only way to stop illegal dumping and tyres going to the landfill is to use something called economic instruments. “That means the Government regulating so the money we now pay for the disposal of tyres is used to do precisely that.”

The proposal, says Marty, is for the disposal fee to be paid to Customs at the border. “They’re good at collecting money and all tyres in this country are imported. It would be a front-end recycling fee, an advance recycling fee.” The money, about $40 million per year, would be channeled into a fund administered by a tyre recycling board, and approved tyre collectors and processors would be paid to properly recycle tyres.

Currently, old tyres are a total liability, but enforcing the Waste Minimisation Act would create economic activity and jobs. Because when a tyre is shredded three products can be extracted.

There’s steel – 20 per cent of a tyre is steel – so there is saleable scrap metal to be melted down and made into other products.

There is the light polypropylene fluff that can be made into industrial blankets and insulation.

And the crumbed rubber itself can be made into rubber matting, sports turf, glues and resins.

Unfortunately the current systems favour the cheapest disposal option for tyres.

“If you get two or three bucks to pick up a tyre from the tyre shop and you have a truck full of them and you don’t pay a recycling fee to anyone, and you dump them in a pile in a paddock somewhere for nothing, you are going to make a lot of money,” says Marty.

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Quarry equipment nicked Volunteers at Te Puna Quarry Park are disgusted after finding their equipment has been stolen.

The discovery was made on Monday morning when some of the volunteers turned up to start maintenance work at the park.

Among the items taken were a Suzuki mini truck, a ride-on mower, a chipper, a concrete mixer, a trailer, three chainsaws, three weedeaters and a collection of tools.

Jo Dawkins, who has been volunteering since the park opened, says the theft is a major setback.

Police are investigating.

It was a beautiful, yet deadly sight and it loomed over Japan – an ominous cloud of white and then red. The atomic bomb that dropped on Japan in 1945 killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of people and its effects are still being felt today.

Fatal crash Police have released the name of a woman killed in a crash in the Bay of Plenty.

Emergency services were called to the crash on Galatea Rd, near Lake Matahina, just after midnight on Monday.

Police have identified the crash victim as 38-year-old Rita Ataahua Peka, from Te Teko.

“Police extend their sympathies to her family at this difficult time.

“The Serious Crash Unit continues to investigate the cause of the crash.”

Open path The full Takitimu Drive side of the Waikareao Estuary pathway is now open to the public.

A section of the path had to be closed following damage from a storm and king tide, which hit Tauranga in early-January 2018.

Initial repairs were undertaken earlier this year but the latest closure was for more permanent repairs.

NZTA Bay of Plenty transport system manager Rob Campbell says the sea wall has been reinforced and repairs have been carried out on the path and bridge supports.

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Above: Norma Hollis in 1947 dressed to the nines in her J Force uniform.

Right: Norma, 94, reminisces her time in Japan.

Photo: Nikki South.

Mount Maunganui resident Norma Hollis, 94, has seen the country in devastation, as well as rehabilitation.

In 1947, as a spritely 21-year-old, she got on a boat and travelled to Japan to become a J Force member after Japan surrendered at the end of the Second World War. Norma and 32 other nurses were stationed at the New Zealand General Hospital in Kurei, a town that no longer exists, and offered medical treatment to injured Japanese citizens.

Norma says originally in the 1940s a New Zealand woman had to be over the age of 28 to be able to travel overseas, then it moved to 25 and then 21 in 1947.

“When it changed the third time I just got through – I was just 21 – and I travelled to Japan all excited and eager.”

However, as soon as she hopped off the train in Hiroshima she was no longer the wide-eyed cheerful Kiwi girl off on an adventure.

“Everything was black. There were burnt trees and vapourised imprints of bodies on the ground.”

“Everything was dead. I couldn’t believe I was there.

“We docked in Kurei and there were battle ships that had been bombed. Then we went by train to Ogori.”

She remembers seeing deformed babies, severe poverty, and brutality on the streets.

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The system allows police 24/7 access, making it easier to identify a person they are taking enforcement action against.

It’s valuable for police when they have arrested a person or suspect that a person has breached a court order, and believes that the person is not a New Zealand citizen.

The improvements also enable police to share information with INZ, so that INZ can take any necessary compliance action for a non-New Zealander that may be breaching their visa conditions.

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Comment of the week ‘Come on community’ posted by stokey on the story ‘Thieves nick Te Puna Quarry equipment’.

“All this gear gone. These scumbags must have used a truck and have been seen by someone out there. Let’s all do our bit and find these mongrels.

Talk to your mates at the pub – you won’t find them at your church group or bridge club. Spread the word, we can find them!”

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Right: Norma and her dearest friend and fellow veteran, June Yearbury.

Above: Norma and June were interviewed for a story in the Hiroshima paper. whole make-up of Japan,” says Norma. “I had to have closure and forgive the United States of America for dropping that bomb.”

“Throughout the wars Japanese men were cruel and brutal and then America dropped a bomb and they are a totally different nation now.”

Norma says when she arrived she was expecting Japan to be in “a time warp of the 1980s,” but found the country far more advanced. She couldn’t believe how much Japan had changed.

During their fi e-day trip, Norma and June visited Hiroshima, the city most ruined by the bomb.

They were told not to eat any food above ground, but there wasn’t any.

“There was just sticks as trees and all the concrete rubble had been cleared away, and about a metre of soil had been dug up because it was highly contaminated with radiation.”

There used to be nothing but dirt roads and little bamboo huts positioned along the road.

Now it’s a concrete metropolis, with buildings reaching the sky and endless streets.

“I remember the people being very poor, living in Japanese houses with only one room, but to go back now and see the diet that they’re on and the incredible infrastructure, I can’t believe it.

“I honestly can’t believe I’ve been, I wake up in the middle of the night and think ‘well, I must have been’.

“They are so kind, courteous and they are very Sharnae Hope much in favour of peace.”

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One day she went to an out-of-bounds town with her flatmate and fea ed meeting a similar fate.

“There was a group of young Japanese men and they came towards us and I thought ‘this is the end of us’, but he had a poisoned hand and I had treated him, so he had just come to thank me.”

“I thought ‘thank God’, because we weren’t supposed to be there.”

Every year the Japanese government documents those who have suffered from the radiation.

The bomb razed and burnt around 70 per cent of all buildings and caused an estimated 140,000 deaths by the end of 1945, along with increased rates of cancer and chronic disease among survivors.

Norma, like many of her colleagues, came back to New Zealand with radiation damage.

“I’m riddled with cancer. The doctors can’t prove that I got it from the after-effects, but they also can’t prove I didn’t get it from being in Japan.”

Two weeks ago, Norma fl w back to Japan in the hopes of finding clarit . Her husband, who also served in Japan, had no interest of going back because he wanted to remember it as it was.

Norma says after he had passed away she contemplated for a while about when to go and thought it was now or never.

She asked all the veterans in New Zealand if they would like to come along too. Her friend June Yearbury, also 94, was the only one.

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Big changes on the bus network This December will see the start of Tauranga’s new and much-improved bus network. Our colleagues at Bay of Plenty Regional Council (they run the buses) have been working hard to develop a new service that finally reflects the growth of our dynamic city.

Routes will be more direct, more frequent, and coverage will be extended throughout our suburbs; connecting more people and reducing the necessity of travelling by car. The new buses will have free WiFi and stops will be announced on speakers and on screen.

You’ll be able to see when the next bus will be arriving in real-time on your phone. No more guessing if you’ve missed the bus or if it’s running late! All buses will be accessible for people with disabilities and there will be more space for your wheelchair, walker, or pram. Cyclists will appreciate the bike racks on every bus too. Services will run longer until 8pm

weekdays and weekend buses will be more frequent. Trips from both Matua and Otumoetai will be shorter.

Welcome Bay buses will be more frequent with more streets covered.

Papamoa will have a new express bus during the morning and afternoon peaks which will have travel times similar to driving your car. There will be an additional ‘Goldline’ connecting The Mount, Bayfair, retirement villages and the Papamoa Plaza.

Getting across town will be easier with a new Mount-Bayfair-CBD-Hospital loop which will run every 15 minutes.

In short, the new network will have twice as many buses travelling to more places, more frequently.

Trail running underneath the stars Hundreds of people will grab a torch and head for the trails of McLaren Falls Park tomorrow night for the first Run Beneath the Stars event.

Participants can opt for a 7km, 14km or 21km run or walk, taking in a combination of sealed roads, the Waterfall trail, and the Lakeside trail.

The run will showcase many parts of the park, including the glow worms.

There is a 7km dusk option departing

at 5pm, followed by the 21km run at 5.30pm, 14km run at 6.30pm and 7km night option (lights required) at 7.30pm.

Late entries will be accepted up until 7pm on Saturday, September 1, with $5 from every entry donated to Waipuna Hospice.

For more information and to register, go to: www.eventpromotions.co.nz/runbeneath-the-stars

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Next generation of whitewater kayaking Joseph Dunn and Gabi Lolohea training for the AIMS Games at Auckland’s Vector Wero Whitewater Park. Photo: Jamie Troughton/Dscribe Media

Gabi Lolohea and Joseph Dunn may be the fresh new faces of whitewater kayaking in New Zealand; the first glimpse of a Polynesian paddling dynasty.

When the pair join nearly 50 other intermediate-aged canoe slalom paddlers at next month’s Anchor AIMS Games in Tauranga, they’ll have one distinct advantage over their rivals.

Lolohea, Dunn and other members of the Tamaki Paddle Sports Club get to train regularly on Manukau’s worldclass Vector Wero Whitewater Park.

Lolohea, from the same Tongan lineage as former Warriors playmaker Tuimoala Lolohea, is so smitten with her new sport she’s roping in classmates at St John the Evangelist Catholic School in Otara to train with her.

“Our school is a strong Pacific sland school, and most of the girls are in different sports which didn’t have enough numbers to go to AIMS,” the 12-year-old explains.

“I introduced canoe slalom to my school and we went to a give-it-a-go day and the girls absolutely loved it.”

Becoming fully immersed in the sport means getting to know some of the famous faces.

“I’ve seen Luuka Jones paddle a couple of times and she’s just amazing and someone I really look up to.

“Canoe slalom didn’t really matter a lot in 2016 when Luuka won her Olympic silver medal but whenever something comes up about her or the sport now, I’m really interested!”

Dunn, who turns 13 in October, also has some strong league pedigree; Canberra Raiders and Kiwis league player Jordan Rapana is a second cousin. The Redoubt North School student only started canoe slalom earlier this year when one of his teachers tipped him off about AIMS Games and a free day sponsored by Vector Wero and the Second Nature Charitable Trust.

Since then he’s been working with coach Brogan Gordon and completing his Paddle Passport, an introduction to the sport formulated by Canoe Slalom New Zealand.

“I do a lot of other sports like football, cross country and athletics but as soon as I tried canoe slalom, I really enjoyed it and knew AIMS Games was going to be a target,” Dunn says. “I’ve never been to AIMS Games so I just want to give it a go and do my best.”

Brogan has watched first-hand as his squad of young tyros embraced their new sport.

"The kids have come a long way – working hard over winter, powering through the cold, fighting the elements and improving a lot.

“They all have a very good base skillset now at a very young age and they can go on to do whatever they choose in the world of kayaking. I’ve really enjoyed coaching them this year.”

The AIMS Games will feature 10,800 intermediate-aged athletes across 22 different sports. While Redoubt School has sent teams in the past, Lolohea is creating a little bit of history for St

Johns Otara, as the first athlete to attend the annual tournament in Tauranga.

“My brother plays soccer and we’ve both drifted off the path of rugby but our family is so supportive.

“It doesn’t matter what we want to play or who we want to be, they’re 100 per cent backing us up.”

And after stints in waka ama and flat-water kayaking, she knows she’s found her first l ve.

“I like the rush of water that comes at me. That’s the best thing ever to know you’ve conquered something and there’s bigger and bigger white water out there to tackle. You just feel so proud afterwards.”

The AIMS Games runs from September 9-14.

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Books aplenty Students Katie Andrew and Cameron Ryder showing off some of the books that will be included in the Bookarama on September 8-9. Photo: Nikki South.

Whether you love immersing yourself in a good romcom or sci-fi novel, or simply enjoy flicking through a classic picture book, there’s something for everyone at the Otumoetai College Bookarama book sale.

For the past 32 years the biennial book event has helped fundraise for extra facilities for the college.

PTA member Paula Lonsdale says this year the group want to shine a light on sports activities by fundraising for new lights above the school’s undercover courts.

“Outdoor lights are very expensive, but will provide lights for community use, such as some of the local hockey teams that practise here, and if there’s any events at the school they can use that space.”

Each year the school receives more than 1000 books, magazines and puzzles, which are stored in a container until the event.

“We keep saying that we won’t do it next time, but

each year it’s still just as popular,” says Paula.

“All year round people just donate and drop items off. It’s just so well known that even past students and community members still call up to ask if we are doing the Bookarama.”

There will be new books, old books, children’s classics, magazines, CDs and puzzles as well as music from local buskers and coffee and cake stalls.

“Many of the people who have donated things read a lot of books and are happy to pass them on, so people can expect to come along to find something that is current as well,” says fellow PTA member Rachel Chaney.

The Otumoetai College Bookarama will be held in the school’s performing arts centre on Saturday, September 8, from 9am-5pm and Sunday, September 9 from 9am-3pm.

The majority of novels will be $3 or four for $10, and children’s books will be two for $1.

Etfpos is available and people are asked to bring their own bag to cut down the use of single-use plastics.

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Young Connex members, from left, Monique Bidois, John Lemberg, Deanna Irwin, Lily Jones, and Jual Taitua.

Breaking the silence Tauranga youth are hoping to break the silence on the subject of suicide with a HopeWalk from Memorial Park to Sulphur Point on September 8.

This is the second year the international suicide prevention walk has been held in the city and organised by youth group Young Connex, a group of 16 to 18-year-olds who help plan local events in the community.

“The HopeWalk event is to spread awareness of suicide. We want everyone to come together and know there are people to talk to and that it’s okay to talk about it,” says Young Connex member Jual Taitua.

The group was set up by Employ NZ youth worker Jana Chase, who says the aim of bringing people together in a walk like this is to see that suicide is

something that affects your whanau, friends, and neighbours and know that you talk to them about it.

The walk will leave Memorial Park at 1pm on Saturday, September 8, and head through the central city to finish at the Tauranga Fish & Dive Club at Sulphur Point. The walk will be led by the Tauranga Samba Group and marked with the release of doves.

Food trucks and support services such as the Ngai Te Rangi HBU mobile health service and Waipu Hauora will be on-site at Memorial Park from 11am and those who ordered yellow (the international colour for suicide awareness) HopeWalk t-shirts can collect them on the day.

The 3.8km walk is suitable for all ages and while it is free, the organisers would welcome registrations so they can track numbers on the day.

Register at: www.eventbrite.co.nz For more information about the HopeWalk, email: youngconnex@gmail.com

Helpers needed for cycle trail build Worker bees are needed to help redevelop an unused walking trail into a new cycleway between Paengaroa and Rotorua.

A community working bee to complete the work is planned for Saturday, September 8.

The initiative is part of a cycle trail build between Paengaroa and Okere, which has been supported by NZTA and Western Bay of Plenty District Council.

The trail will enable cyclists to avoid a busy section of SH33.

The day will involve manual clearing of an old forestry walking trail through the Roydon Downs Scenic Reserve. The reserve is currently owned by the Department of Conservation. Registrations for the community day close on September 6.

