The Weekend Sun - 31 January 2020

31 January 2020, Issue 997

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Drying out p3

Free as a bird

On the march p4

Jewellers call time p12-13

It is as summer as the sound of cicadas or the wash of another lazy wave on Tay Street Beach.

The sound is the rumble of ZK-AWP - one gracious old lady, a DC-3 which at weekends, trundles across the Bay of Plenty skyline at

500 metres (1500 feet), her cabin chocka with tourists, plane spotters and nostalgia. She’s an old girl decked out in flash retro NAC finery, and flown by an old dog - Keith Mitchell.

“They always ask if this plane is safe.

“Then they look at me, an old pilot of 76, and think: ‘oh that’s good, he’s obviously been round the block a few times. He knows what he’s doing’.”

Read the full story on page 8-9. Photo: Daniel Hines.

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Getting out of town It’s great news that finall something is going to be done about State Highway 2 north of Tauranga.

I say this with great sincerity and excitement for the simple reason; I don’t live over there!

Having enjoyed the progress at Bayfair for what now seems like most of my life, I can assure you that nothing will bring you more joy than watching a road slowly take shape as you crawl past in the car.

By the time this project is finished in five or seven or 10 years, commuter will have the equivalent of a degree in engineering. They will know about tenders and ‘trimming costs’. The nuances of ground work preparation and stabilisation will send tingles down the spine.

Steel and concrete quality will be talked about regularly at mealtimes.

A road for everyone

We live in a country where road projects are epic, multi-generational affairs. Every road is either under construction, being repaired or still just a twinkle in the eye.

New projects are like a gift from God – handed down to us by our great leaders who promise economic benefits, prosperit and more time in the day for our hobbies.

When God gives us a new road, it sparks all sorts of emotions but mostly relief and an overwhelming sense of endorsement that the frustration and fear you have experienced was real and now somebody understands.

Those who miss out go through the various stages of grief. Right now leaders

of our country’s southern provinces are angry. Canterbury gets just $159 million out of the Government’s $6.8 billion transport spend-up.

This kind of backs up my theory about how much people love roadworks. As a former Christchurch resident, who returns fairly frequently, I can confirm that jus about every road is a new road in that city.

Obviously a devastating earthquake is traumatic and inconvenient but the one silver lining is that you get all new stuff, including roads.

Much as I love a good road, sometimes I do wish they would just leave them alone for five minutes so you can get from poin A to point B. To put it into perspective, in China, they can build whole cities in the time it takes us to build a four lane highway to Omokoroa.

In Wuhan where the deadly new virus is, they constructed a 1000 bed hospital in just a few days.

This is a matter of scale – Wuhan has a population of 11 million people which makes it just the seventh largest city in that country. It is basically their Palmerston North.

Deadly virus

I’m not sure about you but I still haven’t got the foggiest idea what Coronavirus is. I do know it’s got nothing to do with putting dodgy lemon slices in your beer.

The best description I can provide is that it’s like contagious pneumonia or maybe just a cold if you’re lucky.

To try and contain the issue the Chinese have pretty much shut down the city of Wuhan. Nobody in, nobody out.

As you might imagine, this is pretty upsetting for all those visitors stuck there, including quite a few Kiwis and Aussies.

A trip deep into the interior of China is a pretty overwhelming experience at the best of times, let alone being stuck in a city beset by a scary new virus that may or may not wipe everyone out.

All your Christmases

But don’t worry, the Aussies have offered to quarantine these poor people on Christmas Island.

Now, this sounds like a fun place and it is a tropical island but don’t let the name seduce you. There have been some very mixed reviews from former guests of the Australian Government on Christmas Island.

The main issue people seem to have is that they are detained there, because they are illegal immigrants or in the process of being deported. In fact, it is not unusual for more than half the population of that island to be trapped. There is a definit ‘Hotel California’ vibe going on.

So, I guess if it’s a choice between being taken down by a funky bat virus or a trip to Christmas Island courtesy of the Australian Government you would have to think pretty hard about that.

At least the other prisoners will leave you alone once they know what you are in for. daniel@thesun.co.nz

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The Christmas Island Detention Centre was given a $1.45 billion makeover and reopened last year. It currently has one family of four detained there.

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Heat puts city on edge

The Weekend Sun photographer John Borren sums up the ‘big dry’ with this stunning photo of a spider silhouetted on a dead leaf.

There’s no respite in store.

WeatherWatch is forecasting temperatures of 30, 29, 29, 28 and 28 for Tauranga over the next five days. So, no immediate relief from the scorchers.

And absolutely no likelihood of rain before next Tuesday when there’s a ten per cent chance of a shower or two, increasing to 20 per cent next Friday.

Otherwise the city will be delivered mostly sunny days until next Tuesday when it turns partly cloudy.

The fire risk in Tauranga is high and that has prompted a fire reminder.

Simply put - don’t light any fires.

“We are in a restricted season,” says Jon Rewi, Bay of Plenty fire risk management officer. “And you need to get a permit to light a fire. But even with a permit, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s safe to light a fire.”

Meanwhile, Fire and Emergency throughout the whole area is on alert.

The unrelenting weather pattern has also set off alarm bells for the Western Bay of Plenty District Council. Water consumption in the council’s central zone of Omokoroa, Te Puna and Minden has

continued to spike despite warnings over the past month.

Not since 2013 has the council been forced to introduce water restrictions. But unless water use dropped significantly and immediately in the central zone water areas, the council said it would have to impose water restrictions – effective this weekend.

“A ban on sprinklers - hand-held hosing only - and water restrictions for odd-numbered houses on odd days and even-numbered houses on even days,” says the council’s utilities manager, Kelvin Hill.

And that could happen from Saturday.

The Tauranga City Council has had a sprinkler ban in place for a week after water usage soared 40 per cent on normal. Average use is around 41 million litres a day and it peaked at 58 million litres – the highest since water metres were installed.

The Western Bay of Plenty District Council had been asking larger water consumers in its central zone to be more prudent. The council has been closely monitoring reservoirs in the three water zone catchments, but with no real rain in sight, the whole district is on high alert to conserve.

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Police patrols Police are looking at stepping up patrols in the Western Bay of Plenty following two shootings.

In the early hours of Tuesday morning, police were called to a shooting at a Hairini property, where a large number of shots had been fired towards a house and vehicle Later that same day, armed police flooded th Western Bay of Plenty after reports of a shooting on No.2 Road, near Te Puke.

No injuries have been reported from either shooting.

“We are investigating each of these incidents separately, as well as any possible links between them, and any potential gang involvement,” says Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Turner.

BOP man killed in Taita Police are continuing to make enquiries into the homicide of a 56-year-old Bay of Plenty man in Taita.

“Police can now name the victim - Davis Phillips, aged 56, from the Whakatane area,” says Detective Senior Sergeant Nick Pritchard.

“The investigation team is committed to identifying the person or persons responsible for Davis’ death and Taita residents can expect to see a continued police presence in the coming days.

“We know this incident has been very unsettling and concerning for the Taita community.”

WBOP water restrictions Water use in Omokoroa, Te Puna and Minden continues to soar and restrictions are not far away.

Unless water use drops immediately in these areas Western Bay of Plenty District Council will be imposing restrictions from Saturday, February 1.

Council’s utilities manager Kelvin Hill says water consumption has almost reached its peak, giving Council no option but to put restrictions in place.

A decision will be made today, January 31.

Reservoirs in the Western Zone (Waihi Beach and Katikati) and Central Zone (Omokoroa, Te Puna and Minden) must maintain a constant 50 per cent minimum water level to meet the daily demand.

Members of the Pacific Guards Mount Maunganui practise their routine ahead of the big competition in two weeks

It’s a deliciously uncluttered sport – no national body, no constitution, no can’t do this nor that. No winning nor losing so no bitter rivalries. Very informal and nice.

“Just fun, fitness and friendship,” says Sharon Jackman, of the leisure marching team Pacific Guards Mt Maunganui There is only one rule. A leisure marching team has just five minutes to strut its stuff on the parade ground.

“You can take one minute if you choose.

“But everyone wants their five minutes of fame,” says Sharon Jackman.

And while there will be no winners or losers when the Pacific Guards step out for their big Open Display Day on Sunday, February 16, at Links Avenue in Mount Maunganui, the natural competitive streak in most sports people will surface.

“It maybe leisure marching, but every one of us wants to go out there and be the absolute best we can be. We are a bunch of very competitive women.” That’s on the

display area, but away from it there’s lots of tea drinking, chatting and socialising.

Seventeen teams will be at the Mount for the Pacific Guards Open Display Day. “That’s give or take 200 marchers,” says Sharon. “Nine teams from Tauranga, four from Auckland and one each from Thames, Whakatane, Taupo and Matamata.”

Sharon started marching back in 1961, in Dunedin for the Balaclava Midgets, then progressed to seniors, became an instructor and an administrator. Then she answered the call to compete again, pulled on a pair of those white $300 marching boots and returned to the display area 13 years ago.

Marlene Marx marched her way through the 1970s before life veered off in a different direction. Then one day she was driving past some marchers in a Tauranga Park and it triggered something.

To execute a marching routine with precision takes discipline. “There’s actual mental fitness,” says Marlene. “We are remembering manoeuvres and counting.

“Are we turning right or left, are we

stopping or starting? Doing that for five intensive minutes at our age really does keep us on our toes.”

There are 10 member of the Pacific Guards. “We remain open but any further members would mean we would have to completely re-choreograph our marching routine. Not that easy,” says Sharon.

A couple of sisters in the team are in their fifties, several are in their sixties and seventies and Maureen Haworth is still marching at 82.

“That’s the lovely thing about unstructured leisure marching – no constraints,” says Sharon. Some teams have five members, others have 26. Some boast male members and in Invercargill there are sisters who both march with walking sticks.

Some wear dashing uniforms, shako hats, military style tunics and tailored slacks.

Others wear t-shirts and trousers.

So when does a leisure marcher stop marching? “On death really,” says Sharon.

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Cricket mania hits the Bay You won’t be in bed much before midnight on a Sunday, well after TV’s “Goodnight Kiwi” and “Cat” would have climbed into their satellite dish. And it is a school day the next day.

But that is the sort of concession New Zealand cricket fans have to make to the multi-billion dollar Indian broadcast market. “Not ideal for us, but the later start pushes the match into a better time zone for Indian television viewers,” says Kelvin Jones, general manager of the Bay Oval, the country’s premier cricket venue.

Cricket is big business on the sub-continent.

So at 8pm local time, when the first ball is bowle in the fifth and final T20 of the series betwe India and the Black Caps on Sunday, February 2, at Bay Oval tens of millions of fans in Mumbai and elsewhere will have just finished a 12.30pm lunc of rice and red lentil dahl and be settling in front of TV to watch their ‘rock stars’ of cricket.

“It’ll be the biggest crowd of the summer and it will be the game to get along to,” says Kelvin.

It’s a special day for other reasons. It’s a double header. First up, the White Ferns are playing South Africa’s Proteas. “It’s wonderful to have the Indians back – the colour and occasion their fans bring is

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The temple Gurudwara Sikh Sangat Tauranga will swell the crowd at Bay Oval Sunday night.

Indian fans from left: Darshan Singh, Navjot Singh, Rajesh Banwala, Markiran Singh and Mohan Singh. Photo: Daniel Hines. very cool,” says Kelvin Jones.

The Indian fans bring a different dynamic – they’re whooped up from the first ball and don’ need cold beer under a hot sun to fire up. Cricke and sky blue livery is enough to set them off.

“They are just very good fans. They’re maybe all the things Kiwi fans aren’t always.

“Kiwi fans are just a bit more conservative.”

The Bay Oval will have a designated Indian fan zone for the T20 – “one could argue the whole ground is a designated Indian fan zone,” says Kelvin.

“But the fan zone is an encouragement for the Indian fans to group together and really get into it.”

To assist, the Bay Oval will have an Indian food concessionaire at the ground. “From past experience I do know the vegetarian options were very popular with our Indian fans.” Most fans probably.

