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The Weekend Sun
E N T E R T A I N M E N T G U I D E The Weekend Sun’s ever popular guide to ‘What’s On’ in the Bay.
Friday 1 May
Book Fair May 1, 2 & 3 held by
Rotorua Sulphur City Lions at Te Ngae Shopping Centre, Rotorua. Fri & Sat 9am - 4pm. Sun-day 9am - 2pm.
Saturday 2 May
ACG Tauranga Open Day ACG
Tauranga, 6 Keenan Rd (off Pyes Pa Rd), Pyes Pa, Tauranga 10.30am - 2.30pm. An opportunity to find out more about the school - open to the public. Alcoholics Anonymous Women’s meeting at St Andrews, Dee St 10-11am, children welcome. 0800 229 6757 Art in the Park Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui 8.30am - 5pm, weather permitting. Tauranga Society of Artists offer for sale a variety of art to suit all tastes.
Athenree Homestead - Mother’s Day
Celebrate Mother’s Day May 10 with high tea at Athenree Historic Homestead, 360 Athenree Rd. Morning tea 10.30am – 12.30pm. Mary 07 863 4773. Afternoon tea 1.30-3.30pm. Barbara 07 863 4421. Numbers limited so book now. Bayfair Night Market Arts, crafts, jewellery, fresh produce, food stalls & more. Bayfair Shopping Centre, cnr Maunganui Rd & Girven Rd, Mt Maunganui 6-11pm. Free entry. 022 588 2282 or email: tauranganightmarket@hotmail. com BOP Parent & Child Market Pregnancy through to pre-teen at Arataki Community Centre, Zambuck Way (off Grenada St) 9am - 2pm. Come Dance the Night Away Sequence & old time dancing, Greerton Hall 7.30-11pm. Great music & supper. Entry $7, all welcome. Run by Tauranga Social Dance. Allyson 576 9194 Garage Sale St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd 7.30am. Grasshopper Soccer Soccer fun for girls & boys ages 2-12. Term 2 starts May 2 & 3. Free trial session in Papamoa. Venues: Saturday at Morland Fox Park, Greerton. Sunday at Golden Sands School Papamoa & at ASB Arena in the Mount. Book your place by phone or online 543 2183 grasshoppersoccer.co.nz
Ha Derech/The Way Messianic Kehilat
Now at Hillier Centre, Bayfair Shabbat/ Saturday 10am. A one new man community & welcome all seekers of the truth. 544 7424 or 021 0226 3515
Let’s Dance Ballroom & Latin Dance Club Live dance tempo music. Second Sat
of month at Bethlehem Hall 7-10.30pm. Bruce 576 5598 SPCA Funday Historic Village, 17th Ave 10am - 2pm. Bouncy castle, live music, face painting, pony rides & more. Free entry. Strength & Patience Afternoon meditation course May 9 at Tauranga City Plunket Rooms, 471 Devonport Rd
MUSIC
SPECIAL EVENTS
OUT THERE
News, reviews and opinionated raving on the music scene. Pg 40
Community events and occasions across the Bay. Pg 41
Stories, snippets, strangeness, and general entertainment. Pg 42
12.45-4pm. The practice of patience is of supreme importance. Cost $36 (includes afternoon tea). Bookings essential. www. meditateintauranga.org or 09 846 5829 Super Scrapbook Day May 16 9.30am - 5pm. Pre-designed layouts. Suitable for beginners & more experienced scrapbookers. Patricia 544 8135 email: trish-steer@ hotmail.co.nz Tauranga Farmers Market Fresh & artisian produced food. Tauranga Primary School cnr 5th Ave & Cameron Rd every Sat 7.45am - 12pm. Trixie 552 5278 or www.taurangafarmersmarket.co.nz Te Puke Country Music Club 24th annual charity show at The Orchard, McLoughlin Drive 7pm. Top artists from throughout NZ. Tickets: adults $20, children $5 available from Etees Bay 64U or Leah 571 3346 Village Radio Community radio broadcasting from Tauranga Historic Village 1368 kHz AM. Music of 1920’s - 80’s weekends 9am - 5pm, weekdays 10am 5pm. Specialty programmes. www.villageradio.co.nz or 571 3710 Welcome Bay Markets First Sat of month at Welcome Bay Hall car park 9am - 12pm. Stalls $5. 544 9774 or info.wbcc@xtra.co.nz
Tauranga Historical Society Meet at
Sunday 3 May
Bay Bible Fellowship/Lord’s Day
Welcome Bay Primary School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Rd 10am. Join us for worship. Colossians 3:13-17 “Everything in Jesus Christ’s name.” Lincoln Forlong. www.bbf.net.nz Bible Seminars Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St, Greerton 1.45pm. Title: “Getting to know your Bible important people before Jesus.” Interactive, Q&A, refreshments provided. Vic 543 0504
