The Weekend Sun - 14 June 2019

14 June 2019, Issue 964

An apple a day The Bay of Plenty’s craft beverage industry has been given a boost. Now they’re drinking our ciders everywhere.

By zhooshing up a classic apple cider recipe with ginger and spices, one local company has gained a place on the supermarket shelves.

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Cultures collide p6

The Weekend Sun visits the Mount Brewing Co - of ale and dumplings renown - to find out what goes into a good brew. Its cider was chosen from more than 630 beers and ciders as one of the Top 30 in the New World Beer and Ciders Awards for 2019.

That success gives the brewery shelf space for the product at New World supermarkets throughout the country.

And “that’s massive” says the company’s operations and tap manager, Michael Bradford.

Read the full story on page 9. Photo: John Borren.

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The Weekend Sun editor Daniel Hutchinson investigates an airline’s tattoo ban and other bizarre rules.

moment or even under consideration so we thought we should take a look at some of them.

Straight out of the ‘totally useless gestures’ category is Air New Zealand’s lifting of a ban on tattoos this week. If you didn’t actually know about the tattoo ban, there’s a reason for that. It’s because cabin crew wear clothes when they are working.

The most skin you’re likely to see is a face or a cheeky bit of forearm.

The story is not really about how awesome the airline is for relaxing the ban, but how futile it was in the first place.

You certainly don’t want to be handed a boiled sweet by someone with a bad word tattooed on their forehead, but I imagine you could weed those ones out at the interview process.

Think about all those people who had tried and failed to become cabin crew because of a forbidden mark on other parts of their body.

The shame at the interview process must have been unbearable - forced to drop your socks to reveal the smoking gun or the dolphin neatly etched behind an ankle.

Were they worried about the chaos at 10,000 metres when Minnie Mouse suddenly peeked out from behind a blouse?

How many crew were secretly carrying ink, living in fear of the day when someone would spot it, never able to lounge on the beach in case an eagle-eyed colleague dobbed them in?

Now that the rules have been relaxed, I expect we are going to see men in shortsleeved shirts and women without scarves.

Are we ready for that?

You will be happy to know it is illegal to possess a nuclear weapon. Additional to that rule, if you happen to stumble across any uranium, you must report it within three months.

So please, please, don’t leave the uranium lying around in the boot for years.

This isn’t as bonkers as it sounds and follows the discovery of uranium in the Buller Gorge in the 1950s.

There were serious discussions for several decades, and plans drawn up for a nuclear power station in New Zealand.

Don’t worry uranium hoarders, the ‘no nukes’ rule of the 1980s doesn’t specifically ban nuclear power generation in New Zealand.

Other funky rules

There are plenty of other weird rules either consigned to history, in play at the

No nukes

Paint it black

John Henry Ford was ahead of his time with one of his more famous rules.

“Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black”.

We have come a long way since then and now you can choose from a whole range of interesting colours.

Everybody chooses silver.

Whale of a tale

Back in New Zealand, some people may not be aware that it is against the law to make a loud noise near a whale.

The Marine Mammals Protection Regulations state that “no person shall make any loud or disturbing noise near whales”.

About this time last year, the Matariki fireworks were postponed in Wellington because of this. Fortunately the whale swam off anyway. The fireworks were detonated the following weekend, terrifying small children and every other non-human creature within 10km.

While we are on the subject of whales, it is worth noting that whaling is banned in Oklahoma. This sounds like a great idea — after all, whaling is banned in many places around the world to protect declining whale populations. But there hasn’t been a naturally occurring whale in Oklahoma in... forever. The state is landlocked.

No togs in the pool please

Earlier this year, a woman was told to cover up at the Albany Stadium Pool after making the mistake of wearing a bikini.

That confused everyone, because if you can’t wear your togs in the pool where are you supposed to wear them?

Taking the p!$$

Is the bikini rule the same as the ‘no peeing in a public place’ rule? This is a bit of a catch-22 rule this one.

Basically you have a perfectly legitimate defence under New Zealand law if you have “reasonable grounds for believing you would not be observed”.

So, it’s only legal if nobody sees you.

That’s not much different to the current cannabis laws, but don’t worry, they’re fixing that.

If you want to find more dignified legislation, you only have to head to Scotland.

Scots who really need to go are in luck: the country has an old law on the books saying that if a stranger knocks on your door asking to use the toilet you must let them in.

Cannabis reform

Cannabis is illegal, of course, but, once again, this is only effective if someone sees you.

A proposed law change will allow people to smoke it in private.

Is the Government giggling?

Is that the sweet smell of a tax rising up through the air?

Poor old Winnie

Winnie is banned in Tuszyn, Poland.

The cartoon character has been deemed an “inappropriate hermaphrodite” because he is non-gender-specific. I guess that’s what happens when you don’t wear pants. daniel@thesun.co.nz

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Honking on the highway is often evidence of road rage or a warning of impending doom, but if you hear a toot while you’re driving through New Jersey, the driver may just being doing you a solid — the law says people have to give “audible warning” when passing another car going in the same direction.

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Courts groan under massive workload Caseloads at Tauranga’s District Court are at record highs. “The most ever,” says an in-house Ministry of Justice fact sheet slipped to The Weekend Sun. “You don’t have to be an expert to understand it’s pretty serious,” says Tauranga MP Simon Bridges.

“I have done this work.” He’s a former Crown Prosecutor and worked at these courts.

The March 2019 fact sheet puts total active cases before the court at 1041.

“This is the most ever and an increase of 13 per cent compared to March 2019.”

It also tells the MP crime is getting worse in the Bay of Plenty. “It’s significant and worrying.”

The Ministry of Justice fact sheet is a discussion document for Criminal Local Justice Sector Network meetings which include the Ministry, police, corrections and public defence service.

“The District Court is the largest operational court in New Zealand and as a result, caseload is demand driven and therefore this is a point of discussion at Criminal Local Justice Sector Network meetings,” says Jacquelyn Shannon, the Ministry’s group manager of operations and service delivery.

The fact sheet also says “total serious harm cases in the trial stage are at a record high, increasing 29 per cent from March 2018”. Serious harm cases are category three and four offences.

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Category three includes aggravated assault, kidnapping or threatening to kill – offences punishable by imprisonment for two or more years.

Category four offences are the most serious – murder and manslaughter – punishable by life imprisonment, or by imprisonment for two or more years. Nationally, the March fact sheet said total active cases for serious harm is at an all-time high.

“I am told the Crown has 12 murder cases in its books involving children – a wider area than just Tauranga,” says Simon.

And ultimately, the MP says responsibility can been sheeted back to the Government.

“I have complete solidarity with the police, the lawyers and the courts, but ultimately the government’s where the buck stops.

“You can’t talk about softening up on bail and sentencing, you can’t fail to put more police out on the street without it having an effect.

And cases are moving through our court at a slower rate. The average time “to dispose” remains at 79 days, an increase of six per cent compared to March 2018. The notable increases are the trial and sentencing stages – up 14 and 15 per cent.

“We work to continuously improve our processes to help make sure New Zealand is a safe and just society,” says the Ministry’s Jacquelyn Shannon.

Minister for Courts Andrew Little was approached for comment on this story several times over the past three weeks, but is yet to respond.

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Speed bump calls A Tauranga family is starting a petition to get speed bumps installed along Darraghs Road to try and get people to slow down.

After their cat was run over on Monday night, it sparked them to create flyers for the neighbourhood, ring police and council and put a petition together to try and put something in place for drivers to slow down.

They says as a family they want to put it out there in the neighbourhood to see if anyone else in the area is experiencing the same issue.

Developable land shortage Tauranga City Council’s Urban Form and Transport Development Committee has heard the city is to face a shortage of about 1000 new dwellings before mid-2022, if current demand for new housing continues.

The forecast was part of an independent residential development capacity review that looked at available land for housing development in the next three to 10 years.

Development constraints are due to a combination of very high growth rates in recent years, with Tauranga growing by 13 per cent in the past five years and delays in council’s ability to rezone new supply.

Stolen avocados A Whakamarama couple are finding out the hard way how people are getting around the price barrier of avocados.

Lyn Pratt and longtime partner Neville Cooper discovered on Sunday, June 9 an estimated 1000 avocados were stolen from their Whakamarama orchard on State Highway 2.

Lyn believes a group of people trespassed on to their property and stole many avocados, picking them off the trees.

“They’ve came up over a big deer fence and through some electric fencing and went past some cameras on Saturday night.”

Indecent assaults Police are appealing for anyone who may have been indecently assaulted by a man who used the guise of healing people with cancer, to come forward.

A 62-year-old man has been charged with indecent assault after police received a complaint from a member of the public.

The 62-year-old man is believed to have performed indecent acts on men and women under the guise of healing people of cancer in New Zealand, Australia, the Cook Islands and Tahiti.

Police are encourage anyone with information to contact Detective Sergeant Mihi Owen on 07 885 0100 or on the police non-emergency number 105.

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“One of the prime reasons we have this issue, is quite obvious. People take the breeding fish... call it bravado, ego whatever you wish. The fact is, this has to stop.”

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Bring on the bus stop Kathy Fathers is “all wound up” and calling in a ten-year-old promise she says was made to her by the Tauranga City Council.

“It’s not too early,” says the peeved retiree of Pillans Point as she contemplates yet another winter standing in the rain at her local bus stop.

“I have been banging on about it, bugging the council with absolutely no joy.”

Kathy doesn’t have one covered bus shelter within cooee of her Roderick Street home unit. After 32 years, she is fed up waiting in the rain for a bus.

“Especially when you are headed to the bus stop and the bus is disappearing round the corner and the timetable and the app are both telling you it’s not even due yet.” Kathy says you can be standing in the rain waiting for 20 minutes. “As I did the other day. I have even given up and walked home because I am so wet and suddenly your important business in town is unimportant.”

Kathy went to the Tauranga City Council ten or 12 years ago. “They told me they were getting some new shelters in and they promised me one. But when they arrived they were installed in Bethlehem and everywhere else.” She was miffed now, as well as cold and wet.

“They promised but didn’t deliver.”

Kathy would appreciate a bus shelter at any one of three bus stops in proximity to her home. She doesn’t mind which - Goods or Milton Roads or outside Countdown in Bureta Road - just so she can drive her car to the bus stop and climb on the 72 which loops around Otumoetai and into town.

“Not worried about coming home because the heavens can dump on me and I will have a nice hot shower when I get home. But you don’t want to arrive in town

Kathy Fathers is sick of standing in the rain and wants a bus stop. with things to do and a wet hide.”

The council doesn’t prioritise particular areas to get bus shelters, says traffic safety and planning specialist Wayne Thompson.

Its budget allows for five to eight shelters a year.

“Generally when we receive requests for shelters, we consult property owners for approval to place the shelter outside their residence.” If they don’t they look at sites where there is already approval.

But here’s the rub for Kathy. “There’s a bloody bus shelter sitting there rotting,” says Kathy. It’s the Vale Street shelter which was whipped out and placed behind a fenced encircling Mike Greer Homes’ proposed residential development next to Countdown. “Every time I walk past that shelter I get really p’d off. It’s been there for a year.” And the feisty 76-year-old says she will shut up and go away if that shelter was installed at any of her three nominated sites. “Lug it up the hill, set it in concrete

and I will do the rest – I will find someone to wash it, sand it and paint it.”

In March, Kathy Fathers got an email saying sorry, the shelter was earmarked for another school bus. And that’s been confirmed by council. She was getting “pretty wound up” about council officers sitting in the warm and dry and not seeming to care about her being cold and wet at the bus stop.

“I am not being selfish, the bus shelter would be for a lot of people including schoolkids who have to wait under a tree in the rain for their bus.”

Kathy was told no-one wanted a bus shelter outside their property. So she took up the challenge and went door-to-door.

“I found a guy whose property had a big front hedge. He wouldn’t have minded at all.” The TCC also has a contract with an Auckland company to install 10 shelters a year on arterial routes only as they require expose for their advertising panels.

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Gerard Eagar with his damaged helmet from the crash.

Local cyclist Gerard Eagar was knocked off his bike on Queen’s Birthday Weekend, and he is urging the driver who hit him to use their “rage” energy to bring about positive change in the community.

“Possibly the person was trying to give us a bit of a fright but overcooked it.

“In retrospect, the person had to go out of their way to hit me, they had to make an effort.”

“Like I said in my letter [page 34], I challenge the driver to look at themselves and use their rage to do some good in our community.”

Gerard was knocked off his bike travelling down Oropi Road at around 10am on Monday, June 3. He was riding single file with two other cyclists, travelling at about 40km/h.

Gerard says all three cyclists were sharing the road and the driver who hit him didn’t pull over after the incident occurred.

Gerard was travelling at the front, while the driver was about two cars back blaring his horn at the cyclists.

“The car then hit me and knocked me off. The next thing I remember is the noise of my helmet scraping down the road.”

Gerard reiterates how grateful he is for helmets, the head protection saving him from ‘significant injury’.

“Thank God I had a helmet on. I have got bruising all around one side of my head which was under the helmet and the helmet is quite damaged from sliding along the road.”

Alongside a mangled helmet, Gerard sustained a large number of bruises and grazes, an extremely sore neck and shoulder and a gouge in his hip which has now become infected. He just returned to work this week.

“I haven’t been able to sleep very well and I can’t move very well when I wake up. The usual things when you get hurt. I am literally bruised, scraped and battered, but alive,” he says.

“Considering what happened I am fine. I haven’t broken my neck and I haven’t got a head injury.”

Gerard is deeply concerned that the driver who hit him may injure another cyclist, possibly resulting in a much worse outcome.

“That’s the hardest thing, I don’t know how somebody would do that to someone else.”

“There’s just one or two people like this, who really don’t like cyclists and are really vindictive.”

Gerard is thankful to those who came to his aide and ambulance staff were “so personable and helpful”.

“People who witnessed the event stopped to help and so did people driving past. They were fantastic.

“I couldn’t praise them enough about how kind and caring they were.”

Gerard says despite the accident making him more wary of road cycling, he doesn’t plan on getting off the bike anytime soon.

“Western Bay of Plenty Road Policing coordinator Mark Pakes says cyclists are extremely vulnerable in crash situations and needed to be treated with respect on the road.

Police are looking for a white ute, with a registration beginning with ‘NU’, in the Oropi Road area on June 3, around 10:05am.

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Don’t freak out Alex Hotere-Barnes will be speaking at the TEDxTauranga event this month.

Alex Hotere-Barnes is a P˜keh˜ educated in a M˜ori immersion school and he reckons we could be working better together.

He grew up in Tauranga Moana, or just Tauranga as it is more often called, and was one of the few P˜keh˜ students there who went through Kaupapa M˜ori immersion schooling.

“My parents made the decision to put my twin brother and I through that. “° ey wanted a di˛ erent future for us. ° ey felt like they were raised in a really monocultural, conservative family. It was all a bit of an experiment really, quite on the edge.”

And now he wants to foster respectful relationships that acknowledge and appreciate di˛ erences between the two cultures.

At the TEDxTauranga event this month, he will discuss his community and academic work around how non-M˜ori can work e˛ ectively with M˜ori.

“I have noticed that we [non-M˜ori] often freak out if we come across M˜ori that challenge our thinking.

“Or we are worried about stu˝ ng up te reo M˜ori pronunciation. Or we worry that our e˛ orts might be labelled as tokenistic or a misappropriate use of M˜ori language and ideas.”

Alex’s interest in his research and community work sparked when he started to notice a real fear amongst

P˜keh˜ on how to engage with M˜ori.

“We would miss the opportunity to have cool projects working with M˜ori because we are so uptight and fragile about our own stu˛ .

“We missed a learning opportunity to create something new and exciting that beneÿ ted all people.”

Alex emphasises the importance of P˜keh˜ understanding their own culture so they can conÿ dently bridge relationships with M˜ori.

“When P˜keh˜ understand how their culture works and how our colonial history forms our present, they are able to work with M˜ori in a way that is empathetic and innovative.”

“When we name these fears, and work with them, we can take steps to become honourable Tiriti partners with M˜ori.”

