The Weekend Sun - 2 November 2018

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Tane sees o˜ Old Mac The farmer was called Old Macdougal when he had dogs, “with a bow-wow here and a bowthe children’s song and nursery rhyme first wow there”. surfaced in a 1917 book – and the refrain was Macdougal would morph into MacDonald, slightly different. with an “e-i-e-i-o”.

“Old Macdougal had a farm in Ohio-i-o”. And Now, though the tune stays, the farmer has

been written out of his own song and replaced

by Tane Mahuta, who has his own forest.

It’s a new book written by enormously successful Papamoa children’s author Rebecca Larsen, and it adds a New Zealand context to

a time-tested song and story.

It also teaches children the correct Maori pronunciation of the vowels.

Tane Mahuta introduces us to his forest setting on page 6. Photo: Nikki South.

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Science is struggling The moral dilemmas posed by emergence of driverless cars Should a robot car automatically choose to run over an old fogey and spare the young? Take out a jaywalker and avoid the law-abiding pedestrian? Hit the fat kid with the ice cream to dodge the fitness fanatic jogger?

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These are the sort of scenarios that clever people around the globe are trying to figure, with help from the public. Except maybe that ice cream example, I just made that up.

Researchers all over the world have asked millions of people tough moral questions. What should a driverless car be programmed to do, faced with an unavoidable accident?

The study gathered 40 million decisions in ten languages from 233 countries, and there’s some interesting common ground emerging. Some ‘shared moral preferences’, as the scientists call it.

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One concept emerging is a general agreement that, faced with unavoidable carnage, a driverless car should opt to spare the most lives, and not necessarily favour its single occupant over others outside the vehicle. Young people seem to rate a higher priority, and worldwide, research shows human lives are valued over animals.

This is all bad news if you’re an aging goat who likes to smoke alone in the back seat.

Your driverless car would most likely sacrifice you to avoid a large bunch of younger, more human, health-conscious casualties.

University of Otago Associate Professor, Colin Gavaghan, is quoted in Science Media Centre NZ, saying these problems were philosophically fascinating, but until now, rarely much of a concern for law.

“Most drivers will never have to face such a stark dilemma,” says Colin, “and those who do will not have time to think through consequentialist and deontological ethics before swerving or braking!”

Translation: It’s all likely to happen faster than you can blink.

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Most crashes happen so fast that the average

human doesn’t have time to think of reslts, let alone react.One exception occurred, however, in the 1970s on Levers Road, when my Dad and I were following an apparently slow drunk home. He not only had time to realise he was going to crash, but had enough brain function and opportunity to clamber out of the careering Morris, with his crate under one arm, and exit before the car crashed.

I doubt a driverless car would have the forethought to safely extract not only the passenger, but a dozen beers.

Sure, he was a bit worse for wear, but had enough DB-sponsored anaesthetic on board to ease the pain.

our lives – or the lives of our loved ones – for the good of the many?

“Which brings us to the role of law in all this. Maybe it just shouldn’t be legal to buy a car that would discriminate on protected grounds, or that would sacrifice other people to preserve our own safety.

“But in that case, how many people would buy a driverless car at all?”

Good questions, Colin, but I suspect there are a few psychopathic drivers out there who would pay extra for a car that could scan for Lycra.

Road question

Here at RR we are dismayed that no-one has worked out how a driverless car should respond in a road rage situation.

There are times, we all know, when the only option is to lean on the horn, issue colourful expletives and flip a bird. I can’t see Road Robo pulling off that sort of multi-tasking.

Young versus old

The “save the young” concept is fraught with issues. Colin raises the question: At what point does a child cross the threshold of having a less ‘valuable’ life? “Aged 16, or 18? Is an infant’s life more precious than a toddler’s or an eight-year-old’s? Expressed like that, the prospect of building a preference for ‘young’ lives looks pretty challenging.”

Here at RR, we doubt any fancy-schmancy autonomous car will have the ability or time to ascertain a pending crash victim’s age before impact.

“One preference that might be easier to understand and to accommodate is for the car to save as many lives as possible,” says Colin. “Sometimes, that might mean ploughing into a logging truck rather than swerving into the group of cyclists. Most of us might recognise that as the ‘right’ thing to do, but would we buy a car that sacrificed

Unitec Professor Hossein Sarrafzadeh says that one aspect not taken into account was that future roads “may not be the same roads we are using today”.

“Even if we use similar roads, they will be heavily-sensored, intelligent roads.

“They will certainly be much safer, although these ethical dilemmas will remain if the same roads are used.”

Here in the Bay of Plenty, forget intelligent roads. We’d just be happy if the government funded some roads with enough lanes.

Such as the witless Shite Highway 2, which we learnt this week isn’t going to be fourlaned as it should, but is getting a few band aids slapped on it.

Far from an intelligent road, more like a road that was dropped on its head by its mother. All the technology in the world isn’t going to solve a simple physics problem: How to get four lanes’ worth of traffic shoved down the impossible bottleneck of a two-lane goat track.

The result, of course, is the goat will still be smoking in the back seat, stuck in a five mile tailback to Bethlehem, flipping a hoof.

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Self-driving cars are already on our roads - search engine giant Google has more than 50 driverless cars on the roads and in their fleet, and have collectively driven more than 1.4 million automated miles, or more than 2.2 million kilometers.

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Aftermath of an avalanche

A Tauranga climber who dug herself out to safety after being buried by an avalanche in the South Island is safe and well.

Bay of Plenty adventurer Jo Morgan was discovered after being hit by the avalanche near Aoraki/Mount Cook on Wednesday.

Jo, mother of Trade Me founder Sam Morgan and wife of well-known public figure Gareth Morgan, set off her personal locator beacon at around 6am.

The experienced climber has been identified as one of three people, including two other professional mountain guides who died as a result of the avalanche.

Police have confirmed their names as Wolfgang Maier, 58, and Martin Klaus Hess, 50. Both were German nationals living in New Zealand.

The trio were attached to the same rope when a wall of snow collapsed. On Tuesday, Jo posted on social media to say that the weather was getting worse.

“It has been bleak up here at the Empress hut the last couple of days,” she said, “but a 20 hour weather window has us planning to leave about 2am.”

During an interview with TVNZ, Jo said the party had set off for their climb at two o’clock on Wednesday morning.

“That’s a normal time for climbing,” she explained.

“It's not being foolish or anything. We just hit a slope that was unstable and it was laden with the type of snow that obviously avalanches.

“We all got thrown down the hill, tied together, as climbers do. They were buried and I was buried too, but I had my face out so I could continue to breathe.

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Tauranga adventurer Jo Morgan was buried in snow for about 30 minutes until she was able to activate her personal locator beacon.

“I survived and my friends - my very dear friends who I've climbed a lot with - they haven’t.

“I'm absolutely broken. I just feel very lucky that I’ve survived, through nothing more than luck.”

Department of Conservation director general Lou Sanson, who was at Mount Cook Village, told TVNZ that Jo’s actions were a “textbook recovery”.

She was buried in snow for around 30 minutes until she was able to activate her personal locator beacon.

She then took another 20 minutes to free herself.

“From that 6am response, we were able to swing into action and be on the mountain by 7.30am,” said Lou. “She described being able to put her arm up and feel air above her somewhere. She completely freed herself and sought help.”

Jo was attempting to become the first grandmother to summit all of NZ’s 3000-metre peaks. This was her 23rd peak and the second-to-last one left.

Speaking to The Weekend Sun earlier this year, she said: “There are 24 peaks in New Zealand over 3000m, and I’ve done 22.”

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Tornado and funnel clouds hit

Tornados, funnel clouds, waterspouts, hail and rain - you name it, we’ve had it in the Bay of Plenty and Waikato this week.

A funnel cloud was spotted in Tauranga on Monday minutes after a tornado had touched down near Hamilton on the same day.

MetService meteorologist Cameron Coutts says it’s not usual for them to form at this time of the year.

“They are reasonably common in spring conditions,” he says, “with a colder upper atmosphere and some good daytime heating at lower levels.”

This can lead to heavy showers, thunderstorms, hail and sometime funnel clouds.

A touch of the America’s Cup

A little bit of the America’s Cup touched Opotiki with the launch of Kukutai, a new aquaculture vessel, purpose-built for the challenging conditions of an offshore Bay of Plenty mussel farm.

Auckland-based McMullen and Wing, acclaimed for its 50-year history spanning commercial vessels and award-winning yachts, including the victorious 1995 America’s Cup boat NZL32 (Black Magic), has joined forces with a Bay of Plenty iwi and a local mussel farming company to build Kukutai.

Commissioned by Whakatohea Mussels, New Zealand’s largest offshore mussel farm, Kukutai was constructed with help from local Opotiki youth.

Design awards

Two Bay of Plenty designers have been awarded major architectural awards at the 2018 ADNZ/Resene Architectural Design Awards.

The awards are some of the most recognised architecture awards in the country.

The two award-winning houses from the Bay of Plenty were recognised along with just seven other projects from around New Zealand at the Rotorua event.

Adam Taylor, of Adam Taylor Architecture, won the Residential New Home between 150300m2 Architectural Design Award for a Mount Maunganui home titled ‘Chain Mail’, while Will Tatton, of Will Tatton Architecture, won the Residential Interiors Architectural Design Award for a Tauranga project called ‘Wooden Origami House’.

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“The internet, like Ebay, will see you with a smart charger for $30 or maybe $40. The only way for some people to afford fuel at these prices is to buy less. Batteries are another line of price gouging for the Kiwi motorist. Gardening and growing healthy food is more fun than driving and much better for the planet. Less time in the traffic. Yay.”

Bold business plan Bidding for ‘essential kit’ - Dale Snell and Karen Summerhays of the Te Puke Centre working group.

It has all the hallmarks of Victor Kiam – the amiable American entrepreneur who liked the Remington shaver so much he went out and bought the company.

When a consortium of Te Puke women learned the town’s post office services were open for ‘expressions of interest’, they decided to make a pitch for “an essential piece of kit” in town.

They decided to do a Victor Kiam – like the post office, buy the post office – and they are calling on town’s people, who they sense genuinely value the facility, to stump up a minimum of $50,000 to purchase NZ Post’s postal and bill-pay services in Te Puke.

This week, the consortium started a crowd-funding campaign in order to seek up-front pledges. If and when the target is reached, they’ll make the payment.

That will be a test of the market, and so far, it’s all positive.

“I had an 87-year-old ring me and tell me that a trip to the Post Office is her outing every fortnight,” says Karen Summerhays, a

leading light in the plan to save the facility.

“She goes to the Post Office and people know her.

“It is where she pays all of her bills.”

The ‘services for sale’ signs are the spoils of divorce. When Kiwibank and NZ Post split, the bank left town for the digital sphere and NZ Post put their services out to expressions of interest.

That’s when some small town smarts – local enterprise and guile under the banner of the Te Puke Centre Working Group – sensed an opportunity.

Te Puke doesn’t have a front door.

There’s nowhere for visitors, seasonal workers and even locals to go to access information or make connections.

“At the moment, we really lack infrastructure to encourage or support people coming to our town,” claims Karen.

For 18 months, the consortium has been investigating something called The Te Puke Centre – a state-of-art information centre armed with ultra-fast fibre broadband, a co-working space for community groups and an inviting space for people, agencies, organisations and tourism.

“For example,” adds Karen, “there’s no

professional space in the kiwifruit capital for the kiwifruit industry to plug into for a day and ‘do their business’.

“The consortium investigating the Te Puke Centre would provide do that.”

The group of six women boasts a business consultant, a project manager and three community development specialists, all of whom are connected with the Te Puke community in various ways. They saw hope spring from the dissolution of a marriage.

“The crew decided it would be a good relationship between NZ Post services and what we were trying to achieve with the Te Puke Centre – a fabulous social enterprise where we buy the postal services in their current main street location, and commercial business supports and grows the charitable purposes of the Te Puke Centre in the other half of the same building.”

It was a case of small town New Zealand helping itself.

“Neither the philanthropic trusts nor the government would buy us the business,” she says.

“That’s understandable, and fair enough.”

So the Te Puke Centre working group

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Stump up $50,000 and the post office could become part of the proposed Te Puke Centre.

“We have people working with the present landlord and architects for the best design, and we have done a lot of community engagement over the past 18 months. Those are the things that people have identified as the things they would like to see.”

The group also sees little representation in the town of its broad cultural demographic.

“There is little representation of the area’s Maori heritage reflected in Te Puke, nor other ethnic groups. The town doesn’t reflect who we are.”

But the Te Puke Centre working group has the vision that the centre will tell those stories and highlight some cultural heritage.

NZ Post has previously worked with community groups to deliver their services, in places like Ngaruawahia and Franz Josef. “Nothing as big as our intended operation though,” says Karen.

“There are hoops to jump through, but NZ Post is just waiting for us to be successful.

“There is enormous community kudos for them from trying to make this work.”

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turned to its own. “It’s up to the community to pledge, to say yes, and to say we want these NZ Post services as a community asset. It’s an essential service.

“We want to keep it and we are willing to invest in it.” It is one thing to pledge, but it’s another to stump up. However, the early indications are that Te Puke is willing. “If not, we will have to tell NZ Post that we don’t have the social license,” says Karen, “but we are really hoping that’s unlikely.”

While post may seem like a sunset industry, parcel traffic fueled by online shopping and post office boxes are a growth area.

“There are hundreds of post office boxes in Te Puke,” she says. “Every business in the new Rangiuru Business Park will need a post box, and while there were good number of expressions of interest in the postal services in Te Puke, a very patient and understanding NZ Post wanted to work with us.

“We’ll keep the services and put them on steroids, but we are realistic. The post office business will slowly decline and the Te Puke Centre will grow commensurately on the back of it. That’s the plan.”

The working group oozes local business acumen.

A “highly successful” business consultant did the business plan.

“She didn’t want to just do the plan, she wanted in on it,” says Karen. The group is now aligned to social enterprise gurus, and Akina Foundation, PwC and Russell McVeagh are ensuring the trust deed and structure are fit for purpose.

“PwC has offered to review our business plan.

“It looks very strong at the moment, and it looks like it’s going to work.”

Information centres in many small towns can be dusty holes in the wall, manned by volunteers seated at opportunity shop furniture.

