The Weekend Sun 1 July 2016

1 July 2016, Issue 810

Forging ahead He’s known as ‘The Knife Boy of Otumoetai’. He’s 13 years old and he runs a forge, a real life smithy at his back door, right in the heart of suburbia. A boy and a fascination is on pages 4 and 5. Photo: Daniel Hines.

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The slowest common denominator And a free badge for you sanctimonious highway menaces!

The guvmint has announced even more funding for the region’s roads this week, on top of large dollops of dosh already committed to the new northern route and other big road spends.

The latest revelations total up to more than I can ever remember a government spending on our local highways, which is great news. For too long this region has been short changed for road funding. For decades the BOP was standing behind the door when the cheques were handed out. That, combined with previous governments with “other” spending priorities, meant slim pickings for road improvements. That’s all changing.

The latest improvements include safety upgrades will include a combination of side barriers, rumble strips, wide centre line treatments and median barriers.

In some areas corners will be softened to improve visibility and road marking and signage highlighting the road environment will be upgraded, according to the Transport Minister.

However amidst all this unprecedented and well overdue road improvements, there seems to two words ominously absent in all this: Passing lanes.

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We all agree that traffic travels at different speeds. Obviously it’s all determined by the type of vehicle, age of the vehicle, size, the ability of the driver, density of traffic, weather, visibility and a whole range of factors.

Also some people like to drive slow, others prefer (and are capable) of safely driving up to the speed limit, all things permitting; including the conditions.

So surely it’s reasonable that good roads should allow for some vehicles to safely travel faster than others?

Not so, the roads north of Tauranga and many other arterials. Passing lanes have actually been removed from the TaurangaWaihi route in recent years. To the point that if you get stuck behind a slow vehicle such as a laden truck or a dawdling camper that never pulls aside, you have maybe two opportunities to pass on double lanes for the entire stretch of highway from the city to Waihi.

And despite massive road reconstruction north of Apata, the work hasn’t produced another lane, even though it seemed to the

layman a perfectly good opportunity.

This means that all traffic travelling north of Tauranga in either direction is restricted to travel at the pace of the lowest common denominator: the SLOWEST. Not only is this inefficient, but unsafe.

Slowing traffic and raising frustration levels is a recipe for trouble. Yet it could be so easily solved, with more passing lanes and better driver education.

The government seems unwilling to push for either. We’ve asked Minister Bridges and look forward to his reply.

Last resorts

Rumble strips, cheese cutters, barriers and paraphernalia aren’t going to cut it. In fact rumble strips deter slow vehicles from pulling aside and doing the right thing.

Barriers and medians are last resorts, they are built to contain vehicles going out of control and to minimise carnage. Why not also work to keeping the traffic flowing smoother and more efficiently – and yes, sometimes that means faster – in order to improve safety?

Our geography and budget will never allow the sort of vast freeway systems of other nations, such as France, but those expressways with unlimited speeds show that speed is not necessarily the killer.

And after all the safety talk, let’s not forget that we should have the right to travel at whatever speed the driver deems acceptable, up to the limit... not at a speed determined by the driver in front, on a 40 km stretch of single lane highway with no passing opportunities.

There’s probably a hundred good engineering reasons and cost-benefit calculations that rule out a lot of passing lane potential, but to this driver and no doubt many of you unqualified armchair experts (the ones using and paying for the roads daily) why not provide more overtaking opportunities? And that may not mean high speed passing lanes

necessarily. How about more of the ‘slow vehicle bays’ such as on the ‘Tron side of the Kaimai road. And compulsory ‘pullover’ laws for slow vehicles holding up others? It works in other countries. If slow drivers can’t or won’t be educated to be good citizens, perhaps the law should hammer it into them, by enforcing them to act with some basic common courtesy.

And if you’re one of the indignant slowI may be slow, pokes reading this and getting but I’m in your gearshift in front. a grind about Self-appointed impatient drivers behind… ask highway speed yourself, how often regulator do I pull aside to let them go? Or are you one of the dipsticks who have taken it upon yourselves to single-handedly enforce your own version of a safe speed on the dozens of vehicles backed up on your bumper?

In your own sad little head you’re a sort of self-aggrandised road safety superhero.

Here’s your badge, cut it out, pin to your cardie and wear it with pride.

Parting shots

Even the most spectacular road safety initiatives won’t save us from ignorance and sheer ineptness.

Here’s a couple of local cases I photographed this week.

Above left: Classy footpath parking skills on display at kids’ rugby. That’s ironic… encourage sport for fitness, but can’t be bothered finding a proper park and walking an extra hundred metres.

Parking wardens would cream it on a Saturday morning at Blake Park.

And below it: Please return your trundler here.. MORE CAREFULLY. Was this trolley trauma or car carnage?

Either way, some people just shouldn’t be allowed in charge of anything with wheels.

Spotted in the Bureta supermarket carpark, evidence of either an aisle-rage issue with shoppers there, or Bureta drivers are more out of control than we thought. (I love the token cone) Be careful out there… they drive among us. Send us your pictures. brian@thesun.co.nz Feed your Rabbit Habit, see more on Facebook: Rogers Rabbits

IMPORTANT STUFF: All material is copyright and may not be reproduced without the written permission of the publisher. Sun Media makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all information and accepts no liability for errors or omissions or the subsequent use of information published. More than 1.2 million people die in road traffic crashes every year, says the World Health Organisation. Half of all crash victims are vulnerable road users such as pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists. Correctly used seat-belts reduce the risk of death in a crash by 61%. Mandatory use of child restraints can reduce child deaths by 35%.

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Te Puke High School deputy principal Simon McGillivray supports the proposal for a 40km/h speed restriction outside schools. Photo: Bruce Barnard.

Safer school speed limits proposed Te Puke residents are being asked whether they support the introduction of a temporary 40km/h speed restriction on roads surrounding a number of local schools.

Western Bay of Plenty District Council is proposing to create a ‘school zone’ around Te Puke Primary School, Te Puke High School and Fairhaven School in a bid to improve student safety.

A key aspect of the proposal is a 40km/h speed restriction for 30 minutes each morning and afternoon while students arrive at and leave school. The temporary limit will be displayed using electronic speed signs.

WBOPDC project manager Alex Finn says the close proximity of the three schools and the busy nature of the surrounding roads is

what prompted the proposal.

“As Te Puke grows and roads get busier we want to make sure these school environments are as safe as possible – not just for children – but for motorists, parents and caregivers as well.

“Slowing down the speed limit during key drop-off and pick-up times of the day is a step in the right direction.”

The proposal has the full support of local principals from Te Puke Primary School, Te Puke High School and Fairhaven School.

Te Puke Primary School principal Shane Cunliffe is backing the proposal, saying a ‘safe school zone’ in and around Cameron Rd in particular is a much-needed community initiative. “Cameron Rd is a major thoroughfare in Te Puke, where a huge number of trucks, buses and cars tend to push the limits with speed along with a huge increase in numbers at school pick-up and drop-off times. “It is only a matter

of time until someone gets killed. “[So I am pleased that WBOPDC has the foresight to provide safer roads in our community.”

Te Puke High School principal Alan Liddle also supports the proposal and says the health and safety of all Te Puke students is paramount.

“The responsibility for Te Puke students getting to and from school safely is a collective responsibility of all members of the community. Reducing the speed limit on certain roads near our schools will help to minimise the risks for our students.”

If approved, the new safer speed limits are expected to be introduced on October 1, 2016.

Feedback on the proposal is open from Friday, July 1, until 4pm Friday, July 15.

People can have their say online at haveyoursay.westernbay.govt.nz/ school-speed or email speed@westernbay.govt.nz

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The Knife Boy of Otumoetai “Clang, clang! The massive anvil rings.

Clang, clang! 100 hammers swing.”

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Murder accused appears in court The man charged with murder following the death of a Tauranga baby has been given name suppression after appearing in the High Court in Tauranga on Wednesday morning.

The accused faces a charge of murder after a Police investigation into the death of threemonth-old Richard Royal Arif Te Kakahi Winiata Uddin.

He’s also facing seven additional charges of assault on a child. In court, Judge Thomas Ingram issued a suppression order in relation to the case. The man accused of baby Richard’s death will next appear in the High Court in Tauranga on July 20.

A baptism present

Arrest after armed callout Police have arrested one man following an armed incident at a rural property in the Lower Kaimai on Tuesday morning.

Police say officers were at the property to execute an arrest warrant but had to call in the Armed Offenders Squad after staff were allegedly threatened by occupants on-site.

The Fire Service also attended the incident after Police discovered a small fire in one of the buildings on the property.

Police say the matter was resolved without incident and occupants of the property are assisting them with their enquiries.

Marine precinct sales signed The Tauranga Harbour Marine Precinct is officially underway following the Tauranga City Council signing purchase agreements with companies including local boatbuilders, a fishing company, engineering company and yacht painting company, this week.

Proceeds from the sale of about 10,000m2 of land will go towards the development of the Marine Precinct, primarily the provision of infrastructure. The land is along Cross Rd and in Den Place, and around the future hardstand.

This includes two lots brought forward from additional development planned for future years, to meet the demand from tenderers.

Bay new kid on market block The average asking price of a typical Bay of Plenty property has risen $101,250 in the last 12 months to land at $533,600 in May surpassing Auckland’s lift of $95,100, according to the latest Trade Me Property Price Index.

Trade Me’s head of property Nigel Jeffries says the Bay of Plenty has seen “rocket-fueled growth” for the last year as a flow-on effect of Auckland’s property market.

“The Bay of Plenty is fast becoming the new kid on block, challenging Auckland and clocking up a 23 per cent asking price increase since May last year.”

SunLive Comment of the Week “It should be zero per cent,” posted by Capt_Kaveman on the story ‘Lower rates increase adopted’ which refers to Tauranga City Council’s newly-adopted Annual Plan that sets an average rates increase of 2.2 per cent for the 2016/2017 year.

Well just one hammer, 13-year-old Tom Hoffart’s hammer. But it’s still making a racket, which is reverberating around Otumoetai.

People must be thinking ‘What the hell?’

“Say, brothers of the dusky brow, “What are your strong arms forging now.”

It’s a machete fashioned from an old motor mower blade. Although right now it looks like a weapon seized in a prison search.

Crude but effective.

Tom brings it to red hot in the forge by the back door. “Close your ears,” he warns.

Then he pounds it. “Clang, clang, clang.” And he flails it round his head to check the balance and continues pounding.

“Normal hobby? What do you mean? This is a normal hobby isn’t it?” Probably not Tom. A smithy, a teenage blacksmith, a roaring forge and that clanging anvil right here in the heart of suburbia is probably not normal. Ask the neighbours.

Although they haven’t complained. “Not yet and not to our faces,” says Mum Sue Hoffart.

“Clang, clang – again, my mates, what glows?

“Beneath the hammer’s potent blows.”

“My mates think it’s pretty cool.”

If not normal. Machetes being fashioned when most kids his age might be doing homework or messing with social media or Xbox.

“We haven’t got a PlayStation or a whole lot of laptops or other technology,” says Sue.

Tom Hoffart AKA The Knife Boy.

“But good Lord, we have a huge collection of old tools. He’s like an 87-year-old man trapped in a 13-year-old body.

“In a joking way they are not totally on-board,” smiles Tom. “But secretly they love it.”

So where did this begin? Why did a willowy teenager, who looks more like a concert pianist than a blacksmith, travel down this path?

Well, Tom got a Swiss army knife for a baptism present. “I think I was about three.”

A leather-bound Bible engraved ‘T.H.’ probably would have been more traditional, more appropriate.

Or some silverware.

But that’s not how his Dad’s Canadian friend, a bit of an outdoor enthusiast, saw it.

And when Tom turned nine the Canadian gave him

Photos: Daniel Hines.

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Clang, clang, the massive anvil rings!

“Why my interest in knives? Well, they are probably the most useful tool you can get”

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first machete. “That was fun.”

A curiosity was born, a fascination forged, a fascination with sharp things. “Why my interest in knives? Well, they are probably the most useful tool you can get,” says Tom, now 13. “And I have learned to appreciate them. And make them.”

And then his uncle, a farmer near Matamata, gave Tom a forge. As Uncles do. It’s a simple but effective forge. Instead of bellows there’s a hair dryer fanning the flames. It’s still as hot as Hades and the blacksmith is in meltdown, perspiring freely as the sparks fly, as he works and crafts and clangs.

Keep them sharp!

“We weren’t overly thrilled about it,” says Sue. “Because we live in suburbia and we have neighbours.” The very same neighbours who haven’t complained. Not yet.

However, it’s a hobby. And a hobby that’s turning a dollar. “It’s a natural progression,” says Tom. “If you like and appreciate knives you want to keep them sharp. So I sharpened my parents’ kitchen knives like my Uncle taught me. And they thought I did a pretty good job.” Word of mouth took hold, adults

loved it, thought he was kind of cute and Tom became ‘The Knife Boy of Otumoetai’.

Orders rolled in. Even local restaurants and cafes brought their knives to Tom. “Five dollars a knife, eight to 10 a week,” says Tom. He picks up and delivers on his bike and people are charmed to bits.

“We arrived home one day and there was an axe at the front door,” says Sue. And bags of knives, all to be lovingly honed by The Knife Boy. “I am a mother with a very high tolerance for the scary things my children might want to do.

“They may live in town but they are very free range.

And in the process that means learning if you hold a knife the wrong way you will get cut.”

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Spying on the gas prices Mike Newton, Larry Green and Ben Smith are ‘spies’ behind Gaspy. Photo: Daniel Hines.

“It’s the average man against big oil. Like any good story, you’ve got a good guy and a bad guy.”

Larry Green, one of the brains behind the new Gaspy app, considers the app the good guy in this tale – and the bad guy being the petrol companies.

“Gaspy, as in spying on the gas prices,” laughs Larry from Hwem, the Tauranga company behind the app.

Toted as New Zealand’s original fuel finding app, Gaspy was developed and is currently being tested in Tauranga.

It tells users where the cheapest petrol and diesel can be found in their area.

“We wanted to launch it here so we could keep a close eye on things, and in a market size we can manage initially; then we’re expanding so the next area will be Auckland seeing as that’s got the largest populous and that’s got more than 300 gas stations in the Auckland region.”

Larry says the app is simple to use, and comes with a few different features.

“It’s pretty straightforward, it just collects all data from the gas stations in that area, and when you open the app it tells you one of two things – it tells you where the cheapest gas is closest to you, and then you can push one button and it can tell you simply where the

closest station is. “It also gives you the difference in distance all automatically, so you can make an informed decision on whether it’s worth driving an extra block to save 15 cents.”

The free app has a feedback form.

“The cool thing about doing something that’s for free and being communityfocused is that people are really forthcoming with their feedback – and we don’t really get any negative feedback,” says Larry.

“With the price of petrol, you just can’t control it.

“But now with Gaspy you really will have a choice, because you can simply veto all the worst prices and you can create more fair trade because companies will be forced to keep their prices at least competitive.”

Hwem launched the app as a community project.

“We wanted to find something that was really useful elsewhere and make a New Zealand version.”

And though the app focuses on petrol and diesel pricing, it steers clear of gas quality. “We’re interested only in petrol price, not petrol politics.”