Alex has published academic papers and reports covering e˛ ective and ine˛ ective M˜ori-P˜keh˜ engagement in education, Te Reo M˜ori resources in kura and P˜keh˜ schools and Wh˜nau reo M˜ori growth when transitioning between kura and P˜keh˜ schools.

TEDxTauranga will take place at the Holy Trinity Auditorium in Tauranga on Saturday, June 22. ° e day will run from 10am-5pm.

For more information, visit: Emma Houpt www.tedxtauranga.com

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Amie Marchant, and mentors Lynette and Dave Gillies take time out to catch up.

The people project Three years ago Amie Marchant wouldn’t say ‘boo’ to a mouse. Now she is performing in school productions, giving speeches to hundreds of people and travelling overseas by herself.

attacks before doing speeches. The fact I was able to speak about myself in front of hundreds of people at the Government House was really cool.”

Lynette says that seeing Amie speak at Government House inspired her to continue mentoring for Project K. “She just spoke so beautifully and confidently, and that was what nailed it for me to keep on with the mentoring work,” says Lynette.

Amie says it was just like having an adult best friend.

“She was always there for me and such a supportive influence. I would talk to her about everything going on in my life.

“Speaking to her gave me the confidence to speak to other adults as well.”

Amie believes that Project K has mobilised her to do things she previously wouldn’t have been comfortable doing.

“I am performing in my school production at the moment, and I would have never done that three years ago. But I get up on stage now, and do my absolute best.”

“I’m travelling to Germany in six weeks, and I will be flying on my own. I’m so ready to get out there.

“Thanks to Project K, I have full confidence in my ability to engage with the culture.”

Project K is a 14-month programme designed for Year 10 students. Read the rest of the story at: www.sunlive.co.nz Emma Houpt

The Otumoetai College student is one of the many young people in Tauranga who have taken part in national mentoring programme Project K. “Before Project K I was one to keep to myself and I never really spoke up. My teachers would get pissed off with me because I was so quiet.

“Throughout Project K, I didn’t really see a change in myself, but looking back at it my confidence level has gone up so much,” says Amy. Project K mentor Lynette Gillies worked alongside Amie for almost a year.

She noticed a drastic increase in Amie’s confidence levels as Project K progressed.

“Amie was super shy and wasn’t confident in a lot of ways at the start of the programme. Over time she just transformed into this super confident, well rounded young women.”

In 2017, Amie received the Excellence Award for Project K in New Zealand. When receiving this award, she delivered a speech to dignitaries at Government House in Auckland.

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Small changes for huge impact Driving sustainability at Trevelyan’s – executive director Alister Hawkey and managing director James Trevelyan.

The numbers are staggering.

Bay of Plenty post-harvest operator Trevelyan’s saved more than 300 tonnes of waste from landfill last year.

That’s the equivalent of two blue whales or one and a half times the maximum take-off weight of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Trevelyan’s has dramatically reduced its carbon footprint and is helping staff and business partners cut their waste and operate as sustainably as possible.

Trevelyan’s fifth annual sustainability report tracks the company’s progress economically, socially and environmentally. And it shows the company reduced CO2 emissions per tray by 58 per cent since 2010, having diverted that 300 tonnes of waste from the tip last year.

Trevelyan’s Alister Hawkey says refrigerant gas used in its 35 coolstores continues to dominate the company’s greenhouse gas emissions.

“We have a strong focus on preventative maintenance to avoid these gas losses. Trevelyan’s has also enjoyed a series of ‘big little wins’.

A new initiative called ‘Tip it Tuesday’ helps staff understand and minimise the waste they produce.

A general waste landfill bin is tipped out and picked over to see what the biggest sources of waste are and what can be recycled.

Trevelyan’s canteen is now using more compostable packaging and general waste bins have been removed, encouraging staff to bring zero waste lunches or take any plastic food packaging home.

The company’s business partners have also been asked to find solutions to ‘waste’ items such as plastic strapping, plastic pocket packs and tray liners used to pack kiwifruit and avocado.

Chemical containers and plastic milk bottles are returned to suppliers, staff pass unwanted or to-befixed items onto colleagues and a custom-built sorting table has been built to remove and recycle glass. Waste from production lines is turned into compost and fruit label backing paper into an absorbent and non-toxic bedding material for raising calves and piglets.

They have reduced waste to landfill to 33 tonnes per year, which is less than 10 percent of overall waste.

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Sun shines on Dark n’ Stormy Cheers! Operations manager Michael Bradford and brewer Tom Ball and salute the success of ‘Dark n’ Stormy’. Photo: John Borren.

‘Dark n’ Stormy’ – sounds like a clichéd opening gambit to a melodrama, or perhaps the TV weather gurus warning of a low pressure system menacing the country.

This ‘Dark n’ Stormy’ system is actually a locally produced cider from a local focused brewery which is advancing down the country after winning national marketing exposure in the New World Beer and Cider Awards.

The Mount Brewing Co Brewery product was chosen as one of the Top 30 from 630 ale and cider products and wins shelf space in New World supermarkets up and down the land. “Massive exposure for us,” says Michael Bradford, the Mount Brewing Co’s operations and tap manager.

“Haven’t been to Invercargill in a long time,” says Michael. “It would be interesting to go to the Deep South and see our brand on the shelves down there.”

They’d probably appreciate ‘Dark n’ Stormy’ cider can be heated it into a toddy, a mulled cider. They do it at The Rising Tide in Mount Maunganui.

At home it could be embellished with a shot of rum – almost medicinal.

Since its inception 22 year ago, the brewery with its forty taps – beer, cider and wine – and Johney’s dumplings have become a Tauranga institution – on both sides of the harbour, Newton Street in the Mount and at the container castle in Willow Street.

Its products have crept across the Kaimai Range into Hamilton and as far as Auckland. “But now we are in grocery, nationwide and that’s everyone’s sort of dream,” says Michael.

The tap manager’s tasting notes tell us ‘Dark n’ Stormy’ is blessed with Gisborne apples and blended with real ginger, molasses and spices to give dark and stormy overtones to a crisp medium-sweet cider base.

“The tendency with cider is to be on the sweeter side. We went medium dry, the ginger quite strong and then the blast of spices. It feels healthy, even...”

Even at 4.5 percent ABV he probably means.

So who is drinking cider? “You would be surprised,” says Michael. “Cider is another option, there’s quite

a lot of diversity in the drinking demographic. It appeals to a wide audience.”

And he believes anywhere there’s sunshine there will be people wanting to slake a thirst.

“People talk about lawn mower beers, but ciders are equally applicable I think. They are very, very easy drinking.” And while there are “hard ciders” with a very high percentage, Michael says most are “quite sessionable, about four to four and a half percent”.

It’s a market that has evolved alongside craft beer.

“You had your more well-known and almost industrial beers that dominated for a long time and then people started playing around and developing new recipes. People got fussy and experimental and demanded their taste requirements be met – something bitter, something fruity, something dark and heavy.

“Now you have the same with cider.”

There’s more in a glass of cider than just bubbles – in the 14th century, children were baptized in cider because it was cleaner than water. Until the 19th century English farm workers’ wages were part paid in cider, and cider was advertised as a cure for gout and other illnesses.

At the New World Beer and Cider Awards, entries were blind-judged by a panel of 24 independent judges using a method based on technical excellence, balance, mouth feel, and drinkability.

Around the awards, Mount Brewing Co produced 200 cases of ‘Dark n’ Stormy’.

“Within a week and a half they ordered another 220 cases. So this month maybe 600 all told.” They liked ‘Dark n’ Stormy’.

Although, says Michael, there was some criticism.

“There was some talk it wasn’t a real cider because of the ginger and spices.” He shrugs.

It has taken away from the popularity of Brewing Co’s adventurous take on fermented apple juice or the fact it’s one of New World’s top 30 beers and ciders for 2019. “Everyone is stoked,” says Michael.

“It says a lot about the brewery and the brand.

“We have won various medals but being Top 30 and getting into New World distribution is huge for us.” After just 22 years, local is reaching far and wide.

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Mayoral bid continues after loss The Tauranga Mayoral candidate is a broken-hearted man.

Because when Les Wallen and his wife Dell decided to “walk the road together and see what happened”, they

thought it might lead them from their humble corner home in Greerton to the civic chambers of the country’s fifth biggest city.

Then one Thursday afternoon as Les was plotting his bid for the city’s top office Dell fell at the couple’s back door. “She was a fit, healthy woman.

Les Wallen reflects on his decision to run for mayor.

In his hand is a picture of his wife Dell who passed away recently.

“Met her when she was 15, married 53 years, never been apart.”

Not until Saturday, two weeks ago and 15 days after the fall. “She couldn’t communicate with us but then out of the blue she calls her sister and tells her she has a brain tumour and she was ringing to say goodbye, that Jesus was coming to get her.”

When The Weekend Sun drops in on Les this week there are three large floral bouquets on the living room table. There are photos and memories and grief. But now Les is walking that road alone, his faith driving him.

“We know Dell’s in heaven, she is rejoicing. And while she might not be here, is that any reason to stop? She wouldn’t want me to back off at this stage.”

He’s not stopping because he believes there’s a broken city to fix and the architects of that disaster to be vanquished.

And this man of deep faith draws a Biblical parallel.

“Jerusalem has been conquered and destroyed by the Babylonians. And the authority of the city was broken and non-functional when Nehemiah returned home from far-off lands. I thought well that fits with Tauranga perfectly. That’s where we are at, broken and non-functional.”

“Then Nehemiah on his donkey couldn’t get around the city because of all the rubble.” Another parallel. “Jerusalem was like Tauranga which is deliberately being chocked with traffic so the NZTA will give it more money.

“They’re trying to force you out of your car and onto a bus when not everyone can do that.”

And Les Wallen says he has the credentials to fix all that – he lived 46 years in Australia as an

industrial automation specialist in the coalmines and steel.” Been fixing things all my life.” And Aussie is engrained in this pocket of Greerton – the house is full of photos and statues depicting horses and outback Australia. The would-be Mayor even wears expensive R.M.Williams [boots].

Les Wallen is also the man who made a lot of very public noise about the Cameron Road developments through his beloved village. “That’s the killer for council,” says Les. “I got so angry about those roadworks. I mean a class of eight-year-olds couldn’t come up with anything so ridiculous. Defies logic.”

The brief bio is Les is 73, father of three grownups, an unassuming and dapper chap with clipped ‘tash’ and sad eyes who’s motivated by his caring for people. Number one on the manifesto is “to get the city moving again, opening the roads”.

Once upon a time this man was a flying doctor, but with the good book. “After getting my credentials through the Baptist Church I operated an aerial ministry. I had my own aeroplane and flew around the outback ministering to whoever I found.”

He has also plagiarised and adapted a Trump-ism for his campaign – “Let’s make Tauranga Great Again.”

As The Weekend Sun is leaving, Les Wallen, Mayoral candidate, is settling in for a coffee, a movie and mulling half a century of memories with Dell.

It also says something of his mettle that just a week or so after burying his wife he is continuing his campaign. He explains that.

“It’s a calling, not a campaign.” And the first thing he will do if elected is abolish “your worship”.

“There’s only one person to be worshipped.”

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dinner in Tauranga on July 3, the book traces the industry’s story from the handful of seeds brought to New Zealand in 1904 by Wanganui school teacher Isabel Fraser to today’s $2.3 billion export industry, employing thousands of people and benefiting regional and national economies.

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Doug Brown, chair of NZKGI and Elaine Fisher. Photo: Bruce Barnard.

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The rubbish attitude

Sarah Ardill picking up rubbish on Welcome Bay Road.

Photo: Daniel Hines.

A Bay of Plenty truck driver is sick of seeing litter in the same spots around rural roads.

Ryan Fellingham notches up kilometres on end while driving around the region and he says in the two years he has been here, copious amounts of litter is stuck in drains and around the roads.

“It’s everywhere, No 1 Road, No 2 Road, every road out in the country, it’s just getting beyond a joke.

“The whole of Welcome Bay Road, all the way down to Te Puke, from the Papamoa roundabout, all around the drains, people are just dumping bags of rubbish and there’s no need for it.”

Ryan says some of the rubbish has been there for over two years and it hasn’t been cleaned up.

“I told the council Welcome Bay Road needs to be tidied up, and I never heard anything back.

“The mower’s chop all the rubbish up and it’s just ingrained into the grass, then it gets washed down the drains, and the next time it rains it goes down the waterways.”

Ryan says he is trying to get a group together to clean up the polluted roads, however he believes it is a council issue.

“There are a lot of people around, you could just do an hour on a Saturday and you’d be surprised how much you get in five minutes.

“You see people cleaning up the beach, but it’s not as trendy to clean up the side of the road, when you’re out in

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While SunLive were taking photos of the litter scattered around Welcome Bay Road, we came across Sarah Ardill, who was on the side of the road picking up rubbish.

Like Ryan, Sarah too is frustrated by the amount of litter on rural roads.

She and her boyfriend relocated to Tauranga from Sydney only a few months ago, to have a new experience.

Sarah says her motivations to pick up rubbish along Welcome Bay Road come from being passionate about the environment.

“I drive Welcome Bay Road pretty much every day and we’ve been here for four months now, and I’ve started noticing it even more, so I thought why not go and get it done, nobody else is doing it.

“It’s not a constant every day go out, I might go out a few times a week.”

Sarah says she normally leaves the house with a few empty recyclable shopping bags, and she returns with the bags full of rubbish and dumped unwanted items.

“I’m starting to think, where is this rubbish coming from? Are people leaving it on the side of the road?

“It’s mainly junk food, you’ll find Maccas, I’ve found a few electrical items, phones, tablets, around two bags full of recyclables, and this is only from today’s clean. It just enters our waterways and pollutes everywhere else.” Sarah says she has had great support from the wider community.

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Good Neighbour is celebrating the revamp of its headquarters on Burrows Street.

The renovations made to its facility enables food to be distributed throughout the community more efficiently, as it now has additional space to store and sort through donated food.

Food coordinator Jackie Paine says the inclusion of a new commercial kitchen in the facility is what Good Neighbour staff members are most excited about.

“It has been a dream of Good Neighbour for about three years to have a kitchen. We already run the food rescue service and we are putting through about two tonne of food a day from local suppliers and supermarkets.

“The kitchen is going to be a training centre for people into further education and employment, it’s also going to be a social enterprise, so we do corporate platters, we cater events. It’s also further using the waste that we have in food rescue.”

Kitchen consultant and teacher Lee Pearce says working in the kitchen is a very rewarding experience, as he can share his cooking knowledge with students and produce delicious food for the catering company.

“Everyone here is volunteering, so they come with willing hearts and they want to learn something, and they also want to give.

“We give something back to them in terms of the learning, and we make some products out of it.”

Glen Rogers is one of Lee’s students in the Good Neighbour kitchen. Glen says Good Neighbour have given him incredible opportunities, allowing him to change his life around.

“Being with these guys helped me get back on my feet because I sort of fell out of society and these guys have accepted me for who and what I am and helped me to get things together again in practical

Good Neighbour community impact director Cam Hill and food impact director John Paine. Photos: Daniel Hines

terms and socialising.

“I’ve been experimenting with food since I was a lad, took a while to get into the industry. I’ve had all sorts of hiccups with my food career, and this is my opportunity to start from scratch and get things right.”

Not only are Good Neighbour a food rescue organisation, volunteers and students go out into the community to work on neighbourhood projects, such as their community gardens.

Project manager Todd Rowling says they get referrals from the agencies that food rescue work with, and they help families who are struggling.

“We might do their outside, care for their property.

“Our job is to just go and give them a hand, give them some hope in their situation and a little bit of encouragement.”

Community impact director Cam Hill and food impact director John Paine are overwhelmed with the efforts of their staff and volunteers.

“It’s wonderful to have these people come down and to give back and serve in our community,” says Cam. “We take away some rubbish, clean up backyards, a lot of these things might be small things, but they add up.

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There’s a mount to climb Action is taken on new balustrade A NZCT grant of $68,089 will enable the replacement of an unsafe balustrade at Tauranga’s Merivale Action Centre. ˜ e facility is widely used by Merivale Primary School and the local community for a range of sporting and cultural activities, including basketball, volleyball, futsal, kapa haka and marching. About 20,000 people utilise the venue each year.