BOP Community Trails Trust Bike Rally Fergusson Park 9am. Cycle route:
Fergusson Park to the Strand waterfront in support of the Tauranga to Omokoroa coastal cycleway. Suitable for ages 8+. Education Afternoon Interesting information for people with an ICD (Internal Cardiac Defibrillator) at Daniels in the Park 1-4pm. Katikati Tramping Club Ngamuwahine River 8.30am start. Easy - key swap. Maddie 549 0215 Petanque Tga/BOP Club Every Sun & Thurs at Cliff Rd 12.45pm. Boules available, tuition given. 578 3606 Quakers in Tauranga Mainly silent worship, hour long meeting followed by tea & talk. Every Sunday in hall behind Brain Watkins Historic House 10am. 544 0448 Radio Controlled Model Yachts Meet Sun & Thurs 1.30pm at pond behind 24 Montego Drive, Papamoa, to sail electron & similar 3ft long yachts for fun. Beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419
Brain Watkins Hall at rear of house cnr Elizabeth & Cameron Rd 2pm. Speaker: Debbie McCauley “Writing historical fiction for children.” 574 4965
Tauranga Organ & Keyboard Society
Meet at Carmel Country Estate Social Centre, 11 Hollister Lane Ohauiti 1.30pm. Play or listen, Organ EL900 or Clavinova 405. Carole 572 2919 Tauranga Spiritual Society Inc Senior Citizens Hall, 14 Norris St. AGM 5-6pm. After AGM Meet the Mediums night, 3 clairvoyant readers starts 6.30pm. Free supper & free raffle. Members $10, non $15. 022 067 0467 Underwater Hockey Every Sunday at Baywave. Gear & coaching available for beginners. New members welcome. Juniors (under 15) 5-6.15pm. Seniors (over 15) 6-7.40pm. Lance 027 287 4731 or lancepotaka@orcon.net.nz
Weekend Activities for the Over 60’s Walks, dinners, day trips & good times. Gloria 544 1834
Monday 4 May
Achieve Toastmasters Making it on
Mondays. 1st, 3rd & 5th Mon at St Stephen’s Church Hall, Brookfield, Tga 7.30pm. Chrissy 543 9493 Alteration Vision Probus Club Meet fourth Mon at Tauranga Citz 10am. 576 0040 Badminton Tauranga Badminton Club every Mon & Weds at Bethlehem College Events Centre 7.30-9.30pm. All players welcome. Sue 021 194 4335 Badminton Junior Club Bethlehem College Events Centre every Mon 6-7.30pm. Racquets available. Sue 021 194 435 www.taurangabadmintonclub.co.nz Bay of Plenty Pipes & Drums Army Hall, cnr 11th Ave & Devonport Rd 6.45pm. Annette 577 9272 Bay of Plenty Pipes & Drums AGM May 11 at Hauraki Army Hall, 50 11th Ave, Tauranga cnr Devonport Rd & 11th Ave 7pm. Everyone welcome. Bay Salsa Beginner salsa lessons at 6.45pm. New intake every 4 weeks. $15 per class at Otumoetai Action Centre. www.baysalsa.co.nz Bethlehem Bowls Every Mon at Bethlehem Hall, Main highway 7.15pm. First 3 nights free. Young or old welcome. Wendy 578 2585 Body & Soul Fun Fitness For over 50’s, social events & guest speakers. Mon & Fri Greerton Hall Cameron Rd. Tues Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave. Weds City Church cnr Otumoetai Rd/Sherwood St. Thurs at Tauranga Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St behind Pak n Save. All classes 9.15-10.15am. First class free. For men & women. Dianne 576 5031 Qualified Instructor/Cardiac Care leader. Chess Mt Maunganui Mount RSA Chess Club every Mon at Mount RSA, 544
Maunganui Rd. Juniors 6.15-7.15pm during school term. Open club 6pm & 7.30pm onwards. Noel 579 5412 Citizens Advice Bureau Free, confidential info & advice about anything call in Mon - Fri at 38 Hamilton St, Tauranga 9am - 5pm or free-phone 0800 367 222 or 578 1592. Civic Choir Tauranga Every Monday at Wesley Church, 13th Ave, Tauranga 7.30pm. New members welcome. Heather 575 9092 Fitness League Safe effective, low impact fun exercise set to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed for women of all ages & abilities. First class free. Every Mon at Settlers Hall Omokoroa 9.30am & Tues St Johns Anglican Church Waihi 9.30am. Dorothy 549 3378 Friends of the Library Tauranga Library 5.30pm. ‘Diane Taggart on library buildings she has worked in.’ Tea & coffee. Visitors & new members welcome. Betty 542 4322
