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20 June 2014, Issue 705 Inside this issue Rugby rule’s mixed response 3 Gunning for glory

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Te Ranga battle marked

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Model T master

As his children argued over who would get his Model T Ford when he ‘carks it’, Rex Williams had an idea. He would build each of his four children their own Model T and settle the argument for good. Fifty years on, three vehicles are completed, with a fourth awaiting a final lick of paint. See page 5 for more. Photo by Bruce Barnard.

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Your midwinter dose of Vitamin Sun Welcome to the midwinter Rogers Rabbits madness.

Warning, this column contains offensive language, adult themes, and the odd rude word. Do not read beyond this point if you are easily offended or prone to dawkwardness.

This week we celebrate the shortest day, June 21. Well not exactly celebrate, since most of us can’t wait for it to be gone and for the days to get longer again. We can try to get some decent doses of Vitamin Sun to ward off the craziness of short, gloomy days. Although I see for some, it’s too late.

Such as the drivers at the roundabouts,

who instead of celebrating the winter solstice are marking ‘indicator-free week’.

Which in some cases, is every day. There are even some who are marking ‘completely wrong indicator week’ which means they’re flicking left coming onto a roundabout, even though they’re going straight ahead or turning right; and flashing right to leave the roundabout even though they’re going straight ahead or leaving it to the left.

I know it’s challenging to do several things at once. Like, breathe. Keep your eyes open. Turn the wheel. Think. But surely we can also figure out the correct way to push the funny little stick?

This has been an issue for millennia,

and even the old druids or whoever invented the most famous roundabout, Stonehenge, in an effort to educate drivers on correct solstice roundabout behaviour, failed.

Monumentally.

Reader survey

Reading through hundreds of responses to the Sun Reader Survey.

The fantastic response shows how passionate you are about your locally-owned paper.

We’ll be treating all your feedback seriously, even those couple of commie left-wing socialists amongst you who proclaimed Rogers right wing and unbalanced.

Then we had some right-wingers complaining the editor favoured the left, because the Sun has more columns from that side.

Well you can’t all be right. Truth is, it doesn’t matter which way the personal politics lean, if, in fact, they lean at all.

Rogers considers himself a centre centre, (although I did play left wing for Otumoetai) but of course that’s not how it appears when you’re looking at the picture from one extreme wing or the other.

Regardless of personal leanings, the paper is not. And that’s an important difference.

Rogers does not pretend to be unbiased. Any journalist who tells you they sit on the fence and don’t have an opinion is dishonest.

No reasonable-thinking person can be involved in the news business with no opinion of their own.

It’s whether they operate media impartially that counts, and the Sun is completely impartial. We give plenty of airtime to both sides.

You can rest assured, in fact you can see it on our pages, everyone gets fair and balanced opportunity to air their views.

Even if, in the personal opinion of the editor/owner, some of you are complete crackpots.

Staple yourself

In other gems gleaned from the survey results, one keen reader

suggests we staple the pages.

She even drew a diagram of where the staples should be placed. Lovely. A nice idea, but unfortunately cost prohibitive. We already provide a free, fat, news-filled publication into all homes of every resident in the Western Bay of Plenty – there’s only so far the budget will stretch.

Feel free to staple your own, on arrival at your place.

Call us if you’d like to know where to put the staples; we have excellent diagrams.

Another survey respondent suggests some content in this column is offensive, highlighting a paragraph from a week or so back, in which we said the Queen had been gifted stallion semen. We point out this actually happened. It’s not something we made up. Don’t shoot the messenger. The survey finishes Monday. It’s been enlightening, entertaining and I’m sure will lead to us continuing to make our paper better. every week Thanks for your ideas.

Mental macrons

Macrons hit the headlines in the Sun last week, with our revelations subversive moves are afoot to have them infiltrate our lives.

For those still confused, macrons are silly little symbols some people believe need adding to language to aid pronunciation. We have a word for this. Piffle. (That’s pronounced while almost spitting in disgust).

We will stave off the Invasion of the Macrons for as long as possible, to avoid our readers from having your already-complicated lives further compromised by more dots, dashes, erections, party hats or other obtuse abhorrences.

In case we fail to vanquish the viniculums, here’s a plan: On the basis of “if you can’t beat em, join em” we’ve announced a macron breeding programme.

Following a reader’s announcement of a new macron, the arselet, (see the letters pages this week), the RR

research team has developed more new macrons.

Here they are. We invite you to design the symbols.

The Dawk: Add to any words you wish you’d not uttered.

A Cunliffe: denotes hypocrisy (created this week).

The Rolf: used to indicate inappropriate action.

Horan: signifies a word that has been annexed from its sentence. It becomes an independent word.

Fixt: Cricket term, often shows a game shortened against run of play.

(An ‘i’ with a dollar sign in it).

Lorde: A symbol that signifies a word is pronounced with a weird twitch.

Boobs: Figure used to draw teenage boy, well any male really, attention to a word.

Minnit: Denotes a measure of phonetic time.

Nek: used in conjunction with a minnit.

Pist: word is pronounced with a slur.

Send us suggestions, diagrams, photos, stapling points – they’ll be gratefully accepted.

Thanks for your feedback and remember, we’re always interested in improving the paper and enjoy interacting with our wonderful readers. But keep your offensive horse semen to yourselves.

Parting shot:

Ears of the Week Award: goes to the English rugby coach.

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Playing the rule Tauranga Boys’ College Second XV during a training session at the school. Photo by Bruce Barnard.

A new school rugby rule requiring all players get at least 30 minutes’ game-time is receiving mixed reviews, with one coach giving the move a straight red card.

This season the New Zealand Rugby Union implemented a rule variation making it compulsory for all players at school rugby Second XV level and below to receive opportunity to play a minimum half a game of rugby – and made it the responsibility of coaches to enforce.

The NZRU says the policy has been introduced as result of a 2012 survey of 1686 teenagers, which found a large reason players were leaving rugby was lack of game-time.

Otumoetai College sports co-ordinator Paul Braddock is against the rule-change, saying player safety is in jeopardy, along with causing headaches and mounting pressure for coaches.

“We want to regulate and put them [injured players] in at a time that’s safe for them,” says Paul, who is concerned players returning from injury may not be physically ready to play the required 30 minutes.

Paul, also an U15 rugby team coach, says his school has long been trying to give each player at least 20 minutes’ game-time – but says the compulsory new rule allows students to flaunt the sport’s ethos of

being rewarded for attending training and playing well.

Some players now only attend one training weekly, knowing they’re guaranteed half a game, says Paul.

He feels the principle behind the new rule is sound but says it will cause headaches for coaches, as substituting multiple players disrupts a team’s dynamic and could jeopardise winning a tight match.

“People have been saying weak players going on in the second half, it weakens the team dramatically.”

Tauranga Boys’ College head of rugby Rodger McBrydie sits on the other side of the debate, adamant the rule doesn’t remove school rugby’s competitive nature.