Gaspy is currently available on Android phones, and the iPhone app will be coming soon.

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Innovative approach trial Learning at its best: Ji-A Kim, Lucian Tukaki-Johnson, Ashuir Maan, Pippa Firth and teacher Sarah Trethewey or Mrs T. Photo: Daniel Hines.

Increased wellbeing, participation and engagement leading to higher academic success is what teachers at Katikati Primary School are hoping a $47,850 investment in teacher practices will achieve for their pupils in the next 18 months.

Katikati Primary School has been gifted the grant after being selected to be part of the Government’s Teacher-led Innovation programme.

The Teacher-Led Innovation Fund goes towards raising academic achievement in particularly Maori, Pacifica and second-language learners through the development of what the school calls a growth mindset. School principal Andrea Nicholson says 10 classroom teachers will look at increasing a growth mindset where children recognise they can be successful through dedication and hard work. “Increasing children’s

self-confidence and perseverance creates a love of learning and the resilience needed to achieve their best. When looking to raise levels of achievement, schools have traditionally focused on the teacher and the quality of programmes offered.

“Research shows learning is an active process; and therefore we have to look at developing the child as a learner, not simply at curriculum delivery.

Andrea says a good literacy and numeracy programme is obviously essential, but children need to be active participants in their learning and to believe they can succeed in order to move forward with their learning. “It’s going to concentrate on building that self-esteem and the children seeing themselves as successful learners.”

Andrea says about 25 per cent of the school’s 580 pupils are Maori, about 10 per cent are Pacifica and about 100 are second-language learners. “We see children who come in with good self-esteem and self-confidence flourish in a school situation. Whereas children who come in who doubt themselves, or see themselves as failures, don’t

engage with learning.

“Poor self-esteem hinders that progress, especially for some of our English as second language learners. It takes them time to come up to the standards of their peers because they’re learning a second language.

“It’s showing them that being bilingual is actually an asset to them, it’s not a hindrance; and it doesn’t mean they’re a poor learner.” Andrea says teachers will be working with the pupils and their families so parents can be involved in supporting the school in raising their children’s achievement standards.

The $47,850 Teacher-Led Innovation Fund will go towards engaging with an expert from The Mind Lab in Auckland – a collaboration between a public education provider and a specialist education lab dedicated to enhancing digital literacy capability and the implementation of contemporary practice in the teaching profession.

To read more about where the funding will go, visit www.theweekendsun.co.nz

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Handwritten and heartfelt letters On June 3, The Weekend Sun published a story about Brent Eyskens, a 19-year-old teenager who lost his voice at the age of six months.

Stephen Hall and his Room 8 Omokoroa Point School students took Brent’s story to heart. And 26 letters arrived at Sun Media on Monday morning, a mix of handwritten and printed, doodled on, and heartfelt.

Room 8 decided to write Brent letters, and they sent them to us to pass on.

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8 “He found ways around his communication difficulties. He had set a goal of wanting to write a song to tell his story and he achieved that. I shared the song with the class as well and they really like the lyrics,” says Stephen.

“He was supported by great friends, which was another part of the story that my class picked up on.

“As the students were writing their letters I heard them saying how Brent’s story had inspired them.”

Cody’s career on full throttle When Cody Cooper was two years old his father Brian bought a Suzuki JR50 for his son to get into motocross.

Albeit a bit early – Brian sold the bike and got him on a Yamaha at age four – fast-forward 30 years and Cody is at top of Kiwi motocross competition and still going strong.

He’s a favourite to win tomorrow’s 39th annual Honda Tarawera 100 cross-country marathon with defending champion, fellow Bay rider, Ben Townley in Europe racing Grand Prix motocross.

This challenge comes on the back of Cody once again being a key rider in winning the Battle of The Clubs motocross in Taupo for Cambridge Motorcycle Club last weekend.

This annual fundraiser helps send a three-rider New Zealand team to contest the Motocross of Nations – the Olympic Games of motocross known as MXoN – in Italy on September 24-25.

With Cooper convincingly winning the MX1 class qualifying race last Saturday and finishing 1-2 in the two points races that followed, he was the best-

performed individual at this year’s BOTC. “I was really using it as a test session, so I could get my bike suspension set up for the coming season,” says Cody. “I’m pretty happy with how the bike feels and we’ve found some great settings.”

Cooper is one of seven riders making themselves available for selection for Team New Zealand.

The squad will go to Italy will be named in the next month. Many times a member of the NZ team to race overseas at MXoN, Cody is based in Tauranga, but grew up in Opotiki.

Tomorrow, the national MX1 motocross champion returns to the Tarawera 100 at Te Teko, bringing his winning Honda CRF450 with him.

Cody first won the Tarawera 100 in 2007, then won it three more times consecutively.

Only five riders have won the Tarawera 100 three times or more since the event’s inception in 1978.

Tomorrow he’s chasing win number five.

A shotgun blast about 10am will signal the start to the gruelling 140km race, with lead riders expected to take about three hours to complete it.

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Mount Maunganui’s Cody Cooper riding for the Cambridge Motorcycle Club at the annual Battle of the Clubs fundraiser in Taupo.

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Te Puke embraces its environment The fish and the bees have been booked. So have the spiders. And a two metre hammerhead shark.

They’re the big billings for the Out East Enviro Expo at the Te Puke Memorial Hall tomorrow.

“We’re connecting people who are already active and doing interesting things with the environment,” says Te Puke Environment Forum chairperson Karen Summerhays.

“We will be showcasing those projects and creating an

opportunity for the community to become engaged with those projects.”

There will be some serious talk at the expo – 25-minute long seminars running back-to-back throughout the day.

“They’ll cover issues like cleaner production, helping business with best practice and minimising the risk of spills into waterways.

“We’re looking for new members and want to be more representative of Te Puke and the surrounding

environment from Papamoa Hills to Pukehina,” says Karen.

“So the best idea’s to start building an understanding and awareness of the environment in the first place.”

The building starts tomorrow at the Out East Enviro Expo.

Local environmental groups and agencies will have stalls and local schools are chipping in.

The Out East Enviro Expo is 9am-2pm tomorrow at the Te Puke Community Hall. Entry is free.

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Bay artist making a big impression

Are CCOs the right answer?

Tauranga City councillors seem to think hiding capital asset decisions and ownership – for example, the proposed rebuild of the city centre – in Council Controlled Organisations is the way to fund these type developments.

I see this as a flawed policy, because all

it really achieves is to reduce transparency so ratepayers can’t effectively evaluate council actions.

Our councillors need to stand up and make the right, albeit hard, decisions that show the vision and aspiration New Zealand’s fifth biggest city demands.

BOP artist Graham Hoete has caused a social media storm with his wall mural of Prince and Steven Adams.

Graham Hoete has taken the world by storm with his wall murals – but bigger things are still to come, says the Bay of Plenty artist.

His murals of singer-songwriter Prince and basketball player Steven Adams have caused a social media firestorm and elevated Graham, known as Mr G, to celebrity status.

Graham says he’s come a long way from his early days of spraying murals on old bed sheets at his family home on River Rd in Kawerau.

The former Sun Media graphic designer says a quick trip to America to paint a wall mural of Prince has turned into a feast of work for the artist, who is now based in Sydney.

“The main purpose of my trip was to do the Prince mural and I’m planning to do Mohamad Ali maybe next week in Louisville Kentucky in his home town; and I thought while I was here, I’d try and pop over to Oklahoma to do one of Steven Adams.”

After impressing Oklahoma City with a mural of Steven earlier this month, Graham’s latest project in

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honour of Prince, who died in April aged 57, went viral on social media.

At the official unveiling of the Prince mural in Prince’s hometown of Chanhassen Minnesota, Graham says something special happened.

“While I was doing the presentation, this lady came up to me and pulled me aside and said: ‘I’ve got Prince’s brother in the car and he wants to met you’.”

Unfortunately, it was at a time when he was being called to the stage so he wasn’t able to meet him faceto-face. He later got a phone number and talked to Prince’s brother.

“Firstly, he just said on behalf of him and the family, they were very thankful and grateful for what I had done. They loved the mural and then he said he’d like to invite me and my wife to Prince’s memorial which is coming up.” Graham says he has another project in the pipeline but he can’t reveal it at this time.

“There is something pretty big that could be happening. But I can’t say anything until it’s confirmed. “If it does go ahead it will be a gamechanger.” But Graham says to keep an eye on his Greg Taipari Facebook page for some big news.

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Bay of Plenty air quality data now available The Bay of Plenty’s air quality monitoring information is now available on the Land, Air, Water, Aotearoa website at www.lawa.org.nz The move enables people to read about efforts to improve air quality in the BOP by providing access to monitoring data recorded at sites within the region.

Launched in 2014, the website also displays data on river and lake quality, swimming and real-time flow, rainfall and groundwater data.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council, which manages the region’s air quality and is responsible for ensuring national environmental standards for air quality introduced in 2004 are met, uses this data to monitor pollution levels.

PM10 is emitted from the combustion of fuels, such as wood and coal from home heating and industry, and petrol and diesel from vehicles. Natural sources such as volcanoes, wind-blown dust and sea salt can also produce PM10.

Long distance ducks Three mallard ducks which were banded in the North Island were recovered more than 2000 kilometres away in New Caledonia during May.

Three adventurous mallard ducks embarked on a mammoth journey that would stun even the most senior officers of Fish & Game.

The three ducks, which were banded in the Auckland/Waikato Region, were recovered in New Caledonia in May – a journey of about 2388 kilometres.

Senior officer Matthew McDougall says they were banded as part of Fish & Game’s monitoring programme which has seen 34,000 mallard and grey, and 2000 paradise ducks banded in the Eastern and Hawke’s Bay region in the last 19 years.

“Eighty-seven per cent of recoveries are less than 50km away from the banding site, while seven per cent are recovered more than 100km,” says Matthew.

“Banding helps us determine productivity, population size, movement and survival rates.

“When the band is returned to us we know how long it survived for, and with all bands returned we can estimate the average survival of the population.”

Matthew says this year’s duck hunting season in the Eastern Region has finished off with a big bang, with provisional figures showing 21,628 mallards and grey ducks were shot between opening weekend on May 7 up until June 5. In 2015, a total of 21,080 were shot.

All-in-all, Fish & Game are extremely pleased with how the season has run this year, he says.

“We’d been predicting opening weekend was going better than last year. But the fine weather was great for the ducks but not the hunters; and in terms of numbers it was roughly the same.

“A fortnight later there were plenty ducks still around; whether that was due to the number of hunters dropping off, the number of ducks decreasing, or a combination of both.

“But the rest of the season looks to be better than last year and is in line with what we were predicting.”

While in terms of compliance, Matthew says there were no serious issues that arose for Fish & Game this year.

“We don’t seem to have issues to the extent that other parts of the country have, generally hunters in the Eastern Region are well behaved, which is always a plus for us.”

The provisional figures are based on telephone interviews Fish & Game randomly conduct with 120 hunters on opening weekend and every fortnight during the season.

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Workshops on Maori land development A series of workshops is planned to assist local Maori on housing developments for multiply-owned Maori or ancestral land.

The eight three-hour papakainga workshops starting in August are for Maori land trusts wanting to build on Maori land.

There have been reports of increased housing prices and costs of living, resulting in some Maori moving from urban areas and returning to ancestral land to build or occupy homes.

The papakainga workshops cover developing a concept plan with the guidance of the Tauranga City

and Western Bay of Plenty District councils.

They also cover developing governance and best management practices with the Maori Land Court, learning from other trusts building homes on their whenua and the exploration of funding options.

Papakainga Solutions, the company which runs the workshops, claims its graduates have enjoyed good results with funding applications.

Maori are invited to register their interest online at psladvisory.co.nz by July 15. Venues and programme details for the papakainga workshops starting early August will be provided on registration.

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Fairytales with purpose

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Not all fairytale romances end in “happily ever after” – that’s the message behind a new high-quality coffee table publication, designed to raise awareness of domestic violence in Tauranga.

Titled ‘Grim Tales’ – which is a play on fairytale authors The Brothers Grimm and the gritty truths within its pages – has 13 brave women sharing their real-life stories of hurt and heartbreak.

And their stories have been turned into powerful fairytales through talented local authors, illustrators and a photographer.

Curated by community art organisation The Incubator on behalf of Tauranga Women’s Refuge, the project is designed to “keep the wolf from the door” – to raise funds and also highlight a dark underbelly of our society.

One of the 13 stories is about the real-life struggle of Karen, who says “although it has been many

years since I last faced the ‘ogre’, the years of torment are fully entrenched in who I now am”.

‘Grim Tales’ is available for purchase online or at The Incubator, Historic Village, 17th Ave. Visit grimtales.co.nz for more information.

To purchase head to Books A Plenty. All funds go to Tauranga Women’s Refuge.

Cowley’s final column before the elections Thanks to all those who people who have contributed to many conversations during the last three years by contacting me either in person, or by phone, email or social media.

Some of my highlights during my first term on council were committing to projects that have been strung out during the last 20 years, such as the city centre university, marine precinct and Greerton library.

I supported focusing on lifting residents’ pride in the city with more events, more public art, and easier ways for residents to

know what’s happening in their communities through better online communications. It’s far from perfect, but I’m pleased council is now heading in the right direction.

Another highlight was council’s new approach to dealing with local flooding. Council is reestablishing natural flow paths where councils in the past let people build on top of them – in addition to other initiatives underway.

There is a lot of work to be done on how the city will accommodate 200,000 people by 2060.

This will require quality thinking on where these residents will live, how they’ll get around, how they’ll earn a living, and what they’ll do for fun with their friends and family.

Finally, please encourage your friends, family and workmates get enrolled before August to vote in October’s local council elections.

Feel free to email me your thoughts (matt.cowley@ tauranga.govt.nz), call/text me on 0276989548, and follow me at www.facebook.com/a.younger.voice.

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Tickets for a big overseas experience have been put on hold for Calvin Ball as he represents the Waikato/Bay of Plenty as a grand finalist in the FMG Young Farmer of the Year competition.

Calvin booked tickets for his OE before being chosen as the Waikato/BOP Regional Finalist in March, which means a slight change to his plans as he faces off against six other contestants in the FMG Young Farmer of the Year Grand Final in Timaru on July 7-9.

So what makes Calvin a potential young farmer of the year?

A Massey University Agricultural Science degree with first class honours, which led to him escalating his way up the pathways of a fertiliser co-operative at Balance Agri-Nutrients, where he became responsible for strategy and business planning – a far cry from his younger days of helping out on the family dairy farm at Ruawai.

Aorangi’s Athol New, Northland’s Jake Thomson, Otago/ Southland’s Logan Wallace, Taranaki/Manawatu’s Pete Fitz-Herbert, Tasman’s James Hoban and East Coast’s Tony Dowman will challenge him for the title. Winner of FMG Young Farmer 2016 will be announced on July 9, before a packed audience at The Southern Trust Centre. Winning the prestigious title not only gifts the winner more than $80,000 in prizes, but entitles them to wear the coveted ‘Cloak of Knowledge’.

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TECT Quick Rip Tournament set for Papamoa Close to 500 pupils from Western Bay of Plenty intermediate schools will get involved in Bay of Plenty Rugby Union’s first TECT Quick Rip tournament in Papamoa’s Gordon Spratt Reserve from July 1.