To register interest, email: wboptrails@hotmail.com

It’s the final call for travel departure cards Filling out a departure card before taking flight overseas will be a thing of the past come November when travellers will no longer need to complete them.

"This will improve the experience of all travellers departing New Zealand, enabling a faster and smoother process ahead of the busy holiday period," says Immigration Minister Iain-Lees Galloway and Customs Minister Meka Whaitiri.

"It will also save more than 100,000 hours of time currently spent by travellers completing more than

6.5 million departure cards per year.”

The removal of departure cards will align with international best practice.

Few other countries have departure cards with the level of detail required by the New Zealand one.

Meka says the cards are no longer needed for their original purpose, which was to account for all passengers crossing the New Zealand border.

"We have smarter systems now that capture passenger identity information and travel movement records electronically.”

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Tauranga City councillors Kelvin Clout and Max Mason. Photo: Sam Gardner

When Tauranga City councillor Max Mason laces up his shoes ahead of the Tauranga International Marathon, he’ll be celebrating his second full marathon, eighth half-marathon and 58 years of life.

The councillor, along with councillor Kelvin Clout, has signed up to compete in a half-marathon as part of the event on September 22, which also happens to be his birthday.

“We are leaders within our community and really, we should epitomise what we think is important.

“Having a healthy lifestyle sets us up for a good community,” says Max. “And Tauranga is such an amazing lifestyle city.”

Kelvin says he will be celebrating his seventh half

marathon on the day.

“Anything that supports an active healthy lifestyle, enhances our natural assets as a city and motivates me to train and keep fit is something I am always keen to support.

“I find running is an excellent way to clear the mind. It helps combat any stresses of Local Government politics.

“And it’s always a great feeling crossing that finish line, especially when you have friends and family cheering you on.”

Both councillors agree their participation is a great way to support Tauranga City Council’s events team.

“It’s great to welcome new events to the city and I think this one will grow in stature over time,” says Kelvin.

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Lifelong learning on show in September Hundreds of events will showcase adult learning opportunities in New Zealand during the adult and community education Festival of Adult Learning from September 3-9.

Whether it’s te reo, sign language, cartooning or cooking wild food, there’ll be something for everyone.

In 2018, Adult and Community Education Aotearoa is inviting everyone to once again think about what they would like to learn or to pursue their

passion to sing, dance, live sustainably, to fill a skill or kn wledge gap, or start a conversation about the value of learning something new. During the festival week, event organisers all over the country will highlight the achievements of second-chance learners, and offer a huge range of quirky and conventional learning experiences for anyone interested in having a go. For more, visit: www.letslearn.co.nz or www.aceaotearoa. org.nz/events/festival-adult-learning

The 2018 Tauranga Primary Schools Music Festival will be dedicated to long-time drummer Rex Tomich, right, who passed away in July.

When Tauranga’s primary schools take to the stage at Baycourt next week for their annual music festival there will be a familiar face missing.

Rex Tomich has been the festival’s drummer since 2003 and this year was supposed to be his final festival. Sadly, he died in July before he could attend the festival and receive his life membership of the Tauranga Primary Schools Music Festival Society.

Co-musical director Andrea Meredith brought Rex on board with her when she became the event’s pianist in 2003.

“It used to be that all they had for the festival was a pianist. I stepped in to play in 2003 and asked the committee if we could have bass and drums as well and Rex played for us ever since.

“He just loved it – it was the highlight of his year.

“This was going to be his last year and we were going to give him life membership of the society.”

The festival has been running since 1956 and was formed by a group of teachers who wanted to ensure Tauranga children could enjoy the

experience of making music together.

Thirty-one schools will take to the Baycourt stage this year across fi e nights. This year’s theme is ‘It’s About Time’ and songs will include old favourites such as ‘Rock Around the Clock’ and ‘Yesterday Once More’, through to ‘Time After Time’ and ‘A Thousand Years’ by Christina Perri.

Students will perform 10 songs as a massed choir and each individual school choir will present one or two songs of their choice based on the theme.

The festival runs from September 3-7 at Baycourt’s Addison Theatre from 7pm-9pm. Tickets are $14 each plus service fees and are available from the box office at aycourt or online at: www.ticketek.co.nz

Keeping Tauranga ED for emergencies only Got a runny nose?

Sneezing and coughing? You have probably got a cold.

And those patients with minor coughs and colds are being asked to stay away from the ED, Tauranga Hospital’s Emergency Department. Visit a GP or a pharmacy and not the ED. “An additional 20 to 25 patients a day can put a real strain on staff,” says the Bay of Plenty District Health Board’s Neil McKelvie. “It’s frustrating because it’s easily avoided. The ED is for emergencies.”

The numbers presenting at ED with minor ailments has increased markedly in recent weeks.

“The last couple of weeks have been really noticeable for the increase in winter-type illnesses,” says Neil.

“We are seeing a lot of people with the coughs and colds which are more appropriately treated by a GP or pharmacist.”

The past fortnight has featured multiple days around the 170 patient mark at Tauranga Hospital’s ED, when an average day would be closer to 140-150.

“Another consequence is staff being infected. They have to take time off work because they do not want to risk infecting our patients. That then adds more workload pressure to the staff who remain.”

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Pen pal network brings joy to prisoners A volunteer-run pen pal programme for prisoners is bringing joy to hundreds of people and strengthening prisoners’ connections with the outside world.

The Prisoner Correspondence Network is an initiative of advocacy group People Against Prisons Aotearoa.

"Being incarcerated is a lonely and isolating experience. Receiving letters and building friendships helps to cut through that isolation,” says spokeswoman Emilie Rakete.

Emilie says the PCN is helping

to break cycles of recidivism and re-incarceration.

“The majority of people in prison will be released one day. We want them to come out to a supportive community which cares about them and wants them to do well.”

Having regular contact with the outside world makes such a difference.

“We’ve had enthusiastic feedback from people inside and outside prison who participate in the programme. “Our incarcerated pen pals often send us ‘thank you’ letters and artwork.”

To sign up to the PCN and become a pen pal email: pcnaotearoa@gmail.com

HOT Pink Walk returning

The 2018 HOT Pink Walk is coming to town on October 10.

Come October 10, Tauranga’s CBD will come to life in a sea of pink as thousands of residents walk together to remember those who have either lost their lives or are battling with breast cancer.

About 160 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year in the Bay of Plenty.

Breast Cancer Support Service Tauranga Trust provides support, advocacy and education for women and men who have or are experiencing breast cancer, and their families and the wider community.

The HOT Pink Walk is one of several fundraising events the trust holds each year, attracting around 3000 people to the CBD who have raided their wardrobes, hit the op shops and got their hands on anything and everything pink to support the cause.

The HOT Pink Walk is happening again on Wednesday, October 10, from 5.30pm, departing from Masonic Park on The Strand.

With music and entertainment along the way, it’s a fun event for all the family.

A $10 donation per adult is appreciated and a gold coin donation for children aged under 13.

Register at: www.hotpinkwalk.co.nz

Sandpit becomes permanent feature The original sandpit was a temporary installation.

But tomorrow it becomes a permanent play feature on the city’s waterfront.

The sandpit, next to the Hairy Maclary and friends sculpture park, will be an open space for families to relax and enjoy while children can play in the sand.

The original sandpit was a temporary installation, but due to its popularity Tauranga City Council designed a permanent sandpit and shade area. “It will be a lovely

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space for families to use, especially the little ones,” says City Transformation Committee chair Larry Baldock.

Local law firm and Project Tauranga partner, Cooney Lees Morgan, gifted a shade installation as part of its 100th anniversary.

The new sandpit area will open tomorrow, Saturday, September 1. There will be a gathering at the site at 12.30pm, with music and a gold coin sausage sizzle.

All proceeds go to Homes of Hope.

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Kiwi chef bringing healthy eating tour to the Bay What came first, the chicken or the egg? According to the British Nutrition Foundation, 41 per cent of children under the age of eight don’t know where eggs come from, let alone how to cook one.

New Zealand celebrity chef Michael Van de Elzen is on a mission to help tackle Kiwi kids’ soaring obesity rates with a new kids cookbook, ‘Good From Scratch’, and tour of New Zealand schools and community groups, including the Bay of Plenty.

Michael wants to make sure Kiwi kids know what’s in their food and, most importantly, how to cook.

“What I’ve found after working with groups all over New Zealand is that often it starts with the next generation. In most cases if you teach the children, they go home and teach their parents.

“It’s not about reinventing the wheel, but changing up some Kiwi favourites such as fish and chips and pies, and adding a healthy, easyto-cook twist to them.”

The father-of-two has been spurred into action over his growing concerns about child obesity in New Zealand, with new research showing one in eight children between the age of two and 14 years is obese.

“After having our two girls, Hazel and Ivy, the reports around child obesity in New Zealand has become increasingly worrying to me. I’m a chef, I want to educate and upskill our Kiwi kids and I feel hugely motivated to make a difference.

“Plus, having grown up on a chicken farm, you can be guaranteed by the end of my nationwide tour, at least our Kiwi kids will know what came first – the chicken or the egg!”

Schools and community groups can apply to have a ‘Good From Scratch’ event in their area, and if successful, will receive an event pack to assist them with the set-up and marketing of the event, and receive 100 per cent of ticket sales.

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New Zealand celebrity chef Michael Van de Elzen is on a mission to help tackle Kiwi kids’ soaring obesity rates.

skills while also knowing how to make healthy meals and snacks,” says Michael.

Michael will be releasing his cookbook on October 5, with the tour beginning

on October 15 until early-December, and in the Bay of Plenty from November 17-20. To apply for an event, visit: www. vandeelzen.com/good-scratch-book-tour

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“This year I am particularly looking forward to presenting the recipients of NZMOA's first-ever industry awards,” says chair Chris Galbraith. The Marina Awards ceremony will be included in the formal

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Winning thinking The road safety message was clear, simple and strong – and a winner.

‘Cruise don’t bruise’ says the sign.

And there’s an image of two cars colliding. ‘Smash’ it says, to ram the message home. And there’s the reminder that Te Puke High School is a Travel Safe school.

The banner was good enough for Te Puke High to win the road safety slogan sign competition sponsored by Tauranga City Council’s Travel Safe and Western Bay of Plenty District Council.

“The students were rapt to win,” says group leader Sonia Deering.

“They’re also proud to support road safety in the community and SADD.” Travel Safe is an integrated approach to sustainable road safety outcomes that covers Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty.

It works alongside the community at

grassroots level to lift the level of road safety and active transport across all age groups.

And this week the school’s SADD (Students Against Driving Dangerously) Committee was busy promoting its six principles of sober drivers; safe speeds; no distractions; avoiding risk; driving to the conditions; and building driving experience.

Students also left handprints on some glass doors to make a pledge never to go in a car with a dangerous driver.

They also tried on ‘drunk goggles’on an obstacle course to create the experience of how reactions are affected by drugs or alcohol.

SADD’s objective is to reduce harm on our roads and is an initiative driven by young people, for young people as a peer education programme in secondary schools. It has run in schools for many years and has helped to bring the road toll down among our young people.

Have your say on renting law Jacinda Ardern’s government is making the laws about renting a home fairer and more modern, and we want to hear what you think.

The Government is committed to addressing the country’s current housing crisis on several fronts.

We’re building affordable KiwiBuild starter homes for first-home buyers.

We’re building more state houses.

We’re stopping overseas speculators from purchasing existing homes in New Zealand. And we’re closing tax loopholes that speculators exploit.

Making life better for renters is another important part of our housing plan.

Renting has become a life-long reality for many individuals and families.

More than one-third of all New Zealanders live in rental homes.

Our laws around renters’ rights haven’t kept up.

They are still designed around the idea that renting is a short-term arrangement for people without

children, and that renters will move frequently rather than set down roots in their community.

We are changing the law to make sure rental houses are warm and dry, and also to make renting more stable and secure.

In December 2017 we passed the Healthy Homes Guarantee Act, setting healthy homes standards for rental properties. And we recently introduced a law to ban letting fees, which will help reduce the cost of securing a rental home.

The next step is to update the Residential Tenancies Act, which is the law that sets the rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants. We want to hear your views.

You can have your say by going to: www.mbie.govt.nz/rta-reform

So said former United States President Barack Obama in 2016 on the subject of ‘fake news’. The University of Waikato’s pro vice-chancellor of teaching and learning, Dr Tracy Boswell, will be taking up the discussion in a free public lecture at Trinity Wharf in Tauranga on Monday, September 3, from 6pm-7pm entitled ‘Truth is our only weapon – critical thinking and post-truth’.

Tracy will be addressing the challenges to good argumentation and reasoning posed by the post-truth order, arguing that we need an approach to critical thinking that not only teaches the skills of good reasoning and critical analysis of others’ reasoning, but that enculturates the values of which responsible inquiry is comprised.

Registrations for the lecture are essential and can be made at: www.events.waikato.ac.nz/events

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Katikati marches in honour of suffragists Katikati will turn back the clock 125 years on Saturday, September 15. But just for the day when the historic town marks a momentous day in New Zealand political development.

The town’s women are invited to dress in Victorian style, create banners selling women’s messages and march up the town’s main street to celebrate New Zealand women being enfranchised.

Banners of the time suggested that “to ask freedom for women is not a

crime” and “suffrage prisoners should not be treated as criminals”. There will be a $50 prize for the best banner featuring current women’s issues.

This is a free, fun event beginning at Uretara Domain in Katikati at 11.30am. The march will proceed to the Memorial Hall where former Prime Minister Helen Clark will be the guest of honour at 1pm.

This will be followed by an afternoon of entertainment.

A Katikati family whose great, great-grandmother was Annie Jane Schnackenberg, a Wesleyan missionary, temperance and welfare worker, and suffragist, will lead the

Women will be dressed in Victorian clothing while holding placards promoting modern messages on September 15.

parade. Annie was a driving force behind New Zealand women getting the vote and was Kate Shepherd’s right-hand woman.

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demonstration held on Monday, September 3, where women will be dressed head-to-toe in Victorian clothing and holding modern placards as they chain

themselves together on the museum forecourt in Katikati.

For more information go to: www.katikati.org.nz or call: 07 549 5250.

New strategic direction for small business A Small Business Council has been appointed to advise the Government on strategic opportunities for improving the performance of the sector.

The 13-member council has a fixed term of one year.

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Kids inspiration in diabetes book Arataki School student Kayelani Edwards is amazed to find herself a published illustrator.

The six-year-old’s colourful artwork is one of 15 hand-drawn pictures featured in a bilingual book that aims to combat type 2 diabetes.

The health education book has been written by Tauranga author Debbie McCauley and funded by Zespri, with illustrations created by students from the school’s Maori language Kopukairoa unit.

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said after seeing her work in print. “I’ll show Mum and Dad. I think they might be proud of me.”

The book is part of a wider education project, instigated and funded by Zespri, to help children and their families understand how lifestyle changes can halt progression of the preventable disease.

In November last year Zespri employees teamed up with local educators and medical experts to deliver a five-day health promotion and type 2 diabetes prevention programme that included a free breakfast, games and lessons, as well as diabetes testing for parents and whanau.

‘Eloquent but powerful’ This week Kayelani and 87 fellow The project has drawn praise students saw their newly-published from medical professionals who creation for the first time. deal with diabetes.

Each received a personal “It is a wonderful resource with copy of ‘Maia the Brave – wonderful artwork,” says Starship a Type 2 Diabetes Story’.