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Old MacDonald dragged into 2018 The farmer has been written out of the children’s ditty ‘Old MacDonald had a Farm’.

“Yes, it’s back to the forest,” says children’s author Rebecca Larsen of Papamoa.

“And that’s the way it should be.”

Old MacDonald has been superceded by characters Pukeko, Kiwi and Hoiho, and ‘Tane Mahuta has a Forest’ is sung to the tune of ‘Old MacDonald’ in

both English and Maori. Times have changed, and things have changed.

This is all about a book, a kids’ book, called ‘Tane Mahuta has a Forest’.

It’s Rebecca’s second literary outing, coming on the back of her enormously successful ‘Row, Row, Row your Waka’.

That tale is on its third print run and made the Nielsen best seller list.

There’s no E-I-E-I-O, not in ‘Tane Mahuta has a Forest’. But there is an A-E-I-O-U – and when kids sing the action song from the book, it’s done so with Maori pronunciation of the vowels

‘Tane Mahuta’ gets a reading with Stanley Hunt, Torsen Anger, Rebecca Larsen and Xavier Kelly.

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And so the book and the accompanying song goes: “With an ‘I’, ‘I’ here, and a takahia there, stamp around, on muddy ground, waewae, takahia, Tane Mahuta has a forest, A,E,I,O,U.” The inspiration came from a bush walk, but not where the spirit of the giant kauri Tane Mahuta dwells, in the forest of Northland.

“One particular day we went into the Hukutaia Domain near Opotiki,” says Rebecca of the fivehectare remnant of an extensive native forest. “At the centre is a magnificent, 2000-year-old puriri burial tree. It’s a magical place full of beautiful bird song.”

It triggered the idea that wandering through a forest is all about waiata, or bird song. “And a good healthy forest should sound like that,” she says.

But when she sang her take on ‘Old MacDonald’ and asked what creatures inhabited the forest, the kids said bears and tigers. “So the song introduces our kids to a real NZ forest setting.”

She says they’re so used to Old MacDonald and overseas songs, “but Tane Mahuta gives the tune a New Zealand context, while they learn some te reo. They really enjoy learning the actions and the participation.”

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Rebecca lived in Canada for eight years, where everyone’s teaching their kids French, to be bilingual.

“It’s quite a big deal giving your child another language, and I naturally gravitated to Maori because it’s our other national language.

“I had that experience of growing up with all the songs we learned from Aunty Bea at school, and I would sing those songs to my babies.”

Returning from Canada she wrote ‘Row, Row, Row your Waka’, and ‘Tane Mahuta’ is the sequel, with the popular characters getting another outing.

The book has been translated into te reo by Justin Kereama and Tania Solomona. There’s also a nice add-on - a CD of the song in English and Maori sung

by Paul Inia, with music by Richard Larsen.

The book was launched in Te Puke, where the author is marketing manager for EPIC Te Puke.

Next week, two or three classes from Arataki School will perform an excerpt from the book.

“It’s the first school performance based on the book and I will be a guest in the audience,” she says.

“With an ‘A’ ‘A’ here, and a toro up there, stretch up high, towards the sky, Tane Mahuta has a forest, A,E,I,O,U.” Old MacDonald might even approve.

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Turning chicken coops into houses NZ aid dollars are transforming lives for schoolkids and families. Photo: Jan Tinetti.

Today The Weekend Sun continues its journey through Melanesia with Tauranga Labour MP Jan Tinetti and a parliamentary delegation.

The delegation was looking at New Zealand aid to the region and, in particular, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

It was an eye-opener for the MP – the power of New Zealand aid dollars and the impact of a simple row of dunnies and the water taps they bought.

“We were at a school just outside Honiara, where New Zealand aid had built a toilet block for the kids,” says Jan. “They didn’t have a toilet block and the kids used to get really, really sick.”

The same aid dollars provided a hand sanitation washing unit – some taps. Not flash, but practical.

“Now the kids aren’t getting sick,” she adds. There’s another positive spinoff.

“The kids have gone home and taught extended families the benefit of washing their hands and sanitation, so whole families are staying healthy on the back of New Zealand investing in a toilet block.”

Not so uplifting was the sight of kids just outside Port Vila in Vanuatu, being taught in tents. “UNICEF tents,” says Jan. The tents were distributed after Cyclone Pam stormed through Vanuatu in 2015.

Four years later, the schoolkids are still there.

“It’s either really hot or it’s raining hard, as it does in the tropics,” she says. “They try to display the kids’

work, but it just gets drenched, and they put tarpaulins over the tents to stop leaks.”

The parliamentary delegation will discuss what New Zealand can do to help. “We have a connection with that particular school, so we will use some funds we have raised to help.”

For those who might question the benefit of committing millions of aid dollars through Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia, Jan has some advice.

“I have now seen first-hand the work those dollars do,” she says. “It’s such a small component of our total aid budget, but it has a huge impact on changing and improving lives forever.”

Like the RSE scheme – the recognised seasonal employer scheme which allows up to 11,000 workers from the region to be recruited for seasonal work in the horticulture and viticulture industries, to pick, pack or prune.

“We know from our end that we absolutely rely on those workers coming to New Zealand, and we think about how good that is for us,” says Jan. “But at the other end, I have seen that money putting kids through school, and after coming here year on year, some RSE workers can even afford to build their own homes.”

She says those homes are as nice as a modest home in New Zealand. “Before that, they were living in something that is now their chicken coop.

“You could read about it, but seeing it first-hand is incredible.”

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Not at TopKids childcare centre in Mount Maunganui, which has just won the Heart Foundation’s Pa-Harakeke Gold Healthy Heart Award for creating an environment that promotes healthy eating and physical activity for under-fives and their families The centre provides healthy morning and afternoon teas and lunches for its young charges, rotating its menu on a four-week cycle. The healthy heart award comes just a month after new cook, Laura Elgueta, joined the team.

More than 100 children, aged threemonths to six-years, attend the centre which offers free ECE hours.

Complex manager Nicky Bird says the centre has always promoted healthy eating, but has had a real push in recent weeks.

“We cater mainly for working families, and they’re busy,” says Nicky. “I’m a working mum as well, and sometimes the last thing I want to do when I get home is cook.

“If I give my kids spaghetti on toast I do it knowing they’ve been eating healthy food during the day.

“The children are trying more food now too, because Laura has managed to hide the vegetables a bit better.

“A lot of parents are asking for the recipes because they can see their kids eating them.”

Many of the centre’s recipes are sourced

Heart Foundation mascot ‘Hearty’ dropped in to TopKids Mount Maunganui to celebrate its Gold Healthy Heart Award with Kylahn Hawira-Fuao, Catalina Elgueta Pinto, Rianah Anderson and cook Laura Elgueta.

Inset, some of the healthy food on offer. from: www.fuelled4life.org. nz - a Heart Foundation initiative involving the education, health and food industry sectors working together to supply healthier food in schools and early learning services.

Laura posts the menu and photographs of the meals to the electronic documentation programme Storypark, to keep parents informed.

“They love the new food and so do the kids,” says Nicky.

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Keeping pets calm this Guy Fawkes It’s not all about crackles and booms, and the chances are your pet will suffer from some degree of anxiety and fear during November 5 - Guy Fawkes’ night.

With more than 60 per cent of the population owning a cat or dog, New Zealand ranks secondhighest in pet ownership per capita across the globe, beaten only by the United States.

However, for the majority of pets in New Zealand, as well as their owners, the Guy Fawkes celebrations can cause a severe amount of stress.

Numerous organisations, including the New Zealand Veterinary Association and Wellington SPCA, have called for public firework sales to stop.

Dr Warren Stroud of Animates Vetcare has provided some top tips to help reduce the stress that fireworks can have on your pet.

Try walking your dog earlier in the evening to tire them out, and keep your pets inside with their bed and favourite toys close and the curtains closed.

Feed them before the fireworks start. A full stomach should help them relax and make them sleepy.

If your pets wants to hide, that’s fine. Create a ‘den’ of favourite blankets and toys to provide a safe place. Turn on music or the TV to disguise the noise.

Keep your feline friend inside by keeping their cat door locked.

Ensure your pet is microchipped and has a collar and an ID tag, in case they run from your property when they are scared.

For small pets and birds, partially cover their cages or enclosures with a blanket.

“The startling lights and sporadic bursts of sound that come with fireworks can be very frightening for any animal,” says Dr Stroud, “so it’s important to take some preventative measures.

“For example, it’s an animal’s natural instinct to hide, so getting them inside and creating a ‘den’ will help them feel safe”.

In addition to the above tips, Warren says cautious pet owners can also refer to range of products from Animates specifically designed to comfort pets during

times of stress.

Adaptil collars, sprays and diffusers release a synthetic version of a natural pheromone creating a calming and comforting effect on dogs and puppies in stressful situations, such as storms and noisy fireworks.

Feliway is the feline equivalent of Adaptil, and is safe to use for both cats and kittens.

The ‘Thundershirt’ is an ingeniously simple device - a tight-fitting shirt provides a gentle, constant pressure that has a calming effect for most pets if they are anxious, fearful or overexcited.

For pets with severe anxiety, please make an appointment with your vet who can prescribe antianxiety medication if required.

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New tool to promote recreational fishing The team behind New Zealand’s only free recreational fishing app, Fish4All, will be at the Tauranga Fishing and Boat Show this weekend, showcasing the app and helping fishers learn how to use this simple and fun tool to support recreational fishing interests.

Developed by recreational fishers for recreational fishers, Fish4All is a handy app for logging catch, comparing stats, snapping and sharing shots and a great tool for running competitions.

But it’s also a powerful sustainability tool, collating anonymous catch data which the Fish4All Charitable Trust controls and will use to enhance recreational fisheries management and representation.

Trustee Chris Falconer, a Waikato dairy farmer and lifelong fishing enthusiast who’ll be at the show, says it enables recreational fishers to become co-managers of the fishery.

“I love it and use it religiously,” says Chris. “It’s given me a much better understanding of my fishing take over the year, where I’ve been, what I’ve caught, where I want to go next and what species I target.”

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Supporting Sir Edmund Hillary legacy Garrick du Toit is reaching higher altitudes by becoming one of four scholars selected for the Sir Edmund Hillary Step Higher Award. The award will see the 20-year-old former Bethlehem College student travel to Nepal in February 2019 for two-and-a-half weeks to see the work that Sir Edmund Hillary carried out in the region. “We will also be trekking through the Khumbu Valley, and on one of the exciting treks we tackle we’ll reach Mount Everest’s Base Camp,” says

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10 Garrick. He will also have to raise funds for the Himalayan Trust by selling the Himalayan Trusts’ cookbook, Outdoor Appetite, for $30. “These funds will be used to help the local Namche School, supporting the Himalayan Trust literacy programme at 12 schools, aimed at improving the way in which reading and writing is taught to 5 to 8-year-old students.” For more information, visit: www.himalayantrust.org/outdoorappetite

Little eyes monitoring garden

Janie Stevenson from NZ Landcare Trust and Willow Kelly, a student from St Thomas More Catholic School, with the Sentinel garden.

St Thomas More Catholic School in Mount Maunganui has become the first school in New Zealand to receive a sentinel garden.

The science/biosecurity awareness project requires students to monitor a garden with plants that attract exactly the kinds of pests and diseases we want to keep out of the Bay Of Plenty.

The children will check their myrtle plant doesn’t have myrtle rust and their vegetable plant isn’t infested with brown marmorated

stink bug, for example.

The students will design the monitoring schedule themselves, checking daily for changes.

If the surveillance project is a success, it will be introduced to another four schools in the Tauranga area early next year.

St Thomas More Catholic School took possession of the garden – similar to a modified kiwifruit packing box – last week, but their work began in earnest this week, when they received a visit from a couple of specialists.

Is it time for us to see ‘free’ parking in the CBD? Last week, a couple of colleagues and I visited Hamilton City Council to see how they manage their parking and transport network.

They’ve gone against conventional parking wisdom and decided to introduce free parking for two hours in their CBD. There are a few catches - it only applies to on-street parking and you still have to pay to use a parking building. You can stay as long as you like, but the price goes up to $6 per hour after the free two-hour period – although, if you stayed three hours under the old regime it’d cost you $6 anyway.

Of course, there’s no ‘free lunch’.

Parking enforcement has had to go up to ensure turnover and availability of parks.

You can’t move your car every two hours to get a whole day free, as license plates are recorded.

It cost ratepayers $700,000 for the parking sensors and technology.

The city has lost around $1m in parking revenue and the shortfall has been made up by a targeted rate on the CBD and the general ratepayer. But won’t people stop using buses if the parking is free?

After 12 months, the evidence shows no decrease in bus usage.

What has increased, however, is retail spending in the CBD. Hamilton hasn’t let the anti-car transport philosophy override the needs of its community, and have been innovative instead.

Where Hamilton differs is in parking supply. They routinely have 80 per cent of their parking occupied, while Tauranga is closer to 95 per cent. We’re currently building a seven storey, 550-space parking building to address this.

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Purple and red Olympics

They’re games that will make you giggle.

Throwing ducks into a roasting pan or ping pong balls into bra cups.

The Limpy Games is the Red Hatter group’s version of the Olympics, but with a twist - everything is a little bit silly!

“The motto for our games is: The games will be easy, no need to run, it’s all about friendship and loads of fun,” says Welcoming Babes’ Susan Daniels, also known as Lady Pap Mayoress.

“The aim of the event aligns with what we are all about - fun, friendship, and in this case, frivolity!”

The Red Hat Society is an international group for women created to connect like-minded women, help make new friends and enrich lives through the power of fun, friendship and fellowship.

Susan says the games involve Red Hatter groups from Auckland, Waikato, the Bay of Plenty and Coromandel areas, and this year the Welcoming Babes will be hosting the event.

“The team that wins holds the games the following year, so because we won we are in the hot seat this year.”

She says normally the Limpy Games are held every second year, but this time they were moved forward due to their big convention next year.

The games will involve 16 teams of four, competing in nine events, which they can complete at their own pace. There will also be 13 other Red Hatters cheering their teams on.

“We will be using some of the games from last year, but have introduced a few new ones, such as throwing the duck in the roasting pan, throw ping pong balls into bra cups - where there will be a ‘booby’ prize - a knitting challenge, and more,” says Susan.