Quick Rip is a variation of Rippa Rugby, but introduces non-contested scrums, line outs and the ability to kick the ball.

It encourages participation in a safe, non-contact environment for both males and females alike to learn or improve basic rugby skills. The game

is easy to learn, with simple rules.

Quick Rip promotes excellent ball handling and running skills, and gives players of all capabilities a chance to participate in a game similar to the Rugby Sevens game.

Quick Rip training sessions have been running in WBOP intermediate schools getting pupils involved and learning more about the game ahead of this Friday’s tournament.

The tournament’s focus is for the pupils to experience a tournament, have fun and play against other

schools in this new form of noncontact Quick Rip rugby.

BOP Rugby Union says the introduction of the Quip Rip tournament is an opportunity to encourage the growth and development of rugby within the region, leading to the potential increase in participation figures for 2016. The day kicks off 9.40am at Gordon Spratt Reserve.

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Law firm takes day off for a good cause If Harris Tate Lawyers’ offices seem unusually quiet in the coming weeks, it might pay to cast your eye outside into the community.

Harris Tate’s John Delaney and Grace Gardiner getting stuck in for a good cause.

Photo: Daniel Hines.

Good behaviour rewarded

That is where you will find members of the Tauranga law firm giving back to the city through good oldfashioned Kiwi labour, by mucking in at various local businesses and not-forprofit organisations.

Starting this month, each staff member is being encouraged to take a day’s paid leave to help out at a specific organisation of

Rugby league is going to reward good behaviour both on the field and on the sideline this season.

The Upper Central Zone Rugby League, which promotes and fosters rugby league in Bay of Plenty, Waikato, Coastline and Gisborne Districts, has joined forces with Burger King to acknowledge good behaviour.

The Fair Play Awards will involve all clubs that have mini-mod or youth grades and will reward positive behaviours on and off the field.

At least two certificates will given to each team in every club for every game for the remainder of the season. One award will go to a player exhibiting model behaviour and another to a supporter or spectator.

their choice. The purpose? To give back to the community that supports one of Tauranga’s leading legal firms.

And with about 30 staff at Harris Tate, this equates to about 180 hours of voluntary work dedicated to giving back to the community, says Harris Tate director Oliver Moorcroft. “‘Day off for good cause’ is an initiative we decided upon earlier this year that not only gives back to the community, but also keeps staff enthusiastic about their work by taking them out of their nine-to-five.

“While this concept is its infancy, we hope to contribute time to the community for the years to come through our corporate volunteering.”

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Britain’s bold democratic decision This last week has seen Britain make a bold democratic decision: Exit the European Union. At its heart, this was a vote on national sovereignty. Did the people of Britain want to bet on themselves to decide for themselves? The most important point is this was undeniably democratic.

Meanwhile, our Prime Minister has passed more

than 400 pieces of legislation in Cabinet that never reached the floor of our democratically-elected House of Representatives.

Perhaps we should be calling the Prime Minister’s office ‘Brussels South’?

I know a lot of Kiwis are looking forward to the 2017 General Election as a referendum on NZexit from our ‘Key-U’.

is already positive with numerous ideas being presented for approval, including mucking in at a local community garden, helping out at the annual SPCA cupcake day, or maintaining mountain biking trails for public use.

Just recently, legal assistant Aleyce McLatchie spurred the initiative into action, spending her designated day volunteering in Thailand while on holiday with partner Sam Molloy.

While in Phuket, the pair spent a day volunteering at the Soi Dog

Foundation, a large animal refuge facility housing more than 400 dogs and dozens of cats which have been rescued either from the streets of Thailand or from the brutal Asian meat trade.

They were kept busy, assisting with socialising the shelter dogs, which is the main role of volunteers at the facility. Socialisation is an integral part of the animals’ rehabilitation as many are fearful of humans given the cruelties inflicted upon them.

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HAPPY FI RST B I RTH DAY! As part of the Bay of Plenty District Health Board’s 2016 Matariki celebrations, local musician Ria Hall will perform in Tauranga Hospital’s library from 12pm today. Photo: Tracy Hardy.

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Music to soothe the soul will be echoing through the halls and corridors of Tauranga Hospital this lunchtime.

As part of the Bay of Plenty District Health Board 2016 Matariki celebrations, Tauranga songstress Ria Hall will be giving a free 40-minute performance in the library’s conference room from 12pm.

It is just one of a number of ways the DHB is embracing Matariki and includes temporary

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signage on wards promoting te reo M˜ori, Matarikiinspired art displays erect around the Tauranga and Whakat˜ne hospitals, as well as the kitchen sta˝ o˝ ering M˜ori menu specials to patients.

And in a fortnight’s time respected M˜ori leader and Bay of Plenty Regional councillor Te Awanu˜rangi Black will present a talk titled Ko Te Reo M˜ori, hei rongo˜: Maori Language = ˛ e Medicine at the Tauranga Hospital’s library on David Tauranga July 12.

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In celebration of the M˜ori New Year, ANZ’s ATM on Grey St now features a distinctive Matariki-themed surrounds.

Created by contemporary M˜ori visual artist Simon Te Wheoro (Ngati Ranginui, Ngati Mahanga and Te Aupouri) the design re° ects the rising of the Matariki stars and the beginning of a New Year.

It incorporates customary M˜ori patterns, like the t˜niko – M˜ori weaving – and seven moko kauae – female chin tattoo – representing Matariki and her six sisters – a common version of the Matariki story. ˛ is is the third year ANZ has created special ATM surrounds to mark Matariki. ANZ’s M˜ori relationships head David Harrison says the bank is on a journey of building greater cultural competence across the organisation.

Along with celebrating Matariki through their ATMs and sta˝ events, ANZ is encouraging sta˝ to use te reo M˜ori as much as possible this month, especially during M˜ori Language Week from July 4-10.

Created by contemporary Māori visual artist Simon Te Wheoro, the ATM surround reflects the rising of the Matariki stars and the beginning of a New Year. Photo: Vandi Photography.

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Lanterns, lights, lasers and IlluminArt in Greerton It’s the dead of winter – dark, cold and brooding.

However, Greerton village will light up on Friday, July 15, with the annual in IlluminART Festival.

It begins with the Lantern Parade and Tauranga Samba from Greerton Hall, down Chadwick Rd to the Village Square and the grounds of Greerton Village School.

Part of Chadwick Rd will be closed for safety reasons and ease of access

One special last ride When a motorcycle hearse wheeled up to a Tauranga chapel last Saturday to celebrate the life of a young woman, a crowd of 170 people clapped loudly.

It’s something Ricky Hope has never seen before in his line of work at Hope Family Funerals.

“The lady was a much-loved, unique individual. So when I offered the motorbike hearse to her husband, he was like: ‘Yep, we will take it’.”

As the Indian Chief Classic Hearse arrived with the lady’s casket aboard the sidecar, tears glistened in family members’ eyes “because they felt it was so special”. Ricky and his bother Tony Hope believe they’ve created the world’s first Indian Chief Classic Hearse. During the years

they’ve helped many families that have lost loved ones, who were passionate about motorcycles.

Many families asked: ‘Do you have a motorcycle hearse?’

“We listen carefully to families when they talk about their loved one’s passions,” says Ricky.

“And we try to reflect this in their service.”

They sat on the idea, then conducted extensive research.

Americans have a trike towing an enclosed hearse-type carriage.

The United Kingdom have an enclosed sidecar.

“Feedback from local bikers was they wanted an open-style hearse with the wind all around them,” says Tony. “There are a few Harley sidecar hearses in Australia that are open to the elements and a couple in the lower North Island and South Island, so Hope Family thought ‘why not’.”

They asked Tauranga Ulysses Club for their opinion on Indian versus Harley. “They said they wouldn’t hesitate to have their last ride on an Indian.”

In February they found a new Indian Chief Classic – but Wellington Motorcycles’ owner didn’t want to part with it.

“We managed to talk him around and in February the bike was delivered.”

Bar a few small certified modifications to the bike, the sidecar has been designed to carry a casket. “We had to get some of the sidecar kit from the United States because there wasn’t a locally made one specifically for the bike. These had to be manufactured because our [Kiwi] sidecars are on the left and American ones are on the right.”

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between venues. Greerton’s promising an amazing array of lights, lasers, fire dancers, roving reflectrons, a glow show, kaleidoscope tent, shadow puppet show and giant lanterns in the form of hot air balloons, weather permitting.

There will be lantern-making workshops at Greerton Hall on Monday, July 11, Tuesday, July 12, and Thursday, July 14, from 10am-2pm.

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Understanding business numbers Every small business owner wants to maximise their business performance.

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Bank staff roll up their sleeves BNZ’ers are looking for work, alternative employment.

But just for a day, for the bank’s ‘Closed for Good’ community projects day. And the BNZ is now calling for community groups to register their projects.

Closed for Good will see all branches shut their doors on Wednesday, August 31, and up to 5500 staff will mobilise to help community organisations around New Zealand.

“It’s New Zealand’s single largest day of corporate volunteering,” says BNZ chief executive Anthony Healy. And it’s in its seventh year.

Last year 119 BNZ staff in the Bay of Plenty worked on 27 different community group projects including gardening at Brookfield Primary School, spring cleaning at the Kawerau SPCA, sorting stock at the Papamoa Toy Library and running a ‘Scam Savvy’ workshop.

“BNZ staff help with everything from fence painting to cleaning up public spaces,” says Anthony.

“And we want to hear from any Bay of Plenty community groups which need a job done.”

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Last Annual Plan for city council Tauranga City Council has adopted the 2016/2017 Annual Plan setting average rates increase at 2.2 per cent for next year. This council has experienced the lowest interest rates

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The Seriously Good

Devour the Seriously Good Food Show this weekend!

The Seriously Good Food Show this weekend, July 2-3, at ASB Baypark promises to be the tastiest weekend in the Bay of Plenty.

With more than 120 exhibitors sharing the latest in innovative products, acclaimed chefs sharing their secrets and delectable food and wine tastings – the Seriously Good Food Show is a must for foodies.

The culinary adventure starts from 10am5pm on Saturday and Sunday.

Sweet or savoury, the show is said to be the biggest food event in the Bay.

“We encourage you to be prepared so you can make the most of the show and avoid the rush by visiting in the afternoon,” say event organiser Dana Martin.

“When everybody thinks they can beat the crowds by coming early, they all come at once.”

Event-goers can save their arms by offloading their heavy purchases to the free parcel-minding service, where purchases will be kept safe.

Dana says it’s going to be a very busy weekend and encourages people to make sure they wear comfortable shoes, drink plenty of water and take a breather now and then.

There will be rest stops scattered throughout the show, where people can put their feet up and rest from the bustle for a few minutes.

Make sure to visit www.seriouslygoodfoodshow.co.nz which will show how to get there, who’s exhibiting and when and where to find your favourite chefs in the Farmer Audi Cooking Theatre.

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Catch live action in the cooking theatre The Farmer Audi Cooking Theatre at the Seriously Good Food Show is described as unmissable.

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The Seriously Good Food Show is also Coordinated by renowned chef and local food presence Peter Blakeway, chefs and cooks proud to bring to the event Caralee Caldwell, founder of The Real Food Pledge and pair off and face each other in electrifying publisher of ‘Real Food Pledge’ cook-offs. Who will come and the recent release ‘Real out on top? Visit the Food Everyday’.

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Event organiser “You’ll have the chance Dana Martin says this is to purchase their latest a chance to see household cookbooks, and if you’re lucky names in action as well as you might even be able to get the Bay’s regional food them personally signed by the heroes, cooking right in front writers themselves,” says Dana. of you.

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Whether you’re off to a black tie function, a school ball, or a fancy wedding, After Hours Eventwear is bound to have the perfect dress.

With the store tucked away in the heart of the Bethlehem Town Centre with ample free parking, After Hours Eventwear’s Dorothy Hart is sure she has a dress for every event.

“We sell mainly dresses, lots of dresses. Dresses for parties, cocktails, balls, weddings for the mothers of the bride and groom, and guests, as well as dresses for the races, corporate functions, resort-wear and any other special occasion in between.”

And not only that, but After Hours Eventwear has many colours, styles and lengths to choose from, ensuring you’ll have the right dress for the occasion.

“We sell little black dresses, plain, sparkle, long, midi and short.”

But the perfect dress is nothing without the perfect accessories.

Dorothy also sells jackets, cover-ups, coats, shawls, designer jewellery, hats, fascinators and clutches, so your outfit is always complete.

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Community market rain or shine

The Tauranga branch of the Afrikaans Christian Church of New Zealand is running a community market tomorrow, July 2.

Held at St Enoch’s Presbyterian Church, on the corner of 16th Ave and Cameron Rd from 9am-2pm, there will be food, crafts, aloe vera products, greeting cards, embroidery and decoupage, chilli bites and biltong, bean soups, coffee, and much more available.

The market will be held rain or shine – outside if it’s good weather, and inside the church if it rains.

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Spare a foot for Morris In the early-1960s, I cursed Morris Yock.

Nothing personal, but he gave me blisters between my toes. I was simply trying to embrace a fashion which set me on a summer of discomfort.

Morris was the Auckland businessman who’s credited with inventing the jandal – jandal being a blend of the words ‘Japanese’ and ‘sandal’.

He started spitting out jandals from his Onehunga garage in 1957 and they went viral.

Jandals probably only cost 10 bob in those days, but then there were the pharmaceuticals to deal to the blisters. Have you tried putting a plaster between your toes? However, I persisted with the jandals in deference to fashion. And the fashion continued to be fashionable. They were well suited to the Kiwi lifestyle; comfortable and convenient, and even in the 1980s they were selling a million pairs a year.

Sixty years on, they continue to capture the hearts and minds and feet of the unlikely.

There’s a colleague, an eminently likeable bloke, who qualifies to wear sandals and socks. And a knotted handkerchief to boot. But Dan prefers to wear something he calls ‘flip-flops’, an almost effete

onomatopoeia of the sound the rubber sandals make when walking.

Why call them flip-flops and thongs when jandals is a perfectly good word?

Anyhow, Dan loves his flip-flops,

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Heels in the rain Time to attend to your heels to avoid winter slips and slides?

It’s a strange phenomenon, but most people heel strike on the outside of their heels while walking, says Shane Barr from Shane Barr Shoe Repairs.

“This eventually leads to uneven, worn down heels.

“If you’ve done this to your boots, then you’ll know how frightening it can be, to stride out onto wet, slippery tiles. Another danger lurking is the hideously slippery, Garry Hammet of Shane plastic heels creeping into footwear these Barr Shoe Repairs. days. These are particularly nasty in wet weather. If you’ve owned these, you’ll relate to that new step we’ve created, where we tip toe on the soles of our feet to ensure we remain anchored to terra firma.”

No matter how badly worn your heels are, you can have them repaired or replaced to match the original colour and size. And for extra peace of mind, you can even have a fresh, grippy rubber heel added to prevent any more spills.

So don’t throw away your much loved boots, Shane recommends a freshen-up and W.O.F instead.

Check out Shane Barr Shoe Repairs in Central Parade Mount, or Piccadilly Arcade Tauranga.

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wears them all the time, even in winter.

As an Englishman he probably enjoys the freedom and versatility they bring.