Tickets are expected to sell late for the match.

“People sit back and look at the weather closer to the time. That’s the way Kiwis roll,” says Kelvin.

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Music is a safe place Dad’s in a gang and Mum was a sex worker but Connor Boyd has quite a different plan for his life.

At 26-years-old Connor Boyd or ‘Kayz 1’ has been through a lot. He’s now using his experiences to make music.

The musician from Christchurch has chosen Tauranga as a safe place away from the violence and the gangs.

“My father was trying to push me into his gang and I’m not a mean person. I’m not like them. I don’t take joy in hurting people. That’s why I left, because otherwise they would have pushed me into it,” says Connor.

He says it was a bit scary at times with Dad being in a gang and Mum in the sex industry, but at first he didn’t really know what was going on.

“I just always liked music and I started writing [songs] at like 10 or 11-yearsold. I think it was my childhood way of trying to process what was going on.”

It wasn’t until about intermediate age that he started to realise what his parents did for a living wasn’t ‘normal’.

“It was embarrassing because my mum was sleeping with some of my friend’s parents and that’s how I figured it out because I started getting bullied at school. That’s how I started to figure out it wasn’t a normal job.”

Connor has turned to music as an outlet and as a way to tell the story of what he has been through.

Connor says Eminem was a big influence for him and he would always be rapping along to his songs.

“I figured out that I could do his whole songs and then I eventually just started to try and write my own. At the start they really sucked but I just kept at it.”

He describes his music as a positive outlet and it covers issues like mental health, not letting things bottle up, but getting it out in a positive way.

Musician Connor Boyd shares the story behind his music.

Photo: Bruce Barnard.

To date, his hardest song to write is one he wrote about his great-grandad who died.

“It was my way of trying to process the grief. It took about a month because I did bits at a time. If I get sudden inspiration for something I just write it, but sometimes I can sit there for ages and not come up with anything.

“Some days I can write half a song in 15 minutes, it’s strange.

“Usually I’ll start with a line or something that I’ve thought of and then I’ll try and search like a beat or something to match that, or if I listen to a beat first and then the first bi might just pop up.”

He says people have reacted positively towards his music.

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Connor gets some studio time to work on his songs.

He is also doing a Diploma in Music at Toi Ohomai. “I’ve been told I’ve got to work on a couple of tiny things, but some of my new stuff that I’m working on is a bit more upbeat and a little bit more poppy. “I’ve done a show at Our Place with the school and it’s really helped my confidence. It’s a big difference from singing to yourself than in front of even 20 people. It doesn’t feel like much. but when you’re up there, it’s daunting.”

His advice to others is “just keep pushing and keep going until someone hears you. Just don’t give up”.

“I had thoughts of giving up after my first song thinking it was no good and sometimes you’ve got to just take a bit of a break from it because if you overdo

it, everything will start to sound like crap.

“You’ve got to just make time to actually focus on it.

“In a sad way, I’m not good at anything else. That was my motivation because every other course I’ve failed and I’ve just been drifting through life since I was 16, but once I fully found music, it just clicked that I knew that’s what I was born to do in a cheesy way.” For Connor, 2020 should see the release of his first album. He has written seven songs but wants 10 before he releases it. He also wants to continue doing live shows and get his name out there more.

To listen to Connor’s music and his story, you can find him under ‘Kayz 1’ on YouTube, or Connor Boyd on Facebook.

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After a dormant ocean forced postponement last weekend, the 2020 Billabong Grom Series presented by Oceanbridge will kick off at Mount Maunganui this Saturday and run through the weekend.

The first of three events takes plac at Tay Street with the series carrying on to Whangamata next weekend and Piha toward the end of February.

The 15th edition of the series has drawn another big field of junio surfers from around the country as they look to make the most of the summer waves before heading back to school.

Earlier this month, many of the

country’s top juniors surfed in the Health 2000 National Surfin Championships held at Dunedin.

Five age-group champions from the event will be in action during the Billabong Grom Series including the winner of the Under 18 Boys Division and local Bay of Plenty surfer, Jack Lee (Whaka).

Lee was in superb form at the National Championships and after finishing runner-up in the Ne Zealand Grom Series in 2019, will want to go one better this year before he moves into the Open Men’s Division.

A mother’s story is not always that simple

During the week, Connor’s mum got in touch with The Weekend Sun to validate his childhood story.

She said she was only 20 when she had Connor but was quick to realise her relationship with the father was unhealthy.

There was a bitter custody battle and then an arson attack that destroyed their home when Connor was five. She then turned

to drugs and alcohol to numb the pain. They did not have insurance so lost everything they had in the fire “Because of the financial cost, I ended up in the sex industry for a time trying to get money to replace our possessions,” she says.

“I was suffering from deep depression and eventually I pulled myself out as I knew it wasn’t what I wanted or needed

for my son or me.

“For many years after I had problems with alcohol which I deeply regret as it caused numerous fractures in mine and Connor’s relationship.

“Music has always been a huge part of our lives and a great outlet. I’m hugely proud of and encourage Connor 100 per cent to follow what he loves and to always reach for the stars.”

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The punters probably wouldn’t appreciate some young buck in the cockpit. It needs an old man to fly an old aeroplane Most summer weekends, Keith Mitchell throws on a crisp white shirt with the striped epaulettes of a pilot and travels from home in Christchurch to Tauranga for an assignation with the other woman in his life – the Air Chatham DC-3.

“I certainly have a special relationship with this aircraft.” He talks to her - ‘come on ol’ girl’ sort of thing. “And I pat her.” He doesn’t love her like his wife. “But there’s certainly an attachment and much more than there would be for a modern aircraft.”

The love affair with the DC-3 is a global phenomenon. “It was September 17, 1935, when the DC-3 first went into service. And there’s nothing on land, rail, sea or in the air that can match it.”

And ZK-AWP is living, flying proof – still turning an honest buck flying fanciers from Tauranga to Katikati and Waihi Beach, round Mauao and then over the backyards of Te Puke. McDonnell Douglas built 16,000 DC-3s so they got that one right.

And they might also be looking down in awe at Keith Mitchell. “Maybe,” laughs the pilot. “An old bloke in an old aeroplane?”

A DC-3 is low spec, no frills flying “No auto-pilot so you are committed to flying it.

“Hands on flying and you don’t get much hands on flying today. Everything is automated.

It’s 9.30am on a Saturday morning and tucked in behind Classic Flyers Museum, ZK- AWP is being shaken from its slumber. Those big 14 cylinder Pratt and Whitney radial piston engines are winding up, then explode into life. There’s smoke, lots of it.

“If you wear labelled clothes, then DC-3s aren’t for you,” says Keith Mitchell. “There’s lots of oil.”

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That means all sprinklers and irrigation systems are banned until further notice.

You can still water carefully by hand, between 5am and 8am, and 7pm and 10pm.

The Air Chathams crew – first officer Daryl Pettit, flight attendant Vicki Hannah a Keith Mitchell. Photos: Daniel Hines.

The DC-3 has many nicknames – Gooney Bird or albatross, Dumbo, Spooky, Puff the Magic Dragon – all names pointing to the aircraft’s reputation for reliability, versatility and power. And its timelessness would inevitably lead to verse and songs being written.

“They patched her up with masking tape, With paper clips and string, And still she flies, she never dies, The Methuselah with wings.”

And if you ask a DC-3 to do something, Keith says it will do its best ever. “I can assure you of that.” And never a scary moment. “Blown a few cylinders, but the radial just keeps going. And you are too busy getting back on the ground to worry about it.”

It’s a magical experience when the ZK-AWP moseys down the runway and eases into the air. “Sometimes people don’t even know they have left the ground.

“Then there’s that wonderful sense of freedom.”

With DC-3s there is a delicious amalgam of noise and nostalgia. “I have flown them extensively i Australia and New Zealand. And you often meet people who heard the radial engine, thought it might have been a DC-3 and immediately drove to the airport to see.” There is a lot of noise for an aircraft that trundles along at just 300 km/h.

And everyone, it seems, has a story about a DC-3.

“They got proposed to on a DC-3, they got engaged on a DC-3.” And then a bloke corners Keith Mitchell and tells him his father was piloting a DC-3 in 1945 when it collided with a Lockheed. “The DC-3 lost a wing and crashed but the pilot survived and lived

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The aviation icon was also a war hero. “It helped win WW2 – not as a fighting machine but as workhorse.” It did transform into warhorse in Vietnam and armed with Gatling guns to counteract the Vietcong moving at night through the jungles.

But on ZK-AWP there’s nothing more aggressive than a running commentary. Although it did serve in the RNZAF before turning out for NAC from 1953 to the late 1960s. Flash people got dressed up to travel in AWP. Later it was a top-dresser, breaking in some of New Zealand’s toughest farmland, some more commercial work and then to Tonga. “It ended up mothballed in a hangar and when Air Chathams got the chance to bring it home, they jumped.”

“We spent a year getting it going. But I wanted to bring it home because unlike other DC-3s it had New Zealand history.”

Keith Mitchell has the unerring knack of tweaking the rudder to bring any talk of himself back to ZK-AWP. “She makes people cry.” He is referring to the 1948 Berlin airlift when the DC-3 transported in more than 6000 tonnes of supplies to the blockaded West Berlin each day.

West Berliners involved in the blockade would later climb into Keith’s DC-3 and cry.

“They would tell us the DC-3 won the war, that it helped them survive through dark days.”

Keith Mitchell scratches his chin thoughtfully.

“You know, I treat it as a privilege to fly the DC-3.

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Backing Gus to beat the odds He was in a Waikato Hospital being dialysed for kidney failure when he applied for the job, a top sports job in Tauranga.

There had also been other issues – alcohol and mental health.

Gus Malietoa-Brown had been in a dark place, but he insists he is in a new positive space these days.

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Gus Malietoa-Brown will juggle dialysis and coaching this year.

“I didn’t hear anything about the job for a couple of months and then Bunny Nicholas banged on the front door.” And despite all those health issues, Gus Malieto-Brown, sickness beneficiary, was the new senior coach for the Otumoetai Eels Rugby League Club – Bay of Plenty’s premier league outfit Didn’t the club have concerns about his suitability?

“I would have thought so,” laughs Gus. “But I told them the truth about what I had been through and after sitting down with the committee, they were all for it.” They liked what they saw and heard.

“He convinced us. And we have full confidence,” says Bunny Nicholas, former Eels president and now coaching and management development officer.

“We haven’t had a coach like this before, but there are many people living with dialysis.”

Then there’s the little matter of experience. He’s never coached a rugby league, at any level. But he does have a royal lineage – both on and off the field.

His grandfather was the Samoan Head of State, Malietoa Tanumafili II. “As a kid in Manurewa, South Auckland, the Samoan king would rock up to our house with the secret service to see us.”

Learning from the best

This 180cm, 95kg centre, five eighth or lock had two season with the Warriors’ reserves.

“I served under people like Frank Endicott, John Monie and Wayne Bennett.

“I watched, listened and learned from the best – how they ran their organisations, the team environment they created.”

Then to Whitehaven in Cumbria for a couple of seasons. “I left Whitehaven because of off the field problems.” He means the booze. Gus MalietoaBrown is very open about his demons, although he doesn’t touch the stuff now. “I came back to pursue more opportunities, but every time a door opened, it

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closed again.”

He ended up in Middlemore Hospital for six weeks with mental health issues.

“Then again in 2005 for an eight week lag.

“I have been very immature, running away from the world for a long time.”

Then five months ago in Australia ‘the man upstairs’ gave him the kidney failure diagnosis.

“It was a wake-up call. And Helena, my daughter in Papamoa, told me to get my arse home and start dialysing.”

Setting new goals

He’s sitting in the shed at the Eels fortress Mitchell Park’s answer to the White House Situation Room – a catheter protruding from his pectoral.

It’s a portal where three times a week excess water, solutes and toxins are purged from his blood.

“I have reset myself and my goals. I am back, I am alive, I want this job, I want to grab it and I want to win. Yeah, watch us win.”