Hospital paediatric nurse Extra copies will be specialist Rita Sigley. given to the Arataki “The community should be School library, to proud that they were involved Tauranga’s public in sending such an eloquent but libraries and other powerful message.” school libraries around Later this year Zespri nutrition Tauranga, as well as scientist Juliet Ansell will Merivale and Greerton help deliver the education Julia drew a ‘rainbow of healthy food’ for the Village Schools. programme to another two book. When she visits her grandmother in “I’m happy it was schools in Te Kaha.

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Grand plan to get around hospitals The Bay of Plenty District Health Board needed data on travel in and around its two hospitals at Tauranga and Whakatane.

So it went to those affected.

Nearly 1600 people, including staff, patients and visitors responded to a survey looking at travel solutions.

“We’d like to thank everyone for really getting on board with it,” says medical officer of health Dr Phil Shoemack, who is a member of the BOPDHB Travel Plan Group.

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Author Debbie McCauley reads the Zespri-gifted book with illustrators Julia Samuelu, 8, and Kayelani Edwards, 6.

Porter initiated the project after discussing the fact that Maori are 50 per cent more likely than Europeans to develop preventable diabetes.

“Once we understood how badly this preventable disease was affecting people in our community and how few resources there were for children, we had to find a way to help,” says Juliet.

“I wish we could do more and we’d really like to see this programme grow.

“In the meantime, we’ve set aside a classroom set of these beautiful books to give to Te Kaha students, as a gift from the pupils at Arataki.”

Author Debbie McCauley is working on a larger, hard-cover version of the book, which tells the story of a boy who helps his favourite aunt after she is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

This week, she and a teacher from the school read part of the book aloud in English and Maori. Zespri staff then handed out copies to the children, with

help from The Centre for Health clinic manager Hannah Lowe.

The clinic offered advice and practical help with the school programme.

Kayelani Edwards flips to the page she illustrated, depicting a range of food that is healthy to eat.

“The comments sections have been revealing as well, with some themes coming through and some great suggestions being made.”

The Travel Plan Survey ran for three weeks. Of those completing the survey, 1180 were BOPDHB employees and 401 were patients and visitors.

There were sweeteners – every respondent was in to win weekly prizes of $60 bike vouchers and $40 bus vouchers, as well as the grand prize of an e-bike trial for a week.

It was won by Helen Surgeoner from Tauranga.

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Survey shows game development rise New Zealand’s game development industry earned a record $143 million in the last financial year.

The annual revenue represents a 43 per cent rise on the previous year.

The survey of 41 New Zealand Game Developers Association studios found 93 per cent of this revenue came from exports of digital creative software, and the number of artists and developers employed in the industry rose 10 per cent.

“The results are a testament to the wealth of talent in New Zealand’s

game development industry,” says Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Minister Clare Curran. “The industry continues to go from strength to strength.

“It’s great to see the top quality work that comes out of these studios is staking its claim on the international stage.”

The survey also highlights areas that can be improved and, if addressed, could help realise the potential of New Zealand’s game development industry.

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Saying ‘no’ to plastic Bay of Plenty residents are sending a message loud and clear by taking a stance against single-use plastic items.

The efforts are not just being shown from retailers, but also from consumers.

Countdown supermarkets within the Bay of Plenty are among a long list of grocers doing their part to help minimise waste.

Tauranga store manager Craig Taylor says Tauranga and Bethlehem stores are some of the first in the region to have phased out single-use plastic bags.

“We are completely free of them at our checkouts, and in their place we are offering our eco-bags along with another type of plastic bag which can be used up to 10 times.”

Eco-bags can also be replaced and recycled at the store, no matter where they are from, completely free of charge, he says.

“Ninety-nine per cent of customers are for it.

“We did a lot of advertising in the month leading up to it and so most of them are ready.”

And the efforts don’t stop at the checkouts, with some customers indicating the will to minimise waste

even further, bringing their own containers into stores to use in other departments.

“Because of the strict regulations around food handling, especially in deli, and how new this is we are saying ‘no’ for now,” says Craig.

“Some people might come in thinking their containers are clean but you never know whether they are and the risk that creates.”

Regardless, the impact at the checkout is making a difference and the statistics back that up.

“When all stores come on board it’s estimated we will be preventing about 42,000 plastic bags going into waterways every week,” says Craig.

“In the past year all Countdown stores have also began minimising plastic use within produce departments by switching to cardboard or leaving produce loose.

“Already we’ve removed 70 tonnes of plastic from the produce department.”

The next stores in line to phase out single-use plastic bags in the region include Countdown Bayfair, Papamoa, Te Puke, Rotorua and Whakatane, which will cease their use of single-use plastic bags at Sam Gardner checkouts from September 3.

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Crazy speed, debts and redemption ‘Quocunque jeceris stabi’ – motto of the Isle of Man, 600 square kilometres of motorcycling heaven, or motorcycling graveyard, in the Irish Sea. “Officially it translates as ‘whichever way you throw, it will stand’,” says Omokoroa motorcycling nut, Malcolm Brown.

It’s reflected in the distinctive Manx flag – a triskelion, three goldenarmoured legs and golden spurs on a red background.

“So, whichever way I fall, I will land on my feet.

“That hasn’t always happened for me, but I keep coming back,” says Malcolm.

This is a story about high speed, crazy speed, a crash – a business one – debt and a man’s bid for redemption.

Malcolm plans to compete in the Isle

Above: Malcolm Brown thinks, dreams, lives racing bikes. Right: Winning. Malcom Brown shows his form Photos: Nikki South. of Man’s Manx Grand Prix and Classic TT event in September next year.

“It’s for young riders starting out and older blokes on older bikes who want to keep racing the Isle of Man.” At 68, Malcolm qualifies as an older bloke.

And there’s also a RS250R V-twin Honda two-stroke developing 90 break horsepower and weighing 100kg waiting for him in England.

But first, there’s unfinished business at home, business that must be tidied.

Because Malcolm’s a debtor looking for a couple of creditors. It doesn’t usually work that way, which tells us something about the man.

“I had a business – Brownie’s Brewery and Motorcycle Museum in Katikati.” The business went belly up, he was bankrupted and two creditors remain

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Celebrating achievers and contributors Nominations are open for the Katikati and Waihi Beach Community Awards which recognise excellence in all sectors of the community.

There are two distinct sections – first the Community Excellence Peoples’ Choice Awards.

That includes sports coach of the year, individual sportsman of the year, sports team of the year, best volunteer group, best individual volunteer, best arts individual, retail business of the year, hospitality business of the year, and service business of the year.

Then there are the Business Excellence Awards which is the judged section. There’s the innovation award, environment and community award, and the tourism award.

A lot of passionate work goes on behind the scenes of the region’s community and business organisations. These awards are a chance to recognise those important and hard-working groups and individuals.

To nominate an individual or organisation go to: www.katikatiwaihibeachcommunityawards.co.nz/nominate.html

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unpaid. Everything’s settled according to Malcolm, except a kitchenhand owed $1500 and an electrician owed $4500.

“I have tried to find them, but I can’t. I told them at the time I would pay them. I have saved the money, it’s in the bank and I want to pay them.”

He hopes this story may flush them out. “Then I can focus on the Isle of Man without a conscience.”

Isle of Man is the world’s most dangerous motorsport circuit – 257 deaths over the past 111 years, including two this year.

“No, it doesn’t hold any fears for me,” says Malcolm, turning away from his business demons to his passion.

“It’s more dangerous for me to ride from Omokoroa to my job in 9th Ave. Cars are the problem, no respect at all. But racing on the Isle of Man, you are all going in the same direction, and you know where you are and where you are going.”

Even at 273km/hr up the mountain and through the village of Crosby. “When the white dotted line becomes one big white line, you are moving.” A fast and smooth ride is the ticket, he reckons. Fast and smooth.

Malcom raced at the 1980 Manx Grand Prix, winning a newcomer’s award, lapping at 154km/hr. “It was so foggy I couldn’t see the rev counter.

“I just watched the white lines and wherever they went I pointed the bike.

“Would it be cheeky for me to ask for help to get there? I want my bike to be called City of Tauranga with an appropriate livery?” He intends inviting some local businesses to a meeting to test interest.

But either way he’s going; either way he will be at Isle of Man next year.

The man who drove his way out of a financial mire at the wheel of commuter buses is hell-bent.

“For two years after the business folded I hid because I was ashamed.” He just needs to find that kitchen hand and the electrician, redemption will be complete and he can attack the bucket list.

Anyone interested in helping Malcolm with his venture could email: 1950mjb@gmail.com.

He would also be very glad to hear from the electrician and the kitchenhand so he can finish some business.

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Cure Kids’ annual Red Nose Day returns this September and aims to be bigger than ever, with Kiwis invited to enjoy a range of activities throughout the month to raise more than $1 million towards vital research to improve, extend and save the lives of Kiwi kids.

Traditionally, Red Nose Day fundraising has been centred around one day, however, the Red Nose Appeal will run throughout the month of September, allowing New Zealanders to get even more involved – from hosting mufti days, raffles and morning teas, to taking on fundraising challenges – in the build-up to the iconic day itself, Red Nose Day, on Friday September 28.

"Red Nose Day holds a special place in the hearts of many Kiwis, many of whom will remember the first one held back in 1989," says Cure Kids CEO Frances Benge.

"This year we’re planning to make the Red Nose Appeal one of the biggest yet to help fund high-impact medical research by experts committed to actively finding cures and better treatments for serious childhood conditions."

Funds raised from the Red Nose Appeal will go towards important areas of child health, including stillbirth, cystic fibrosis, child cancers, obesity, autism spectrum disorders, asthma, inherited heart conditions, mental health, infectious diseases, epilepsy and type 1 diabetes.

Get your red nose on for Red Nose Day on September 28.

Schools, communities and businesses around the country are invited to think creatively when it comes to initiating fundraising activities this year.

From hosting an event to selling homemade goods, or setting a challenge and asking friends and family to donate in support, there are plenty of ways to get involved.

Those keen to don a novelty red nose can head to Briscoes, Rebel Sports stores and Columbus Coffee cafes in September to make a $3 donation for one of the limitededition noses, designed by Kiwi kids. For more information about how to join in the Red Nose Appeal visit www.rednoseday.co.nz

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Don’t get star-struck – get your tickets early The Weekend Sun has two double passes to Stars under the Stars for two lucky readers who can tell us how many tickets were sold for Steve Cummins at the 2007 concert?

Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competition section. Entries must be received by Tuesday, September 4.

Direct from Australia, Steve Cummins’ ‘The Neil Diamond Superhits Show’ at Classic Flyers on December 9.

Music fans of the 1970s and 1980s have the chance to jump the online queue next week when tickets go on sale at Baycourt for Stars Under The Stars highly-anticipated return.

Next Tuesday and Wednesday tickets will be on sale exclusively at Baycourt Ticketek. The remainder of the 3000 tickets will then be released online and over the phone.

Stars Under The Stars returns to the summer events calendar on December 9 at Classic Flyers.

Concert promoter Craig Wilson of Premium Entertainment says with one of Australia’s biggest tribute acts, ‘The Neil Diamond Superhits Show’, and 2016 Variety Artists Club of New Zealand Benny Awards Top Group ‘Dreams – The Fleetwood Mac Experience’, hitting the stage, tickets will sell fast.

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Performer Steve Cummins, now in his 25th year on the Australian and international touring circuit, was a hit at the 2007 concert, selling 5000 tickets in just nine days, while ‘Dreams - The Fleetwood Mac Experience’ is regarded as one of New Zealand’s most celebrated tribute acts.

“The buzz around town of the outdoor concert’s return has been phenomenal, and so, we want to say thanks for the support by giving locals the chance to secure their tickets before the rest of the nation,” says Craig.

“Such a line-up highlights the appeal Stars Under The Stars and the Bay of Plenty holds.

It promises to be a wonderful night.”

The 2018 Stars Under The Stars at Classic Flyers is on Sunday, December 9, from 6pm-10pm with gates opening from 4pm.

For more information visit: www.facebook.com/starsunderthestarsnz

Your chance to learn how to save and invest If you want to learn about saving and investing, or making the most of Kiwisaver, head along to Tauranga Library next week for some special Money Week events.

The theme of this year’s Money Week is financial resilience – how prepared are we to weather the financial storms that life throws at us?

Through the 'Weather Life's Storms' campaign from September 3-9 people will be asked to think about three areas they can bolster – an emergency savings account, insurance to cover losses they can’t easily absorb, and making sure they have a will to protect the interests of their loved ones.

Financial planner, mentor and coach Sharon Giblett from Jigsaw Financial Solutions Ltd will be presenting two free Sorted seminars at Tauranga Library.

The first seminar from 12.30-1.30pm on Wednesday, September 5 is titled ‘Saving and Investing’ and will introduce participants to the basic principles for saving and investing.

No booking required.

The second seminar from 5.30-6.30pm on Thursday, September 6 is titled ‘Dialling up a KiwiSaver’ and will cover the key ways to optimise participants’ KiwiSaver experience and get the best results. Booking is required for this seminar at: www.eventbrite.co.nz Through Sorted, the Commission for Financial Capability provides ideas and resources to help workplaces, schools, community groups and government agencies run their own activities and awareness campaigns.

Visit www.moneyweek.org.nz to see how you can be part of it.

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Delivering for talent key The visit of Northern League division one champions Melville United to Links Ave a couple of weeks ago to take on the Bay of Plenty’s highest-ranked football club Tauranga City was a bit of an eye-opener.

As painful as it may be to admit, the Hamilton club showed what a slick operation looks like. Their organisation on and off the pitch was in a different league.

The two clubs have been playing at the same level this season, but that will change next year as Melville has won promotion to the Northern League’s Premier division while Tauranga City has just survived relegation to division two.

That will mean two Waikato clubs in the nation’s second highest league behind the national ISPS Handa Premiership, as Melville joins Hamilton Wanderers in that rarefied ai .

By contrast, the Bay has Tauranga City in division one, and Ngongotaha in division two. Then it’s another drop down to the likes of Papamoa, Tauranga Blue Rovers, Otumoetai and Tauranga Boys’ College in the WaiBOP Federation’s Loaded Premiership.

Obviously, there’s a big difference in overall playing strength between the two regions.

For this reason it is heartening to see the new initiative recently announced by Tauranga City chairperson Brendon McHugh.

The club has lured WaiBOP Federation football development officer arry Gardiner to sign on in a full-time technical director role.

He’ll be heading up a talent development panel rich in coaching and development experience at junior, youth and senior levels, including Gareth Thomson, Maia Ririnui, Cameron Grieve and the club’s first team coach Nic Millichip.

So the good intentions are there, but will the follow-up be as strong?

The Bay has seen clubs trumpeting grandiose elite development plans, only to fall away when the rubber hits the road, before. Players – and parents who often foot large chunks of the bill – have been left feeling seriously let down.

The signs are positive, however, that Tauranga City is aware of this issue of setting expectations too high and then failing to deliver, and is determined not to

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Tauranga City has made a commitment to developing more young talent like Riley Bidois and Jay Silcock. fall into the same trap.

It comes down to the commitment of the people making it happen, says Nic Millichip.

“We’ve got to drive it. The club is committed to it but we – Barry, myself, Maia, Cam – we need to drive it and make sure things are happening. These things can’t just be a flash-in-the-pan. t is actually putting these things in place and then working on it and being consistent in what we put out there.

