The Weekend Sun - 15 February 2019

15 February 2019, Issue 947

Dicing with death

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Kumara blooms p°˛

Tup’s tennis triumph p°˝

The request is simple enough. Don’t confuse the Chapel Street rail bridge for a waterpark, don’t trespass on the bridge, and show a bit of courtesy and compassion for the locomotive drivers. Because when the locomotive engineers

are approaching the container terminal driving a thousand tonnes of unstoppable freight train, it “scares the hell of them” to see young jumpers playing on the narrow bridge.

As one driver told The Weekend Sun, the train

drivers don’t go to work each day to kill people.

But if people continue to break the rules, it will happen. It’s not a matter of if, but when.

Mike Loughnan’s appeal on behalf of the train drivers is on pages 4 and 5. Photo: John Borren.

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Fake North and other wacky science news The big news this week: The North Pole is moving. Scientists have released an updated position for True North.

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And this is where it gets confusing.

Because True North has not moved, only Magnetic North.

But because magnetic is used to locate True, then True is not truly where Magnetic suggests it might be, nearby.

I’m not sure whether anyone has told Santa Claus about this, and he will have some serious mail re-direction issues ahead of him.

As if he didn’t have enough to contend with, battling the Polar Vortex.

have been diagnosed as bi-polar bears.

This week polar bears have also been in the news, because climate change is supposedly forcing them to wander the streets. They’ve lost their bearings.

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Apparently the North Pole has been moving so fast that scientists have released the updated position a year ahead of schedule.

The Earth’s North Magnetic Pole is wandering about 55km a year. It crossed the international dateline a couple of years ago, moving away from the Canadian Arctic and towards Siberia.

But Magnetic North is not the same as True North - it’s the “she’ll be right” version and the variation differs, depending on where you are on Earth.

So the actual pole may still be in the usual place but the Magnetic Pole, which has sort of conveniently been located more or less in the same neighbourhood, is not being so helpful any more.

Donald Trump won’t be happy about the implications for True North, and is likely to call it Fake North. Despite the fact it’s not True North’s fault; it’s humans who decided True and Magnetic were close enough to use one to find the other.

It clearly has affected Mr Trump’s moral compass.

Wildlife wandering

It has upset the wildlife, such as bears not knowing which of the two poles they should reference their lives around. Some

Star crossed

If the North Pole is cruising around, the perceived position of the South Pole is therefore moving, and this creates problems for the stars. It may explain why the Southern Cross is, well, cross.

You would be, if you’d spent hundreds of millions of years burning in the sky to show people where to find south, only to hear that some other pole on the other side of the world is getting flaky and ruining your star maps.

Maybe the Southern star group should be renamed the Angry and Cross.

‘Naki attacky

Shifty science

You’d think all the people of Poland will be getting a bit agitated, too. There’s no way of knowing where this madness will stop.

It also raises questions about the South Pole, according to my astute knowledge of science. And I know quite a lot, because my brother and I got a microscope when I was nine.

If you shift the top pole, the bottom one may move as well. Moving the poles will affect a whole lot of people around the world, but none more so than Desiree at Showgirls, who relies on a fixed pole for her dance routine. It will get pretty messy if all the poles start moving around willy nilly during her session.

In other loosely-connected science news, the Met Service rain radar showed some peculiar images this week.

There’s either an anomaly with the radar, or the aliens are attacking.

The rain radar this week showed unusual beams across the North Island.

It could be that New Plymouth, long suspected of hosting aliens, has finally launched the attack of death rays aimed directly at the Bay of Plenty.

I’ve spent a bit of time in the west and they’ve always been a strange bunch in the ‘Naki, seeming to come from another time and place - another planet, or solar system, or maybe even the 1970s.

The death ray beams stretched directly from New Plymouth right across the North Island. We suspect the rays emanate from the ludicrous wind wand, which is a clever disguise for a death ray gun.

If that is the case, and if the wind wand has a practical use, my perception of the Taranaki people goes up a notch because it sure as hell doesn’t have any artistic merit.

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Robert E. Peary claims to have discovered the geographic North Pole on April 6, 1909. It is thought he made the entire journey from Ellesmere Island on a dog sled.

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Insect numbers continue to fall

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We don’t hesitate to get a can out to zap the buggers, or pour pesticides all over our precious plants.

But they’re little things that make a big impact, and a large part of why the world’s insects are hurtling down the path to extinction.

The first global scientific meta-analysis, published in the Biological Conservation journal, looked at 73 studies conducted around the world.

More than 40 per cent of insect species are declining - and the rate of extinction is about eight times faster than that affecting birds, mammals and reptiles.

Based on current trends, insects could be extinct within a century.

There is currently no formal research to suggest this is happening in New Zealand, however, ‘Bug Man’ Ruud Kleinpaste says it could well be a glimpse into our future.

“This is something that has been going on for a long time, so this does not come as a surprise at all,” says Ruud.

“At this stage, there is no evidence that the same things are happening in New Zealand,” he says.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if it was happening here, but maybe not to the scale you’d find in places where there are so many people and so many alterations of the environment.”

Ruud says he knows of many scientists who are collecting data in New Zealand, but is unaware of when this data will be released.

“I know of many people who are doing splatter tests, which is one of the quickest ways of collecting our insect populations.

“By getting into your car in Tauranga and driving all the way to Queenstown, you can identify the number of species on your windscreen and the number plate and do it again each year.

“This gives you an indication of whether the insect populations are going up or down.”

Like it or not, insects run the planet, alongside fungi and bacteria. If the population of insects does

New Zealand’s ‘Bug Man’, Ruud Kleinpaste. decline, this could affect the complete ecosystem of New Zealand.

Ruud says if we have fewer insects, birds will not have as much to eat, pollination will be at risk and, in seven years’ time, we will be under 10ft of poo, because there will be no insects to remove it.

“Insects also do seed dispersal and composting,” he says. “They are predatory, so they carry out pest control, and insects keep the balance of populations down by carrying disease.”

Currently, New Zealand has one of the least modified ecosystems on the planet he says, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t change the way we do things.

“We are quickly stuffing it up,” says Ruud.

“There are too many people to the square metre, economic growth and development is taking over, we’re still not very good at keeping our native ecosystems intact and we’re still using too many poisons in New Zealand.

“Even if it’s not happening yet in such a dramatic fashion, there is no doubt that if it’s happening somewhere else, it will eventually happen here.”

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Mould discovery at school

The principal of Tahatai Coast School in Papamoa is in urgent talks with Ministry of Education officials after an unacceptable level of mould was discovered in the administration block.

The block has been vacated and relocated to the school library.

Principal Matt Skilton says they’re working with officials to determine whether remedial work can be done on the building or whether it needs to be demolished ahead of a rebuild.

“We have had some concerns for a while,” admits Matt. “There was some remedial work done for black mould in 2008.”

Gate Pa arrest

Police arrested a man in Gate Pa on Tuesday afternoon after receiving reports of a stolen vehicle on State Highway 29 near Welcome Bay. Units were deployed to locate the vehicle, and a police spokesperson says a member of the public followed the vehicle as it was believed it belonged to a family member.

“The car was followed by her and located by police in the Gate Pa area,” they said.

“The driver of the vehicle decamped from the vehicle. One man has been arrested and has been taken into custody.”

Seabirds killed

Recent deaths of threatened seabirds killed by a longline fishing vessel in the Bay of Plenty have highlighted the need for more to be done to avoid seabird bycatch.

Five Antipodean albatrosses and one Gibson’s albatross were killed when they were caught by a longline fishing vessel in the Bay of Plenty region between December 2, 2018 and January 4, 2019.

Both species are classed as nationally critical – the most serious category for threatened species.

Two black petrels, which are nationally vulnerable, and one Buller’s albatross were also killed. The deaths were recorded by a Fisheries New Zealand observer.

Fresh police appeal

A year on since the murder of Tauranga man David Kuka, police are renewing their appeals for information.

David died as result of serious head injuries in an execution style shooting on Wilrose Place in Gate Pa on February 11, 2018.

Police believe it was a case of mistaken identity.

As officials continue to investigate David’s death, information is being sought regarding a vehicle seen in the Welcome Bay area before and after the shooting at around 10pm on the above date.

Anyone with relevant information is asked to call Tauranga Police on: (07) 577 4300.

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Locomotive engineer Mike Loughnan: “You don’t go to work to kill people”. Photo: John Borren.

The train driver calls it the “long loud” – a sustained and desperate blast of the locomotive horn.

It’s not just that perfunctory honk indicating the train is approaching a level crossing, but the sound of danger, the sound of impending disaster, like hearing screeching car tyres and waiting for the sound of impact.

“You have to give people as much warning as possible,” says Mike Loughnan, the Otumoetai KiwiRail driver. “You have to make them aware that danger exists.”

The danger is one thousand tonnes of freight train, an unstoppable force,

rounding a bend at close to 40 km/h, just 100 metres off the Chapel Street rail bridge in suburban Tauranga. It should be a clear run into the container terminal for Loughnan. But on this day, there are four or five kids on the railway bridge.

“It scares the hell out of you,” says Mike.

During the summer months, kids use the bridge as a jumping platform into the harbour. It’s illegal and extremely dangerous, but that doesn’t stop them doing it.

“I am getting closer and closer and I am waiting for them to jump,” says Mike.

There’s not much room for error, but so much room for tragedy. “You’re thinking: ‘for God’s sake, jump’.”

Even if he throws on the brakes, the

700-metre train laden with 60-odd containers would not stop in time.

“I can only watch and pray they don’t freeze or make a wrong decision - that they make the right move and jump clear into the harbour.”

The driver is reliving these incidents in slow-motion for The Weekend Sun after we broke the story on the bridge jumpers a couple of weeks ago. This is a salutary warning to those bridge jumpers and their parents, and it’s painful for Mike.

Before freight trains took over his life, he was a cop on the streets of South Auckland. He has seen it all.

He wanted a job he could walk away from at day’s end, so he didn’t have to take his work home. The bridge jumpers at

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damage they are causing. “Some drivers manage to avoid it,” says Mike. “But unfortunately for others, fatals just seem to follow them.

“A colleague recently left the job after being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress syndrome – the result of the cumulative effects of a number of traumatic incidents over his train driving career. I can’t image being in that guy’s shoes.”

And, says Mike, it will be something a locomotive driver will want to forget, but won’t be able to.

It’ll live with them forever.

Mike tells the story of a male in his late teens climbing onto the bridge and goading an 8-to-10year-old to do the same. The youngster was petrified and clung to the rail bridge for longer than 10 minutes before being coaxed into jumping.

“The youngster was obviously the smarter one. He sensed the danger which the older man ignored.”

He also points to the causeway traffic bridge just 100 metres away. It has a fully fenced footpath separating people from the traffic. “It’s not as if there’s no risk, but there’s much less risk.”

And it too is well patronised by jumpers.

Since the first Weekend Sun story, KiwiRail has carried out further security upgrades at the Maxwell Road bridge, including the installation of barbed wire on top of the fence to deter trespassers.

KiwiRail’s Katie McMahon says: “Safety is KiwiRail’s number one priority for the public and our people, particularly our locomotive engineers.

“It is critical for communities that people stay off the tracks and rail bridges and that children are made aware of the dangers of this behaviour.”

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Chapel Street aren’t helping.

The 12.05 has just rumbled out of the container terminal. It’s winding up from 10 km/h over the bridge headed through Otumoetai and Matua on the 1 hour 40 minute trip to Hamilton and beyond - the inland port at Westfield in South Auckland.

Sitting on the sand on Maxwell’s Road Beach, just below the bridge, Mike Loughnan is watching. He’s no doubt speaking for all train drivers, appealing for some commonsense and consideration.

“They are our trains, our railway lines and our bridges,” he says. “We can’t share them, it’s just too dangerous.” He warns that if the behaviour continues, the worst will happen. “There’s nothing surer. It’s not a case of if, but when.”

On this particular day, Mike Loughnan starts his KiwiRail shift at 6pm, and he would rather there was no-one on the Chapel Street bridge, either then or at any time. “You don’t go to work to be involved in accidents, and you don’t go to work to kill people.” But he has, inadvertently. And when he rolls past one particular part of the track out of town – he won’t say where – he is on edge. “I don’t want to go there, not really,” he says. “It’s not at the forefront of your mind at the beginning of the shift, but it’s certainly there when you pass by.”

A man died, and Mike Loughnan, locomotive driver, also became a victim because he was drawn into a situation he had no control over – one with devastating consequences.

There are no bridge jumpers today. They’re probably at school and far removed from the

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The Great K Valley Adventure Race

The Great K Valley Adventure Race is back for a second year.

The event, which runs on the cycleways in and around Tauranga’s Kopurererua Valley – or ‘K Valley’ – will be held on Sunday, March 3.

Organised by Rotary Tauranga Sunrise, the inaugural 2018 cycling scavenger hunt was a huge success, and expectations are high that the 2019 event will be even better.

The race combines a scavenger hunt, mountain biking, map reading and

Cyclists planning their strategy before starting the 2018 Great ‘K Valley’ Adventure Race. puzzle solving, and all by bicycle.

As a team or an individual, the event encourages the best of all disciplines to locate clues and points hidden in K Valley, culminating in an overall puzzle to solve.

The fundraising adventure race is designed to be great fun for families, adventurers, friends and workmates, and winning requires a little luck, willpower and mastery. Kopurererua Valley Reserve is one of Tauranga’s largest, and provides a variety of different experiences from farmland to native bush and ponds.

It features an exciting network of tracks linking the Bethlehem area to Cameron Road, through bush and alongside waterways.

The 300-hectare block of low lying rural land is situated between residential neighbourhoods in Tauranga. Running from Judea in the north to Tauriko in the south, the valley is bordered by the neighbourhoods of Te Reti, Gate Pa, Greerton, Westridge and Cambridge Heights.

In November 2017, Kopurererua Valley won a merit award in the Outstanding Park category of the New Zealand Recreation Association Awards.

For many years, Kopurererua Valley was inhabited by the people of Ngai Tamarawaho. Remains of the pa and other archaeological sites are located throughout the valley.

During the mid-1800s it was the staging point and retreat path of two significant battles between Maori and British colonial forces.

The fundraiser will allow Sunrise to continue to support the work of local charities.