“Oh, and most come dressed for the occasion in their leotards and sweat bands. And, of course, it will be a purple and red occasion!”

After the games there will be lunch and an awards ceremony, where the winning teams get their medals.

Raffle tickets will also be sold on the day to help cover costs.

The Limpy Games will be held on November 7 from 10am at Mount Maunganui RSA at 544 Sharnae Hope Maunganui Road.

Future of Parliament in good hands Last week I announced Ben Sokimi, from Aquinas College, as the young leader who will represent the Tauranga electorate at Youth Parliament 2019.

Ben is a confident, positive young man with a real grasp of New Zealand politics and a keen mind for what challenges lie ahead for us as a country.

I was so impressed by the high calibre of applicants, and it was hard to choose between them, but Ben possessed that little bit extra that saw him edge out

his competitors.

In July next year, 120 Youth MPs from across the country will converge on Parliament. It is an intense two days, where they will sit on select committees, ask oral question and debate legislation.

Leading up to this, Ben will be actively engaging with the community, to gain an understanding of the ideas and concerns of young people in our area.

Youth Parliament is an opportunity for these talented

young New Zealanders to learn how the decision making process works. It also gives them the opportunity to have their voices heard in Parliament.

It is an excellent training ground for these young aspiring MPs. They get to walk in our shoes and it gives us an idea of who our future leaders may be.

I wish Ben every success and I look forward to working with him.

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Tauranga house values continue to rise Tauranga home values continue to rise in what has been described as “an injection of energy” within the housing market this spring, according to the latest QV Figures.

Open homes have reportedly been busy across many parts of New Zealand, yet despite this pick-up in activity, supply still remains low, which is keeping values at or near their current levels.

The latest QV House Price Index shows nationwide residential property values have increased steadily over the past year by 5.4 per cent, and by one per cent in the three months to October. The nationwide average value is now $681,802.

In Tauranga, home values rose 3.3 per cent on year, and by 1.2 per cent over the past three months. The average value in the city is $709,746.

The Western Bay of Plenty market rose 0.9 per cent year on year, and 0.4 per cent over the past three months. The average value in the district is now $633,158.

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Stay safe with fireworks this Guy Fawkes The Environmental Protection Authority wants Guy Fawkes to be a blast for New Zealand families for all the right reasons.

Fireworks go on sale from today, November 2.

“The safest way for your family to get their dose of the festive lights is to leave it to the professionals and attend

a local public fireworks display,” says Lizzie Wilson, spokesperson for the EPA Safer Homes Programme.

“However, if you do decide to set off your own fireworks at home, we have some tips to prevent people becoming one of the 500 New Zealanders being hospitalised annually from hazardous substances.”

Read and follow the instructions on the packaging using a torch, not a

lighter or other flame.

Wait until a calm evening, as lighting fireworks in the wind can be dangerous.

Light fireworks in an open area away from people, pets, buildings, trees and livestock.

Keep a bucket of water, a hose or a fire extinguisher handy.

Only have adults light fireworks one at a time.

Keep unlit fireworks in the bag, or the box they were bought in, until you are ready to light them, and keep them well away from where they are being lit.

Leave dud fireworks alone – trying to relight them can be dangerous.

Stay sober.

Fireworks and alcohol or drugs are a dangerous mix.

Keep pets inside and be considerate of your neighbours.

“And once your night is over, it’s best not to store fireworks in your home afterwards to avoid unnecessary risks to your family,” says Lizzie.

For more tips, visit: www.epa.govt.nz/saferhomes or the EPA Safer Homes Facebook page.

WorkSafe launches ‘Be a Safe Guy’ campaign Young male Maori workers are the target of a new campaign to reduce serious injury in the workplace.

Since 2013, more than 40 workers between the age of 18 and 30 have lost their lives in the workplace, and the rate of serious injury for Maori workers is 33 per cent higher than for the total population.

In its latest campaign, WorkSafe has enlisted the help of aspiring young Maori comedian D’Angelo Martin to help communicate directly to young workers. The ‘Be a Safe Guy’ campaign has a particular focus on Maori male workers who are at the greatest risk.

D’Angelo uses his style of humour to deliver a message, reminding everyone that there is no wrong way

Maori comedian D’Angelo Martin is helping to communicate the safety message to young male Maori workers.

to say the right thing.

WorkSafe strategy and performance manager Jude Urlich says many Maori workers are in higher risk industries such as manufacturing, forestry, construction, agriculture, forestry, transport, postal and warehousing.

“Speaking up can be hard to do,” says Jude, “but we know that when workers get involved in health and safety, that everyone benefits.

“This new campaign recognises that one of the best ways people can stay safe is by talking to each other, in whatever way feels right for them.”

The campaign will feature on videos, posters, billboards and radio adverts over the next four months.

Life after methyl bromide Our logging export is one of the biggest industries in New Zealand.

In fact, high stacks of logs can be seen from the roadside when driving down Hewlett’s Road.

Some 5.5 million tonnes of logs were processed at our port last year, which includes the treatment of logs before they are shipped to countries like China and India for further processing.

At different times, one can see rows of logs covered with tarpaulin. The tarpaulin is there to hold methyl bromide under the covers to kill off insects, so

when the logs are shipped to other countries for processing, they are pest free.

But while we are trying to meet the fumigation standards of other countries, we are using this toxic poison and polluting our own environment.

All over New Zealand today, we are using around 600 tonnes of methyl bromide annually.

Yet in other countries, methyl bromide is banned.

Colourless and odourless, it is toxic - a silent assassin.

Exposure to its high quantities can cause lung damage, affect the nervous system, and it depletes

the ozone layer.

I am aware that other options are being considered that can do the same job, meet the export requirements and won’t harm us or the environment, which is a step in the right direction.

Options discussed are debarking, promoting phosphine log treatment and looking for ways to effectively recapture and dispose of the gas. We need to do this for many more generations to come as well as our own.

We no longer can accept that this is the only way forward.

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Businesses in Te Puke shine A Te Puke property management and investment company has taken home top honours at the 2018 Te Puke Business Awards.

Michelle Bennett and Lance Ewens from Bennetts Proactive with Jenny Dohnt, John Dohnt and Warren Dohnt, centre, from Jellicoe Industrial Park with their 2018 Te Puke Business Awards.

Jellicoe Industrial Park also won the Ag/Hort/Industrial category of the awards – an award it has won previously.

The company specialises in industrial building leases and new builds for businesses that want to set up in Te Puke.

Directed by the father and son team of John and Warren Dohnt, Jellicoe Industrial Park manages around five hectares of industrial land in the district, and has 26 tenants.

Warren says they were “humbled” to receive the Supreme Award.

“It reflects a lot of hard work on our strategic goals and vision for the business in Te Puke,” says Warren.

“We’re a huge supporter of Te Puke and Te Puke businesses.

“Tania McGahey, who runs our property management side, is also

an integral part of the business, providing a wonderful service to all of our tenants.”

The 2018 Te Puke Business Awards were held last Friday night at the Te Puke War Memorial Hall, and included former NZ rugby sevens coach Sir Gordon Tietjens as the guest speaker.

Other winners on the night were Street to Surf Clothing (Retail), The Daily Cafe (Food and Beverage), Dobsons (Service), Kansai Sushi (Emerging Business) and Jenny Wooten (Employee of the Year).

Commendations went to Taryn Komene from Tony’s Kebabs and Pizzas, Archway Group, Mitre 10, Pongakawa Service Centre, Tarnix Security and Marigold Cafe.

The awards, now in their 11th year, are run by Te Puke Economic Development Group.

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Sustainability inspires concept garden They’re called concept gardens, and will live on well beyond the Bay of Plenty Garden and Art Festival later this month.

Six local landscape designers/ architects have created their individual concept gardens at Tauranga’s Historic Village for the festival.

One of those, Toni McErlane, found inspiration in sustainability.

Her garden features five separate

beds, including a potager, a traditional ornamental vegetable or kitchen garden where flowers are planted with herbs and vegetables.

It is made of recycled and permeable materials, forming pathways that link the gardens which have a focus on herbs and native plants that can be used for cooking or teas. They also work to create a habitat for insects, bees and birds, while leaving enough space to grow food.

Toni says garden beauty and food is

Toni McErlane in her concept garden at the Historic Village. not possible without insects, birds, healthy soil and clean water, and all these have been considered in her planting and landscaping.

Bee balm, echinacea and lavender will please the bees, while there are also strawberries, hazelnuts, Chilean guavas, blueberries, tamarillos, blackcurrants and red currants.

There are dwarf varieties of nectarines, peaches, apples, pears, feijoas, lemons and limes, and native

plants include hebes, grasses, astelias, kawakawa, and horopito. There are even roses for rose hip tea.

The festival’s other concept gardens include a rain garden, a traditional garden, one featuring artwork created from reclaimed organic materials and a plot dedicated to Japanese kokodama.

The festival runs from November 15-18, with tickets and further information available at: www.gardenandartfestival.co.nz

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More than just a green thumb Sustainability consultant Leo Murray explores alternatives to our economic system.

Sustainability isn’t just a lifestyle, it’s a change in mindset that will enable future generations to enjoy our beautiful region.

At the BOP Garden and Art Festival’s Hub - Bloom in the Bay - there will be a range of presentations and workshops around the topic of sustainability and the importance of keeping it in mind when gardening.

The speakers will include Ruud Kleinpaste, also known as The Bug Man, Emma Cole from The Hawkers Wall, parks and recreation professional Geoff Canham, artist Dave Roy, The Elms staff of Bev Corbett, Troy Edgecombe and Rosie Burr, landscape architect Nichola Vague and sustainability consultant Leo Murray.

Speaker Leo, who is also BOP Garden and Art Festival’s zero waste manager, will be discussing what lies ‘Beyond Sustainability’, and re-framing our uncertain future to live with more, not less.

A second talk, ‘The Sustainability of Finance’, explores

alternatives to our economic system, while a third discussion pairs big picture thinking with small scale solutions named ‘Why Waste? Think Global, Act Local’.

Another highlight of the festival is Ruud Kleinpaste’s presentation and workshop ‘How to murder your plants more slowly’, which will take a look at our own garden’s biodiversity.

Through this he will explain that bugs, fungi and all other critters, plants, and bacteria are the driving force of sustainability. “The Bay of Plenty Garden and Art Festival supports sustainability,” says Festival director Marc Anderson, “and we welcome people to come and visit the 70 gardens on our trail and absorb some of our gardeners’ knowledge about this and how important it is in our environment.”

The BOP Garden and Art Festival and Bloom in the Bay will be held from November 15-18.

Tickets are on sale now at: www.gardenandartfestival.co.nz, www.ticketek.co.nz by calling: 0800 842 538 or visiting Baycourt.

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Soul legend coming to town “That’s what friends are for.”

Dionne Warwick is performing at ASB Baypark Arena on Sunday, November 11.

It’s a song that Dionne Warwick had a hit with alongside fellow musicians Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder in 1985 to raise money for an AIDS charity.

She was also quoted as saying this when asked to step in to cover for friend and mentor Burt Bacharach when he was unable to perform with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in 2007.

One of the most charted female vocalists of all time, Dionne will be performing at ASB Baypark Arena in Tauranga on Sunday, November 11.

Her career has spanned more than 50 years, and during that time she has earned 75 charted hit songs, sold more

than 100 million records and received five Grammy awards.

She had her first hit in 1962 with Don’t Make Me Over, and went on to enjoy success with Walk On By, I Say a Little Prayer, Do You Know the Way to San Jose? and I’ll Never Fall in Love Again.

Dionne began singing gospel as a child in Newark, New Jersey and was a member of her family gospel group, the Drinkard Singers.

She is aunt to the late Whitney Houston, who died in 2012, mother to singer-songwriter David Elliott and music producer Damon Elliott, and grandmother to up-and-coming singer Cheyenne Elliott.

She appeared on New Zealand television screens in the 1980s as

Working towards safer communities It’s important to feel safe in our communities and have faith in our criminal justice system, and we know there is work to do in this area.

The government is supporting safer communities by recruiting 1800 more police officers and investing in crime prevention. Every time we prevent a crime from being committed, we save another New Zealander from being a victim.

The Safe and Effective Justice Advisory Group has been appointed to support the Hapitia te Oranga Tangata Safe and Effective Justice Programme, which the government has established to create a more

effective criminal justice system and a safer New Zealand.

The advisory group is undertaking a nationwide consultation to gather information on the criminal justice system, and next week it will be Tauranga’s turn to talk to them.

They want to hear from the public, and people who have experienced the system and the groups who work in it or with it every day.

The group, chaired by former Minister for Courts Chester Burrows, is independent of the government and has been tasked with finding out how the system can be

improved. Mr Burrows believes this our chance to make a big difference to our criminal justice system.

The meeting will be on Monday, November 5, from 11.30am-1.30pm at Greerton Library. I would like to encourage you to come along.

If you can’t make it, then you can make a submission outlining your experiences and ideas to the group via: www.safeandeffectivejustice.govt.nz Alternatively, you can contact them directly at: te_uepu@justice.govt.nz

presenter of the weekly one-hour show Solid Gold, where she also performed duets with some of her co-hosts and sung the Solid Gold theme song.

New Zealand audiences saw her again in 1995 at the Mission Vineyard concert, and in 2006 she performed I Say a Little Prayer with Kiwi Lucy Lawless in the hit American TV show Celebrity Duets.

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World class result for f lying Finn Finn Anderson has wanted to be an Olympic paddler since he first jumped into a kayak.

Now, that dream is a step closer for the 16-year-old after his stunning performance at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires this month, where he won a silver medal.

“For sure this has made the desire stronger,” says Finn. “Obviously it was a little bit different than the actual Olympics, but that is definitely the goal.”

He is part of the production line of national and international paddlers from Tauranga Boys’ College, headed by Olympian Mike Dawson.

Finn was proud to finish second best in the world in his age group, behind the winning athlete from Mauritius who “was just too quick to catch,” Finn says.

His silver was one of just four medals won

Finn Anderson with coach Matt McKnight.

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by New Zealand.