In 2014, the existing balustrade in the upstairs viewing area was found to be unsafe and unÿ t for use.

Since then, spectators have been unable to watch games and other activities, making the centre unable to include the community.

Members of the Special Olympics Tauranga team are climbing Mauao to raise funds for their club.

The Tauranga Special Olympics club are walking and running to the top of Mauao as part of a club fundraiser.

Special Olympics Tauranga swimming team coordinator Pat Wakelin says the fundraiser is important as the club needs money in order for the kids to participate in their chosen sports events.

“We’ve decided to do this challenging event getting them to walk to the top of the Mount and back, and there are some in our athletics group that will probably run it.

“Most of them will only do it once, that will be a big enough challenge, there are so many people that have never been up there and with Special Olympics most of these people have intellectual disabilities, but of course a lot of them will have a form of physical disability as well, and things like seizures and cerebral palsy, they are the ones who are keen to do it more than those who would find it easier.”

The Tauranga Special Olympics athletes compete in ten pin bowling, swimming, indoor bowls, athletics, basketball, golf and power lifting.

Pat says there are about 140 athletes in Tauranga training on a weekly basis, as well as going away for sports trips.

“Some local runners who are running the New York Marathon are coming along and being support people, to run with them up the Mount.

“The athletes going up the Mount have to get a sponsor, some have already done brilliantly, we just told them they have to get a $10 sponsor to be able to take part.”

Pat says the fundraiser is going to be pivotal for their club, as without money, the athletes can’t travel and take part in sports events.

“We get no government support, so all our funding basically comes from the public.”

To donate to the Tauranga Special Olympics Mount Maunganui challenge, go online and visit their Givealittle page.

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“Currently there is only enough room for on-court participants,” says Bonnie Hebenton, a teacher at Merivale Primary School.

“Children’s families are unable to attend the games, diminishing sport’s social and inclusive character.” ˜ e new balustrade will enable a much greater number of spectators to watch and support participants using the facility.

“Wh˛nau and other members of the community will be able to come and watch the games rather than squashing in on the sidelines, or having to sit outside and wait in their cars,” says Bonnie.

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Council agrees cycle lane width unsafe Cyclists are concerned about the width of the cycle lane on a key commuter route.

Bike Tauranga affiliate Shane Plummer says the Totara Street cycle lane is a ‘tragedy waiting to happen’.

He points out that the width of the current cycle lane does not meet New Zealand Transport Agency guidelines.

The Totara St cycle lane varies from 1.2m to 1.5m in width, and the road speed limit is 60 km/h.

NZTA best practice guidelines state that the desirable minimum width for a cycle lane next to kerb edge varies between 1.6m and 2.5m.

NZTA states that the desirable minimum width for a cycle lane next to kerb edge on a road with a 60km/ hour speed limit is 1.75m.

Tauranga City Council acting manager of transportation Phil Consedine agrees that the cycle lane width is less than desirable and does not offer adequate protection.

“Overall, Totara St is not considered

‘fit for purpose’ or adequately safe for people on bikes which presents a risk on this road, seeing it currently is being used as a route for people on bikes.”

He says, ideally, the cycle lane on Totara St would be between 1.5 and 1.8 metres wide but that isn’t possible because of the width of the road.

ViaStrada senior transportation engineer and transportation planner Glen Koorey says the existing cycle lane width is not sufficient due to the heavy vehicle traffic and high speed limit.

“1.2m that’s really at the minimum for a cycle lane, and you might get away with it on a quiet 50 km/h road. It’s not going to work on Totara St.” ViaStrada senior transportation engineer and transportation

planner Axel Wilke, who reviewed the Totara St project on behalf of Tauranga City Council, says turning traffic is the biggest danger to people cycling.

“Those truck drivers, they can’t see a thing when they turn left into a driveway... that is the real danger for cyclists along Totara St.”

Glen and Axel both agree that the council’s proposed shared path along the east side of Totara St would resolve issues around the current road layout.

Tauranga City Council has halted the Totara Street Improvement project, while it does further Emma Houpt consultation.

Youth jobs a key to Wellbeing Budget The Wellbeing Budget 2019 takes a fresh approach to measuring economic success, as the Government seeks to improve the living standards of New Zealanders, enabling us all to live lives of purpose and value.

Being able to find a job, earn a living, and support family are key to the wellbeing and personal fulfilment of most New Zealanders but also the greatest challenge to many, especially young people.

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Do I have to have an employment agreement for my job and what should I do if I don’t have a written employment agreement?

Your employer must keep a copy of your agreement and if you ask for a copy your employer has to provide it. This is a requirement by law. The agreement should be signed by both parties - but even if it hasn’t been signed it could still be taken as a valid agreement in court. Your employment agreement is a record of what you and your employer have agreed to in terms of employment conditions and what is expected of you.

If a labour inspector finds an employer who doesn’t keep copies of their employees’ agreements, the employer can be fined up to $50,000 if the employer

is an individual or up to $100,000 or three times the gain they made out of the breach, whichever is the greater - if the employer is a corporation.

So if you don’t have an employment agreement, ask your employer for one. You could offer to create one yourself using the on-line Employment Agreement Builder by searching ‘employment agreement builder’ at: www.business.govt.nz and clicking the ‘tool’ tab.

You can give this to your employer to read and consider. If you can’t agree on the conditions of the employment agreement, your employer must still keep a copy of the draft agreement until the final version has been agreed to.

For employment disputes the Citizens Advice Bureau in Tauranga has a weekly clinic – phone for an appointment on: 07 578 1592.

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The new rule, which was announced by FNZ on April 18, now applies to all amateur fishers in New Zealand fisheries waters.

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Fraser Sharp in action in Europe last month.

Tokyo dream still alive for Paralympian Fraser Sharp has lived most of his life battling against the odds.

He has been living with a personal motto of “anything is possible” ever since an errant driver crashed into him in 1993.

The accident left the Taurangabased road cyclist with a head injury that seriously affects his mobility. It has been a daily challenge ever since.

So the 42-year-old was not going to let three fractured ribs ruin his chance of competing at the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo.

Fraser had a collision with what he calls “a bloody slow Fiat Van Bimi” before his first Para World Cup event in Italy last month.

But despite the pain of his ribs he put together a sequence of exceptional World Cup results in time trials and road races of 11th, 8th, 8th and 6th in Italy and Belgium to get back into favour with Paralympics New Zealand.

“You don’t go to the other side of the world to not start a race.

“I don’t class myself as a legend.

“I am an ordinary person doing extraordinary things.

direction. I will still have to fund some of it myself. Things have changed, hopefully for the better,” he added.

Fraser had to fund his own trip to Europe last month to compete.

He got there thanks to the help of the Tauranga community which donated more than $10,000 on a Givealittle page.

He is grateful to everyone who contributed and his many sponsors, including Sport BOP, BOP Trust, My Ride from Mount Maunganui, and Tauranga’s Grant Webber who he says “is the best manager I have ever dealt with”.

Through all his ups and downs Fraser has never given up hope.

His mental toughness and the heart of a lion make him a seriously strong competitor.

Fraser had a taste of the Paralympics when he was a late call-up to the Rio event in 2016 but he did not perform as he would have with the right build-up.

But that’s all in the past now.

With Fraser’s spirit and never-say-die attitude, making it all the way to Tokyo is an achievable goal.

“It creates the person I am.

“The support behind me I wear on the inside,” says Fraser.

There is still much to be done before Fraser gets that selection for Tokyo.

Crucially he is now partially funded by Paralympics New Zealand to travel and train overseas which includes competing at the World Championships in The Netherlands in September that is crucial to qualification for Tokyo.

A reclassification of his condition to C2 from C3 that happened in Belgium in May will help make that a reality. The re-classification is now a more accurate reflection of Fraser’s disability and he says it is a turning point.

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Wish 4 Fish to run charity auction alongside the McCaws Proceeds from the Tauranga Gala Dinner charity auction will go to local organisation Wish 4 Fish.

The event is into its seventh year and this time round it hosts superstar couple Richie and Gemma McCaw. It regularly invites local charities to raise funds via a live auction during the evening.

Organisers say that although the gala dinner is a commercial entertainment event, the format and type of event gives a great platform for charities to raise much needed money and

awareness, risk-free.

Wish 4 Fish provides specialised fishing and water activities for people with illness, disability and hardship.

“The Wish 4 Fish Charity is super excited to benefit from The Tauranga Gala Dinner’s charity auction, with New Zealand’s most iconic sporting couple Gemma and Richie McCaw,” says founder and trustee Bryce Dinneen.

“Funds raised from this event will allow the Wish 4 Fish Charitable Trust to continue to strive forward in our work.” Organiser Events Innovated, says that this year’s event with Richie and Gemma, who are rarely on stage

Bryce Dinneen, founder and trustee of Wish 4 Fish (left) with volunteer Marty Clarke. together in this format, has been in high demand with various table packages already sold out.

Many tables have been booked by high-profile companies, with a lot travelling from the likes of Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua and Wellington to see the McCaws live.

With only 20 per cent of tables remaining for this year’s event, guests are encouraged to get in quick so they don’t miss their chance of dining with the McCaws.

For more information and to book, visit www.taurangagaladinner.co.nz

Successfully kicking a $10,000 a year habit Hapainga by name and Hapainga by reputation.

Hapainga, te reo Maori for ‘success’, is the Bay of Plenty’s quit smoking service and it’s proving a winner. It remains one of the top three services in New Zealand for its successful quit smoking rate.

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Hapainga team leader Lizzie Spence says for the last couple of years, they’ve consistently had a minimum 75 per cent successful quit smoking rate at four weeks.

“It’s a great achievement.

“We’re a small team of five smoking cessation practitioners supporting people to quit. We understand the struggles of people trying to quit but also the struggles of buying the smokes.

“For the average couple smoking 10 tailor-made

cigarettes a day, the yearly bill is ore than $10,000.”

She says quitting smoking is a real journey. “Our team might meet with a client several times before they even set a quit date.

“Building a rapport and trust with them is crucial to the successful outcome,” says Lizzie.

New Zealand has 16 Stop Smoking Support services. As part of the Government’s goal of Smokefree Aotearoa 2025, each service works hard to encourage as many of the community to become Smokefree.

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The new fully-automated coolstore at EastPack’s Quarry Rd packhouse can store 1.2 million trays of fruit. fruit volumes.

When EastPack’s new, Funded by the Parliamentary Service. Authorised Hamish says the Swedish system

by Simon Bridges MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington. fully-automated, coolstore is present at one other facility in became operational in NZ – an Auckland-based salad/ vegetable container company. mid-May not one person Aluminium Awning Specialists “When fruit comes in from was inside it. harvest to our packhouses it is anywhere between 16-20 degrees The first fully-automated Celsius – then we need to store it coolstore for the kiwifruit for an extended length of industry – located at EastPack’s time. The key tool we use to do Quarry Rd operation – works this is temperature. using robots and artificial “We try to get fruit down to intelligence to check, move and around five degrees Celsius as position pallets of fruit into two quickly as possible by putting it in rooms, each with a tall tower of FREE QUOTES EastPack chief executive Hamish a forced precool facility so within racking that reaches 14m high.

Simson inside the new coolstore 24 hours it’s down to around five The entire structure is 51m by for one of the last times before it degrees Celsius.

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“Then we take it very slowly capacity to store 1.2 million trays.

021 0227 4245 down to almost zero degrees in the Like every business in the the preferred height and smaller www.undercoverindustries.co.nz kiwifruit industry, EastPack – New coolstore – this means we can store shuttles carry the pallets into the fruit anywhere from six to eight Zealand’s largest grower-owned racking and deposit them. months. Most fruit is stored for a kiwifruit and avocado post-harvest “Based on the rules given, the provider – is facing huge growth of maximum of six months. algorithms find the optimal way to “This new coolstore is what we fruit volume in the next five years. put it away – we don’t. term a ‘lights-out’ coolstore – it has EastPack chief executive Hamish “When we need to fill an order no people inside it and works with Simson says during the 12 months we instruct the robots and they will a series of robotics. of 2018’s season his company assemble the pallets ready for us to “First, a forklift driver drops a packed a record 41.1 million load into containers.” pallet onto a conveyor outside the trays across six sites in the Bay of Hamish says the coolstore is a coolstore – it conveys inside and Plenty region. blueprint for EastPack’s planning “During the last three years we’ve cameras check the pallet because to meet huge future demand. “This if it is twisted it will not fit inside channelled significant investment new coolstore will satisfy predicted the racking. towards packing, pre-cool, and demand of an extra 1.2 million “And we actually can’t send coolstore capacity to keep ahead of trays of fruit next season – but the people in to get it out – you need a season after we will need another rapidly increasing fruit volumes, special recovery team for that. particularly Gold. one of these to meet demand.

“So the pallet has to be absolutely “The industry is looking at “So we’re already planning the square. If a pallet is twisted, it significant growth of gold fruit – next one. rejects it.” reaching more than 130 million “We’re looking at the possibility If accepted, it is stored using a trays in 2025 – and much of our of putting another on this site. But time here is spent planning on how set of pre-programmed algorithms every site needs more cool-storage – or requirements. “Robots ferry we will deal with this.”

– so where do you start?” the pallet to the crane, which The new fully automated EastPack has three packhouse goes up and down the middle coolstore is an investment in sites in Te Puke, and one each in storage capacity for bigger of the racking. It lifts a pallet to Katikati, Edgecumbe and Opotiki.

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Ex-police officer finds purpose at Bob Owens Ian Snell is the rst to admit that getting through the rst year since his darling wife passed away has been tough.

When Beverley was diagnosed with vascular dementia and admitted to the special care unit at Bob Owens it took a while before he was able to join his wife of nearly 60 years at the village’s resthome.

“My daughter thought it would be better for me to be looked after rather than looking after myself and that way I could be closer to my wife,” he says.

Once a vacancy in the resthome came up, Ian was relieved to leave the other establishment he was living in and be closer to Beverley.

“It made a tremendous diff fference and not having to share facilities such as toilets and showers was much more pleasant, and more private.

“The rooms are bigger and the food is ve star.”

Ian would spend all day with Beverley and he got to know all the staff ff really well.

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But I miss her terribly,” he says.

It was in a remote village in Ethiopia that the pair rst met.

Ian, originally from Nottingham, England,

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He was posted to Ethiopia to wire up the village with electric light.

He learned to speak uent Amharic and soon fell in love with Beverley, a young Kiwi nurse.

“I proposed in the Danakil Desert when we were on our way to the Red Sea. I didn’t go down on bended knee because I was too afraid of scorpions, and there were ostriches and hyenas as our witnesses,” he laughs.

As the rst person to go outside the Commonwealth with the VSO, his posting even prompted an invitation to Buckingham Palace in 1961. He met the Queen, Prince Philip and the Queen Mother who questioned him for 10 minutes all about his time in Ethiopia.

“She was genuinely interested. What a woman!” he says.

Ian and Beverley were married in a 13th century church in Nottingham before moving to Beverley’s home town of New Plymouth. There were no jet engines in New Zealand so Ian started what would be a 28-year career as a police offi fficer.

Ian redefines life in the resthome A few years later he specialised as a youth aid offi fficer.

“I really enjoyed that aspect of police work, counselling children and helping the families with their sons,” he says.

“They would be referred to me after committing some minor off ffence or other and I would try and explain that there were choices they could

make. There was a lot of work outside hours but it was very rewarding, I enjoyed it.”

As a child, Ian had sung in the opera and he has been an opera buff ff ever since with shelves of CDs adorning his room.

“I loved German operas particularly.

I’ve seen 80 live operas in my lifetime, 21 of them in Germany.”

Ian has used his voice for good in many ways.

As an Anglican lay minister and marriage celebrant he would often take services and deliver sermons so he has many years of public speaking under his belt.

“In my spare time I was a chaplain at a local resthome in New Plymouth and that’s found some uses here,” he says.

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Talented young singers get set to raise the roof thrilling to listen to.”

Tauranga Girls’ College head of music department Stephanie Geor says a lot of hard work is put in by singers, preparing their voices for the competition.

“Students around the country work for months to hone their choral and vocal skills.”