He doesn’t look like an unwell man but fitness would be another box Gus would be hard pressed to tick. “I haven’t been for a run for 18 months.”

But today the 44-year-old was heading into the midday sun to do some 60m/40m shuttles.

He wants to foot it with his boys.

“Gus Malietoa-Brown has been through a bit, the poor bugger,” says Bunny Nicholas. “But he has his life together again. He’s back on track.” And the players are warming to him. They have to – Bunny says Gus was the only applicant for the unpaid job.

There’s one of those sporting mantras on the wall beside the showers at Mitchell Park.

It goes something like: ‘when you do your best you are a winner. When you haven’t done your best and you lose, it’s only temporary. The finish is also a starting line. So just begin again’.

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Time out for Don and sons The Stewart men will close the doors to their business in late March.

And for the first time in 60-odd years no one will be back the next day to reopen it.

After wearing through at least seven carpets and refilling the jar of Mackintosh lollies countless times, they have decided it is finally time to retire. “It’s a shame to shut it down but there is no one to take it on,” Don

Stewart says. “That’s the way it is with some things.”

Don, now 91, became interested in watchmaking very early in life.

He was nine and fishing with his brother at the fisherman’s wharf on Dive Crescent when he slipped on some scales, causing him to fall in the water.

“My watch got wet and I ended up in Jack Fenn’s waiting for him to fix it,” Don says. “I kept on going back until I got given a broom.”

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until Fenn was called into the air force for the Second World War. Don finished his watchmaking apprenticeship in 1950 and moved around town a number of times before settling in the current shop in 1971.

Don’s passion for the industry is evidenced by his continued presence in the shop most days until early afternoon.

“It’s a lifetime thing. It’s something I just love doing.”

His sons Neville and Lawrence made the business a family one when they left school at 15 and completed their own apprenticeships.

The three have worked together in the Piccadilly Arcade shop for the last 50 years.

“It’s been great, we’re like brothers,” Don says.

When asked why they chose to join their father in business, Neville says: “well we had to do something when we left school!”

The brothers would spend their time after school and in the school holidays in their dad’s shop.

“You sat around in the workshop until Mum and Dad went home,” Neville says. “You ended up fiddling and fixing and shagging around with stuff “Why did we get into it? We just literally grew into it.”

Back in the early days all watches were mechanical.

Neville, Lawrence and another employee worked fulltime on the watches while Don worked full-time on the clocks that came in.

They would each service half a dozen units a day, five

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days a week.

“And you never caught up,” Lawrence says.

As technology advanced, the nature of their work changed.

They now service a combination of mechanical and battery-operated products, and only about 10 a week.

They have also witnessed a complete change in town.

Neville and Lawrence recall some years ago when Devonport Road underwent a significant restructure. A particularly creative Mainstreet organisation manager Philip Hunt ran a promotion to encourage people to continue shopping in the CBD. “He ran a fantastic promotion when the streets of Tauranga were just ripped up,” Lawrence says. “Shoppers received a stamp card and when they spent a certain amount at participating businesses they would get a stamp. When they filled their card they went into the draw to win a house.

“That’s what you call a decent bloody promotion properly run.”

They saw the CBD when everything from Mitre 10 to the green grocer was within walking distance from their shop and have watched the progressive satelliting of shopping destinations in Tauranga.

“All those businesses have had to move away and all of a sudden you definitely need

a motorcar and half a day to go and do anything,” Neville says.

Lawrence suggests that their business may have survived through the internet shopping boom, despite not having a website, because their trade is a little unusual.

The shop offers watch repairs, jewellery repairs and they trade in second hand goods.

“If you were just standing here trying to sell a pair of earrings out of that counter you would be struggling,” Lawrence says.

Neville reckons part of the reason the business has been successful is their care for customers.

“You’ve got to give top service, try to upset as few people as often as possible. You want your customers as repeat customers.”

“You can’t please everybody all the time but you do your best and sometimes it pays off,” Lawrence says.

That goes for keeping their relationship strong, too.

“I can honestly say that Lawrence and I have worked together since we were kids and we have never, in 50-odd years, ever had an argument,” Neville says.

“If somebody is ever irritable you just move to one side,” Don adds.

None of them know for certain what they will be doing in their retirement.

“I’ve never done it before but I’ll find ou and I’ll let you know in a year or two,” Don says.

They all have workshops at their homes and are certain to tinker, but for now “we’re not retiring to work, we’re retiring to retire,” Lawrence says.

“We’ve had no problems getting on over the years, just walk away, take a deep breath and get going on something else,” says Neville.

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Cricket double header is a bonus for fans It is good to see women’s sport finally getting the recognition it deserves from our two major codes.

Rugby and cricket administrators have not always been supportive of the women’s side of the sports but in recent years that attitude has changed.

And rightly so.

Last weekend in Hamilton the Black Ferns sevens won the first HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series event to

be played on New Zealand soil.

Watching Papamoa-resident Michaela Blyde sprinting away for tries was the highlight of the weekend for me.

Cricket has always been more progressive when it comes to promoting the women’s game particularly since David White has been in charge of New Zealand Cricket.

Double headers with the Black Caps were successfully launched three seasons ago. This Sunday at Bay Oval the White Ferns and Black Caps are both in action.

The White Ferns completed their three

match ODI series against South Africa on Thursday.

Game one of five Twenty20 internationals between the sides starts at 4pm on Sunday. For both teams it is their final preparation for the ICC T20 Women’s World Cup to be played in Australia from February 21 to March 8.

Since its inception in 2009 the tournament has been dominated

by Australia which has lifted the trophy four times, with England and the West Indies enjoying one win each.

The White Ferns have made two finals but are yet to get over the line. Sunday is a great opportunity for Bay of Plenty cricket fans to show their support for the White Ferns. It is the least they deserve.

As for the Black Caps, well it would be hard pressed to find a

Black Caps captain Kane Williamson will have his hands full trying to beat the Indians in any form of the game this summer.

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sporting team anywhere in the world that could go from being so close to world champions at ODI level in July to the rabble that performed so abysmally in Australia.

The all-conquering Indians look likely to have little trouble in posting series wins here in all three forms of the game.

There seems a reluctance from

selector Gavin Larsen and coach Gary Stead to inject new blood into the team. Not tried and failed options like leg spinner Todd Astle and pace bowler Hamish Bennett but fresh new talent.

The good news looking ahead is outstanding batting prospect Will Young is back playing after shoulder issues and should soon begin a long tenure at the top of the order.

Last weekend South African import Devon Conway became the third man in New Zealand’s domestic cricket history to score a first-class, T20 and List A century in the same season.

The 28-year-old is eligible for New Zealand in September.

So there is at last some quality batting support coming for Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor.

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The second place photo, ‘Sandcastles at Sunset’

by Kerry Hutchison, third place photo, ‘A.I. Buddy’

by Annabelle Court and highly commended judges pick photo, ‘Crab Stand-Off’ by Caleb Walsh, also received exceptional praise from the judges.

“I can feel the peace and utter belonging in the people that are featured in these images,” says Jenny.

“I would like to particularly commend Caleb’s photo. The teeny crabs face each other in a stark landscape, out of which looms another larger specimen. I can’t tell if it’s a friendly approach or something more sinister.

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Steel giant rises in CBD In just 15 months it has gone from a concept to a big hole in the ground, and now a steel skeleton is rising risen well above the fence line.

The new Farmers Tauranga Development, the third biggest in New Zealand - and the biggest outside Auckland - is now commanding the skyline at the top of Devonport Road.

And it is well on track to be completed next year.

Two months ago the biggest piling project in the country was completed – 5000-plus piles, each 27 meters deep, and filled with 30,000 cubic metres of concrete.

Since then, a 60 metre crane has been installed to erect the structural steel on the Devonport Road side of the development and working towards First Avenue.

Work on the upper level dining terrace has begun with floor slabs being installed The Farmers development is a $130 million project.

It will provide 8000 square metres of retail space at the southern end of the CBD, there will be a first floor dining precinct and it will treble the number of carparks that were available to the public in the old Farmers building.

Farmers will return there with its flagship store in

2021. The development will also bring some high-end living to the CBD - 23 luxury townhouses and 97 apartments across two towers.

The apartments will effectively double the population living in Tauranga’s CBD and offer a lifestyle not currently available.

There will be an impressive Italian-made stainless steel pool, a large shared green space, expansive residents’ lounge with multiple entertainment zones and either water or Kaimai Range views. There are no off-the-plan pre-sales. The apartments will only be available when they are completed.

While the development has involved more than 400 local workers at peak times and brought unprecedented economic benefits to the community, it has also created business opportunities beyond the Farmers fence.

“A development of this scale can enable businesses to explore further opportunities in Bay of Plenty and attract high caliber consultants and contractors,” says Kelvin Eden, senior project manager of RCP which is overseeing the development.

Farmers has also enabled contractor HDG to establish in the area. And CLL, the lead ground works contractor has also set up offices in Tauranga because of opportunities that have emerged from working on the development.

A building is born. Progress at the Farmers site. Photo: John Borren.

Night-time closures for Wairoa Bridge The New Zealand Transport Agency is advising of a series of planned closures for the Wairoa River Bridge on State Highway 2 near Tauranga that will begin next month.

The closures are required to allow Western Bay of Plenty District Council to install sections of the cycleway extension on the Wairoa River Bridge.

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The cycleway extension is one of the final stages of the Omokoroa to Tauranga Cycleway.

Transport Agency Bay of Plenty system manager Rob Campbell says seven night-time closures are planned with the first one on Friday, February 14, from 10.30pm to 5.30am.

The other six closure dates have not been confirmed yet Rob says the works are being carried out overnight to minimise disruption to motorists.

“This is a significant closure and we encourage people to plan ahead, allow extra time, or consider delaying unnecessary travel where possible.”

“This is an exciting milestone for the cycleway extension and for the wider Omokoroa to Tauranga Cycleway.

“From here, people will start to get a real sense of what the completed project will look like.”

Detours will be in place during the closures.

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The public can come along to the Mt Drury Reserve from 9am until 12pm to pick up their own backyard rat trap.

A clean up of Mauao and Moturiki is also planned for the morning so everyone is encouraged to bring along gloves and buckets too.

It’s an opportunity to also learn about the little blue penguins and other wildlife that

live in the area.

“You’ll be able to learn about the precious taonga species Western Bay Wildlife Trust are working hard to protect in the local area and find out how you can help by having a rat trap in your backyard.

“There will be a kid-friendly activity available, so bring your whanau along too,” says a Western Bay Wildlife spokesperson.

“We’re super excited about this collaboration and hope you are too.

“Let’s Show Mauao and Moturiki some love for an early Valentine’s and give our beautiful coastline and surrounds a clean up after the mad summer rush and all the holiday makers have headed home, and make sure it’s safe for our precious taonga species like the little blue penguin.”

City’s ‘exponential growth’ is set to continue I have always enjoyed spending time in Tauranga’s CBD and it was great to see so many people enjoying it as well over the Christmas break.

The city is changing, it is transforming. Recently one of New Zealand’s leading real estate expert’s picked Tauranga Central as one of the ten locations that have the most potential for growth, the only suburb outside of Auckland to make the list.

He noted that Tauranga’s exponential growth is expected to continue and that people will come

back to the city centre not just for work or shopping but to live, with new developments including the University of Waikato’s new campus, 120 apartments in the new Farmers building and cool new laneways to connect walking and cycling.

The Infometrics Quarterly Economic Monitor September report for our area released at the end of last year also provided very positive news for our local economy. Tourism spending increased by 7.2 per cent jumping

to $860 million spent in the year to September 2019 and gross domestic product climbed 2.95 per cent during the same period.

Retail spending was strong with retailers reportedly already starting to see the benefit of increased wages for police, teachers and those who work in healthcare thanks to the current Government’s increasing wages to those who work in these vital sectors.

Our already very low unemployment rates have dropped a further 0.5 per cent and we welcomed 6000 new residents to further enhance our thriving community.

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Tauranga Te Papa Rotary members and charity representatives celebrate a Melbourne Cup windfall.