But he stops short of wearing flip flops to work.

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Learning letters in a fun but educational way

Sarah Brown, dressed as Poppy the Pirate. Photo: Chris Callinan.

How do you teach a child to read, spell and write?

Turn it into a fun, but educational, game.

That’s what Tauranga’s Sarah Brown did while being a nanny for a Papamoa family in 2014.

Sarah designed the game – titled ‘Pirates and Crocodiles Treasure Island’ – specifically to help the

two girls, aged four and five, learn their letters and letter sounds.

Sarah began teaching in 1983 and later became a relieving teacher at early childhood educational centres in the Bay. “As a primary teacher we all had to do eight reading groups an hour and teach every child how to spell and to write stories. For example, the word ‘cat’ with a ‘cuh’, and ‘ah’ and a ‘tuh’.

“If they didn’t know their letters, their reading and writing was up to half a year behind.”

In Sarah’s game, children can win treasure and learn the letter names and sounds.

Sarah says children can learn skills including numeracy, directions and early spelling skills.

Sarah has sold many of her selfdesigned educational children’s game to friends, family and some to early childhood centres and schools.

Nature programme for the children Beyond the Fence – ki te haerenga is a nature programme for Earth Kids Childcare Centre’s older children.

Two days a week, up to 10 three to five-year-olds have the opportunity to go beyond the playground to explore the Earth Kids wilderness area.

There, they’ll find a leafy valley, natural climbing wall, a dirt slide, a small stream and pigs, ducks and goats.

Earth Kids co-owner Cherie Dean says children and teachers take their bags and lunch to set off on an adventure. “We explore the natural world and learn valuable social skills.”

Cherie says this opportunity enables children to use their curiosity for learning and promotes a respect for the world around them.

“It supports children’s sense of self as they discover what they are capable of and set their own goals.”

Earth Kids Childcare Centre in Panorama Drive, Welcome Bay, has also opened a new inside learning area for those rainy winter days.

“We have a vibrant professional team of teachers, who are passionate about communication and respect with children.

“Come and visit us to see our special place.

“We look forward to meeting you.”

Children explore the wilderness as part of Earth Kids’ nature programme.

“I had it designed on a piece of paper for about a year and now I’ve got it printed and trademarked; and it’s beautifully coloured, the children adore it.”

Sarah is promoting her game to parents and ECE centres, kindergartens and to Year 1 pupils, as she dresses up as Poppy the Pirate and plays the game with small groups of children.

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If it’s winter then it must be time for the Seriously Good Food Show at ASB Arena – and this weekend that’s exactly where I’ll be as master of ceremonies for the Audi Kitchen Theatre.

We’ll have 10 exceptional chefs taking simple ingredients and turning them into the extraordinary.

Come along and join in the fun.

At the Seriously Good Food Show we all get to celebrate food, which leads me to thinking about celebration food. So here goes.

As ham is usually eaten for a special occasion, you can afford to splash out on a really high quality ham and encourage the good farmers out there to carry on doing the excellent job they do.

It isn’t easy to find raw ham these days but is worth the effort. If you can’t find one then use a cooked one, but miss out the first two steps of this recipe’s method.

And lengthen the oven time to oneand-a-half hours and reduce the oven temperature to 160 degrees Celsius.

Always look at a leg of ham from the perspective of it being a leg – if it doesn’t look like it could walk, then don’t buy it as it probably means it has been pumped with water, or worse! Also, check with the butcher

whether it needs soaking and for how long. The best hams will probably need soaking in fresh water for a few hours or maybe overnight.

Roast ham with spiced apple chutney Serves 25 Ingredients 1 raw half ham (about 5kg) Red wine 25 cloves 100g honey or apple syrup 100g dark brown sugar Method Cover ham with water in a large pan and bring to the boil. Simmer for 20 minutes per 450g plus an extra 15 minutes. Remove from the pan and trim and score the fat. Stud with cloves. Cover with apple syrup and sugar. Pour over red wine.

Roast at 190 degrees Celsius for about 45 minutes or until golden brown, basting regularly. Serve hot or cold with apple chutney and salads.

Spiced apple chutney

Ingredients 900g apples, peeled, cored and grated 350g brown sugar 225g sultanas and raisins 25g ground ginger 25g garlic 50g mustard seeds 420ml spiced vinegar 420ml white vinegar

Method Place all the ingredients in a large pan, bring to the boil and cook for at least two hours on a medium-low heat.

Take off the heat and then allow to cool a little.

Spoon into sterile jars with twist-top lids.

Do not use for at least six weeks.

Ladies Long Charity Lunch a huge hit A massive $75,000 has been raised for the Te Aranui Youth and Good Neighbour trusts thanks to this year’s Ladies Long Charity Lunch.

A crowd of 785 women attended the event at ASB Arena last Friday.

Event director Wendy Robertson credits the lunch’s success to being “a ladies event designed by ladies just for ladies”.

“It’s all about treating women because too often they’re busy doing

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things for everybody else, so for me that’s a big success.”

Along with fantastic food and a tonne of fun, Wendy says guest speakers Jenny May-Coffin, Chloe Wright and Teina Boyd also proved a huge hit. Plans are underway for next year’s event, which is promising to be bigger and better.

“After the event I had people emailing me all weekend reserving tables for next year,” says Wendy.

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Army invasion underway Tauranga’s long Indian summer may have extended the activity of a voracious agricultural and garden pest, as Pyes Pa resident Geoff Chard has discovered.

He found his taro plants at Pyes Pa stripped bare by a horde of voracious caterpillars.

“The damage it does is unbelievable. We put in these taro in the new place as one of the plants. They were getting stripped.

I thought it was the wind initially,” says Geoff.

He found bugs he’d never seen before and nobody else had seen.

So he sent a few off to the Ministry for Primary Industries – and an entomologist identified them as tropical army worm, with caterpillars that eat just about every known type of vegetable food crop.

“The eggs these things lay were just astronomical,” says Geoff.

“I finally caught one of these moths the other day.

“I’ve sprayed these things, had a couple of goes. Thought I might have been on top of it.

[It was] Only pure luck that I was able to find the thing and get some sense out of some people.

“Two or three people who were supposed to know something hadn’t seen them before.”

Gardeners need to be aware of them so they don’t let them get a hold, says Geoff.

“I’ve only got six or eight plants or something and I would have easy killed 500 caterpillars – that would be conservative – and thousands of eggs.

“I just think it needs to be general knowledge. People need to know.

Don’t let this thing get established. “As far as I can ascertain it’s new here. So we don’t

want it getting a stronghold.”

Geoff says most people think they’re a butterfly flying round “but these things are flying around at night-time”.

Finding this particular pest in the urban area of Tauranga is not unexpected, says an MPI spokesperson. The insects fly as adults and so can move some distance. In addition, they feed on a wide range of different plants and there are plenty of food sources in a town garden – so they are not restricted to rural areas.

As with many species, numbers of army worms fluctuate with weather conditions.

Stem the spread of the Dirty Dozen The War of Weeds campaign – which aims to clear plant pests which choke New Zealand’s forests and waterways, restrict habitat and can ruin cherished and valuable landscapes – has announced its Dirty Dozen for 2016.

The Dirty Dozen is 12 weeds causing particular problems in different parts of the country.

Conservation Minister Maggie Barry says this year we have a baker’s dozen of weeds – with enemy number one the wilding conifer.

“Wilding conifer now covers about 1.8 million hectares of land and is advancing at about five per cent a year. It transforms entire landscapes, ruins native ecosystems and takes over productive land indiscriminately.”

The Budget 2016 has committed an extra $16 million during the next four years to control the spread of wilding conifer “and by working with regional councils, landowners and community groups we believe we can stem their advance”. Launched last year, the War on Weeds is a concerted effort to raise the

profile of invasive plant species damaging New Zealand’s indigenous biodiversity and encourage more people to get involved with their control. The first Dirty Dozen was revealed last spring, and chosen to highlight and focus on weeds everyone would be able to identify and help to remove with minimal equipment. Rounding out 2016’s Dirty Dozen is woolly nightshade, buddleia, wild ginger, English Ivy, wandering willie, climbing asparagus, old man’s beard, moth plant, banana passionfruit and spartina. For more on the War on Weeds and the Dirty Dozen for 2016, visit: www.doc.govt.nz

Army worms, similar to the one pictured, damaged a Pyes Pa garden.

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Talking fluoride concerns with the professor A retired professor of environmental chemistry and toxicology will be speaking about fluoridation concerns in Tauranga this Sunday, July 3.

Professor Paul Connett has been brought in by the Tauranga branch of Fluoride Free New Zealand, which is concerned a Government proposal to shift the

responsibility for fluoridation from local government to district health boards will result in compulsory fluoridation. Tauranga has been fluoride-free since 1992, when it was removed on the result of a binding referendum.

Paul – who will speak at the Tauranga Citizens Club from 2pm-4pm this Sunday – will talk about recent studies showing fluoride harms the brain, bones and endocrine system.

“He will explain how by cherry-picking data, pro-fluoride organisations can convince health professionals that fluoridation reduces tooth decay,” says Fluoride Free Tauranga spokesperson Tracy Livingston.

They claim studies during the last few years link fluoride, even at quite low doses, to reduced IQ, and impaired learning and memory; and to a variety of other

neurobehavioural effects, says Tracy. “They clearly show fluoride to be a neurotoxin. The Chinese studies caused enough concern the scientists suggested ‘great effort should be made to reduce fluoride level’ in water that is naturally highly in fluoride.

“It’s peculiar the Chinese would take fluoride out of the water to protect their inhabitants, while New Zealand wants to add it in.”

The European Commission Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks assessment in 2010 shows young children are most at risk of a toxic fluoride overdose, therefore most of Europe continues to not fluoridate its water.

Recent research in the United Kingdom suggests there is a spike in the number of cases of underactive thyroid in high fluoride areas. A hypoactive, or

underactive, thyroid can manifest as depression, weight gain, fatigue and aching muscles and can lead to other serious long-term health problems.

Fluoride bio-accumulates in bones and teeth at surprisingly low doses.

This shows as brown blemishes and deformity of the teeth, a condition known as fluorosis.

This doesn’t just happen in humans; fresh water fish and invertebrates also bio-accumulate fluoride in their bones and teeth in water concentrations of more than .01 parts per million.

Road code test for nutrition Imagine the chaos on the roads if there was no Road Code to follow. Well, there certainly is no nutritional Road Code to follow and there really is chaos.

We have spent the last decade or so working out a method, like a Road Code, which will help people gain a clear focus and learn basic food and life skills, without all the conflicting messages that have confused them in the past.

It still amazes me how effective this approach is; once

people have the knowledge and skills, become far more relaxed around food and drink issues, and know how to make the right food choices in all the different situations they encounter.

We are also just completing a free wellness challenge with 15 patients from Bethlehem Family Doctors, who have weight, diabetes and metabolic issues.

This is funded by our charity NZ Blood-Sugar Foundation. You can help more patients have free programmes by donating to NZ Blood-Sugar Foundation on the Givealittle website.

It is great to see how well most of these patients have done with weight loss and improved fitness.

The bonuses are some of their spouses have also lost significant amounts of weight; and in our experience these new food and life skills will become a permanent part of all their lives.

Based on national averages, more than half of you reading this column will have weight, diabetes or metabolic issues, and will have widely varying nutritional and lifestyle needs.

These numbers are increasing; and our view is clearly a major step in the right direction would be to help more Kiwis have better clarity about how to make the right food choices.

Tending to the ticker It’s where they look after the soul on Sunday and the body a couple of other days a week.

It’s the Tauranga Heart Support Group exercise classes at City Church, Otumoetai Rd on Monday and Thursday mornings. They are low impact exercise classes designed especially for people with, or at risk of, heart and associated diseases. The classes run from 9.30am-10.30am and cost $4 per person per class. For further information, phone Diana 0210476155 or Hannah 0508 227 342.

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Yellow nails and not a smoker?

With the hundreds of Instagram accounts and YouTube videos floating around the internet, nail care and painting is becoming increasingly more popular.

But your nails, aside from looking pretty, can tell a lot about our general state of health and well-being.

Yellow or yellow-tinged nails can happen to almost anyone and can be telling of your habits.

If you are a smoker, yellow nails can be ‘normal’. However for others, yellowing of the nails can signify a fungal infection.

Other symptoms of a fungal nail infection, known as onychomycosis, can include thickening, irregularity or crumbling of the nails.

These infections can be difficult to treat, and often will require quite prolonged courses of oral anti-fungal

tablets. It’s important to note yellowing nails can also be a result of repeated nail polish use; so if you paint your nails twice a week or more, your nails may also have a yellow tinge.

This isn’t dangerous, but it’s not recommended to use a nail whitener or bleach to remove the yellow – many nail gurus believe these are harmful for your nails as they damage nails. Bleach and chemicals that whiten nails can dry nails out and damage the cuticle and surrounding skin. Good-quality nail polish is considered good for your nails by nail gurus as it traps the good oils in and prevents breaking and splitting.

Polish also helps prevent your nails

“Encouragement is oxygen to the soul” – HARVEY MACKAY When we are encouraged by someone about something we have said or done we may feel accepted, reassured or inspired. However, we can forget to encourage others because it doesn’t occur to us that we have this same positive impact on them.

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you notice or enjoy something about another person, speak it out and observe its outcome.

How often do we notice, but forget to say, something to another that will encourage them and enrich their day?

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absorbing unnecessary water, which separates the nail layers and can lead to peeling and breaking.

An insight into pregnancy scans One of the most exciting things during pregnancy is getting a real life first look at your baby via ultrasound scanning. But what are they for? And what can be detected?

Some families use ultrasounds early on to ascertain a women’s due date if they are unsure of when they became pregnant. Performed in the early weeks of pregnancy, it can reasonably accurately assess the age of a baby.

The 11-14 week scan is the first of two routine scans many women have.

This scan is to assess the risk of Down Syndrome and other chromosomal abnormalities. It tests the nuchal translucency thickness in the neck area of the foetus. Findings have shown

most have some fluid, but if there is more than the normal amount the risk of chromosomal abnormality is increased. Then there’s the anatomy scan – performed at the 20-week mark of pregnancy to check for growth and physical development abnormalities.

This is the most common scan, and the one most people are familiar with.

During this scan various parts of your baby’s body is measured to check that she or he is growing normally and is within the size range for her or his gestational age.

Your midwife, or specialist doctor, will give you more information about these scans, including cost and where you need to go to have scans.

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A flying tribute to Matariki NZ Kite Association member John Russell says Matariki Kite Day at Fergusson Park this Sunday, July 3, invites families to come and fly a kite from noon-4pm.

“People can bring a kite and fly it. They can purchase one from an on-site kite stall.

“Or just come to see the display – we’ve got some big kite-flyers coming,” says John, who is working with Tauranga Library to bring the event to life.

Buoyant beauties

The big buoyant beauties will fly courtesy of six NZ Kite Association members, including Auckland kite-flyer Peter Clark.

He’ll have a selection of show kites including his Birdman Kite.

“The kite is a special Matariki feature, as its design is based on an early traditional Maori kite,” says John.

He believes Maori were one of the early fliers and makers of kites. “Maori made them out of toi toi and flaxes.”