“The process of developing vocal and choral skills in preparation for the event sets the students up for a life of choral singing.”

Stephanie points out that the BOP competition accommodates choirs of all levels, allowing students to learn from each other.

“The regional festival provides a fabulous opportunity for choirs at all stages of the choral learning journey to come together to perform and to learn from one another.”

The BOP competition is a daytime event, starting at 10am and running ‘till 5pm.

There is a gala concert at 7pm which celebrates the winning choirs.

The regional competition and gala will be held on Tuesday, June 18, at Holy Trinity Church on Devonport Rd in Tauranga.

Competition charge is $5 per person and gala charge is $10 per person.

Little Black Dresses choir from Tauranga Girls’ College performing at The Big Sing last year.

Students from across the BOP and Waikato will come together this month to harmonise their hearts out at regional competition The Big Sing.

About 550 singers from 15 different secondary schools are going to attend the event, with

choirs battling it out, trying to get through to the National Finale in Dunedin.

Secondary schools compete throughout New Zealand in different regional events.

Finalists from regional competitions will attend the National Finale.

Big Sing regional coordinator Jeremy Whimster says there is an

environment of excitement and enthusiasm at the event.

He says the standard of singing is extremely high and last year’s audience members were blown away by the choirs.

“Choir singing is ensemble performance which requires singers to blend with each other.

“This creates beautiful harmony that is a joy to be part of and is

Buses on rails could be solution for Tauranga Over the last few weeks, I’ve written about several ‘keys to gridlock’. Commuter rail is an often-mentioned solution; however, is it viable?

As Cr John Robson frequently used to say, “we have to be big enough to admit we’re small”.

There’s only one city in Australasia under 800,000 with commuter rail and that’s Wellington, with a suburban population of more than 400,000.

Tauranga’s population is approaching 140,000, in line with projections. Those same projections show a peak population of 200,000 in 2063 because of declining birth-rates.

Feasible rail services require a population density of 2500-3000 people per square kilometre. Tauranga’s density is 800/km2. Viable rail services need to carry between 5000-10,000 passengers per hour during peak hours. Could you imagine that many people catching an 8.30am train from Matua to the CBD? There aren’t that many people working in the CBD. Is there a more elegant solution? Adelaide and Essen both have bus services that use the rail corridor to get around congested roads. If we did this in Tauranga, buses would use existing bus stops but then use rail as a shortcut. Imagine a bus using the Matapihi rail bridge to skip Hewlett’s Rd or to bypass Chapel St from Otumoetai.

What’s standing in our way? Kiwirail, NZTA, Regional Council, and TCC would all need to agree.

The Urban Form and Transport Initiative has recently been formed to bring decision-makers from all the agencies together at the same table instead of working in isolation. Theoretically, this should speed up decisions on critical transport issues.

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Diversification is key Starting out with sheep 30 years ago, the Honeyfield family at Welcome Bay, Tauranga, have diversified their 100ha farm into four different revenue streams – and they’re about to plant another produce on-farm this spring.

While it’s commonplace today to diversify into new markets, Colin Honeyfield began doing this not long after he and his father Joe Honeyfield bought the farm at Welcome Bay in 1989 – and he’s not finished yet.

Why? Because having multiple revenue streams pulls risk out of the volatility of different markets.

“Yes, big time,” says Colin. “For example, if one market is high this year and crashes the next, you still have other incomes. And if it does crash, you can save and use that year to breed up your numbers – it gives you a range of options.”

“For example, we’ve had years where we’ve been in all sheep and our income has halved in two seasons. And it was just because of price in the end that we diversified. Today, it’s called building resilience

in your operations.”

Colin was 18 when he leased his first block of land.

After getting married, the farm was purchased in Welcome Bay; today they also utilise lease land up the road.

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They started with basically all sheep on the farm but soon began harvesting feijoas. “The feijoas were already here but we just worked out better ways to manage it… we do as much as we can for the local supermarkets and whatever is not up to standard we have a juice contract for Simply Squeezed,” says Colin.

“It took about five years to establish a good income from them.”

Right: Colin Honeyfield (pictured) plus two workers – reduced from four – will pick his feijoa crop this season.

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Colin Cox (shown below) is not your usual farmer. He’s had an adventurous, amazing life and been featured in TV, radio and press interviews. Along with the late Sir Peter Elworthy he was an early pioneer in deer farming and helped set up the possum fur industry in New Zealand.

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The Honeyfield farm is growing its sheep numbers again amid a currently strong sheep meat market.

Today 1000 feijoa trees produce an average of 20-25 tonne per year – with a 50/50 split going to supermarkets and juicing.

But with locals selling the fruit at stalls, on the roadside and online, Colin says demand does drop pretty quickly – and coupled with difficulties finding labour, and the recent minimum wage rise, Colin says “the margins are pushed now”.

So he’s cut from four to two workers, and himself, to pick the feijoas during April and May. The farm has gone into breeding beef cattle in the last few years – both Angus and Charolais. “We’re trying to become a breeding property, rather than trading cattle.”

Charolais cattle

Colin has 25 Angus cows to the Angus bull and then about 40 Angus cows to the Charolais bull. “We’ve topped the sale in the last two weaner fares – but we’re back a bit from last year.”

The aim now is to increase Charolais numbers “because they have better growth and will be worth more as a weaner than Angus cattle”.

In winter they also graze 150 cows for dairy farmers.

“That’s an extra income for us as well.” Colin utilises cross-grazing, which he finds beneficial for both the cows and the 400 Romney sheep on-farm.

Sheep meat has been bringing exceptional prices in the last two years – “especially off-peak when you can achieve record prices” but the income from wool is “virtually non-existent” once shearers are paid.

After decreasing numbers in past years amid low prices, Colin is now slowly breeding up his flock again – as opposed to spending a lot buying in ewes.

Sheep increase

“Sheep are at a level now where there is a slight shortage. This is why we’re slowly going to increase numbers.

And it’s the same with cattle – many have cut numbers because dairying has been down a bit.

Colin says many farms now diversify but it depends where you’re located too. “Here in the Bay of Plenty, we’re lucky we can grow a range of horticulture crops.

“In the South Island, options are limited.”

As a result, Colin is going into avocados. This spring he’ll plant 120 avocado trees. “The family is keen on them so we’re going to try them out on the northernmost part of the farm and hopefully the warmest part. Hopefully, this will provide another viable income stream in future years.”

But diversification does bring an extremely busy lifestyle for the Honeyfields. They’re kept busy yearround with shearing, lambing, beef cows, dairy grazers and feijoas.

“We shear in early-April and again in November, the cattle calve in autumn and spring; and we start lambing in mid-July just after the dairy grazers go home to calve,” says Colin.

“With the feijoas we pick seven days a week through April and May. You can’t pick the whole tree at once; you have to pick it when it’s ready.”

Amazon Web Services, Gait International and James & Wells are joining Vodafone NZ, Callaghan Innovation and Massey University to form the strong team of sponsors fostering New Zealand agricultural innovations in the Fieldays Innovation Awards.

The awards provide an ideal platform for innovators to conduct market research, gather information, receive advice, make connections and launch their ideas nationally and internationally.

“We are really lucky to have a group of amazing sponsors supporting the Fieldays Innovation Awards for 2019,” says Fieldays Innovations event manager Gail Hendricks. “The

support, advice and connections that each of our partners have for entrants will do wonders in advancing their ideas, propelling them onto the national and world stage with such reputable knowledge behind them.”

Innovators from dairy and drystock farming, horticulture, information and communication technology, cloud and mobile-based software, animal health and genetics, water and waste management, environment and clean-tech, animal and farm management, and farm safety and leading research industry sectors have been encouraged to enter the Innovation Awards.

Entries for the 2019 Fieldays Innovation Awards closed on Friday.

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Anthony Coulter in costume for ‘Arresting A Dream’. Photo: Beverley Hailwood.

Following on from ‘Shaking Her Wings’ and ‘Go Go Girl’, singer-songwriter Anthony Coulter has just released his latest music video ‘Arresting A Dream’, filmed and produced by Shane Davies and Beverley Hailwood of Soundtree Productions.

coincide with New Zealand’s May Music Month and it has been well-received so far and is continuing to gain momentum.

With Janne GuitarGirl Anthony is working on debut album ‘Memories’ at Soundtree Studios, and he also has three tracks he is recording at Colourfield Studios with Tim Julian, who features on guitar and bass on these songs.

His original song ‘Beyond The Black’ is to be photographed for a music video while performing at The Black Sheep on Sunday, June 30, from 11am With a gothic 1920s feel, filming took place at The Jam Factory, where Anthony stars with Marilyn to 1pm.

Anthony is looking forward to his future Collins Smith. They had fun getting into costume ‘Memories’ show, and he plans to have a CD release and makeup and are grateful to Beverley Hailwood party next summer, which will encompass original for taking this photo.

Anthony plays keys on ‘Arresting A Dream’, Denise material from ‘Shaking Her Wings’ through to his Hyde from ‘Shabang’ joins him on vocals and Shane latest music, and of course some classic covers.

It will be all about the memories.

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Helping patients fill their days Tauranga Hospital volunteer Robbie Ahlfeld moved back home to Tauranga from Australia three years ago, after owning a retirement village in Hervey Bay, Brisbane for some time.

spends time chatting with the patients about their interests so she can offer something they will enjoy.

The welcome they give her makes her feel absolutely appreciated because they are genuinely interested in the trolley service and

Her daughter encouraged her to begin volunteering as a way to meet people and rebuild her life in Tauranga.

Patient entertainment trolley volunteer Robbie joined the team in January 2017 and is now an integral part of the service provided to patients.

The patient entertainment trolley visits the wards several days a week providing magazines, books, playing cards, adult mindfulness colouring-in books and other items to help keep people occupied during their long days.

As Robbie does her rounds, she

how it works.

Many are surprised that all the items are free and they can take them home, especially the books.

Robbie has spent plenty of time with the elderly patients and has been fascinated by the stories that ladies who lived through the wartime have shared with her.

“Their life experiences are overwhelming and we can learn so much from them,” she says.

“The elderly are great teachers.”

Robbie would encourage others to volunteer because you can so easily make someone happier with a little chat and a smile.

Robbie Ahlfeld with patient entertainment trolley.

Matata woman honoured for volunteer service Fire and Emergency New Zealand chief executive Rhys Jones has congratulated six firefighters from Milton (Otago), Auckland, Matata (Bay of Plenty), Warkworth, Carterton, and Whitianga who were named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

“Reading their citations is a reminder of how lucky we are at Fire and Emergency to have such talented and dedicated people put themselves forward to serve their communities,” says Rhys.

“On behalf of all New Zealanders, I would like to thank them for their service and congratulate them on receiving this honour.”

Four of those being honoured received Queen’s Service Medals for services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community.

They are Alan Tapp (Milton, Otago), Garth Cowley (Auckland), Gary Aitken (Warkworth) and Bronwyn (Bonnie) Dobson (Matata, Bay of Plenty).

Bonnie has been involved with the Matata Volunteer Fire Brigade since 1981, providing administrative support before she became an operational support senior firefighter in September 1998.

In 2004 Bonnie played a key role in the Matata

brigade gaining Medical First Response status, enabling it to provide a faster response to local medical emergencies. This included fundraising for a dedicated vehicle and equipment. She currently co-leads and promotes the brigade’s medical first response unit.

During the devastating Matata floods in 2005, Bonnie was instrumental in setting up a recording system to account for residents who were rescued and evacuated from the township, and helped collect and distribute donated goods. She has also served with St John both as a volunteer and career officer, served as a board trustee of Matata Primary School, worked for the local book exchange library and been heavily involved in the running of the Matata Rugby and Sports Club.

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

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

Thank you.

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

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Voluntary deeds provide food for the soul He volunteers with a number of organisations around town, including Good Neighbour and the police as part of their street patrols, but the volunteer work that got him started was with the Alzheimer’s Society in Tauranga.

“We moved down from Auckland about three and half years ago, and I’m unable to work full-time, so I was trying to find something to fill my days with,” he says. “I’ve got to have something to do with my time!”

He does a number of Alzheimer’s walks throughout his week, walking with people and chatting to them.

“I get something out of it as well – especially the achieved thanks to volunteers like Dene. walking with the Alzheimers Society. It’s great “Alzheimers Tauranga/WBOP would not be able to see them interacting with each other and to offer the services it does without the help of enjoying themselves, so it’s quite rewarding our amazing team of volunteers,” says volunteer to see that and to be able to help them out.” coordinator Faye Philip.

Dene says the walks aren’t physically “Dene epitomises our volunteers with demanding and that anyone can volunteer. his dedication and selflessness. Without “It’s more for companionship – we don’t volunteers like Dene, people living with talk about the Alzheimers and what they’re dementia would have to go into care sooner, going through as such, it’s more just putting a bigger strain on the health care chatting to them about whatever they want system budget,” she says. to talk about.

“Dene is a very compassionate “The clients we see are not in the and all-round good guy, his advanced stage, so you don’t see sense of humour, reliability the bad side, it’s more a case of and adaptability is a huge a bit of memory loss, and we asset to our organisation.” have a good time,” he says.

For more information on “And it’s companionship how you can volunteer with me as well – you just with the Alzheimer’s can’t stay home and do Society in Tauranga, visit: nothing all day.” www.alzheimers.org.nz/ by y bus Dene Forsyth keeps himself And wonderful things are tauranga volunteering around town.

Doing it for the ones they love “I lost an aunt When Daffodil Day rolls around on Friday to breast cancer.

August 30, Kristine Holdaway can feel “She’s always in proud she’s made a difference for the one in my mind. I’m doing something three Kiwis affected by cancer.

As a volunteer area coordinator for the Cancer Society’s largest fundraising appeal, one of Kristine’s key tasks is organising volunteers to staff the seven busy street collection sites in Papamoa.

Without people like Kristine, Daffodil Day wouldn’t be possible. That’s why the Cancer Society is calling for volunteers to help coordinate Daffodil Day 2019 street appeals in vital Bay of Plenty communities, including Katikati and Mount Maunganui.

This year is the fourth time Kristine has coordinated Daffodil Day collections in Papamoa. It was the loss of close relative that motivated her to get involved.

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The Papamoa resident of 21 years is always impressed by how the community gets behind Daffodil Day. “The atmosphere on the day is amazing. It feels unbelievable.

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“I get a buzz to think of the generosity of people.”

Kristine credits the support she gets from other volunteers and the Cancer Society’s Tauranga-based fundraising coordinator Karen Gemmell for helping make the day a success.

“At the end of the day it feels very rewarding. I love to help, and I know it’s going to benefit people with cancer in our region – that’s really important. It makes it so worthwhile.

“I’m sure my aunty would be proud.”

Contact: KarenGemmell@cancersociety.org.nz or call: 07 571 2035 to become a volunteer area coordinator in the Bay of Plenty.

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No-one can do everything, but everyone can do something Alan Holloway, a volunteer at Waipuna Hospice for more than 22 years, is one such person that does something.

Actually, he has done many ‘somethings’, from bread delivery and driving illegally during the war because there was no manpower to motor mechanics and later becoming an aircraft engineer and chef on Great Barrier Island.

A man of many hats, Alan was able to find a role to suit him at Waipuna Hospice, from hanging paintings in the chapel, cooking, driving and sitting with the terminally ill.

“You get ten times more out of volunteering than what you put in - and that would be conservative,” says Alan.

He enjoys meeting people here at hospice and hearing their stories.

Alan has had many humbling experiences while

volunteering. One such moment happened while he was visiting a patient. In the distance, he could see a man in a wheelchair pushing it along the grass verge.

He thought to himself ‘why doesn’t he move onto the footpath so it’s easier for him to push himself along?’

On closer inspection Alan noticed the man was putting the brakes on his wheelchair and pushing his mower in front of him, then taking the brakes off again to move the mower forward.

“We take things out of life all our lives - when you retire it’s time to give something back,” he believes. Waipuna Hospice has more than 800 volunteers who provide a wide range of support services for Waipuna Hospice patients and families. There are a number of volunteering roles available at Waipuna Hospice, if you are interested in lending a helping hand, visit: www.waipunahospice.org.nz/

volunteer or phone: 07 552 6897.