“It just takes time, and we’ve got to put the effort in to build it, and make sure we’re getting other people in and really driving it.”

Bringing back Barry Gardiner, who made a big impression with the club in the senior men’s head coach role last year, is an excellent step, Nic says.

“Yeah it’s great getting Barry.

“We worked well together last year, and I’m really pleased he’s going to be back with us too.

“He’s got a lot of strings to his bow in coach education and places he’s been, and lots of experience, which I think we can all feed off and challenge each other to an extent to become better coaches.” So the signs are good that Tauranga City’s initiative will produce results, not just to help its own top teams reach their Northern Premier League goals but for the wider game in the Bay of Plenty as well.

But as any good striker will tell you, goals only come if you get the delivery right.

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Happy days at last for Bay of Plenty rugby

It has not been easy supporting the Bay of Plenty Steamers over the years.

It has mostly been a case of “Fortune’s always hiding, I’ve looked everywhere”, to paraphrase West Ham United’s anthem ‘I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles’, rather than ‘We are the Champions’.

My journey began as a little kid packed in with 21,000 others at the Tauranga Domain in 1971 when the Bay came so close to beating the record-breaking British Lions side.

I’ve often thought there was a sporting curse on the Steamers.

Perhaps no other union could win the inaugural NPC in 1976 then get relegated the next year.

Certainly the Ranfurly Shield challenges have been blighted apart from one success against Auckland in 2004.

In 1922 against the famous Hawke’s Bay side, Bay

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Hamilton, Hastings, Rotorua and Tauranga are starring for the Bay of Plenty under-19 side.

Last Saturday they thrashed the Taranaki under-19 side 94-0 in a fearsome show of power rugby.

They will be highly favoured at next month’s Jock Hobbs Memorial National U19 tournament in Taupo.

The experience of playing Super Rugby for much of the starting forwards is another key factor in the great start by the Steamers.

The improvement in flanker Mitchell

‘Mitch’ Karpik’s game from another season mentored by Sam Cane at the Chiefs is clearly evident.

Next up for the Steamers is the mighty Canterbury team on Saturday here in Tauranga.

Wins over the red and blacks are rare indeed but this is the best chance in years.

So grab a ticket and give the shaky old Tauranga Domain another glory day – just like in 1971, but with a better result.

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of Plenty missed a lastsecond conversion from in front to lose 17-16. Against Canterbury in 1984, Bay’s Peter Kennedy scored near the posts with time up and only the conversion needed to win the shield, but the local referee ruled the try out.

At Eden Park in 1996, the Steamers were ahead 29-11 with just eight minutes to play and somehow lost the game. In 2015 Bay of Plenty lost 23-17 to Hawke’s Bay after what was a legitimate last-play try was ruled out in error by referee Ben O’Keeffe.

But that is all in the past.

With Bay of Plenty’s magnificent start to the 2018 Mitre 10 Cup Championship it seems the curse has finally lifted on the blue and golds.

Back-to-back wins over Premiership sides Taranaki and Counties Manukau have shown levels of resilience and playing depth not normally associated with the Steamers.

Last Thursday night they fielded their fifth and sixth-ranked hookers in Te Puna’s Angus McDonald and Greerton Marist’s Joe Key, with both playing key roles in the inspired 22-17 victory.

The level of depth across all positions in the squad is testimony to the work done in attracting players by director of rugby and Maori All Blacks coach, Clayton McMillan, with the full support and backing of CEO Mike Rogers and the Bay of Plenty board.

And what a difference it is making.

Long-term the future looks positive indeed.

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She knows there is more to what someone wants in a home than just four walls and a roof. She strives to make the process as easy as possible by helping coordinate and navigate all the turns and negotiations along the way.

Susan has superb skills in relating to people, attention to detail, an infectious enthusiasm and an open and transparent style.

A Tauranga local having raised her own family in the area, this has given Susan an understanding of the benefits of location and how to best advise buyers and sellers to meet their specific requirements.

Susan is thrilled to be a sales consultant as well as an owner for Tall Poppy Real Estate Tauranga.

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Looking for NZ’s budding Young Gardener A national search is on for young Kiwi gardeners, aged five-15 years, who love getting into the garden.

The inaugural Yates Budding Young Gardener 2018 competition will see the lucky winner become a Yates ambassador for one year and win a family trip to Australia.

Judge and gardening guru Ruud Kleinpaste says getting our kids into the garden is the best thing we can do for them and for the planet.

“The next generation of New Zealanders is becoming more and more disconnected from nature as digital devices demand more time and ‘eyeballs’, rather than getting outside and into nature.

“Yates Budding Young Gardener aims to

celebrate a love of gardening and encourage children of all levels of capability to further develop their passion. Whether children are just starting out or have been gardening for a few years and know how to sow seeds, rustle up a few radishes and turn lemons into lemonade – we want to hear from them all,” says Ruud.

Sarah O'Neil, author, gardening columnist and popular speaker will be joining Ruud on the judging panel.

Seven regional winners will be selected by the judges to win a Yates hamper valued at more than $300.

They will also go through to the final, with the grand winner being chosen through a public voting system.

The grand prize includes a Queensland family holiday as well as spending a day with a Yates horticulturist picking up some great skills and tips.

Keen gardeners aged five-15 years can enter by going to: https://a.cstmapp.com/p/27268 Entries close September 17.

Diverse views and communities It has been a busy week balancing my responsibility as a local MP with my role as Opposition Spokesperson for climate change.

The week started with an inspirational and challenging visit to the Papamoa Support Centre on Hartford Ave. A special shout-out needs to go to these ladies who do an extraordinary job supporting those in our community who are most in need of our collective care.

I then hit the road as part of my Zero Carbon Bill Roadshow for public meetings in Invercargill, Christchurch and Whakatane where the views shared were as diverse as the communities I visited.

While on the road I also managed to squeeze in a conversation with Ngai Tahu about their work in the climate space and had an opportunity to visit the smelter at Tiwai Point, New Zealand’s largest electricity consumer, to talk about what a zero carbon future might mean for its business, employees and community.

It was then back to the Bay to speak at the Lifelines Group Annual Forum about managing natural hazards to reduce the risk for our community, followed by a meeting for seniors with guest speaker Matt King, MP for Northland.

As hectic as this job can be, I absolutely love it.

Thank you for your continued support.

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Where to look if you’re kneading a loaf You may have noticed that your favourite organic sourdoughs are not available from the same places as before. Flaveur Breads has decided to concentrate on its own bakery cafes and markets rather than re-selling through other shops and outlets.

Don’t worry however, as there are plenty of opportunities for you to get your healthy bread fix.

Flaveur Breads are available at the Flaveur Breads bakery at 31 Totara St, Mount Maunganui, Flaveur Breads 2nd Ave Cafe at 94 Second Ave, Tauranga, along with the local Farmers’ Market on Saturdays at Tauranga

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Enjoying the darker things in life It’s easy to forget it’s still winter here in gorgeous Tauranga – for a few days more at least – and for beer lovers this is the perfect time to jump over to the dark side and enjoy one of life’s simple pleasures.

Dark beers are like comfort food, offering up delicious malty goodness best enjoyed at room temperature or slightly chilled.

They come in many styles and have been around since beer’s creation. In fact, up until around 150 years ago pretty much all beers were black, dark or deep brown, owing to the roasting of grains over open fires to make the malt used for brewing.

Here in New Zealand, the mainstream dark beer choices were limited to Coopers and Vita Stout, both very robust, roasty, slightly astringent and not for the

faint-hearted.

The early-1980s saw the arrival of Mac’s Black Mac followed

by Monteiths Black, both being described as mild ales and eminently more drinkable. The arrival of Craft Breweries has seen a rise in the number of dark beers now available, and typical of their amazing creativity, different ingredients are being used to change the perception of what stout once was.

Today we review Behemoth’s Triple Chocolate Milk Stout.

Pouring it from the bottle sees a creamy

head which works to hold the delicious chocolatey aroma in the glass. The beer’s colour is a deep, dark brown with a slightly reddish tinge. The first sip takes you to Willy Wonka’s chocolate land, with loads of tiny bubbles scooting around your tongue bringing you back to reality.

This beer is quite strong at 6.5 per cent alcohol, but you wouldn’t know it. It is also slightly sweet, as you would expect from the addition of lactose in a milk stout. The finish is long and chocolatey but begs you to take another sip.

Overall, it’s a great beer as is proven by the many awards it has won.

Try it at room temperature or very lightly chilled with a fudge brownie or chocolate cake, or just on its own in front of the fire.

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What makes Te Puke tick “There’s something special happening here.” for the annual school ball recently – trucks, cars, motorbikes, the works. It’s an event in itself and the Here being Te Puke.

“The way the town turns out is fantastic. Says something about the community I have moved to.”

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town turns out to cheer.

“It’s another reason for me moving from Papamoa to Te Puke,” says the face.

“It’s about pride and caring,” said Nana waiting to see her granddaughter in all her finery.

“Nice things happen in this town.”

What kind of nice things? What sets this town of 8200 (as of June 2017) apart, this town borne of flaxmills and sawmills, a little old gold from the hills and a bundle of new gold, kiwifruit.

You don’t have to scratch too deep to find nice things. Or nice people, people like John Shrestha.

A Nepali-born Kiwi, he’s part of the town’s rich ethnic tapestry. Every Wednesday John fires up his “big barbecue machine” and cooks local schoolkids a sausage with bread – 50 sausages and 50 pieces of bread. And tomato sauce because kids like tomato sauce.

“This is a prosperous country, yet kids go to school without food.

“I wondered how that was possible. I can’t believe so many school children are so vulnerable.”

John’s a professional chef, runs the Te Puke Diner.

“More than just a café” the sign says. John was loathe to talk about the sausages. That’s not the style in Te Puke. “Because it’s not about business, this is about my heart.

“I want to do more, I want every child to get lunch, a decent meal.”

Not just random schools chosen every Wednesday, but every school every day.

When he arrived in New Zealand people reached out to John and his wife. Now he’s passing on the goodwill.

And being rewarded with little smiles and little notes of gratitude.

“It’s an amazing place to live,” says Te Puke champion Monique Lints.

“Without a doubt.” She talks about collaboration.

“For example the community garden and the Daily Cafe in town are getting referrals to teach families how to cook for themselves.

“They are sending these people home with skills. They’re amazing.”

Te Puke is a melting pot. Skim through the student register at Te Puke High School and you will see an extraordinary 45 different ethnic groups represented in its classrooms. They are differences that are celebrated – at school and in town where they fly flags in recognition.

“Welcome to our Pacific Island neighbours,” says one banner slung from a light standard high above a leafy, tree-lined avenue that is Te Puke’s main street. Another flapped its appreciation of the town’s Indian community and a third its Nepali people – like John Shrestha. He would be humbled.

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Then there was a “beautiful Cinderella story” on the day of the local school ball. There was one young woman who could not afford any of the trappings – the evening wear, the hair and makeup, or even the ticket.

She dropped by Vector Group Charitable Trust’s pop-up beauty shop – a little venture offering donated evening wear, suits, hair styling and makeup to make the ball accessible and affordable to all the kids .

“It was amazing,” says the trust’s Tracey Fawcett. “She slipped into a donated dress that still had tags attached. She looked amazing. She had her hair and make-up donated and her ticket paid for. What a beautiful, beautiful story.” A Te Puke story.

But the pop-up shop was more about changing a mindset – that kids didn’t have to spend crazy amounts of money they didn’t have to go to a ball.

“You don’t have to have a brand new dress,” says Tracey. “It’s actually okay to borrow, return and pass on.

“It’s changing a culture.”

Even the Te Puke High head boy and head girl brought in and borrowed because they loved the idea of

sustainability around their school ball. cottage pie event once a month.

“So cool, eh?” says Tracey.

Volunteers whip up donated ingredients into 60 And if food is the ingredient cottage pies, or crisis meals. They go out to families that binds people then Te Puke is and people who need them. inextricably glued.

And there’s pizza night. Every month 80-100 A local cafe has a pay-it-forward people call into the cafe for a pizza. Some bring coffee scheme. “Some people with toppings, some bring conversation, some bring a little extra money can afford nice dollops of caring, sharing and love. It’s about coffees and there are others in town connecting people with the town in which they live. who need a little love and care and somewhere to be,” says Chrissi Robinson of the trust that runs Daily Café.

So, those who can buy one and also shout one.

And the Daily Cafe hands them out to people struggling in different ways.

The cafe is run by to uty shop – you don’t have a trust with a vision The school ball pop-up bea nt. eve big the that everyone is Te spend crazy money to be at Puke is thriving and connected.

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And food is the catalyst.

There’s been enormous growth in Te Puke in recent times. “Lots of new people because Auckland is too expensive, and Tauranga’s too expensive,” says Monique Lints. “So why not live in Te Puke with its country and community feel and a place where everyone supports and cares about each other.”

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Uniting against cancer on Daffodil Day The Cancer Society needs your support this Daffodil Day to help beat cancer in New Zealand.

Today, August 31, more than 12,000 volunteers will take to the streets around the country as part of the Cancer Society’s largest annual fundraiser.

Every dollar dropped into collection buckets or donated online will be spent on supporting New Zealanders with all types of cancer and helping prevent future cancers through education, advocacy and vital research.

“Come rain or shine, we have more than 1400 volunteers who are committed to helping at more than 250 collection sites across our region on Daffodil Day,” says Waikato/Bay of Plenty Cancer Society fundraising manager Catriona Findlay.

“Many of them have their own personal story and wear their daffodil not only as a symbol of

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Catriona says money raised from Daffodil Day helps the society to provide supportive care services for people with cancer, as well as their families, carers and friends.

The Cancer Society is a nonprofit organisation which relies on fundraising, donations and sponsorship to provide its free services and programmes.

“From providing practical and emotional support to helping Kiwis reduce their risk, every dollar goes a long way to make a difference in our communities,” says Catriona.

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Funds raised during the annual appeal will help ensure no one in the Waikato/Bay of Plenty region has to face cancer alone. Thanks to the generosity of the public on Daffodil Day, the Cancer Society can provide practical and emotional support for people affected by cancer, help Kiwis reduce their risk through education and advocacy, and fund research into the causes and treatment of cancer.

Below are some of the ways that donations have helped the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Cancer Society make a difference over the past year: Cancer Society supportive care nurses have been there 9913 times to offer advice,

information, advocacy and a listening ear to someone with cancer, their whanau or friends.

There are 151 support group meetings, 1477 therapeutic massages provided to assist with care and recovery during treatment, 1480 frozen meals delivered, 10,499 bed nights provided at the Cancer Society’s Lions Lodge for people who need to travel for treatment at Waikato Hospital, and 28,497 meals served to lodge guests.

There have been 77,350km travelled by volunteer drivers transporting people to and from treatment and medical appointments, and $196,973 funding for research.

The Cancer Society would like to thank The Weekend Sun and the businesses who have supported Daffodil Day with 10 per cent of the cost from each advertisement in this feature being donated to the Cancer Society.

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Vintage car owners rally for Cancer Society Local vintage car enthusiasts raised about $2000 for the Waikato/Bay of Plenty branch of the Cancer Society last weekend at the Bay of Plenty Vintage Car Club’s Daffodil Rally for Cancer.

The Bay of Plenty club was one of 36 branches around the country that held a rally to support the Cancer Society. Last year, the clubs raised a combined $40,000 and were hoping to top that amount this year.

Bay of Plenty club captain Kaaren Smylie says Sunday’s event

attracted about 125 cars, including 10 car clubs from throughout the Bay of Plenty, who each paid $10.