He says it was a real honour to have the rest of the New Zealand team perform a haka for him and the women’s gold medal-winning sevens team that included the Bay of Plenty’s Tynealle Fitzgerald, Kiani Tahere and Mahina Paul.

“It was pretty good to win silver,” he says.

“The guy that came first has really picked up and improved a lot. Obviously I have done as well, so I was happy with my placing and how I raced.”

It was only the second international competition Finn has competed at, with challenging high summer temperatures and a longer than usual course in Buenos Aires.

The biggest learnings Finn has taken from the Youth Olympics is how to handle the pressure and the level of perfectionism at Olympic-level racing.

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The next major goal is to make the New Zealand slalom team going to the 2019 ICF World Slalom Championships, to be held in Spain.

The New Zealand canoe slalom team coach in Argentina, Matt McKnight, is also the Canoe Slalom BOP coach.

He knows Finn well, both on-and-off the water.

“I am extremely satisfied with his silver,” says Matt. “He went out there pretty strongly and we got an amazing result. He paddled to the best of his ability, he really gave it everything and it showed in his result.”

The Youth Olympics is the latest in a string of high performance results for Finn over the last few years, and Matt says his young charge has been pushing hard for national selection.

“He made the development squad this

year, and we are looking at this being the next stepping stone in making the junior team next year,” he says.

“After that, we are not sure where he will go but hopefully the senior Olympics team.

“The world is kind of his oyster.”

Two other Bay of Plenty paddlers performed with great distinction in Argentina.

George Snook, 15, from Okere Falls just missed out on a bronze medal in the K1 slalom, while 14-year-old Kahlia Cullwick, from Mount Maunganui College and the youngest member of the New Zealand team, secured a topeight finish.

Other Tauranga athletes to compete with distinction at the Youth Olympics were rock climber Sarah Tetzlaff and windsurfers Max van der Zalm and Veerle ten Have.

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Bay beach volleyballers Sebastian Green and Scott Shipton in action at this year’s National Secondary Schools champs. Photos: Julie Maree Photography.

Scott Shipton and Sebastian Green have been mates since primary school, which may go some way towards explaining their highly-promising beach volleyball partnership.

entirely happy with.

“We were probably the best team there,” says Baz. “We really should have won that.”

“I’m not going to say anything,” adds Scott, “but there was a lot of reasons why we should have won that.”

Sports people need many attributes to achieve at the highest level, but the It’s a sport the two Year 11 Tauranga competitive streak coming out when Boys’ College students only took up a they talk about that tournament is couple of years ago, after trying out the right up there. usual round of rugby, football, cricket, It followed their bronze at the national basketball and others. under-17 age group championships in And it looks to be a decision that’s January a result they were actually paying off for them handsomely. happier with as they felt they were They’re still celebrating after being competing against better teams, rather named in the New Zealand Under-17 than pairings restricted to being selected Beach Volleyball team for from the same school. their development tour to Australia It’s just a bonus for them, they say, that next month. they’re able to compete together in the “We’re both pretty stoked,” says Scott. age group and secondary schools champs.

Sebastian – known to his mates as That’s because of the understanding Baz – found out first. they’ve developed over the years as His dad then called Scott. school mates.

“There’s a lot of “The team got released and we forgot communication,” says Scott. to check. And then his dad called me and “When you’re blocking, you’re said congratulations!” signalling where you’re blocking.

“I called Baz and we talked about it.

“When you’re serving, you’re telling “It was pretty sick.” him where to serve, you’re telling him Part of the excitement for them is based where you’re standing and where to on how popular the sport is becoming drop. There’s a lot of communication, in the Bay and across the country and it’s on both of you. especially following on from the success “We’ve practiced our calls a lot and of brothers Ben and Sam O’Dea at the we’re slowly getting the hang of them.”

Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Selection in the national under-17 team earlier in the year. for the Australian tour, an opportunity “That helped everyone from the beach ‘designed to help young athletes get volleyball community,” says Baz. “It ready for more intensive international helped expand the game as well, because volleyball opportunities (both indoor they got a lot of attention.

“They coached at a couple of camps we and beach) in the future’ says Volleyball New Zealand, has meant travelling to went to as well, so that was cool.” intensive training camps and Challenger Since the O’Dea brothers’ success, tournaments around the North Island the sky is looking a lot more like the most weekends. limit for Scott and Baz, who are now But not all. Money has to be earned dreaming of going on from the age group to pay for the venture, so both have teams to American and Asian tours, part-time jobs to fit into their hectic Commonwealth Games, NCEA-dominated lives and maybe even the as well, which means Olympics themselves. having to sacrifice “That’s the goal,” says some of the training Scott. And like the and playing O’Dea brothers, opportunities. there’s an easy Dedication is confidence and one word for it, trust built on and it’s clearly familiarity not in short between the two supply around that could well these lads, so accelerate them don't be too along that track. surprised to They made see the names the team after of Shipton and finishing Green up there runners-up in alongside the the national O’Dea brothers in secondary schools the international championships spotlight before - an impressive too long. result but one Baz and Scott with their Chris James they weren’t secondary schools silver medals.

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Pre-season already underway for Bulldogs The sweat and toil is hardly over from the 2018 season, and the Kiwis are still campaigning in the northern hemisphere, but in Papamoa, pre-season training and conditioning is already underway ahead of next term.

“It’s a prime opportunity to start building on team culture and work ethic,” says Papamoa coach James Nicholson, who’s back for his second season in charge of the Bulldogs.

“If you have a rigorous, tough off-season, and get buy-in from the players, you will go on and have a successful season.”

Nicholson is in the process of fulfilling a personal goal. “I said when I first joined this club that I wanted to win a Premiership within three years.”

Next year is stage two.

And it will come off the back of a solid 2018 campaign, where both Bulldog teams finished in the middle of the table and surprised a few established clubs along the way.

Nicholson was awarded Coastline Mariners Coach

of the Year, and the Bulldogs fielded a women’s team for the first time. It was a year of modest successes and firsts for the club.

“We had a handful of experienced players that had played rep footie and played a few years of club footie,” he explains, “and we had to fuse them with the majority of our players who were new to the club and the code.”

There are encouraging signs at the Bulldogs.

“With a nucleus of players coming back for another season, and half-a-dozen of our players going onto higher honours with the representative Coastline Mariners, it looks very promising. However, nothing comes easy and we have to be prepared to work harder than our opposition if we want to be a successful club.”

They’re all good signs for the growth of rugby league.

“It’s great for the game in the Western Bay of Plenty - adding more teams, clubs growing and strengthening the game in our region.”

The Papamoa outfit has a very strong junior base, so for the

Bulldogs’ seniors stepping up to top grade shows the juniors that there are pathways to senior footie with the club.

James Nicholson and the Papamoa Bulldogs would welcome new and returning players. “Absolutely,” he says.

“If you like working hard, keeping fit or maintaining your fitness, working in a team environment and meeting friends for life, then this is the club to come to.”

The Bulldogs’ off-season training starts on Tuesday, November 6, on field four

at Gordon Spratt Reserve in Papamoa from 6pm, and every Tuesday through until December 11.

“It’s an opportunity to meet new players and keep tabs on fitness, strength and skill levels and then tailor future training sessions accordingly,” says James.

Twice weekly pre-season training starts in January, beginning on Monday, January 14 and Wednesday, January 16.

For more information, message James via: nicholsonjock66@gmail.com

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Having your say on whitebait management With four of New Zealand’s six whitebait species classified as threatened or at risk of extinction, the Department of Conservation is consulting New Zealanders on whitebait management.

People can take part in an online survey and/or attend a drop-in session.

“Whitebait are a key part of Kiwi culture,” says Conservation Minister

Eugenie Sage.

“They’re taonga to iwi and fishin for whitebait is an important tradition for many New Zealanders.

“We also know that whitebait are in decline. Four of the six species that make up the whitebait fishery ar threatened or at risk of extinction, and they face significant pressure – degraded habitats, poor water quality, obstacles to fish passage suc as culverts and, in some areas, heavy fishing pressure “We must reverse the decline of whitebait and address these pressures

if we want healthy whitebait species and a sustainable fishery.”

A Whitebait Working Group has been formed, involving people with expertise in fisheries and species management, ecology, habitat restoration, commercial

and recreational fishing, and matauranga Maori to help develop an ‘issues and options’ document.

DOC will include public feedback from the online survey and drop-in sessions, along with the views of the Whitebait

Working Group and iwi, in a report outlining the issues and options for the future of whitebait management.

Visit DOC’s website for the whitebait survey: www.doc.govt.nz

Travel insurance leads to busiest year for complaints A rise in travel insurance complaints has contributed to the busiest year yet for Financial Services Complaints Limited - a dispute resolution scheme set up under legislation in 2008.

FSCL reported a 35 per cent increase in complaints opened for investigation in the year ending June 30, 2018.

Complaints against insurers, in particular relating to travel insurance, once again made up

the greatest proportion of cases investigated at just over a third.

Complaints against lenders were the second largest category, at around 21 per cent.

FSCL chief executive officer Susan Taylor says responsible lending was a recurrent theme in complaints against lenders, and she welcomed work to tighten up parts of the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003.

She says the proposed changes would give greater clarity around what lenders must do to comply with relevant lender responsibility principles.

“This will hopefully make it easier to determine whether a lender has assessed a loan application for affordability and suitability,” said Susan.

FSCL’s Annual Report 2017/18 is available at: www.fscl.org.nz/publications

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Showing your love for the coast this weekend from 4pm-6.30pm, and is weather dependent.

Breanna advises comfortable clothing, and if you have your own gloves and a sack, please bring these along. If not these, they will be made available to you.

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bit, help collect rubbish from the beach and help keep our beautiful coastline clean and amazing,” says event organiser Breanna Roband.

The clean-up will be based at Mount Drury, and anyone who participates is free to clean an area of their choice.

The clean-up will be beachside this Sunday, November 4,

If you have a passion for keeping your coastline beautiful, then join the army of helpers who will be doing just that this weekend.

The Love Your Coast Mount Beach clean-up offers the public the opportunity to assist in cleaning up some of the Bay’s most beautiful shorelines.

“This is a great chance to do your

Housing New Zealand has changed its policy to allow tenants to have pets.

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who supports our tenants to experience the joy and companionship that comes from pet ownership.”

Paul says tenants need to take care of their pets and be responsible for their control, health and welfare.

“They also need to let us know if they want a dog, cat or livestock animal so we can collect some information about their pet,” he adds.

“As part of this we will give them some guidance on what they need to consider when having a pet in their home.”

To help tenants be great pet owners, Housing New Zealand will be providing further guidance and advice on pet ownership and pet care.

For more information, visit: www.hnzc.co.nz

Chief operating officer Paul Commons says the change, which came into effect in September, is part of a wider desire to better support Housing New Zealand tenants to live well.

“Studies have shown that pets have numerous health and wellness benefits for people - particularly the elderly, small children and people who live on their own,” says Paul.

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Kiwis failing when it comes to sun protection An alarming proportion of New Zealanders are not wearing hats or seeking shade to protect themselves from the sun.

The University of Otago research observed 2635 children and adults in outdoor recreation spaces between September 2014 and April 2015, including beaches, playgrounds and outdoor pools.

It found that only 4.3 per cent of people wore protective hats, while just 10.7 per cent were under the cover of shade at times when sun protection was warranted.

The research, which was published in October in the New Zealand Medical Journal, is part of the landmark Kids’Cam Study, funded by the Health Research Council of NZ. New Zealand currently has the highest rate of melanoma skin cancer in the world. Each year, nearly 90,000 skin cancers are diagnosed and 500 New Zealanders die as a result. Most of these cancers are caused by overexposure to the sun.

“Skin cancer is a highly preventable disease and represents a significant cost to the health system,” says Ryan Gage from the Department of Public Health at the University of Otago.

“We should learn from Australia and do more to encourage sun protection in general, both for children and adults.

“The SunSmart Schools programme alone is not enough to

influence behaviours outside school grounds. Sun burning is highly common in outdoor recreational areas, and sun damage at any age contributes to skin cancer risk.”

Professor Louise Signal, from the

Health Promotion and Policy Research Unit at the University of Otago, says encouraging local councils to develop sun safety policies would be a useful first step for supporting sun protection in outdoor recreation spaces.

How to keep your cool in humid weather The combination of rain and sunshine can make for a humid climate, which can leave you feeling sticky and muggy throughout the day.

But you can cool down your body temperature if you know where your pulse points are.

These include your neck, wrists, the inside of your elbows and knees, the tops of your feet and the inside of your ankles.

Put an ice pack or a damp washcloth on these parts of your body to bring your temperature down.

Stay hydrated. Sweat is the body’s way of releasing water, and during humid weather you might find yourself perspiring more due to the damp conditions.

Carry a bottle of water so you can sip it throughout the day to stay hydrated. Avoid drinking lots of alcohol or caffeinated drinks.

Keep cool with the aid of a fan.

Close your windows and doors so the cool air doesn’t escape from your home.

Dunk your feet in cool water before you go to sleep.

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If you’ve got electronics on standby, unplug them.

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Study reveals true cost of not replacing computers Old computers are costing business owners more than $4000 each, according to a new study released by Microsoft.

Research shows that most small and medium businesses could make significant cost savings by updating their PCs - but most continue to hang on to their old computers.

According to the Pan-Asia SMB PC Study, the optimal age of PCs is no more than four years old, beyond which the cost of repairs and lost

productivity makes them cheaper to replace.

Older computers are more than twice as likely to experience issues, such as being slow to boot up, batteries depleting too soon, disk drive crashes causing data losses, application crashes and network connectivity problems.

The total cost of owning a PC that is four or more years old is enough to replace it with two or more newer models, says the study.

Bradley Hopkinson, Microsoft Asia’s vice president, consumer and devices sales, says many business owners feared

new computers would be incompatible with existing internal business applications, believed computers weren’t running crucial business applications or were concerned about cost.

“PCs are the productive engines for most small-tomedium businesses in Australia and New Zealand, where organisations rely heavily on their devices for day-to-day tasks,” says Bradley.

“However, the majority surveyed have PCs that are older than four years, which significantly increases maintenance costs.

“With budget constraints being the number one IT challenge, business leaders should seek to adopt a device modernisation strategy so that they can maintain costs, while safeguarding their organisation from newer digital risks.”