Waipuna Hospice volunteers are a very important part of their service and they would not be able to operate without them. Thank you for your support.

Long-standing Waipuna Hospice volunteer Alan Holloway.

Non-profit organisations spending billions on services New Zealand has significantly more charities per capita than other Commonwealth countries such as Australia and Canada, and the sector is characterised by intense competition for limited funding, increasing workload obligations and difficulty in attracting and retaining board members and staff.

There are more than 27,000 charities in New Zealand with total assets of $58 billion that spend about $17 billion annually and are supported by 230,000 volunteers and 180,000 paid staff.

The Department of Internal Affairs is undertaking a review of the Charities Act 2005 and Institute of Directors

chief executive Kirsten Patterson says the institute would like to see a more comprehensive review undertaken by the Law Commission, which other stakeholders in the sector have also called for.

“We don’t think the current review goes far enough.”

The Institute of Directors has called for a voluntary governance code for charities in its submission this week to Internal Affairs.

Kirsten Patterson says the review is an opportunity to help raise standards of governance in charities .

“It will be important to get the balance right so that people are not deterred from leading charities, and charities are not over-burdened with compliance.

Unlike many countries including Australia, South Africa, Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales, New

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Zealand doesn’t have a specific code or governance standards for charities.

Kirsten says a voluntary governance code would provide flexibility and guidance.

“Charities that adhere to the code would benefit from improved governance and recognition from stakeholders, including funders.”

A new code could provide guidance for board leadership, culture, risk management and stakeholder engagement.

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Insulation deadline looms If you are renting a property or are the landlord of a rental property, now is the time to make sure your home complies with the new insulation standards that will be enforced from June 1.

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by physically checking, hiring a professional to check, or checking the council building file. From here, landlords will need to install or top up insulation as required to meet the new standards – floor and ceiling insulation is compulsory but wall insulation is not.

Ceiling and underfloor insulation will be compulsory in all rental homes from June 1 this year and landlords that don’t comply with these new standards will be at risk of a penalty of up to $4000.

Landlords need to make sure insulation can be installed – as there are a few exceptions to the new standards – and assess the current insulation

Landlords who do not meet the new standards by July 1 will be in breach of the Residential Tenancies Act and may face paying a penalty of up to $4000.

If the landlord owns more than one rental property that does not meet the standards, they may face separate damages for each property that does not comply and then still bring the home up to the new standards.

Landlords who fail to comply after paying the penalty risk further action.

For more information, visit: www.tenancy.govt.nz/ insulationdeadline

Cover up your windows for winter Consumer NZ’s latest test of window coverings finds installing well-fitted curtains and blinds will go a long way towards keeping heat inside your home.

A well-insulated home can lose about 45 per cent of heat through its windows. That drops to 30 per cent for an uninsulated home (but that’s only because more heat disappears through the roof and walls). The right window covering will stop nearly two-thirds of that heat from going out the window.

Honeycomb blinds were the star performer - they retained more than 60 per cent of the heat lost through a bare window.

Air is a good insulator, as long as it’s not moving and the honeycomb structure creates a large, still air gap between the cold windowpane and the warm inside air.

If you prefer curtains, Consumer NZ head of testing Dr Paul Smith says you are best to go with heavy and long curtains.

“Our test shows heavy lined curtains are better than the coated thermal-backed types and, for the best result, you should fit them down to the floor instead of stopping them at the sill,” he says.

Regarding blinds, Dr Smith says it was essential they were fitted properly.

“You want them close to the window and within the frame - aim to minimise gaps at the top, bottom and at the sides. Honeycomb blinds topped our test, but we found roman blinds and roller blinds were effective as well, as long as they were fitted correctly.

“Even venetians worked - but keep those slats closed,” he says.

However, regardless of personal preference or budget, any curtains and blinds are better than nothing. “If you’ve got any uncovered windows, put up something.”

Consumer NZ also investigated a few cheap ‘hacks’ to improve your curtains this winter. While it wasn’t the most convenient solution, hanging a blanket behind curtains lifted heat retention dramatically.

Even easier, but less effective at keeping your home toasty, was rolling up a towel and placing it on top of the curtain rail.

To make the best use of your curtains and blinds, Consumer NZ advises people keep them open during the day over winter to make the most of the sun.

Close them as soon as the sun sets to trap as much heat as possible. You should also fix any draughts in the windows you can detect them with a lit candle.

To see the full results of Consumer NZ’s curtains and blinds test, check out the June/July issue of Consumer magazine or visit www.consumer.org.nz

Housing shortage set to get worse Tauranga City Council’s Urban Form and Transport Development Committee recently heard the city is to face a shortage of around 1000 new dwellings before mid-2022 if current demand for new housing continues. The forecast was part of an independent residential development capacity review that looked at available land for housing development in the next three to ten years.

The review projected the shortfall would increase further until sufficient new supply becomes established.

Development constraints are due to a combination of very high growth rates in recent years, with Tauranga growing by 13 per cent in the past five years and delays in council’s ability to rezone new supply. These delays apply particularly to new urban growth areas.

Committee chair Larry Baldock says it was important to provide for future growth and council would be working with Central Government, the NZ Transport Agency, Western Bay of Plenty District Council and others to increase land supply.

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Tourism and hospitality graduates geared for job boom New Zealand’s tourism and hospitality industry is one of the country’s largest employers, and with the Government’s forecast of 5.1 million visitors by 2024, staff are in high demand.

Tauranga-based executive chef Ian Harrison says there is an immediate need for people who are interested in

building a career instead of seasonal, short-term staff.

“We desperately need chefs with passion, determination and skills; people who want to build a career instead of just a part-time job,” says Ian. According to Ian, the Bay of Plenty is full of potential and opportunity, making it the perfect place to be for any aspiring young chef. “We’re always spoilt for choice when it comes to employing graduates from Toi Ohomai,” says Ian.

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Faculty leader of Tourism, Hospitality and Service Industries at Toi Ohomai Bart Vosse says the transferable skills learnt in the sector are highly sought after in a range of industries.

“This industry is growing tremendously and the recently published People and Skills: Tourism 2025 report anticipates a staffing shortage of 40 per cent by 2025.

“We have a responsibility to encourage and support people into the industry,” says Bart.

With its culinary arts, food and beverage, and hospitality management courses, Toi Ohomai is aiming to address this shortage with skilled graduates who are passionate about the sector and bring valuable experience working with the best in the industry.

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The New Zealand education system needs a serious shake up to deal with the velocity in which technology is changing the working world, EdTechNZ has said in a submission to the Productivity Commission.

The commission has launched an inquiry into the impact of technology on the future of work in New Zealand.

EdTechNZ chair Shane Kerr says they have seen first-hand the impact that deploying new automation technologies is having on people’s jobs.

“We encourage the commission when considering the subject of skill development and training, to apply the World Economic Forum’s 21st century skills concept which include collaboration, digital literacy, critical thinking, and problem-solving,” says Shane.

“Workers now and in the future will need an

education system that can keep up with the pace of global technical change.

“We’re already seeing firms and companies question the validity of traditional courses of study as their industries undergo rapid transformation.

“Changes in the workplace are moving at a more rapid and accelerating rate than the changes in the education sector, which historically finds it hard to innovate and scale new initiatives quickly in response to industry demand.

“Government has a role to raise awareness and urgency of the issue and also encourage the development of training for future skills needs which may not be readily apparent to the employer such as digital literacy. Government investment is required in every scenario.”

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The hidden world Zealandier Tours has been operational for more than 10 years – and they are locallyowned and operated.

“We predominantly work with cruise ship clientele when they call into port of Tauranga but we also run trips and tours for locals by locals,” says Zealandier Tours’ Jan Davies.

They have an exciting tour coming up that will cover places most people don’t think to visit.

“New Plymouth, Whangamomona, Forgotten Highway, Bridge to Nowhere, Taumaranui and Tongariro Chateau - areas most of us do not spend much time visiting yet a region rich in history and

instrumental in shaping the early New Zealand economies,” says Jan. This tour will take you along decommissioned railway lines, through tunnels, over bridges and rivers and to townships that time forgot.

“Experience New Zealand as you remember it from your childhood from the comfort of your rail-cart, cleverly adapted to be self-driven along the tracks of the Forgotten World railway,” says Jan. And as an added bonus this year, this tour includes a scenic jet boat ride along Wanganui River to Taumaranui plus helicopter to the Bridge to Nowhere.

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Millions of people using homestays A Statistics NZ report - Accommodation and the Sharing Economy in New Zealand - found home sharing accounted for more than 8.8 million guests nights or 18 per cent of total guest nights in 2018 - up from 8 percent in 2013.

The report also estimates home sharing’s contribution to gross output tripled from NZD$100 million in 2013 to more than NZ$300 million in 2018.

Airbnb’s head of public policy Australia and New Zealand Brent Thomas said the report reinforced both the growth and importance of home sharing to New Zealand tourism.

“This report confirms our own data which shows home sharing is a massive benefit to New Zealand’s tourism industry and economy,” says Brent.

“Home sharing now accounts for nearly one in five guest nights which indicates just how important the sector is to New Zealand tourism.

“Importantly, unlike traditional trickle-down tourism, with home sharing the benefits of tourism are spread throughout the community.

“The biggest beneficiaries from New Zealand’s home sharing boom are local families, small businesses and regional communities.

The Stats NZ report aligns with the findings of the Deloitte Access Economics’ report, Economic effects of Airbnb in New Zealand, which found Airbnb guests in 2017 spent more than $781 million in New Zealand and supported more than 6,000 local jobs. The report also found that two-thirds of Airbnb’s economic activity in New Zealand occurred outside Auckland.

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Forest of Ardern Rights assured With all due apologies to Shakespeare and his delightful ‘As YouLike It’ (1603) play a pleasant pastoral comedy, albeit in this particular setting forests are seen as places of illusion, mischief, evil-doers and intrigue all resulting in the inversion of social norms and providing a touch of fantasy.

However by comparison the uncouth Labour/New Zealand First forest not only has all the worst elements of Shakespeare’s forest it is, in reality, also a dank, dark dense place.

Strangely enough, it still centres on wood in the form of Kiwibuild, Provincial Growth Fund (Forestry) plus other Pinocchio-type policies and let’s face facts, the proponents of these schemes are as thick as two short planks. Take it from me, things ain’t going to end well with over spending, over promising and underperforming. Certainly no happily ever after conclusions likely here and there will be nothing in the nature of ‘wellbeing’ about it all.

This socialist mob can’t see the trees for the forest and perhaps the remedy is to knock on wood or else seek meaningful ‘iffy leadership from the jet setting bumbler Ms Lumber-Jac. Don’t hold your breath however, her recent’ I can’t be everywhere’ cop out for D Day celebrations reflects poorly.

Rob Paterson, Mount Maunganui.

Who is to blame?

Justice Minister Andrew Little displays gross illogicality in his latest press release. If, as he claims, there are mass failures in the country’s legal system, it is a clear indictment of not only law enforcement agencies and the judiciary but mostly of the government and politicians for permitting these injustices to continue.

He further states that Maori have ‘a justifiable level of anger’ at 51 per cent of prison inmates coming from 15 per cent of the population.

Logic would suggest that the law-abiding population has a better right to be aggrieved for having to pay for the 51 per cent Maori internees.

Mr Little, innocent people do not get imprisoned.

If they do it is high time you and your parliamentary mates did something about it because the public can’t.

What makes you think that turning the problems over to Maori agencies will be more successful than their failure to do so in the past?

They have the financial resources.

The public should be deeply concerned about what New Zealand’s justice system and race relations can expect from such a tendentious minister.

Bryan Johnson, Omokoroa.

In reply to Tony Fellingham (The Weekend Sun, June 7), Don Brash and Hobson’s Pledge are seen to be divisive because they want to set aside the decision of Parliament that the Treaty of Waitangi is a legally binding partnership agreement between the government and Maori.

Mr Brash says that he can see nothing in the Treaty that grants racial preference to Maori. The words of the English and Maori versions of the Treaty together granted to Maori tribes “full authority (rangatiratanga) over their estates, lands, forests, fisheries, and other valued possessions (taonga)”.

That promise to Maori still holds, so saying that the Treaty grants no racial preference is deliberately misleading.

The equality that Don Brash and Hobson’s Pledge propose would be a return to the days when the Treaty and Maori rights were disregarded, based on the belief that Pakeha culture is superior, and Maori should just become brown Pakeha.

Of course this is divisive because as a nation we rightly no longer believe that the Pakeha majority is entitled to force their views on everybody else and Maori can be ignored.

Peter Dey, Welcome Bay.

Help appreciated My Queen’s Birthday honours go to those who came to my aide after being knocked off my bike coming down Oropi Road on Queen’s Birthday Monday morning.

Sorry as I don’t know most of your names; the local who provided a covering blanket as I lay on the road, the women in the leading car, who also happened to witness the event and then held my neck, my two fellow cyclists, the many people passing who stopped, directed traffic, just got in and helped. The ambulance crew, the police, the hospital staff; all the above provided kindness and compassion.

To you all, I am so grateful. I am literally bruised, scraped and battered, but alive! Thank you so much, you are good people.

To the driver of the white flat deck ute-like vehicle rego ?NU something; what were you thinking? You were two cars back, blaring on your horn.

You then passed, driving close to the last rider (about one metre away), even closer to the second rider (about 0.5m away) and then you drove so close to me you hit me and knocked me off.

You did not stop and have not come forward; are you not capable of publicly owning what you did? What was your point; having a bad day, don’t like cyclists, drugged/drunk…? This behaviour is not normal and could kill. I challenge you to look at yourself and use your rage to do some good in our community.

Gerard Eagar, Otumoetai.

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Not rocket science Heavy traffic has

I hear in the news each week how small employers are seeking labour and suggest that more immigrants are the answer. I have relatives and friends whom also think immigrants are the answer to solve their labour shortage.

Here we are in New Zealamd with a chronic shortage of houses to rent and buy at an affordable price because demand is so high and yet certain individuals are calling for more immigrants for the hospitality industry etc. Every immigrant has to be housed! I am not opposed to highly qualified immigrants (they also need to be housed) but not baristas for Queenstown.

We still had something like 62,000 (down from 64,000 approx’ in 2017) permanent immigrants last year that all need to be housed.

Let’s reduce the level of immigrants for three to four years and give the housing industry a chance to catch up. It’s not rocket science!

Wayne Keen, Pyes Pa.

Working well In deference to the council and its roading experts, the newly redeveloped roundabout at Waihi Rd/ Cambridge Rd is not yet - despite fears expressed in advance - seriously impeding the traffic flow.

Well done you!

Derek Jacombs, Tauriko.

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no impact Councillor Steve Morris [The Weekend Sun, May 24] floated the idea of a toll on trucks entering the Port of Tauranga claiming it’s undeniable the impact port traffic has on peak hour commuter traffic.

He’s wrong, heavy vehicle traffic, port-bound or not, has no effect on peak hour traffic on Maunganui and Hewletts Roads or Takitimu Drive.

It is cars and light vehicles that create the peak hour congestion. I invite Steve to publish the daily morning and evening peak hour traffic counts on those roads for a week.

He also wrongly stated all roads that access the port are council-owned. Maunganui and Hewletts Roads and Takitimu Drive are State Highway 2. Mirrielees Road to the Port gates is State Highway 2A and Tasman Quay is deemed to be a State Highway to the Port gates.

As far as tolling goes, he forgets section 48 (1) (d) of the Land Transport Management Act 2003 requires an un-tolled alternative route.

Regarding Hewletts Road congestion. A solution would be to change the useless bus-lanes to merging lanes for left-turning traffic coming from side streets and businesses.

Perry Harlen, Mount Maunganui.

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Email: letters@thesun.co.nz For more letters go to www.sunlive.co.nz

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In reply to the letter by D West [The Weekend Sun, June 7].

I have known councillor [Margaret] Murray-Benge since I presented the original petition in 2006.

Although Cr Murray-Benge was not able to get the walkway constructed, which is a responsibility taken up by different departments, she has shown herself to be an extremely able and active councillor, always pursuing, fairly, the best interests of the community she represents.