The rally set off from the clubrooms in Cliff Rd about 1pm on Sunday August 26, and took an 80km ramble south of Tauranga, taking in beautiful rural, bush and ocean views along the way.

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About 30 volunteers from the Bay of Plenty Vintage Car Club also delivered daffodils to Tauranga businesses on Tuesday as part of the Waikato/Bay of Plenty branch of the Cancer Society’s annual fresh daffodil delivery fundraiser.

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Da˜ odil Day Getting behind fresh daffodils The Tauranga business community has again shown its generosity, purchasing 1450 bunches of fresh daffodils in support of the Cancer Society’s annual Daffodil Day appeal.

Over the past month, volunteers spent countless hours phoning and emailing businesses to pre-sell the daffodils to local businesses, says Waikato/Bay of Plenty Cancer Society’s fundraising manager Catriona Findlay.

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A late diagnosis of a tumour in her right leg – 11 years and two operations after she first felt a lump – meant the treatment for Neata’s cancer would be daily and intense.

An extremely high dose of radiation was given to Neata every day for six weeks, resulting in all the skin melting off her lower leg and thigh.

It would take nurses an hour every day to dress her leg following the radiation. “I was asked on numerous occasions throughout the treatment whether I wanted to stop for a rest as the treatment was so severe. I knew though that I couldn’t – the cancer had been in my

treatment. This is a very scary time for a system for so long and I needed to endure it to lot of people and they normally have a lot give me the best possible outcome,” she says.

With her son Jack’s second birthday looming, of questions.

“We help them to navigate this time, Neata was unable to walk by the end of her attending medical appointments if needed and treatment and often confined to a wheelchair offering them a range of support options. with horrific pain. Despite this, she put “Once people begin treatment, we provide a smile on her face and carried on as one-on-one support, frozen meals, normal, not wanting Jack to sense counselling, massage, transport and or remember any of the experiences anything else they or their whanau may she was having. require to get them through.

Stories like Neata’s are not “At the end of treatment our support unusual for the liaison nurses remains constant, but the focus at the Waikato/Bay of Plenty changes. We offer programmes Cancer Society. that assist people to live well “People come to us at following cancer treatment differing stages of their and help them to manage cancer journey,” the physical and emotional says liaison nurse effects of coming through Tammy Burgess. cancer treatment which “When people often stay with people are first diagnosed for life.” there is often a Read the rest of number of Tauranga’s Neata Wombwell says the support from the the story at www. weeks before Cancer Society was “instrumental” in her recovery. theweekendsun.co.nz they can start

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Steep rise in anti-psychotic prescriptions The prescription of drugs designed to treat conditions such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia has increased in New Zealand by almost 50 per cent in less than a decade, according to a new study.

But instead of indicating an increase in Kiwis with diagnosable psychiatric disorders, it is possible that people are using the prescription drug ‘off-label’ to calm, relax, control or aid their sleep.

The University of Otago, Christchurch study found one in 36 New Zealanders aged over 15 was dispensed an antipsychotic drug in 2015. The highest users are European females aged over 65, followed by Maori males aged 25-44.

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Tooth-conscious toddlers winning

Dozens of tooth-conscious tots have battled it out to be named the Western Bay’s best for healthy mouths.

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numbers of boats are moored together in marinas and harbours, the substances build up to concentrations that can affect people and the environment,” says Stephen.

“Anti-fouling paints have been a key biosecurity measure to prevent unwanted organisms being introduced and spread, and there are now alternatives which are less toxic to marine life in high concentrations.

“An EPA decision-making committee decided in a reassessment that the risks from some anti-fouling paints outweigh the benefits under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act. “Retailers can continue to sell and use remaining stock, and the public can continue to use the last of their products if they wish.”

From June 2023, anti-fouling paints that contain thiram will also be banned.

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Camellia Show Sunday 2 September, 1– 4pm Bob Owens Retirement Village You are warmly invited to view a display of award winning camellias from the Western Bay of Plenty Camellia Society.

Please bring a gold coin donation, all proceeds will go to Stroke Foundation NZ. Complimentary refreshments provided.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Tauranga’s Brodie Connolly has finished in 13th place at the recent Junior Motocross World Championships.

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Impressive finish for Connolly Tauranga’s Brodie Connolly finished in an impressive 13th place at the annual Junior Motocross World Championships in Australia last weekend.

The 14-year-old was one of the youngest riders at the event in the 125cc class, taking his KTM 125SX to finish 13th overall.

"I wasn’t really expecting to

finish up so high in the world championships," says Brodie.

"I have learned heaps from this weekend and will take that away with me. I got a little tired near the end of the races, so will need to work on my strength and fitness."

The young motorsport veteran has eight consecutive New Zealand Grand Prix titles and six New Zealand Motocross Championships – the first at the age of nine – under his belt.

Campbell makes huge steps forward at Coromandel Tauranga’s Phil Campbell has come away from the Hyundai NZ Goldrush Rally Coromandel ecstatic with the sixth-placed result achieved in only his second rally driving The Roofing Store Ford Fiesta AP4+.

closing the gap to sixth place down to less than three seconds.

Campbell stepped up another gear in the final loop of three stages, setting times that were within half a second per kilometre of the stage wins on the two gravel stages before another fifth fastest time on the short tarmac publicity stage secured the sixth-place result, only 30 seconds away from a top five finish.

“Honestly I don’t think we could’ve asked for a better result this event.

“The car felt awesome, it was doing everything I wanted it to and giving me so much confidence, which will only grow with more miles in the car.”

The Campbell Rallysport team now turn their attention to the Rally of the North based in Paihia on September 22.

Campbell debuted the car at Rally Canterbury earlier in the year but suffered overheating that led to an eventual engine failure, so he knew the Whitianga-based event would be a big learning curve.

Another change saw regular co-driver Mal Peden unavailable, so Matt Hayward was on pace-note duties. Campbell eased into his work with an 11th fastest time on the opening stage, the 22.6km Kennedy Bay test around the top of the Coromandel Peninsula.

He flew through stage two, recording the fifth fastest time, immediately moving him up to seventh place.

After the first service, a loop of three stages again saw Campbell on the pace, setting the Tauranga’s Phil Campbell competing in the sixth fastest time on the Hyundai NZ Goldrush Rally Coromandel. repeat of stage one and

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Clamping regulations good news for motorists The AA has cautiously welcomed the Government’s announcement to rein in wheel clampers by regulating a maximum clamping penalty of $100, but believes more needs to be done to regulate the industry.

The AA has been calling for the private parking sector to be regulated for years, including banning the practice of wheel clamping.

“The AA has described wheel clamping as the wild west, where operators clamp first and ask questions later and motorists are forced to pay huge amounts to get their car back,” says AA principal advisor - regulations Mark Stockdale.

“Having no regulations for

wheel clamping has allowed anyone to set themselves up in the clamping business and charge any penalties they like, on any private property, any time.”

Wheel clamping is one of the most common complaints the AA receives around carparking.

An AA survey of members shows 86 per cent see clamping as too harsh a penalty for someone who has overstayed in a carpark, while 66 per cent think clamping is too harsh for someone who has used a private carpark they are not allowed to use.

Often people complain they were clamped because there were no clear or visible signs explaining the rules of the carpark – a common failing of private carparks – or that they were clamped despite complying with the rules.

The AA was previously involved in the development of a voluntary Code of Practice for Parking Enforcement on

Private Land, which prioritises issuing breach notices and discourages the use of wheel clamping.

The major parking companies which are signatories to the code do not use wheel clamps for enforcement.

“While the AA would prefer wheel clamping to be banned like it is in the UK, this is a good first step and will help reduce the worst excesses of wheel

clamping,” says Mark.

“However, $100 is still disproportionate for the offence and it still doesn’t solve the problem of denying motorists the opportunity to dispute a wheel clamp penalty without paying on the spot.

“The AA also believes wheel clampers should be regulated the same way tow truck operators are.”

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In the heat of the moment you could be risking half the value of your hard-earned home by not adequately safeguarding your investment.

Under New Zealand relationship property law, the general position is if two people live together in a de facto relationship for three years or longer, they each have a 50 per cent claim on the home and chattels, regardless of their financial contribution.

Take someone who has diligently paid off their mortgage and is the proud owner of a freehold home.

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of their investment to a relationship property claim.

Or, a couple might choose to invest unequal contributions, but by law, if they don’t contract out of the Property (Relationships) Act 1976, their shares will default to the 50:50 rule.

It is also important to differentiate between owning property as joint tenants or tenants in common. The former means in the event of your death the property passes to the surviving co-owner, while the latter allows that share to be passed to those set out in your will. This is particularly important if you have children from an earlier relationship, whose inheritance you want to protect.

It is always easier, and more cost-effective, to address these issues at the outset by obtaining sound legal advice.

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Bunnings Warehouse Mount Maunganui has a range of free DIY workshops, including practical advice and handy hints on how to maintain the home.

There’s also plenty to inspire the little ones, with child-friendly book-builder, game-maker

and woodwork workshops to keep budding creatives entertained.

Held every Saturday and Sunday at 11am and 1pm, adults can boost their DIY know-how with a range of workshops, including tips to fix up your floors, nifty storage solutions and expert advice on how to save energy in the home.

For more information on the workshops available at Bunnings Warehouse Mount Maunganui go to: www.bunnings.co.nz

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A perfect outdoor solution this spring Are you looking for a gable, curved, mono-pitch or maybe even a custom shape pergola for your home? Undercover Industries can help. Come down to Undercover Industries on September 1 where the showroom will be open from 10am-2pm.

Undercover Industries creates unique made-tomeasure aluminium pergolas.

The company utilises high-grade structural aluminium extrusion and top-quality components, which are then manufactured by qualified fabrication engineers in high-grade facilities in Mount Maunganui.

The pergolas are a perfect outdoor solution – lowmaintenance and extremely durable while providing 99.9 per cent UV protection.

“We are proud to be locally manufactured; it allows us to design our pergolas specifically for the Bay’s conditions,” says director Gavyn Burns.

To celebrate the arrival of spring, Undercover Industries is promoting a sun-smart solution and giving back to an organisation that is close to people’s hearts.

“We decided that we will donate $100 to the

Waikato/Bay of Plenty Cancer Society for every Undercover Aluminium Pergola booked in the month of September,” says Gavyn.

“The Cancer Society is an independent non-profit organisation which relies on donations so they can provide services free of charge to support people in our community affected by cancer.”

Visit the showroom at 7 Cherokee Place, Mount www.newsie.co.nz Maunganui on Saturday, September 1 from 10am-2pm Aluminium Awning Specialists to experience the Undercover Industries step-by-step process in creating your dream outdoor solution.

Grab an on-site barista coffee from Forty Five & Co and chat to the team about creating the ultimate outdoor living experience.

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The bathroom your home deserves They may be new to the Bay, but Tauranga Bathrooms has been building and renovating Wellington bathrooms for more than 15 years.

Rich Speirs in a “Moving here for the lifestyle and to be closer to family was a no-brainer,” says director Richard Speirs.

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You need a builder who’ll work with your budgets, your timing, and of course deliver your dream home.

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The best, least stress result Classic Builders was born in the Bay of Plenty from a desire to build quality homes more efficiently, enabling affordability and innovation to take centre stage.

The company started doing just that and soon developed a reputation for delivering a compelling home-building experience.

Whether it’s your first home, or you’re designing and building your dream home, Classic Builders continuously goes above and beyond, creating extraordinary from ordinary every time for its clients.

But don’t just take their word for it, ask around, and see the ad on the opposite page to meet your local Classic Builders building consultants. They’re listeners first and

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To get in touch, give them a call on: 0508 4 CLASSIC, or send an email to : build@classicbuilders.co.nz Classic Builders has got the Bay of Plenty covered from Te Puke to Waihi,

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Or speak to Classic Builders about designing and building your dream home – there’s nothing more satisfying!

The Classic Builders design and build process will ensure you get the best, and least stressful, result.

Totally dependable plumbing just a call away A little leak might not seem like a big deal, industrial customers.

“All of our tradesmen are licensed but they do add up over time, wasting water plumbers and gasfitters, which means and costing you money. you have highly competent and knowledgeable tradesmen doing the work properly and efficiently the first time around.

“We also have a large team, so are very responsive.

“When we get the call that a client has an issue or a problem, we can get there straight away to get it sorted.”

Laser Plumbing Tauranga also offers an after hours callout service.

Need a totally dependable plumber?

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Laser Plumbing Tauranga Central is owned and operated by well-known local plumber Clyde Andrews and his wife Linda.

The team provides quality plumbing maintenance and servicing to Tauranga and the wider Western Bay of Plenty from Katikati to Papamoa.

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TrueStyle Pools and Landscaping will be a local company installing Whether you want a larger outdoor local product – it is the sole area that is perfect for the whole accredited agent in the Bay for family, or you need a design for a Superior Fibreglass Pools, which smaller area, TrueStyle Pools and are proudly made in Tauranga.

Landscaping is committed to finding The company also offers more the perfect solution for you. than just swimming pools.

From decking, concrete and paving, Once the pool is in the ground, to retaining walls and a range of TrueStyle does all the follow-up beautiful fencing options, TrueStyle work, laying concrete and lawn can design and build an outdoor area and putting up fencing, so it is a that completely transforms your home. complete landscaped area.

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Signature Homes’ official launch of its new mobile showroom at the Cheyne Road subdivision. development on the corner of Pyes Pa and Cheyne roads.

With a coffee cart, a barbecue sausage sizzle and rock painting, all supported by the team from More FM, there was plenty happening at the launch.

The new Signature Homes mobile showroom is a first for new home builders in the Bay of Plenty region.

It allows the team from Signature Homes to be present on-site in these new developments in a sales capacity to assist potential clients into a new house and land package.

The mobile showroom is fully transportable, like a caravan, and can be towed to any location.

It is fully-equipped with all modern office amenities, which gives clients all

new home options that are available within the Bay of Plenty region.

As a leading new home builder in Tauranga, Signature Homes has recognised the value of the Cheyne Road development, an inner city location close to the main arterial routes that run through Tauranga. The clients who are currently building in Cheyne Road have seen this value as well.

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More public housing for Bay of Plenty Up to 275 new public housing places will be made available in the Bay of Plenty during the next four years as part of the Government’s 2018 Public Housing Plan.

funded through a combination of $234.4 million in operating funding from Budget 2018, and $2.9 billion of Housing New Zealand borrowing from

There are currently 2661 public housing places in the region.

The Government has announced locations around New Zealand for 6400 new public housing places to be built during the next four years.

Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford has released the 2018 Public Housing Plan, which outlines the number and size of the homes that will be part of the biggest public housing programme in more than a decade.

The programme has been fully

Construction demand strong but growth hampered by capacity In contrast, concrete usage had risen in the ‘halo’ New Zealand’s construction sector is in regions of Waikato and Bay of Plenty, indicating a period of strong demand, underpinned strengthening construction activity in those regions. by an expanding population and tourism activity, but growth is hampered by capacity and financing constraints, according to a report on industry trends.

Global property firm Rider Levett Bucknall’s latest report on New Zealand trends in property and construction says underlying construction demand remains strong, but growth in construction is hampered by continued capacity and financing constraints in the construction sector.

RLB says some developments have been put on hold as they no longer meet feasibility criteria.