According to Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand, kites were flown to celebrate the start of the Maori New Year, when Matariki – the Pleiades – appeared in the mid-winter night sky.

The Maori kite is known as manu tukutuku or manu aute. Manu means both ‘kite’ and ‘bird’, and the word tukutuku refers to the winding out of the line as the kite ascends.

Kites were flown for recreation, a means of communication, and used for divination or to locate wrongdoers.

On Sunday, weather permitting, to celebrate

Focus occupation

“These big kites fly themselves. But if you put them up singularly they’d take an awful lot of room.

“So the operator will put up a pilot kite, which Peter Clark’s Birdman - based holds a line in the air, and then attaches the on ancient Maori design. kites to it.”

So what’s the appeal of kites? “If you’re flying a kite you can’t actually think of anything else,” says John. “It’s a total focus occupation.”

And kite-flying is resurging as a pastime and a sport.

“I think because it’s back to basics – it’s a different form of relaxation rather than looking at the iPad. “And it get’s people out and Part of Peter Clark’s display of show kites. about and you can easily make Matariki, a 60ft turbine and an 80m kites,” says John.

Matariki arch of more than 65 kites with Matariki Kite Day is this Sunday, the word ‘Matariki’, will fly.

July 3, at Tauranga’s Fergusson Park from And award-winning international kite Merle Foster noon-4pm.

• A strategic approach, with long-term vision, an appreciation of the global picture and the ability to apply it to local and regional initiatives.

• A track record of success, including sound decisionmaking.

• An understanding of the difference between management and governance.

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• A critical thinker During their threewith an open year term, elected mind, intelligence officials, as a collective, and the ability to make very important assimilate and evaluate decisions which shape large amounts of information, including the future of an area financial information. and its community.

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Use your vote wisely • Good interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team.

• A collaborative, flexible, solutionfocused approach.

• And most importantly – integrity and honesty.

I encourage you to think carefully about the sort of person you want to represent you going forward. And to make sure you vote at the elections in October because your representatives will be shaping your future during the next three years.

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These decisions will include setting broad strategic directions, approving expenditure levels, and making hard calls on important projects, actions and funding streams.

During this time, a large number of issues will arise and the operating environment is likely to change due to external circumstances.

Electing people on their stance on a single issue alone is very shortsighted and risky for the community as a whole, because people in elected office need to be capable of dealing with a wide range of issues and making carefully considered rational decisions based on the relevant information.

My list of must-haves for effective elected members includes: • A good understanding of the community and the issues important to them.

• A strong work ethic and a strong sense of responsibility to constituents.

designer, maker and flyer Robert van Weers, from Palmerston North, will bring his new large panda bear kite.

John says some kites will be up to 20m long – and need a constant breeze to fly. “We want a steady 15-20 knots.

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Dragons, whales, monkeys, fish and many more animals will fly high over Fergusson Park this Sunday as a free family kite day celebrates Matariki – the Maori New Year.

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Does your pet have smelly breath?

Dental disease is the number one health issue seen in dogs and cats.

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It affects four out of five pets by the time they turn two, and can lead to early tooth loss.

After every meal a layer of

invisible plaque develops on teeth.

During time this becomes hard tartar which is the yellow-brown staining you can see on affected

teeth. If not removed, this tartar causes gingivitis, which is a painful red inflammation of the gums.

Tartar also provides an ideal environment for bacteria to grow, destroying the structures holding the teeth in place. If left untreated, bacterial infection can spread into the bloodstream and cause heart, kidney and liver problems.

Small breeds of dogs are especially prone to dental disease because their mouths are overcrowded, making it more likely for food to get trapped and difficult to clean.

Signs your pet may have dental disease include bad breath, dribbling saliva, brown tartar, red bleeding gums, difficulty eating and subdued behaviour due to a sore mouth.

A dental examination is included in your pet’s annual health check, where the teeth are assessed and given a score from zero to four.

A pet with perfect teeth gets a zero whereas a four represents severe dental disease that will likely need extensive dental work and extractions.

Dental disease is entirely preventable

and treatable! There are number options available to help diagnose and treat dental disease. A variety of products are available to help maintain dental health including dental diets, dental chew toys and pet toothbrushes.

Check your pet’s mouth today and set your furry friend on the road to dental health and wellness. A healthy mouth is vital to having a healthy pet!

More animal antics Rambo Tigga Hannah Audas’ kitten Tigga.

Akarshdip Kaur’s dog Rambo celebrating his first birthday.

Milley ley enjoy Ian’s cat Mil ine. some sunsh Pet Perfect is a monthly feature in The Weekend Sun and we want to see your pets.

Send your cute or funny animal snaps to editorials@thesun.co.nz or post them on our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/ theweekendsun.co.nz for a chance to be published and win a prize.

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Ashes to ashes Nobody wants to wake up in the morning to a hole burned through their deck because they haven’t properly disposed of their leftover fireplace ashes.

Using a few simple tools, and following straightforward steps, disposing of your fireplace ashes is quick and safe.

Using an ash bucket – a metal container completely free of anything flammable such as paper or cardboard – an ash shovel, or a metal trowel will suffice, and fire-resistant gloves to prevent burns, dealing to your fireplace ashes is safe and effective.

Always treat ashes as though they are hot, and leave them to cool in the hearth for at least 24 hours.

Before moving the ashes to an ash bucket, make sure there are no live glowing embers – a fire can look as though it has burned out, but embers can stay live for a while.

Using a steel bucket with a lid means cutting off the oxygen supply to the ashes, and reduces the changes of the ashes igniting.

Pouring a small amount of water over the ashes in the ash bucket will help extinguish any lingering embers.

But it is best to do this outside, and leave the ashes sitting in the bucket for at least three days before

disposing of them.

They can be spread across the garden as fertiliser or bagged and placed out with the rest of your weekly rubbish.

But make sure you have followed correct procedure and that the ashes are completely dead and cold.

Keeping the toes super toasty Chilblains are a real pain. They’re itchy, tender, and they don’t tend to look great.

Chilblains are a reaction to the cold, and are more common in children and the elderly, as well as those who live in damp, temperate climates.

Occurring several hours are exposure to the cold, chilblains are caused by constriction of the small arteries and veins in the skin, and can sometimes be aggravated by sun exposure, as reheating results in leakage of blood into the tissues and swelling of the skin.

The itchy red swollen patches can last seven-14 days or longer; in some cases they can become

thickened and cause trouble for months. Commonly found on extremities, lower legs, noses, and ears, the condition does not respond well to treatment.

But they can be prevented by wearing warm socks and gloves throughout winter, not smoking, exercises that keep the blood flowing, and soaking affected areas in warm water after pain begins.

Chilblains in children can reoccur each winter for a few years and then clear up, and have a tendency to get worse during the years in elderly sufferers, unless precautions are taken. For more information, visit www.dermnetnz. org Or book a trip to your local GP.

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God’s own cloud cuckoo land Subsequent to the Brexit result it was reported trillions of dollars were lost on the share markets.

What happened to them? Were they burnt, destroyed, did somebody take them? No, they never tangibly existed; they were notional dollars. We live in a surreal world.

I know of a house in Auckland that’s appreciated by $1 million during the last 10 years. The equivalent of $100,000 per year or $2000 per week. No major improvements have been made, just routine maintenance. Where has the extra value come from?

As a punter I know there is no such bet as “as a sure thing”. But it used to be a safe bet that 50 per cent of the people married last year were women and 50 per cent men. Not any more. Nothing is certain.

The question was raised in a newspaper as to whether six-person marriages are legal?

It used to be that if a baby had a penis it was a boy and if it had a vagina it was a girl. Not anymore; it

What about customers?

I was surprised to read the ANZ bank is closing it’s Greerton branch. This is going to be very inconvenient for customers who will have to go to 11th Ave or Tauriko. I would have thought Greerton is a far better place for a bank than Tauriko. There would be a large number of retired people in Greerton, many of whom probably don’t drive. The banks certainly look after themselves but what about their customers? Without us they wouldn’t get far.

K Howan, Ohauiti.

We need proof!

Re: Toxic mould at Tauranga City Council buildings.

The short answer is we, the citizens of Tauranga, would like some independent proof!

I refer to the claim by our city council that the council buildings are not useable because of toxic mould brought about by water leaks in the building.

The country has many leaky buildings and they are fixed and reoccupied all the time.

Cleaners fix mould continually and life goes on.

What is so different about our council building?

Here is an offer. Tauranga citizens will engage independent inspectors to assess our building.

If they confirm that the building is not fit for human use, we will be convinced.

Please advise who has the keys.

K Evans, Tauranga City.

would seem we are all on a scale somewhere between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Venus de Milo.

Girls in British girls’ schools are to be called ‘pupils’ as the term girl might offend some impressionable young girls – sorry, persons who are not sure of their sexuality.

Modern language has been adulterated so that words such as ‘freedom fighters’ are now termed ‘terrorists’.

International laws are ignored with impunity. Sovereign state boundaries might as well not exist, drones and mercenaries don’t recognise them.

Personal privacy does not exist we are spied upon by our own government, which passes data to foreign powers. All in the name of preventing ‘freedom fighters’ – sorry, terrorists - attacking us for what we have collectively done.

God’s Own Country has become cloud cuckoo land.

P Dolden, Papamoa.

Tunnel vision comes back to bite iSite

Re: offering options for Mount’s i-Site dilemma (The Weekend Sun, June 24).

Continually, during the last three to four years, we’ve heard loud criticism regarding the closure of the Mount iSite by the council. Only lack of research, bias and tunnel vision could have led to such a decision.

Had they talked to Port of Tauranga CEO Mark Cairns they would have learned the ships using the port were going to get bigger and come more often, bringing many more people to the Mount and Bay of Plenty. Likewise, contact with our Prime Minister John Key, who is also our Minister of Tourism, would have also given them some idea of the predicted growth in tourists to this country and area that we are now seeing.

This increase in tourist numbers demands a centrally located site with toilets, phone booths and a bus stop - such as the old iSite - be re-established pronto. This is not possible because the council leased the building out as use for a cafe. The decision was made even when several good suggestions were put forward that would have extended and enhanced the use of the iSite.

M Hills, Hairini.

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LIQUID LAUNDROMAT LAUNDROMAT LIQUID LAUNDROMAT A clean out needed this council election LIQUID LIQUID LAUNDROMAT LIQUID LAUNDROMAT We don’t need a museum in Tauranga, nor do we need a monstrous memorial to someone’s bad taste as per a new council office building.

For goodness sake the last time I was in Auckland’s museum you could count the number of people in there on one hand.

What Tauranga needs is a complete clean out of the Tauranga City Council at the October election.

We need a party to be formed that will strive to run Tauranga on a fair and profitable basis. The council needs to be progressive in other ways than building monuments. We need to strive to run our council efficiently with a debt reduction plan that will work rather than amass more debt. Is the goal

• Dryers • Fast Fast Dryers of the current bunch a debt of $1 billion? Auckland • Fast Fast Dryers •Dryers Fast Dryers • Fast • Dryers • Sports Sports Gear ratepayers are paying $1 million a day in interest only, • Gear •Gear Sports Gear Sports 7 DAYS: DAYS: 5am-11pm • Sports Gear • Sports Gear 7 5am-11pm 7 DAYS: 5am-11pm 7 DAYS: 5am-11pm DAYS: 5am-11pm let’s not get into a similar rut. Councillors totally 77 DAYS: 5am-11pm • Duvets • Duvets • Duvets • Duvets Duvets • Duvets forget they work for the ratepayers. Ratepayers don’t • Mink Mink Blankets • Mink Blankets easy key self easy key self • Blankets • Blankets go to work to slog their guts out to raise money to easy key self easy key self • Mink Mink Blankets • Mink Blankets easy key self easy key self • Bedding pay councillors. We pay councillors to service laundromats • Bedding • Bedding service laundromats service laundromats • Bedding service laundromats • Bedding • Bedding service laundromats laundromats be effective and efficient in service • Washers • Washers • Washers Washers • • Washers • Washers WASH $4.00 FRoM $4.00 running our city, not WASH FRoM • Domestic Laundry WASH FRoM $4.00 • Domestic Laundry WASH FRoM $4.00 FRoM • Laundry to just waffle on at WASH • Domestic Laundry • Domestic Domestic Laundry • Domestic Laundry DRY$4.00 FRoM $4.00 DRY FRoM $4.00 the odd meeting DRY FRoM $4.00 DRY FRoM $4.00 DRY FRoM $4.00 For( 20 Dry up to 4 loads) For 20 minutes Dryminutes up to 4(loads) and collect For 20 minutes ( up to 4 loads) For 20 minutes Dry up to 4 20 minutes Drytoup4to 4loads) loads) For For 20 minutes ( Dry( up loads) a handsome WASH ANY 2 DUVEtS, MINK stipend. The WASH ANY 2 DUVEtS, MINK BLANKEtS, ANY BEDDING CBD is dying WASH ANY 2ANY DUVEtS, MINK WASH ANY DUVEtS, MINK BLANKEtS, BEDDING WASH ANY 2 DUVEtS, MINK WASH ANY 2 DUVEtS, MINK there are too many FoR oNLY $10 BLANKEtS, ANY BEDDING BLANKEtS, ANY BEDDING BLANKEtS, BEDDING BLANKEtS, ANY BEDDING FoRANY oNLY $10 empty shops.

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A Bourne, Bethlehem.

They got away Stunned by verbal invective with murder When viewing ‘The Nation’ on TV3 on June 26, I was stunned to hear Marama Fox’s verbal invective towards Dr Axel Gietz, representing Imperial Tobacco, who was brought from the United Kingdom to debate the tobacco industries’ view.

The Maori Party co-leaders’ views were confrontational, accusative and verbally abusive to Dr Gietz.

Ms Fox lays the blame for all negative statistics applied to Maori at the door of the tobacco industry and the European colonialists whilst she personally participates in, and owns the very best of the positive aspects the European culture has brought to New Zealand.

Her bad manners in ‘throwing her toys from the cot’ and leaving the interview with a string of cultural abuse, conveyed to the viewers the value of her tribalised input.

It was pertinent Lisa Owen, the interviewer, and political commentator Paddy Gower established that TV 3 did not support personal attacks.

MJ Anderson, Pyes Pa.

On Monday one of the worst messages of all time was sent to would-be child abusers in this country. If you commit murder you can get away with.

The case of three-year-old Moko Rangitoheriri, being tortured and cruelly abused over a period of months by the two thugs – I won’t even give them courtesy of using their names – is one of the worst in this country.

We as a country had a chance to stand up to child abusers – and say: ‘No you won’t get away with it’.

And our justice system let us down once again.

Seventeen years each and nine years until a chance for parole is unacceptable.

And why were the murder charges downgraded to manslaughter? It’s being said the evidence from children is not good enough. Why not?

And was it murder? Of course it was. Did those two ugly mongrels actually bank on Moko surviving their beatings and actually living to tell the tale?

This country is absolutely disgusting in the way it handles these child abuse cases and doesn’t respond early enough to save many of these poor, defenceless little souls.

We should all be ashamed. An easy prediction is nothing will change and further children will die at the hands of those who are supposed to care for them most.

K Morland, Katikati.

They don’t make ’em like they used to What a ‘hole’ lot of rubbish the new roading on State Highway 2 from Wainui South Rd to Sargent Drive has turned out to be.