Harmony a Plenty Barbershop Chorus Every Mon at Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd 7pm. New members welcome. 572 3345 or www. harmonyaplenty.co.nz
Junction Mental Health Peer Support
And advocacy: coffee & chat 10am 12pm. 579 9890 Meditation Group Free classes Mon 10am & Weds 7.30pm. Find peace, spiritual awareness & the meaning of your life. David 576 9764 Mount Maunganui RSA Bowls Every Mon & Thurs, names in by 6.30pm, play commences 7pm. All welcome to have a try. Diane 575 3480 Otumoetai Indoor Bowls Champion Singles & Club night 7pm, Matua Primary School Hall, Clivedene St. New members welcome. Karen 576 0443 Recycled Teenagers Gentle exercise for 50’s forwards, & injury or illness rehabilitation. Mon & Weds at 14 Norris St, Tauranga Citizen’s Club behind Pak n Save. Tues at St Mary’s Church Hall cnr Girven Rd & Marlin St, all classes 9-10.30am. Classes taken by qualified instructor. First class free. Jennifer 571 1411 Tai Chi & Qigong Stay on top of your health, take control of stress. Papamoa Sports & Recreation Centre every Mon & Thurs 2-3pm. Trevor 576 7731 Tauranga Creative Fibre Every Mon at Arts Centre, Elizabeth St from 9.30am. Spinning, weaving, felting, knitting, crochet & more. Learn & share in a mutually supportive club. Also on Thurs evening twice a month. Joan 577 6781 Tauranga Senior Citizens Club Cards, 500 & Bridge Mon & Thurs. Indoor Bowls Tues, Weds & Sat at 14 Norris St, behind Pak n Save 1-4pm. Register by 12.45pm. $2 includes afternoon tea.
GUIDE The Weekend Sun’s guide to who’s playing and where.
Tauranga Sequence Dance Club Norris St, behind Pak n
Save Tauranga every Mon & Weds 7-10pm & Fri 7-9pm. Owen or Elaine 574 2714
Tauranga UFO & Paranormal Soc Meet
n hall behind Historic House cnr Cameron Rd/Elizabeth St 7.30pm. Door $3. All welcome. Ian 578 5373 YMCA - ALFS Active Lifestyles For Seniors. First class free. Open to both men & women. Mon: Matua Community Hall, Levers Rd 9am & 10.15am. Arataki Hall, Zambuk Way (off Grenada St) 9am. Tues: Papamoa Community Centre, Gravatt Rd 9am & 10.30am. Sit & Be Fit at Papamoa Community Centre 11.30am. Smooth Movers Weds Welcome Bay Hall, Welcome Bay Rd 9.15am. Sit & Be Fit Greenwood Park Village, Welcome Bay 11am. Thurs: Otumoetai Action Centre, Windsor Rd 9am. Bethlehem Hall, Bethlehem Rd 10.30am. Fri: Papamoa Community Centre, Gravatt Rd 9am & 10.15am. 578 9272 www.ymcatauranga.org.nz
Tuesday 5 May
@ The Clothesline Pre-loved quality
clothing every Tues & Fri 10am - 2pm. Children’s $1, adults $2. Also prayer for healing on request. Face2Face Church, 36d MacDonald St, Mt Maunganui. ABC - Avenues Badminton Club Every Tues at Tauranga Intermediate School Sports Centre. Juniors 6-7.30pm (term time). Seniors (Adults) 7.30-9.30pm. Club racquets & coaching available. Delwyn 027 212 4720
Alcoholics Anonymous Mt Maunganui
Open meeting every Tues 11 Victoria Road St Peters Hall 7.30pm. 0800 229 6757 for more meetings or assistance. Altrusa Club of Tauranga Women’s community service group. Dinner & business meeting 2nd Tues. Social programme 4th Tues - monthly. Interested? Denise 570 3134 Badminton (Social) Every Tues at Otumoetai Baptist Hall 9.30am - 12pm. Racquets available. All welcome. Lorraine 579 3229 Balmoral Kilties Ex-marchers aged 30-60 welcome to join for fun, friendship, travel etc. Anita 571 4096 or 021 0257 6094 Bayfair Petanque Club Tuition & boules available for learners & visitors. Every Tues & Thurs at Bayfair Reserve, Russley Drive 1pm. Margaret 572 3173 Bethlehem Pottery Club Open Tues, Weds, Thurs at 13 Bethlehem Rd 10am 3pm or when the flag is flying. Call in to meet the members & find out how to join or email: bethlehempottery@gmail.com BOP Linux Users Share & learn about free Open Source software & the Linux computer operating system. 1st Tues of month , LJ Hooker cnr Cameron Rd & 8th Ave 7-9pm. Experts & beginners. $2. 578 6024 www.boplug.co.nz
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