Rodger says while initial thoughts of replacing a number of players would dilute competitiveness, on a weekly basis the move has received nothing but positivity.

Instead of seeking feedback from coaches, Rodger looks to first-hand information from players to back up his stance.

“Talking to the players themselves is where I’m hearing the positive stuff, which is fabulous,” says Rodger.

“I ask the boys to see what their opinion is and more than once it is: ‘it’s going really well’. One of the reasons is because they are getting guaranteed half a game.”

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Neilsen ratings for last week show SunLive was viewed more than half a million times, breaking the site’s previous record, with 625,767 page impressions.

This is a huge achievement for the locally owned and operated free online news service consistently sitting at number 4-5 in the country’s most viewed news and magazine websites.

Last week’s news was dominated by the storm that brought heavy rain, causing flooding to roads and businesses, cutting power and closing schools.

In situations like this SunLive is working hard to keep its readers up to date with all the latest weatherrelated news, and this showed with 50 per cent of readers turning to the SunLive mobile app for the latest information.

The app is available to download for both Apple and Android devices, and a mobile site for other devices, all now available with advertising space for businesses. Latest figures also show more people are returning to SunLive for news and staying on our site for longer.

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Businesses settle over Rena

Fifty-three businesses seeking redress for losses sustained over the Rena grounding have settled with the former containership's owners and insurers in a confidential agreement.

The settlement comes out of two days of negotiations the Rena owners and insurers Daina Shipping and The Swedish Club have been holding with claimant groups at the ASB Arena.

Before going into the mediation process the business said its claim totalled about $5.5 million for losses sustained after the Rena struck Astrolabe Reef on October 5, 2011. The subsequent pollution and seaborne debris severely impacted many tourism and marine operators over the following summer of 2011-2012.

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Surf lifesavers will be permanently visible at Tay Street for two weeks in the coming peak summer period thanks to a successful bid by Surf Life Saving New Zealand.

Tauranga City Council has approved SLNZ's application for the flagged area which will see four existing lifeguards from the Mount Maunganui and Papamoa services stationed at the beach between December 28 and January 12.

Five nabbed in drink driving blitz

Of the 520 drivers stopped and breath tested by Western Bay of Plenty Police during a week-long option, five are facing charges of driving with excess breath alcohol.

A 32-year-old woman recorded the highest reading when she blew 1228 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath – more than three times the legal limit of micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath.

A 42-year-old woman blew 1031 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath, while a 33-year-old man blew 905.

Police also arrested a 27-year-old man when he blew 633 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath, along with a 20-year-old man who blew 555.

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Foodbank hopes to stay put Discussion in city council this week about Tauranga Community Foodbank moving to Elizabeth St West is news to foodbank chairman Alan Plunkett.

The foodbank was mentioned in passing during TCC’s discussion about the process of selling the youth hostel to the Tauranga Moana Night Shelter Trust for use as a homeless shelter.

The comment tipped the cul de sac could be developed into a social services hub.

Foodbank chairman Alan Plunkett says the foodbank hasn’t yet been included in this discussion – and if they had the option, the foodbank would turn it down.

“The point being we need carparking and we need a bus stop for our clients,” says Alan.

“That’s quite crucial. A lot of them gather their stuff off us and walk 50 yards down the road to the bus stop, and they are away.”

The hostel carparking is already being claimed by the Tauranga Society of Artists, says Alan.

“We’ve got problems down there; obviously it is an old building. It needs painting etc. There’s holes bigger than the Grand Canyon if you are parking out the front there, and when it rains they are puddles. And we haven’t got the money to repair it.”

Tauranga Foodbank occupies an ex-army barracks on Dive Crescent of an unknown age. The pos-

Tauranga Community Foodbank chairman Alan Plunkett. sibility of the foodbank moving at some stage was discussed with the previous chairman a few years ago, but TCC property manager Anthony Averil says it’s not something being progressed at the moment.

At some stage the council is going to be planning the detail of what will happen with the Dive Crescent land,

and at that point there may or may not be opportunity for the foodbank to remain in the location, says Anthony.

He says from previous conversations, the foodbank would like a more central location than Elizabeth Street west; “they are very happy with where they are, and the deal they get from the

By Andrew Campbell council”.

Night shelter expected to go unconditional The sale of the Tauranga Youth Hostel to the Tauranga Moana Night Shelter Trust is expected to go unconditional today, but both parties are reluctant to talk about it beforehand.

Youth Hostel Association CEO Mark Wells says this week, they are still running a business.

“We are still trying to run a business in the meantime,” says Mark. “We are a backpacker facility and we will be for the foreseeable future – and in the event this contract becomes unconditional, we will issue a joint statement.

“We don’t want to confuse our market.

This hits the media and Amanda, our hostel manager, gets homeless guys knocking on the door thinking it’s a homeless shelter already.

“We are just keen not to give mixed messages to our market and to not give mixed messages or confusing messages to the night shelter customer group.”

If the purchase goes unconditional today, settlement is likely to happen July 11, says Tauranga Moana Night Shelter Trust secretary Mike Mills.

“The YHA is extremely sensitive about

publicity in intervening period, because it will have an adverse effect on the business.

“We don’t want to draw attention to that in the time being. They could be running an empty house, or have homeless people turning up thinking it is already a shelter.”

Tauranga City Council approved reclassification of the site’s council reserve land this week.

There are still two more steps to be dealt with at council, says Mike. They are existing use rights, which is a planning consent issue, and finalising a lease with the city

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The Weekend Sun Rex Williams, in his garage where he’s built four cars for his children. Photo by Bruce Barnard.

Model parenting Cover story

Rex Williams wouldn’t stand for his children arguing over who would get his 1926 Model T Ford when he dies.

So the now 83-year-old decided to make things fair and build each of his four children their own vehicle.

About 50 years ago Rex, who has lived in Te Puna his whole life, overheard his children arguing about the car when he first bought it.

It was known as the ‘new beauty’ because it was from the last of the Model T range, and a cross between a Model T and a Model A Ford.

“There was an almighty argument that when the ‘old man carks it I was having the new beauty’.

“One was saying they were going to have it. ‘No you’re not’ piped

up another, and the third one pipes up and says ‘well I have news for you, because I’m having it’.”

To solve the argument, unknown to his children, Rex began gathering parts in the hope of building another three cars.

“I thought, ‘well time’s on my side’ and at that time you could find bits of Model T Fords strewn around most farmers paddocks.”

Rex eventually claimed a 1920s pick-up truck. It had the motor and surrounds but no body.

“I eventually found a mud guard here and a mud guard there and I got the second one finished.

“I was bailing hay at a chap’s place in Bethlehem Bruceand I spotted a chassis blocking a hole in a guy’s Matthews 021 580 580 hedge.”