Months of being patient with the brand new seal being put down and the ever popular ‘cheese grater’ safety barriers as far as the eye can see - don’t get me started on that one! - to be sent into shock and anger as I drive straight over two huge holes at the start of their new seal.

Yes, I was looking where I was going, but it was 7am and still dark and raining heavily.

This was on a Friday. By Sunday there would be at least another seven to try and avoid.

The old saying of ‘they don’t make ‘em like they used to’ springs to mind. But having just replaced a tyre due to a nail in it, I was less than impressed with the possibility of more unavoidable damage. What if someone decides to try and swerve and hits another car coming up the passing lane?

Are the roading contractors taking shortcuts themselves by not putting enough layers down, maybe using the wrong mix? What is their excuse for such a ‘holey mess’ I wonder…too much rain, not the right type of rain, on a fault line?

Let’s hear the Tui excuses.

K Wheeler, Katikati.

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How does scripture view Israel today?

For almost all of Christianity’s history, there was no State of Israel.

Sadly, Christian theology often reflected the fact the Jewish people had lost their national sovereignty and had been scattered throughout the world. Many falsely taught that the promises and blessings of God to the Jewish people had been taken from them and had instead been given to the Church.

This false theology is called Replacement Theology. The rebirth of the State of Israel in a single day, on May 14, 1948, as foretold in Isaiah 66:8, has meant many Christians are reading their Bible in a new historical

context – a context in which God’s promises to the Jewish people are being fulfilled.

The miraculous birth of the State of Israel demanded a theological explanation, as does the ongoing fulfilment of biblical prophecy, concerning Israel in the last days. The Bible is very clear that the Jewish people were given the land of Canaan by God Himself.

He gave the land by covenant to Abraham and to his descendants through Isaac, as an ‘everlasting’ possession. (Genesis 12:1-3).

He gave significantly more land to the descendants of Ishmael.

We also read in Scripture that though God said the people of Israel would be exiled from this land due to disobedience, He promised to bring them back; and not just

once, but this second time as well (Isaiah 11:11). His Word has been fulfilled in our time. God has not turned His back on Israel and the Church must not either.

Peter Whitcombe, Jesus First Church

It’s a matter of national identity The recent Brexit referendum in Britain, where voters decided whether their country should remain in the European Union, was a moment when the British people had to deal with the question of their sovereignty and national identity as a nation.

They had to take stock of their place as a nation in the modern world – and the direction they wanted it to take in future.

This made me think of the question of my own personal identity. As an immigrant to this beloved country, New Zealand –and now a Kiwi at heart and fervent All Blacks supporter – I too once had to make a life-changing decision. I had to decide as to whether I was going to stay in my old country, or go to a new one. It is a decision I do not regret.

The Bible speaks of this present world as a fallen world – a ‘country’, if you like, whose place and identity has been severely scarred by the presence of sin.

Because of sin, this present world is not only scarred but it’s actually bleeding to death. If not dealt with, sin leads to death (Romans 6:23). Living in this sin-fallen world is not pretty – in many ways it is downright awful. But of course the Bible tells us the good news: that God has prepared a wonderful new country for His people. This new country is the kingdom of His Beloved Son. So we too have a decision to make. Remain as a member of this old, sin-fallen world – or ‘exit’ to the Kingdom of God, while still living in this fallen world? Have you made the decision to believe in Jesus Christ and trust Him for the forgiveness of your sins? Colossians 1:13-14 says: “He (God) has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins”.

Richard Roodt, Bay Bible Fellowship

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

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ENTERTAINMENTGUIDE ENTERTAINMENTGUIDE News, reviews and opinionated raving on the music scene.

Community events and occasions across the Bay.

Stories, snippets, strangeness, and general entertainment.

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From The Beatles to JS Bach The Stratford Singers.

Together with visiting guest choir, the Stratford Singers, Tauranga’s Oriana Singers present ‘Sing!’ in a one-off concert this Sunday.

The concert will showcase a selection of popular songs including items by Liverpools’ favourite sons – The Beatles – as well as the ever popular Johann Sebastian Bach.

The 70-strong joint ensemble will be performing for the first time at their new venue, Otumoetai College’s Performing Arts Centre, at 2pm on Sunday, July 3.

The Oriana Singers will be accompanied by Tauranga’s acclaimed pianist Leon Gray, who was musical director to the Stratford Singers prior to moving to the city.

Stratford Singers, led by current musical director Peter Copeland, is a community choir who will have 23 of their 40 members travelling to join the Oriana Singers in this concert.

Conducting duties will be shared with Oriana’s Katrina Daniela, with each conductor leading their own choir as well as sharing the conducting role for joint numbers.

School pupils are again offered free admission, while adults entry is $12. Tickets are available from choir members or via door sales.

The Oriana Singers.

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Musical exploration through time Taking place at St Mary’s Church on Elizabeth St, it will feature Bay of Plenty Symphonia’s upcoming works by Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Saint Saens, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, concert ‘Time Travels’ will take the audience Shostakovich and Paert. on a musical journey from the 17th Century “The concert begins with Monteverdi’s colourful ‘Overture L’Orfeo’, a fantastic piece of jubilant to the 1900s. renaissance writing, with lots of brass,” says musical director Justus Rozemond. “[And includes] from the 18th Century come Bach’s ‘Suite No 3’, including the famous ‘Air on a G string’, and ‘Symphony 26’ by the great genius Mozart – a relatively early work with flutes and oboes.”

Justus says leading Kiwi violinist Benjamin Morrison will also fly in from Europe to perform as guest soloist during the concert and join the orchestra in a Vivaldi concerto and the virtuoso ‘Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso’ by Saint-Saëns.

Beethoven’s overture ‘Coriolan’ is followed by a rare opportunity for the audience to hear music by Shostakovich, one of the greatest 20th Century composers.

“The symphonia will perform selected movements from Shostakovich’s ‘Hamlet Suite’, displaying the full spectrum of the

composer’s wit, sarcasm and at times pomposity.

“The simple-yet-evocative ‘Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten’ by pioneering Estonian composer Arvo Paert will close the concert with mesmerising effect, as blended strings are punctuated by the ‘gothic’ sound of a single tubular bell,” says Justus.

BOP Symphonia’s Time Travels concert is at Tauranga’s St Mary’s Church on Sunday, July 17.

Tickets are available iTICKET or Cartridge World.

Bay of Plenty Symphonia proudly presents ‘Time Travels’ at St Mary’s Church on July 17.

The Weekend Sun has one double passe to give away to one lucky reader who can tell us many the name of the Kiwi violinist who will perform as guest soloist for Time Travels?

Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competition section. All entries must be received

by Wednesday, July 6.

The black and white Gray Fans ‘In the Still of the Night’ remains one of the best known doo-wop songs – written by Fred Parris and the Satins and covered by Boyz II Men and Debbie Gibson. It even figures in films like ‘The Buddy Holly Story’ and ‘Dirty Dancing’.

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It also launched a kid called Graeme Neil Bartlett on a 60-year career in the New Zealand music industry.

“I heard a guy called Mark Kahi play ‘In the Still of the Night’ on a 1YA radio programme when I was 13 or 14,” says Graeme. “It was a life-changer, a eureka moment. I decided I had to do it. I had to play that song.”

That was 60 years ago and Graeme is now Gray Bartlett, MBE, the legendary guitarist, country music performer, producer, talent mentor, tour promoter and entrepreneur.

“Before he died I caught up with Mark in a Christchurch resthome.

“He knew who I was and told him I heard him play that song on the radio. And I

explained to him that he was the reason.”

Listen out for ‘In the Still of the Night’ cause it will be bouncing around the Tauranga Citizens Club on 13th Ave and down Cameron Rd early evening on July 10.

The Entertainers Club is bringing Gray Bartlett and his ‘Private Conversations’ tour to town for a 5pm Sunday gig and to promote the album of the same name.

“I am better known for ‘Apache’ than ‘Hank B Marvin’ – it’s weird.”

That’s first up on the album and it will be on the menu at the citz’s club.

“I will not leave out music that people ask for, regardless of where I play.

“We kick off with the bright stuff that everyone wants to hear.”

So ‘Cavatina’ is a cert for the citz’s club too. ‘The Deer Hunter’ theme’s a favourite. Everywhere.

Gray “Then I pull it back with Bartlett. something that’s got a magical feel. ‘Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues’ will do it and then they fill them up with ‘Yellow Rose of Texas’ and duelling guitar stuff.

“We put them through the full gamut of emotions. And we don’t educate, we entertain. We want people to go away

with a smile.”

‘We’ being Bartlett and Chet O’Connell, who is widely regarded as one of New Zealand’s finest guitarists. And since the ‘Private Conversations’ tour kicked off 16 gigs ago at the Kamo Cossie Club north of Whangarei they’ve been filling venues.

‘Filling venues’ is a couple of hundred people at a time. “That’s bloody good. And they love it,” says Gray. And then he tries to meet every one of the fans after. “Sometimes that’s tough, but I damned well do try.”

All of them 50-plus with a black-and-white taste in music. “And we give ‘em music they still like to hear.”

Tauranga Citizen’s Club gig has door tickets only, available from 4pm on Sunday, July 10.

As for Gray. Seventy-four years-old and still touring? “Yeah, love it. Love performing, love the music and love meeting the people.

“Looking forward to Tauranga.”

The Weekend Sun has two tickets to give away to one lucky reader who can tell us the name of Gray Bartlett’s new album?

Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the completion section. All entries must be received by Wednesday, July 6.

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Playing with food and music Cuisine is so hot at the moment; I keep seeing billboards advertising a band called The Food Show.

Okay, obviously that’s a joke. But what a good name for a band: you could expand your audience to a whole new demographic, though there might be the odd disappointed (or hungry) punter at the first few Josh gigs...

Durning.

Food really is hot. Perhaps not as hot as a few years back when half the nation were glued to MasterChef.

But even now, as food cools down slightly, we’ve all got a plethora of extra culinary knowledge and cupboard-loads of extraneous appliances.

Yes, pasta machines, breadmakers, stick blenders, ice cream churns, pie makers, I’m talking about you.

We don’t simply eat food now, we photograph it for Instagram, judge it out of 10, then pronounce whether or not it’s “cooked to perfection”.

And it’s spilling over into other areas.

That’s why I’m surprised there isn’t a band called The Food Show cashing in. There are more than a few bands named after food.

And even more for whom a foodie connection is happy coincidence. There’s even a drinking game where you have to think of bands with food names.

(Here are a few for starters: Meatloaf; Cream; The Flying Burrito Brothers; Red Hot Chilli Peppers; The Cranberries; Hall

ACT NOW!

and Oates; Toni Basil; T-Bone Walker; Captain Beefheart...)

But it’s not just music being colonised by food terminology. As a man prone to long luxurious showers, I happen to have two different body washes in the shower.

Nonsense! That sounds like Patrick Bateman from ‘American Psycho’.

It’s only true because recently out of the blue I was given a couple of sample bottles. Anyway...

The first one, ‘natural body wash’ subtitled ‘Delight’, is ‘a naturally regenerating blend of Acai Berry, Pomegranate & Vitamin C’.

Say what? I realise some foods are so fantastic they are now called superfoods, possibly because they are the only thing that is eaten by supermodels. Acai berries are one of these. And, just to show I’m hip to such new-fangled foodification, I can tell you they’re pronounced ‘a-sigh-ee’ berries.

But, correct pronunciation or not, I’m not sure superfoods really benefit from being rubbed in. The same, I would think, of vitamin C. Despite taking a pile of the stuff right now for a lousy cold, I hadn’t thought of lathering it onto my chest.

And isn’t pomegranate a food? It was certainly being touted as a ‘superjuice’ for a while before someone spotted that there weren’t actually any health benefits...

But that’s a mere warm up for the other ‘natural body wash’, excitingly subtitled

‘Vitality’. I’m a big fan of Thai food and actually made a green curry the other night.

So it’s kinda perplexing to find my second body wash is ‘a naturally revitalising blend of Lime, Coconut & Brown Sugar’.

Every single one of those went into the curry. Colour me speechless.

But enough! Back on the music front there are comings and goings. The Brilleaux boys are back from England and Italy having been, seen and conquered. I’ll get a report and share it with y’all next week I hope.

And next weekend guitarist Josh Durning heads over to the United States for the fourth time in the last two years. For those not au fait with Josh, he’s a fantastic young guitarist, and I mean no condescension by that – he’s a fantastic guitarist full-stop, but he does happen to be younger than most. He does a bunch of stuff but specialises in acoustic finger-picking, particularly early country blues.

Josh leaves on July 10 for three weeks in Los Angeles and Nashville, playing for the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society in Nashville and doing various guitar shop demos in both California and Tennessee.

Last time he was over there, in January, Josh played a concert with Tommy Emmanuel in Malibu.

Other jaw-dropping names he’s met and played with include Elvis’ guitar wiz James Burton, Nokie Edwards of classic surf rockers The Ventures, jazz virtuoso Martin Taylor and swampy southerner Tony Joe White.

No, Josh isn’t 20 yet; yes, he is that good.

Upon his return I’ll let you know how he gets on. watusi@thesun.co.nz

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GIGGUIDE & ENTERTAINMENT Greer’s Gastro Bar Sunday 3 – Carol Power and Chris Williamson, acoustic jazz duo 5-8pm.

The Crown and Badger Friday 1 – Redzone 9pm till late.

Saturday 2 – Shabang 9pm till late.

The Entertainers Club (Tauranga Citz Club) Sunday 10 – Gray Bartlett and friends 5-8pm. Private Conversations National Tour.

The Matua Wednesday 6 – “A Taste of Your Music”. Come along with chord sheets and sing with the band. 7.30pm start.

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Saturday 2 July Alcoholics Anonymous

Women’s meeting at St Andrews, Dee St 10-11am, children welcome.

0800 229 6757

Annual Book Sale

Books wanted for Tauranga Harbour Lions November book sale. Drop off points are Living Quarters, Bethlehem Town Centre; Payless Plastics, 414 Cameron Rd; Liquor King, 140 Otumoetai Rd, Brookfield. No magazines or encyclopedias please. 576 7105

Come Dance the Night Away

Note change of venue: Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave/Cameron Rd 7.3010.30pm. Sequence & old time dancing.

Great music & supper. Entry . Run by Tauranga Social Dance. Garry 543 0051

Cross Dressing Club Starting Up

Stop hiding away & join the crossdressing club. Get together with people like yourself & do fun things together.

Donations of ladies clothing, mainly lingerie etc plus 2 + ladies to help out. All guys & girls welcome to join, ages 18+.

Free. 021 042 7074.

Gate Pa Car Boot Sale

Car boot market next to Tauranga Girls’ College, 934 Cameron Road. First Saturday of every month. To book your $10 car space, Wiki 578 3321. A community initiative of Chirp.www.chirp.org.nz

Red Cross Book Fair

Sept 3 & 4 at Historic Village Hall, 17th Ave West. Wanted: books, CDs, DVDs, games, puzzles, jigsaws. Please de-liver to: Red Cross, 245 Chadwick Rd, Greerton. 578 6987

Te Puke Craft Market

First Sat of month at Pioneer Lounge, Te Puke Memorial Hall 9am – 12pm.