Microsoft’s national technology officer for New Zealand, Russell Craig, says that while security

is a major concern, there is less awareness that newer computers are more effective at intercepting viruses, malware and other spyware infections and significantly better at repelling security breaches.

Time to take a closer look at the fine print While the retirement village industry is generally considered to be booming, concerns about residents being ripped off are fairly common.

This is primarily because in most cases, residents buy a licence to occupy, not a freehold residence.

Consequently, residents receive no capital gains on their villa.

Deeanah Winders, from Harris Tate, says: “The challenge for us

is keeping up-to-date with what is happening in the industry and how that’s reflected in changing agreements - the implications of which can be far-reaching.

“People also have concerns around qualifying for the residential care subsidy.”

Nearly $1 billion a year is spent to meet the residential care for some 19,000 New Zealanders who receive a residential care subsidy (RCS).

Given the size of these figures, it’s easy to see why the Ministry Michelle Carabine is one of the speakers and associate at Harris Tate.

of Social Development (MSD) maintain that those who have resources should be required to use them to support themselves.

Since the MSD introduced the asset and income test, it has become increasingly difficult to qualify.

People need to be assessed as needing rest home care and have assets below, in most cases, $227,000.

A common question is whether it is possible to give away your assets or set up a family trust to put you in a position to qualify.

However, nothing is as simple as it seems. The MSD has a detailed set of rules to determine eligibility for a RCS and attempts to manipulate ownership of assets to qualify is unlikely to work.

In some cases, it can make the situation worse.

To register for the seminar, phone Age Concern on: 578 2631.

Priority One annual general meeting this month The Western Bay of Plenty business community will have the chance to hear about recent economic developments and plans for future projects and initiatives at the Priority One annual general meeting later this month.

Priority One is the Western Bay’s economic development organisation.

It was established in 2001 by members of the

Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty business community in partnership with the sub-region’s local authorities.

The AGM is being held from 4-6.30pm on Thursday, November 8, at Mills Reef Winery, Moffat Road, Tauranga.

This is a free event, but registrations are essential via: gail@priorityone.co.nz

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Celebrate the best of the Bay this summer You can’t mention the coastal Bay of Plenty without evoking thoughts of pristine beaches and crystal blue waters.

From Mauao to Papamoa and all the way along the welcoming Bay of Plenty coastline that stretches for 125km in total, it sure is hard to beat.

Which is why it comes as no surprise that one of our favourites, Ohope Beach, has retained its mantle as New Zealand’s most loved beach in the AA’s new ‘101 Must-Do’s This Summer’ list.

To be voted best beach is something we are extremely proud of and it is fantastic that the AA is urging locals and Kiwis from further afield to visit our region.

It also adds to the great Bay of Plenty vibe,

especially at the height of summer, with our region often being a winner in the ‘most sunshine hours in New Zealand’ stakes.

But there is more than meets the eye to this stretch of paradise than just the beach, from exploring Mauao, discovering countless bush walks, bike tracks and scenic reserves, to capturing the thrill of standing on top New Zealand’s most active volcano, Whakaari (White Island), before taking in one of the number of star-studded concerts.

You don’t need to look far for inspiration, because it’s truly all ‘in our nature’ in the Bay of Plenty.

With summer nearly upon us, now is the perfect time to start making plans to get out and enjoy

not only the beach, but our region’s hidden gems and local favourites.

We’re looking forward to welcoming visitors to the Bay of Plenty, and encourage them to get out and about and enjoy this beautiful region.

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“After looking at job applications between July and September this year, we found that applications for six-figure salary roles were still largely dominated by men,”

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“For roles with a salary of $100,000 or more, just 37 per cent of applications were from female candidates."

Jeremy says at the other end of the spectrum, the $40,000$60,000 salary band is much more even, with women making up 52 per cent of applications.

“There are a couple of schools of thought around why we see more men applying for higher paying roles,” he explains.

“We know from our own data that traditionally femaledominated sectors like nursing and teaching are paid less than

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An all-round holistic approach to pet health For our pets, just like us humans, health is freedom from disease. This means that they are strong and healthy and rarely suffer from illnesses that require medical intervention.

Promoting health is not simply about ensuring vaccinations are up-to-date, parasite treatments are regularly performed and blood tests are done to check for underlying concerns, says Holistic Vets director and vet Liza Schneider.

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“One of our most important tools to promote wellness in our furry friends is optimal nutrition.

“We frequently see animals from all across the country with stubborn health conditions that are not responding to conventional medical treatments,” says Liza. “For many of these animals, we include a wellbalanced, biologically appropriate diet; this means a meat-based diet for cats and dogs, that is free of chemicals and preservatives and has optimal amounts of important nutrients. Even with just this change, many animals enjoy a remarkable improvement in their health which is always rewarding to see.

“Ours is a holistic approach to health,” says Liza.

“When an animal’s health is compromised, we recruit all of the tools at our disposal.

“These include conventional medicines and surgery, as well as complementary therapies such as herbal medicine, acupuncture, nutrition, homeopathy, herbal medicine and many other therapies to restore health and improve well-being.

“We always work to your budget and often this approach is more economical. We love making use of the best of both worlds to elegantly help our patients become healthy and stay healthy as well as give our clients peace of mind,” syas Liza.

Rabbit vaccination is a lifesaver If you own a rabbit, now is the time to get down to your vet and get them vaccinated.

A new strain of a lethal disease has been confirmed in the wild rabbit population in the Bay of Plenty.

Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Virus (RHDV) – also known as rabbit calicivirus – is used worldwide for rabbit pest control, but unfortunately doesn’t discriminate between wild and pet rabbits.

The RHDV1 strain has been in New Zealand since 1997, when it was illegally introduced. Pet rabbits are protected from RHDV1 and RHDV1-K5 by an annual vaccination with Cylap, but this is not effective against the newly

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discovered strain, RHDV2.

It is therefore essential that if you own a rabbit, you must get your pet vaccinated against both RHDV1 and RHDV2 with the newly-available vaccine.

They will also get a full health check at the same time.

The virus is highly resistant and will survive for three months in the environment.

It is spread by direct contact with other rabbits and via flies and fleas.

Preventative measures are very important. Keep pets isolated from wild or unknown rabbits, ensure good insect control around rabbits

(especially flies), and regularly clean rabbit hutches and bowls, as food and bedding can transmit the virus.

Also, remove uneaten food daily to avoid flies. Avoid cutting grass and feeding if grazed by wild rabbits. Wash purchased vegetables as they may be contaminated, and wash hands between handling rabbits.

There is no treatment for this nasty disease, so vaccination and prevention are essential. Make an appointment with your vet today.

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Bringing diabetes home “The theme of World Diabetes Week brings diabetes into the home of every Kiwi.” That’s the message from Diabetes Help Tauranga manager Debbie Cunliffe.

“Most of us know a family member, neighbour or friend with diabetes, therefore the message ‘diabetes concerns every family’ means we all need to take responsibility for addressing some of the modifiable risk factors, especially in type 2 diabetes,” she says.

Eloise Mitchell, diabetes clinical nurse specialist and team leader at Tauranga Hospital, encourages families to support relatives and friends living with diabetes by attending clinic appointments and education courses to learn about what they can do to support healthy lifestyles.

This will contribute to a reduced risk of other family members developing diabetes, while assisting their family member to live well with diabetes and avoid

long-term complications.

“Positive family/whanau support in diabetes care has been shown to have a substantial effect in improving health outcomes for people with diabetes and reducing the emotional impact of the disease that can result in a negative quality of life,” says Eloise.

The team from Diabetes Help Tauranga will be touring round the Western Bay of Plenty during World Diabetes Week, which runs from November 12-18, encouraging people to recognise the signs, symptoms and risk factors of diabetes and encouraging

people to attend the DESMOND self-management program.

Currently, one in two people living with type two diabetes are undiagnosed.

“Early diagnosis and treatment are key to prevent the complications of diabetes and achieve healthy outcomes,” says chair of Diabetes Help Brian Pointon.

“All families are potentially affected by diabetes, so awareness of the signs, symptoms and risk factors for all types of diabetes are vital to help detect it early.”

Visit the Diabetes Help Roadshow to find out more.

Diabetes nurse practitioner Isabel Raiman, diabetes specialty nurse, children and young persons, Rose Fifield, diabetes clinical nurse specialist and team leader, Eloise Mitchell and diabetes specialty nurse, Kaye Boyd.

Being aware of what we put on our skin With consumers, there is a shift in awareness “It is a company founded on a philosophy of product integrity, innovative technology and as to what we are applying to our skin, natural ingredients.” which I fully believe is important.

Tranquillo Beauty Clinic is pleased to announce the As a therapist, SKIN I want to deliver SECRETS results, which With Sue Dewes from requires super Tranquillo Beauty active ingredients to give stunning results to clients.

Recently I have discovered the Juvenate range, and it delivers an amazing array of positives on all fronts.

This range certainly appeals, and has a range of benefits including being New Zealand-owned and made and vegan, with no nasty preservatives, added colourants or fragrances.

It’s cruelty free and uses natural ingredient formulations for sustainability and ethical sources.

Juvenate also uses the latest super ingredients sourced worldwide, including a number of gold and silver award-winning ingredients from International Innovations Awards and backed by clinical studies The range also boasts a range of unique serums and moisturisers packed full of active ingredients to target specific skin problems, such as pigmentation.

“Juvenate really is a new generation of skincare that ticks all the boxes for any New Zealand Salon owner who is serious about results-driven skincare,” says Juvenate GM Marie August.

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Foiling a What we ‘want’ and ‘need’ wicked plot Little Pete is standing near the toy box, holding two identical toys, one in each hand. They are so heavy, that he is struggling, stumbling around the playground.

On Sunday May 20, 1604, Guy Fawkes initially met with his Catholic co-conspirators at the Duck and Drake Inn, London. They plotted to blow up the English parliament with gunpowder and assassinate King James I, a Protestant.

Interestingly, the translation of the King James Bible also began in 1604.

Thankfully, their wicked plot was foiled. On November 5, 1605, Londoners were encouraged to celebrate the King's escape from assassination by lighting bonfires. From 1650, fireworks became part of this annual celebration, and this tradition continues in New Zealand.

The Bible warns us of a far more serious plot.

It warns us of an arch-deceiver (Satan) who has plotted the downfall of humanity. His plot has succeeded against many. Many have gone to their graves not having a true and committed relationship with God through Jesus Christ.

The plots of Satan are so serious, the Bible even warns us to take up the full armour of God to withstand them.

The armour includes the breastplate of righteousness, the belt of truth, the shield of faith, the shoes of the preparation of the gospel of peace, the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. If just one piece of a soldier’s armour is missing, he or she is in grave danger. It’s the same in spiritual warfare. Do you have your full spiritual armour on? Will the evil plot for your eternal destruction be foiled, as Guy Fawkes’ plot was?

I pray it will be.

David Kidd - Church of God’s Love

Little Oscar spots him. Fascinated by the slightly older boy, he walks up to him. Pete steps back, clutching tightly with each hand, then steps forward again, a cross expression on his face as he loudly shouts: “No!” We are all familiar with this seemingly insignificant scene and sure enough, Pete’s father rushes up, attempting to release one of the toys while explaining the concept of sharing to a little mind that has not yet fully grasped the idea.

“You don’t need two,” he says. But to this little mind, want and need are the same and tears simply flow when he cannot get what he wants.

This little anecdote touches on the huge

responsibility we have as parents to introduce spiritual (not just social) values. But how differently do we really behave as adults? We are constantly drawn into our wants.

One of our Quakerguiding testimonies is simplicity. It encourages us to let go of wants and focus on true need, on all levels, and not just a material one.

The words “I need” have a selfish sound, as it is an often-disguised “I want”. True need is therefore grounded in opening to love, self-compassion and compassion for others. As we meet in this deeper reality, the question cannot be “what do I want?” but “how can I serve?”

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Backtrack on upgrade ‘unacceptable’ It is not often that one feels totally disillusioned with the system we have to work with, but totally disillusioned I am.

Why would NZTA stop the desperately-needed road safety upgrade being undertaken at the Belk Road /SH29 intersection? It is totally unacceptable.

Belk Road intersection is extremely dangerous, so together with the community we were able to work with senior safety engineer Adam Francis who understood the safety predicament.

He organised for the safety design work, which included adding just over a metre of pipe to the existing culvert so a safer left-hand turn could be made into Belk Road.

Property purchases were made and work was to be completed last December. Then the horrible time drag occurred because the regional council took months to give approval and the work was then to be done this October.

Last week I was told by an NZTA senior employee he had decided not to do the upgrade. No consultation with the community, just ignored their needs and said they will look at other safety options.

It is a scandal and disgraceful that the community has to put up with such bureaucratic bungling. Not good enough and we will not accept such nonsense.

M Murray-Benge, Bethlehem.

Enough hide and seek The jailed Czech drug dealer cock-and-bull stuff defies belief. He accessed New Zealand on a false passport and is now serving five yearsplus for drug offences. He was recently refused parole, so warrants deportation at the end of his imprisonment. His track record is appalling.

Immigration Minister Lees-Galloway then bypasses normal procedures and gives this criminal New Zealand residency without saying why.

This nonsense is at public cost and risk.

Where entreaties are made to Ministers a waiver needs signing so all the circumstances are publicly disclosed for robust examination.

It’s the classic case of no openness, no transparency and no accountability, which is wrong, and up there with judges who inexplicably give wet bus ticket sentences to villains, then when challenged say critics don’t know the facts.

Well, the answer is to publicise the facts, obtain waivers from the offenders, which should be a compulsory pre-condition to any plea for special treatment/leniency, and the circumstances publicly notified. Hiding behind the veil of secrecy is not an option. Kiwis should be appalled and Mr Lees -Galloway needs a reality check. No, better still, he should just resign and follow his two colleagues out the Cabinet door.

Ms Ardern’s “read between the lines” dictum is piffle.

R Paterson, Matapihi (Abridged).

Church should not support claim Why is the Anglican Church apologising to a couple of Tauranga sub-tribes for selling its land to the Crown in 1867 “without seeking their agreement”? There was no need to seek anybody’s agreement since the Church Missionary Society had bought the land outright by two purchases in 1838 and 1839 – transactions that were ticked off by Governor Hobson’s Land Commission after 1840 as conveyances that had been made freely between willing sellers and a willing buyer.