Money helps groups surge ahead Local charities didn’t get $8 million in prize money for winning the 2019 Melbourne Cup but they did get thousands of dollars thanks to Tauranga Te Papa Rotary.

Rotary’s ‘Tauranga’s Biggest Melbourne Cup Party’ raised $29,969 and president Mike Fraser says it will all go back into the community.

The money raised is on a par with other years.

“We sold less tickets this year, but we charged more per ticket so that gave us the same result.”

There were still 270 people at the event.

Some of the funds have been donated to Waipuna Hospice and Shakti Ethnic Women’s Support Group with the remaining money going towards other rotary charities that they support.

The Waipuna Hospice received $14,984 from Rotary, with director of marketing and fundraising at Waipuna Hospice Sasima Pearce says any amount of money that people donate means a lot to them.

“We require to raise another $4.25m to cover the shortfall in order to continue to operate the services we

provide today,” says Sasima.

“We are very humble to see so many people put a lot of work into organising such a successful event and raise much needed funds for us. When you see the generosity in the community such as this, it makes you very humble. It makes us want to work even harder to ensure this vital service is continued on.”

Zonta Club for the Tauranga Area, was given $7492 and $2996 went to the Shakti Ethnic Women’s Support Group in Tauranga.

Shakti isn’t fully funded by the government with refugees across the country.

Campaign manager Tayyaba Khan says any amount of money is really helpful because it helps them to make sure they can keep women safe.

“It means a lot that we’ve been able to receive this funding. We’re really grateful.

“We love working with Rotary and anyone who says: ‘hey we want to help out with a cause that you’ve been struggling with for a long time’, is greatly appreciated.”

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Early warning on election date The 2020 General Election will be held on Saturday, September 19, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Tuesday.

“I’ve always believed that announcing election dates early is fair,” she says.

“It improves the opportunities for New Zealanders to take part in the democratic process and gives a greater degree of certainty to political landscape.

“When it comes to the campaign, I’ve set out Labour’s plan to give New Zealanders an election contest that is positive, factual and robust.

“Until then the Government will continue on getting things done.”

Jacinda has advised the Governor-General of the election date.

The Government’s intention is that the House will rise on Thursday, August 6, 2020 and Parliament will be dissolved on Wednesday, August 12, 2020.

Writ day will follow on Sunday, August 16, 2020,

and nominations will close at noon on Friday, August 21, 2020. Advance voting will start on Monday, September 7, 2020.

Subject to the passage of the Electoral Amendment Bill currently before the House, the last day for the return of the writ will be Thursday, October 15, 2020.

Climate change: a balanced perspective is needed We now live in a world rife with fake news and an unreliable, biased media.

During this confusing time in history, it is incredibly important that our children are receiving a balanced and objective education.

It has been said that a new school curriculum will be introduced to the New Zealand education system this year, which is designed to educate students about climate change. The discussion around climate change is one of the most talked about issues in the world today and I believe that children should be equipped to engage in this discourse effectively.

However, I have noticed a

concerning trend of absolutism and indoctrination from the politically correct left in relation to this topic.

The curriculum claims to provide a platform for students to engage in a two-sided debate on the issue of climate change. In reality, it has the potential to influence our young, impressionable children subversively. Students will be invited to role-play debate scenarios, with one student playing a ‘climate activist’ and the other a ‘sceptic’. This exercise would

appear on the surface to bring a balanced approach to the debate, but there is an unfortunate and inescapable bias to it. Instead of acknowledging the potential validity of both sides of the argument, the students will be fed so-called absolute science. They will be trained to manage their frustrations and negative emotions towards ‘the unconvinced’.

There is no denying that our climate is changing, or that we need to take action to clean up our environment. At the same time, we need to ensure that we give our children the tools to decide for themselves how they will respond to these issues.

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Larger servings of five-plus a day A recent study led by Auckland University of Technology Emeritus Professor of Nutrition, Elaine Rush, shows that larger people require larger servings of fruit and vegetables in a day.

The study measured carotenoids (orange-coloured pigments) in the skin as a biomarker of vegetable and fruit intake.

Carotenoids are found in vegetables, fruit, eggs and dairy

products. In the human body, they act as antioxidants and can be converted into vitamin A. The results of the study show a strong negative correlation between larger body size, by weight and BMI and lower carotenoid status.

In practical terms, a person weighing 100kg, with the same body fat as a person weighing 50kg, would require twice the amount of carotenoids to achieve the same tissue concentration.

"Food dietary guidelines need to emphasise the diversity of colours and kinds of vegetables and fruit

required and the quantity should be in direct proportion to body size," says Professor Rush.

Almost 600 people, aged 16 to 85 years, participated in the study and there was a positive correlation between carotenoid status and age. Older participants, aged 40 years and over, had higher scores than those younger.

New Zealand has the ability to grow and market vegetables and fruit throughout the year, yet only 39.2 per cent of participants met the current recommendation of 5-plus servings of vegetable and fruits a day. Their carotenoid

Health improvements with certain diets There were some weight loss and health benefits for overweight adults who followed the Mediterranean, intermittent fasting and paleo diets, though adherence to the diets dropped off considerably during the oneyear study, new University of Otago research shows.

Intermittent fasting - whereby participants limit their energy intake to about 25 per cent of their usual diet on two self-selected days per week, led to slightly more weight loss than the other diets. The Mediterranean diet also improved blood sugar levels.

Co-lead author Dr Melyssa Roy, a research fellow in the Department of Medicine, says the amount of weight loss was modest - on average two to four kilograms for the 250 participants, but for those choosing the fasting or Mediterranean diets, clinically significant improvements in blood pressure were also seen.

Dr Roy says the evidence shows that for some people the Mediterranean, fasting or paleo diets can be "healthful, beneficial ways to eat" "This work supports the idea that there isn’t a single ‘right’ diet - there are a range of options that may suit different people and be effective.”

The Mediterranean diet encouraged consumption of fruit, vegetables, whole-grain breads and cereals, legumes, nuts, seeds and olive oil with moderate amounts of fish, chicken, eggs and dairy and red meat once a week or less.

The paleo diet consists of mostly less-processed foods with an emphasis on eating fruit and vegetables, animal proteins, nuts, coconut products and extravirgin olive oil. While ‘original’ Paleo diets strictly exclude all legumes, dairy and grains, this study used a modified version including some dairy as well as up to

one serving daily of legumes and grain-based food.

Most of the 250 participants (54 per cent) chose the fasting diet, while 27 per cent chose the Mediterranean and 18 per cent the paleo. After 12 months, the Mediterranean diet had the best retention rate with 57 per cent of participants continuing, with 54 per cent still fasting and 35 per cent still on the paleo diet.

After 12 months, the average weight loss was 4.0kg for those choosing the fasting diet, 2.8kg on the Mediterranean diet and 1.8kg on the paleo diet.

status indicates that 80 per cent are at moderate to high risk of negative health outcomes.

"Improving access to fresh vegetables and fruit is an important public health issue that has long-term implications for the prevention of non-communicable diseases, including

diabetes, stroke and heart disease," says Professor Rush.

The study, funded by the New Zealand Nutrition Foundation, was undertaken as part of the Bayer Food Focus Project, which aims to identify what Kiwis eat and support them in making healthy food choices.

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Unaffordable housing requires partnership approach “News that New Zealand is the second least affordable place to buy a house, after only Hong Kong, is sadly unsurprising and signals that a new approach is needed to get more homes

built and make housing affordable,” says Infrastructure New Zealand CEO Paul Blair.

Demographia has released its most recent annual report into housing

affordability in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, the UK, and the US. All eight New Zealand cities were assessed as severely unaffordable, as each had median house prices over five times their median income “Unfortunately this news is no surprise.

“It confirms that the problem is New Zealand wide and not limited to large or fast-growing cities like Auckland,” says Paul.

“The challenge of building enough homes is an enormous problem and it’s primarily because councils are unable to pay for the infrastructure needed to bring down land prices.

“Local councils in New Zealand build and maintain almost 40 per cent of

this country’s infrastructure, primarily local roads, pipes, and sewers, which is about the same amount as the central government looks after.

“But local councils only have one tenth the amount of money to spend on it compared to central government.

“As our towns and cities grow, central government enjoys the benefit of this economic growth, while councils are legally restricted to only recovering their costs.

“Our unaffordable homes are making us poorer, less equal and less efficient.

“The longer this housing crisis continues, the greater the costs to New Zealand and New Zealanders,” says Blair.

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Pricier rent and airfares boost inflation The consumers price index rose 0.5 per cent in the December 2019 quarter due to rising prices for rent, petrol and both international and domestic airfares, Statistics NZ has said.

The annual inflation rate was 1.9 per cent Transport costs rose 2.1 per cent in the December 2019 quarter. The rise in this group was largely driven by seasonal rises in international airfares, which increased 9.3 per cent.

Prices for accommodation services rose 4.4 per cent in the December 2019 quarter. This is a typical seasonal pattern as demand for accommodation increases over the busy summer holiday period. The price rise was spread across various accommodation types such as hotels, motels, and private accommodation (for example, AirBnB), as well as overseas accommodation which is prepaid in New Zealand.

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per cent in the December 2019 quarter and 3.1 per cent for the year. This is the highest annual increase since the September 2008 quarter.

"The rise in rent prices is likely to reflect the high demand for rental property in parts of the country," says prices senior manager Paul Pascoe.

"Another factor was the Healthy Homes Standards introduced in July 2019. Some landlords have upgraded their properties in order to meet the new standards and may have passed on the costs to their tenants."

The North Island excluding Auckland and Wellington experienced the largest annual increase in rent prices, up 4.9 per cent. Wellington rents increased 4.5 per cent, Auckland rents increased 1.9 per cent, and Canterbury rents increased 1.3 per cent.

Not all rents go up year to year, so the actual change felt by an individual renter may differ from the average.

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Continued growth in regions Analysis of all residential real estate sales throughout 2019 has shown that almost every region across New Zealand saw an increase in median sale price, with the exception of Auckland which maintained a median price of $850,000 and West Coast which decreased -1.3 per cent to a median price of $197,500 (from $200,000 in 2018). The national median house price reached a record median

of $590,000 and the New Zealand excluding Auckland figure was a record median price of $500,000.

"2019 was a strong year for price growth, with 14 out of 16 regions reaching new annual median price records,” says REINZ chief executive Bindi Norwell. “The only exceptions were Auckland, where prices continued to remain and West Coast where there was a small decrease.”

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Tips to remember when going on holiday Going on holiday? The beginning of the year brings with it a plethora of public holidays. But if you’re taking a trip, make sure your home is safe while you’re away.

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Make arrangements for your mail and newspaper to be stopped or collected by a friend or neighbour.

Remember to hide valuable items, financial documents and spare keys to your vehicles.

Lock your garages and any sheds. To create the illusion that someone is inside your house, set timer switches on lights and/or radios.

Don’t mention on your voicemail that you will be away from home for a few days. Also be aware that burglars have access to social media so if you are going away don’t post this publicly on your social media and refrain from posting holiday photos until you return.

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A connected community is a safe community. Make your community a safer place by getting to know your neighbours.

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Look out for your neighbours and reach out to people who may not have a support network.

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Common problems with sale and purchase agreements If buying or selling a home is like running a marathon, getting to the point of signing the sale and purchase agreement is like turning into the home straight.

need a satisfactory property report and the property inspector finds a problem, the seller may remedy that problem in which case the buyer must continue with the sale.

It may feel as if you’re nearly there – the end is in sight! But don’t relax yet. The sale and purchase agreement is likely to be one of the most important contracts you will ever sign and there is a lot at stake. A mistake at this stage can be very expensive.

The sale and purchase agreement is a legally binding contract between a property buyer and seller. It sets out all the details, terms and conditions of the sale, including the price, any chattels sold with the property, whether the buyer needs to sell another property first and the settlement date.

The agreement provides both parties with certainty about what will happen when.

The five most common problems the team at the Real Estate Authority hears about sale and purchase agreements are GST, clauses, conditions settlement date and legal advice.