Homemade gifts, educational products, herbs, plants, natural products, homemade fudge, books & more.

The Seriously Good Food Show

The biggest food event in the Bay of Plenty. July 2 & 3 at ASB Arena Baypark 10am – 5pm daily. $10 per adult.

Village Radio

Community radio broadcasting from Tauranga Historic Village 1368 kHz AM. Music of 1940’s - 90’s weekends 9am - 5pm, weekdays 10am - 5pm. Specialty programmes. www. villageradio.co.nz or 571 3710

Sunday 3 July A Course in Miracles

Discussion group meet at Grindz Cafe, 50 First Ave. 12pm video, 12.30 coffee & chat. 1pm topic: how to overcome reluctance & resistance to perfect health, joy & abundance. RSVP txt 021 0274 2502

Bay Bible Fellowship/Lord’s Day

Laugh away the winter blues with us.

Sandpiper Room, Arataki Community Centre, Mount 11-11.45am. $3 door charge. Trish 022 036 6768 email: lollaughterwellness@gmail.com

Worship & communion service at Welcome Bay Primary School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Rd 10am. “Relationships for Eternity” series. Week 1: Singleness Grace upon Grace. Richard Roodt. www.bbf.net.nz

Every Sat at Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui 10am.

Seek to unite together in our walk to put truth into action on a daily basis. All ages welcome. 544 7424 or 0210 226 3515

Held 1st & 3rd Sun of month at Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga 8am - 1pm. Stallholders - booking a carpark site is essential. Email Alf bethlehemmarket@lionsclubs.org.nz

First Sat of month at 7 Oak Lane, off Waihi Rd 9am – 12pm.

Every Sunday at Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St 1.45pm. Title: “A Journey through the Bible - the Book of Ezra.” Interactive, Q&A. Refreshments provided. Vic 543 0504

LOL Laughter Wellness

Messianic Meetings

Nana Joans Op Shop

Narcotics Anonymous

Open meeting, Hanmer Clinic (behind Super Liquor) 1235 Cameron Rd, Greerton 7.30-8.30pm. If using drugs is causing you problems, maybe we can help. 0800 NA TODAY

Bethlehem Lions Market

Bible Seminars

BOP Orchid Society Auction

Opus Orchestra

Meet July 10 at Masonic Hall Lodge, 18 Oxford St, Te Puke 12noon. Plants, produce, tools, books & more. Great prices.

‘Out East’ Enviro Expo

Every Sunday at the new shopping centre, 83 Pyes Pa Rd 9am. Medium & fast pace. Mike 543 4733 or email: mikemell@kinect.co.nz

18th Century Unwrapped at Baycourt, Addison Theatre 5pm. Conductor: Peter Walls; Concert Master: Mark Bennett; Piano: Deidre Irons.

Showcasing local environmental projects. Learn about our environment & how to create healthy homes. Te Puke Memorial Hall 9am - 2pm. Exhibits, short seminars, kids activities, demos, prizes, giveaways. Free entry.

Papamoa Community Park

Join in the fun - growing soil, food & community. Fun for all ages, dawn till dusk. Gardening bees 2nd & 4th Sat 9am - 3pm. Between 51 & 53 Hartford Ave, Papamoa. Chris 021 0241 5454 or therockpapamoa@gmail.com

Petanque at Blake Park

Every Sat 1pm. Coaching & competitive play. Equip available, all levels welcome.

Jo Ann 578 3606

City on its Feet Walking Group

along with your own kite or watch a spectacular kite display. Free. Weather permitting.

Otumoetai Indoor Bowls

Champion of Champion Pairs, Mount Sports Centre 9am start. Karen 576 0443

Quakers in Tauranga

In hall behind Brain Watkins House, cnr Elizabeth St/Cameron Rd 10am for an hour of mainly silent worship followed by tea/ coffee & talk. 544 0448 www. quaker.org.nz

Radio Controlled Model Yachts

Meet Sun & Thurs at pond behind 24 Montego Drive, Papamoa 1.30pm to sail Electron & similar 3ft long yachts, for fun. Adult beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419

Radio Controlled Model Power Boats

Racing at Lake Taurikura off Taurikura Drive in the industrial area of the Lakes subdivision 10am. Follow the RC Boat Signs. Brian 548 1334

Sing

Presented by Oriana Singers & guest choir Stratford Singers, singing a selection of popular songs at Performing Arts Centre, Otumoetai College, 105 Otumoetai Rd 2-4pm. Adults $12, child free. Door sales available.

Spiritual & Healing Centre

The Psychic Cafe - no cafe event today as Greerton Community Hall is closed for renovations.

Sunday Cyclists

Meet outside Paengaroa Hall, Old Coach Road, Paengaroa 9am. All levels catered for. Jenny 0274 353 669 or 578 8937 www.cyclebop.co.nz

Tauranga Organ & Keyboard Soc

Meet at Carmel Country Estate Social Centre, 11 Hollister Lane, Ohauiti 1.30pm. Play or listen. Organ EL900 or Clavinova 405. Shirley 575 6344

Tauranga Historical Soc

Meet at Brain Watkins House cnr Elizabeth St/ Cameron Rd 2pm. Speaker: Antoine Coffin - Tauranga Moana Treaty Settlements. Visitors welcome.

Tauranga Spiritual Society

Guest speaker: Candida Monkley. At Senior Citizen’s Hall, 14 Norris St. Doors open 6.30pm for 7pm. Members $3, non members $5. 022 067 0467

The Seriously Good Food Show

The biggest food event in the Bay of Plenty. July 3 at ASB Arena Baypark 10am – 5pm. $10 per adult.

Ultimate Indoor Frisbee

Croquet

Open to men & women of all ages & abilities. 4vs4, non contact team sport.

Mount Sports Centre 12-2pm. Search Facebook Groups “Mount Ultimate” or MountUltimate@gmail.com

Fluoride Free NZ

Monday 4 July

Every Sun, Tues & Fri at Tauranga Domain, Cameron Rd 12.45pm. Peter 571 0633 Public talk by international fluoridation expert: Professor Paul Connett. At Tauranga Citizens Club 2pm. Fluorine is as toxic as lead & arsenic; it has no place in our water. $5 entry. www.fluoridefree. org.nz

Jaguar Enthusiasts’ (BOP) Club

Calling all Jaguar owners. Meet like minded drivers for outings, tours & socialising. Graham 543 4933

Matariki Kite Day

Fun day for the whole family at Fergusson Park, Matua 12-4pm. Come

Achieve Toastmasters

Keep speaking, keep helping, keep succeeding. 1st, 3rd & 5th Mon of month at St Stephen’s Church Hall, Brookfield, Tga 7.30-9.30pm. Craig 027 587 5115

Alanon Family Group

Meet every Mon at St George’s Anglican Church, Gate pa & Cameron Rd 7-8pm. 0508 425 266

Badminton Club: Seniors & Juniors Juniors: Mon 6-7.30pm. Seniors:

Mon & Weds 7.30-9.30pm. Bethlehem College Events Centre, Elder Lane. All levels of players welcome. Sue 021 194 4335 or www.taurangabadmintonclub. co.nz

Bethlehem Bowls

Every Monday at Bethlehem Hall 7.15pm. First 3 nights free. 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 9.1510.15am. First class free. For men & women. Dianne 576 5031 ‘Qualified Sport & Physical recreation instructor’.

Chess Mt Maunganui

Mount RSA Chess Club every Mon at Mount RSA, 544 Maunganui Rd. Early program 6-7.30pm during school term.

Late program 7.30pm onwards. Incl casual games. Noel 579 5412

Chess, The Mount Club

Every Mon at St Thomas More Church, 17 Gloucester Rd 1-4pm. The only place you play standard chess in Tga. $3 a session. Sets, boards, clocks & refreshments provided. Bob/Viv 575 5845 or 0274 786 282

Citizens Advice Bureau

For free, confidential information and advice about anything call in MondayFriday 9am-5pm 38 Hamilton Street, Tauranga or Freephone 0800 367 222 or 578 1592. JP Service every Mon 1-4pm, Weds & Thurs 9am-11.30am. Migrant Clinics Tues - Fri 1pm-4pm. – All welcome no appointment necessary.

City of Tauranga Pipe Band Grade 3

Meet every Mon at Otumoetai Primary School Hall 7.30pm. Comprehensive learning programme for pipers & drummers. Experienced players welcome to join the competitive band. Maureen 541 0532 or pjmflewis@xtra.co.nz

Civic Choir Tauranga

with Dutch roots (we speak English). $2 donation. 548 2835

Friends of the Library

Tauranga Library. Winter recess - no meeting in July or Aug. Betty 542 4322

Harmony a Plenty Barbershop Chorus

Every Mon at Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd 7pm. New members welcome. Wilf 571 5576 or www.harmonyaplenty. co.nz

Meditation & See What Unfolds

Meditation & discussion group every Mon 7-9pm with coffee after. $5 fee.

Kevin 578 7205

North of England Club BOP

Expressions of interest in forming a casual club. Looking at gathering every 6 weeks - no minutes, president etc.

Email: noec@rushpost.com or check our Facebook site if interested.

Omokoroa Indoor Bowling Club

Meet at Settler’s Hall, Omokoroa Rd every Mon 1.30pm & Tues 7.30pm. $3 mat fee. New players free first 3 weeks.

Anne 548 1636

Otumoetai Indoor Bowls

Club Night, Matua Primary School Hall, Clivedene St 7.15pm. New members welcome. Karen 576 0443

Pilates Matwork Classes

Every Mon & Fri 10.40-11.30am & Tues 12-12.50pm at Arataki Community Centre. All levels welcome. Claudia 0211 927 706

Recycled Teenagers

Gentle exercise for 50’s forwards, & injury or illness rehabilitation. Mon & Weds, 14 Norris St, Tauranga Senior Citizens Club, behind Pak n Save. Tues at St Mary’s Church Hall, Girven Rd. All 9 - 10.30am. Classes taken by qualified instructor. First class free. Jennifer 571 1411

Silver Singers Choir

Practice every Mon at St Stephens Church, Brookfield Tce 1-3pm.

Tenors, bases & contraltos needed for our 35 voice choir. Pat 579 1036

Tai Chi & Taoist Qi Gong

Every Mon at Wesley Church, 13th Ave, Tauranga 7.30pm. www.civicchoir. net.nz Heather 575 9092

Every Mon at Arataki Community Centre 9-10am. Warren 574 2464 or 0274 745 389

Get fit, while having fun. At Bethlehem Hall, Waihi Rd. Mondays 9.30am & Thurs 9.15am. $5 a class, first class free.

Ruth 0274 156 819

Daily classes. For days/times www. taoist.org.nz

Dancefit

Fitness League

Ladies exercise with dance to music.

Improve posture, energy, toned body, increase strength & fun.

Every Mon at Greerton Senior Citizens Hall, 39 Maitland St 9.30-10.30am. Gloria 573 4429

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

Free Meditation Classes

Mon 10am & Weds 7.30pm in Bellevue, Tauranga. Gain a new awareness. David/Trisha 570 1204

Friendly Support Network

Coffee morning at Vintage Car Clubrooms, Cliff Rd 10am. For those

Taoist Tai Chi

Tauranga Brass

Practice every Mon at Community Hall, Elizabeth St West 7-9pm. All players welcome. Alex 0274 920 185 or 571 8720

Tauranga Creative Fibre

Every Mon at Arts Centre, Elizabeth St from 9.30am. Spinning, weaving, felting, knitting, crochet & more. Also on Thurs evening twice a month. Shirley 577 0188

Tauranga Rock n Roll Club Inc

Club night every Mon at Tauranga RSA, Cameron Rd, Greerton 8pm.

A relaxed, social evening of dancing.

Members $3, non-members $5. Visitors welcome. Check the Facebook pages.

Trina 575 7461 a/hs

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.

New members welcome.

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Tauranga UFO & Paranormal Soc

Meet in hall behind Historic House cnr Cameron Rd/Elizabeth St 7.30pm. Guest speaker: Janmree Stinton. Door $3 inc cuppa.

Kay 0274 168 701 or FB Tga UFO & Paranormal

Te Puna Indoor Bowling Club

Every Mon at Te Puna Memorial Hall 7.15pm. Ian 579 3024

Womens Art Group

Every Mon at Lyceum Club Rooms, 68 1st Ave 9am - 12pm. New members welcome. Margaret 543 3244

Tuesday 5 July

ABC - Avenues Badminton Club

help - meetings Tues & Fri. 544 1213 or 022 0642 186

Sequence Dancing

Tauranga Social & Leisure Club.

St John’s Anglican Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai every Tues 7-9.30pm except second Tues of the month 3.30-6pm. Visitors welcome.

John 578 9716

South City Indoor Bowls

Open Fours Tournament (plate & raffle item) at Greerton Hall 7.30pm.

Keith 577 1116

Tauranga Morning Badminton Club

Every Tues & Thurs at Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, Memorial Park, cnr 11th Ave/Devonport Rd 9-11.30am. Heather 574 0976

Tauranga Samba

Faery Folk of NZ. Janet 027 264 0226

Narcotics Anonymous:

Working the steps. Closed meeting every Weds. Downstairs Hall (accessed from the building’s rear), Salvation Army Recover Church, 375 Cameron Rd 7.30-9pm. If using drugs is causing you problems, maybe we can help.

0800 NA TODAY

Nonviolence & Conscious Living

Want to speak more compassionately to yourself & others? Learn non violent communication Weds or Thurs at Historic Village 7pm. 021 0238 0340 RhondaLAPowers@gmail.com

Otumoetai Care & Craft

Every Weds at St Columba Church Hall, Cherrywood, Otumoetai 9am - 12.30pm during school term. . Crafts, fun, games, entertainment. Lunch provided. Dawn 576 7783

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

Every Tues meet at Mount Sports Centre 7-9pm. Brazilian drumming & percussion. No experience needed. Rob 021 232 7185

Business/dinner meeting 2nd Tues.

Social night 4th Tues, each month.

Julie 544 0277

Every Tues at Tauranga Bridge Club, Ngatai Rd 8.50am. 3 games $2.50.

New players welcome. 544 8372

Every Weds at Senior Citizens Hall, Maunganui Rd. Step practice & formation revision 7pm, regular class 7.30pm. Lynne 573 5055

Tuesday evening group meet at 171a Elizabeth St West 7-9pm. Friendly & supportive, any level of ability welcome. 576 9592

Mixed company for singles 60+ that meet once a week for coffee, enjoy socialising & making new friends.

Email: mixandmingle@xtra.co.nz or 027 439 4267

Altrusa Community Service Club Badminton (Social)

Every Tues & Fri at Otumoetai Baptist Hall 9.30am - 12pm. Racquets available. Lorraine 579 3229

Bayfair Petanque Club

Tuition & boules available for learners & visitors. Every Tues & Thurs at Bayfair Reserve, Russley Drive 1pm.

Margaret 572 3173

BOP Linux Users

Share & learn about free Open Source software & the Linux computer operating system. 1st Tues of the month at LJ Hooker, cnr Cameron Rd & 8th Ave 7-9pm. Experts & beginners welcome. $2. 578 6024 www.boplug.co.nz

Cards 500

Every Tues & Thurs Mount Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd. Names in by 12.45pm. 575 4650

CV Writing Clinics (Free Service)

Need help to create a basic CV? Complete the CV form, available at your local library & bring it to one of the CV writing clinics. Tauranga Library Tues 10am. Weds 10am.