During the event, which runs from 12.30-4pm, individual riders and teams can also win spot prizes and team prizes.

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CALL US NOW! Don’t kill the turtle! Spare the turtle, bring the turtle home.

It’s loved and missed in Katikati, some half-anhour and 36 kilometres up State Highway 2 from Carmichael Reserve where it’s holed up - ponded up - at the moment.

This is the latest bizarre twist in The Weekend Sun red-eared slider saga – the story of the rogue terrapin spotted and photographed in the suburban Tauranga waterway. “How many turtles are there in Carmichael Reserve?” asks Ross Fippard, who lives right beside the second fairway of Fairview Golf and Country Club in Katikati. “If there’s only one, it’s probably ours and we want it back.”

Ross admits there’s no guarantee that the turtle is theirs, but it seems highly likely.

They only want one turtle - their turtle - not a whole bale, nest, dole or whatever collective noun you wish to apply. “There was only one turtle here, and that’s all we need,” says Ross. “It couldn’t breed. Perhaps it’s like other animals and can lay infertile eggs.”

Ross says it lived happily alongside the ducks, eels and pukekos. It had company and it had food.

Did the turtle have a name? Ross, the jokester, doubts the turtle would remember and probably

wouldn’t respond to a call. They have a rep for being grumpy and unsociable.

“Our turtle was a bit of an attraction,” he says.

“People would come to see him. He would wander onto the second fairway by the big pond.” Nature protected the semi-aquatic red eared slider from the golf balls but not from the thieves. Ross claims the turtle was nicked, stolen. But we need to back up a bit first. It seems five or six years ago, the turtle was washed through the grating of a storm water drain when a local and his grandchildren were cleaning its aquarium. It was about the size of a saucer back then.

The storm water drain emptied into the pond at the golf course and took the turtle with it.

Ross’ theory is that a group of guys – “probably from Tauranga” – were enjoying a golfing stag do. The story goes that they encountered the turtle on the fairway.

The turtle, unable to make his escape, couldn’t slide back into the pond and couldn’t live up to his name, so he simply withdrew into his shell.

“That’s when he went missing,” says Ross.

The fear now is the council responsible for the waterways will try to recover the turtle and either re-home him or euthanise him, as per their policy.

“Well, please don’t,” says Ross. “We want him home and we will come and get him.”

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Colin Marshall’s posthumous gift It was one man’s obsession, contained in more than 60 cartons which sat, alongside his ashes, in the sleepout where he read voraciously.

Where he inhaled hours of National Radio. Where he died.

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A lifetime’s worth of words - Elaine Rickard with some of Colin’s collection. Photo: Bruce Barnard. heart failure last September?

“I always wanted to, but I never could.”

It saddens Elaine to the point of tears.

“It would have seemed like we were wishing his life away. I loved him so much that I couldn’t do it.

“But now I wish that we’d had that conversation.”

But she did, in a way, because when “two lovely men from Tauranga Rotary” came to take the books away for their book fair, Elaine seized her moment.

“I told them I needed some time alone in the room, because I needed to tell Colin what was happening to his books.

“His ashes were sitting on the bed.”

After the book fair, Colin Marshall’s endowment to readers will adorn book shelves far and wide.

What a legacy.

“He was my husband for 25 years,” says Elaine.

“Then he told me he was gay. I felt he needed to go and live the life if he wanted it, so we divorced.”

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looking man,” says former wife Elaine Rickard, “and a very clever man. He could have been a doctor or a diplomat, but his sexuality got in his way at a time when it was very difficult to be different. He was a man of great class.”

Above all else, Elaine still loved him dearly, this father of her four children.

“And I was still his very best friend.”

But the books – everything from The Secret World of the Fly to The History of Ancient Europe volume 3, and Christine Clements’ The Pioneers, Settlers and Families of Te Puke and District.

In all. 60-plus cartons.

There was a pile of books a metre high on his bedside table, a well-thumbed dictionary and an Atlas. “All of his books were on shelves,” says Elaine. “And had there been an earthquake, he would have been buried alive.”

But what to do with them?

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Colin moved into the sleep out at his father’s place next door in rural Te Puke.

The orchardist – a reluctant one it seems – became absorbed in books, National Radio and pestering newspaper editors and local body politicians.

He was an inveterate and rapier-like letter writer, even jousting with the “politically incorrect ramblings” of Rogers Rabbits, who he accused of making fun of gays.

“You are on the verge of being offensive,” he wrote, “and that your jibes are rather cheap. They’re cheap because you fire them from the comfort and security of the fortress of overwhelmingly majoritarian heterosexuality. Do I need to remind you of the power of imbalance?”

And on a planned beach high-rise at Papamoa, he wrote: “What a cheek, for a barrister to claim the moral high ground for defending his client’s beachfront privilege from the effects of ‘Papamoa Gateways’ developments next door!

“Since when did the rich and their hired guns give a toss about the experience of ordinary Kiwis walking the sands of the coastal commons?”

He was a man of conviction and conscience. A trained male nurse was the ‘medic’ aboard the New Zealand vessel Fri, which in 1973 led a flotilla of yachts in an international protest against atmospheric nuclear tests at Moruroa in French Polynesia.

“He went,” explains Elaine, “because he said there was really no one else.” He was also a member of Greenpeace and Forest and Bird.

Colin Marshall saved every envelope that came into

his sleepout. There’s shoe boxes of them.

He would use them to jot down book titles and authors after hearing reviews on National Radio.

Then this dux proxime accessit from Saint Kentigern College in Auckland would source them for someone he thought might be interested - but probably after he had read it himself.

“His heart started playing up,” says Elaine.

“It was arrhythmia. He had an operation and understood there was an 80 per cent chance of everything being alright. He was very unwell, but we didn’t think he would die.”

Colin Marshall would tell everyone his wife saved his life. “It was probably true,” she says, “because a lot of gays his age died of AIDS in the 1980s. They were out there having a wild time, but while he was with me he was behaving and he insisted I saved his life. Imagine coming out as gay in Te Puke in 1990. People would cross the road and find it very difficult to deal with, although he came across with great mana and respect.” Even then, books consumed him. His one day out a week was to Te Puke Library, where he meticulously recovered books.

But now Colin Marshall’s sleepout library has been dismantled and scattered for the greater good.

A book bought at Tauranga Rotary’s 32nd annual book sale opposite Classic Flyers on March 8, 9 and 10 could well be a lasting gift from the consummate bibliophile.

Colin Marshall - a man who loved books and who loved words. He loved reading them and writing them. Above all he was a man who treasured information and the respectful exchange of opinions.

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Changes in the education environment Education is a vital asset, and the quality of our education goes a long way towards determining our future success in life.

Educators have a significant influence on our children through their ability to share, engage, guide and support.

The influence of teachers cannot be underestimated, nor under-valued.

However, the educational environment has changed in recent years and teachers are dissatisfied. They feel undervalued and overworked.

New Zealand First is proud to be part of a government that is committed to rebuilding public education and

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We have offered pay increases amounting to nine per cent over three years - more in just one settlement than the primary teachers negotiated in three settlements under National.

We have moved quickly to deal with immediate teacher shortages and have worked hard to address classroom issues affecting teachers, by abolishing the reviled National Standards and announcing an extra $200 million for 600 new special needs coordinators.

We have also reduced the paperwork and given teachers more time to teach.

The great kumara conundrum The response has been consistent from seasoned kumara growers and experts.

“Nah, never. I can’t remember ever seeing that. It’s very rare.”

Jenny Lucey’s botanical curiosity at Aongatete - a rarity in fact - has got people talking.

“We have noticed that one of our red kumara plants is flowering,” said a surprised but delighted Jenny in a message to The Weekend Sun. “This is the second year we have grown red kumara, but the first time we have seen flowers on the plant.”

Upon making the discovery, she quickly fired up her computer and did some research.

“It’s very rare for kumara to have flowers.”

Steve Webb knows his kumara. He has plenty of experience with the sweet potato and is currently Toi Ohomai’s horticulture programme manager.

His family had a nursery in Hawkes Bay, and kumara is a crop they grew every year.

“I have been involved for a long time,” says Steve.

“I personally have never seen one flower. I asked my Mum, I asked my Dad and I asked a couple of growers at a seminar we held this week. No-one can remember seeing them flower. It was ‘nah, I’ve never seen that’.”

It is a rare event indeed.

Jenny can’t offer any explanation, and says she didn’t do anything unusual. “Other than a bit of compost, some blood and bone when planting, and watering every now and again, I didn’t give the red kumara any special treatment,” she says.

The plant was purchased from The Onion Place in Katikati and she told them about it. “They said it must be a special plant as they hadn’t heard of it.”

Steve Webb says because the red kumara is a tropical plant, he imagines it’s more likely to flower if it’s warmer. “And I imagine it’s more likely to flower if it’s under stress,” he says. “If it thinks it’s going to die, it also thinks it better reproduce before the game is up.

“It’s a bit like trees. People brutalise them, and the next year they say ‘wow, it’s flowered so well’. The following year it dies and they can’t understand why.”

There are about 50 cultivars – cultivar as in granny smith is a cultivar of the apple - under the name ipomoea batatas.

“The kumara we are interested in here in New Zealand are the ones we can eat, the ones we see at the supermarket – the orange the white and the red.”

But there are others in the same genus and species which are grown for the flower. And they don’t fruit at all. “They are bred differently for a desirable characteristic – it might be for fruit, which we as humans have been doing for hundreds of years, or it

Certainly a rarity – Jenny Lucey’s flowering red kumara at Aongatete. might be for flowers.”

Two years ago, an amazed Auckland man reported flowers growing on a red kumara in his inner city Freemans Bay garden. The experts in the kumara capital of Ruawai in Northland were consulted.

One man who had worked with red and gold kumara for 30 years said he had never seen one flower.

However, the orange kumara would regularly flower.

He attributed it to the time of year when the day is shortening and something is stressing the plant. It was more common to see the kumara flower up North under drought conditions. There was also a larger volume of kumara growing up North, which would improve the odds of seeing a kumara flowering.

Council put local speed limits review on hold Western Bay of Plenty District Council has put a review of speed limits on local roads on hold, pending direction from the New Zealand Transport Agency.

Council had planned to review speed limits on all local roads in the district to bring them in line with the speed limits determined

by NZTA on state highways – including the planned review for SH2.

Western Bay Mayor, Garry Webber, says while it is frustrating to delay council’s review, there is no point in going ahead until NZTA makes a decision on SH2.

“We have been waiting on the

agency to make a decision,” says Garry. “Originally, the SH2 speed review was to have been done last year and it would have timed in well with our review of local roads.

“But there is so much uncertainty around the agency’s timing that council has postponed our review.”

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Starting on their pathway to success Three students have landed the opportunity to further develop their knowledge and skills with the assistance of a scholarship.

The Omokoroa Lions Club recently awarded their annual tertiary scholarships to students from the

Omokoroa area who have had at least one year of tertiary education.

The winner of the Beryl Scott Award of $2000 is Grace Egan, with joint winners of The Precious Brothers Award, winning $1500 each, named as Matthew Hall and Kieran Lander.

Grace, who grew up in Whakamarama,

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says her sister previously received one of the scholarships, and a close family friend suggested she should apply too.

“I was very excited and proud of myself for meeting the high standard criteria that allowed me to apply for and receiving the scholarship,” says Grace.

“These funds will make a huge difference to me in meeting my costs this year, and I am very grateful to the Omokoroa Lions Club and the administrators of the Beryl Scott scholarship for their confidence in me.”

Grace was an outstanding high school student, excelling in NCEA - especially in the areas of chemistry, physics, biology and mathematics. As well as her strong academic record, Grace was also in the top Aquinas volleyball, netball and football teams.

She attended Otago University in 2018, where she studied Health Science and achieved an A-plus average mark. This year she has been accepted entry into the Bachelor of Pharmacy.

“I have always been interested in science and people’s well-being, so being involved in the health industry was a natural path for me,” says Grace.

“I love working with people and I have a real interest in their health and wellness and the impact that medications can have on this.”

At this stage, Grace intends to commence working

Kieran Lander

and gain practical experience as a pharmacist in the Tauranga area and continue her studies to gain a Masters in Pharmacy.

Like Grace, Omokoroa-born students Matthew Hall and Kieran Lander enjoyed exceptional results throughout high school.

Matthew was appointed to a top prefect role, went on a mission’s trip to Vanuatu and coached several junior rugby teams. He attends the University of Waikato, where he is studying a Bachelor of Management Studies with a double major in Strategic Management and Marketing.

Matthew hopes to secure an internship at a large company to be trained for senior management. His long-term career aim is to become the CEO of a large, multi-national company.

Kieran, who attended Tauranga Boys’ College, also excelled in both academic studies and co-curricular activities. He was involved in a lot of different music bands/groups and productions at school, as well as being an arts captain and school prefect.

Kieran attends the University of Canterbury, where he is studying a Bachelor of Product Design: Applied Immersive Game Design, to become a virtual reality developer. His first year results averaged at A-minus.

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Decisions part two: ‘what might have been’ Last week, I introduced a series on key decisions that have changed the course of our city’s history, the choices that are before us now and decisions future leaders will have to contend with.

This week I put to you one decision that could have had a major impact.

Investment advisors, First New Zealand Capital, say that Trustpower’s Tauranga customers aren’t getting the full benefit of the $450 TECT cheque They found customers only get the benefit of $50-100 due to Trustpower’ prices versus their competitors.

This time last year, TECT proposed increasing its annual distribution to the community from $7.5m to $25m by ending the TECT cheque after fiv years following a lump sum payment to Trustpower consumers.

The proposal was rejected by consumers by two-to-one.

What might have been? If the cheque

was removed, I believe the free-market would have forced Trustpower to drop their prices or face a customer exodus.

The Tauranga community would have $25m every year to spend on amenities that would make us the envy of every provincial centre in the country. Funding of that magnitude would get us a stadium, museum, or any other big-ticket amenity you care to name. The cost of building roads, water, sewage and core-services in the 21st century severely curtails council’s ability to fund the amenities other older cities have.

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When two heads are better than one The first day of school can be a scary prospect for any student, and the first day of university can be just as daunting.

But for Anaru Palmer and Leah Owen, departing head prefects of Tauranga Boys’ and Tauranga Girls’ Colleges, there’ll be at least one familiar face at the University of Waikato when they start in February.