Settlement date

GST

One of the very first sections in a standard sale and purchase agreement states yes or no as to whether the vendor is GST registered. Unfortunately, this question is sometimes overlooked when the document is drawn up. If the buyer signs the agreement on the assumption that the vendor is not GST registered, when in fact they are, then depending on what the vendor used the property for, that can mean that the buyer must pay an additional 15 per cent of the purchase price. If the GST section in an agreement isn’t complete, don’t sign the agreement until it is. GST usually applies to commercial property, but it can apply to residential property in some cases, for example if the property has been used for a business.

Clauses

Usually, the sale and purchase agreement is the offer document from the buyer to the seller as well. Buyers often add a sunset clause which gives their offer an expiry date – sellers need to be aware of this clause and should respond before the expiry date or risk missing out on the sale.

Experienced buyers and sellers may try to add clauses to the sale and purchase agreement that will allow them to cancel the agreement if they change their mind – especially if the other party is inexperienced. It’s important not to agree to additional clauses without legal advice.

Conditions

Don’t rely on adding a condition to a sale and purchase agreement to give you a way out of an agreement if you change your mind about the sale.

For example, if a buyer adds a condition that they

Think carefully about the settlement date you are agreeing to before you sign the sale and purchase agreement.

When the date is locked in, it may be impossible to change because other events may be linked to it. If you want to negotiate a change to the settlement date, or any other aspect of the signed agreement, it may give the other party an opportunity to renegotiate other details in the agreement, including the price.

other party has included in the sale and purchase agreement.

The real estate agent must give the New Zealand Residential Property Sale and Purchase Agreement Guide to everyone entering into a residential real estate sales and purchase agreement and both parties must be given time to read and understand it before signing the agreement.

“There are many things to consider when buying and selling a house and I urge people to talk through any

concerns they may have about the sale and purchase agreement with their lawyer or conveyancer in advance of signing it,” says Real Estate Authority chief executive, Kevin Lampen-Smith.

“A sale and purchase agreement is a legally binding contract between the buyer and seller, which becomes unconditional once the allocated time for meeting your conditions has been reached,” says Kevin.

This information has been sourced from: www.settled.govt.nz

Getting legal advice before you sign is vital

The above issues should demonstrate why it’s important to ask a lawyer or conveyancer to review the sale and purchase agreement before you sign it.

It’s a good idea to choose a lawyer or conveyancer before you get to this point, so there are no delays.

The agreement will include general obligations and conditions that you will need to meet. These may include things like access to the property, insurance details and what happens if either party fails to meet any of the conditions in the agreement.

Your lawyer or conveyancer will explain these clauses to you, along with any conditions that the

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Another word on climate change Regarding P Otway's statement (The Weekend Sun, January 24, page 27) that he disbelieves scientist's statement that there is less CO2 in the atmosphere than there was 10,000 years ago, I would like to know where he gets his information from as I can certainly quote a couple of very well-respected scientists whom would say otherwise.

The first would be Patrick Moore one of the founders of Greenpeace who became disillusioned with the direction the organisation was going in not using the science that was available but becoming too

political. He left them and is the chairman of the CO2 Coalition.

In our air today there is 408 parts per million of CO2 compared to the time of the dinosaurs when it was approx 1600 parts per million.

Plenty of green forests then!

The second would be 91-yearold Freeman Dyson who is a mathematical physicist and has been dedicated to climate for the

last 60 years.

Go to YouTube and search: ‘Conversations that matter’ with Stuart McNash.

There are many others if one wishes to search for them.

I try to read as much as I can about these matters on both side of the discussion and get frustrated that there can be such controversy about the topic and would love to have both arguments addressed in a scientific forum of some sort and thrashed out.

At least keep an open mind on the controversy.

W Keen, Pyes Pa.

Mission possible Kia ora I read the letters from C Humphries and L Askin in January 17 edition of The Weekend Sun with sadness.

Both your correspondents had much to say about the Tauranga City Council decision to gift the land at 11 Mission Street to the Otamataha Trust. The decision was described by them as ‘irresponsible’ and ‘legally wrong’, and that it represented a huge sum for ratepayers to lose. A silly link is drawn between the 11 Mission Street gifting and the repair and reopening of the Mount base track alleging that one is a pay-off for the other. Seriously? I honestly don’t know what planet these two are living on.

Firstly the gifting of the land is fiscally neutral as far as ratepayers are concerned. The intention was always to purchase the land for use by the Elms and that is what the end result has been. Council gifts the land to the Otamataha Trust who then lease it to the Elms Trust at a peppercorn lease of $1 a year for 99 years with a right of renewal for another 99 years and the Elms Trust is unrestricted in using the land which I understand includes plans to expand its current operations. With the dramatic rise in visitors to the Elms it has become a million dollar business and that is tribute to the great work undertaken there by a dedicated team of mostly volunteers.

I have already volunteered to pay the first two century’s lease on behalf of the Elms Trust.

The end result is that mana whenua, the original xero

owners of the land as represented by the Otamataha Trust, are pleased to have their ‘mana’ – actual ownership of the land – restored and everybody is happy. Except, apparently, for these two.

The transaction is described as preferential treatment to a minority and furthermore apparently explains why there is no money to fix SH2. Fixing SH2 is actually the responsibility of the NZ Transport Authority – a central government agency. Fixing it is not a draw on the ratepayers. It has absolutely nothing to do with the diversion of funds for ‘Maori’ purposes. C Humphries makes the charge that Maori contribute little to the New Zealand tax system because most Maori tribes are charitable trusts with incomes now in the millions and pay no tax. In the past the pay no tax charge has been levelled at Tainui Group Holdings, one of the largest Maori tribal entities, but subsequent investigation led to that charge (made in the Waikato Times) being withdrawn.

The charitable trust status with its lower tax rate applies not just to some Maori organisations but Pakeha organisations as well. The Seventh Day Adventist church (owners of Sanitarium) is a case in point.

It is alleged that because of this ‘status’ why should they (Maori) be allowed to make big demands on New Zealand’s resources. Presumably the Mission Street gifting is an example of these big demands.

B Mikaere, Judea (abridged ).

Ocean sanctuary urgency The Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary Bill is about to go through its second reading.

This action would permanently protect endangered species and provide a refuge twice the s ize of New Zealand.

It should have been completed in 2017 when it was taken over from Nick Smith and transferred to David Parker who put it at the bottom of his agenda. Smith was concerned that New Zealand was not pulling its weight and that other countries have all set aside significant areas of the Pacific for marine conservation.

To establish the Kermadec Oceans Sanctuary is to

show the world that New Zealand genuinely cares about the guardianship of our natural habitat.

This is not a matter to consult with iwi who have patently never been there nor with any other ethnic group, but about the Government taking responsibility for its own actions in creating a magnificent marine reserve.

I urge readers to write to all political parties asking them to be accountable for all people of this country and the world and to shepherd this Bill through the House with all due urgency.

R Stephens, Papamoa Beach.

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A balanced view needed

It is time that the population awoke from the ‘woke’ philosophy that is presently controlling the country with the approval of Government, ethnic groups and the media.

Identity politics is running rampant in its most insidious form in much of the media and so has enabled specific groups to use race, gender and/ or sexual orientation to promote their group’s aspirations without regard for the rights of individuals or society as a whole.

The main media press has become a haven for ‘wokeness’.

The Herald regularly provides opinion pieces by feminist, ethnic and homosexual individuals to labour their grievances and report on considered social injustices while it does not publish those with contrary opinions. Is this how free speech is regarded by the print media in a democracy?

B Johnson, Omokoroa.

Calling for more I agree with B Waits views (The Weekend Sun, January 24, page 27), on the amenities available to the public of Tauranga.

As a relative of mine moved to Whanganui recently, I have enjoyed the privilege of visiting there and I was very impressed with the public amenities offered in a town of just over 44,000 people, as opposed to Tauranga’s 144,000.

Whanganui has sporting and recreational facilities in abundance, second to none.

Where are our rates going?

H Clark, Bethlehem.

Weighing in on Taking the bet climate change In reply to P Otway’s letter (The Weekend Sun, January 24, page 27), he disputes some figures.

He says only three people in Australia have been charged with fire-related offences.

I’ve seen a breakdown of the police records from each State (available online) and there have actually been more than 200 people dealt with by police in all states (2019), except Victoria, (no figures available).

These are for reckless and deliberate lighting of fires, not necessary arson As far as CO2 emissions go, it depends on what scientists you believe when figures are studied I’m no scientist, but from all the information I’ve seen and listened to, yes, CO2 levels have risen, and they have before, but how much is because of human activity is very much debatable.

Without CO2 the earth would be an entirely different place and we would not exist.

So, this climate change emergency or whatever other label it has, will go on for some time yet. Humans love to blame something for anything out of the ordinary.

In the meantime, enjoy the warmer weather and keep your garden watered, get your firewood in th shed as this coming winter is predicted to be cooler than normal.

P Kelly, Te Puna.

P Dolden (The Weekend Sun, January 10, page 28), I'll bet you twenty dollars that President Trump is returned to office J Lash, Hawera.

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Ice cream a firm favourite for Air New Zealand customers It’s always been a Kiwi staple, but recent data shows New Zealanders’ fondness for ice cream on the ground extends to inflight consumption on Air New Zealand flights, with the airline’s customers consuming more than 960,000 servings of ice cream on international flights departing New Zealand in the past year.

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board has grown by more than 20 per cent over the past decade. Air New Zealand customers were served more than 860 tonnes of ice cream on their journeys over that period - equivalent to the weight of five 777-300 aircraft Air New Zealand senior manager customer experience Niki Chave says this reflects the fact ice cream is a fir customer favourite all year round.

"We’ve been serving ice cream on board continuously for more than two decades and in that time we’ve offered more than 30 different flavours. Out of our largest port, Auckland, we currently serve more than 24,000

individual portions a week.

"It’s a treat that takes you back to childhood and makes you think of long summer evenings. It’s also a nice palette cleanser after a meal and satisfying to enjoy as you relax

and watch a movie."

Over the past decade the airline has also served more than 4000 tonnes of milk and 1000 tonnes of yoghurt in flight, as well as 820 tonnes of cheese on board and in its lounges.

Airlines ramp up domestic air fares Domestic air fares leapt in the last three months of 2019 and will cost passengers an extra $165 million for a full year.

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The Weekend Sun’s ever popular guide to ‘What’s On’ in the Bay. Pg36 THE WEEKEND SUN

Next week’s deluge of music So that was January was it? A twelfth of the year gone already?

Now we're on to February but, good news, public holidays just keep rolling in. We all took the beginning of this week off to celebrate the shining beacon that is Auckland; next Thursday we'll have another break to commemorate Bob Marley's birthday. What with the One Love Festival it's like we're living in a reggae paradise.

There's also an absolute deluge of music on its way. Apologies for what is no doubt about to become a listicle but, in fairness to a multitude of musicians and to show just how much there is, I'm going to try and include everything (even stuff I would personally run a marathon to avoid).

OK. Deep breath...

Why not ease into the week with a jam session or two? Monday night (February 3) head to Rising Tide at The Mount where local Ash Faforteza sings from 7.30pm before hosting their jam session. Tuesday (February 4) it's off to Papamoa where Pap House has an open mic night and Wednesday (February 5) back to the Mount for a 9pm jam session at Mexican dive bar Voodoo Lounge.

Of course you might be across town on Wednesday where Cold Chisel and a reunited Muttonbirds are rocking out at the Wharepai Domain.

I'll skip details as it appears sold out.

Not sold out is Thursday (February 6) at Totara Street where Blind Boy Paxton, one of the finest old style blues player in the world at present, returns with banjo, fiddle, piano, harmonica, guitar, and Cajun accordion. The man gets around! Possibly not the ideal venue to see him but any chance is better than none: tickets are $55; he really is remarkable.

debut album One Eye Open and are always worthwhile. 7pm and tickets are $20, only on the door.