I am a regular walker on the stretch of road in question and, although I live nearby there was no pre-consultation before D West’s letter was written.

C H Arnold, Omokoroa.

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Shirley Ryder is Lucy Star I’ve written about Shirley Ryder a lot this year; today I’m writing about her again.

Shirley is a singer, songwriter, YouTube presenter and producer, and a bunch more besides.

Her band - along with Graeme Hardaker - The Shirleybyrds had an album out not so long ago and she is now on the second series of her web-based interview show – along with Lynda Ford – People of Paradise. The current episode features notable local singer/songwriter/guitarist Grant Haua.

In addition to that, Shirley has, as far as I’m aware, at least two other projects in the works and the one that is just coming to fruition is possibly the most ambitious of the bunch. Working with Shane Davis of Soundtree Productions in Whakamarama, she has just produced a 17 song ‘visual concept album’.

It is called Lucy Star – Slave To The Industry.

The project had its genesis a full three years ago.

Shirley says it all started with the death of a rock icon: “In January 2016 after David Bowie’s death, I wanted to write a song to remember him by and one or two days later embarked on what turned out to be a concept album complete with story.”

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Remarkably that took Shirley only six weeks. She then took everything to Shane Davies at Soundtree

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and, together, she and Shane created a script around the songs and story Shirley had written.

Then with Shirley playing keyboards and acoustic guitar, Shane recorded the songs, narrated the script, filmed the songs, edited the videos, then put the video together with the audio and mixed and mastered the whole thing, while also playing bass and various guitars and singing backing vocals.

Hats off to them!

Having been involved with the making of a few albums I know what a massive endeavour just recording an album is.

To also film videos for the entire thing while co-ordinating musicians and actors is a Sisyphean task.

And there are some excellent musicians involved.

I was aware that Narcs keyboard player Liam Ryan contributed to one track so it amused me when on my first listen to the album the Hammond organ solo on Life Is A Trick leaped out: “Damn, that sounds like Liam” I thought, and sure enough it is – quality has a way of shining through.

Another musician who makes his mark is Mike “Mutt” Furness, who played early guitar parts before he was snapped up by AC/DC’s Phil Rudd to play rhythm guitar for his band touring Europe.

Other musicians include bass player Wayne Melville and drummers Paul Higgins, Sly Tawhera, and Steve Laffan.

Lucy Rats

So what’s it all about? Following a time-honoured storyline it is the tale of Lucy Rats, who is plucked from her mundane existence via a magic apple and offered fame, fortune and a record contract by the evil emperor of Majick Music Records. As the title predicts she finds herself unhappy and exploited, and older and disillusioned returns

to her everyday life on the final song, Psychedelic Dreaming.

That song and several others highlight Shirley’s great strength: catchy, uplifting melodies. The narrative here might need a little tightening up but there are several songs up with her best.

Shirley Ryder.

Meanwhile, the videos, while perhaps not entirely clarifying the story, are almost a show-reel for Shane’s imaginative video-making, with everything from moody band shots and some interesting green-screen work to Shirley riding what I think was a crocodile.

Also, I’d be remiss not to mention what a great voice Shane has.

He sings of course, with Electric Universe currently, but here he acts as narrator and is unrecognisable and very effective.

Lucy Star – Slave To The Industry is available on an engraved memory stick but not in shops. If you’d like to track down a copy either go to the Shirleybyrds Facebook page or drop Shirley a line on: theshirleybyrds@gmail.com.

Meanwhile her activities continue unabated. Shirley says that a lot of strange experiences happened in real life as the songs were being written and acted out. So she’s about to write a book about that. As you do.

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The fluffy, furry, feathered and scaly All things pets will be on display and ready to play at this years’ Bay of Plenty Pet and Animal Expo.

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

Expect to meet all creatures great and small including your regular pets like cats, dogs, birds, fish, rabbits and guinea pigs and more exotic animals like ponies, reptiles and alpacas.

There is plenty to keep even the fussiest pet lover satisfied, from best in healthy pet food, show-only specials and free samples.

This expo is a celebration of pets and animals and the positive role they play in society.

Special features, attractions, entertainment, and demonstrations will amaze and delight.

See the incredible dog and duck herding super-show with former Dog Blacks champion Ken White in the entertainment arena at 11am and 2pm each day.

Take the whole family, there is something to entertain every member of the family.

The Bay of Plenty Pet and Animal Expo is returning to the Bay on the weekend of June 22-23 at the Trustpower Arena Baypark in Mount Maunganui.

Doors open at 10am on each of the show days.

And while the expo is everything to do with pets, please leave your furry and feathered friends at home.

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

There’s something for everyone at the Bay of Plenty Pet and Animal Expo.

The Weekend Sun has two double passes to the Bay of Plenty Pet and Animal Expo for two lucky readers who can tell us the name of the former Dog Blacks champion.

Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competition section. Entries must be received by Tuesday, June 18.

Find forest creatures under a night sky If you’re keen to see what crawls around the forest at night, the Matariki Night Walk at Aongatete Forest is the place to be.

Experience the pest managed forest after dark to see the forest and its many nocturnal residents in action – including huge wetas, amazing spiders and great glow worms.

This joint initiative between the Department of Conservation and the Aongatete Forest Project aims to provide visitors with an amazing experience, exploring and viewing the forest creatures and night skies.

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You’ll need to bring a torch or headlight, appropriate footwear and warm clothing, and the event is best suited to adults and children 10 years and older.

The event is free and the Department of Conservation encourages participants to donate to a local community conservation group.

The Matariki Night Walk at Aongatete Forest is on Friday June 14 from 7-9pm at the Aongatete Outdoor Education Centre.

Numbers are strictly limited so make sure you secure a place by emailing events@aongateteforest.co.nz For more information, search ‘Aongatete Forest Project’ on Facebook.

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Free family fun at Parents Centre Tauranga Parents Centre is having a free family fun day on June 22. Amazing prizes donated by local businesses. Free sausage sizzle, face painting and sponsored rock painting on the day.

Great raffle prizes too. Tauranga Parents Centre is run by volunteers that are parents just like you.

See their Facebook Page for more information..

2019 NATIONAL CAT SHOW 40 different breeds of cats on show

TAURANGA RACECOURSE Cameron Road

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Art is for everyone

The Tauranga Society of Artists is proud to once again present its popular annual art expo including the TrustPower/TSA Supreme Award, to be judged by artist Graham Crow.

The exhibition will be on from Wednesday, June 19 until Sunday, June 23 at the Elizabeth Street West Community Centre.

A painting can make a great gift and it can also be a timeless acquisition to be handed down the generations, or simply a treasure to be enjoyed.

Visit the exhibition to enjoy the innovative skills and talents of more than 60 artists ranging from

traditional, to abstract, to impressionism.

All mediums are represented in the beautiful paintings displayed.

Art is available at very affordable prices and there will be something to suit all tastes and styles.

The exhibition is cash and carry, therefore art works may be taken away when purchased. EFTPOS is available and entry is by gold coin donation.

The exhibition will be open 2pm-5pm on June 19, 9.30am-5pm on June 20-22 and 9.30am-4pm on June 23.

The Tauranga Society of Artists is grateful to its sponsors Trust Power, TECT, Brookfield New World, Cooney Lees & Morgan, Ultimate Motor Group and The Warehouse, Cameron Road.

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Rehearsals in full swing Almost half of ACG Tauranga students, including the entire primary school, will appear on stage in this year’s production of Aladdin Jr, says music teacher and tutor Kelly Hayward.

“We wanted to showcase the incredible talent we have in the school and we chose Aladdin Jr. because it allows us to include so many of our students in a variety of ways,” says Kelly.

“Once you add back-stage crew, the Students have dedicated hours to the play. percentage of the school involved is quite significant.”

The benefits to being part of a production are With rehearsals in full swing, students have immense, says Kelly. been dedicating hours to learning lines, songs and “Students get to experience the thrill of choreography, as well as having the opportunity to performance, to develop performance skills and be involved in designing sets, advertising, costuming, confidence, the chance to work together for the make-up, sound and lighting, backstage and props. greater good, encouraging collaboration and a sense The school’s sports complex will be converted to a of community, and hopefully giving them a positive theatre for the performances, with designers taking long-lasting memory.” full creative advantage of the professionally soundACG Tauranga’s production of Aladdin Jr., directed by treated space – using bleachers to hang backdrops, and Jean Morris, is on June 26-27 from 7pm. Tickets cost converting changing rooms to green rooms. $10 and are available from ACG Tauranga reception.

100 years and 1000 lights When most of us are rugging up, hunkering down and cranking up the electric blanket, Tauranga Waldorf School in Welcome Bay Road is actually welcoming winter with the magic of thousands of twinkling lights.

The school is holding its annual Lantern Festival tonight, Friday, June 14. The school will be lit up with a trail of candles and decorated grottos to celebrate the change of seasons from autumn into winter.

Light up your lantern tonight.

New Zealand officially marks its winter season in June, July and August with spring bursting forth in September.

“It’s a special time of year when we light up the winter night with candles,” says principal, Mary Tait-Jamieson.

“Our families look forward to this festival every year as it is so magical.”

This year the school is flinging open the gates to the local community by inviting 100 families to help celebrate 100 years of Waldorf Education throughout the world. It is an education system which has a focus on teaching through nature and experiential learning.

Waldorf Education began in Europe in the early 20th century and has since spread to 1100 schools throughout the world across 60 nations.

“Every year we welcome the local community into our school with this popular fair. But because we are celebrating 100 years since Waldorf first began, we want to invite our local community to join us once again,” she says. Families will be given a lantern on arrival to explore the light trail.

GIGGUIDE & ENTERTAINMENT JACK DUSTY’S ALE HOUSE (Bureta) Sun 16th The Silver Beats 3pm – 6pm MT RSA Fri 14th Coopers Run 7pm – 10:30pm Sat 15th Silver Fox 7pm – 10:30pm Sun 16th Back Porch 4:30pm – 7:30pm MOUNT SOCIAL CLUB Fri 14th Play Misty 7pm – 10pm Sat 15th Kam Kafai 6pm – 9pm Sun 16th Bree Rose 3pm – 6pm Thur 20th Jam Night with Leigh Way 8pm THE BARREL ROOM Sat 15th Mike Garner 6pm – 9pm

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Saturday 15 June

Katikati Tramping Club

Carpark, Chadwick Rd Greerton. In aid of St Georges Church.

Art on the Strand

Art on the Strand - next date is 22nd June. The Strand, Tauranga. 10am- 4pm.

Weather permitting. Tauranga Society of Artists

Bay Network Singles Club

Rotorua Lake Okataina - Humphries Bay. 8am, Easy/Moderate. Leader Peter Lee-Johnson 0276 344 741

Sunshine Sequence Dance Group

Come & enjoy tea dance, Sat June 29, Baptist Church Hall, 13th Ave. 5-9pm. $5pp. BYO food, plates, cutlery, non alcoholic drinks. Jan 544 4379

Living Well Church

10am, Papamoa Community Centre. We are of different backgrounds & ages, joining together to celebrate the life we have in Jesus.

Tauranga Floral Art Group

Single, over 50? For weekend dinners, barbeques, outings. Ph Jonathan 572 2091, Maureen 021 112 3307

Monthly meeting & workshop, today & every 2nd Tuesday & Saturday of the month. Baptist Church Hall 9:30 start.

Ph Ruth 543 2157

Black Swan, White Swan

Magnificent re-telling of ballet’s most enduring classic, Swan Lake, with the Royal New Zealand Ballet. Tonight 7:30pm & Sun 4pm in Addison Theatre. www.baycourt.co.nz for tickets.

Church Garage Sale

8am at St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood. Amazing bargains!

Maketu Market

3rd & 5th Sundays 7am-12pm, Maketu Village Green. Ph Carolyn 027 251 0388 or Pat 021 447 420

Tauranga Synchronised Swimming Club

NZDA BOP Range Day

Have a go at synchro! Beginners train Saturday mornings at Baywave.

Supportive & friendly environment. First lesson free. Ph Jo 027 543 1697, www.taurangasynchro.co.nz.

TeWhanau O Matariki Exhibition

Group Exhibition celebrating Matariki.

The People’s Gallery - Toi ka rere. Open daily until 23rd June

Greerton Hall Market

Last Saturday of the month. 8am12pm. Stalls inside/outside. Discounts for charity groups. Refreshments available. Ph/txt for site. Tricia 543 1487 or 027 908 2952, www facebook.com/ greertonhallmarket

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

Huge Book Fair

8am-6pm, Sat 22nd 9am to 5pm Sunday 23 June, 9am to 3pm Te Puke Memorial Hall. Another Te Puke Kiwicoast Lions Project.

Well-Being For Women

Katikati Bowling Club

Sunday 16 June

You’re invited to join the conversation on the well-being & health of women today 12:30- 3pm at Waipuna Hospice.

Ingrid 021 952 690

8 Park Road. 12:45-3pm

Katikati Lions Moggies Market

LOL Laughter Wellness

We don’t laugh because we’re happy, we’re happy because we laugh! Come join us. Arataki Community Ctr, Zambuk Way, Mt Maunganui. 11-11:45am. Ph Trish 022 036 6768 lollaughterwellness@ gmail.com

National Cat Show

Tauranga Model Aircraft Club Inc is holding its annual auction at Classic Flyers Aviation Museum today at 10am.

Public welcome. www.taurangamodelfly. org

Bible Seminar

1:45pm Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St, Greerton. Title: The Bible, A book for today. Interactive, Q&A. All welcome. Mary 573 5537

Over 30 breeds of cats on show open to public 9-4 Tauranga Racecourse.

Admission fee applies. Check website patchesandpointedinc.co.nz

Bible Society Family Concert

New To Tauranga?

Don’t miss this special afternoon of entertainment for the whole family.

Tauranga SDA Church 25 Moffat Road Bethlehem.. Showcasing local talent and Performances. Starts 2pm -3.30pm

Join us for an enjoyable long table, three course dinner at a top Tauranga restaurant. Sat July 13. Interested? For more info lynne@wordsplusmore.co.nz

Oliver! The Musica

Adult tennis. Start time 1pm. Bellevue Park Windsor Rd (adjacent to swimming pool complex). New players & visitors welcome. Ph Fred 544 5088 1pm Tuesday & Saturday 45 Kawaka St, Club Mt Maunganui. No Equipment needed, come & try this low-impact sport. Jo Ann 578 3606

Sunday Stitch

Textile Workshop First Sunday of every Month.

10-12pm. $10. Create treasures from old fabric. Material supplied. The Artery, Tauranga Historic Village. More info: www.theincubator.co.nz

Tauranga Spiritual Growth Centre

Meet the mediums & energy healers.

Citz Club, 14 Norris St. Every 2nd & 4th Sunday, 6:45pm. $5 door charge

Monday 17 June

Farmers Market - Mount Mainstreet

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

Late program 7pm onwards. Incl casual games. Noel 579 5412

Chess At Mount Maunganui

Chess In The Afternoon

Mount Chess Club, 1-4 pm, Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd Mt Maunganui. $4 a session. Equipment & refreshments provided. Bob 0274 786 282

1st & 3rd Sunday every month.

17th Ave Tauranga. 8-12 wet or fine. Crafts, plants, health, merchandise, food. A Bethlehem Lions Project.

Bring the family. Electrical appliances, furniture, books, linen, clothing, plants, baking, produce. 9am-12. Centrepoint

Greerton Community Hall, Feel the buzz. Doors open 6:45pm starts 7pm.

Door fee $10 then everything free. 30 Mediums, healers & free refreshments. www.psychiccafe.nz

At Art & Craft Centre, Elizabeth St West on last Sunday of month 9:3012:30. Ph 572 1230

Historic Village Market

Premium Market Day

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

1pm at Te Puke Citz & RSA Club. All Welcome. Ph Gayle 573 8255

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

Petanque

Let’s Learn Lifelong Learning

Maketu Market

TePuke Country Music Club

Computer Club (Tga) Inc

Otumoetai Tennis Club

Mako Room, Papamoa Community Centre 1:30-3:30pm. We help solve your brick walls or share how you solved yours. Ph 544 4182

Quakers in Tauranga

Rebecca Larsen, local writer with many hats, Juggling creativity, productivity & sanity. Greerton Library 2-4pm $10 ($5 for TW members). Refreshments, raffle, books. Cash only

Free goalkeeping skills & drills at Waipuna Park 9-11am. Keepers bring their own gloves & drink with them. Cancellations on Brett’s Facebook page.