Rex knew it was a good chassis, and it was a truck chassis.

“I thought I’ll have that. I did a deal [for it] to take away a load of rubbish and two loads of hay.”

During the next few years Rex

accumulated more parts and it wasn’t long before he had a one tonne truck completed.

Fifty years on, he has three Model Ts completed and on the road – and a fourth awaiting a coat of paint.

Rex says there is now one car each for his children.

“They can figure out between themselves who will get what. I won’t be here to hear that argument.”

Rex says the odd thing is his children didn’t realise he’d heard their fight.

“I only told them about it 12 months ago. But they didn’t remember. Our Beneldest said they never talked like that.

Heath 237 “I told them021‘I701have news for you, because I heard the whole thing’.”

Rex and his wife Dot celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary this month.

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Hunters gunning for Big Four Tuesday, and goes through to Friday, June 27.

The Top Shot venue will open 10am on Saturday, June 28, with the weigh-in lasting all day. Prizegiving starts about 4.30pm with more than $80,000 in prizes to give away.

Shane says this year’s organisers wanted more of a family day.

“We will have all our sponsors there on the day showing demonstrations and selling their products.

“We will have activities for the

families and kids all day with bouncy castles, face painting, pony rides and we’re hoping to have a dirt track for Polaris ranger rides and a shooting gallery.

“We have tailored the big four around the average hunter, which means you don’t have to be the best hunter to win the big prizes.”

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More than 50 teams of four have signed up for the annual event, run by Te Puna Hunting and Fishing Club, with another 30 or so expected to join tomorrow’s briefing night at the Top Shot Bar.

Tomorrow night sets out rules and conditions before hunting starts on Tuesday, June 24.

Organiser Shane Paterson says the response this year has been fantastic; with people eager to take part in the highly-anticipated event.

“It’s normally the highlight of their calendar; they keep ringing us up during the year to make sure it’s all happening.

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The competition works by teams

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Wrestling garage sale

Katikati Wrestling Club is a garage sale this Saturday from 8am-10am at its hall on Major St. This sale is to raise funds for wrestler Tyler Corbett’s trip to Nanjing, China, for the Youth Olympic Games in August.

Sydenham working bee A public weeding bee is to be held at Sydenham Botanic Park, next to Brookfield School, this Saturday, June 21, from 1pm-3pm.

Volunteers are asked to bring gloves, a hand fork, rake or wheel barrow and are welcome to bring a picnic afternoon tea to help tidy the park.

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perfect Retiring times – thetonic

Te Puke High School’s performing arts students have taken a new direction in their 2014 production, devising a show based on ‘ghosts, ghouls and ghastly things.

The show is playing at Te Puke High School from June 24-27, starting at 7.30pm.

Jim and Margaret Pringle have started a business making a fermented vegetable health tonic. Photo by Tracy Hardy.

After learning the benefits of daily doses of fermented vegetables to repopulate healthy gut bacteria, retired couple Jim and Margaret Pringle set out to find such a product.

But when they couldn’t find one Jim, 86, and Margaret, 79, decided age was no barrier to action, and they began making their own fermented health tonic.

Now, while most of their peers have long since given up work for the quiet life, Jim and Margaret’s initiative has transformed into a business with local health shops selling their tonic.

“We are just trying to produce food that is healthy and beneficial to the public. Even my cardiologist has been really interested in what we are doing,” says Jim, who is seeing a growing appetite for the product because of research showing health benefits from good gut bacteria.

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started eating fermented vegetables served to crew when they saw how healthy the crew remained on long journeys.

The Pringles have imported special equipment to ferment their vegetables without cooking, ensuring all healthy bacteria are maintained – in contrast to fermented sauerkraut available that’s been cooked, killing at least 90 per cent of good bacteria.

Every weekend the pair uses a commercial kitchen to make and bottle their tonic, which they sell through Tauranga health shops.

“The feedback has been really positive,” says Jim, who has been able to stop taking antacid medicine since drinking his daily tonic.

The couple aim to build the business into a large operation for their younger family members to take over. But for now it’s all hands on deck promoting their healthy message.

“I’m not supposed to be here, so this must be the reason I’m still around – to help others by sharing this,” says Jim, referring to earlier health scares including a heart bypass.

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Katikati’s skate project is go As Katikati teenager Jared Tinneti settles into his new job in Ohakune this week, he can breathe easy knowing the four years he fought to redevelop his hometown’s old skate park was not in vain.

spent four years fundraising and leading the two-stage project to cater for BMX, board and scooter riders of all abilities.

“I feel pretty great knowing that it’s happening – the community’s young kids are going to benefit from it.”

With the contract issued to Premium Skate Park Designs, stage one, worth $138,000, has begun.

It will triple the park’s size, extending the space to 35 by 10 metres, and includes street features of ledges, boxes, quarter

Despite leaving just as work begins to improve Moore Park’s skate facility, the 17-year-old says he’s satisfied the project’s first stage is happening.

“I’m very proud of it – I can leave in peace,” says Jared, who is Katikati Skateboard Club’s president and leader of the $130,000 project.

Since aged 13 in 2010 Jared has

pipes and a pyramid to offer more challenges.

Jared caught up with Premium Skate Park Designs last Friday on-site, and says surface tests and soil-turning will be the first steps in the redevelopment – only possible by a second Katikati Community Board grant gifted to the club.

“We went back to the new board after first getting $5000 from them for the project. Since then they’ve given us another $38,000, to get the project underway.”

Stage one’s funding tally comprises of a $37,500 Lotteries grant, Western Bay of Plenty District Council funds, $2000 Harcourts Foundation grant, $42,000 from Katikati Community Board and $1000 each from Katikati Lions and Katikati Rotary clubs.

Plus, more than $13,000 was fundraised

by Katikati Skateboard Club – something Jared’s very proud of.

“Most of Katikati’s young people can’t wait. They don’t believe it just yet – but it’s happening. And I’ll definitely back on the opening day to use it.”

Stage two, currently un-funded, will build a new skate bowl to offer a different skating experience, with a chance to ‘catch more air’.

By Merle Foster

Katikati Skateboard Club president Jared Tinetti is pleased to know his skate park’s revamp is go ahead, as he leaves town.

Does Tauranga want to be like Auckland?

Hands up everyone who wants Tauranga to be like Auckland – anyone?

I thought so. Then why are we following in their footsteps by continuing to sprawl out like Auckland?

The things that make Tauranga great could be at risk if we follow Auckland’s sprawl. These include our 20-minute travel time across the city and our awesome work-life balance.

This week we finalised the city plan that sets the rules for where we live, work, learn, and play.

These rules can lag up to 10 years before they are noticeable in the community. So let’s protect the things that make Tauranga great by thinking ahead. For instance, congestion at the city’s traffic hot-spots will only increase

if we continue with building cul-de-sacs in the suburbs.