Meanwhile, if your tastes run to 'tribute' bands you can check out a Fleetwood Mac show at Totara Street. Perhaps they're now adding Crowded House songs.

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At the Jam Factory (Historic Village) you'll find a duo from Ithica, New York, Richie and Rosie. They both sing, she plays fiddle and he plays banjo and guitar. Par for the course for a folkie gig – and they are folkies – but what if I say Richie has had a career spanning decades including performing internationally with the likes of Bela Fleck, Natalie Merchant, Pete Seeger, David Byrne, Billy Bragg & Wilco, and Joan Baez? Tickets are $20 – listen on-line if you have any doubt about just how good these guys are.

Back at Voodoo Lounge there's a Bushfire Benefit a 8.30pm with proceeds to WWF's Australian Wildlife and Nature Recovery Fund. Hear up-and-coming acts such as Copper Feel, Iz Waddid Iz, Kristian Lund and more, all for a good cause.

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Marmalade Skies promise everything from hard-hitting punk riffs to wavy spring reverb surf tones. I know nothing about them except they're not the Beatles tribute band of the same name. Tickets are $10.

But talking tribute bands again, on Sunday (February 9) there's a guy pretending to be Rod Stewart for The Entertainers Club at The Citizens Club on Cameron Road. He's got a band with him and is called Rud Stewart.

Or, coming complete circle that day, if you want to get back to the safety of jam sessions there's one at the Mount Social Club from 6.30pm.

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Rud often mistaken for Rod Introducing Rud Stewart, Europe's Premier Rod Stewart tribute artist.

Rud is returning to New Zealand as part of his world tour and he is performing

at The Entertainers Club! Vocally identical and often mistaken for the original, this is a show not to be missed!

Rud – originally from Yorkshire, England – has been performing his tribute shows to Rod Stewart for the past 18 years.

He has performed with the stars and for the stars; one of them being Rod Stewart himself when Rud was asked to perform at Rod Stewart's 63rd birthday party in Los Angeles.

Delivering the power and passion through great songs like Rhythm of my Heart, I am Sailing and Maggie May, you will be captivated in Rud’s performance.

This show is a genuine celebration to the music of the tartanclad lad who has touched us all at some stage with his heartfelt songs and charismatic charm.

Rud will be covering all the well-known favourites and along with his band you can expect a first class show The Entertainers Club presents Rud Stewart at the Tauranga Citz Club on February 9 from 5-8pm. Tickets cost $15 and are now available at the Tauranga Citz Club reception.

Double identity: Rud Stewart looks an awful lot like the original Rod.

Waitangi Day celebration set to bring community together Waitangi Day 2020 will take on special significance this year, with a day of ceremony and celebration at The Historic Village. Organised in part by Ngati Pukenga ki Tauranga Iwi Trust in conjunction with other organisations, the celebration will acknowledge our shared identity.

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Their mass hire day for port workers will be taking place on Tuesday, February 4, from 10am-2pm at Classic Flyers. If you’ve ever considered working as a loader driver, grapple operator, general hand stevedore, a marshaller or a truck driver, this mass hire day is not to be missed.

All applicants must bring their CV and driver’s licence and have the legal right to work in New Zealand to apply.

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More music playing in Katikati The Katikati Twilight Concert season is nearing its end, but there’s still one concert to go, so make sure you don’t miss it.

The third concert in the series will be held on February 8 and will be a very special event when Anna Hawkins and Friends take to the stage.

Anna is always so popular with concert goers; with her stunning stage presence and a voice that has the power to impress and uplift, this will be a must-see show. Anna will have a guest appearance by her sister Lisa Hawkins and also a slot with some members of the Tauranga Musical Theatre performing songs from the shows, so this will be a real treat for concert goers. The support act is local Katikati group Murphy’s Lore.

The concert will be held at the Haiku Reserve in Katikati Township.

Gates open at 5pm and the music at 6pm. Tickets available at the gate or from the Katikati Info Centre, by emailing: katikaticoncerts@gmail.com or by phoning Dianne on: 07 549 3522.

Tickets cost $25 per person and kids under 15 can dance the evening away for free with a paying adult.

Make sure to bring a deck chair and your favourite picnic snacks to the beautiful Haiku Reserve for some great family entertainment. If it’s wet, the concert will be held the following day.

For more information, visit: www.katikaticoncerts.co.nz or call the information line on: 07 549 3549.

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First concert of the year a hit Audiences around the country are calling Operatunity’s first concert of the year “wonderful”, “delightful” and “such fun!”

Starring co-owner and 2020 MNZM honouree Susan Boland, as well as TVNZ voice over queen Charlotte West, 100 Glorious Years of Song has been performed for more than 5000 of New Zealand’s senior citizens so far during its tour which started in early January.

Coming to Tauranga’s Holy Trinity Church on Friday, February 14, you can expect songs including Imagine, I Will Survive, We’ll Gather Lilacs, You’re the Top, Memory, Keep the Home Fires Burning and Downtown, plus the artists display even more talent with a Louis Armstrong impersonation, tap dancing, and humorous skits!

Tickets cost $35 including lunch after the show.

For more information and to book, visit: www.operatunity.co.nz or phone tollfree: 0508 266 237.

The Weekend Sun has one double pass to see 100 Glorious Years of Song for one lucky reader who can tell us how many senior citizens have already seen the show.

Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competition section. Entries must be received by Tuesday, February 4.

Quizzing your smarts for Australia A fun quiz night for all is being held as a fundraiser for the Australian bushfires on February 22.

The event will be held at Daniels in the Park, with an auction in between each round says one of the organisers Courtney Bignell.

All money raised will go towards the Australian Salvation Army.

Tauranga Citizens Club

The Neil Diamond Tribute Show

COUNTRY ROCK

Saturday 21st March 2020

AND OTHER GREAT COUNTRY ARTISTS

Citz Restaurant Presents

Featuring Mark Taipari Ticket entry $15

Tickets at reception

FEAT. JODIE VAUGHN

Sat 29 Feb • 7pm–midnight

Only $10 cover charge • Bookings essential!

Courtney says a quiz night is a fun event to do considering the circumstances around the fires.

“I’d been thinking about doing something just under a month ago but I didn’t know what to do, so I talked to a few of my friends and they said: ‘why not do a quiz night, it’s fun?’.

“We just wanted to do something to help.”

They have also managed to snag Tauranga voice talent, Grayson Ottaway, as their MC and Quiz Master.

Courtney is always out in the community and she is always helping people.

“We can’t physically go over there and help, but every little bit of money helps so why not raise money for one of the charities helping people over there.”

There is no goal for how much money they raise at this stage, but she is looking forward to everyone having fun and hopefully raising a good amount.

During the night, they will be holding an auction. At this stage, they have four items donated, with a goal of achieving eight to 10 items to

Bushfire quiz night organisers Chani Wells and Courtney Bignell.

auction off.

They have already gotten an ecofriendly carwash, personal training vouchers, a restaurant voucher in Rotorua and a WOF voucher.

For anyone wishing to donate an auction item, or to join in with the event, email: bushfirefundraiser@gmail.com. You can enter teams of six to eight people.

The quiz night is taking place on Saturday, February 22, at Daniels in the Park. Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Tickets are $25 per person.

Caitlin Houghton

100 GLORIOUS YEARS OF SONG Celebrating the greatest songs of the 20th Century; Art Deco to ABBA, Disney to Disco and everything inbetween!

BOOK TODAY 0508 266 237 | www.operatunity.co.nz

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Improv comedy brings laughter If you’re a fan of ‘Whose Line is it Anyway?’ you’ll love the Honest Liars Improv Comedy Show at the Jam Factory on Sunday February 9.

Honest Liars.

Their first show there in late 2019 sold out and they’re now making the Jam Factory into a permanent home, with shows planned for the first Sunday of every month from March onwards.

“We are bringing regular comedy to Tauranga in partnership with The Incubator,” says Kathy Wilson from Honest Liars Improv.

Improvised Comedy has no script.

Everything is made up on the spot.

Suggestions from the audience inspire scenes for the show which is spontaneous,

Nationwide bike challenge starts Feb 1 The Aotearoa Bike Challenge is back for its fourth year this February, with participants having an extra leap year day on February 29 to clock up their rides.

The month-long workplace challenge, organised by the NZ Transport Agency partnering with Love to Ride, encourages New Zealanders to hop on their bikes and log their rides to be in to win some great prizes valued at over $30,000.

In 2019, there were a record-breaking number of participants with more than 22,000 people from more than 1900 organisations taking part, including more than 47,000 new riders.

Participants collectively made more than 289,000 trips by bike and cycled nearly 3.7 million kilometres. Sign-ups this year are on track to overtake this.

The challenge is part of the NZ Transport Agency’s commitment to lead the way in creating environments where more people walk, cycle and use public transport and other shared transport options, to support vibrant communities which everyone can access.

“Cycling supports thriving towns

and cities and supports good quality of life,” says NZTA senior manager system design Robyn Elston.

“Businesses and organisations have a key role to play in encouraging more people to choose a bike as a transport choice and it’s great to see the support of so many, who get on board with the Aotearoa Bike Challenge each year.

“For employers, having more of your people riding bikes to and from work, or during the day, means a more alert and healthier workforce, and contributes to increased productivity.”

Taking part in the challenge is easy.

People only need to ride 10-minutes to participate but must register and record trips online. Any organisation – big or small – can get their staff involved in riding and compete against other workplaces of a similar size.

Both an individual participant and their workplace team can earn points for every mile cycled, every day someone rides a bike, and for every person that has been encouraged to sign-up.

Every point matters, and everyone in a workplace can contribute to their team’s total points.

The Aotearoa Bike Challenge starts on February 1 and continues until February 29. Participants must register online at: www.aotearoa.bike

entertaining, and fun. Anything can happen and often does. It’s clever, quick-witted, often silly and always charming, and is a great night out for a group of friends.

The audience suggestions make up the content of the show. Fun comedy games such as World Worst, Props and Emotional Symphony are sure to delight audiences.

Honest Liars are the Bay of Plenty’s only comedy improv troupe. Evolving from a group of players from Papamoa, this group has grown to doing commercial shows, Improv workshops, performing for events and parties and offers corporate improv training for businesses.

Come and see them at 7pm on February 9 at The Jam Factory. Tickets $10 available online at: www.honestliarsimprov.com

JACK DUSTY’S ALE HOUSE Session 4pm – 8pm (Bureta) Thurs 6th Karaoke Sun 2nd The Blarneys 9pm – 1am 3pm – 6pm MT RSA Fri 31st Gerry Lee 7pm – 10pm Sat 1st Toucan 7pm – 10pm Sun 2nd Debz 4:30pm – 7:30pm MOUNT SOCIAL CLUB Sun 2nd Acoustic Jam

THE JAM FACTORY Sat 1st Alex Ventling Trio 6:30pm $20 R13 Sun 2nd Marina Bloom 3pm $15 R13 THE HOP HOUSE Fri 31st ColourCollide & Artinian 7:30pm – 10pm

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Saturday 1 February

Gate Pa Junior Tennis

Open day for new & current junior players.10am-11am for 5-10 years & 11am-12noon for 11-16 years. Free coaching plus racquets available. Ph Turu 021 061 1942

Alex Ventling Trio Live

Exciting European jazz piano trio. Beautiful melodies & explosive rhythms. The Jam Factory. Doors open 6:30 $20 www.theincubator.co.nz to prebook

Greerton Hall Market

Art On The Strand

Original art for sale. Weather permitting. The Strand, Tauranga. 9am-4pm.

Tauranga Society of Artists

Bay Network Singles Club

Join a social club for over 50s with weekend dining out, barbecues, potlucks, year round & annual trip away.

Ph Maureen 021 112 3307, Jonathan 572 2091

Beth-El Messianic Family

Celebrate the Sabbath (Sat) as Yeshua (Jesus) & all early believers did. All Welcome. 10am Otumoetai Primary Hall.

Joel van Ameringen 021 768 043 www.

BethEl.org.nz

Blues Brothers Musical: Auditions

Want to audition for the world premiere of the musical The Blues Brothers: First Contact?