However, it said the Government’s ambitious Kiwibuild plan – to build 100,000 affordable dwellings during the next decade by underwriting the financing of housing developments – will ease some of the financing constraints in the construction sector, and likely see some developments brought forward over the next few years.

Nonetheless, capacity constraints remain and there is concern that labour shortages will become more acute with slowing migration levels.

RLB Wellington director Grant Watkins noted concrete usage had fallen across many regions, including Auckland and Canterbury, pointing to an easing in construction activity in those regions.

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third parties, with a further $900 million from its operations.

“Public housing is an essential part of helping families and vulnerable people with one of their most basic needs: housing,” says Phil.

“The waiting list for a state house – now at 8704 – shows the extent of

the suffering in our communities.”

Phil says the national housing crisis has hurt too many New Zealanders with many locked out of the Kiwi dream of home ownership, and others left homeless and suffering the health effects of poor quality housing.

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What’s wrong with Baypark?

If Simon Bridges (or any other MP) has been overspending, let him take the rap.

After all, it’s not his money he is spending, it’s government funds and inevitably taxpayers’ money.

What do we want to see in our government, councils and other officials who hold positions of social responsibility? Openness, honesty and transparency?

Simon Bridges, (and others) take responsibility for your actions. Come clean in 2018.

C Oliver, Pyes Pa.

I read Peter White’s article about the Tauranga Domain (SunLive, August 24) with interest.

I agree that we shouldn’t be missing out on big rugby matches here in the Tauranga area, but I cannot understand the short-sightedness of our locals and the TCC. Why, oh why do we keep going on about spending millions to upgrade the Domain when, with a lot less money, we could bring Baypark Stadium up to speed? It’s all there. Changing rooms, good seating, lights, and parking – lots of parking. The Domain has none of that.

Is it because you still see the Mount as separate from Tauranga? Too far away?

But you mention Blake Park as being so

good for cricket and the sevens. Isn’t that in Mount Maunganui?

I’ve heard it said that the seating is too far away from the field. Palmerston North is exactly the same and it hasn’t stopped them.

And how about the Sydney grandstand where you need binoculars to see the game!

You also mention about needing a large performing arts/conference centre and an outdoor sports/event stadium.

I’m sure that’s all at Baypark already. Stop knocking it. Bring it up to speed and start using it please!

D Joblin, Te Puke.

A fair future for all NZers

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them it’s been more than compensated by now.

Is there any thought of the many advantages that we all, Maori and European, have today due to our early European settlers’ hard work toil breaking our land, felling trees, building dwellings and carving out roads etc.? We never seem to show any recognition of these pioneers.

Let’s face facts and have a fair future for all.

Let common sense prevail.

We have a beautiful country, sadly lacking in sound sense and management.

One law for all.

I remain a proud New Zealander.

K Collingwood, Welcome Bay (Abridged).

Going too far Abuzz over bees

One wonders at times about the sanity of our council seat-warmers. What has got me worked up is the idiots want to limit the number of beehives to two per household, where is the sanity in this?

How many people have hives?

I don’t know anyone who has hives. I have seen a couple, yes, but how can more than two hives be a problem when we are close to being desperately short of bees?

Today, August 26, I saw my first bee since the onset of the colder months. Normally I would see plenty.

We need bees. I wonder how these poor councillors, who must suffer from melissophobia, are going to control where bumble bees nest?

Yes, I know there are people who can suffer badly following a bee sting, and that is a case where perhaps the number of hives could be controlled for public safety, but blanket control is really out of the question.

Without bees we are stuffed.

A Bourne, Bethlehem (Abridged).

Didn’t your mother tell you Brian, that one day you’ll go too far?

That day hasn’t come yet, and hopefully is a long way off. In the meantime, your contribution to free speech and distaste for PC censorship is great to read. I particularly like it when you skewer the so-called liberals over climate change – as if the climate should stop changing at our command – and point out the modern-day absurdities of identity politics.

You’ll know though when you’ve gone too far.

The phony tolerance of the liberals will define your opinions as hate speech, your distaste for Sharia law will be termed Islamophobic. Your scepticism over AGW will become denial, and your desire for racial equality under the law will become racist. In the meantime more power to your elbow and more profit to The Weekend Sun – a great read in the desert of predictable and boring PC media.

M Houlding, Mount Maunganui.

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There are some very enterprising, hard-working and good-living Maori, but unfortunately there’s so many others that let them down (like some Europeans). Overall, the Maori population is only approximately 15 per cent yet we are continually giving in to their demands of both property and money. When does it stop?

After nearly 200 years how can Europeans be expected to keep giving so many privileges and compensations? If Maori had anything taken from

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Replace GST with FTT The Government could head off the avalanche of wage claims by scrapping GST and replacing it with a Financial Transactions Tax. These wage claims have the potential to wreck the economy by increasing inflation.

Private sector employers will likewise be under pressure to raise wages, increasing their costs.

Replacing the 15 per cent GST with a FTT of a quarter of one per cent (25 cents in every $100) on all financial transactions would give workers across the board a substantial increase in purchasing power greater than they would get from wage rises. It would generate a similar revenue as GST for government, but with substantial

amounts coming from the speculative sector of the economy.

Additionally, all businesses would be relieved of the burden of accounting for GST, filing returns, and audits as it’s a simple tax to implement.

Replacing GST with an FTT would put more money in the hands of lower paid New Zealanders who currently pay tax far out of proportion to their incomes. It would be fitting that Labour, the party that first introduced GST and unleashed the neo-liberal economic experiment on the country, are the ones that finally scrap it.

T Livingston, Whakamarama (Abridged).

Government-driven compulsion New Zealanders that assert a Maori race as such doesn’t exist are quite correct as it meets no universal definition of race, only being propped up by the controversial statutory (a legal fiction) definition in the Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1974. Kiwis that affiliate to the Maori label invariably have considerably more ‘other’ ancestry than Maori.

Treatyists’ besottedness with the Maori language is not voluntarily shared by more than 75 per cent of Kiwis who don’t particularly treasure Maori, as various public polls regularly show.

Apart from state schools (at the request of Maori leaders) prohibiting Maori language being spoken in schools for a short time early last century,

there has never been any law preventing Maori from maintaining or speaking their language, which is encouraged.

It seems, however, Maori, like the cuckoo bird, are depositing their modern fabricated language (bearing little resemblance to original Maori language) in everyone else’s nest in the misguided hope that it might survive. The catalyst currently is that Kiwis are being forced to learn Maori if they want a job or retain their job/get promotion and that is an unacceptable compulsion.

Kiwi taxpayers’ bankroll the Maori language excesses annually – millions that would be far better spent on health, housing and beneficial education for all Kiwis.

R Paterson, Matapihi.

Shinty, hurling or Gaelic football anyone?

Some time ago B Johnson, if I remember correctly, asked why we represent ourselves with the haka instead of, for example, the Highland fling or a good oldfashioned head-banging Morris dance on the sports field.

Well, I have a similar question.

Why do we allow ourselves to be represented solely by rugby and/or league, with an occasional mention of netball and cricket and totally ignoring our fine form in soccer and hockey?

I mean, what’s wrong with shinty or hurling or Gaelic football? Australian football aka

Aussie rules? (For the curious, we once fielded an Australian football team in the 1920s that came close to beating Victoria, where the code started.)

I’ve played hurling, Gaelic football and Aussie rules, and if shinty is anything like those, it should also be great fun. Of course, none of them have an off-side rule, which means the games are very, very fast, and you can’t go to sleep at any time. Perhaps that’s why we Kiwis don’t play them? Rugby unionists seem to have a stop-work meeting every five minutes.

W Parish, Bellevue.

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It’s fantastic we have both Old and New Testaments because the NT confi confirms the amazing accuracy and divine inspiration of the OT by reporting incredible fulfi fulfilments of its prophecies. The fulfi fulfilled NT prophecies Jesus made about Jerusalem’s downfall, confirmed by contemporary historians, also provide powerful confirmation of the NT. The common Chinese whispers argument alleging NT accounts got distorted, just as a report can be distorted as it passes from one person to another, is a favourite attack.

However, this clearly does not apply to the NT because the writers were commonly eyewitnesses or able to talk directly to such.

Eyewitness evidence is crucial in court. It’s also very important that there are more than 5000 surviving ancient copies, in whole or in part, of

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NT writings. This is a massive amount of copies compared to other ancient books. This is very important for verifying the NT’s original content.

The authenticity of the NT is also enhanced by the honest tendency of its writers not to hide embarrassing facts. Further, people point to contradictions in the four gospels. However, in a court of law, if four witnesses gave exactly the same testimony, the judge would suspect collusion, because people reporting events usually see them from different angles. Small apparent contradictions can therefore be easily explained and actually are more suggestive of authenticity than identical accounts.

Hence the Bible has far more going for it than the critics say, so take another look, especially at Christ, the only Saviour of the world.

David Kidd, Church of God’s Love (7th Day).

Science and faith work together Often science and Christianity are portrayed as being in opposition. Some high-profile authors suggest science has made believing in God impossible and that faith is only for the ignorant. This year’s series on science and Christianity at St. Enoch’s disproves such polemic assertions.

ST STEPHENS CHURCH 9.30am MORNING WORSHIP Led by Penny Guy Deacon: Margaret Birtles Brookfield Terrace, Otumoetai ph: 576-4961

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Professor Jeff Tallon tackles two topics. His first is an investigation into the amazing consistency of the mathematical formulas that describe the universe.

From the smallest calculation of quantum mechanics to the vast cosmic constants he asks: “What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe to describe them?” His second session is about the human body and its astonishingly complexity, especially the brain.

DNA has been called the most sophisticated information system in the known universe. The complex encoding of information reflects the intelligence of design. The last session will grapple with the vastness of the universe. Just as David the psalmist exclaimed: “The heavens declare the glory of God” and “When I look at the heaven the work of your hands” we will look into the far reaches of the galaxy and stand in awe. Prepare to be inspired by this series. The series runs on four Sunday nights from September 9 at St Enoch’s Presbyterian Church, 134 16th Avenue from 7pm. Admission is free, but a koha will be taken to cover expenses.

Last year the church was packed so come early to get a good seat.

Rev Jim Wallace, St Enoch’s Presbyterian Church.

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Three little gigs – folk, folk, and jazz Three gigs, that’s what we’ve got this week: business as usual with an extra dose of spring optimism.

on the RNZ website. They are also on Bandcamp and Soundcloud and other digital platforms.

Doors open 7pm, concert 7.30pm. Tickets only at the door, adults $20, members $15, school children are free.

And since September and that spring thing starts tomorrow, let’s skip this weekend and all those Father’s Saturday night The next night, Saturday, September 8, Australian Day shenanigans and solo singer/songwriter Michael Dunstan – also on look at a couple of a nationwide tour – arrives at The Incubator at the acoustic guitar-wielding Historic Village to support his recently-released second acts coming to town EP ‘Partly Cloudy’. He sings sweetly and next week. soulfully and plays pretty intricate acoustic Taking things guitar and, once again, I’d like to quote his chronologically means starting next find it always intriguing to hear own notes. I fi fine folk at Friday when once again those fi how people decide to present themselves, the Katikati, er, Folk Club, have got an and this is how he describes ‘Partly Cloudy’: interesting act coming to town.

“The five tracks explore strong feelings of I realise I’ve been mentioning the club disbelief, the fear of the unknown, gratitude, a lot recently and it’s only because they heartache and the inability to comprehend do keep hosting the depth of our surrounds and everything top quality stuff. entailed in day-to-day life.”

But, as an And, in case that seems more like an aside, I’d like Michael Dunstan. evening of therapy, he also promises “up-beat to apologise if I foot-stomping grooves”. offended anyone His music is actually very pleasant and you at the Tauranga can check it out at his website: Acoustic Music www.michaeldunstanmusic.com.au Club or the Folk Doors open at 7pm, pre-sales $10 from Club recently Undertheradar.co.nz, or $15 on the night. when I suggested The Fables. that acts playing Later... out Katikati And, finally, just a heads up for a concert later in the could also find a second gig in town.

Apparently, there still aren’t the audience numbers for month since I know people like early warning for jazz gigs. The Tauranga Jazz Society has organised a ‘Swing that (what with the KKFC pulling around 140 people into Spring’ concert of trad and Dixieland jazz at the on occasion) and anyway the TAMC is not currently Hotel Armitage on Sunday, September 23. looking at putting on visiting artists.

It will feature the veteran sounds of The Woody Fair enough too. Clubs change mandates and Woodhouse Quartet and Bay Dixie, as well as the missions, usually depending on the committee’s skill range and their members’ desires, which at the TAMC is making music very frequently.

And, bottom line, it’s all about making music!

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Over in Katikati next Friday, September 7, at their usual Bowling Club haunt, the KKFC is hosting Auckland band The Fables. They make wistful indiefolk music and are essentially the brainchild of singer/ guitarist Jess Bailey, who writes appropriately wistful songs. Her description of herself gives an idea: “Jess Bailey was taught by the Mackenzie Hills of the south Kaipara, dredged in the waters of Muriwai Beach then hung out to dry in the plum trees at home.”

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Her main collaborator is James Geluk who plays double bass, often bowing it. They have a third ‘surprise’ musician in Katikati for what is the first date in a full month of touring, taking them round the whole country to celebrate the release of a new EP, ‘Portraits’.

They did an RNZ session with Jesse Mulligan recently – July 23 to be exact – which you can find

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Doors open 1.30pm, show starts 2pm, $20 tickets are available from www.Eventfinda.co.nz (Jazz Society members $15, student/kids $10).

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‘Tennessee Waltz’ In a concert where pop meets traditional country, ‘Tennessee Waltz’ features award-winning songs from artists such as Doris Day, John Denver, Connie Francis, Kenny Rodgers and Dolly Parton.

Caitriona Fallon will perform an entertaining mix of originals and classics at The Entertainers Club on September 9.

“The song that blew everyone away,” is how The Breeze radio station described Caitriona Fallon’s performance of ‘Run’ in Tarnished Frocks and Divas’ show ‘Zoetica’ at ASB Arena in August 2017.

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Caitriona, who moved to Tauranga from Ireland 18 months ago, began her professional singing career in ‘Riverdance’.

Caitriona’s debut concert at Totara Street and her National Jazz Festival show at Baycourt were both sold-out shows.

With some of the Bay’s most experienced musicians, Caitriona will perform an entertaining mix of originals, jazz and blues classics and interpretations of tunes by artists such as Norah Jones, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Joni Mitchell, Carole King and Adele.

Hear her at the Entertainers Club at Tauranga Citz Club (upstairs) on Sunday, September 9 from 5pm8pm. Tickets cost $15 and everyone is welcome!

Operatunity presents ‘Tennessee Waltz’, with a stellar cast including Karl Perigo, Suzanne Lynch, Marian Burns and Marian’s sister Karen Davy with a band.

Award-winning fiddler and entertainer, Marian, has featured in many of Operatunity’s Irish concerts. Now it is Tauranga’s chance to hear her play all the frenetic blue grass, Dixie, and country songs made famous in the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

The show also includes a spot by Karen as Dolly Parton, and a Kenny Rodgers lookalike will take to the stage, among others!

This was an era which saw many long-lasting, toe-tapping tunes with great sing-along lyrics come out of the States; songs such as ‘Tennessee Waltz’, ‘Stand by your Man’ and ‘Walk the Line’.The concert is on September 14 from 11am at Holy Trinity Church. For more details and to book, visit: www.operatunity.co.nz or phone: 0508 266 237.