These layouts make it hard to design public transport – and it forces people into cars to get anywhere. What I’m saying is the market is beginning to demand more people living within a short walk of key retail centres.

This will help our retailers, since more people can avoid the carpark issue.

The cost of transport is also contributing to housing affordability; it’s not just about the mortgage.

In other news this week, we finalised the increased tolls for Route K starting in two weeks. These tolls are a transition towards central government’s tolling, as they take control in 12 months.

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Mum still needs home What’s best for the Bay of Plenty?

The spectre of local government reform has been receiving quite a bit of media attention lately. This is good, since our whole community needs to be engaged on this topic.

However, this can be very counterproductive when the information being presented is wrong.

Recent reports infer the Bay of Plenty Regional Council has a predetermined view on structural reform in the Bay. Nothing could be further from the truth.

For some time, the regional council’s position has been: it feels work is required to understand what would be “Best for the Bay”.

This lovely female cat had been found with two young kittens and nowhere to call her home.

The two kittens have new homes within the neighbourhood where the cat was found, but she’s now up for adoption, in her search for a new loving home.

She’s a super-friendly and affectionate cat; she will surely fit into any household wanting to give her a home.

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This was not primarily about structural solutions, but to look at what functions are delivered across the local government spectrum, and how best these could be provided to the communities which they support.

The council’s preference was to collaborate with other territorial authorities on this work, so we end up with a shared perspective which can be used as a basis for discussion with our communities.

The other key concern was should a proposal be lodged by a third party, council needs to be prepared with an evidence-based study to inform its response.nderstandably,

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COMPUTER PROBLEMS? Relax!

Congratulations to Tauranga City Council for making the brave decision to buy out flood-prone houses. Comments from those who live there indicate they’ve had enough and even with better, and expensive, stormwater management in place they’d still not sleep easily.

Earlier planners of this beautiful city decided industrial areas were best placed out of sight in the gullies. The costly consequences of

that decision are being inherited now – both by ratepayers and business owners.

For example, in Roxanne Place, ratepayers are buying a $1million pumping station in order to push the tide back during regular flooding events.

In a world affected by rising sea levels and increasing frequency of heavy rainfall events, this is BandAid thinking.

None of the reporting has men-

tioned the ongoing cost of operating such a plant, whether it’ll have any purpose outside flooding events, or if other mitigation, such as buy-back, was considered. Those gullies should have been developed as safe walking trails.

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In 2011 the Government changed the Employment Relations Act to allow all employers to give new workers a 90-day trial period. It’s a law that will disappear under a Labour government.

The rule means the employer can dismiss a new employee within the 90-day period without needing to give a reason.

The idea was this change would create jobs. Employers who were normally reluctant to hire new staff, because it was hard to get rid of them if they weren’t

any good, would have more flexibility.

However, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s own report reviewing the impact of the changes states it is not known if the introduction of the trial period has actually increased employment.

It also shows 27 per cent of employers have used the law to dismiss someone.

Think about this for a moment. More than one-quarter of new employees have been sacked within 90 days of starting work.

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Innovation and smart-thinking have gone hand-in-hand to earn the Western Bay of Plenty District Council a top environmental prize.

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Instead of putting it into landfill, the biosolids are used as natural fertiliser and soil conditioner on stock paddocks.

WBOPDC is NZ’s first council to undertake full-scale vermicomposting, leading the way for other

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I was delighted to be at the ceremony in Wellington, when the winners were announced and to meet some of the team. WBOPDC is a thoroughly deserving winner. Positive outlook for primary industries.

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New Zealand fur seals breed at Plate Island and are regularly seen along our coastal beaches. This one was going about his daily business at Mayor Island but seemed rather embarrassed at having his photograph taken. I wonder if he cleaned his teeth that morning?

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Thanking all of our selfless volunteers As part of my role of local Member of Parliament, I spend a lot of time visiting community organisations and attending events run by hard-working volunteers who give up their free time in order to give back to others.

In a world where there are so many demands and pressures on our time, and we all

seem so busy, the work of these volunteers is truly commendable.

This week is National Volunteer Week, and a great opportunity to celebrate the invaluable contribution these people make to our community.

Volunteers freely donate their time and energy to supporting a range of non-profit institutions including perform-

ing arts centres, kindergartens, faith groups, youth organisations, social services, advocacy groups, community boards, whanau and iwi organisations, aid and relief organisations, and many more.

The investment of time, effort, and energy not only helps our country to function, but also contributes to the strength and resilience of our communities, making a significant economic contribution.

We are only three months out from the general election – and it’s amazing how the political landscape can change during the course of a few days.

The Maori Party has now secured and announced all seven candidates in the seven Maori electorate seats we are standing in. And we’ll possibly be naming a few general seat candidates in the coming weeks too.

They are all fantastic, community-driven people, who bring a vast range of skills to the team and will make wonderful Members of Parliament to continue the legacy of our founding leaders Tariana Turia and

Dr Pita Sharples.

During the last week we spent a couple of days together giving our candidates a real eye-opener to the parliamentary world – and we all left our wananga with a renewed sense of excitement and enthusiasm for the upcoming election. We are ready.

As I write this, I’m still smiling about our latest announcement, which is the promotion of Maori history in all our schools.

Over 180 Companies for Food Show Just like a tasty beer, anticipation and excitement are brewing for the second annual Seriously Good Food Show, coming to ASB Baypark next weekend.

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They will feature beside live cooking demonstrations from some of the region’s top restaurant chefs and a new Palazzo Beverage Theatre.

Show organiser Dana Martin is thrilled with the added involvement, with 130 companies attending the inaugural show last year.

“We really have got a huge range of food and flavours on show and you can taste them all – try before you buy – on your way round the show.

“They’re coming from all parts

of the New Zealand, with a large contingent from the South Island expected to create quite a buzz this year.”

The Hawke’s Bay crowd are back and the show has been granted almost 30 liquor licences for the show’s wineries and beverage players.

The Seriously Good Food Show opens at 10am on Saturday, June 28, and is still only $10 per adults and $5 each for those aged 13 and under.

“It cost more than twice that to visit the Wellington Food Show and they had less than 140 exhibits.

“We’re keeping our entry price at $10 for adults this year, so those who for one reason or another missed out last year, have the chance to see what all the talk is about – at last year’s rates.”

Tickets are gate sales only, so grab a friend and bring your tastebuds to this year’s Seriously Good Food Show. It’s all on at the ASB Arena from 10am-5pm on Saturday and Sunday, June 28-29.

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Event for veterans’ children A special function is being organised next month for children of World War 1 veterans living in the Western Bay of Plenty area.

Organised by the Tauranga WW100 Committee, the gathering will take place at the Mount Maunganui RSA on the afternoon of Sunday, July 13.

“We realise most of those eligible will be relatively elderly these days,” says WW100 Committee chairman Peter Moss.

“But most veterans were quite young at the war’s end and could have still become parents as late as the 1950s.