Auditions in January 2020. Head to https://www.taurangamusicaltheatre. co.nz/shows/thebluesbrothers/ for audition info.

Croquet

At Croquet Mt Maunganui, 45 Kawaka St; Mon, Wed, Sat; 9am for 9:30 start. Ph Jacqui 07 574 9232

HARD

Last Sat of month. 8am-12pm. Stalls inside/outside. Discounts for charity groups. Refreshments available. Ph/ txt for site Tricia 543 1487 or 027 908 2952, www facebook.com/greertonhallmarket

Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Rd 12:45-3pm

Katikati Lions Moggies Market

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Argentine Tango In Tauranga

Starting soon 6:30pm every 3rd Sunday of month for a Free introduction to genuine Argentine Tango. No partner or experience required. FB:Tango In Tauranga

Athenree Homestead

LOL Laughter Wellness

Friendship Force could be for you! We are home-hosted overseas & internally.

Meet Sundays monthly. Ph Jonathan 572 2091, Barbara 574 5711, www. friendshipforce.org.nz

Get the new decade going with a laugh.

Join us at Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Bayfair. 11-11:45am.

Trish 022 036 6768 lollaughterwellness@ gmail.com Koha only

Massive Fundraising Garage Sale

252 Otumoetai Rd. 7am.

Household items, soft furnishings, clothing, books, games, shoes, giftware, garden equipment. Secure a bargain & raise funds for Ruel Foundation.

Starting 8 Feb Arataki Community Centre, Grenada St 7:30-10:30pm.

Mount Magic Dancing, supper, music by Bill. Entry $5. Ph Gordon 572 0060

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65 Cliff Rd (opp Mission St) Sat 6pm & Thurs 12pm for meal, showers, toiletries, clothes. Anyone in need welcome.

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Farmers Market - Mount Mainstreet

Held every Sunday 9-1pm rain or shine! Te Papa o Nga Manu Porotakataka (Phoenix Park). www.mountmainstreet. nz

Free Public Lecture

Mount Sequence Dance

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

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

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The Anglican Apology for the disposal of the Mission land with Archbishop David Moxon. 7pm-9pm. St. Georges Church, 1 Church Street. https://www. stgeorgesgatepa.com/

Golf Croquet

At Croquet Mt Maunganui, 45 Kawaka St; Tues, Thur, Sun; 9:15am for 9:30am start. Ph Nev 07 575 5121

Historic Village Market

17th Ave, 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month, 8am-12pm, wet or fine. A Bet lehem Te Puna Lions Project. Ph Bernie Allen 021 0422 612

Maketu Market

Every 3rd & 5th Sundays at Maketu Village Green. Set up from 6am. $10 per stall. Ph Carolyn 027 251 0388

Marina Bloom

Marina Bloom’s diverse blend of original songs. An enchanting blend of warm, & big-hearted folk & contemporary inspired music The Jam Factory. Doors open 6:30 $15 www.theincubator.co.nz

NZDA BOP Range Day

NZDA BOP branch run public open days last Sunday each month at their 300m range in TECT All Terrain Park.

9am-3pm $20 bring firearms licenc

Papamoa Lions Club Market

Coffee morning (1st Monday of month) 10am-12noon. $4 entry. Vintage Car Club Rooms, Cliff Rd, Tauranga. Ph Bernadette 07 572 3968

Quakers In Tauranga

Let’s Learn Lifelong Learning

In hall behind Brain Watkins House, cnr Elizabeth/Cameron Rd 10am for an hour of mainly silent worship followed by tea/coffee & talk. All welcome. 543 3101 or 543 0355 www.quaker.org.nz

Radio Controlled Model Yachts

Sundays & Thursdays 1:304pm. Pond behind 22 Montego Dr Papamoa. Sailing Electron radio controlled yachts for fun. Adult beginners welcome.

Graham 572 5419

Spiritual Centre Psychic Cafe

Feel the buzz 2020! Greerton Community Hall. Doors open 6:45pm, starts 7pm. $10 onetime fee; once inside: free Psychics, Healers, Spiritualists & refreshments. www.psychicafe.nz

Tauranga Organ Keyboard Society

Meets 1:30pm at Carmel Country Estate Social Centre, 11 Hollister Lane, Ohauiti, Tauranga. Play or listen, Organ EL900 or Clavinova 405. Ph June 574 2204

Tauranga Spiritual Growth Centre

Join our spiritual community & hear from mediums & energy healers. 14 Norris St, every 2nd & 4th Sunday 7pm.

Ph Tim 022 306 8200

Monday 3 February

Adult Social Ballroom/Latin Dance

Free introductory beginner dance lesson 10th Feb 7pm, at Club Mt Maunganui. Partner not necessary. Just come along! Ph Dean 021 230 3187 www. udance2.co.nz

Alcoholics Anonymous

Open meeting 10am Mon & Fri, Tauranga Central Baptist Church, 13th Ave/Cameron Rd. All welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757

Body & Soul Fitness

For over 50s various venues Mon-Wed & Fri. Guest speakers & events. Ph Dianne 027 431 4326 or 576 5031

Recycled Teenagers Gentle Exercise

Mon & Wed Tga Senior Citz Club 14 Norris St. 9:15-10:45am. Tues St Mary’s Church Hall cnr Girven & Marlin 9-10:30am. Jennifer 571 1411 or 027 206 0776

Silver Singers Choir

Tenor & bass voices required. Practice at St Stephens Chapel, Brookfield Tce a 1-2:45pm. Ph Pat 579 1036

Tai Chi Internal Arts

$5 beginner classes Mon 9:30 hall 33 Maitland St, Greerton. Mon 1:30 Bethlehem Hall. Tues 9:30 & Wed 5:30 Te Puke Memorial Hall. David 552 4425

Taoist Tai Chi

New beginner classes at: 15 Koromiko St, Judea 9:30-11am. Memorial Hall, TePuke 9-10:30am. Great for stress, suitable for all. Start anytime. Ph 578 6193 or visit www.taoisttaichi.org

Tauranga Bird Club Night

Interested in keeping birds? We meet on the second Monday of every month at Matua Hall, Matua at 7:30pm. Come & join us this month!

Tauranga City Brass

Practices at the Band Hall, 10 Yatton St, Greerton.

7-9pm. All welcome, especially kit drummers/percusionists. Ph Jeremy 021 132 334

Tauranga Scottish Country Dancing

Beginners classes start Feb 3rd, at St John’s Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd. 7:309:30pm. Ph Heather 579 1556

Tauranga Senior Citizens’ Club

Citizens Advice Bureau Tauranga

Tauranga Theatre Organ Society

Diabetes NZ Tauranga Branch

It’s been a standout month, the nicest I can recall. Beautiful calm days and good fishing. The fish haven’t been going hard, there’s still enough current running to slow their feeding down, but we’re seeing plenty on the sounder and catching a few at nearly all places we stop. The currents have been too strong to work the deeper water we normally would, so we’ve stayed shallower and been picking up a good mix of mainly tarakihi and snapper. Less depth also helps for the more inexperienced fishers, a win win situation for all.

9:30am Omanu Golf Club, Matapihi Rd, Mt Maunganui. All welcome. Elaine 575 5044 or Myra-Lou 575 6595

CARDS 500 Mon & Thur. INDOOR BOWLS Tues, Wed & Sat. 14 Norris St (behind Pak n Save)12:45pm for 1pm start. Entry $2 includes afternoon tea.

New members welcome.

Outdoor Bowls

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Oceanside Probus Club

Mount RSA Chess Club, 544 Maunganui Rd, 6-7pm. Late program 7pm onwards. Incl casual games. Noel 579 5412 Free confidential impartial inform tion & advice. Don’t know? Ask Us! Phone or visit us at 38 Hamilton St, Tauranga. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm 07 578 1592 or 0800 367 222

Come & try outdoor bowls every Sunday from 12:30pm. Bowls supplied, refreshments available. Ph Mike 022 340 4152

Want something to do, to learn, to meet people? Check out www.letslearn. co.nz for night classes, workshops, lectures, courses, clubs of all sorts.

Ph 07 544 9557 https://www.facebook. com/letslearnbop

Chess At Mount Maunganui

Omokoroa Lions Market

2nd Sunday monthly. Western Ave Car Park, Omokoroa.

9am-noon. Bookings not required. Ph Keith 548 2117

Dutch Friendly Support Network

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

Drop-In Clinic. 10am-12. 174 11th Ave Tauranga. Information, education or support for anyone living with diabetes or their families. 07 571 3422

Baycourt Theatre, Durham St, 1pm.

Hear & play the Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Organ. All Welcome. Ph 552 0243

Tga Citizens’ Indoor Bowls

Summer Bowls every Monday & Thursday. Monday, names in by 7pm & Thursday, 1pm. Everyone welcome. $2

G N I H S I F A I D E SUNM PRIZE PACK is coming your way!

Steve Ingall took his daughter, Katy and her partner Pete ÿ shing in Omokoroa harbour and ended up in a tug of war with a bronzie for this snapper. They agreed to take half each....

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

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Tuesday 4 February Afternoon Cards 500

Mount Senior Citizens Hall, 345 Maunganui Rd., 12:30pm Tues & Thur. $3, afternoon tea & prizes. Ph Barry Snow 021 950 028

Alcoholics Anonymous

Open meeting every Tuesday night.

7:30pm. St Peters Anglican Church, 11 Victoria Rd, Mt Maunganui. All welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757

Altrusa Ladies Group

Community focused group meet every 2nd Tues for business & every 4th Tues for a programme evening. Ph Pam 027 253 7562 or altrusa.org.nz

Croquet

Tauranga Domain, Cameron Rd, Tues, Fri, Sun, 12:45 for 1pm start.

Beginners welcome. Peter 571 0633

Divorce Care

12 week recovery group for divorced or separated starting 18th Feb. C3 City Church 7:30-9pm. $55 for manual. Registration essential Kathryn 027 737 3172

Fitness Fun

Get a fitter healthier body & min with cardio, weights, floor, dance. S Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood. 9:30-10.30am. Ph Gloria 021 139 2448

Fun Run & Walk

Ocean Running 5k around Mauao base track. Every Tuesday during Daylight Savings. Enter Mount Ocean Sports Club 5:15pm. $6 entry. Free drink, spot prizes. All welcome. Phil 021 383 354

Otumoetai Tennis Club

Adult tennis. 9am Tues & Thur.

Bellevue Park Windsor Rd (adjacent to swimming pool). New players & visitors welcome. Ph Pam 570 0302

Overeaters Anonymous

Do you eat compulsively?

Obsessions? Compulsions? Remorse?

Resolutions? OA meet Tue 7-8pm & Fri 1-2pm to get out of this cycle. Ph 544 1213 or 022 064 2186

Otumoetai Walking Group

Meet at 9am at Kulim Park. Ph Danny 576 6480

Petanque

At Club Mt Maunganui, 45 Kawaka St. Tues 4pm, 2nd game 5pm. Sat 1pm. Boules, coaching on site. Ph Maryan 552 4346 or 022 070 8200

Scrabble

9:30am start, 3 games to 12:30.

Tauranga Citz Club, 13th Ave. $3 for 3 games. Ph Jo Ann 578 3606

Tauranga Acoustic Music Club

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

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Tauranga Classic Motorcycle Club

Interested in classic motorcycles? Monthly meeting 1st Tuesday each month. 7:30pm, 3 Cherokee Pl. Ph Don 027 241 3595

Tauranga RDA Volunteer Training

Calling all volunteers! Join us for our first volunteer training day this year Great training experience with loads of practical horse time. RSVP admin@ taurangarda.co.nz 07 544 1899

Te Puna Chair Yoga

Improve strength, balance & fle ibility. A fun, supportive class for over 60s. 11-12. $10. 8A Vernon Rd. Ph Michelle 021 044 1042

U3A Tauranga

11am Papamoa Recreation Centre.