Both have opted to study at the university’s new campus in Tauranga. Leah has

Anaru Palmer and Leah Owen start their tertiary journey at Waikato’s new city campus in Tauranga this year. enrolled in a Bachelor of Social Sciences majoring in Psychology, while Anaru will be amongst the first cohort of students in Te Tohu Paetahi - a one-year diploma in te reo Maori taught as a full immersion programme.

The pair, who met seven years ago in their Tauranga Intermediate accelerate class, are excited to be kicking off a new year with new opportunities.

Initially, Anaru was considering a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws at Waikato’s Hamilton campus, but says the “game changer” was discovering that Te Tohu Paetahi was being taught in Tauranga in 2019.

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Sign up as a member of Tauranga Volunteer Coastguard at 72 Keith Allen Drive, Sulphur Point or go online to www.taurangacoastguard.co.nz and click on the ‘Join’ button on the top righthand side.

Terms and conditions: To be eligible to enter you must join Tauranga Coastguard by 3:00pm, 31st of March 2019. The Join and Win promotion is only open to new Coastguard Tauranga membership. Prices will be drawn on 1st April 2019 under police supervision. Winners will be contacted and notification will be made on our Facebook page.

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The start of a journey

Of Ngai Te Rangi and Ngati Ranginui descent, Anaru believes that this is the start of a journey to greater connectedness – to his language, whanau, iwi, turangawaewae of Matakana Island, and to himself.

In year 11, Anaru joined the school’s bilingual unit, Aronui, where he became involved in Manu Korero, kapa haka, and took on more leadership roles.

Chosen as head boy last year, many of his peers were likely unaware that Anaru had always found school a challenging environment.

Diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome at the age of four, Anaru had to learn the social and communication skills he needed to make friends and concentrate on

classwork. “Mum told me recently that she thinks my way of seeing the world is a gift, not a disability,” says Anaru. “I’m not one to blow my own trumpet, but I’m pretty happy with what I’ve achieved.”

And achieve he has. Anaru claimed numerous awards at his Year 13 prize giving including a First in level 3 Te Reo Maori, Ngati Pukenga Rangatiratanga Award for leadership, Norman Morris Prize for Head Prefect, Monte Ohia Trophy for top Maori student, and the prestigious Silver Spoon service award.

He was particularly ecstatic when he received the University of Waikato Te Ara Whanui and Tauranga Campus First-in-Family Scholarships, worth a total of $11,000.

The icing on the cake

As soon as Leah heard the University of Waikato’s new campus in Tauranga was opening, she began picturing herself in the new city campus.

She says she originally had her sights set on becoming a teacher until a change in family circumstances took her in another direction.

The catalyst to study psychology came about when her parents separated two years ago and Leah saw a psychologist to help process the changes happening in her family.

“I remember leaving the psychologist’s office with the realisation that that’s what I wanted to do. I want to be there for people when they need it the most,” she says.

It’s fair to say that giving back is important to Leah.

An accomplished sportswoman, Leah played representative hockey for various teams over the years, and also captained a few. She was in the first XI team at Tauranga Girls’ for five years before an ongoing foot injury forced her to stop.

Throughout high school she served on various school committees and councils and thrived in her role as 2018 Head Girl, receiving several academic and service accolades. But the icing on the cake was being awarded a coveted Te Paewai o te Rangi: University of Waikato Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Achievement, worth $25,000.

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Yarning about kids’ books Yarn bombers will once again be decorating Greerton’s trees to acknowledge the wonderful non-profit organisations that support so many people in Tauranga.

Leigh Crockford, from Crockford Real Estate Greerton, is sponsoring the yarn bombing competition for the second year, to the value of $2000.

There will be a Facebook public voting prize and a judged prize, with $500 of the money going to the yarn bombers and $1500 going to charities of the winning trees.

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‘What a Wonderful World’ from last year’s yarn bombing. more yarn bombers to be part of this creative event which brings joy to both the creators and the public, who come to visit once the

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You can work on your own or join in with others to yarn bomb a tree.

This is a wonderful, free and fun community project for all age groups. There is plenty of time for yarn bombers to create their masterpiece, as they won’t be installed until Sunday, June 23.

For further information, like Greerton Village on Facebook, email: greertonyarnbombing@gmail.com or call Carol Power: on 027 498 3947.

Celebrating 50 years of country music The upstairs lounge at the Tauranga Citizens Club was filled with people singing Y’All Come when the Tauranga Country Music Club celebrated their 50th birthday. The roots for this club commenced in the lounge of Ruth and Murray Arden in Matua in 1969, and as more people attended they moved to their garage. When they outgrew that, it was onto the Levers Road Hall.

“This club was instrumental in commencing awards in the North Island, and started their Star Awards in 1976,” says President Merv Blue.

“This was the stepping stone for many artists towards careers in music, including well known entertainers Dennis Marsh, Mike Roycroft, Al Hunter and Dan Cosgrove.

“A special moment for everyone was hearing the Seales Sisters, Pat Boyle and Angela Hanson, singing

The Tauranga Country Music Club committee and life members. together again. It was like a blast from the past.”

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Walking on thin ice If you put ice into a warm drink, it is guaranteed to melt.

The last survey, in March 2018, also showed that last year’s summer marine heatwave resulted in one of the largest glacier melts observed since the survey began in 1977. And if this year’s summer is anything to go by, NIWA’s next survey will top that record.

If that’s not scary enough, the Tasman Glacier is also showing signs of significant damage.

This month the huge glacier, which is more than half the size of Tauranga, lost chunks of ice the size of skyscrapers as they fell into the ocean.

The pictures say it all. A tiny boat and a big, pale blue wafflelike piece of ice coming towards the tiny passengers. It’s a stunning sight, but a terrifying thought.

This is a small scale model of what our planet is currently doing, and it is closer to home than we may think.

Global warming is a controversial subject; not so much on the topic of whether it’s happening, but where to pinpoint the blame.

Many climate scientists say there is too much blame on us, as it’s proven that natural weather fluctuations also cause record high and low temperatures and rainfall.

However, the pace that glaciers are receding is enough proof that we are the reason for things moving along at a scarily fast pace.

The proof is in the ice

Scientists have detected a 30 per Too far away to care New Zealand has eight main Although the cold for us cent loss of ice in the Southern glaciers: Fox, Franz Josef, Tasman, Tauranga locals is something Alps since 1977.

Mueller, Hooker, Volta, Murchison we’re not too fond of, ice plays an and Douglas, but there are many important part in daily living, even for us. more than that - around 3150 glaciers to be more With each drop of ice, a glacier changes the accurate - and the majority of them are receding. environment around it, chipping away at the land NIWA has been carrying out aerial surveys of more and contributing to rising sea levels. than 50 of the South Island’s glaciers every year for The ocean and many rivers and lakes are fed by this, more than four decades. but too much continuous melted ice could mean Researchers have painstakingly pieced together thousands of photographs of New Zealand’s Southern these changes are catastrophic for their ecosystem.

Many species will die out or become endangered Alps to tell the story of our shrinking glaciers. and land will disappear at faster rates.

Since that first survey 40 years ago, scientists have Temperatures will also rise even further, because detected a 30 per cent loss of ice. without ice, less sunlight will be reflected into space To put that into perspective, it’s as if one-third and will instead be absorbed into the ocean. of the Mount had corroded over 40 years while In monetary terms, this will have a major effect on previously only corroding by a handful of dirt.

Bus issues heard loud and clear Buses are great when they work.

Unfortunately, as of late, they haven’t been running like clockwork here in Tauranga and, to a degree, that has undermined trust in our public transport system here in the Bay. There is a real sense of frustration and it’s clear that the service is not delivering to the expected standard.

My office has been inundated with emails, calls and Facebook messages over the last few days about the recent changes to the bus network, and I want to assure the community that your message has been heard loud and clear.

You expect better, and I don’t blame you. It seems unfathomable to me that a bus contractor would be awarded our local contract without having enough staff to deliver – and it could be another eight to ten weeks until they can.

There are missed connections, late buses, or buses that never showed up at all. For those who are reliant on public transport to get around – our kids, the elderly, and those with disabilities – this has been a real problem.

There has also been a lot of concern from parents who need to feel their kids are safe and might not necessarily have the luxury of being able to pick them

up from school.

If the Regional Council, and the government, are serious about encouraging people to get out of their cars and on to public transport, then this needs to be urgently addressed.

At the moment, the reality is falling well short of the rhetoric.

To the Regional Council’s credit, they appear to have listened, acknowledged the disruption, inconvenience and frustration, and are taking the issue seriously.

Our community will be watching closely to ensure they deliver.

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Tennis career nudges eighth decade Family fun challenge A chronic hip problem is about to scupper Andy Murray’s career at just 31.

At 38, Roger Federer can’t have too many Grand Slams left in him.

“It’s hard to find any girls in my age group to play with,” says Tup. “You go down to the Mount tennis club, and to find someone around 80 to play singles with is very difficult.”

She is disappointed and frustrated, when everyone else probably understands why.

That’s life, they’re a dying breed.

Tup chuckles, then sighs.

Because the winners of the seniors titles form a New Zealand team to compete at the Worlds in Croatia. It would have been nice to go. “But we couldn’t get enough ladies in the 80 age group,” she explains.

“That’s so sad.”

She’s a woman on wheels

Fitness is the strength of her game.

“I belong to the Women on Wheels cycling group at Paengaroa,” she says.

When a lot of women of her years would understandably have compromised mobility, Tup and the ‘girls‘ are cycling 30-to-40 kilometres, three times a week.

Then there’s three tennis matches per week. That’s enough to give her the court speed and the explosive fitness needed for competitive tennis.

Except – and it’s a big except – Tup can feel Andy Murray’s frustration right now.

The champion is laid up. There’s a large plaster on her leg after she “took a bit of skin” off in a cycling incident. A big toe, sans nail, is also heavily dressed.

No, we may not take a photograph of her ‘Tup’ with and her dicky leg! her magical “It’ll kill me being laid up for a week – I Wilson. hate it. I need to be out doing something.”

For Tup, that’s tennis, cycling, or both.

Roger Federer unwittingly helped her But even at 80, Norma Lois Cox reckons she has through an injury. She watches the Grand Slams on another five seasons of tennis in her.

TV, and when she was suffering a shoulder problem, “At least,” she claims. she noticed how the Swiss master released the ball for The bones are good and her game is great – she’s just his serve, and how he kept his head high. home from winning two golds and a silver at the New She’s always been self-coached – she simply watches, Zealand Seniors tournament in Auckland. listens, learns and then applies. Federer would also be “I’m very happy with that,” says Norma, who’s never proud to know she plays her backhand unfashionably had to answer to her given name. with just one hand, just like him.

She’s known universally as ‘Tup’.

“It’s probably not as effective,” she happily concedes.

“As a child, they said I was worth tuppence - two It’s the forehand that has served her well. That has pennies. I was good value.” been her go-to weapon. “That’s my strength,” she says, as 54 National Seniors Titles would testify.

Serving up 74 years of tennis “It’s deadly,” she jokes. Then she bursts out of her Pennies as a person, but a fist full of pound notes as a seat and grabs her flash, expensive racquet – $290 tennis player. Since she turned 40 – four decades ago – worth – for the photo. No leg or toe of course.

Tup has won 54 National Seniors tennis titles, via 18 There’s definitely another five seasons of seniors in singles, 20 doubles and 16 mixed doubles.

Norma Lois – aka Tup – Cox. She’s quite rightly proud of that.

She has her favourites, such as Andre Agassi, the She must be quite the celebrity on the seniors’ circuit. showman and entertainer who bashed every ball like Do a lot of people know and recognise her? “Mmm, I his career depended on it. Some called him bold and suppose so,” she says. But the humble Tup, who lives aggressive, others called him a brat. at the RSA Village in Mount Maunganui, doesn’t really “The histrionics are part and parcel,” she claims. like that recognition and doesn’t like talking about it.

“If you have played the game, you will understand Last week she was a re-crowned as National Seniors the frustrations sometimes.” However, Tup has always Tennis Champion. By Friday night, she was selling been a ‘lady’ on the court – she’s never thrown a racquet raffles at the RSA accompanied by a quiet drink. and loses with dignity, but she does talk to herself a lot.

Tup’s tipple is a vodka.

“Cussing? Yes, close. Especially after a stupid shot.”

There appears to be only one thing that could When The Weekend Sun arrived at the Mount RSA derail this connection with tennis that began 74 years retirement village to talk to Tup, we were met by some ago in 1945 on an asphalt court at Turua, on the maintenance men. “You must be here to talk to Tup,” Hauraki Plains, with a heavy wooden racquet strung they said. “She deserves it.” Tup’s not just known here, with cat gut. she’s admired and loved.

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Gymsports fun One of Tauranga’s most loved entertainers is to star in a fundraising event for Aquinas College Gymsports Club.

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Master hypnotist Tony Banfield has two shows at 3pm and 6.30pm on Saturday, February 23 at the Graham Young Youth Theatre on the Tauranga Boys’ College grounds.

Tony has entertained audiences in

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Aquinas College’s 2018 NZ Secondary School Gymsports medal winners. several countries for more than 20 years with his ‘Laugh Till It Hurts’ stage shows. He has hypnotised thousands of people all in the name of good family fun.

Gymsports is a generic title that includes artistic gymnastics for boys and girls, rhythmic gymnastics, tumbling, trampoline, aerobics, hip hop, cheerleading and a performance group.

Aquinas College Gymsports manager Janet Trusler says it is becoming more and more expensive to run these sporting codes.

“A lot of parents can’t afford to pay the prices required to attend competitive gymnastic trainings,” says Janet, “so these school-based sessions are a great alternative for students to participate in these codes.

“All our fundraising events offset these expenses, especially the coaching and venue hire costs.

“I have to pay qualified coaches to teach the skills because of the health and safety aspect. It is a real struggle to find coaches as they are in short supply.

“Luckily, I have been successful in securing coaches these past couple of years and the results show.

“Our Aquinas students have had outstanding achievements at local and national school-based gymsport competitions - especially at the AIMS Games and NZSS Championships.”

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Three individual titles were won thanks to Jazmine Trusler (two) and Sam Eastergaard (one), plus three team titles were won by Jazmine, Sam, Amber Trusler and Jasmine Watene.