“There are no statistics available on the subject, so we have no real idea of the numbers of such children who live in this part of the country.

“However, this seems an appropriate time for them to get together.”

The social function is open to children of all veterans – not just New Zealanders.

“If there are children of veterans from other countries, and on either side of the conflict, we would be delighted to have them attend,” says Peter.

“The Great War involved people from several nations on both sides.

“New Zealand has accepted migrants from many of those countries over the years, including Britain and other Commonwealth countries as well France, Germany, Austria, Turkey, Russia, and elsewhere.

Peter wants to point out the gathering is not only for children of those involved at Gallipoli and the Western Front.

“New Zealand soldiers occupied German

Samoa in 1914. There was action in Palestine. And there were battles at sea and in the air.

“It would be great to have a real selection of people attend the function and swap information about their parents and perhaps the way war service impacted on the subsequent lives of the veterans – and their families.”

Peter says added interest would be given to the day if pictures of parents and even any war souvenirs could be brought along as well. At this stage he already has names

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Remembering Te Ranga battle A dance and song re-enactment will bring to life the Battle of Te Ranga at its Pyes Pa site tomorrow – exactly 150 years since the clash between Maori and British troops took place.

About 500 people are expected to gather at the battle site on the corner Pyes Pa and Joyce roads, about 10km south of Tauranga City, where commemorations begin 6.30am.

At 7am mihi and karakia will bless

the site’s newly-carved pou, followed by a 9am powhiri for visiting iwi from the kingitanga, and at 10am a VIP group will be welcomed.

Dignitaries will include representatives of visiting hapu, New Zealand Defence Force staff, Tauranga Mayor Stuart Crosby and city councillors.

Nga Roimata O Te Ranga – a recounting of June 21, 1864, in kapa haka and song – begins 11am.

A memorial and wreath-laying service is planned for 11.30am before a traditional farewell and karakia will close commemorations.

The Weekend Sun Buddy Mikaere at the Te Ranga battle site, which will be commemorated tomorrow – exactly 150 years since the clash.

Battle of Te Ranga Commemoration organiser Buddy Mikaere says about 50 people from Ngai Tamarawaho hapu will perform powhiri while another 20-30 create the re-enactment.

Buddy says Te Ranga’s battle site is a different type of historical reserve to Pukehinahina (Gate Pa), so concentration has been on transferring it to a public reserve.

“All funding we’ve got is going on things like new fencing, planting and gateways, meaning there’s not too much leftover for commemoration activity.” He says the Te Ranga battle

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is significant because of its outcome.

“More than 120-odd Maori were killed there – and the ones killed were kind of a generation of leaders for Tauranga.

“It’s like New Zealand after the first World War, when a whole of generation of future leaders was lost; it was the same for this battle for Tauranga Maori.”

Part of the Land Wars that saw British troops aim to occupy Te Papa (now Tauranga City), the Te Ranga battle was a challenge issued by Maori following victory at Gate Pa on April 29, 1864.

But on June 21, 1864, as 500 Maori of Ngai Te Rangi and Ngati Ranginui, supported by Ngati Porou, Ngati Pikiao and Ngati Rangiwewehi, prepared defensive earthworks for battle, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Greer discovered them.

So Maori wouldn’t strengthen defences, Greer chose to make an immediate attack.

More than 100 Maori – including leader Rawiri Puhirake Puhirake – were buried in the trenches at Te Ranga. Another 43 were taken prisoner, including 32 wounded, and 15 later died from wounds. Nine British troops died and 39 were wounded.

Everybody is welcome at the public event. “We ask people coming later in the day to park at the school and walk the 400 metres up.”

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Growing up at Pyes Pa next to the Te Ranga battle site has inspired Tauranga woman Patricia Brooks to write a book about the war to teach others the history of the city they live in.

With June 21 this year marking 100 years since the battle on a paddock at Pyes Pa Rd in 1864, Patricia’s book is a timely fit for the author to share the tale since starting research 30 years ago.

“It’s amazing that you can grow up in an area and know nothing about its history,” says Patricia.

The 68-page book ‘Henare Wiremu Taratoa Noble Warrior’ describes the life of a young Maori warrior who adopted a European lifestyle in the 1840s.

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New book club launches Mount Maunganui library supervisor Dave Brookes and book club organiser Gail Malecek.

Book worms and social butterflies alike are welcome to join a new book club starting at Mount Maunganui Library this month.

The club will meet every fourth Tuesday of the month at the library, beginning June 24 at 10am.

Organiser Gail Malecek says the new club is replacing the library’s old group, which used to meet on Saturday afternoons.

Gail says anyone is welcome to

join and she hopes discussions will revolve around favourite authors, books and other relative topics.

“The first meeting is just to initiate it; everyone is welcome to bring a book by their favourite author, and a friend.” A $2 entry fee covers morning tea for the group.

The Omokoroa Centre Trust trustee Vanessa Coultas and volunteers.

Omokoroa community going online Four years of hard work is paying off for volunteers at the Omokoroa Centre Trust, with the not-for-profit set to hand over its first funding cheque this weekend.

The milestone coincides with the launch of an Omokoroa-exclusive website designed to show all the community has to offer.

Vanessa Coultas opened up the Omokoroa Community Centre in 2010 as a drop-in centre offering aid to locals and community clubs.

Manned entirely by volunteers, the centre now offers a place for local artists and entrepreneurs to sell their creations, has an op shop, and acts as an information centre. Vanessa says it’s taken a lot of hard work to reach this point, but they are thrilled to offer the newly-formed Omokoroa Tennis Club a $3000 cheque on Saturday.

“We started off applying for funding ourselves, we broke even after two years and now this is our profit going back into the community.”

Funding comes from a 20 per cent commission on any products sold in the centre and profits from the op shop. Vanessa is now inviting all local community clubs and groups to apply to the trust for funding.

The cheque will be presented on Saturday at a celebratory event, from 10.30am at Omokoroa Settlers Hall. The event coincides with the launch of a new Omokoroa website. Funded by the centre, Vanessa has high hopes for the website being a focal point for community events, news and contacts.

“I’m picturing every group or club has a page on it and they will get enquiries directly from there.

“We hope to link with Settlers Hall and schools’ calendars.” Until the official website is secured, a temporary site has been established at http://theomokoroacentre.webs.com/ Anyone is welcome to attend Saturday’s event.

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The celebration that stops a nation The Melbourne Cup Carnival is an unequalled, world class event that encompasses the finest racing, entertainment, fashion, culture and wine all in one place – Flemington.

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Held during four days every year in November, it is unrivalled in its prestige and tradition, and is the social occasion of the year.

As a cultural and sporting event its lure is magnetic and undeniable, attracting crowds who descend upon Flemington to be a part of the truly unforgettable experience that is the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

The Emirates Melbourne Cup is the iconic race of the carnival, with increasingly the best thoroughbreds from around the world showcasing the very best of the sport.