Either the Church is plain dumb or it is colluding with the tribal elite to deceive the public.

At the Anglican Synod in May 2018, the Church

said that it would support an application to the Waitangi Tribunal by the Ngai Tamarawaho and Ngati Tapu to get some ‘compensation’ (from the taxpayer) for this ‘grievance’ that historically does not exist.

As we wrote in our recent book Gate Pa and Te Ranga: The Full Story “If the Anglican Church genuinely wants to create harmony and integrity in society, it should not be misrepresenting historical truths in support of a bogus claim for a non-existent grievance that has as its object the further enrichment of the tribal elite at the expense of the taxpaying public”.

J McLean and J Robinson, Wellington.

Don’t give up, Simon Dear Simon. I know you’ve had a tough week or so, but don’t give up just yet. The mainstream media are full of themselves and their stories are just that… stories.

They have no idea what it’s really like to lead or to stand up for something that matters, like jobs for instance. And don’t take Crusher too seriously – she’s as likely to crush herself as anybody.

Chin up lad, there’s a lot riding on your shoulders and you’re up to it. What doesn’t kill you just makes you stronger. And we’re right behind you.

One day at a time.

G Martin, Brookfield.

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It’s called parenthood Re G Martin’s letter (The Weekend Sun, October 26).

We ‘working women’ are not neglecting ‘motherhood’ and we tend to call it ‘parenthood’ these days.

It is interesting that you value men for their working ability, but fail to mention their parenting ability.

I understand that your bias may be locked in a time warp, but keep it out of the media. I really don’t want to have to explain this to my happy, balanced daughters.

But really, attributing the world’s ‘grumpiness’ to mums?

How about poverty, homelessness, family violence, increased cost of living? These prolific circumstances may be a fairer explanation of any exacerbated grumpiness.

G Martin implies a working mother is not a ‘great’ mother.

I would love to see the evidence. A recent study showed modern

parents spend more quality time with their children than parents in the 1960s.

All women have a brain, not just those who “send their men out to make a living”, and for the record, worker bees are female.

You can have your patronising ‘mums rock’ compliments and let them be revealed for the misogynistic comments they really are. Women do not ‘want to be like men’; we want to be who we are and who we could be.

S Stevenson, Mount Maunganui (Abridged).

Celebrating mums at home Thank you so much to G Martin (The Weekend Sun, October 26) for your words of wisdom regarding us mums at home. You are an example of all the nice blokes out there whom we as women value as hard-working, responsible chaps who love their families and protect and support them financially.

We women appreciate you men for

rising to the challenge. We mums at home are proud to be homemakers and provide home-cooked meals, clean house, care for the garden and make home a welcome place for husband and family. It’s a privilege we value.

So let’s celebrate mums at home, and dads who go to work. We rock!

G Gregory, Omokoroa.

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Contributing to society Re ‘Mums rock’ (The Weekend Sun, October 26). Such a condescending letter loaded with backhanded compliments.

I find total ignorance in the comment “I still can’t work out why women want to be like men”.

G Martin assumes the only reason a woman would want a career is to be like a man. Have they considered women have careers because they like to contribute to society? Perhaps they desire the satisfaction of problem-solving, performing, creating, caring, communicating, teaching, and innovating.

Narrow-minded individuals must accept that women can be both great mothers and careerorientated, contributing members of society.

Do you have an issue or concern you think is worth raising?

The Weekend Sun welcomes letters and photographs.

You are also welcome to offer your take or opinion on already published letters.

Preference will be given to letters that are short (200 words maxium) supplied with the writer’s full name and contact details. Photographs are best in high resolution and jpeg format.

Email: letters@thesun.co.nz

Who made the rule that it has to be one or the other? A man?

To address the comment “All the women with any brains send their men out to make a living”.

Does that imply only stupid women work? Wow. The biggest missing ingredient in our culture is not good mums. It is a lack of basic values, brought about by substance abuse, poverty, neglect, and increased levels of domestic violence, and fuelled by ignorant individuals who have low expectations of members of society based on their gender, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation.

I work full-time, run my own business and I’m a great mother.

J Mackay, Maungatapu.

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It’s all happening on November 2 Sometimes, the timing of these columns is a tad frustrating. Now, for instance.

For those of us preoccupied with popular culture, this week, and November 2 in particular, is a muchanticipated time. Works of art that people have discussed, argued and salivated over for decades will finally be revealed to the world on November 2.

Of course, I’m writing this on a deadline a few days earlier. It is – as I type – still October. So I can offer little judgement or opinion, even though these things have obsessed me for many years.

On the film front, November 2 sees the Netflix release of Orson Welles’ final film, The Other Side of the Wind.

Welles’ film about Hollywood, starring John Huston as a megalomaniacal director, stated shooting in the early 1970s and was still being edited when Welles died in 1985.

It has since been mired in legal battles, with only around 20 minutes of (brilliant!) footage emerging.

Now, after a premiere at the Venice Film Festival, it arrives on Netflix along with not one but two documentaries about Orson and the film, They'll Love Me When I'm Dead and A Final Cut For Orson: 40 Years In The Making.

Colour me excited.

On the same day, one of the all-time great albums gets a full excavation. Bob Dylan’s 1974 masterpiece Blood on the Tracks is the latest to get total coverage, with one CD, two CD and six CD iterations.

The deluxe six CD option contains every take from the initial New York recording sessions, the songs added later in remixed versions, a book and a facsimile of one of Dylan’s famous handwritten notebooks.

So today is quite auspicious on the cultural front...

Local shows

But, back to local news; I have a couple of gigs for you. The first is this Sunday (November 4), and is another bash at the Te Puna Quarry Park gallery featuring two virtuoso musicians, Craig Denham and Jon Sanders, who are otherwise known as the Alpaca Social Club.

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Craig now lives in Prague and Jon in the South West of Ireland, but music keeps bringing them together.

Both have been to Tauranga before, most frequently with sadly disbanded Auckland folk/jazz wonders Beyondsemble. Craig plays accordion, various keyboards and whistles, while Jon will be wielding the very unusual gazouki - a bouzouki/guitar hybrid - as well as bass.

Both sing, and though what they play is a bit hard to define, it includes swing, jazzy rhythms, Eastern European sounds, Irish tunes and more.

Having seen them in different settings, I can just say that every show has been a unique experience and extremely enjoyable.

You can reserve seats by contacting Rosie via: waharaurosie@ gmail.com, calling: 028 412 1316, or The Alpaca Social Club paying $20 on the door, which opens and James Reid. at 7pm. There will be complimentary tea/coffee and cake.

Hall news

Rosie used to organise her shows at The Te Puna Hall, where there were many great nights before it was demolished last year. Good news!

A new site has been found in Te Puna about 75 yards from the old site.

It’s much bigger than the original site and the new hall will be slightly larger and have greenery, trees and a car park.

At present, paperwork for council building consents is being processed, after which there’ll be a start on preparing the site. Fingers crossed for mid-late 2019. It’s in the hands of the council now.

And looking forward to next weekend, James Reid of The Feelers is coming to town for a solo acoustic show.

It’s at Vinyl Destination on The Strand, on Saturday November 10, along with special guest Brendan McCarthy from local rockers Apollo Steamtrain, who will kick off the night with a solo acoustic set.

James has a new single out, Meet Me at the Troubadour, from his second solo album Time Is Another Lover, and there should be more than a few Feelers fans wanting to catch up on his current offerings. Doors open at 8pm, and tickets are $35 via www.eventfinda.co.nz

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The most beautiful flower on earth “Iris, most beautiful flower, symbol of life, love and light...”

Poet Edith Buckner Edwards even gave the Iris nature’s highest award. “So Iris, we love you and crown you, most beautiful flower on earth.”

On Sunday, November 4, the small gym at Tauranga Boys’ College, off Devonport Road, will be awash with the glorious colours of the Iris which takes its name from the Greek goddess of the rainbow.

It’s the New Zealand Iris Society’s Bay of Plenty group annual Iris show, between 10am-4pm.

Christina Braybrook, of the BOP group, has been involved with Iris’ since she was a child. “My mother loved them,” she says.

“I helped weed, and so began a love of gardening.”

And a love of the Iris.

When she and her husband Keith retired from farming and moved to Tauranga in 2001, they brought with them tall bearded Iris, which a family member had hybridised and showed. Their interest and love of the bloom grew.

“They are mostly easy to grow and so rewarding,” says Christina.

She was encouraged to join the BOP group and started showing their Iris’ at the annual show.

Soon their daughter will be married in their Tauranga garden, which will be flooded with Iris blooms, rhododendrons and other plants. “It’s a very beautiful time of year,” says Christina, “and we invite anyone who’s interested in Iris to come and see our show.”

Amongst other things, there will be Iris displays, craft stalls and plants sales, and entry is $3.

“Symbol of life, love and light” – blossoming in Christina Braybrook’s garden.

Miscellany music coming to the Bay Take a trip through centuries of classical music with Bay of Plenty Symphonia’s Miscellany concert this month.

The Weekend Sun has one double pass for Bay The concert will feature music ranging of Plenty Symphonia’s from late 18th century classical up to the Miscellany concert for one 1920s, encompassing a miscellany of styles lucky reader who can tell us and sounds as well as featuring wonderful the name of the flute soloist. flute soloist, Bridget Douglas.

Enter online at: BOP Symphonia committee member www.sunlive.co.nz under Maggie Gething says: “Mozart’s sparkling the competition section. overture to the opera Così fan Tutte opens Entries must be received the concert with a flourish. Some would

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Soloist Bridget Douglas. even call it frivolous, as it introduces the somewhat farcical story of fiancée swapping.”

“By contrast, the 1926 Flute Concerto by Carl GIGGUIDE & Nielsen reflects the modernistic trends of the time.

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Sunday 10pm Fri 2nd Toucan 7pm – Soloist Bridget Douglas is principal flute with the 10:30pm Thurs 8th Social Jam Night New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, and says she is Sat 3rd Shane Cortese Show from 9pm thrilled to have the opportunity to perform this quirky Sun 4th Helen Riley 4:30pm work for the first time.

THE BARREL ROOM – 7:30pm Bridget is well known to NZSO regulars for Mon 5th Quiz Night from participating in preconcert talks, as well as her fabulous 7pm playing. Hearing her solo performance is an experience not to be missed.

MOUNT SOCIAL CLUB JACK DUSTY’S ALE “Beethoven’s 1st Symphony is the ultimate in easy Fri 2nd Play Misty 6pm – HOUSE (Bureta) listening,” says Maggie. “This work was written not 9pm, then DJ Zeca Sun 4th The Blarneys (Andy long after ‘Così’, and has been described as a sort of Sat 3rd Camila & Santiago & Chris) 3pm – 6pm cross between a short, elegant Mozart symphony and 6pm – 9pm, then DJ Cam Beethoven’s later, more romantic symphonies.”

Finally, it’s back to the 20th century with Summer Evening - an evocative piece by Zoltán Kodály.

The Miscellany concert will be held on Sunday, November 11, from 2.30pm at Baycourt Addison Theatre. Tickets, priced at $10, can be purchased via: www.ticketek.co.nz or at the Baycourt Box Office.

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Bringing the folk to Tauranga Citz Club They are a New Zealand-based trio that make a lot of noise with an acoustic guitar, an electric violin, a double bass and their voices.

Albi and the Wolves are renowned for their great stage presence and dynamic shows.

They have evolved from touring their home country extensively to touring around Australia, and have recently been asked to support Boney M. Their songs stand out on their own, with the band recently winning the Best Folk Artist 2018 TUI at the New Zealand Music Awards for their debut album, One Eye Open.

Proud frontman Chris ‘Albi’ Dent, Pascal Roggen and Micheal Young’s individuality shines through their music, making something

Albi and the Wolves. compelling, uplifting, soulful and fun.

Albi and the Wolves will perform at the Tauranga Citizens Club, 170 Thirteenth Ave, on November 11, from 5-8pm.

Tickets are $15 per person and can be purchased on the door.

Timeless vehicles parade the streets This is the biggest year yet for Jaguar enthusiasts, with many anniversaries in the calendar.

In 1948, the ground-breaking Jaguar XK 120 was launched at London’s Earls Court and instantly met with rave reviews. Roll on to 1968, and the sporting saloon Jaguar XJ6 debuted.

Jaguar won a whole host races, with notable victories at the famous 24-hour Le Mans race in 1953 via a C-type, and in 1988 in the sleek XJR-9.

To celebrate these landmarks, and their 30th All Jaguars will be at the car show, from XK150 Fixed Head Coupes to XK150 Drop Head Coupes. anniversary, the BOP Jaguar Enthusiasts Club are holding a free car show like no other.

“This is a fabulous opportunity to get up close to some truly timeless vehicles,” says organiser Tony Johnson.

“There will be an XKSS worth $1.7 million on display, along with all the anniversary cars – XK 120, XJ6, C-type and D-type, as well as modern Jaguars.”

The Car Show will be held on November 10-11, from 10am-1pm, at Masonic Park on The Strand.

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Tantalise your taste buds with French cuisine There’s no need to sing for your supper when Stephen Wilson serves up his winning dishes.

Entertainer and chef Stephen Wilson.

Entertainer and Chef Stephen Wilson, who is wellknown for singing while cooking, will be running a French Experience at BOP Garden and Art Festival’s Bloom in the Bay event.

Stephen lived in France for 26 years, co-founding Kiwizine restaurant in Paris. On his return to Tauranga, he set up a food truck and a catering initiative called The Happy Puku, which aims to please your tummy and your taste buds.

From November 15-18, Stephen will have a food truck at the Bloom in the Bay festival, and he’ll also be carrying out cooking demonstrations on stage.

“A lucky table of 10 will also have a chance to sit in the middle of the garden green and experience a three-course meal whilst being waited on by Stephen himself,” says Festival director Marc Anderson.

The three-course meal will be French inspired, with a glass of wine to match each meal and entertainment from the singing chef.

“It’s going to be a once in a lifetime experience to

The Vicar of Dibley Christmas Risking the wrath of the villagers with her new romantic relationship, Vicar Geraldine Granger adds to the madcap chaos that already exists at the Dibley Parish.