Aquinas College took out three medals at the 2018 AIMS Games.

Hugo McCarroll won gold and silver, with Zoe Haydock a silver placing.

Aquinas College’s Kapa Haka group will run a sausage sizzle and sell non-alcoholic drinks between the two shows from 5-6.30pm to help fund their trip to a cultural festival in Rarotonga.

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30 years of club cricket If you’ve spent 30 straight years at the sharp end of Bay of Plenty club cricket, you’ve probably come up against all the hotshots and got them out.

That’s something Murray Jarvis - whose Greerton club has just held a function to mark his rare achievement of reaching three decades in their eyecatching black and gold strip - claims with a degree of modest pride.

Pretty much all, that is.

There is one notable exception.

“I think the only one I’ve never got out, but I’ve nearly had out, was Kane Williamson,” says Murray.

“I thought I had him LBW once. The umpire didn’t agree, but it was pretty close.”

A one-club man

Was the umpire too scared to raise his finger?

“I dunno,” he says. “It looked pretty out to me.”

Bowlers, as Murray admits, always think they're out. But that's the kind of tenacity you need to keep sending down your nagging medium pace line-andlength grenades, Saturday after Saturday, for 30 years of premier club cricket.

Moving on from his first XI days at Tauranga Boys’ College, Murray joined Greerton. And – also a rare feat – he’s been a one-club man ever since.

“I just didn’t feel like changing clubs,” he says.

“Having good mates around you is what it’s about.”

So far this season it’s been the Reserve Grade side for Murray, due to the influx of good young players under the leadership of president Steve Wineti. He's always up for a return to the prems, but he’s fine with the second tier.

“I quite like the reserves anyway,” he says.

“It’s more relaxed.”

Stats are not a big thing for Murray, but his CV includes an occasion when he took seven wickets in an innings, and a couple of six-fers as well.

There’s also two centuries in there - a reminder of the time when his skills with the bat were more noted than with the ball.

“I used to open the batting a while back. I've batted literally all the way from one down to 10.

“I get out there when I have to, but I'm not too bothered if I don’t get a bat.”

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These days he’d rather let the younger guys have the limelight.

Typically, he can’t recall much of his own performance in the match he calls his career highlight, but he looks back fondly on the team’s success at the Bay Oval in 2012, when Greerton won the Williams Cup, for the first time in 27 years.

“We beat Cadets in that final, and obviously we hadn’t won it in quite a number of years,” he says.

“So that was probably the main highlight.

“I don't recall, but I got maybe one or two for 20-odd.”

Other highlights have been watching talented players emerge and go on to achieve global status.

They included a close-up view of Kane Williamson - “nothing bothered him” - and there was also a young guy called Trent Boult.

Murray thinks he might give it another couple of seasons before he throws his boots back in the gear bag for the very last time.

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Water restrictions are now in place in Tauranga.

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New Zealand ditches unwanted melanoma title A recent drop in cases of invasive melanoma has seen New Zealand lose its unwanted title as the country with the world’s worst rates.

The decline in local incidence now puts Aotearoa behind Australia.

A study, carried out by researchers at Australia’s QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, examined

melanoma incidence in eight moderate-to-high-risk populations across the world between 1982 and 2015. Data shows that invasive melanoma rates in New Zealand have started to decline, while rates in Australia have plateaued.

Invasive melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer, and is capable of spreading to other parts of the body.

QIMR Berghofer senior scientist and deputy director, Professor

David Whiteman, says the most recently available data from 2014/2015 shows that about 50 in every 100,000 Australians were diagnosed with invasive melanoma, compared to about 47 out of every 100,000 New Zealanders.

“This is good news for New Zealand, with melanoma rates now dipping below those across the Tasman,” he says.

“The main difference between the two countries is that in New Zealand, rates have stabilised in people aged 60 to 79 years, whereas in Australia rates are still rising in this age group.

“Rates continue to rise for those aged 80 and over in both countries.”

The country with the third highest invasive melanoma rates was Denmark, with 34 cases per 100,000 people.

However, much like in Australia, its rates have plateaued.

“While per capita invasive melanoma rates were still lower in the other population groups studied - including in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway, Canada and the Caucasian population of the United States - its incidence rates were still increasing at between 1.7 and 4.8 per cent per annum,” says Professor Whiteman.

“One possible explanation for the declining melanoma rates in New Zealand is that we could be seeing the first effects of the sun safety messages and prevention campaigns that commenced in the 1990s, several decades after similar efforts were initiated in Australia.

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“Unfortunately in North America and some countries in northern Europe, melanoma rates are rising with no signs of abating.”

Professor Whiteman says it is too early to tell if current trends in melanoma incidence in Australia, New Zealand and Denmark would continue over time.

“We need to keep monitoring different countries to know what melanoma control efforts are in place in each jurisdiction, and if and how those campaigns are working.”

The study was published in The Journal of Investigative Dermatology last week.

It takes a village Firstly, my partner Tim and I would like to thank the people of Tauranga Moana who have expressed their excitement over the news that we are expecting a baby in July, with the gracious support of our surrogate mother, egg donor and their whanau.

As they say, it takes a village to raise a baby, and our village involves all of you.

The idea of parenthood highlights the importance of having Maori involved in the decisions that affect our tamariki. And why the ‘true partnership’ I questioned at the Waitangi Day service at the Mount needs to happen.

Last year in the Western Bay, we campaigned for Maori Wards and Maori representation on the council.

However, it failed the referendum, and that tells me we still have a long way to go.

Some 179 years on from Te Tiriti, we can’t just talk ‘true partnership’ - we must create it.

I encourage Iwi to continue working together to raise the profile of our Maori voice, and I’m keen to hear from anyone interested in supporting this kaupapa.

With traditional lenders hesitant to support Maori land due to its special status, the response to our recent $100m investment in unlocking the potential of whenua Maori has been fantastic.

To ensure all Maori landowners can access this support, Nanaia Mahuta has unveiled the Whenua Maori Programme.

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Volunteers needed for collection The Child Cancer Foundation are looking for volunteers to collect for their appeal next month.

Child Cancer Foundation chief executive Robyn Kiddle has emphasised the need for volunteers during their appeal month.

“Child Cancer Foundation receives no direct funding from the government,” says Robyn, “and we rely on the generosity of New Zealanders to continue to

support these children and their families in need.

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Caring for the community They are a local car company, but they are much more than that.

Tauranga Peugeot and Citroen might be experts in their field when it comes to cars, but they’re also experts at being involved in their community.

They are avid supporters of Mount Maunganui Surf Life Saving Club and Tauranga Water Polo, and have been supporting both for a number of years.

Mount Maunganui Surf Life Saving Club coach John ‘Spindles’ Brian has nothing but good things to say about Tauranga Peugeot and Citroen.

Tauranga Water Polo’s Lionel Randall with a car that Tauranga “I remember when one Peugeot and Citroen have supplied. of our canoes got damaged “I can honestly say that the results we experienced a while ago,” says John. last year would not all have been possible without “Tauranga Peugeot and Citroen just turned around the generosity, support and encouragement of and said ‘send us the bill - we’ll look after that so Tauranga Peugeot and Citroen,” says Lionel. you can get back on the water’. It wasn’t cheap – “I believe that the main reason why the Tauranga that one was about $1000 to repair.”

Peugeot and Citroen/Tauranga Water Polo Then there’s the warm jackets that the lifeguards relationship has been so strong is down to the need to stay warm. Tauranga Peugeot and Citroen organised to bring the cost of the jackets from $250 family values of Tauranga Peugeot and Citroen, the genuine care, the phone calls to see how each down to $100. things are going, the offer of support and “Julian Lalaney, a French international and the encouragement and the feeling that, as a person, French captain, comes over every year to help you are important to them.” coach our ocean athletes and our younger kids,” If you’re looking to invest in a car, visit the people adds John, “and Tauranga Peugeot and Citroen generously loaned him a car to get around town in.” that invest in the community.

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Huge prize pool for kids’ fishing contest For just a $15 entry fee, the PlaceMakers Kids Fishing Contest offers an enormous range of prizes to young anglers

times, good memories’, so if you’re not already a member, come on in and learn what all the fuss is about.

“Directly adjacent to the Sulphur Point boat ramps, we’re open from 5pm on

Aimed at those aged 16 and under and of all fishing abilities, youngsters will also receive a free drink, a sausage and a goodie bag.

Organiser Marin Hobson, from Tauranga Fish and Dive Club, says there’s more than $4000 worth of prizes available this year, including kayaks, bikes and fishing gear, sponsored by McKee Plastics, Kilwell Sports and Rocket Bikes.

“There’s a heaviest fish contest, a mystery weight and an average weight, so every kid has a chance of winning,” says Marin.

“All the major prizes are chosen on a draw and you must be at prize giving, so that makes it pretty much fair for everybody.”

There’s a huge carnival atmosphere at the club, with a water slide operating as well as a few other demonstrations, displays and activities. All are welcome.

“Fishing starts at 6am, from anywhere in the harbour, along the shore line or a wharf,” adds Marin. “Fish must be caught using hook and line. Basically it’s just a great day for kids, to get them out fishing.”

The annual PlaceMakers Kids Fishing Contest is held this Sunday, February 17, with weigh-in at 1.30pm and prize giving at 3.30pm.

The club’s motto is ‘good friends, good

Fridays, and 4.30pm on Sundays,” says Marin.

“We have the best value meals from an ever-changing menu, a fully stocked bar with the friendliest of staff, a fun and

The annual event always draws a crowd.

A breeding ground for discussion When I was studying, we had a thing called literature circles in my creative writing class.

We would go around the group discussing ideas to jolt our brains into creative action.

Book clubs are much the same minus the need to take notes or have excellent writing skills - and offer a great opportunity to meet new people.

You might think that reading groups are simply for book worms to indulge in their favourite passion, or for you to have enjoyable arguments about your favourite story or characters with likeminded individuals, but book clubs actually offer more lifelong benefits than you’d think.

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Fijian islands for adventure travellers Known across the world for its stunning sapphire lagoons, white sandy beaches, lush forests and exotic wildlife, the South Pacific draws visitors from all walks of life.

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Affectionately known as ‘Raro’, this island offers both adventure and relaxation.

Try paddle boarding in the crystal blue waters of the lagoon, and make sure to hike the Cross Island Track, which takes you over the forested mountain to the other side of the island. After your hike, relax and drink in the sun at famous Muri Beach, and don’t miss Raro’s legendary snorkelling - you can see hundreds of species of tropical fish!

Lord Howe Island, Tasman Sea

Covered with virtually untouched forests, Lord Howe Island is home to rare and unusual plants and animals.

The island offers some of the best birdwatching in the world, while hiking and boating are also popular activities for visitors.

Don’t miss your chance to explore the sheltered lagoon, whether you prefer the view from a glassbottomed boat or from down in the water with the fish. While you’ll probably spend most of the time in flip flops, pack a pair of sturdier shoes so you can freely explore the reef and bush.

If you spot a Uvea, count yourself lucky - it can’t be found anywhere else.

As a visitor, you may want to stay in a thatched hut on the beach so you can have round-the-clock views of nature at its best.

Rent bicycles to ride along the bays, and explore the world’s second-largest coral reef.

Tanna, Vanuatu

When you visit Tanna you have a chance to see Mount Yasur - the world’s most accessible active volcano. Your visit to Tanna will give you an up-close look at how dramatically the earth can change. Just make sure you book any tours through a licensed operator and go with a guide to ensure your safety, as there are no safety rails or barriers in place.

Don’t miss a visit to one of the island’s coffee plantations, where you can learn about the interesting journey from tree to cup. You can also explore Tanna’s many hot springs on a guided tour.

You just might see someone dropping eggs into small hot spring pools, using the island’s volcanic heat to cook up a mid-afternoon snack.

Ouvéa, New Caledonia

Famous for its pristine beaches, Ouvéa also has mountains, waterfalls and rainforests, which house parrots, large blue crabs and the Uvea parakeet.

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Explore the wonders of the ancient world The breathtaking Petra.

If so, you need to come along to our information evening on Wednesday, February 20.

YOU Travel Tauranga is giving a presentation, in conjunction with Adventure World, to showcase the ancient treasures of Egypt and Jordan.

This is the destination to visit for your 2019/20 travels.

In Jordan, nothing can quite prepare you for your first glimpse of the awe-inspiring Petra, and we’ll be sure to explore this wonder both day and night. With the opportunity to float in the Dead Sea, take in the vastness of the Wadi Rum desert and discover lesser known sights such as Jerash, Jordan will capture your heart.

The land that gave birth to the world’s first great civilisation needs little introduction. No trip to Egypt is complete until you’ve visited one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World – the pyramids and the Great

New eGate options Travellers from Singapore can now use eGates at customs to quickly and easily complete customs and immigration checks.

Acting deputy comptroller of customs, Murray Young, says expanding eGates to more nationalities helps manage the increasing number of travellers arriving in and departing from New Zealand.

“Customs is part of a multi-agency group, working collaboratively to make eGate available to more nationalities. The addition of Singapore to the list brings the total number of nationalities able to use eGate to 11.

“Around 90 per cent of the 12.6 million travellers arriving and departing New Zealand in 2018 were from the 11 nationalities now eligible to use eGate.

“By allowing eligible passengers to complete their customs and immigration checks quickly and easily, it not only means a better travelling experience for the increasing number of visitors between New Zealand and Singapore, it also enables customs officers to focus on those travellers who may present a higher risk. The mutual extension of automated immigration clearance facilities is part of the New ZealandSingapore Enhanced Partnership, which seeks to boost cooperation across trade and economic, people to people, science, innovation and technology and defence and security links between the two countries.” Murray says more than 30 million people have used customs’ eGate system in New Zealand airports since 2009.

“Our eGates are available in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown to ePassport holders aged 12-years and over from New Zealand, Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, China, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, and Singapore.

Sphinx of Giza, marvels of human engineering and construction.

The Nile is the lifeblood of the country, snaking through upper and lower Egypt and extending almost 7000km through Africa, making it the longest river in the world.

YOU Travel’s river cruise down the Nile provides the perfect way to discover some of Egypt’s premier sights.

Contact Izzy Murray via: izzy@youtauranga.co.nz or call: 07 577 9957 to reserve your ride on the magic carpet for the evening.