The Weekend Sun has two double passes to ‘Tennessee Waltz’ on September 14 for two lucky readers who can tell us one of the songs that will be performed at the concert?

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With 70 beautiful gardens and more than 50 artists, the Garden and Art Festival will show them all off from November 15-18.

Artists will display their work throughout gardens and personal studios located around Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty.

You can also experience fascinating landscape gardens and more artists work at the festival hub ‘Bloom in the Bay’ in the Historic Village each day of the festival from 9am-9.30pm.

There will be live performances, food trucks, a beer and wine garden, exhibitions, workshops, art and sculpture and a whole area dedicated to keeping the kids entertained.

Tickets for the BOP Garden and Arts Festival are at: and www.ticketek.co.nz and www.gardenandartfestival.co.nz by phone on: 0800 842 538 or the Baycourt box office.

The Weekend Sun has two double passes to the fourday Garden and Art Festival, which includes free entry to Bloom in the Bay at Historic Village, for two lucky readers who can tell us how many gardens will be on show. Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competition section. Entries must be received by Tuesday, September 4.

Driving Miss Daisy Winner of 1988’s Pulitzer Prize for dramatic writing, ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ is a warm-hearted, humorous and affecting study of an unlikely relationship between an ageing, crotchety white Southern lady and a proud, soft-spoken black man.

Kim Williamson as Miss Daisy.

The Weekend Sun has two double passes to the opening night of Driving Miss Daisy on September 13 for two lucky readers who can tell us how many years the play spans on-stage?

Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competition section. Entries must be received by Tuesday, September 4.

In a series of absorbing scenes spanning 25 years, the two, despite their mutual differences, grow ever closer to and more dependent on each other, until eventually, they almost become a couple.

‘Driving Miss Daisy’ is live on-stage at Detour Theatre from September 13-29.

Buy tickets at: www.iticket.co.nz, over the phone: 0508 484 253 and over the counter at Tauranga i-SITE.

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Art Exhibition Tauranga Girls’ College

ArtsFest showcasing students work. Running until 18th Sept in the People’s Gallery at the Historic Village.

Bay Network Social Club 50 Plus. Great people & awesome outings. Must have a sense of humor. Ph Jonathan 572 2091 or Maureen 021 112 3307

Bay Open Taekwondo Tournament Bay Open 2018 Championships at Tauranga Boys’ College Gymnasium, Come & join the action. See Bays best fighters. 9am For more info https:// www.facebook.com/Team-KO-Taekwondo-241237502715715/

Beth-El Messianic Family

Celebrate Family Life with believers who meet & worship as Yeshua (Jesus) & all the early believers did.

Shalom.10am Otumoetai Primary. www.

BethEl.org.nz. Joel 021 768 043 Cards 500. Interested? Flexible evenings to suit. Ideal for central Tauranga & Mount residents. Ph Chris 572 3834 Celtic Illusion Show An explosive, creative Irish Dance/Grand Illusion show.

Electrifying contemporary Irish dance & awe inspiring grand illusion. 8pm Addison Theatre, Baycourt. www.baycourt.co.nz for info & tickets.

Jigsaw Puzzle Library St Stephens invites you to join their library. Open 10-12 at Highmore Pl. Over 150 puzzles to choose from. Children’s to 1000 pieces.

Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Road.

12:45-3pm. Ph Phil Green 549 5344 LOL Laughter Wellness Release your DOSE (Dopamine, Oxytocin, Seratonin, Endorphins) of joy from your inner pharmacy. Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Mt Maunganui, 11-11:45am. Koha. Ph Trish 022 036 6768 Email lollaughterwellness@gmail.com Mount Scottish Society Dance Come to our Spring Dance Sat 8th 7:30pm at Arataki Community Centre. Sheldon’s Dance Band. Lovely supper. Entry $7. Mount Maunganui Scottish Society 576 0578 Narcotics Anonymous Open meeting every Saturday 7:308:30pm, Hanmer Clinic (behind Super Liquor), 1235 Cameron Rd, Greerton. For more info, call 0800 NA TODAY 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 & enjoy tea/dance. Sat Sept 29. Baptist Church hall, 13th Ave. 5-9pm. $5pp.

BYO food, plates, cutlery, non alcoholic drinks. Jan 544 4379 Taoist Tai Chi Tauranga Beginners Class 8:30-10am at 15 Koromiko St, Judea. All welcome to join in at any time.

Memberships from $19 monthly. Great for stress, balance, flexibility. Ph 578 6193 Tauranga Fuchsia Group Meet last Saturday of month 1:30pm Tauranga Arts Craft Centre Elizabeth St West. Fuchsia workshops. New members welcome. Pat 579 1655 Noeleen 578 4643

Tauranga Leisure Marching Display

QE Youth Centre 10:30am. Free admission. Come along & watch this wonderful spectacle of marching.

The Sociables 30s-50s age group of males & females that meet up to dine out or participate in different events & activities. Ph 022 012 0376 Village Radio Museum Community Radio broadcasting nostalgic music & Community Notices seven days on 1368 KHz AM Band. Radio Museum open from 10am. Request line 571 3710

Whakamarama Community Hall Market Upcycle Whakamarama, new,

used & handmade goods. Supporting local & small business, at Whakamarama Hall, 469 Whakamarama Road, 1-4pm.

Sunday 2 September

Art On The Strand Art for Sale. Weather permitting. The Strand, Tauranga. 9am4pm. Tauranga Society of Artists Battle of Britain Parade Parade & service held at Classic Flyers, Mt Maunganui on Sunday 16th starting at 10am. All welcome.

Bible Seminar 1:45pm Greerton Senior Citizens’ Hall, Maitland St, Greerton. Title: The Apostle Peter’s letter, A message of encouragement. Interactive, Q&A. All welcome. Vic 543 0504 BOP Oodle Club Playdates for dogs for socialising & fun! All dog breeds welcome.

Meets monthly on first Sunday, 2-3pm, Fergusson Park. Free. www.oodlehq.co.nz Choral Evensong Service, Free Choral evensong service 4pm St Peter’s Anglican Church, Victoria Rd, Mt Maunganui. St Peter’s Chancel Choir sing Stanford’s Magnificat & other beautiful pieces.

Croquet Tauranga Domain, Cameron Rd, 12:45 for 1pm start. Beginners welcome. Ph Peter 571 0633 Czech School & Playgroup Czech & Slovak Club Tauranga 10am-12noon, Tauranga Boys College, Devonport Rd, more info on https://www.csclubtauranga. nz/en/kids-classes/ Diabetes Self Management Program

Need support for type two diabetes? Ring us Sun-Thurs for details of our DESMOND program that puts you in charge.

Diabetes Help Tauranga INFOline 0278 830 158

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 Learn the Art of Taichi, made easy. Absolutely free. Hosted

by Richard Johnson.Wu Kwan Chen Taichi. Tauranga Senior Citizens Club.

7pm Ph 021 0236 5472 Fun Bowling for Families Matua bowling & clubhouse events 1pm-6pm. Small bowls sets for kids. Play pool. $5. 108 Levers Road. Ph Cliff 021 432 154 Gate Pa Junior Tennis Open days for juniors, Sunday 2nd & 9th Sept.

5-10yrs,10am-11am, 11-16yrs, 11am12pm. Come & have a go including free coaching. Ph 576 5178 or 027 452 0600

Hairiest Legs Competition

Father’s Day Fun at The Mount 11am-2pm at Astrolabe. Limited numbers. To enter please email

ingrid@mountmainstreet.nz or ph 027 314 7743 Historic Village Market Great market every 1st & 3rd Sunday from 8am-12 pm at 17th Ave. Fruit & veg, crafts, tools, food, plants, clothes & paintings.

International Travel, Home Hosting

Go to the friendshipforce.org & attend one of our Sunday or Thursday monthly meetings to learn more. Ph Barbara 574 5711, Jonathan 572 2091 Movie Church, Inside Out 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/1608904712534 Narcotics Anonymous Open meetings every Sunday, 7-8pm, Hanmer Clinic (behind Super Liquor), 1235 Cameron Rd, Greerton. For more info, call 0800 NA TODAY NZDA BOP Range Day NZDA BOP branch run public open days last Sunday each month at their 300m range in TECT All Terrain Park. 9am-3pm $20 bring firearms licence Papamoa Outdoor Bowls All welcome to our Roll Up’s Sun & Wed register at 1230 commences 1pm. Come & experience outdoor bowls. Gordon Spratt Reserve. Ph 574 0177 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 7158 or 573 8497 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 Recreational Road Cycling Sunday morning rides in rural low traffic areas.

Beginners to experienced. All types of bicycles welcome. Ph 0274 353 669 or www.cyclebop.co.nz Spiritual Centre Psychic Cafe Psychic Cafe Greerton Community Hall, doors open 6:45pm starts 7pm. Psychics, healers, spiritualists, refreshments. One time door fee $10 then everything free. www.psychiccafe.nz Ph 07 578 7205 Tauranga Historical Society 2pm Brain Watkins Cottage Hall. Speaker Buddy Mikaere. Topic, The Case for a Museum.

Tauranga Organ Keyboard Society

Meets 1:30pm at Carmel Country Estate Social Centre, 11 Hollister Lane, Ohauiti.

Play or listen. Organ EL900 or Clavinova 405. Ph June 574 2204

Monday 3 September

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 Every Monday except Public Holidays 9:30-11:30am at Age Concern Office, 177a Fraser Street. $2 donation. Ph 578 2631 Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting 10am, Tauranga Central Bapist Church. 13th Ave/Cameron Rd. All Welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757 Argentine Tango 6.30pm @ Citz Club.

Close embrace dance to change your life!

Join in to meet friendly young dancers & share ‘a journey’ Ph/Txt Denise 020 4006 1340

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. 7:30 start. New members, all ages welcome. Names in by 7:15. Ph John 0276 541 298 Cards 500 At RSA Greerton. Every Tues 12:30-2:30pm & every Mon 7pm.

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

Citizens Advice Bureau Tauranga

Free confidential impartial information & advice. Don’t know? Ask us! Ph or visit us at 38 Hamilton St Tauranga Mon-Fri 9am-5pm 07 578 1592 or 0800 367 222 Diabetes Drop-In Diabetes Drop-In 10-12noon, Diabetes Help Tauranga Office, Graced Support Centre, Cnr 11th Ave/Christopher St, Tauranga. INFOline 0278 830 158

Harmony-a-Plenty Barbershop Chorus

Meet 7pm at Bethlehem Community Church Moffat Rd. Men, you don’t have to be Pavarotti! We will improve your singing.

Have some fun. Ph Frank 07 576 3032 Let’s Learn Wanting to learn something new? www.letslearn.co.nz has classes, workshops & activities galore. Become a lifelong learner today! Ph 544 9557 Marlin Friendship Club Meet 2nd Monday of month at Mount Golf Club at 9:45am. Ph David 574 9692 or Helen 572 2993 Menz Shed 86B No.3 Rd Te Puke. Come & join us at our shed Mon, Wed, Fri at 9am. Ph 573 8655 or 573 5971 Narcotics Anonymous Open meetings every Monday, 7-8pm, Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui. If using drugs is causing a problem, call 0800 NA TODAY Omokoroa Indoor Bowling Club Meets at The Settler’s Hall, Omokoroa Road. 1pm for 1:30pm start. All Welcome. Ph Anne 548 1636. All equipment provided.

Silver Singers Require soprano & bass voices for their choir. Practises at St Stephens Chapel Brookfield Tce at 1pm.

Ph Pat 579 1036 Taoist Tai Chi PyesPa Beginners Class: 3:30-4:30pm, at Althorp, 9 Granston Drive. Come along & join in any time.

Great for stress, balance & flexibility.

Friendly group. Memberships from $19 monthly. Ph 578 6193 Taoist Tai Chi Tauranga Beginners class 9:30-11am at 15 Koromiko St Judea.

Come along & join in at any time. Great for stress, balance & flexibility. Memberships from $19 per month. Ph 578 6193 Taoist Tai Chi TePuke Beginners Class: 9.30-11am, at Memorial Hall, 130 Jellicoe Rd, Te Puke. Come along & join any time.

Great for stress, balance, flexibility. Friendly group. Memberships from $19 monthly.

Ph 578 6193 Tauranga Creative Fibre Every Mon 9:30am, also 2nd & 4th Thur 7pm. Learn/ share spinning, weaving, knitting, felting, crochet, all things fibre. 177 Elizabeth St. Margaret 571 3483

Tauranga Gem & Mineral Club 2nd

Mon 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 Indoor Bowls At Tauranga Citizens Club 7:15pm. New members welcome all ages. Ph Andrew 021 0298 5047 Tauranga Rocknroll Club Lessons 6:45pm & social dancing 7:30pm at Legion of Frontiersmen Hall, 165 Elizabeth Street. 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.

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 4 September

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 & coaching available. Delwyn 027 212 4720 Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting 7:30-8:30pm St Peters Anglican Church 11 Victoria Rd, Mt Maunganui. 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 027 284 6828 www.altrusa.org.nz Beginner Social Dance Class Tues 8pm, Tauranga Primary School Hall, 5th Ave or Wednesday, 7:30pm, Welcome Bay School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Road. Ph 544 2337 or 027 322 1786 or soniahodson@outlook.com BOP Linux Users Group 7-9pm first Tues of month, L.J.Hooker Cnr Cameron Rd & 8th Ave. Smarter, safer, faster & FREE. Learn more to take charge of your computer. 578 6024 Cards 500. Interested? Flexible evenings to suit. Ideal for central Tauranga & Mount residents. Ph Chris 572 3834

Cards 500 Mt Maunganui Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd. Every Tues & Thurs 12:30pm-3:30pm. Ph Jack MacKinnon 575 7719 Citizens Advice Bureau Papamoa

Free confidential impartial information & advice. Don’t know? Ask us! Ph or visit us at Community Centre 15 Gravatt Road Papamoa Tues-Thurs 10am-1pm 07 5749862 or 0800 367222

Fitness League Exercise, weights,

floor work & dance. 9:30-10:30am at St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Road, Cherrywood. First class free. Ph Gloria 021 139 2448

Free Falun Dafa Classes

Manage anxiety &/or stress with 4 easy exercises & meditation. 7pm Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd Bayfair Ph/txt Judy 021 0425 398

Inachord Women’s Chorus If you like to sing, dance ,make friends & have fun, join us! Great musical director! 7-9pm Bethlehem Community church, 183 Moffat Road. Ph Sabine 021 111 8659

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Keep On Your Feet Strength & balance class for general strength, fitness & falls prevention. 10:45am at Welcome Bay Hall. $6. First class free. Ph Raewyn 027 6077 437 Morning Prayer Tuesday to Friday every week from 8:30am9am, at 53 Te Okuroa Drive Papamoa. Call Julie 0274 205 375 or visit: http://www.communityofstaidan.com/ Mount Morning Badminton

9-11:30am. Mt Sports Centre, Blake Park. Social, all ages, racquets available, beginners welcome. $5 per day. Ph Margaret 575 9792 Narcotics Anonymous Women’s Meeting every Tuesday, 10:30-11:30am, Downstairs Hall (accessed from bottom car park), Salvation Army Recovery Church, 375 Cameron Rd. Ph 0800 NA TODAY Nia Dance Joy of movement. Fun dance for adults. No experience needed. Come try a class for free. 6pm, Papamoa Community Centre. Alex 021 659 219

Omokoroa Indoor Bowling Club

Meets 6:30pm for 7pm start at the Omokoroa Settlers Hall, Omokoroa Rd. Equipment provided. All welcome. Ph Anne 548 1636 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 Bridge Club, Ngatai Rd 8:50am-noon. 3 games $3. New players very welcome. Ph 578 3606 Google; Tauranga Scrabble Sequence Dancing Tauranga Social & Leisure Club, St John Anglican Church Hall, 94 Bureta Road Otumoetai, Tues 7pm9:30pm except 2nd Tues month 3:30pm6pm Faye 543 3280 South City Indoor Bowls 7pm Mens’ & Ladies Singles (Ryder Cup & Ryder Plate). Markers please.