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Books and puzzles for all With puzzles coming out organisers’ ears and a book to suit nearly everyone, the 19th annual Te Puke Book Fair is all go.

The Te Puke Kiwicoast Lions have been sorting books, magazines, jigsaw puzzles, games, records and DVDs since January – and they’re keen to lighten the donated load in the name of charity.

Organiser Maxine Shanks says the fair started yesterday and carries on

9am-6pm today and 9am-3pm tomorrow at Te Puke War Memorial Hall.

“There’s something for everyone and we’ve got jigsaw puzzles coming out of our ears.”

In the past the group has gifted fair proceeds towards Te Puke St John’s new building, Te Puke High School’s sensory room and Plunket’s plan for new rooms.

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The Whangarei orchardist, contracting manager and a director of his family's business Onyx Capital Limited, took the title after a day-long contest in Tauranga – so close entrants had to deliver a second speech at Wednesday night's awards dinner to find the winner.

Patrick, 30, narrowly defeated

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Young grower of the year Chris Clement, 27, operations advisor for Kiwifruit Vine Health and second runner-up Simon Bowker, 27, from Katikati's Hume Pack and Cool.

He says it will be an honour to represent the Bay of Plenty region at the NZ Young Fruit Grower contest later in the year and that he appreciates the opportunity.

“We have nothing like this in Northland.

“The five of us put everything we had into the competition.

“I wasn't expecting to walk away with the top prize as it meant I had to beat four others who are at the top of their game, and it was a really close competition throughout the day.”

Five entrants competed in the day-long competition at ASB Baypark in Mount Maunganui on Wednesday, which involved a range of practical and theoretical challenges to test skills necessary in running a successful fruit growing business.

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Students take on a new world of business programme will help her to gain confidence in talking to others and sharing her business ideas and opinions.

Like Logan, Lavana is still deciding on what pathway to take but she’s narrowed it down to marketing.

“I just really like it,” says Lavana. “I guess I like how it’s ever-changing. It’s not the same thing day after day.”

Tauranga Te Papa Rotary Club youth committee chairman Tony Unwin says the club is proud to be supporting the students.

“It’s a real opportunity for us to give back to the business community for the benefit of the school and for rotary.

It brings all three things together very well.”

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Tauranga Te Papa Rotary Club youth committee chairman Tony Unwin with Bethlehem College business students Caleb Morrall, Logan Phillips and Lavana Halliday.

A group of Bethlehem College students hope to gain insight into the world of business by attending a week-long programme exposing them to real-life industry situations.

Year 12 students Lavana Halliday and Logan Phillips along with Year 13 student Caleb Morrall are travelling to Palmerston North for the programme on July 6-11 as part of New Zealand Business Week 2014.

Tauranga Te Papa Rotary Club has sponsored each student $400 to attend the programme, where the trio will learn about running their own businesses, its role in society, how the NZ economy works, the future of

private enterprise and how to get started in their career.

Logan hopes to gain an insight into how the commerce industry works and he’s looking forward to making possible future connections with professional businesspeople.

Although he’s unsure exactly what he wants to do when he’s older, Logan knows he wants to be the boss.

“I want to run my own business,” says the 16-yearold. “Business drives the world, so being able to run your own business is like being at the driving wheel of the world.”

And Logan’s dreams are well underway, with the young man already deciding to study business and commerce at university when he graduates college.

His fellow classmate 16-year-old Lavana hopes the

Fantastic response for charities Helen and her team at Barnard Property Management are thrilled with the response they’ve received since starting their Pay It Forward campaign last April.

The Supreme Dream Team came up with an idea where they could give something back to the community that’s supported them so well during the last six years.

They decided to donate one month’s commission to a charity of the client’s choice, when a new client placed their property in the care of the team.

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“When we first started the campaign I had no idea people felt so strongly about a specific charity,”

says Helen. From The Mount Surf Club, the Neurological Foundation to the Asthma Society, the team has seen all sorts of charities nominated.

Helen thinks the reason the Pay It Forward campaign works so well is partly because of the whole generous ethos of Bay of Plenty people.

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Youthful voting voice An identified lack of education for younger generations on election voting is prompting Bay of Plenty polytechnic staff and students to look at ways of turning the political tide of interest.

According to the Electoral Commission voter turnouts have fallen dramatically in New Zealand during the last three decades – from 85 per cent in 1981 to 69 per cent in 2011.

Of 437,000 people recorded in the 18-24-year-

old demographic, 69.57 per cent, or 304,303, are enrolled to vote, as of February 2014.

This compares to the 97.24 per cent for those aged 50-54 and 98.26 for 60-64 year olds.

Bay of Plenty Polytechnic student experience coordinator Kirsten Crossan is keen to rectify the voting decline by working towards a political debate at the polytechnic – inviting all local parties and candidates.

She sees the polytechnic-first as a way to build some youthful hype for voting along with providing opportunity for candidates to sell themselves.

Students and Young Labour members meet with Labour candidates Rachel Jones, Clare Wilson and MP Jacinda Ardern at BOP Polytechnic.

“Absolutely, it’s to get a little bit of hype around it and get a bit more understanding I guess. Just help them [students] realise who the local MPs are,” says Kirsten.

“They often don’t know who is running or what they stand for.”

Bay of Plenty Polytechnic student Taylor Delamere is among a small group of students which are passionate about politics, taking it upon themselves to tackle the issue of youth voting.

Taylor admits he only began taking a keen interest in politics during the last 12 months after enrolling in a

social policy paper and learning the difference between left and right wing parties. The 20-year-old Bachelor of Social Work student believes it is important for younger people to vote, but feels there is currently a general lack of education around the topic.

“People just aren’t educated and interested in politics, which is a shame because politics controls and governs their lives basically,” says Taylor.

“We are just raising awareness about politics, making our group known; showing we have a presence and anybody that is interested can come and

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The Seasons Loss and Grief programme, also run by Growing Through Grief in Tauranga/Mount Maunganui/ Papamoa, provides support for young people affected by losing someone close to them – whether it be a parent or sibling, through death, separation, having a family member in prison, or another major family change.

The cycle of the Seasons programme provides a framework within which children can understand and explain their experiences of grief, so they can develop their own resources to manage situations they find themselves in.

Prior to Acorn Foundation support, the service was only available in the Tauranga and Mount Maunganui and

Te Puke areas, with no support available for young people in the greater Katikati area.

However, since 2012 Acorn Foundation has provided a grant towards employing and training two part-time co-ordinators and a number of volunteer companions to work with more than 50 children each year, all suffering some form of grief or loss.

Acorn has continued this support during the last 12 months, and the programme continues to thrive through St Peter’s Anglican Church, which runs it in the Katikati and Waihi area.

The programme is recognised as pivotal in providing tools needed to help those suffering with loss and grief, as one parent recently commented.