You’re invited to discover the ancient treasures of Egypt and Jordan Join us for an evening to showcase the highlights of Egypt and Jordan, along with the details of our 20 day fully escorted tour departing from New Zealand 2nd April 2020.

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Alex Ashe, a technical advisor at Farmlands Te Puna, has been named the Bay of Plenty’s Young Fruit Grower for 2019 at an awards dinner in Tauranga.

The practical competition took place last Saturday at Te Puke Showgrounds, where eight competitors tested their skills and ability to run a successful orchard in a series of challenges.

That was followed by a speech competition discussing future disruptors to horticulture at the gala dinner on Wednesday night.

Alex applied to compete in competition because he enjoys a challenge, and saw an opportunity to develop new skills. He also wants to promote horticulture as a career to younger generations, and feels that the Young Grower Awards are a great opportunity to do so.

Runner-up was Hamish McKain, an avocado/ production manager at DMS Progrowers, while Emily Crum, an orchard manager at Prospa (EastPack) Te Puke, was third.

Alex’s prize includes all-expenses entry to compete for the title of National Young Grower of the Year 2019 in Tauranga in October, as well as $1500 cash.

He also excelled in individual challenges, and especially impressed judges with his speech on future disruptors to the horticulture industry.

“It was such an enjoyable event because everybody was there to support each other,” says Alex. “Everyone wants to help the youth of the industry to do their best.”

“Anybody who is looking to compete next year should give it a go - it’s a great event."

Andrew Dawson, chair of the Bay of Plenty Young Fruit Growers Upskilling Committee, says the 2019 event has once again enjoyed a high calibre of competitors.

“Congratulations to all of the contestants who displayed exceptional skills, as well as showing off the great variety of opportunities that are available in the horticulture industry,” says Andrew.

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Johnson, adds: “It is essential that young people are attracted to join the kiwifruit industry to achieve our forecasted growth.

“The Young Fruit Grower competition provides an excellent example of the different commercial, technical and scientific opportunities that the industry offers.

“I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of this years’ competitors, who have displayed the talent our industry has.”

Horticulture New Zealand CE Mike Chapman agrees, and says that competitions such as this are a highlight of the annual horticulture calendar.

“As a Bay of Plenty local, I know that talented young people like Alex exist in our industry.

“The Bay of Plenty Young Grower competition shows the rest of the country what we’ve been saying all along; horticulture is a growth industry, and you can make an excellent career out of it if you put the effort in.

“Alex and the other contestants are exactly the kind of people the future of our industry will be based on, and it’s great to see them getting the limelight they deserve.”

Alex will now go on to compete in the nationals, run by Horticulture New Zealand, and join the winners of the Nelson, Hawke’s Bay, Gisborne and Central Otago regionals.

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Talk series covers bike safety issues The Shiny Side Up Talk Series is making its way around the country and will soon be heading to the Bay of Plenty.

The series is made up of evening presentations by Shiny Side Up tech gurus and personalities.

It is a must for bikers and a great chance to meet fellow riders, enjoy some light refreshments and hear from the experts.

The Shiny Side Up event, which will feature talks from Brittany Morrow, Christ Hurren, Dave Moss and Kevin Williams, takes place on February 21 at Classic Flyers Museum from 6.308.30pm. No booking is required and the event is free.

Brittany is an internationally renowned motorcycle safety advocate. This year she’ll be talking about the two motorcycle crashes she’s been involved in first, as a passenger at high-speed

with no gear, and the second as the pilot at medium speed with all the gear.

Chris will cover how much protection you need, including what his team tests and how they test it, what the MotoCAP protection and comfort numbers mean, and what you need to wear if you ride in the city, on the motorway or the on open road.

For more information visit: www.shinysideup.co.nz

Lights on at Elizabeth Street roundabout Motorists may have noticed some changes being made to the Elizabeth Street roundabout on State Highway 2 as new traffic lights are installed.

The move was first announced last year, and the installation will follow the same protocol as the lights in place at Barkes Corner.

When traffic builds on one of the roads that leads onto the

roundabout, the lights will activate by turning amber, then red.

The red lights will stop vehicles for between 30 seconds and one minute, allowing traffic from the busiest road to enter the roundabout.

Back in December 2018, Bay of Plenty transport system manager Rob Campbell said most of the time the traffic lights won’t be activated, except when high traffic queues on one ntly being leg activate them.

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‘Be kind online’ says UNICEF Online violence, cyberbullying and digital harassment affects over 70 per cent of young people globally.

The figures, revealed by the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, have prompted calls for concerted action to tackle and prevent this form of violence. A recent, one-million-strong UNICEF poll of 15 to 24-year olds from more than 160 countries generated the numbers, along with a series of student-led #ENDviolence Youth Talks held globally, which examined out what parents, teachers and policymakers could do to keep youngsters safe.

In the end, kindness stood out as one of the most powerful means to prevent bullying and cyberbullying.

According to the UN International Telecommunications Union, 94 per cent of 15 to 24-year-olds in developed countries are online along with more than 65 per cent of their developing country counterparts – well ahead of the pace of internet usage among the general population. UNICEF is reminding everyone that “kindness – both online and off – is a responsibility that begins with each of us”. In honour of the UN child-rights convention, which turns 30 this November, UNICEF is also calling for renewed urgency to put children’s rights at the forefront of digital efforts.

Lessons on food and screens New Shoots Children’s Centres in Papamoa and Tauranga are offering two educational workshop events next month for parents in the community.

The workshops will be facilitated by The Food Tree, who will offer valuable lessons and practical techniques around how to manage challenges related to food and screen time.

In addition, New Shoots is also offering a third event - a self-care workshop for early childcare education teachers who live and work in the Tauranga/Papamoa area.

“Because we see such value in these workshops, we are subsidising ticket prices as a way to give as many parents and caregivers in the Tauranga and Papamoa community the opportunity to attend,” says New Shoots’ director Michelle Pratt.

The event, on March 14, is titled ‘Raising Connected Kids’, and will run from 6.30-8pm. It will be held at New Shoots Tauranga Centre, 850 Cameron Road, Tauranga and costs $10 per person.

The March 16 event, called ‘Finding Peace at the Dinner Table’, runs from 10am-12pm and also costs $10. The venue is New Shoots Papamoa Centre, 5-7 Twin Oak Avenue, Papamoa Beach.

Another event on the same day and at the same location, ‘Self Care for Teachers’, will take place from 2-4pm and costs $15 per attendee.

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Day-to-day care (or custody) means a child lives with one parent, who is primarily responsible for that child.

If spouses break up, they should endeavour to agree upon day-today care and contact arrangements between themselves. Failing such an agreement, disputes can be settled through Family Dispute Resolution or the Family Court.

In the event of death, a deceased parent can appoint a testamentary

When the kids go back to school, it’s an opportune time for adults to educate themselves on what the rights and responsibilities of being a guardian of a child are.

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A testamentary guardian is responsible for all major decisions about the child, including where they live and who will care for them.

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Support and information after a cancer diagnosis A free programme will explore how to live well with a cancer diagnosis.

Supportive care nurse Tammy Burgess, from the Cancer Society, will deliver the programme from March 13 in Tauranga, along with expert speakers including an oncologist, physiotherapist, dietician and a clinical psychologist.

Tammy says the aim of the programme is to give people practical tools they can use on their journey through cancer.

“Living Well gives people a better understanding and dispels some of the myths around cancer,” she says. “There’s also a focus on developing self-care and advocacy skills

and managing the side effects of treatment.

“People who have gone through the programme tell us they feel more informed, less anxious and more confident as they navigate the healthcare system.”

Tammy says it’s also a good opportunity for people living with cancer and their carers to come together as a group.

“A cancer diagnosis can be isolating,” she adds.

“One of the benefits of the programme is the contact you have with other people who are going through similar experiences and knowing you’re not alone.”

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The many stages of varicose vein disease People often think of varicose veins as a cosmetic problem, but they can cause significant medical problems if left untreated.

As well as the reluctance sufferers feel to wear shorts in summer, varicose veins can be responsible for chronic pain, cramping, leg swelling, restless legs, itchy rashes (varicose eczema) and pigmented discolouration.

In advanced stages, they can lead to chronic skin ulcers.

If you have some of those symptoms, you may have underlying varicose veins even if the familiar ropey veins aren’t visible. A vein doctor can detect

underlying varicose veins and explain the best options available to treat them.

Because varicose veins are no longer working effectively they can be closed down, and the body finds alternative routes to return blood to the heart.

Closing veins down nonsurgically, using laser or radio frequency therapy, is the first line treatment followed by ultrasoundguided foam sclerotherapy.

These treatments are safe and relatively painless. They are performed under local anaesthetic in an hour or so, and patients can walk out of the clinic and return to work the following day.

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Watching out for ‘floaters’ Flashes and floaters in your eyes can be a sign of an ocular emergency.

Floaters are drifting shapes in the vision, which people often describe as buzzing insects, drifting spots or blobs of ink or jelly.

Flashes are light effects that appear briefly, and look like a shooting star or arcs of light, generally in the peripheral vision. For most people these symptoms come on quickly, generally just in one eye, and are more obvious when looking at a blank background like the sky or a wall, or when the light is dim.

The cause of these symptoms is because the vitreous gel that fills the eyeball becomes more liquefied as we age, and eventually collapses. This leads to clumps of debris forming that cast a shadow on the retina, creating floaters.

When this gel gently tugs on the retina (the light sensitive nerves of the eye), a signal is created which the brain sees as flashes. These symptoms eventually decrease with time.

Unfortunately, approximately one in ten people that experience these symptoms suddenly will have more

serious issues in the eye including holes, tears or detachments of the retina.

These conditions are more common in people with shortsightedness (myopia) and require urgent surgical repair to avoid the risk of permanent vision loss. Results following surgery are better with early detection.

So if you notice new floaters or flashes, see an optometrist promptly for a thorough retinal examination. This should be done with the help of eyedrops that dilate your pupil for the best view. If retinal damage is found then referral to an eye surgeon can be swiftly arranged.

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Assessing the three red flags of an unhappy gut Beautiful skin begins in the gut. Good microbes produce beneficial substances, which enter the bloodstream and make their way to the skin. This means a well-balanced microbiome has a direct effect on the youthfulness, hydration and suppleness of the skin. Conversely, an unhappy gut will produce substances that sensitise and age the skin.

With this in mind, how can we identify the state of our gut health?

There are three red flags to look out for.

Firstly, if you struggle with skin challenges like acne, rosacea or eczema, it is highly likely that your gut microbiome is out of balance,

driving irritation and inflammation in your skin.

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Thirdly, if you often feel anxious or out-of-sorts, your gut will likely have a part to play in this. The microbes in your gut produce a wide range of neurotransmitters that affect mood.

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“The culture here is different from other gyms,” says TGA Box member Alice Perry.

“It’s a place of acceptance and embracing your individuality.”

No matter what your fitness level is, TGA Box also has you covered with non-contact fitness classes to help you lose weight, tone up and get fit.

As well as providing a gym facility and boxing classes, there is also the option to challenge yourself even further with corporate fight nights in May and October.

“I could not recommend this event more to anyone,” says Clash of the Corporates 8 competitor Renee Settle.

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A helping hand for arthritic joints, part one I am often asked whether cartilage lost through osteoarthritis can regenerate through taking supplements.

Maybe I can answer this with an example. Last year I received a call from a man in his late 60s with osteoarthritis in his knees. This really affected his mobility and reduced his quality of life. I put him on an anti-inflammatory eating plan and added two supplements.

The first was Omega 3 fish oil at therapeutic doses. I then added my joint formula at a double dose. This meant he was taking 1600mg of high grade chondroitin and 1600 of glucosamine, with 400mg of high potency, 95 per cent curcumin turmeric extract.

Within three months the swelling had gone down and the pain was abating.

Now, six months later, he has regained his mobility and can enjoy the recreational pastimes he had previously stopped.

The evidence that cartilage damaged by arthritis can significantly regenerate is poor.

There is evidence that high doses of chondroitin can help cartilage, but it seems that once your cartilage is lost then it is gone.

This, of course, begs the question as to why his knees improved so much.

There is good evidence that high levels of chondroitin can help improve the function of whatever cartilage remains.

It does this by giving the specialised cells, called chondrocytes that maintain cartilage, the raw materials to improve cartilage function.

However, most of the improvements are likely

from reducing inflammation within the joint capsule.

Curcumin from turmeric, chondroitin sulphate and EPA from fish oil are very antiinflammatory. Shutting down these inflammatory processes can help reduce swelling and fluid build-up and subsequently make joints more comfortable.

The best approach is to contact me for a personalised joint health programme. For more information, give me a call on: 0800 423 559 or email: john@abundant.co.nz You can read my new newsletter at: www.abundant.co.nz John Arts is a qualified nutritional medicine practitioner and founder of Abundant Health.

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Great Time to name New Zealanders names I agree wholeheartedly with the comments of T Fellingham (The Weekend Sun, February 8) regarding Phoenix Park. Why couldn’t the council have used the Reserve Contributions to provide extra seating along Ocean Beach, Drury Park and Coronation Park, with additional picnic facilities at those two parks?

That would surely have met the green space requirement for the expenditure of the funds.

Instead, they have turned a pleasant green space into an ugly concrete eyesore.

If they couldn’t have found something better on which to spend those funds, they should simply have paid them back.

Not only should the braindead functionaries who were responsible be removed, but the councillors who endorsed the proposal should be named so we don’t in ignorance re-elect them.

A Gawith, Mount Maunganui.

I would like to express my thanks to the kind people of New Zealand.

On January 29, we arrived in Tauranga where I needed help with an unexpected medical problem. I walked into an optometrist where I received the most wonderful care and attention. The optometrist, Karl Fischer, spent a long time checking and diagnosing my problem and was so kind and thorough. He then called a doctor and gave me directions, and I was so moved by this kind man’s care and attention. I arrived at the doctors, where they were expecting me, and only had to wait ten minutes before I was given a prescription.

I am now back home in Australia, and unable to see an eye specialist for several weeks even though my problem could become quite serious.

What a difference between these two countries.

Mr Fischer called me at home yesterday to see how I was managing with my problem and asked if I was managing the medication okay. Such a considerate person. Sadly, I am not able to get such expert, fast help here. We can learn a lot from the Kiwis.