Meanwhile, the dimwitted Alice miraculously solves the problem of the Christmas show.

Despite Geraldine’s impossible task of wrestling with the villagers’ hilarious shortcomings as they recreate the divine birth, their nativity becomes a true Christmas miracle.

The Vicar of Dibley Christmas is showing at Detour Theatre from November 21 - December 8. Tickets are available via: www.iticket.co.nz, over the phone on: 0508 iticket or over the counter at Tauranga i-SITE. The Weekend Sun has two double passes to The Vicar of Dibley Christmas on November 27 for two lucky readers who can tell us what problem Alice solves.

Enter online at: www.sunlive.co.nz under the competition section. Entries must be received by Tuesday, November 6.

Lisa Thorne as the Vicar of Dibley.

eat lovely French cuisine in the heart of the festival grounds,” adds Marc.

Tickets for the BOP Garden and Arts Festival and Bloom in the Bay are on sale now at: www.gardenandartfestival.co.nz, www.ticketek.co.nz, by calling: 0800 842 538 or visiting Baycourt.

The French Experience will be run two times a day.

Tickets are $75 per person and will need to be pre-booked at: www.gardenandartfestival.co.nz

The Weekend Sun has 10 double passes to the Bloom in the Bay Festival Hub for 10 lucky readers who can tell us what restaurant Stephen Wilson co-founded in Paris.

Enter online at: www.sunlive.co.nz under the competition section. Entries must be received by Tuesday, November 6.

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Dig out your trees and baubles, blow up your inflatable Santa and start untangling your strings of Christmas lights, because now is the time to plan for and enter The Weekend Sun Christmas Lights Drive.

Welcome Bay Vet Clinic showing off their great Christmas lights.

It’s the time of year to dress your house to the twinkling, glittering nines and watch as adults and children alike trundle past and stare in awe at your impressive decorating skills.

Entrants go in to the draw to win some great prizes, including one of two gift packs worth $150 filled with goodies.

It’s free to enter, and all entered, decorated houses will have their addresses published on a double page Christmas Lights Drive spread in The Weekend Sun on December 7, so the community can enjoy the twinkling lights.

Entries close on Tuesday, December 4, so make sure you go to: www.sunlive.co.nz to register.

You can also email: debbie@thesun.co.nz, fill out the entry form below and post it to: PO Box 240, Tauranga, 3140, or drop it into our offices at Number 1 The Strand, Tauranga.

The Weekend Sun Christmas Lights Drive will run from December 7, right up to December 24.

For more information, and to register, go to: www.sunlive.co.nz/competitions So what are you waiting for? Get decorating!

Seeing the human faces of WWI They are just the rounded figures - 40 million casualties, 17 million dead, 23 million wounded. These numbers are so large we can’t cope with them. These statistics hide the stark reality that these were human lives, taken or ruined by war.

To commemorate the Armistice that ended World War One, Tauranga Civic Choir and Tauranga City Brass are producing a show that focus’ on the men and women, in the military, among the volunteers or simply anxious families and friends, waiting at home. They were just like us.

A Kiwi Armistice is the name of the show, and it has a particular Bay of Plenty bias.

More than 300 images, on four screens, illustrate the times and the war. Music from the choir, the band, organ, piano and percussionists will paint a picture, from the swagger of the turn of the century, to the enthusiasm

of volunteers going to war; from the music of the church that was so influential at the time, to the bleak words of shell-shocked soldiers; from the fight for survival by the wounded, to letters home, telling of the death of a mother’s son. It ends with Harry Lauder’s ‘Keep Right on to the End of the Road’, written after his son’s death.

There will never be another occasion like this,

Above: Tauranga Civic Choir. and remembering awful events is important. At 100 years on, we should learn from our bloody past and celebrate the sacrifice and bravery of ordinary Kiwi men and women.

Don't miss ‘A Kiwi Armistice’ at Holy Trinity Church on November 11 from 7.15pm.

For more information visit: www.eventfinda.co.nz/2018/a-kiwi-armistice/tauranga

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Members soon become adept at singing traditional American tunes, modern numbers and show songs.

The repertoire also includes popular Kiwi numbers, and new members are ‘buddied’ with more senior singers for support.

Harmony A Plenty gives back to the community by entertaining at rest homes, retirement villages and hospital wards at Christmas time. They also enjoy singing, on request, at service clubs and private functions.

In 2016, the chorus attended the National Barbershop Convention in Blenheim, winning a bronze medal in the small chorus section. This year, in Tauranga 2018, they won silver in the same class.

Every three years, a Pan Pacific Convention is held alternating between Australia and New Zealand.

While the majority of Harmony A Plenty members live in Tauranga area, other enthusiasts come from Waihi, Katikati and Paengaroa, so shared transport is always possible.

“We are grateful to so many trusts who, with their generous support, help provide uniforms, administration, coaching and training expenses, so the chorus can attend various conventions,” says president Gordon Brown.

“Give it a go. You will never know unless you try.”

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Saturday 3 November

Bay Network Singles Club 50 Plus.

Great people & awesome outings. Must have a sense of humor. Ph Jonathan 572 2091 or Maureen 021 112 3307 Baypark Family Speedway Fireworks evening & BK Super Saloons from 6:30pm.

For more info go to www.baypark.co.nz Beauty For Ashes Day Christian Women’s Event, Lighthouse Church 260 Welcome Bay Rd. 9:45am-3pm. Door donation. Shared lunch.

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 Brookfield School Fundraiser

Secondhand clothing & book sale fundraiser 10th Nov 8am-12pm.

Donations of good quality clothes & books can be dropped to the Brookfield school office before Tues 6th.

Calling Lada Car Owners The Russian festival organisers are keen to have any Russian built Lada cars on display. Interested?

021 781 968

Cancer Society Children’s Workshop

Living For The Future is a workshop for children aged 6-12 who have a parent/carer with a cancer diagnosis. Ph 07 927 6503 or email tammyburgess@cancersociety.org.nz Fishing & Boat Show 10am-6pm Sat/ Sun ASB Arena, Baypark. Boats, jetskis, kayaks, dive equipment, fishing tackle, paddle boards, surfboards, spearfishing, trailers, windsurfing & kayak fishing. Seminars & displays all indoor. www.tfabs.co.nz for tickets.

Gate Pa Junior Tennis Club days/times: Sat 9am: 5-7 yrs, 10am: 8-10 yrs Thurs4.30pm: Intermediate ages, 6pm: College ages. New members welcome. Racquets are available. Enquiries: Turu 022 031 7568 House Of Science Tauranga Open day on 17th Nov 10am-1pm at 1/100 Grey St, Tauranga. Competitions, face painting, science experiments, robotic displays. Dress as your favourite scientist!

Jaguar Car Show Nov 10th 10am-1pm Masonic Park, The Strand (opposite Visitor Information Centre), Tauranga. Large display of classic & modern Jaguars. Open to the public. Free.

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 Katikati Lions Moggies Market 2nd Sat of month Katikati Memorial Hall, Main Road 8am-Noon. Enquiries 549 3589 LOL Laughter Wellness We don’t laugh because we’re happy, we’re happy because we laugh. Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Mt Maunganui, 11-11:45am. Koha. Trish 022 036 6768 lollaughterwellness@ gmail.com

Madagascar, Musical Adventure Jr

Steps Performing Arts presents DreamWorks’ Madagascar, A Musical Adventure Jr. At Baycourt 2pm & 7:30pm. Go to www.baycourt.co.nz for info & tickets.

Mount Maunganui Toy Library Rent toys, keep your kids entertained. Find us on Facebook. 22 MacDonald St Wed 9:30-12, Fri 11:30-2, Sat 9:30-12 Mount Music Club 2nd Sat in month. Mostly country. Good backing band. Mount Old Folks Hall, Midway, Mount

Mt Maunganui Sequence Dance

Dance, 10th Nov 7:30-10:30pm Arataki Community Centre, Bayfair. Sheldon’s Dance Band, Entry $7. Organiser Mount Maunganui Scottish Society. Erica 576 0578 Otumoetai Tennis Club Adult tennis.

Start time 1:30pm. Bellevue Park, Windsor Road (next to Swimming Pool Complex).

New players & visitors welcome. Ph Fred 544 5088 Parkinson’s BOP Garden Party 740 Belk Rd, Tauranga. 10am-2pm.

Auction, music, sausage sizzle, sales table, pony rides, raffle & more! $5 per person, children under 12 free.

Sorry, no Eftpos. Ph 573 5668 Petanque Tauranga Tga/BOP Club, Tues & Sat at Club Mt Maunganui 12:50pm start. All welcome to try a new sport. Equip available. All coaching given.

Ph Jo Ann 578 3606 PICTT AGM PICTT’s Annual General Meeting today 11am-1pm at Lifezone Church, 7 Oak Lane, Judea, Tauranga.

Pukete Pioneers Marching Club

Reunion NZ Labour Weekend 2019. We are looking for ex-marchers, club members/ families connected with Pukete Pioneers Marching Teams between 1982-1990.

Contact Kath on J.K.papamoa@gmail.com Russian Cultural Festival Bethlehem Hall 11-4pm. Folk dancing, singing, culinary master class, stalls selling food & souvenirs, traditional Russian Samovar tea ceremony & more! All welcome, free entry.

SPCA Dog Walking Event Are you coming to SPCA’s walking event today? Walk your way to a better future for animals. Walk begins 10am, Ferguson Park Register here: http://bit.ly/SPCAWTTM18

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 Social Dance Club Sequence dancing. First Sat monthly. New start time 7pm, Greerton Hall. All welcome, supper provided. $7 door entry. Ph Faye 543 3280 Te Puke International Festival 3-7pm Jubilee Park, Te Puke. Performances from 4pm. Food & activities. Family friendly celebration of culture. Come & enjoy this showcase of nationalities.

The Sociables Males & Females in their 30s, 40s & 50s, that meet up to participate in bush-walks, dining out & local activities & events. Ph 022 012 0376

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

Sunday 4 November

Art On The Strand Original Art for Sale.

The Strand, Tauranga. 9am-5pm, weather permitting. Tauranga Society of Artists Bible Seminar 1:45pm Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St, Greerton. Title: The birth of Jesus described by Luke. Interactive, Q&A. All welcome. Vic 543 0504 BOP Oodle Club Playdates for dogs! All breeds welcome. www.oodlehq.co.nz Corkers Toastmasters Wow your audience Corkers Toastmasters meets 3rd Sunday of month at The Zone Cafe, Owens Place, Mt Maunganui at 2pm. Ph Chrissy 027 296 7939 Croquet Tauranga Domain, Cameron Rd, 12:45 for 1pm start. Beginners welcome. Ph Peter 571 0633 Evensong Service - Free

Choral Evensong, 4pm (Feast Day of All Saints), St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Mt. Maunganui. Music by Lewis, Parry, Walford Davies, Stanford, Archer.

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 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

Madagascar, Musical Adventure Jr

Steps Performing Arts presents DreamWorks’ Madagascar, A Musical Adventure Jr. Baycourt at 2pm. Go to www.baycourt. co.nz for info & tickets.

Maketu Market Maketu Market is held on 3rd & 5th Sundays of each month from 6am at Maketu Village Green. Ph Pat 021 447 420 or Carolyn 027 251 0388 Model Powerboat Racing Bay of Plenty Model Powerboat Club. Club day racing starts at 9am. Come & see all the thrills & spills!

Movie Church - Ratatouille

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/160890471253411/

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

Omokoroa Lions Market 2nd Sunday

monthly. Western Ave Car Park, Omokoroa. 9am-noon.

Bookings not required. Ph Keith 548 2117

Papamoa Lions Club Market 2nd &

4th Sunday Gordon Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd, Papamoa. Gates open 7am for stall holder entry. Wayne 027 974 5699 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 Greerton Community Hall. Doors open 6:30pm starts 7pm. Onetime entry $10, then everything FREE. Psychics, Healers, Spiritualists & refreshments from the ‘kitchen’. Kevin.

07 578 7205 www.psychiccafe.nz

Tauranga Historical Society

2pm at Brain Watkins Cottage Hall. Speaker Fiona Kean.

Topic 50Years/50Items from the Heritage Collection. $2 Door Charge. All Welcome.

Tauranga Musica - Cellophonics

2:30pm, St Johns Church, 94 Bureta Rd. $10 Eight of New Zealand’s leading cello players trained by James Tennant, Waikato University.

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 Tibetan Buddhist Teachings Teachings

by Geshela Jamyang Sherab held at the Papamoa Community Centre, alternate Sundays, 10am-12pm.

Teachings Free, Dana appreciated.

For dates Ph Jaki on 021 216 1102 Walk 2 D’Feet MND You are invited!

11th Nov Motor Neurone Disease Fundraiser at Fergusson Park, Matua, from 9:30am. Live music, dog parade, silent auction, food, Dan the puppet man & more! www.mndwalk.org.nz

Monday 5 November

Achieve Toastmasters Find your voice

Achieve Toastmasters meets 1st 3rd & 5th Monday at St Stephens Church Hall Brookfield Terrace at 7:30pm. Ph Frank/ Chrissy 543 9493 Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting 10am. Tauranga Central Baptist Church,13 ave/Cameron Rd. All welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757

Badminton Club, Aquinas College

Tauranga Badminton Club, 7:30-9:30pm.

Aquinas College Events Centre. Seniors & Year 11 upwards. Casual players welcome. $8pp. Club racquets available. Ph/text Sue: 021 194 4335 www.sporty/taurangabadmintonclub.co.nz Bethlehem Indoor Bowls Meets in Bethlehem Hall every Monday night. 7:30 start. New members, all ages welcome.

Names in by 7:15. Ph John 0276 541 298

Body+Soul Fitness For over 50s. Mon & Fri Greerton Hall, Tues Tauranga Senior Citizens Norris St, Wed Bethlehem hall 9:15am. Ph Dianne 027 431 4326 or 576 5031 Cards 500 At RSA Greerton.

Every Tuesday 12:30-2:30pm & every Monday 7pm.

Cards 500 Social, competitive & fun.