Speaker, Marty Hoffart. Recycling, Tauranga environmental, social, economic & cultural responsibilities

Welcome Bay Lions

Coffee group meets every 3rd Tues of the month for friendship, coffee/tea & bickies. 10:30am Welcome Bay Community Centre. Ph Sue 571 8940

Welcome Bay Strength Balance

Low impact strength & balance exercise class suitable for seniors. Falls prevention focus. 11am Welcome Bay hall. Ph Raewyn 027 607 7437

Yoga For All

Welcome Bay Community Centre, 6:30-8pm. Traditional, relaxing Yoga class. Beginners welcome. $12 one or $90 nine classes. Bring a mat. Ph Bhajan 07 929 7484

Yoga, Private Sessions

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

Asunta 021 061 4394

Wednesday 5 February Afternoon Indoor Bowls

Mount Senior Citizens Hall, 345 Maunganui Rd, Wed & Fri. Names in by 12:45pm. $3 afternoon tea, prizes.

Ph Nancy 575 4650

Age Concern Walking Group

Meet at Briscoes, Chapel St 10am

Alcoholics Anonymous

Open meeting every month 1st & 3rd Wednesday. Tauranga Central Baptist church 13th ave/Cameron Rd. All welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757

Cards (Cribbage)

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

Fitness League

Exercise, movement & dance focusing on posture, stretching, strengthening & flexibility. Suitable for all ages & abilities. Katikati Memorial hall.

10am. Ph Pam 021 117 7170

Healing Rooms

Greerton Senior Citizens’ Club

Come, experience God’s healing touch, whether physical, emotional, spiritual. Graced Oppshop 11th Ave & Christopher St, upstairs 1-3pm.

All welcome. www.healingrooms.org.

Starts 12th Feb. 021 213 8875

Special General Meeting 20th Feb at 11am GSC Hall, Maitland St. Members & intending members welcome. Ph Joy 541 1725

Katikati Bowling Club

We welcome brass, woodwind & percussion players of all ages & experience. We meet at Katikati Bowling Club, 7pm every Thursday. Ph Mick 021 217 1780

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

Marching For Leisure

A non-competitive activity for mature ladies. Fun, fitness & friendship. For Tauranga teams’ details ph Bernie Taylor 07 579 3000 or 027 775 5612

Papamoa Palms Friendship Club

Friendship is our motto. Everyone welcome. Bring your own lunch. AM & PM Speakers.

First meeting free.

11am Gordon Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd. Sue 574 3280

Petanque

Katikati Bowling Club

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

Katikati Concert Band

Chess Tauranga

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

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

Richie & Rosie Amerciana

Tauranga Model Railway Club

A dynamic duo performing in the Americana tradition. Memorable entrancing, nostalgic harmonies taking fiddle/banjo to new levels. The Jam Factory. Doors open 6:30 $20 www.theincubator.co.nz

Friday 7 February

3pm at Whakamarama Community Hall, 469 Whakamarama Rd, 5 mins from SH2.

Local produce, food, handcrafted gifts & products. www.facebook.com/whakamaramafarmersmarket

Meet Tues morning 0930 & Thurs night at 7:30pm in the club rooms upstairs, cnr Cross & Mirrielees Rds. Ph Mike 021 939 233

Whakamarama Farmers Market

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Celeste Contemporary Dance Class

Medium intensity dance fitness class. Katikati RSA & Citizens Club, 9am. Ph Teresa 027 863 6358

A chance to experience Celeste Dance with DanceNZmade. Contemporary. Mt Drury Base Reserve opp Leisure Island. Donation please. 9-10am! All ages.

At Kulim Park. Come & join our social group. Tuition & boules available. 9:30am start. Bring a thermos & a chair.

Rotary Tauranga

You have time & want to help in your community? Fellowship, fun, food, enlightening speakers. Join us 6pm, Daniels in the Park. Ph Bev 027 285 4066

Tauranga MidWeek Tramping Group

Tokorangi Pa track & Pohaturoa Track. Grade moderate. Jane 548 1627

Tauranga South Garden Club

First Wednesday of month at Central Baptist Church Hall cnr 13th Ave & Cameron Rd 1:30-3pm. Visitors welcome. Ph Margaret 578 1017

Te Puke Toy Library

Join up with us & play with quality toys for a fortnightly hire.

Wed-Sat 10am-1pm.

Friday Playgroups 10am12pm. 7 Stock Rd, Te Puke 027 263 9309

Thursday 6 February Bag Sale

$5. Good quality womens, mens & kids clothing & linen. Historic Village 9am. Proceeds to Turning Point Trust

Bay City Rockers

Social Rock’nRoll Dancing, plus other popular dances. Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St. 7pm-9:30pm. $3 entry including supper. Ph Gavin 027 643 6222

Fitness League

Exercise, movement & dance focusing on posture, stretching, strengthening & flexibility. All ages & abilities Central Baptist Church, 13th Ave 10am. Ph Pam 021 117 7170

Horoscopes ARIES: New career opportunities require further investigation.

Recent communication difficulties are remedied. An excellent time for getting your opinions heard. A health programme is a priority.

LIBRA: Your love life accents the intellectual side of your relationship.

Commitments made now are binding ones, so don’t make lighthearted agreements. A financial review is essential at this point.

TAURUS: You are the toast of the various gatherings you attend now, thanks to your crackling wit. This week finds you excelling in the role of teacher. A career problem may require thoughtful consideration.

SCORPIO: Cultural involvement may lead to a new friendship. A family dispute heats up and it’s your turn to play the mediator.

Salesmanship skills are strong, especially if you are selling ideas.

GEMINI: New creative interests are spotlighted now. A public speaking engagement wins you an admirer from an important arena. Expect to spend time looking after book-keeping and related chores.

SAGITTARIUS: You make others, especially older people feel extraordinarily comfortable this week. Use this gift to help those you love. Unexpected arrivals appear through the weekend.

CANCER: Take stock of current strengths and weaknesses, strengthening the former and correcting the latter. Self discipline is strong this week. A friend may not be telling the whole story.

CAPRICORN: Carefully investigate the situation before making announcements. A rival becomes friendlier, but don’t reveal any secrets. Best friends are of the opposite sex.

LEO: You may be a contender for a prestigious award and it’s particularly important that you meet your obligations. Friendship and travel should blend well.

Older relatives seek you out as an adviser.

AQUARIUS: Modest financial gains are accented. A friends interest over your personal affairs may be more than curiosity. Communication tie -ups mean that messages are not getting through.

VIRGO: A self indulgent streak surfaces. This is a good time for reviewing resolutions. Romance accents its sentimental side.

Decorating and designing are your present strengths.

PISCES: Friends seek you out for your compassion and guidance.

Family members are more exuberant. Watch a tendency to be vague, particularly in career matters. News from overseas may arrive this week.

Your birthday Unpredictability and originality - these are your strengths, but sometimes they are liabilities. Kindness is this week your middle name. The sciences appeal to you, along with writing and humanitarian causes. You love the limelight and this year may see you in it more often than not.

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Jesus Christ, then I simply want to lead us in a prayer, which you can join with as well: Holy God and in the name of our Saviour: I give to you my mind, for you to lead; My eyes, to see your power more at work in our world today; My ears, to hear your voice; My mouth, to sing your praise and to pass on the truth about your love; My hands, to bless; My legs, to go where you call; My heart, to be more and more renovated as your home.

May you know the presence and the calling of our Saviour this year.

Lately, I have been feeling challenged and convicted to give more of myself to God’s lead and to be more attentive for God’s voice and direction in my life – whether at home, out and about, or at work.

As part of this, I have been encouraged by a comment about a great speaker and evangelist by the name of Reuben Archer Torrey. In the lead-up to what became a great period of revival, it was said of him that he knew ‘that God need to have more of him, rather than he needed more of God,’ which stuck with me.

And so, for those who desire to be more led and to be more attentive to God’s voice and to participate in what God is already doing in the world through

Andrew Maude, pastor - The Upper Room and Tauranga Central Baptist Church.

Living a life of satisfaction

Recently I shared a message with our church, from a verse in First Timothy 6:6: “But Godliness with contentment is great gain”.

In his instruction, Paul gives Timothy a key, dare I say a Godly formula for living.

Godliness (a deep reverence and devotion to God) and contentment (a deep satisfaction with what Christ within him supplies) is great gain (mega progress).

“Timothy, don’t get caught trying to do life in your own strength, but in your reverence for God, learn to be satisfied within what he supplies.

Be content with what he has chosen

Paul writing to a younger man – Timothy, an understudy of Paul, in a large city of Ephesus – with a very daunting task of re-establishing the Church there. Paul writes to him with encouragement, teaching, coaching and instructions of how to go about doing his job. a

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for you. Learn to be satisfied and not strive, but rest in what he supplies to you. This is great wisdom from a early church father that is applicable to us today, here in Aotearoa.

We need to revere God and learn to rest comfortably in what he supplies in all realms.

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Jesus’ words in Matthew 6:33 resonate: “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be added unto you”.

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TAURANGA WATER RESTRICTIONS IN FORCE Process for local government reorganisation investigation relating to possible alterations of the boundary between Western Bay of Plenty District and Tauranga City The Local Government Commission has adopted a reorganisation investigation process document for the consideration of possible boundary alterations between the Western Bay of Plenty District and Tauranga City. The adoption of such a document, outlining how the Commission intends to consider the possible changes is required by clause 7 of Schedule 3 of the Local Government Act 2002. This is a new requirement arising from amendments to the legislation that had effect in October 2019.

The investigation had its origins in an application in November 2018 from Western Bay of Plenty District Council to have an area of approximately 189 ha situated at Tauriko West that is currently within the district included in the city. The Commission has since that time also identified possible further boundary alterations between the district and city at Keenan Road, Belk Road, and Tara Road (Papamoa). The process document covers all four possible changes.

Maps showing the areas potentially affected by each are available on the Commission’s website at www.lgc.govt.nz The key features of the process document are: • The Commission intends advancing the investigation of the possible Tauriko West boundary change in advance of consideration of the other three; • The Commission will carry out public consultation before adopting reorganisation plans making changes in any of the areas concerned; • Interests of relevant hapu- in the affected areas are identified.

The adoption of the process document follows consultation with affected local authorities and hapu.

The full text of the document is available on the Commission’s website at www.lgc.govt.nz Further information can be obtained from the Commission at: Phone: Fax: email: Postal Address:

(04) 494 0552 (04) 494 0501 info@lgc.govt.nz PO Box 5362, Wellington 6145

The relevant legislation can be accessed via the New Zealand Government website www.legislation.govt.nz/browse.aspx.

It is likely that access to online legislation may also be obtained through assistance from staff of local public libraries.

Donald Riezebos Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the Supply of Water Bylaw 2019 (the Bylaw), public notice is given that water restrictions are now in force in Tauranga.

The water restrictions are as follows: • No use of sprinklers at any time.

• No hosing of hard surfaces (paths, driveways, concrete or paved surface) at any time.

• No watering by hand (including garden watering and washing of vehicles) at any time except between 5am and 8am, and 7pm and 10pm.

The water restrictions were put in place at 9am Thursday 23 January 2020 and will be in place until further notice.

The water restrictions apply to all properties that are connected to the Tauranga City Council’s water supply. Recycled water, bore water, and water used for testing fire systems, firefighting and related activities are exempt from the water restrictions. Water from rainwater tanks are also exempt if they are not topped up from the Tauranga City Council’s water supply.

From the date of this notice, a breach of the water restrictions constitutes a breach of the Bylaw. A person who is convicted of an offence against the Bylaw is liable to a fine not exceeding $20,000.

Visit www.tauranga.govt.nz or phone 577 7000 for more information. Full copies of the Bylaw can be inspected and are available free of charge from Tauranga City Council’s Customer Service Centre situated at 91 Willow Street, Tauranga or the Tauranga, Mount Maunganui, Greerton and Papamoa Libraries. Copies can also be viewed on Council’s website at www.tauranga.govt.nz or by phoning (07) 577 7000.

Marty Grenfell - Chief Executive Tauranga City Council, 91 Willow Street Private Bag 12022, Tauranga, Telephone 07 577 7000

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