My grateful thanks go to the people concerned, especially Mr Fischer.

J Rushworth, Orient Point, NSW, Australia (abridged).

Church has a lot to answer for

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I could not help but feel a twinge of anti-religion whilst reading David Kidd’s piece on the cannabis debate (The Weekend Sun, February 8).

Most of his argument revolves around mental health disorders as a result of cannabis use. While I don’t know the facts of the scientific research into the side effects, I can tell you this - the Church has a lot to answer for when it comes to people’s mental health.

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Pretending there is a God and brainwashing people to give money, sing and worship a make believe being is hardly good for anyone’s mental health.

Let’s not get started on the abuse that’s happened in certain churches which has led to mental health issues now shall we? While I appreciate you have a right to your opinion, let’s call a spade a spade.

K Conder, Maungatapu.

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Drones a menace The story ‘The ultimate zoom’ (The Weekend Sun, February 8) left me a little perplexed and frustrated.

To use the word ‘pilot’ - official or not - in any respect, in relation to drone operators is a fallacy.

Their feet remain on the ground.

‘Unmanned’ Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is more accurate, and as a commercial pilot and instructor myself, drones are a menace.

I understand the business of them surveying, and kudos for the orthorectified imagery and remote sensing whiz-bang attachments, however the rules and regulations around them and control is seriously lacking.

I have had two friends who recently had dangerously close calls with drones well outside the legal limitations, and unfortunately it will take a catastrophic event for things to change.

People need to understand the dangerous possibilities of these toys.

R Maule, Tauranga Airport.

Bus woes continue

Improved bus service? What a joke.

Before the change, I took a direct bus from Gloucester Road to the Mount Hot Pools four times a week.

With the change, I now have to walk a further 10 mins to Grenada Street, get a bus to Bayfair and change to another bus to the Mount, with waiting time up to 20 minutes.

What was a trip of 25 minutes is now at least 45 minutes plus a longer walk to the bus stop.

Only the brain dead planners who devised it can call this an improved service. Bay of Plenty transport leader

Rachel Pinn says 30 per cent of users will have shorter travelling times, but with typical bureaucratic omission she does not give the percentage of users who will have longer travelling times.

Along with a lot of other ex-users of what was a good Tauranga bus service, I will be getting back in my car to add to the traffic volume.

‘If it ain’t broke don’t fix it’ is something that these so-called planners, with their limited vision, are quite incapable of seeing.

B Heys, Baypark.

God says they can!

Shame on Mr Kidd (The Weekend Sun, February 8) for using the Church page as a political platform instead of uplifting the Saints and spreading the Gospel.

His narrow-minded, self-righteous bigotry based on an article from the Drug Foundation lacks personal experience and understanding.

Firstly, cannabis never harmed anybody – people harmed themselves by being greedy and indulging to the point of self-harm, the same as alcohol.

To continue with this draconian law which victimises, persecutes, imprisons and in some countries executes people will achieve nothing. The war on drugs has failed - the authorities admit this and the chemical poison sugar is doing far more harm than cannabis ever will.

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And how dare he suggest that Christians who don’t share his viewpoint and vote otherwise are not loving their neighbour.

Tell that to the man who had his leg amputated and used cannabis to alleviate the pain in his stump, and the nurses who turned a blind eye even though he broke all the rules. That was compassion and empathy and what I call ‘Christian love’.

Genesis 1:29-30 states: “Then God said ‘I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth... They will be yours for food’.”

If someone wants to cook mull cookies they should be able to.

God says they can!

M Adams, independent Christian, Poike.

Is the bus service Black Caps praise extinct?

After the events of last weekend, I hope R. Paterson will have the grace to rescind his ridiculous comments about the Black Caps’ performances against the hugely strong Indian team that has just toured New Zealand.

There is a difference between being a true lover of the game and a supporter of our team and the kind of ill-informed, destructive criticism he levelled at them last week. One of the best features of the current team, selectors and coach has been continuity of selection, not knee-jerk reactions to temporary lapses in form.

Yes, the team will disappoint and frustrate us from time to time, but that goes with the territory.

In the meantime, well done to the Black Caps - you deserve our support.

N Munro, Mount Maunganui.

The story goes that sometime in the 70s or maybe the 90s, a CIA manager was dissatisfied with one of his staffers - overpaid, overweight and underperforming. So he lured him to Yosemite and had him thrown to the wolves, who promptly died of massive cholesterol poisoning, thus infuriating the park rangers.

The rest of his staffers decided against throwing the manager to the park rangers, who wouldn’t eat him anyway - they threw him under a bus… which promptly died of massive cholesterol poisoning; overpaid, overweight and underperforming managers are not a bus’ standard diet.

I sat at Maungatapu shopping centre’s bus stop for an hour-and-a-half, from 2-3.30pm last Friday (February 8), before ringing a family member to pick me up and wondering which Bayhopper manager had been thrown under the Cross Town bus for it to have become so quickly extinct.

Does anyone have any idea?

W Parish, Bellevue.

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A city where hope - Jesus Christ - lives Some years ago, a group of leaders from our church gathered in a retreat setting to talk about the vision, purpose and focus of a new season we sensed we were coming into spiritually in our church, as well as in this city.

There were a number of components in this vision statement that we spent several days working on. We were coming to the close of our time and the end of the document, and the last defining statement was under the heading: Tauranga City: A place where hope lives.

Something deep within us was ignited with that final statement.

A place where hope lives. A place where something springs up from within, and in spite of difficulties,

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problems and historical issues, hope keeps coming, marching and progressing in our community.

The hope we are talking about is Jesus Christ - the hope of the world. Resident in his gospel message, when believed upon, is the ability to break the grip of evil, and as the passage in Colossians 1 declares: “Faith in Christ and his message has the power to transfer from the domain of darkness into the kingdom of his dear Son.” My prayer for us in the church of Tauranga Moana, is that Romans 15:13 be real in us.

“Now may the God of Hope fill you with joy and peace in believing; that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Tauranga Moana, a place where hope lives!

How little things can become big Recently, one thing that’s been playing on my mind is the incredible significance that Jesus brought to everyday moments.

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Yet for Jesus, these ‘little things’ were some of the most important contexts as his ‘big’ and very intentional mission strategy was achieved.

Somehow, into the little, the trivial and the unexpected moments, he infused a life-changing power and poignancy that would endure to us today.

But how? And can the same be true through us in our everyday moments and things?

Without a doubt, I am certain that the answer is yes. Of course, Jesus was filled by the Holy Spirit, imbued with intuition and enabled to think like God. However, let’s be sure, the same gift of the Spirit is for us - and it’s the reason why he came.

As we listen - for the Spirit - and as we slow down our pace, be attentive.

As we pray, and as we nurture a desire for God to move and to work among us in those little and everyday moments that come our way, they can indeed become big.

Hope can be fuelled, trust can grow, lives can be changed and, finally, through Christ, the biggest thing of all - salvation.

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Reasons to be cheerful – Part 41 We return to the occasional series wherein Winston expounds on things currently making him happy. This week he’s once again as contented as a cat sitting in a small box. Three gigs in three days, that’s all it takes. And a book. So join Winston, forget your troubles and just get happy!

203: Jamming at The Jam Factory!

On Friday, February 22, reprising a show that was a sell-out at the 2017 Arts Festival, are singer/ songwriter Sarah Spicer and The Blue Riders.

The first set will be from The Riders, featuring Liam Ryan on keyboards with Wayne Melville (bass) and Jeff Baker (drums) – who are also the core band at Mount Maunganui’s Mount Social Club monthly jazz jams. The band will then back Sarah, a 2016 NZ X-Factor finalist with good songs and a fine voice.

This continues to be a busy summer for Liam.

He has recently competed a five-night run with The Narcs, including a show at Napier’s legendary Cabana where their posters were still on the wall from 30 years ago. Liam will also be playing with Midge Marsden’s band at Selwyn Sounds in Canterbury on March 2 alongside the Little River Band, before headlining Nelson’s Marchfest with The Narcs on March 9.

Showtime is 7pm, and tickets are $15 from: www.eventspronto.co.nz.

204: Americans at the Mount!

California psychedelic power trio Earthless are preparing to make their first foray into New Zealand territory and arrive at Mount Maunganui’s Totara Street on Saturday, 23 February, in support of their acclaimed 2018 studio album, Black Heaven, and their new live album, From the West. Formed in 2001 in San Diego and comprising singer/guitarist Isaiah Mitchell, drummer Mario Rubalcaba and bassist Mike Eginton, Earthless are a primarily instrumental trio in the vein of Japanese psych bands such as Blues Creation and Krautrock bands like Amon Düül II. And, of course, Cream.

There would be no Earthless if it wasn’t for Cream, whom they describe as “the great-grandfathers of power trios”.

Publicity suggests their music will melt your mind.

Tickets are $46 from: www.undertheradar.co.nz.

205: Swinging At The Quarry!

Not infrequent visitors to Tauranga, swinging humourists The Andrew London Trio are returning to Te Puna Quarry Gallery on Sunday, 24 February, for one final knees-up in the Bay with their current line-up.

Sadly, sax and clarinet wiz Nils Olsen, who seems to have mastered anything you blow, sings a great harmony and is the creator of wheezing alter-ego Cecil Stevenson, is returning to live in Germany in June.

That’s gonna mean a bit of an overhaul for the trio, with only Andrew and bass playing co-singer Kirsten London still on board. The future is unclear.

This is another show hosted by the indefatigable Rosie Holmes, so call Rosie on: 07 552 6291 or email: waharaurosie@gmail.com to book. Tickets are $25.00, and kick-off is at 7pm.

206: New Burke book in the Bay! I’m a man of simple pleasures, and the arrival of a new James Lee Burke book, especially one featuring his iconic Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux, makes this a blue-ribbon month. I shot straight down to Books-A-Plenty and had the pleasure of supporting a genuinely independent book shop. It was also cheaper there.

I actually did a bit of mild detective work of my own when I got home. I went online to Amazon and various other internet booksellers. How did they compare? The book I bought here was a paperback, costing $35. On Aussie Amazon, no luck - the book isn’t released in any form there until June.

Amazon in the UK? Hardback only, paperback in June.

Cost landed in NZ? $45.

Amazon in America? Same thing - no paperback yet, hardback cost to NZ $43. Same story at Book Depository but a little cheaper at $39.

So New Zealand would appear to be the only country in the world where you can actually buy a paperback of The New Iberia Blues, as Burke’s new novel is called.

It’s also the cheapest place to get it. It’s a weird world, and stories about online shopping being cheaper may not always be entirely true… watusi@thesun.co.nz

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Steinway Open Day returning to Baycourt Watching members of the community perform on Baycourt Community and Art Centre’s Steinway concert piano is always a pleasure.

That’s the opinion of Friends of Baycourt chairperson Anna Finlayson-Smith.

The charitable trust’s popular Steinway Open Day, which lets people loose on the piano, is happening again next month.

“It is always a pleasure to see members of our community embrace the opportunity to enjoy some private time with a piano of such high quality,” says Anna.

The annual event debuted in 2017 and has proven massively popular with local musicians - so much so that last year Friends of Baycourt were encouraged to host two open days due to public demand.

The Steinway Open Day welcomes people of all ages and abilities, and there is no charge for playing the Steinway.

Keen musicians must book a 15-20 minute timeslot before Friday, March 8, but Anna suggests you reserve your spot soon as timeslots are traditionally booked out extremely quickly.

“It is exciting news that the Steinway Open Day is spreading further and further within the community,

Pianist Lee Cameron playing Baycourt’s Steinway D-274 grand concert piano during Friends of Baycourt’s Morning Melodies concert in April 2018.

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and we are happy the concept of holding these open days has proven as successful as it has,” she says.

The Open Day takes place at Baycourt Community and Arts Centre on Durham Street, Tauranga, on Saturday, March 9, from 10am.

Entry is free but bookings are essential. To book a timeslot, email Friends of Baycourt chairperson Anna Finlayson-Smith via: dameanna@talk.co.nz or call: 027 477 4566 before Friday, March 8.

Climbing their own mountains each day A wave of people wearing matching t-shirts and sharing a matching bond will scale the Trig Walk at Waihi Beach to raise funds for mental health.

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Last year the event raised $14,000 for cystic fibrosis, and they are hoping to do the same again this time around.

“We’re both preschool teachers, and had a little girl last year who was four-years-old when she came to us,” adds Sara. “After learning a little bit about her, we got The Waihi Beach Trig Challenge is back in 2019, and told she had cystic fibrosis and we just wanted to make a this year will be raising funds and awareness for the difference and make people more aware of the illness.”

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Emma says the idea of turning it into a walking Event organisers Sara Harris-Ellis and Emma challenge came from the Mount Maunganui Overdevest say they contemplated whether they Everest Challenge. should bring back the event for a second year. Due to “The Trig Challenge is a 60-day challenge that the success of the 2018 encourages people to version, they felt there Event organisers Sara Harris-Ellis and walk the Trig track was more to give. at Waihi Beach 48 Emma Overdevest during last year’s “It’s become quite a big times - the equivalent Waihi Beach Trig Challenge. event,” says Sara, “and it’s distance it would take big because we’re a small to scale Mount Everest,” community and everyone says Emma. gets together to support She says the each other. fundraiser will start “We talked about a from February 20 until few different charities we April 20, where people would like to donate to will be sponsored by their this year, but we felt like family and friends. mental health was the The final celebration winner, because it’s so will be on April 20. broad and a lot of people All proceeds will are affected by it today. go directly to the “We found the Trig Challenge especially fitting Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand, this year, as exercising is proven to release to provide individuals, workplaces, schools and communities with the tools they need to support endorphins which are effective in the fight against positive mental health. depression and anxiety.

To donate to the cause or find out more “It’s also a great way for the community to come together and build relationships and friendships, which information, go to: www.events.mentalhealth.org.nz/ Sharnae Hope fundraisers/TrigChallenge is another important ingredient for mental wellbeing.”

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Singing for new members Inachord Chorus is always happy to welcome new members, and they have three open nights coming up.

in the community and presenting at least two concerts.

Vocal coach Andrew Braid is the musical director and each year brings new songs to add to the repertoire.

How about it ladies? Since it’s a new year, is it time to pursue your singing interest?