Flexible evenings to suit. No cost. Ph Chris 572 3834 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 Chess During The Day The Mount Chess Club, 1pm-4pm. Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd Mt Maunganui. $3. Sets, boards, clocks, refreshments provided. Bob or Viv 575 5845 or 0274 786 282 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 9am5pm 07 578 1592 or 0800 367 222

Dutch Friendly Support Network

Coffee morning (1st Monday of month) 10am-12noon. $3 entry. Vintage Car Club Rooms, Cliff Road, Tauranga. Ph Bernadette 572 3968 Free Meditation 10am Judea/ Brookfield area. The peace & calm you need in your life lies within yourself. Ph Ian 027 884 2238 Genies Unbottled Dance Class Mon, Wed & Thurs, Belly dance classes for beginners at Te Puna Studio 1pm & 7pm.

Small class sizes make booking essential. Ph Linley 552 4352 or 027 286 3452 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

Recycled Teenagers Exercise Class

50+, & illness/injury rehabilitation. Mon & Wed 9:15-10:45 Snr Citz Club 14 Norris St Tga. St Mary’s Church Hall Girven Rd Tues 9-10.30am. Jennifer 571 1411 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 City Brass Band practise is 7-9pm at 10 Yatton St Greerton. All brass players & percussionists very welcome.

Instruments available. Ph Jeremy 021 132 3341 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

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THE WEEKEND SUN 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. Ph Rana 027 699 5571 or www.taurangarocknrollclub.org.nz

Ocean Running 5k Fun Run & Walk around Mauao base track. Every Tuesday, $6 entry Mt Ocean Sports Club from 5:15pm. Walkers start 5:30 runners 6pm.

Ph Phil 021 383 354 Otumoetai Tennis Club Midweek Tennis Tues & Thurs. Start 9am. Bellevue Park, Windsor Rd (next to Swimming Pool complex). New players & visitors welcome. Ph Pam 570 0302

Tauranga Senior Citizens Club

Otumoetai Walking Group

CARDS 500 Mon& Turs. INDOOR BOWLS Tues, Wed & Sat, 14 Norris St (behind PaknSave) 12:45pm for1pm start. Entry $2 includes afternoon tea.

New members welcome.

Tauranga Theatre Organ Society

Meet at Baycourt Theatre, 38 Durham St at 1pm. Hear & play the mighty Wurlitzer organ. All welcome.

Ph 552 0243

Zonta Tauranga Womens’ Organisation Leading global organisation empow-

ering women worldwide thru service & advocacy warmly welcomes professional women. Make a difference. Monthly meeting. Ph Suzy 021 266 5044

Tuesday 6 November

Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meet-

ing every Tuesday night, 7:30pm St Peters Anglican Church, 11 Victoria Rd, Mt Maunganui. All welcome.

Ph 0800 229 6757

Altrusa Ladies Group

Leading to a Better Community. Interested? email Denise dkbean@ kinect.co.nz. ph/txt 027 284 6828. Meet 2nd Tues business & social 4th Tues.

Beginner Social Dance Class 6pm, Tauranga Primary School Hall, 5th Ave or Wed at 8pm, Welcome Bay School Hall, Welcome Bay Rd. Ph 544 2337 BOP Linux Users Group 7-9pm first Tues of the month L.J.Hooker, cnr Cameron Rd & 8th Ave Smarter, safer, faster & free. Learn more to take charge of your computer. 578 6024 http://boplug.co.nz/ event-calendar/ 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 367 222 Falun Dafa (Free) Replace chaos with calm leading up to Christmas using this mind/body practice. 7pm, Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd, Bayfair. Ph/txt Judy 021 0425 398 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 Hecksplorer - The Exilers Love reading? Young or young at heart? The Exilers is for you. New chapter posted every Monday. Read it online at hecksplorer. com/exilers or search Hecksplorer.

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 Israeli Dancing Beginners group 6:30-7:30pm circle & line dances. All ages welcome. Gate Pa Primary School hall, Cameron Rd. Ph Maria 544 1680 or 022 165 2114 Keep On Your Feet Strength & balance class for general strength, fitness & falls prevention. 11am at Welcome Bay Hall. $6. First class free. Ph Raewyn 027 6077 437 Lions Club Welcome Bay Lions Club of Welcome Bay + Age Concern.

Coffee & Conversation. Welcome Bay Community Centre every 3rd Tuesday 10:30am-11:30am. All welcome Register Ph 571 8940

Mount Morning Badminton

9-11:30am. Mt Sports Centre, Blake Park. Social, racquets available. Closing day 20th Nov. $5 per day. Ph Margaret 575 9792 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

Meet at 9am at Kulim Park. Ph Jim 576 7339 Sequence Dancing Tauranga Social & Leisure Club, St John Anglican Church Hall, 94 Bureta Road Otumoetai, Tues 7pm-9:30pm except 2nd Tues month 3:30pm-6pm Faye 543 3280 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.

Great for stress, balance & flexibility.

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 Morning Badminton

9-11:30am Tues & Thurs, QE2 Centre.

All ages. Racquets available, beginners welcome. $5 per day. Ph Rachael 07 548 2216

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 for info Tauranga Toastmasters Improve your speaking & leadership skills in a supportive & social environment. Every Tuesday 7:30-9:30pm, Lyceum Club, 1st Ave. Guests welcome!

Te Puke Toy Library Tues-Thurs 9-1pm, Fri/Sat 10-12pm Borrow Toys, have a play, Playgroup on Friday as well as Brick Kids during term 3:30pm. 7 Stock Rd. Ph 027 263 9309 Thai Chi Easy, entry level group exercise for your body & mind. 10-11am at Multicultural Ctr, Historic Village, 17th Ave. Donation only 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 7 November Age Concern Walking Group 10am

Quarry Rd gardens, Te Puna. Take lunch.

Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting 10am, Every 1st/3rd Wednesday of month. Tauranga Central Bapist Church.

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

Cards Do you play crib or would like

to learn? At Greerton RSA 1pm sharp.

Michael Ph 562 0517 Cards - Five Hundred 1pm St Thomas More Church, 17 Gloucester Rd Mt Maunganui. $3. Weekly prizes, door prize, refreshments, aggregate. Barbara 572 4962 or Bob 0274 786 282 Community Bible Study Join us @ City Church 252 Otumoetai Rd, 7-9 pm for a study on the Book of Acts until 1st November. Ph Julie 552-4068 Fernland Spa Water Exercise 11amnoon. For accident/illness rehabilitation, arthritics & joint replacements. Qualified instructor & lifeguard. Held rain or shine, not school holidays. New participants ph Jennifer 571 1411 Free Meditation 7:30pm-8:30pm.

Bring peace & joy into your life. Youth Engagement Building (behind main stadium) Tauranga Domain Cameron Rd. Entrance opp Monmouth St. Ph Ian 027 884 2238 Healing Rooms 1-3pm Come, experience God’s healing touch, whether physical, emotional, spiritual. behiond Graced Oppshop, cnr 11th Ave/Christopher St. No charge. Ph 021 110 0878 www.healingrooms.co.nz Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Road.

Mixed Roll-ups 12:45-3pm. Ph Phil Green 549 5344 Kiwi Toasters Build Confidence Kiwi Toasters meets 1st 3rd & 5th Wednesday at 5:30pm at 3 Palm Springs Boulevard (beside Pharmacy) Papamoa. Ph Chrissy 027 296 7939 Mt Spiritual/Healing Centre Spiritual Centre. Kerry Thompson with singing bowls, special meditation, Steffi August great motivational speaker. Bowling club, Golf Rd. Doors open 7pm. $5

Papamoa Palms Friendship Club

Friendship our motto. All welcome.

11am Gordon Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd. Bring own lunch. AM & PM speakers.

Free first meet. Ph 574 6459 Scottish Country Dancing Mount Senior Citizens’ Hall 345 Maunganui Rd. Beginners 6pm, general dancing 7:30pm.

Mary 574 8687 or Lynne 021 140 7912

Singles Coffee Club 60+

Meet every Wed 10am. Looking to meet like minded people. Ph Gayle 0274 393 267 or email mixandmingle@xtra.co.nz Steady As You Go Exercises at St Johns Church Hall Bureta, 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 South Garden Club At Central Baptist Church Hall cnr 13th Ave/Cameron Rd 1:303pm. Visitors welcome.

Ph 578 1017 Te Puke Diabetes Group Join Diabetes Help Tauranga at St Andrews Church, Oxford St, Te Puke 2pm. Diabetes Nurse Educator plus afternoon tea.

Toastmasters City Early Start

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 Twilight Corporate Disc Golf A workplace get together like no other.At pin oak flat in the beautiful Mclaren Falls park 5:30pm. Full details tauranga disc golf on facebook.com

Thursday 8 November 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, Free Commencing 7:30pm at Golden Sands Baptist Church Papamoa for 3 sessions. Bookings sylvia@moneycoaching.co.nz, 027 631 8524. Learn to manage money well.

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

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Library. Learn to use your computer, iPad, mobile phone & other devices Book an individual lesson with our Tutor. Ph 577 7177 Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Rd Rummikub 1-4pm, $3 entry. Phil Green 549 5344 Katikati Toastmasters Find Your Voice Katikati Toastmasters meets 1st 3rd & 5th Thursday at 7:30pm at Katikati Community Centre Beach Road Katikati. Ph Chrissy 027 296 7939 Keynotes Inc. Keynotes 4-part harmony Women’s chorus meet 7pm at Wesley Church 13th Ave, singing for fun & health. Ph Bernice 576 4848 Facebook Keynotes Inc. Mainly Music Music & dance for preschoolers, Mums & Carers.$3 per family.

Morning tea provided 9:30-10am. Holy Trinity Church, 215 Devonport Rd. 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 Sign Bomb Talk with/about NZSL (NZ Sign Language)! Highlands Coffee House, 801 Cameron Rd. 11-12:30. Email Yuko hunyako3@gmail.com or FB Visual Voices.

Sunshine Sequence Dance Group Learn dancing at a friendly club. Baptist Church Hall, 13th Avenue, 7-10pm. $2pp includes supper. Jan 544 4379 Taoist Tai Chi Katikati Beginners Class: 5:30-7pm, at Memorial Hall, Main Rd, Katikati. Come along & join any time.

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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.

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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 Te Puke Art Society 9:30am open for viewing art & doing art. Friendly helpful group. All levels & new members welcome.

Ph 027 660 6213

Friday 9 November

A Russian Triple Bill Imperial Russian Ballet Company presents A Russian Triple Bill.

Act 1 Sleeping Beauty, Act 2 Les Sylphides, Act 3 Carmen. Baycourt 7:30pm. www.baycourt. co.nz for tickets.

Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting 10am every Friday. Tauranga Central Baptist Church, 13 Ave/Cameron Rd. All welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757 Bayclay Exhibition 2018 Presented by Bethlehem Pottery Club. Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-4pm & 6:30pm-7:30pm. Sun 10am3pm. Baycourt Exhibition Hall, Durham St, Tauranga. Guest exhibitor, Petra Meyboden. www.facebook.com/bayclayexhibition Chess Tauranga Tauranga RSA Chess Club, Greerton 5-7pm, Casual & Standard length games. Ph Werner 548 1111 http:/www. westernbopchess.weebly.com/ Garden & Art Festival 15th-18th Nov! Celebrate the beauty & diversity of stunning gardens & the creativity of talented artists in BOP. Ph 0800 842 538 or www.gardenandartfestival.co.nz for more info & tickets Genealogy Support Group At Greerton Library Meeting Room 10am-11:30. Come along & use our free genealogy resources with the help of our experienced volunteers.

Learning About Tauranga Faith-Groups

Exploring the diverse religious traditions contributing to NZ society. 6-8:15pm St Georges Church, 1 Church Street. Full description & enrolments at www.rdc.org.nz/classes/ Made Awards 2018 Friday 16th Nov. Movie & Digital Excellence Awards with a FUSE performance starting at 6pm & the award ceremony at 6:15pm. For info & tickets go to www.baycourt.co.nz Mah Jong Club Every Friday at St Andews Church Hall, Dee St, Mt Maunganui.

12:45-4pm. Come join our friendly club. Joy 578 7310 Red Cross Volunteers Looking for something professional & to support your community while gaining retail skills for 4hrs? Enquire today at Red Cross Shop Cameron Rd, ph 578 2683 Taoist Tai Chi Papamoa Beginners Class: 9-10:30am, at 242 Dickson Rd Papamoa.

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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

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BOAT BUILDING repairs and maintenance. Timber & fibreglass trade qualified, boat builder. Ph Shaun 021 992 491 or 07 552 0277 ELECTRICIAN, 18+ years experience, NZ registered.

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Ph Rossco 027 270 3313 or 544 5911 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

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NO 8 TOURS NEW ZEALAND’S SENIOR TRAVEL CLUB. Join our Club today for free to receive all our VIP Members Benefits exclusive to No 8 Tours. Get in contact today for a free beautiful colour catalogue. Contact us now at No 8 Tours team on 579 3981 or Email admin@no8tours.co.nz

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The theme for the 2018 Tauranga Mayoral Prayer Breakfast was ‘caring for one another in a spirit of reconciliation’. Held at the ASB Arena, this year’s prayer breakfast introduced an inaugural Mayoral Citation Award for people from the Tauranga Moana who have more than 25 years of community service. The 2018 awards were presented to James Muir, Mary Dillon and Huikakahu and Janice Kawe.

Iha Hira (at back), Sophie Pahl, Millie Bernard and Summar Todd – all Kapahaka students from Bethlehem College.

Mayor Greg Brownless with organiser David Dishroon.

Ellis Mayne Bryers and Mary Dillon.

Mary Dillon, Graeme Elvin and Stuart Crosby.

Selwyn Ridge Primary School choir won the regional choir competition for 2018.

The choir, made up of 17 children from Back row, from left to right: Tepaea Brooke, Amelia Gemming, Macy Anderson, Ruby Peddle, Baylee Peterson, Trelise Chote, Yoon Yang, Summersiale Taruia.

Selwyn Ridge Primary School, is known as Second row, from left to right: Poppy Hatch, Kitty Coyle, Lily Milner, Sophie Denham, The SRP Singers.

India Keam, Emily Orr, Iro Angell.

Front row, left to right: Navaeh Brewer, Heather Billinghurst.

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