“We noticed such a huge change in Tim’s* last term. He has really seemed to have found himself and is a lot happier in his own skin. As a mother it means so much to see him blossoming after such a tragically hard start to the year.”

Acorn Foundation operations manager Margot McCool says supporting a programme like Seasons is a privilege for Acorn. *Name changed to protect privacy.

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Praise for new law Consumers will have greater information to make informed decisions on whether or not to purchase extended product warranties with the introduction of a new law this week, says a Tauranga lawyer.

Changes to the Fair Trading Act and the Consumer Guarantee Act came into effect on Tuesday, with a change to the Fair Trading Act giving consumers the right to cancel an extended warranty within five working days of receiving it.

Now, prior to consumers purchasing the warranty, retailers have to give the consumer a written summary of extra protections their warranty provides – over and above the rights available to the consumer under the Consumer Guarantees Act. Tauranga lawyer Mark O’Donnell says paying for an additional warranty is often a waste of money, and this new law will allow consumers to make an informed decision.

“Up until now I think consumers generally took extended warranties up out of fear, rather than getting value for what they were,” says Mark.

“It’s generally been a nice moneyearner for businesses. I’ve personally never taken them up because I always felt I had enough rights under the Consumer Guarantees Act if something went wrong.”

Businesses making specific claims

Tauranga lawyer Mark O’Donnell.

about their products now need to substantiate those claims – providing extra confidence for people when purchasing items in-store or online, says Mark.

“For example, if you bought a bottle of sauce from the supermarket that claimed to be used in the ‘best restaurants across Europe’, how would the consumer know any different and would they bother to challenge such claims? They simply don’t have the time and the resources to do it.”

“Under the new provisions, the Commerce Commission will have the power to take its own action and they’ve indicated they might be a bit more active in this area of enforcement.”

Mark warns manufacturers and retailers selling environmentally-friendly products will need to be particularly careful about any claims they make.

“Claims with respect to the environmentally-friendly nature of products are popular at present. But they can be a grey area because sometimes they can be quite hard to document or verify; now you need to have a reasonable basis to make a statement regarding a product.”

The new legal requirement doesn’t apply to any product claims which are sold off the back of what is clearly marketing or advertising spin, such as ‘Red Bull gives you wings’.

Mark is an associate in Sharp Tudhope’s commercial team based in Tauranga. He has many years’ legal experience working in both London and Auckland.

BOP franchise a landmark

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The next meeting of the Franchise Association of New Zealand Bay of Plenty Branch focusses on a successful local building franchise system.

Landmark Homes is a nationally operating franchise with its headquarters in Tauranga.

At the June 26 meeting the franchisor Paul Clarke and local franchisee Anna Zandstra will speak about the Landmark system.

This is a great opportunity for those looking at franchising their successful business and also for those looking at buying into a franchise system to talk to those who have “done it”.

In addition, David Foster, the local specialist franchise lawyer of Harris Tate and immediate past chairman of the FANZ, will be available to provide some words of advice to those looking at entering franchising.

One of the many things David achieved as FANZ chairman was the Franchisee Pre-Entry Training Course, a free online training course produced by the association in conjunction with Massey University.

This online training course is available through FANZ or take the link from the franchise page at www.harristate.co.nz As with all franchise association meetings in Tauranga, spaces are limited (see advertisement).

This article is written by David Foster, immediate past chairman of the Franchise Association of New Zealand, area coordinator of FANZ BOP and Waikato, and director of Harris Tate lawyers and notaries.

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Winter: time to make a soup Don’t get me started on the instant packet soups full of salt, flavour enhancers and instant thickeners.

The time you spend making your own soup is always worth the effort because you know what goes into it and you can make as much as you need and refrigerate or freeze any surplus for another rainy day.

One of my all-time favourite soups is a seafood chowder. Because this is quite costly to make, this week’s recipe is a mussel and leek chowder.

It’s a great way to warm yourself up and make those dollars stretch further.

So why not go and purchase a big bag of fresh mussels to get you started?

I always go to visit the friendly ladies at Sanford at Sulphur Point.

The leeks are in season, of course, coupled with a few spuds, some seasoning, herbs and most importantly my secret ingredient.

For that creamy taste and less fat in your soups, try evaporated skim milk. It’s a great essential to have in the pantry.

Home pasta creations Have you ever tried making your own pasta?

It’s easy. Train your kids early and they pretty much take over.

Mine love the pasta machine. If you don’t have a pasta machine you can use a rolling pin and cut your dough by hand.

There are various techniques on how to make fresh pasta and it’s not hard at all. You just need a little time on your hands.

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Ingredients 3kg-5kg bag fresh mussels 1 large white onion, sliced 70g-100g of butter 3 large agria potatoes, peeled and diced 6 leeks, cleaned and chopped to the green part 2 Tbsp fennel seed, crushed 1 large fennel bulb, sliced 2-3 cloves garlic, crushed Sea salt flakes to taste 1-2 Tbsp cracked pepper 1 can evaporated skim milk Chopped parsley Method In a large pot slowly saute leek and fennel bulb and onion in butter for about 15 minutes until sweated down. Add garlic, ground fennel seeds, black pepper and salt and diced potatoes.

Cover leek and potatoes with water and bring to the boil, then simmer for about 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, clean and remove beards from mussels and give them a good scrub.

Once the leek and potato mix is ready blend well in a mixer or food processor. Transfer back into a clean pot. Add mussels and almost the whole can of evaporated skim milk. Stir well until they begin to open.

This is the tricky bit: remove the mussels once they’ve opened and place in a separate bowl to cool slightly. I use long-handled tongs or a slotted spoon for this task.

Scrape out the mussel meat using half of a mussel shell. Chop roughly into chunks.

Rinse the shells and the bowl with a little water and evaporated skim milk.

Return this and chopped mussels to the pot. Discard any mussels that haven’t opened after five minutes of simmering.

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Monthly market Greerton Village’s monthly craft market features plenty to enjoy for all the community.

The market happens on the last Saturday of every month in the Greerton Village Hall.

Local artisans sell all manner of hand crafted goods, knitted, quilted, pottered and weaved. The next market date is Saturday, June 28.

The market starts at 8am. Anyone seeking stall holder information can contact the organiser Merve on 07 863 6697.

Braydon Williams, 11, Lincoln Nooroa, 10, and Kasey Anderson, 11, get busy in the kitchen. Photo by Tracy Hardy.

It’s the boys’ turn to bake A trio of Year 5-6 boys at Greerton Village School have stepped off the rugby field and into the kitchen this month to create a recipe for the Create ‘n Cook Yogurt Cooking Video Challenge 2014.

Students in the school’s boysonly class have spent the last few weeks trialling and perfecting a recipe using EasiYo Yoghurt in a bid to win a cash prize to help with their school camp later this year.