Inachord is a community group meeting each Tuesday for fun, friendship and the fantastic benefits of group singing. A quick search on the internet reveals studies showing group singing produces increased health and wellness, memory and posture.

For more information call Sabine on: 021 111 8659 or search: ‘Inachord Chorus’ on Facebook.

The open evenings take place on February 19 and 26 and March 5 at the Bethlehem Community Church on Moffat Road.

A call has gone out for women to make the most of the open nights to by coming along and checking out Inachord.

The choir’s plan for 2019 is in process, and includes getting out and about more by singing

Join the singers at Inachord Chorus.

Shining a spotlight on: Leah Carroll’s talent Tauranga’s own Leah Carroll remembers her Grandad’s home studio when she was around four-years-old. It was there he recorded a cassette tape of Leah singing Christmas carols.

Her mother played piano, and Leah loved to sing along so she took lessons when she was nine.

Constantly surrounded by music thanks to her family’s involvement with the Salvation Army, Leah also learned to play trumpet, flugelhorn and tenor horn and was part of a brass band. She was also a choir member on a worship tour in Australia when she was 14.

Leah taught herself to play guitar while in her teens, and it was then she started to write her own songs.

Bluebird Café where she met and was inspired by John Mabe, who wrote The Climb sung by Miley Cyrus.

Leah and backing band The Loan Stars will be performing on Friday, March 8, at Vinyl Destination, 52 Devonport Road from 8-10pm. This is a celebration of International Women’s Day and the release of Leah's latest single, The Better Bitter Song.

Tickets are available via Eventfinda priced at $12, and door sales are $15 (subject to availability).

Leah Carroll.

She performed in local duo Tracing Leaves and two local bands, Bedlam and Mobius, and has opened for Luke Thompson and also the Topp Twins, after she won the Buskathon4StarJam. After auditioning for musical theatre, Leah played Alannah Myles (Black Velvet) in a show titled Rock Revival, then played Shania Twain and characters such as Lucinda in Into the Woods and Mrs Cohen in Rent. She also landed a part in Mary Poppins.

Leah went to Nashville last year, attending a songwriter’s show at the

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Barbeques, outings, dining out & pot-lucks. Ph Jonathan 572 2091 or Maureen 021 112 3307

Last Saturday of month.

8am-12pm. Stalls inside/ outside. Discounts for charity groups. Refreshments available. Phone/txt for site.

Tricia 07 543 1487 or 027 908 2952, www facebook. com/greertonhallmarket Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Road. 12:45-3pm. Ph Phil Green 549 5344

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Baypark Family Speedway NZ Stock Car Championships 6:30pm. More info at www.baypark.co.nz

Beth-El Messianic Family Celebrate family life with Jews & Gentiles gathering as Yeshua (Jesus) & the early believers did. 10am Otumoetai Primary. Joel 021 768 043

Blue Rovers Football Club

Registrations are open for Winter Football League, First Kicks & Futsal.

Visit our website www.bluerovers. co.nz for more info or find us on Facebook.

Car Boot Sale Tauranga South Community Patrol Car Boot Sale. Greerton Village School 151 Greerton Rd. Setup 7am onwards. Single site. $5.

Double $10. Ph 577 1116

Come Dancing With Us

Tauranga Scottish Society Sequence Dance Sat 23rd 7-10pm, Greerton Hall.

Greerton Hall Market

Katikati Lions Moggies Market 2nd

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

LOL Laughter Wellness

Venue unavailable this week so class has been cancelled.

See you next week! Ph Trish 022 036 6768

Narcotics Anonymous

Open meeting every Sat 7:30-8:30pm, at Hanmer Clinic (behind Super Liquor), 1235 Cameron Rd, Greerton. If using drugs is causing you problems, ph 0800 NA TODAY

Otumoetai Tennis Club

Adult Tennis. Start time 1:30pm Bellevue Park Windsor Road (adjacent

to swimming pool complex). New players & visitors welcome. Ph Fred 544 5088 Petanque Tauranga Tga/BOP Club, at Club Mt Maunganui 12:50pm start. All welcome to try a new sport. Equip available, all coaching given. Ph Jo Ann 578 3606 Pottery Gallery Bethlehem Pottery Gallery is open 10am-2pm Tues,Thurs & Sat. Come along & purchase locally made pottery

Sabbath Worship Services (Hairini) Experience God’s Love

worshipping at 10:30am Baden Powell Centre Harrisfield Dr, Hairini. Ph David at Church of God’s Love 7th day 020 4128 3124. www.churchofgodslove.com Sign Bomb Let’s talk about/with NZSL (sign language)! Grindz Cafe @ First Ave 11-12:30. More info Yuko email: hunyako3@ gmail.com or FB: Visual Voices Social Group Unique club for people with a mild disability. 25 to 45. Various friendly fortnightly outings. Ph 07 575 3739 or 021 206 2980 Tauranga Fuchsia Group Meet at Art/Craft Centre Elizabeth St West, last Saturday of the month except Dec/Jan at 1:30pm. Growing fuchsias. Pat 579 1655 Noeleen 578 4643

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Drop off at 24 Montana Dr, 20 Ririnui Pl. Ph Anne 543 5350 or Ross 544 0817

Te Puke Community Market

Come & check out our local market. Every third Sat of month 9-1pm. $10 per stall. Gate opens 7:30am 027 356 9545

Te Puke Scottish Society

Monthly Dance, red theme, Memorial Hall, Sat 16th Feb, 7:30-11pm, live band, air conditioned hall, great company, lovely supper. Enjoy dancing & socialising together.

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

World Day of Prayer

Friday 1st March Sunrise to Sunset St Columba 502 Otumoetai Road Main Service 10.30am

Sunday 17 February Accordion-Keyboard Oldtime

Music-makers at Welcome Bay Hall 3rd Sunday every month 1-4pm. All welcome $3 entry, & ladies a plate please. Ph Ces 544 3849 Art On The Strand Original art for sale. Weather permitting.

9am-4pm, The Strand, Tauranga.

Tauranga Society of Artists Beauty For Ashes 7pm at Holy Trinity Church, 215 Devonport Rd, Tauranga. All welcome. Come & be blest!

Bible Seminar 1:45pm Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St, Greerton. Title: Israel’s escape from Egypt, practical lessons for us. Interactive, Q&A. All welcome.

Vic 543 0504

Corkers Toastmasters Corkers Toastmasters meets 3rd Sunday of month at 2pm at Zone Cafe (upstairs) Owens Pl Mount Maunganui. Ph Chrissy 027 296 7939 Croquet Tauranga Domain, Cameron Road, 12:45 for 1pm start. Sun, Tues, Fri. Beginners welcome. Peter 571 0633 Farmers Market - Mount Mainstreet Held every Sunday 9-1pm

rain or shine! Right in the middle of Mount Mainstreet at Coronation Park, Maunganui. www.mountmainstreet.nz

Friendship Force Travel Club

Enjoy travel & meeting visitors?

For world-wide exchange travel ph Jonathan 572 2091, Barbara 574 5711, www.friendshipforce.org.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.

Mah Jong Te Puke Every Thursday & Sunday at Lyceum Clubrooms Palmer Pl Te Puke.

12:45-4pm. Learners welcome. Gig 537 5355 or 0274 306 383 Maketu Market Maketu Market is held 3rd & 5th Sundays of the month, 7am-12pm at Maketu Village Green.

Ph Carolyn 027 251 0388 or Pat 021 447 420 Meet DESMOND Living with type two diabetes? Keen to reduce your HbA1c, Cholesterol & blood pressure? Meet DESMOND. InfoLine 07 571 3422 Narcotics Anonymous Open meeting every Sunday, 7-8pm, at Hanmer Clinic (behind Super Liquor), 1235 Cameron Rd, Greerton. If using drugs is causing you problems, ph 0800 NA TODAY

NZDA BOP Range Day NZDA BOP branch run public open days last Sunday each month at their 300m range in TECT All Terrain Park. 9am-3pm $20 bring firearms licence 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 1:30-4pm, in pond behind 24 Montego Drive Papamoa, sailing Electron Yachts for fun. Adult beginners welcome.

Graham 572 5419

Spiritual Centre Psychic Cafe

Greerton Community Hall. Doors open 6:45pm start 7pm. Door fee $10 then everything else free. Psyhics, healers, refreshments. Nearly 30 of BOP’s top practitioners! www.psyhiccafe.nz

Tauranga Theatre Organ Society 1pm

at Baycourt Theatre, 38 Durham St. Hear & play the Mighty Wurlitzer theatre organ. All welcome. Ph 552 0243

Monday 18 February Achieve Toastmasters Meets 1st

3rd & 5th Monday at St Stephens Church Hall Brookfield Tce Tauranga 7:30pm-9:30pm. Ph Frank/Chrissy 543 9493 or 027 296 7939

Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting 10am. Tauranga Central Baptist Church,13th Ave/Cameron Rd. All welcome.

Ph 0800 229 6757 Argentine Tango in Tauranga

Free introductory classes! Embrace your authentic Tango journey with fun people. No partner required although more guys welcomed 6:30pm. Ph. 020 4006 1340

Bethlehem Indoor Bowls Meets

in Bethlehem Hall Monday nights starting tonight 7:30 start, names in by 7:15. New members of all ages welcome. Ph John 027 654 1298

Chess At Mount Maunganui

Mount RSA Chess Club, 544 Maunganui Rd, 6-7pm during school term. Late program 7pm onwards.

Incl casual games. Noel 579 5412

Dutch Friendly Support Network

Coffee Morning 1st Monday of month 10am-12noon. $3 entry.

Vintage Car Club Rooms, Cliff Rd, Tauranga. Ph Bernadette 07 572 3968 Friends Of The Library Greerton Library Book Group meets 10:30am. Topic this month, A Book from your Childhood. Tea/ coffee. Visitors & new members welcome. Jenny 543 4760 Genealogy Friendly Group Mako Room, Papamoa Community Centre 1:30-3:30pm. We offer assistance to anyone with an interest in researching their family history. Ph 544 4182

Harmony-A-Plenty Barbershop Chorus Our Chorus teaches you

to sing & enjoy a great craft. Meets 7pm, 183 Moffatt Rd, Bethlehem.

Ph Gordon 07 576 5008. Welcomes new members.

Indoor Bowling St Columba Indoor Bowling Club, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood. Year starts 4 Feb. All playing levels welcome 7:30pm start, names in by 7:15pm. Ph Paul 576 6324

Multicultural English Classes

English classes for all visa holders on Monday, Tuesday & Thursday morning 10am-12pm. Registration required to enquiries@trmc.co.nz or 07 571 6419

Multicultural Mandarin Classes

Monday conversational all levels Mandarin classes 6pm-7pm. Saturday academic classes 10am-12pm.

Registration required to enquiries@ trmc.co.nz Narcotics Anonymous Open meeting every Monday, 7-8pm, at Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui. If using drugs is causing you problems ph 0800 NA TODAY

Recycled Teenagers Gentle Exercise Mon/Wed Tga Senior Citz

Club 14 Norris St. 9:15-10:45am.

Tues St Marys Hall cnr Girven & Marlin 9-10:30. Jennifer 571 1411 or 027 206 0776 Silver Singers Choir All singing voices required. Alto, Soprano, Bass & Tenor. Ph Gaynor 579 2465

TaiChi Internal Arts

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Concesssion card avail. Ph David 552 4425 Taoist Tai Chi Beginners Tai Chi Classes Mon-Sat, 15 Koromiko St, Tauranga. Bring a friend. For times visit www.taoist.org or ph 578 9116

Fifth Ave. (Children welcome). Ph 0800 NA TODAY Orchid & Plant Auction 7pm, St Enoch’s hall, 16th Ave. Orchids, bromeliads, other plants, preserves, etc. All welcome, cash only. Ph 577 6676

Tauranga City Brass

Oriana Singers Community Choir Rehearsals 7pm at St Andrews

Practises at band room 10 Yatton St Greerton 7-9pm. Instruments available. Percussionists needed, ie. kit player. Ph Jeremy 021 132 3341 Tauranga Creative Fibre Every Monday 9:30am, also 2nd & 4th Thursday 7pm. Learn/share spinning, weaving, felting, knitting, crochet & all things fibre. 177 Elizabeth St. Margaret 571 3483 Tauranga RocknRoll Club Lessons 6:45pm & social dancing 7:30pm at Legion of Frontiersmen Hall, 165 Elizabeth St. Ph Rana 027 699 5571 or www.taurangarocknrollclub.org.nz

Tauranga Senior Citizens Club

CARDS 500 Mon & Thurs.

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

Tauranga Vision Friendship Club

For retirees. Friendship, speakers, outings, social gatherings. Meets 4th Monday each month 10am at Citizens Club. Ph Bryan 570 2483 Walk For Wellness Group For people living with cancer & their carers.

Departs from Pilot Bay at 9:30am every Monday. Ph Tammy 07 927 6503 or tammyburgess@cancersociety. org.nz

Tuesday 19 February

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 Beginner Social Dance Class 7pm Tauranga Primary School Hall, 5th Ave or Wed 20 Feb, 8pm, Welcome Bay School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Road. Ph 027 322 1786 BOP Linux Users Group 7-9pm first Tuesday of month. Tremains, Cameron Rd/8th Ave. Linux PC operating system. Smarter, safer, faster & free. Take charge of your computer. 578 6024 http:// boplug.co.nz/event-calendar/ Falun Dafa Free Classes New Start to New You. Complete, gentle mind body programme 7pm, The Hillier Centre 31 Gloucester Rd Bayfair. Ph/ txt Judy 021 042 5398 Fitness League Ladies exercise, stretching, strength & balance exercise, floor work & dance. St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood 9:30-10:30am. Ph Gloria 021 139 2448 Golf In The City Golf for all, Otumoetai golf Club. Tee off from 3:30-5:30pm. Meals available. Prizes & fun. All welcome.

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 Rd. Ph Sabine 021 118 659 Let’s Learn Lifelong Learning Are you a lifelong learner?