Tauranga Boys’ & Girls’ Colleges present their combined musical, Oliver!

Graham Young Youth Theatre 25-29 June www.oliverthemusical.co.nz

Genealogy Friendly Meeting

Mah-Jong

2nd & 4th Sunday Gordon Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd, Papamoa. Gates open 7am for stall holder entry. Wayne 027 974 5699

Tauranga Writers Sunday Focus

Brett’s Goalkeeping Clinic

Greerton Library Book Group meets 10:30am. Topic this month is First Lines.

Tea & coffee.Visitors & new members are always welcome. Ph Jenny 543 4760

Papamoa Lions Club Market

2nd Sunday monthly. Western Ave Car Park, Omokoroa. 9am-noon. Bookings not required. Ph Keith 548 2117

Spiritual Centre Psychic Cafe

Auction! Model Aircraft

Friends Of The Library

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

Sundays & Thursdays 1:30-4, in pond behind 24 Montego Drive Papamoa, sailing Electron Yachts for fun. Adult beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419

Old time music-makers.

Welcome Bay Hall 1-4pm. $3 entry & ladies a plate please. All welcome. Ph Ces or Joy 544 3849

Drop-In Clinic 10am-12pm, no appointment necessary. Advice or support for anyone living with diabetes & their families. 174 11th Ave, Tauranga. INFOline 571 3422 info@diabeteshelp.org.nz

Omokoroa Lions Market

Radio Controlled Model Yachts

Accordion-Keyboard

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

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

Diabetes Help Tauranga

12:30-4pm, visitors & beginners welcome. Free teaching available. Tauranga South Bowling Club, 11th Ave. Ph Shirley 576 0014 3rd and 5th Sundays 7am-12pm, Maketu Village Green. Ph Carolyn 027 251 0388 or Pat 021 447 420

Marlin Friendship Club

Meets Omanu Golf Club on 2nd Mondays at 9:45am.

Friendly mixed membership club with regular social activities. Take part & meet people.

Mount RSA Indoor Bowls

Monday & Thursday. Names in by 6:30 play starts at 7pm. All welcome come to our friendly club & enjoy yourself. Ph Mary 574 2873

Never 2 Old

Strength/balance classes & workouts for over 55s. Mon, Wed & Fri 7:30am9am. Ph Keith 557 8765

Omokoroa Beach Indoor Bowls

Omokoroa Settlers Hall, 1pm for 1:30pm start. $3 door fee, first session free. All equipment provided. Ph 548 1636

Raranga - Weaving

Weekly get together 10-3pm. Raranga weavers, motivating each other. Bring own materials. $5 Koha. The Artery, Tauranga Historic Village. more info: www.theincubator.co.nz

Seido Karate Tauranga

Age 7 & up, all abilities. Keep fit, learn self defense, meet friends, free trial period. Tauranga Primary Hall, Mon & Thurs 6pm. Ph/txt Cameron 027 518 8356

Taichi Internal Arts NZ

Tai Chi Beginner Class, Greerton Senior Citizens Hall, 33 Maitland St. 9:30-11am $5. All Welcome. Includes Qigong. In association with Sport BOP. David 552 4425

Taoist Tai Chi

Beginners Tai Chi classes Mon-Sat Tauranga, KatiKati, Mount, Papamoa & Te Puke. Great for stress, balance, flexibility. Friendly group. For times & venues please ph 578 9116

Tauranga City Brass

Practise at 10 Yatton St Greerton at 7pm. All welcome. Brass &

Percussionists. Ph Jeremy 021 132 3341

Tauranga Creative Fibre

Monday 9:30am, also 2nd & 4th Thursday 7pm. Learn & share spinning weaving knitting felting crochet skills.

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 FBook: taurangarocknrollclub

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.

Te Roopu Raranga Weaving

Weekly get together for Raranga weavers. Plenty of space to work collectively , motivating & inspiring each other. The Artery, Historic Villiage, 10-3. $5 Koha

Vision Friendship Club (FNZI)

Meets 4th Monday each month at Citizens Club. 10-12. Varied activities.

Interested? Ph Bryan 570 2483

Welcome Bay Art Group

9:30-12 at Lighthouse Church meeting room next to Welcome Bay Road Village Shops. Ph Denis 544 6451

Tuesday 18 June

ABC-Avenues Badminton Club

At Tauranga Boys College Gym. Juniors 6-7:30pm (term time). Seniors (Adults) 7:30-9:30pm. Club racquets available. Delwyn 027 212 4720

Arataki Coastal Club

At Arataki Community Centre 9:30am for retirees, 2nd Tuesday of the month for morning tea, guest speakers, outings & activities. Ph 572 2908

Art & Craft Workshops

ArtyCraft presents art & craft workshops Tues & Thur 4-6 at St Enoch’s Presbyterian Church. Ph Minette 021 995 875

Beginner Social Dance Class

7pm Tauranga Primary School Hall, 5th Ave or Wed 8pm, Welcome Bay School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Rd. Ph 544 2337 or 027 322 1786

Dads’ Support Group

Support Group for Dads from 7:30pm at Kidz Need Dadz, 538 Fraser St Greerton. Support for separated Dads

Falun Dafa Free Classes

Physical improvement bound to accompany positive mind changes using this gentle qigong. 7pm Hillier Centre 31 Gloucester Rd Bayfair. Ph/text Judy 021 0425 398

Fresh Moves 2019

BOP Dance presents Impact the 2019 Fresh Moves Festival.

Contemporary dance created by students in Bay of Plenty primary & intermediate schools. Baycourt 7pm tonight & Wed. www.baycourt.co.nz

Greerton Indoor Bowling Club 7:30pm Greerton visit Oropi

Fitness League

Cardio, weights, floor work, balance work, & a bit of dance. 9:30am at St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood. Ph Gloria 021 139 2448

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Well last week was a complete bust, nothing but screaming West-S/westerlies. We got Monday in though and headed out to the Astrolabe. We caught more skippies on the way out, and had the biggest pod of dolphins playing around the boat that we’ve seen all year to date. Also a current running from the East, where normally there’d be a strong Westerly current after that amount of wind. And the fishing, we ended up outside Motiti, was pretty good too. Crazy!

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Caelan Ward, age 4, caught this 4.1kg Snapper while out fishing off Papamoa on a nice calm day.

Be in to WIN! Email your fishing photo (high resolution Jpeg) to production3@thesun.co.nz Subject line ‘Photo of the Week’ with your Name and address to send prize to and description of photo and location.

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If you like to sing dance & have fun, join us! Great Musical Director! 7-9pm Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd. Ph Sabine 021 111 8659

Israeli Dancing

Beginners class 6:30-7:30pm at Gate Pa Primary School hall, Cameron Rd. All ages welcome, no partners required.

Ph Maria 022 165 2114

Keep On Your Feet

10:30-11:30am & 1-2pm at Katikati Catholic Church hall, 89 Beach Rd, Katikati. Strength & balance classes for older adults. Sharnie 021 111 8617

Marching for Leisure

Tauranga Diamond Friendship Club For active retirees, meetings 1:30pm 1st Tuesday each month at Tauranga Citizens Club. Guest speakers, social outings, numerous activities. All welcome. Ph Nancy 543 4468

Tauranga Morning Badminton Club

Keep fit the fun way. Play badminton at the QE Youth Ctr Tues & Thurs 9-11:30am. Visitors $6. Some racquets available. Bob 0274 786 282

Tauranga Orchid Society

7pm Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave. John Edwards demonstrates how to make a kokedama ball for an orchid. All welcome.

A non-competitive activity for mature ladies - Fun, Fitness & Friendship.

For Tauranga teams’ details contact Frances Wilcockson, 07 544 1318 or 021 297 3407

Tauranga Patchwork & Quilters

Morning Badminton

9-11:30 Tues & Thurs, Queen Elizabeth Youth Ctr. Racquets available, everyone welcome. Ph Rachael 027 446 2959

Percussion Band! 7:15-9:15pm.

Mount Sports Hall, Cnr Hull & Mt Maunganui Rds. Ph/txt Rob 021 232 7185. No experience necessary, we teach you everything!

Mount Morning Badminton

Tauranga Target Rifle Club

9-11:30am. Mt Sports Centre, Blake Park. Social, all ages, racquets available, beginners welcome. $5 day.

Ph Margaret 575 9792

Mt Runners & Walkers

Mt Maunganui Runners & Walkers Club meet every Tues & Wed 9:3010:30am, Scout Hall, 13 May St. All welcome. Babysitters available. www.mtrunnersandwalkers.co.nz

Omokoroa Beach Indoor Bowls

Omokoroa Settlers Hall 6:30pm for 7pm start. $3 door fee (first session free). Equipment provided. All Welcome. Ph 548 1636

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

Proactive 4 Health

Strength & balance classes at Proactive4Health Physio, Papamoa Plaza. 2-3pm. For those >65 or falls risks. Ph Proactive4Health for more info 0800 868 259

Read Between The Wines

Poetry Group meets last Tuesday of every month. 7-9pm $5 Koha. BYO poems & wine, relaxed vibe. The Incubator, Historic Village. More info: www.theincubator.co.nz

Scrabble

New venue is Tga Citz Club 13th Ave. New time 9:50am. All levels most welcome. Come & use that brain power! Ph Jo Ann 578 3606

Sequence Dancing

Tauranga Social & Leisure Club, St John Anglican Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd Otumoetai, 7pm-9:30pm except 2nd Tues of month 3:30-6. Faye 543 3280

South City Indoor Bowls

7:30pm Club Night. 2-4-2 pairs.

Names in by 7:15pm.

Strength & Balance

Exercise class for over 60s to improve strength, balance & prevent falls. 11am Welcome Bay hall. $6. Ph Raewyn for more info 027 607 7437

TaiChi Internal Arts NZ

Te Puke Memorial Hall. Beginner Class Settlers Room 9:30-11am. All welcome. $5 Regular Class Pioneer Room. 9:30-11:30am $5. Ph David 552 4425

Tauranga 60+ Continuing Education

Ray Dumble, CEO Tauranga Airport, Developments & Prospects. Otumoetai Baptist Church, 241 Otumoetai Rd. 10am. $5 entry

Tauranga Acoustic Music Club

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

1st & 3rd Tuesday 7-9:30pm & 2nd & 4th Fridays 10-3. At Arts&Craft Centre, 177 Elizabeth St. Helen 027 475 3632

Tauranga Samba Drumming Band

Tauranga Target Rifle Club 7pm April-October. Everyone welcome. Ph Ellis 578 0098

Waihi Beach Tennis Club

Adult social tennis, Tues & Fri 8:30am. All year. Casual & new players welcome. Ph Barry 027 492 6475

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.

Bhajan 07 929 7484

Yoga, Private Sessions

Feel uncomfortable in a group setting? Or have special needs? I can design a class to specifically suit your needs & capabilities.

Asunta 021 061 4394

Wednesday 19 June 500 Cards Club

Join our friendly 500 club 1-3:30pm St Thomas More Church, 17 Gloucester Rd. $3 a session. Prizes plus refreshments. Bob 0274 786 282 or Barbara 572 4962

Adults Ballet Class

2pm St Peter’s Anglican Church Katikati. Posture, balance, movement, musical appreciation, French terms & enjoyment. Ph 577 1753 www.christinaproductions.co.nz

Age Concern Walking Group

10am Sylvania Dr, off Levers Rd

Arabian Spice Bellydance

Ph 021 110 0878. www.healingrooms. co.nz

Katikati Bowling Club

8 Park Road. Mixed Roll-ups 12:453pm.

Mah Jong

Tauranga Citz Club, 13th Ave & Cameron Rd. 12:45-4. All welcome, free teaching available for beginners.

Tauranga Citz Club, 13th Ave & Cameron Rd. Ph Joy 578 7310

Matua Garden Club

Monthly meeting 1:30pm, Levers Rd Hall. Visitors welcome.

Mount Spiritual &Healing Centre

A big night. 7:30 Guest speaker, Tess Moeke-Maxwell, the creator of Stars Of Aroha Meditations. Messages/meditations & more. Bowling Club, Golf Rd. Entry $10

Mt Maunganui Lioness Club

Meet 1st & 3rd Wed. New members welcome. Meet new friends & enjoy community services & social activities.

Ph Christine 575 2144

Pickleball At The Mount

10am-12pm Mt Sports Ctr, Blake Park. Social, all ages, equipment supplied. Beginners welcome. $5 session Ph Viv 575 5845

Sahaja Yoga Meditation

Always Free. Experience inner peace & joy. Connect to your Spiritual Essence.

Sport BOP (next to Squash Courts) 406 Devonport Rd Tauranga. Ph Ian 027 884 2238

Scottish Country Dancing

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

Steady As You Go

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

Taichi Internal Arts

Beginner Classes. All welcome. Te Puna Rugby Club rooms, Maramatanga Park. 6-7:30pm. Te Puke Memorial Hall, 5:30-7pm. Gold coin koha.

David 552 4425

Tauranga Embroiderers’ Guild

Meets at the Tauranga Rowing Club, Devonport Rd 10-2:30 & 7-9. Beginners very welcome. Ph Jenny Williams 021 581 951

Tauranga Film Society

Showing Cameraperson 6pm at Rialto Cinema. Meets every 2nd Wed. 3-film taster membership $30. Join any time: full season membership $90. www.nzfilmsociety.org.nz

Beginner classes. Learn the moves, keep fit, dance with us. No partner required. St Columba Church Hall.

502 Otumoetai Rd. 6:30pm. Ph 021 124 5982 arabianspicebd@gmail.com

Tauranga MidWeek Tramping Grp

Cards Cribbage (Crib)

Have time, want to help in your community? Like fun, food, enlightening speakers? Join us from 6pm, Daniels In the Park. Ph Bev 027 285 4066

Join a friendly group who meet at Tauranga RSA, Greerton any Wednesday 12:50pm. Ph Michael 562 0517

Community Bible Study

Join us @ City Church 252 Otumoetai Rd 7-9 for Bible Study on the Book of Daniel. Ph Julie 552 4068

Diabetes Help Tauranga

Mount & Tauranga Diabetes network group. 10am Arataki Community Centre Guest Speaker Angela Alexander from Tauranga Heart Foundation.

Infoline 571 3422 for more info

Friends Of The Library

Papamoa Library Book Group meets at 10am. Topic this month is Drama.

Tea & coffee. Visitors & new members always welcome. Ph Patti 572 0201

Gate Pa Indoor Bowls

Box Drawn Pairs 7:30pm

Gate Pa Midweek Tennis

Keep fit, make new friends, enjoy social tennis 9-12. Don’t let the winter blues get you down. Ph Geoff 021 474 807

Healing Rooms 1-3pm

Come, experience God’s healing touch, whether physical, emotional, spiritual. Behind Graced Oppshop, cnr 11th Ave/Christopher St. No charge.

Toi’s Walk - Whakatane to Ohope and return. Grade moderate. Shu-Ling 544 1720

Tauranga Rotary Would-Be Members

Toastmasters Early Start

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, 10am Tauranga Central Baptist Church Hall. Pam 07 549 4799

Greerton Indoor Bowling Club

Yatton St, Greerton. Names in by 7:15pm for 7:30pm start. Day Tournament. 2 plates per person

Katikati Bowling Club

8 Park Rd Rummikub 1-4pm, $3 entry.

Keynotes Women’s Barbershop Chorus

Meet 7pm in Wesley Hall 100 13th Ave. New members welcome, age no barrier. Sing for health. Ph Bernice 576 4848 Facebook Keynotes Inc

Lighthouse Cafe

10am-12pm at Lighthouse Church Welcome Bay. Come for a chat or bring your chosen craft & have a cuppa.

Ph 027 576 3105

Mainly Music

Music & dance for preschoolers, Mums & carers. $4 per family. Morning tea provided.