Papamoa Library Fri 12.30pm.

Greerton Library Mon 12.30pm & Thurs 12.30pm. Times are subject to the availability of Volunteers.

Excel Toastmasters

Every 2nd, 4th & 5th Tues at Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way 6.15-8.30pm. Learn public speaking & leadership skills. brooke_bop@hotmail. com

Falun Dafa

Free exercises & meditation classes.

Every Tues at Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui 7pm.

Judy 021 0425 398

Fitness League

Ladies exercise with dance to music.

Improve posture, energy, toned body, increased strength. Every Tues at St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood 9.30-10.30am. Gloria 573 4429

Inachord Chorus

Womens 4 Part Harmony every Tues at Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd 6.55pm. Enjoy the challenge of singing & performing varied repertoire. Cathy 579 2040

Mahjong

Every Tues at Gate Pa Bowling Club 1-4pm. Beginners welcome.

Pearl 578 6556

Matua Otumoetai City on its Feet

Meet every Tues at Kulim Park 9am.

576 7339

Mount Morning Badminton

Every Tues at Mount Sports Centre, Blake Park 9am - 12pm. Social, competitive, all ages, beginners welcome. Racquets available. Daily fee: $5pp. Margaret 575 9792

New Plymouth Girls’ Past Pupils Assn

Coffee morning at Raft Cafe, Chapel St 10.30am.

All past pupils welcome. Margaret 549 1124

Overeaters Anonymous

Do you or a family member or friend have a problem with over or under eating? Overeaters Anonymous can

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Tauranga Scrabble Club

Tauranga Society of Artists

Tauranga Target Rifle Club

Club night every Tues at Elizabeth St West 7pm. Casual shooters $7.50 per 13 shot card. All equipment & coaching supplied. Tauranga Target Rifle Club Inc.

Te Puke Lyceum Club

Meet every Tues. Also have readers & garden groups. Mah Jong meet every Thurs & Sun. Singing every Fri. 8 Palmer Court. Jenny 573 7487

Welcome Bay Wheelers

Recreational cycle group meet every Tues at Palmers, Ohauiti Rd 9am.

Pam/Andrew 544 3272

Wednesday 6 July Age Concern Walking Group

Meet at Briscoes Chapel Street 10am. 578 2631

Alcoholics Anonymous

Reflections at Te Puke, Te Puke Baptist Church cnr Malyon St/Station Rd 7.30-8.30pm. 0800 229 6757

Bowls Indoor

Every Weds & Fri at Mount Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd 12.45pm. Beginners welcome.

575 4650

Cards

Do you play crib or would like to learn? Every Weds at Greerton RSA 1pm. Rona 578 7939

Fernland Spa Water Exercise Class

Every Weds 10.45-11.45am.

Held rain or shine but not during school holidays. Classes taken by qualified instructor & lifeguard. New participants ph Jennifer 571 1411

Fitness League Te Puke

Ladies exercise with dance to music.

Improve posture, energy, increased strength. Every Weds at St Andrew’s Church Hall, Oxford St 9.3010.30am. Gloria 573 4429

Scottish Country Dancing

Single Coffee Club 60+

Taoist Tai Chi

Exercise your body, challenge your mind. New class starts today 5.30pm (Diane 021 343 324) & also July 20, 15 Koromiko St 1pm. Caroline 548 1209

Tauranga Embroiderers’ Guild

Every Weds at Tauranga Rowing Club rooms, Memorial Park 10am - 2.30pm & 7.309.30pm. Juniors 4-5.30pm during term time, Beginners & experienced stitchers welcome.

Nancy 544 4778

Tauranga Mid-Week Tramping Group

Putauaki (Mt Edgecumbe). Grade mod, approx. 5.0hrs. Garth 575 7293

Tauranga South Garden Club

Meet first Weds of month at Central Baptist Church Hall cnr 13th Ave/ Cameron Rd 1.30-3pm. Visitors welcome. Margaret 578 1017

Toastmasters

Build your confidence, find your voice & open doors of opportunity in 2016. Join the happy bunch at City Early Start. Every Weds at Avgas Cafe, Classic Flyers 7-8.15am. 021 044 5654 or www.cityearlystart.co.nz

Wanganui Girls’ College

Old Girls’ Assn – Tauranga Branch.

Mid-year luncheon, Tauranga Sport Fishing Club, Sulphur Pt Marina 11am. All past students welcome. 548 2110

Weds Evening Mountain Bike Ride

Meet at RideBikes, 393 Cameron Rd 6.15pm. Jen 578 0016

Wednesday Recreational Cycle Group

Meet at Sulphur Point, near Nautilus, off Cross Rd 9am.

Cam 552 4513

Women’s Bridge Club

Gate Pa Indoor Bowls

Every Weds at Lyceum Club rooms, 68 1st Ave 12.50pm. New members welcome. Helen 579 1947

Healing Rooms

Thursday 7 July

Club night at Greerton Hall 7.30pm.

Champ Finals 7pm. Kevin 543 4044 Experience God’s healing touch at Bethlehem Town Centre, cnr shop behind PO/Bookstore, open every Weds (except July 13) 1-3pm. No appointment necessary, no charge, all ages welcome. 0211 100 878 www. healingrooms.co.nz

Healing Rooms

Bay Costal Healing Rooms, Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd (Bayfair) Mount. Caring, trained Christians pray for your physical, emotional & spiritual health. July 6 & 20 2.30-3.30pm. No appointment necessary, no charge. 022 120 5406

Kiwi Toasters

Building communication & confidence 1st, 3rd & 5th Weds at 3 Palm Springs Blvd (same building as Palm Springs Pharmacy) 5.30-7pm.

Chrissy 027 296 7939

Mount Healing & Spiritual Centre

Omanu Bowling Club, Golf Rd, Mount 7.30pm. Speaker: Gary Cook -

Awesome Clothing Sale

Good quality, all sizes & styles men’s, women’s, children’s, shoes, sheets, duvets etc. Only $5 a bag.

You pick. Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga 9.30-10.30am. Organised by Turning Point Trust 578 6934

Bay City Rockers Social Dance Group

Social Rock n Roll dancing every Thurs at Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St 7.30-9.30pm. Gavin 027 643 6222

Club Mt Maunganui

Social games club. Play indoor bowls, 500, bolivia & 5 crowns every Thurs 12.45pm. Prizes & visits to other clubs.

John 575 2422

Fitness League

Safe, effective, low impact exercise to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed to help with posture, balance & stamina, combination of exercise, movement & dance. All ages & abilities. Complementary 1st class.

Thurs: Central Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave/Cameron Rd 9.30am. Weds: Katikati Memorial Hall 10am. Pam 549 4799 or 021 117 7170

Free Mediation Classes

Every Thurs at Papamoa Sports & Rec Centre, 80 Alice Way, off Parton Rd 7pm. Find peace, love & joy & make your life rewarding.

Ian 576 2032

Greerton Indoor Bowling Club

Day Tournament. Sally 571 8914

Keynotes 4 Part Harmony

Women’s Chorus meet Thurs at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave 6.45pm. Sing for fun & health. Nora 544 2614

Mah-Jong

Every Thurs at Bowls Matua Bowling Club, 108 Levers Rd, Matua 1-4pm.

Beginners welcome. Julia 576 4127

More Than Craft

Every Thurs at Greerton Bible Church, cnr Chadwick Rd & Fraser St 9.30-11.30am.

10 crafts available. Talented tutors. $3 entry.

June 544 0823

Mount Underwater Club

Club night at Mount Ocean Sports Clubrooms (Cnr The Mall/Salisbury Ave) 7.30pm. Presentation: Turtle conservation in Greece. New members welcome. Gail 021 471 768 or gail.bingham58@gmail.com

Orange City Square & Round Dance Club

Tues morning class 10am - 12pm. Weds Advanced, Thurs Club night & new dancers 7.30pm. Frontiersmen’s Hall. 543 1063

Papamoa 500 Card Club

Every Thurs at Gordon Spratt Reserve 12.45pm. Dave 575 5887

Petanque

Every Thurs & Sun at Cliff Rd 1pm. Tuition given to new players. No equip needed to start. Charles 570 1099

Sunshine Dance Group

Learn sequence dancing at a friendly club.

Meet every Thurs at Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave & Cameron Rd 7-8.30pm, followed by dancing till 10pm. $2pp, entrance includes supper. Jan 544 4379

Tai Chi & Taoist Qigoing

Every Thurs morning at Elizabeth St Community Centre. Warren 574 2464 or 0274 745 389

Tauranga Heart Support Group

Low impact group exercise class for those with or at risk of heart & associated diseases.

Every Mon & Thurs at City Church, Otumoetai Rd 9.30-10.30am. $4pp. Hannah (Clinical Exercise Physiologist) 0508 227 342

Tennis Seniors WBOP

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Six Bay of Plenty players have been named in the first 14 players to be contracted in the Northern Districts squad for the 2016-2017 season.

Jono Boult, Dean Brownlie, Joe Carter, Daniel Flynn, Brett Hampton and Bharat Popli have been signed and one more contract will be announced on July 12 to make up the full 15 squad members.

New to the list are youngster Zak Gibson of Waikato Valley, and Josef Walker of Hamilton.

Nick Kelly has also been offered a contract with ND after he was elevated to the list last season when Ish Sodhi was promoted onto the Black Caps.

Fast bowler Zak Gibson earned his inclusion after a solid introduction into first class cricket in the Plunket Shield competition earlier this year, picking up wickets in each of his fixtures. Zak was the recipient of the inaugural Maori Cricket Scholarship from NZ Cricket, and was part of the under-19 New Zealand squad which travelled to Bangladesh for the Under-19 World Cup. Other Northern Districts contracted players for 2016-2017 include James Baker, Anton Devcich, Josef Walker, Daryl Mitchell and Scott Kuggeleijn from Hamilton, Zak Gibson and Tim Seifert from Waikato Valley and Nick Kelly from Counties Manukau).

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Check enrolments before October Enrolment packs are being sent out to all 3.1 million enrolled voters this week so electors can confirm their details before October’s local body elections.

“We’re asking everyone to check their packs to make sure that we have their details correct, so that they don’t miss out on voting in the local elections,” says the Electoral Commission’s Robert Peden.

“All you’ll need to do is check that your details are right. If they are correct, you don’t need to do anything more. If anything needs updating, make the changes and send them back to us immediately.”

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“If you don’t get a pack by July 4, you’re not enrolled so you need to get onto it,” says Robert.

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Updating your enrolment details can be done online at www.elections.org.nz or freetext your name and address to 3676, call 0800 36 76 56 or go to any PostShop.

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COUNCIL Annual Plan 2016 - 2017

SO HOW MUCH ARE RATES GOING UP? For the 2016/17 year total income from rates will increase by 2.95 percent. Growth makes up 1.24 percent of this leaving an increase of 1.68 percent for existing ratepayers. When you exclude inflation of 1.6 percent, this increase amounts to only 0.11 percent.

Waihi Beach and Omokoroa drop because they transitioned to a single wastewater charge.

Te Puke and Maketu rates also drop, however these communities will have to pay for water separately – adding an extra $150-$180.

The graph below shows what this looks like in your area. The variation in rates is mostly a result of moving to one uniform annual charge for water and wastewater.

Rates movements reflect where each community is on this cycle.

If Te Puke and Maketu had not transitioned to the metered water charge, which reduces cost from $564 to $371, their rates increase would be 3.8 percent and 3 percent respectively.

Average rates in Katikati rise 4 percent – this includes the water and wastewater charges. Average rates in

Katikati residents will see the benefits of the change by 2018 when the district-wide water metering project is complete.

AVERAGE RATES INCREASE BY AVERAGE RATES INCREASE BY AVERAGE RATES INCREASE BY PROPERTY TYPES ACROSS THE DISTRICT PROPERTY TYPES ACROSS THE DISTRICT PROPERTY TYPES ACROSS THE DISTRICT

THE AVERAGE INCREASE FOR EXISTING RATEPAYERS IS

1.68 PERCENT

This low rate increase doesn’t come at a cost to service delivery, and you can rest assured the District’s valuable assets will continue to be well maintained.

We’ll also continue to retire debt, and progressively improve roading and the District’s digital footprint on the way.

WHY IS THE RATES INCREASE SO LOW? In preparing for this year’s Annual Plan, we thoroughly reviewed the proposed budgets and removed costs wherever possible.

We were careful to make sure projects that maintain and futureproof the District’s core assets continue to be adequately funded. We have also made sure that we maintain our current levels of service and meet legal obligations.

So the good news is while this may be the lowest rates increase in more than 10 years, it still ensures the communities’ needs for essential services are met.

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT:

www.westernbay.govt.nz/myrates

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A COMMITMENT TO REDUCING DEBT

UPGRADING ANIMAL SHELTERS

To keep up with the needs of a rapidly growing population, Council has invested heavily in infrastructure over the past 15 years. As a result we have a proportionally high debt per person compared to many other areas.

With existing animal shelters bursting at the seams and a growing dog population, we’ve allocated $250,000 (funded primarily from dog registration fees) to upgrade and expand the Council-operated shelters at Katikati and Te Puke. This will ensure we have safe, healthy facilities that can accommodate dogs from across the District needing Council shelter. 80 percent of the 30 submissions agreed with this decision.

The result of the thorough reviews of our costs has led forecast debt to reduce from $150m in the Long Term Plan forecast to $135m – a reduction of $15m. In order to lower this debt over the next 10 years we’ve allocated $13m in 2016/17 to go towards debt repayments. This has reduced the interest payments by $220,000.

Continued changes to service delivery – such as collaborative roading and water contracts – will also reduce Council spending by about $25m over a nine year period. Savings like this, combined with commitment to repaying debt, make good financial sense and are good for the District and the ratepayer.

IMPROVING ROADS The NZ Transport Agency recently announced a $520m roading package to transform State Highway 2 between Tauranga and Waihi. Council’s role in this and other Transport Agency roading projects is to represent our communities’ interests and be an advocate for change – such as the Katikati Bypass – that we believe are good for the District. We currently have a $1.91m surplus in our transportation budget for 2016/17. This allows us to allocate an extra $1.5m towards the seal extension programme, bringing the total budget to $3.5m.

This figure allows us to seal about 12km of unsealed road over the year.

IMPROVED INTERNET ACCESS Western Bay Council and Tauranga City Council are each contributing towards the implementation of the sub-region’s ‘Digital Enablement Plan’. The objective of this plan is to ensure the region has a level of internet access and capability that allows its residents and business to fully utilise and benefit from advances in digital technology. 78 percent of the 32 submissions on this project agreed with this decision.

ONGARE POINT WASTE WATER SYSTEM FUNDING While the funding for this project was initially budgeted for the 2016/17 year, we opted to delay funding for one year to better align with Bay of Plenty Regional Council funding availability. This also allows adequate time to prepare for the new system, obtain resource consent and purchase the required land. Of the 24 responses received on this topic, 19 were in support.

W.B.O.P.D.C. PH: 075718008

09055 30-6-16

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OR CALL OUR CUSTOMER SERVICES TEAM ON: 07 571 8008 OR 0800 926 732

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