Check out the range of courses, workshops, classes, lectures, lessons & events on www. letslearn.co.nz or ph 544 9557

Multicultural Tai Chi Classes Tai Chi Classes for beginners 10-11am at Historic Village Multicultural Tauranga office. Registration required. enquiries@trmc.co.nz or 07 571 6419 Narcotics Anonymous Womens’ meeting every Tuesday at Downstairs Hall (accessed from building’s rear), Salvation Army Recovery Church, 51

Church, Mt Maunganui. More tenors & basses required. Ph Terry 0210 266 8684 Otumoetai Tennis Club Adult Tennis. Start time 9am Tues & Thurs, Bellevue Park Windsor Road (adjacent to swimming pool complex). New players & visitors welcome. Ph Pam 570 0302 Otumoetai Walking Group Meet at 9am at Kulim Park. Ph Jim 576 7339 Petanque Twilight TuesdaysTga/BOP Club at Club Mt Maunganui 4-6pm. All Welcome to try a new sport. Equip available, all coaching given. Ph Jo Ann 578 3606 Sequence Dancing Tauranga Social & Leisure Club St John Anglican Church Hall 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai. First dance tonight 7pm-9:30pm.

Ph Faye 543 3280 St John Youth Children aged 6-18 interested in First aid, Medical or Ambulance profession come to St John Youth, Mt Maunganui Ambulance Station during term times 6-7:30pm.

Tauranga 60+ Continuing Education Prof Janis Swan, University of

Waikato. Developing Engineering Education. 10am, Otumoetai Baptist Church, 241, Otumoetai Rd. $4 entry.

Tauranga Acoustic Music Club

Greerton RSA 7pm.

Friendly get-together, all instruments, all levels of ability. Come in & enjoy some live music. Grant 578 6448 Taichi Internal Arts NZ Te Puke Beginner Class Memorial Hall. 9.3011am. Settlers Room. $5/class. All welcome. Airconditioning. Ph David 552 4425

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 Type Two Diabetes? Living with type two diabetes? Keen to reduce your HbA1c, Cholesterol & blood pressure? Meet DESMOND (Self Management Group) InfoLine 07 571 3422

Welcome Bay Strength Balance

Welcome Bay Hall 11am-12. Strength & balance class for older adults. Great music, qualified instructor. $6, spouse free. Ph Raewyn 027 607 7437 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

Yoga, Private Sessions

Feel uncomfortable in a group setting? or have a disability? I am a registered health professional with 28 years yoga teaching experience. Ph Asunta 021 061 4394

Wednesday 20 February

Age Concern Walking Group 10am at Fraser Cove Burger King

Alcoholics Anonymous Open meet-

ing 10am 1st/3rd Wed of month.

Tauranga Central Baptist Church. 13th Ave/Cameron Rd. All welcome. Ph 0800 229 6747 Become A Goddess Escape into the fantasy world of bellydance at 7pm.

Exciting props provided. Ph Linley 027 286 3452 or see us on facebook ‘Genies Unbottled’ Belly Dance Beginner Class Learn basic technique of this sassy dance form! Have fun, keep fit St Columba

Church Hall 502 Otumoetai Rd, Tauranga, 6:30pm. Ph 021 124 5982 arabianspicebd@gmail.com Cards 500, social, evenings to suit, some experience in card playing required. Ph Chris 572 3834 Cards Cribbage Do you play crib or would like to learn? Every Wednesday at Greerton RSA starting time 1pm sharp. Ph Michael 562 0517 Classical Journey Concert presented

by The NZ Symphony Orchestra.

Baycourt Addison Theatre at 7:30pm.

More info www.baycourt.co.nz or 577 7189 Community Bible Study Join us @ City Church 252 Otumoetai Road 7-9 for a Bible Study on the “Book of Daniel”. Ph Julie 552 4068 Community Tai Chi NZ Classes at Bethlehem Hall 1-2pm during school terms. Suitable all levels of fitness. Quality International program strengthens lower body for posture & balance. Trish Qualified Instructor AATC 021 482 842 communitytaichinz@gmail.com Fitness League Exercise, movement, dance, focusing on posture, stretching, strengthening & flexibility suitable for all ages & abilities. 10am Katikati Memorial Hall, Pam 07 549 4799 Free Meditation 7:30-8:30pm, drop in any time during the course. Youth Engagement Programme Building Behind Main Stadium Tauranga Domain, Cameron Rd, entrance opp Monmouth St Tauranga. Ph Ian 027 884 2238 Friends Of The Library Papamoa Library Book Group meets at 10am.

Topic this month, A Maori Author.

Tea/coffee. Visitors & new members welcome. Helen 021 112 6397 Gate Pa Indoor Bowls Club Night 7:30pm Names in Book 7:15pm. Ph Kevin 543 4044 Healing Rooms 1-3pm Come, experience God’s healing touch, whether physical, emotional, spiritual. Behind Graced Oppshop, cnr 11th Ave, Christopher St. No charge. Ph 021 110 0878, www.healingrooms.co.nz Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Road.

Mixed Roll-ups 12:45-3pm. Ph Phil Green 549 5344 Kiwi Toasters Toastmasters Find your Voice Kiwi Toasters meets 1st 3rd & 5th Wednesday at 3 Palm Springs Blvd Papamoa 5:30-7pm. Ph Chrissy 027 296 7939

Matua Garden Club

Monthly meeting at Matua Hall, Levers Rd at 1:30pm.

Visitors welcome. Ph Cynthia 576 1715 Mt Spiritual&Healing Centre Guest Speaker, Great Medium, Lee Netana at centre, Bowling club, Golf Rd 7:30pm. Entry $5. Ph Sue Buckland 0210 223 2052 Multicultural Morning Tea Want to meet people from other countries?

Come to our morning tea 10:30am12pm at Historic Village office, 17th Ave Tauranga

Narcotics Anonymous Steps meeting (Closed), every Wednesday, 7:309pm, at Downstairs Hall (accessed from building’s rear carpark), Salvation Army Recovery Church, 51 Fifth Avenue, Tauranga. Ph 0800 NA TODAY Shore Voices Community choir.

Rehearses at Bethlehem Shores Retirement Village. 7pm

Taichi Internal Arts NZ Beginner

Class, Memorial Hall, Te Puke Settlers Room. 6-7:30pm. All welcome. $5/class. Ph David 552 4425

Tauranga MidWeek Tramping Group Tarawera Landing to Hot

Water Beach. Grade moderate.

Kathy 07 543 1183

Tauranga Rotary Would-Be Members Time, passion to spare for

helping in your community? Like fun,

food, enlightening speakers? Join us from 6pm, Daniels In The Park. Ph Bev 027 285 4066

Thursday 21 February A Place to Bee Come & join us for knitting, card making or anything you want to craft while we chat at Lighthouse Church Welcome Bay 11am-1pm Bay City Rockers Social RocknRoll

dancing, plus other popular dances at Senior Citizens Hall Norris St. 7-9:30pm.

Includes supper. $3 entry. Ph Gavin 027 643 6222

Community Bible Study Join us @ 14th

Ave Gospel Centre 10am-12pm for Bible Study on the “Book of Daniel”. Ph Gay 021 225 5981

Fitness League Exercise, movement, dance

focusing on posture, stretching, strengthening & flexibility, suitable for all ages & abilities. Central Baptist Church, 13th Ave, 10am. Ph Pam 07 549 4799 Forest & Bird Walk Yatton Park, Esk St & Waimapu Estuary. (Note venue change from programme).

Meet Kulim Park 8:45am. Leader: Rosemary Ph 576 3745 Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Rd Rummikub 1-4pm, $3 entry. Phil Green 549 5344

Katikati Toastmasters Meetings 1st 3rd

& 5th Thursday at Katikati Community Centre 45 Beach Rd Katikati 7:30pm-9pm.

Ph Chrissy 027 296 7939 Keynotes Women’s Chorus Open night 28 February 7pm Wesley Church 100 13th Ave. All welcome. We sing 4-part a-cappella style harmony. Ph Bernice 576 4848 Facebook Keynotes Inc. Ladies Craft Group A fun group of crafting ladies that meet 9am-2pm at Arataki Community Centre. BYO craft. Tea & coffee provided. $6. Sam 027 270 4383 Mainly Music Music & dance for preschoolers, mums & carers. $4/family. Morning tea provided. 9:30-10am. Holy Trinity Church, 215 Devonport Rd.

Narcotics Anonymous Mens’ meeting (Closed), every Thursday, 7:30-8:30pm, at Papamoa Library, 15 Gravatt Rd, Papamoa.

If using drugs is causing you problems, maybe we can help. Ph 0800 NA TODAY

Tauranga Cake Decorators Meets at 68 1st Ave, 3rd Thurs Feb-Nov 7:30pm. Helen to demonstrate the daffadill in sugar. Visitors & everyone with an interest welcome.

Tauranga Model Railway Club Club Night every Thurs 7:30 in club rooms, cnr Mirrelees & Cross Rds, Sulphur Point. Ph Mike Oldfield 926 9198

Friday 22 February Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting 10am every Friday. Tauranga Central Baptist Church, 13 Ave/Cameron Rd. All welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757 Arataki Artists 9am-12pm at Arataki Community Centre.

Paint with friends. Occasional tuition with local artists. All levels welcome. Ph Lillybeth 021 150 1605 Blue Riders Sarah Spicer Live at The Jam Factory! Doors open 6:30pm for prompt start at 7pm. $15 Cards 500, social, evenings to suit, some experience in card playing required. Ph Chris 572 3834

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

Werner 548 1111 http:/www.westernbopchess.weebly.com/ Genealogy Research Assistance Members of Papamoa Branch NZ Society of Genealogists will be at Papamoa Library 10am-12pm to assist people with their family history.

Narcotics Anonymous Open meeting every Fri at Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui, 7:30-8:30pm. If using drugs is causing you problems, maybe we can help ph 0800 NA TODAY Taichi Internal Arts NZ Te Puke Memorial

Hall, Settlers Room 9:30am.

Regular 85 Yang form plus Qigong $5/class. Lok Hup Ba Fa. 11am $2/class. Ph David 552 4425 Te Puke Toy Library New opening hours Wed-Sat 10am-1pm Thurs 3:30-5:30pm during Terms 1 and 4. 7 Stock Road Playgroup Friday 10am-12pm. Come on down & join to hire toys & have some fun.

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ELECTRICIAN, 18+ years experience, NZ registered.

Residential & commercial, maintenance & service, new builds, renovations. Fast, friendly service. Ph Andrew 022 354 1960 MASON PAINTERS, interior/ exterior. Residential/small commercial repaints. Quality workmanship. 25yrs experience.

Ph Dave 027 204 1254 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 PICTURE FRAMERS, 63 Lemon Grove, Otumoetai. Pensioner rates. Special now on for Diploma framing! Ph 07 576 0657 or 021 862 523 PLASTERER A1 TRADESMAN with 30 yrs experience. Quality finish with friendl , reliable service. I specialise in interior walls & ceilings with no job too small. Strip your own wallpaper and I will skim your walls ready for a modern paint finish. Repair cracked walls & ceilings using proven carbon-fibre technolog .

Call Murray now for an obligation free quote 027 266 5657 ROOF REPAIRS Free quotes for all maintenance of leaking roofs, gutter cleaning & repairs.

Chimney maintenance & repairs.

Registered roofer, 30yrs exp. Ph Peter 542 4291 or 027 436 7740

SWIMMING POOLS & SPAS

trades & services

TREE, SHRUB and hedges trimming, topping, rubbish, palm pruning or removal, satisfaction guaranteed free quote. Ph Steve Hockly 571 5958 or 027 498 1857

travel & tours

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. (1) March 14th Mystery Day Trip.

(2) April 4th Zealong Tea Day Tour. (3) April 8th-11th Eastern Hawkes Bay & Cape Turnagain Tour. (4) April 30th-May 4th Te Anau, Doubtful Sound, Mavora Lakes &Walter Peak Station.

(5)Sept 27th-Oct 30th World of Wearable Arts Tour. Free Door to Door service. Day Trips, Shows & free beautiful colour catalogue: BOOK NOW. Ph No 8 Tours team on 579 3981 or Email info@no8tours.co.nz TAURANGA TASTING TOURS & Charters. Sunday lunch: Bistro At The Falls Retreat Feb 24.

Alphra Lavender, Otorohanga Kiwi House Feb 28. Matamata Festival of Flowers 27 & 29 March. tgatastingtours@xtra. co.nz Ph 07 544 1383

venues

FOR WEDDINGS, FUNCTIONS OR MEETINGS+ check out No.1 The Strand, a beautiful historic setting. Email: bookings@ no1thestrand.co.nz or www. no1thestrand.co.nz

venues

WEDDINGS, PARTIES, MEETINGS etc - The perfect venue. With stunning Harbour views, fully licensed bar & kitchen onsite. Restaurant open every Friday from 5pm & Sunday from 4.30pm, kids under 12 years dine free with every paying adult.

Tauranga Fish & Dive Club, 60 Cross Rd, Sulphur Point. Ph 571 8450

wanted to rent

QUIET, CONSCIENTIOUS, ageing urban hippy seeks private long-term flat/cottage with space for a studio & her fat lazy cat.

Email lizalexan@outlook.com

$200-$20,000

GET CASH

NOW 3/212 CHADWICK RD. TAURANGA

PH 0800 760 000 WWW.INSTANTFINANCE.CO.NZ

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NATURAL NEW ZEALAND Health Products & Clinic.

Something for everyone.

NZ Registered Natural Therapies & Natural Medicine Practitioners. Opposite BP Te Puke. Ph 573 5533 www. naturaltherapiesnz.com and www.naturalpetremediesstore. com

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NEED CASH FOR SUMMER?

TIME TO CALL US!

0800 34 62 63

www.linsa.co.nz

174 D E VO N P O RT ROA D, TAU R A N GA | (07) 578 7717 Terms and conditions apply. Subject to Linsa Finance lending criteria and responsible lending guidelines. All loans must be approved and drawn down in our branch. Establishment and account maintenance fees apply.

FSP 176104

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The Weekend Sun

We are sorry We realise the current NZ Bus driver shortage is affecting your travel on Tauranga’s Bayhopper buses.

Check before you travel The Baybus website will be updated by 6pm each day with the following day’s cancelled Bayhopper bus services as notified by NZ Bus. www.baybus.co.nz or call 0800 4 BAYBUS

For more information on other services If you have questions about bus stops, bus lanes or other bus infrastructure please contact Tauranga City Council 07 577 7000 For information about Ministry of Education contracted bus services please visit www.education.govt.nz

www.baybus.co.nz 0800 4 BAYBUS