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

Mount Underwater Club

Club night 1st Thursday of month.

Guest speakers & other Club events. New members welcome. See website for details www.mmuc.co.nz

Retro & Mod Sale

Vintage & retro clothing, fabrics, linen etc. 9:30-1 at Historic Village.

Proceeds to Turning Point Trust.

Cash only.

Rhythm, Foxtrot & Waltz

Ballroom dancing at Mt RSA Thurs 10am-12pm & Tga Citz Club on Sat afternoons. Ph 572 4272

Social Games

Club Mt Maunganui Indoor Bowls & Cards. Have an afternoon out. New members welcome. Ph Dot 575 3780

Sunshine Sequence Dance Group

Learn dancing at a friendly club. Baptist Church Hall, 13th Avenue, 6:30pm Learners tuition/revision. 7-9:30pm all dancers.

$3 entrance includes supper. Jan 544 4379

Tauranga Cake Decorators Guild

Meets at 68 1st Ave, 7:30pm. Visitors & everyone with an interest welcome.

The Pink Floyd Experience

World class performance creatively & imaginatively while staying 100% true to the essence & authenticity of Pink Floyd’s music. 8pm tonight & Friday at Baycourt. www.baycourt.co.nz for tickets.

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Alcoholics Anonymous

Open meeting 7:30pm, Hamner Clinic 1235 Cameron Rd, Greerton (behind Bridgestone). Ph 0800 229 6757

Arataki Artists

Paint with friends, 9am-12pm at Arataki Community Centre. Occasional tuition with local artists. All levels welcome. Ph Fran 021 136 8173

Chess Tauranga

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

Standard Chess rules. Werner 548 1111 http:/www.westernbopchess. weebly.com/

Greerton Indoor Bowling Club

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

Hindu Mandir Weekly Worship

Weekly gathering at the Sanatan Dharam Mandir for worship. Dinner also provided.

Ph 07 543 2906 for more info.

Huge Book Fair

Today 8am-6pm, Sat 9-5, Sun 9-3, Te Puke Memorial Hall. Another Te Puke Kiwicoast Lions Project.

Skating Mt Sports Stadium

Skates for hire or bring your own skates/ roller blades. Great family fun. For more details email taurangarollerskating@gmail or checkout our facebook page.

Taichi Internal Arts NZ

Te Puke Memorial Hall. Regular Tai Chi Class. Yang form plus Qigong 18 move. 9:30-11am. $5 Lok Hup Ba Fa. 11am-12. $4.

David 552 4425

U3a General Meeting Speaker

David Love speaking about the functions of the Tauranga Regional Council. Wesley Methodist church hall 13th Av. 10:00 to noon. Entry fee is $5.00

Horoscopes ARIES: There may be some roadblocks in your career this week and some awkward moments on the home front and yet it’s a positive period. The best news is that you and your partner seem to be on identical wavelengths.

TAURUS: You can’t be too methodical when making any kind of purchase. Ask questions and do more consumer research. On the other hand, be extra trusting in romance. More time than usual may be spent with officials.

LIBRA: For health’s sake, think about signing up for a sports or fitness programme. A new acquaintance may prove to be a new friend and an old friend may start to meddle.

SCORPIO: Social entanglements demand some explanation and this is not the time for laughing off a dilemma. Younger relatives prove cheerful and stimulating company.

The weekend favours mingling for singles and marrieds.

SAGITTARIUS: You prove a little too offbeat for your companions, but your advanced ideas are about to pay off. Plans can be broken and broken again. Romantically this is a mellow period and financially a bright week.

City Early Start club. Improve communication & leadership skills.

Join motivated, enthusiastic group.

Classic Flyers Avgas Cafe 7am-8:15am.

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GEMINI: In romance, a lucky cycle starts now. Your littlest wish seems to be granted. On the negative side, you may have difficulty getting any kind of serious assistance on the weekend.

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CANCER: Trips are successful this week, but also tiring. Look after health needs with diligence and recruit help for strenuous jobs. Friends bring good luck after the weekend.

CAPRICORN: There’s a fun mood at play now and you could find yourself enjoying things that you haven’t done in ages. Surprise long distance news arrives around the weekend.

Reading is emphasized, for business and pleasure.

LEO: Your heart may be ruled by the mind this week, but emotions take charge now. Balance is stressed. A balanced diet and a balanced health regime. Return messages promptly or you may miss an exciting opportunity.

AQUARIUS: The pace slackens and finally you can get some rest. A domestic problem surfaces around the weekend, but you can solve it if you apply ingenuity. Interviews are in the picture after Thursday.

VIRGO: The focus shifts from romance to just about every other area. It’s not that your partner is cool, just that you are both enjoying other distractions - among them a reunion and a promotion.

PISCES: Don’t hold back with your emotions. A show of feelings is just what Cupid ordered. Ideas are superb now, but you may have trouble putting them to use. Be careful that your brainstorms are not being “borrowed”.

Adult Conversational English Classes

Using the Bible. All learners welcome @ St Andrews Church, 3 Macville Rd, Mt Maunganui, 10-12.

Ph 575 9347 Tues-Fri 9-3

Adults Ballet Class

2pm St Peter’s Anglican Church Katikati. Posture, balance, movement, musical appreciation, French terms & enjoyment. Ph 577 1753 www.christinaproductions.co.nz

Age Concern Coffee Group

Chat over a relaxing cuppa at Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, 33 Maitland St. 10:30-12. $3pp. Open to the Public. Ph 578 2631

Bay City Rockers

Social RocknRoll dancing, plus other

Your birthday You are shrewd, perceptive and ready to fight for a cause. Also stubborn and this week sometimes too intense for your own good. It’s important to broaden your perspective if you are to complete your goals in life.

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The urgency to forgive When we hold onto unforgiveness in our hearts, we don’t punish the one who has hurt us, we punish ourselves. Unforgiveness is toxic. It destroys relationships, it destroys peace and it casts a cold shadow over our lives.

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For many, unforgiveness becomes a life-long affliction, a spiritual illness that binds the unforgiving to the perpetrator, the one they might want to cross the road to avoid.

It isn’t that our hurt doesn’t matter, but we must forgive.

Forgiveness is the cure-all for a wounded soul. If you have tried to forgive, but have been unable to do so, look at the example of Jesus. Before He died on the cross, Jesus forgave those who brought false charges against Him. He forgave those who found Him guilty and He forgave those who crucified Him. Jesus taught His disciples to pray.

He said: “Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us”.

It isn’t as though the wrong-doer escapes without being called to account because God is their judge, la tyb but judgement is His responsibility, not ours.

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If you struggle to forgive, ask Jesus to help you, be strengthened

by Him. Forgive the offender so you might be set free!

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Learning to be grateful in the long run We’re taught from a young age to be appreciative and thankful for the things of life, for gifts given to us, for acts of kindness shown. At the time we are grateful. The feeling of gratitude

though doesn’t last long as we soon forget.

The reason we forget is because our thoughts of gratitude are conditional, and our emotions fluctuate based on circumstances.

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Dr Sanjiv Chopra, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, says: “Winning a $20 million lottery ticket won’t make you happier.

“Research has shown that after one year, lottery winners go back to their baseline. Some are even less happy,” he said in a TED Talk earlier this year.

“A few probably spent their money on a big mansion or a fancy car. Maybe they spent it all on gambling.

“But even so, at the end of three months, it’s just a house, it’s just a nice car. You get used to it,” says Sanjiv. In the talk, Sanjiv explains the four things that have been scientifically linked to happiness: Friends and family, forgiveness, giving, and gratitude.

When you are grateful, you will find more things to be grateful for. When you are optimistic, you will find more things to be optimistic about.

Isn’t that amazing! These are things we Christians know from the instructions of the Bible that make for true and lasting joy.

We have a lot to be thankful for; for starters the source of all things, God and His amazing love.

Stephen Whitwell, O2 Church.

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Tidy, clean and professional Andy’s Kanga can do it all They are among the best in town, and they look after our pensioners thanks to their special rates.

BEST Electrical; Baker Electrical Services and Testing, owned and operated by Gary Baker for more than 20 years, specialises in domestic-scale electrical jobs.

Gary says he offers a high quality of service and considers this an essential element to what he offers.

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were coming to my home,” says Gary.

“When we do work we are tidy, clean and professional. We only use quality equipment and we guarantee our work.”

Gary is now happily tackling light commercial and domestic work including new lights, power points, changeovers to LED lighting, stoves, water heater repairs, switchboard upgrades, RCD installations, heaters, fans, towel rails and all other electrical problems.

“I love being a sparky and the interaction I have with my clients,” he says.

For more information, give Gary a call on: 027 430 3804.

Whether it’s site clearing or site preparation, Andy Regardless how small the from This is Ground Control can take care worksite or access might be, of it all. For a free quote and reasonable rates, call the Kanga mini loader will Andy on: 027 633 4427. generally find a way onsite.

Andy Forlong from This is Ground Control has been operating his Kanga around the greater Tauranga region since purchasing it in 2018; working it in tandem with his three tonne tip truck.

Andy has a lifetime of operating such machines, as well as larger machinery.

“Being compact and so versatile are two of the Kanga’s strongest features,” says Andy.

The Kanga is capable of multiple tasks with an array of attachments, which include a stump grinder, trencher, posthole borer, foliage grabs, two-way blade, four-in-one bucket and also a leveller.

All trash, unwanted trees and more can easily be removed offsite with the tip truck.

Andy Forlong from This Is Ground Control.

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New Zealand’s Quietest Heat Pumps

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broken window handle?

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doors • windows locks • hinges handles conservatories

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07 571 4491

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Admin

Administration Services

For prompt, efficient, professional service

call Vivienne on 07 579 9130 email vivienne@adminz.co.nz

www.adminz.co.nz

93 Wharf Street, Tauranga

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wanted

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pets for sale

public notices portable accommodation

mobility

situations vacant

situations vacant

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CAREGIVERS Earn £££ to fund your travels Use your nursing/caregiving background in a flexible work situation of short-term assignments, caring for UK clients in their own home.

• Free induction training and paid ongoing training • Free lodging in our Oxford Aunts dedicated house whilst training • Earn up to £7896 for 12 weeks work • Holiday pay and good time off • Experience English life in city or countryside locations: Oxford, the Home Counties and more

To be eligible to work for us in the UK you must have one of the following: • Valid British or EU passport • Youth Mobility Visa for commonwealth citizens aged 30 or under • Ancestry Visa by virtue of having a UK grandparent

TO APPLY:

www.oxfordaunts.co.uk/carer-application

For more information contact: + 44 1865 791017 enquiries@oxfordaunts.co.uk

funeral services

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health & beauty

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RUN ON LISTINGS

www.sunlive.co.nz/classifieds.html gardening

ABLE GARDENER, experienced, efficient, knowledgeable, highly qualified.

Maintenance, pruning, hedges, shrubs, roses; disease/pest control, lifestyle blocks, garden renovations; design & plant.

Ph Tita 027 654 8781 or a/h 542 0120

health & beauty

firewood

accounting

PS&R ACCOUNTING Contact us for a free quote to have your Annual Accounts & Tax Returns completed. Ph Peter 022 136 6005 email trefusis34@gmail. com

barn for rent

IDEAL FOR repairing caravans, mobiles, boats, etc or storage.

Dry, secure, power & lights.

Aongatete. Ph Bruce 021 739 624

bible digest

INTO YOUR HANDS I commit my spirit; deliver me, Lord, my faithful God. Psalm 31:5

funeral services

computers

COMPUTER GETTING you down? Problems, viruses, upgrades, internet, new or refurb PC’s tuition, or advice. Ph Bruce for a no obligation chat or quote 576 7940 or 021 260 9183 FREE ON SITE DIAGNOSIS & quote. We come to you.

Pensioner discounts. Ph Kyle at Tech Solutions 027 828 7078

curriculum vitae

CVs THAT STAND OUT. Don’t let your C.V. get lost amongst all the others. Get the WOW factor that A C.V. For You can provide. From scratch or update existing I can help you stand out.

View samples on www.facebook. com/acvforyou or Ph/text on 021 27 27 912

car for sale

TOYOTA RAV4, 2002, Black, Auto, $5000. Photos on Trademe listing 2165296111.

Ph Keri 0210 256 7896

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

join a club

RETIRED? BORED? JOIN US! Sunrise Lions Club exists to serve Tauranga and keep our members active and healthy.

For more information ring Ken 027-733-9686 or visit www.sunriselions.co.nz

livestock

AC PETFOODS collect injured & unwanted cows & horses.

Ph 0800 369 6269

lost & found

FOUND KITTENS & PUPPIES various places, various colours Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found Adult Tortoiseshell Female Cat, Pyes Pa Area, Ref: 161368 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found Adult Black/White Female Cat, Pyes Pa Area, Ref: 161459 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245

Found Adult Black Female Cat, Parkvale Area, Ref: 161379 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found Adult Tabby Male Cat, Papamoa Area, Ref: 161630 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found Adult Black/White Male Cat, Mount Maunganui Area, Ref: 161707 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found Shepherd X Male Puppy, Tauranga Area, Ref: 160918 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245

trades & services

APPLIANCE REPAIRS For service of all Fisher & Paykel, Haier and Elba appliances, Ph 0800 372 273 for your local technician.

BOAT BUILDING repairs and maintenance. Timber & fibreglass trade qualified, boat builder. Ph Shaun 021 992 491 or 07 552 0277 CARPET REPAIRS, patch & restretching, etc. Servicing Waihi, Katikati, Omokoroa, Te Puna, Bethlehem & beyond.

40 years experience. Ph Rob 027 474 4178 ELECTRICIAN, 18+ years experience, NZ registered.

Residential & commercial, maintenance & service, new builds, renovations. Fast, friendly service. Ph Andrew 022 354 1960

PAINTER/DECORATOR Interior & exterior. Quality workmanship, friendly service. Over 25 years specialising in residential and more. Quality paint at trade prices. For your best advice in all areas. Ph Shane Mount/ Tauranga Decorators 07 544 6495 or 021 575 307 PLASTERER A1 TRADESMAN with 30 yrs experience. Quality finish with friendly, 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 technology. 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 TREE, SHRUB and hedges trimming, topping, rubbish, palm pruning or removal, satisfaction guaranteed free quote. Ph Steve Hockly 027 498 1857

travel & tours

HANDYMAN, section maintenance, lawns, decks, fencing, pergolas, painting, water blasting, odd jobs. Free quotes.

Ph Rossco 027 270 3313 or 544 5911

#ZEALANDIERTOURS – 16th November – Les Misérables Show & Dinner - An enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption – a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit.

With glorious new staging

and dazzlingly reimagined scenery this is a show not to be missed. Contact Jan or Emma Zealandier Tours 07 572 4118 email: admin@zealandiertours. com 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) Aug 13th-15th; Mid-Week Mini Break at Waitakere Estate a Murder Mystery Adventure. (2) Sept 9th12th; South Island Trans Alpine Express & Wild West Coast.

(3) Sept 18th-23rd; Top of the South Nelson & Surrounds. 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

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 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

memoriam

appliance services

deceased

financial

Our family helping your family

07 543 3151 www.hopefunerals.co.nz

4 Keenan Road, Pyes Pa, Tauranga

GET CASH NOW

APPLY ONLINE!

0800 34 62 63

www.linsa.co.nz

174 DEVONPORT ROAD, TAURANGA | (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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˜° HALO Kensington 3 seater leather sofa

$2000 OFF!

Elm & Iron 40% Stools OFF $399 $299ea

SAVE $500

Loads more savings in store

Leigh Coffee Table Was $1599 NOW $1099

WINTER SALE up to 50% OFF selected furniture

HALO Foundry Dining Table Crafted from reclaimed elm doors & iron

Sierra 1 Mattress in a Box - range of sizes Queen was $699

$399 $299ea

NOW $549

$2015 $1699

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Side tables NOW from

only $89

Linen dining chairs

SleepMaker Jubilee Queen Mattress + Base Was $2299 NOW $1489

Baltic NZ Made Bedroom Furniture

Dining chairs from $199ea

Huge range of coffee tables reduced

40% OFF NOW from only $129

*40% discount off floor stock only