Stroke Support Group 9:30am12pm, Senior Citizens Hall, Maitland St, Greerton. Great morning tea, games, etc. All stroke survivors welcome! Ph 021 137 6653 Taoist Tai Chi Katikati Beginners Class 1:30-3pm, at Memorial Hall, Main Rd, Katikati. Come along & join any time. Great for stress, balance & flexibility. Friendly group. Memberships from $19 monthly. Ph 578 6193 Taoist Tai Chi MtMaunganui Beginners Class: 5:30-7pm, at 345 Maunganui Rd. Come along & join in any time.

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Friendly group. Memberships from $19 monthly. Ph 578 6193 Taoist Tai Chi Tauranga Beginners Class 1-2:30pm at 15 Koromiko St Judea. Come along & join in at any time. Great for stress, balance & flexibility. Memberships from $19 per month. Ph 578 6193 Taoist Tai Chi TePuke Beginners Class 6-7:30pm, at Memorial Hall, 130 Jellicoe Rd TePuke. Come along & join any time. Great for stress, balance, flexibility. Friendly group. Memberships from $19 monthly. Ph 578 6193

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 Model Railway Club

We meet Tuesdays 10am & Thursdays 7:30pm upstairs cnr Merrilees Rd & Cross St to construct & operate model trains. Ph Rob 573 6960

Tauranga Samba Brazilian Drumming Percussion band.

7:15-9:15pm. Mount Sports Hall, Cnr Hull & Mt Maunganui Rds. No experience reqd. Ph/txt Rob 021 232 7185 Thai Chi Easy, entry level group exercise

for your body & mind. 10-11am at Multicultural Ctr, Historic Village, 17th Ave. Donation only U3A Extra General Meeting Arataki Community Centre Zambuk Way. Entry free to the public. Morning tea plus speakers on U3A. 25th Sept 10am12pm. Ph Vivienne 574 3133 Welcome Bay Lions Club Meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at Greenwood Park, Welcome Bay Rd. Ph 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.

Ph Bhajan 07 929 7484

Wednesday 5 September Age Concern Walking Group 10am Countdown Bureta

Arabian Spice Belly Dance Come &

dance with us . No partner required. St Columba Church Hall, 502 Otumoetai Rd, 6:30-8.30pm. Ph 021 124 5982 Beginner Social Dance Classes Wed 19 Sept, 7:30pm, Welcome Bay School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Rd, or Thur 20 Sept, 8pm, Greerton Hall, Cameron Rd. Ph 544 2337 or 027 322 1786 Bowls Indoor Mt Maunganui Senior Citizens. Every Wednesday & Friday 12:45pm, beginners welcome. Come along & see if you like it. Ph Ernie Adams 575 4650 Community Bible Study Join us @ City Church 252 Otumoetai Rd, 7-9pm Wed & Thur for a study on the Book of Acts until 1st Nov. Ph Julie 552 4068

Community of StAidan Playgroup

Looking for stories music heuristic play parenting tips chat time coffee & fun.

FREE 10am-12pm 53 Te Okuroa Drive Papamoa. Ph Julie 0274 205 375 Community Tai Chi Tai Chi Community Class Bethlehem Hall 1pm. First lesson free. Term concession rate Qualified Tutor Trish 021 482 842 member AATC communitytaichinz@gmail.com Classic Flyers Restoration The restoration team is working in hangar 3 today & Friday on the Avenger WW II aircraft.

Come down for a look.

Cards Do you play crib or would like to learn? At Greerton RSA 1pm sharp. Michael Ph 562 0517 EmployNZ Free Training EmployNZ Free Education & Employment Training Clinic NCEA L1-3 & more.

10-11:30am Welcome Bay Community Centre 242 Welcome Bay Rd. Ph Sally 027 652 1429 Fitness League Exercise, movement & dance. 10am, Katikati Memorial Hall, Main Rd. Complimentary first class. Ph Pam 549 4799 or 021 117 7170 Gate Pa Indoor Bowls Carousel Triples 7:30pm Names in Book (Ecclesfield Trophy) Healing Rooms 1-3pm Come, experience God’s healing touch, whether physical, emotional, spiritual. Behind Graced Oppshop, cnr 11th Ave, 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 8 Park Road.

Mixed Roll-ups 12:45-3pm. Ph Phil Green 549 5344 Katikati Toastmasters Find your voice Katikati Toastmasters meets 1st 3rd & 5th Thursday of month Katikati Community Centre, 45 Beach Rd, Katikati at 7:30pm. Ph Chrissy 027 296 7939 Kiwi Toasters 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

Meditation 6week free course

Wednesdays til 19Sep, 7:30-8:30pm (drop-ins welcome throughout) at Youth Engagement Programmes building (behind main stadium), Tauranga Domain, 91 Cameron Rd. Ph Ian 027 884 2238

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Mount Maunganui Lioness Club

Meets monthly. Dinner 1st Wed & Busi-

ness 3rd Wed. New members welcome.

Ph Christine 021 130 9375 Mt Spiritual & Healing Centre Mt Spiritual & Healing Centre every 1st & 3rd Wednesday start 7:30 Bowling Club, Golf Road. See events coming on facebook. Ph Sue Buckland 572 4911 Narcotics Anonymous Closed Steps meeting, every Wednesday, 7:30-9pm.

Downstairs Hall (accessed from bottom car park), Salvation Army Recovery Church, 375 Cameron Rd. Ph 0800 NA TODAY

Newcomers Network Coffee Morning Migrants new to

Tauranga are welcome to join us for a cuppa at Multicultural Centre, Historic Village at 10:30am. Ph 571 6419

Papamoa Palms Friendship Club

11am Gordon Spratt Reserve, Parton Road. All Welcome. Bring lunch. Tea & coffee available. AM & PM speakers. Ph Sue 574 3280 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 Taoist Tai Chi Tauranga Beginners Classes 1-2:30pm & 5:30-7pm at 15 Koromiko St Judea. Come along, join in any time. Great for stress, balance & flexibility. Memberships from $19 per month. Ph 578 6193 Tauranga Embroiderers’ Guild Meets at Tauranga Rowing Club, Devonport Road, Tauranga 10-2:30pm, 7:309:30pm. Beginners very welcome. Ph Jenny Williams 07 219 7740

Tauranga MidWeek Tramping Group

Okataina to Whakapounakau trig. Grade moderate. Carolyn 574 0413 Tauranga Rotary 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 Tauranga South Garden Club At Central Baptist Church Hall cnr 13th Ave/Cameron Rd 1:30-3pm. Visitors welcome. Ph 578 1017 Te Puke Toy Library Creative Space for kids 6+, Wed 4:30 or 6pm sessions Friday, Playgroup 10am, Brick Kids 3:30pm during Term Times 7 Stock Rd, Te Puke 027 263 9309

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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 & FB

Thursday 6 September Bay City Rockers Social RocknRoll

Dancing, with Neon Moon, RocknRoll Waltz. At Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St. 7-9:30pm. $3 entry includes supper. Ph Gavin 027 643 6222 CAP Money Course Budget.Save.

Spend. A free 4 week course to help you manage your money well. 10:30am or 7:15pm. Phone 571 6525 for more info Classical Hits NZSO Associate Conductor Hamish McKeich leads the orchestra on a country-wide tour.

NZSO’s Andrew Joyce features as soloist in Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme. Baycourt 13th Sept at 7:30pm Community Bible Study Join us @ 14th Ave Gospel Centre 10-12pm for Study on the Book of Acts until 8th Nov. Ph Gay 021 2255 981 English Class For Migrants Conversation class advance at Multicultural Centre at Historic Village from 10:30am during school term only. $3 per class Fitness League Exercise, movement, dance. 10am, Central Baptist church, 13th Ave & Cameron Rd. Complimentary first class. Ph Pam 549 4799 or 021 117 7170 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

Keynotes Inc. Keynotes 4-part harmony Women’s Chorus meet Thursday 7pm at Wesley Church 13th Ave. Singing for fun & health. Ph Jacqui 542 1766 Kickstart Toastmasters Find your

voice, learn to speak with confidence. At Alimento Cafe, 1st Avenue, Tauranga, 7-8:10am. Ph Brian 0275 432 777 Mainly Music Music & dance for preschoolers, Mums & Carers.$3 per family. Morning tea provided 9:30-10am. Holy Trinity Church, 215 Devonport Rd Meet The Missioner Discuss any topic that is important to you. First 4 receive a free coffee? 11-12pm at Gana cafe Papamoa. Call Julie 0274 205 375 http://www.communityofstaidan.com/ Mount Art Group Interested in painting or drawing, any medium & all levels? 9-1pm St Peters Hall, Victoria St, Mt Maunganui. New members welcome. Ph Rita 542 2070 Narcotics Anonymous Closed Men’s meeting, every Thursday, 7:30-8:30pm, Waipuna Park Hall, 25 Kaitemako Rd, Welcome Bay. If using drugs is causing problems, ph 0800 NA TODAY Salsa On The Strand Come have some fun with a FREE introdution to Salsa @8:30 & social dancing from 9pm at La Mexica on The Strand. Salsa, Bachata, Zouk, Kizomba, Merengue.

Square Dancing Fun Easy walking dance, learners welcome. Club night 7:30pm. Frontiersmen’s Hall, Elizabeth St, Tga. Ph 578 6516 or Facebook, Orange City Squares Rounds Sunshine Sequence Dance Group Learn dancing at a friendly club. Baptist Church Hall, 13th Avenue, 7-10pm. $2pp includes supper. Jan 544 4379 Tai Chi in the Park Memorial Park next to Mini Golf on 11th Ave. No charge. 9:30am Taoist Tai Chi Katikati Beginners Class: 5:30-7pm, at Memorial Hall, Main Rd, Katikati. Come along & join any time. Great for stress, balance & flexibility. Friendly group.

Memberships from $19 monthly. Ph 578 6193 Taoist Tai Chi MtMaunganui Beginners Class 6:15-7:45pm, at 345 Maunganui Rd. Come along & join in any time. Great for stress, balance & flexibility. Friendly group.

Memberships from $19 monthly. Ph 578 6193 Taoist Tai Chi Tauranga Beginners Classes 1-2:30pm & 5:30-7pm, at 15 Koromiko St Judea. Come along, join in any time. Great for stress, balance & flexibility. Memberships from $19 monthly. Ph 578 6193

Tauranga Citizens Indoor Bowls

Starts 1:15pm. New members welcome.

All ages. Ph Andrew 021 0298 5047

Tauranga Model Railway Club

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

Friday 7 September

Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting

10am, Tauranga Central Bapist Church.

13th Ave/Cameron Rd. All Welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757

Alcoholics Anonymous (Open Meeting)

Alcoholics Anonymous open meeting every Friday Night 7:30pm at Hamner Clinic 1235 Cameron Rd, Greerton (behind Bridgestone).

Ph 0800 229 6757 for more meetings or assistance.

Arataki Artists Group 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/ Discovering Religious Diversity Tauranga Moana Interfaith Council are offering Discoveirng Religious Diversity: Contemporary Beliefs & Practices. To register go to www.rdc. org.nz/classes Embrace WCS Dancing? Learn West Coast Swing. Smooth, fun & modern dance. 1st Class Free. 7pm at KJ Studios (8/47 Waihi Rd, Judea, behind Supercheap) Vero 021 191 1601 embrace.dancing@gmail.com Greerton Indoor Bowling Club Yatton St, Greerton. Names in by 7:15pm for 7:30pm start. Handicap Fours Narcotics Anonymous Open meetings every Friday 7:30-8:30pm, Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui. If using drugs is causing you problems, ph 0800 NA TODAY Prenatal Yoga, Bethlehem Come along & practice in a supportive, relaxing space. Spaces are limited, bookings required. Ph Nic 021 124 2598 www.sweetyoga.co.nz Taoist Tai Chi Papamoa Beginners Class: 9-10:30am, at 242 Dickson Rd Papamoa.

Come along & join in any time. Great for stress, balance & flexibility. Friendly group.

Memberships from $19 monthly. Ph 578 6193 Taoist Tai Chi Tauranga Beginners Class: 9-10:30am, at 15 Koromiko St Judea. Come along & join in any time. Great for stress, balance & flexibility. Friendly group. Memberships from $19 monthly. Ph 578 6193 Tauranga Citizens Club Karaoke We need young new singers for karaoke! Men & women. Wed & Fri from 7pm onwards in upstairs restaurant, Tauranga Citz Club, 13th Ave. All welcome. Ph 578 7023

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BOOKS WANTED FOR Tauranga Harbour City Lions.

October Sale. Drop off points are Living Quarters, Bethlehem Town Centre, Payless Plastics, Cameron Road, Mobil cnr 10th Ave/Cameron Rd & Mobil Brookfield. No magazines or encyclopedias. Ph 07 576 7105

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AC PETFOODS collect injured & unwanted cows & horses. Ph 0800 369 6269

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FOUND ADULT TABBY/WHITE Female Cat, Omanawa Area, Ref: 132411, PH SPCA 07 578 0245 Found Juvenile Black/White Female Cat, Parkvale Area, Ref: 132078, PH SPCA 07 578 0245 Found Brindle/White Male Puppy, Welcome Bay Area, Ref: 132382, PH SPCA 07 578 0245 Found Adult Torti/White Female Cat, Pongakawa Area, Ref: 132400, PH SPCA 07 578 0245 FOUND, GOLF CLUB at Fergusson Park on Tuesday 28th. Ph 022 048 3700

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APPLIANCE REPAIRS For service of all Fisher & Paykel, Haier and Elba appliances, Ph

0800 372 273 for your local technician.

BOAT BUILDING repairs and maintenance. Timber & fibreglass trade qualified, boat builder. Ph Shaun 021 992 491 or 07 552 0277 CARPENTER, QUALIFIED TRADESMAN. Commercial or residential, Tauranga/Mount. Ph John today 027 297 0733 ELECTRICIAN, 18+ years experience, NZ registered.

Residential & commercial, maintenance & service, new builds, renovations. Fast, friendly service. Ph Andrew 022 354 1960 PAINTER/DECORATOR Interior & exterior. Quality workmanship, friendly service. Over 25 years specialising in residential and more. Quality paint at trade prices. For your best advice in all areas. Ph Shane Mount/ Tauranga Decorators 07 544 6495 or 021 575 307 PAINTER/DECORATOR, interior/exterior. Mature, very experienced tradesman.

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FOR WEDDINGS, FUNCTIONS OR MEETINGS+ check out No.1 The Strand, a beautiful historic setting.

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Simone Anderson from The Incubator, which is hosting the exhibition.

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Jo Torr’s exhibition Vahine-Wahine is running at The People’s Gallery Toi ka rere at Tauranga’s Historic Village.

Hosted by The Incubator, this is the first of Tauranga’s Suffrage 125 events, and highlights and commemorates New Zealand women who won the right to vote 125 years ago in 1893. The opening night was well-attended.

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