Lincoln Nooroa, Kasey Anderson and Braydon Williams fronted a three-minute video uploaded to YouTube showing a step-by-step guide to make their chosen recipe

– banana muffins stuffed with EasiYo Yoghurt.

Greerton Village School assistant principal Mike McKee says the boys’ class took up the cooking challenge at the start of June, with help from teacher Reuban Ginns and teacher-aide Clayton Parai.

“It was a little bit quirky as well, because that’s the boys’ class and they’re quite good at practical learning – and it was a little bit of a twist on it with the boys doing the baking.”

Greerton Village is one of eight schools in the challenge. The public can vote for their favourite video online.

The school receiving the highest percentage of votes wins. So the boys have also learned a few maths skills along the way, says Mike.

“Each day they’ve been monitor-

ing the website and percentages.

They’ve just undertaken a maths unit in class on percentages and how the percentage would be formulated off this voting, and what a percentage is and means.”

They’ve also put up posters at school promoting their entry, published a QR code in the school newsletter, and directed family and friends to the website where they can vote.

The primary school had reached more than 30 per cent on Wednesday, closely leading with Christchurch’s An-Nur Childcare Centre. The winners weren’t announced when The Weekend Sun went to print.

To view Greerton Village School’s EasiYo video and results, visit www.easiyo.com

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Greerton set to light up village The night skies over Greerton will be awash with bright lights next month when the free annual winter IlluminArt Festival returns.

From 6pm on Friday, July 11, Greerton Village Square will be transformed into a vibrant display of light forms, celebrating the artistic talents of residents in and around the community.

Greerton Village Mainstreet manager Victoria Thomas says this year audiences can expect more art, more fire and more magic.

“This spectacular display of light will showcase the best of fire dance, lanterns, light sculptures, UV lights and more.

“It’s a free family event that promises to be a great evening.”

Victoria says highlights include fire sculptures, and fire performers – including fire breathers, fire jugglers and fire poi.

“Kids will love the illuminated face painting, static lantern display, UV light dance party and the magical fairy light tunnel.

“Along with the visual extravaganza, visitors will enjoy live musical performances from Tauranga Samba.”

People can join lantern making workshops on July 8-10 from 10.30am to 1pm daily, or enter the light art installation competition to be in to win prizes worth $1000.

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Cycling on the world stage The wheels of change are in motion for teenager Tom Carter, as he prepares to foot it with the best in the fiercely-competitive Junior Tour of Belgium.

The 17-year-old is off to Europe later this month as one of two international riders selected to join American junior cycling squad Team Rokform.

Based in Belgium for three weeks, the Tauranga Boys’ College student is focussing on being one of two riders selected to stay on and race with a Belgium team until the end of the Northern Hemisphere summer in September.

“It’s kind of an opportunity to go over and race competitively, because Belgium is kind of the best place for junior cyclists in the world – it’s competitive and hard,” says Carter.

“From there they pick two riders from the team to stay for the rest of the summer. So I could be going over for three weeks or three months.”

Clocking up between 400km-500km per week, the sole Kiwi in the field knows he’s in for some intense competition.

But he says it’s a burning ambition to make it onto the world stage.

This is the first taste of international exposure for Carter after being invited to join the New Zealand Development Squad camps last year as an U17 rider.

Carter says the opportunity to ride with the team in Belgium will expose him to the best international riding in his age-group in Europe and could open doors for him for

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future cycling in Europe.

“You really see where your benchmark is and from this it could lead on to professional contracts. This is where they get a lot of talent scouts.

“At the start of the year I was planning on going to the Australian Road Nationals but this opportunity came up instead – and I’ve decided to take it.”

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Senior gymnasts Leah Madden, Kodi Fairhurst and Chelsea Barns will compete this weekend.

Gymnasts compete for nationals H E A LT H & F I T N E S S

More than 500 gymnasts from across the North Island will bend, twist and leap for Argos Gymsport’s annual Junior and Senior Artistic Gymnastics Competition this weekend.

A record number of entrants will make for one of the biggest club gymnastics events nationwide,

with many gymnasts hoping to qualify for the Bay of Plenty team competing in the national championships in October.

On June 21-22 gymnasts from all levels will compete in men’s and women’s events. The men will compete on six different apparatus including high bar, parallel bars, floor, rings, pommel and vault, while the women compete on four apparatus: the vault, bar, beam

and floor. As well as individual honours, the gymnasts will also compete in a team competition and for apparatus placings.

The public is welcome to attend the competition, at Argos Gym in Koromiko St, Judea. A door charge will apply.

The senior events, showcasing some of New Zealand’s top talent, are on 2pm Saturday and 12pm Sunday.

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THANK YOU. This is National Volunteer Week.

Over 8,500 people volunteer to provide fire and emergency services the length and breadth of the country. Your tireless commitment to lives and property has helped to build a safer New Zealand. Thank you.

Behind every volunteer are supportive employers, family and friends – who must step forward too when our volunteers are called on to help. Thank you.

We couldn’t do it without you.

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Aircon Tauranga recommends installing a ducted heating system to completely control your entire home.

Central ducted heat pump systems are often considered the ultimate in home heat pumps because they’re quiet and unobtrusive.

With this system, the fan is hidden away in the ceiling space and is connected to the supply vents in the ceiling. Warm or cool air is distributed via ceiling vents throughout the entire house to provide a consistent temperature in every room.

The house can also be zoned, so some

A skeletal view of an installed ducted system. rooms can be turned off to further enhance comfort and reduce running costs. Advanced inverter technology ensures minimal running costs, while still having enough capacity to work hard when required.

The system can be installed to most new or existing homes and comes with a five-year parts and labour warranty.

But it’s the design Aircon Tauranga wants customers to know about.

The team carefully design their ducted systems so the right equipment is selected for customers’ heating or cooling needs. The correct level of air flow per room is achieved so the system is properly balanced.

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New booster seats for safer travel Plunket and ACC are subsidising more than 10,000 new car booster seats for community and service cardholders in a bid to keep children safe while travelling in vehicles this winter.

Georgia Maybury, Isaac Turnbull, Anica Raitak, Shannon Murphy, Landon Monks and Briooke Beauchamp, with their eBook readers.

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Global project connecting pupils Six Pahoia School Year 5 and 6 pupils have created an eBook with a group of American children in a bid to learn and educate fellow students about healthy lifestyles within their different cultures.

Beginning in Term 1, the six pupils have been working globally with a classroom from Springfield Illinois, USA, to create an eBook that focusses on healthy eating and fitness.

Contacted by a fellow teacher in America to start the project, Pahoia principal Marcus Norrish says the main idea is to maintain a universal connection between his pupils and those overseas.

“They’re learning in a real world context, with real people in a different country that the students learn from and share with.”

The collaborative process included regular Skype meetings between the groups, learning about each other through blogs, writing poems about

their hometowns and making movies – all by using their iPads.

Marcus says pupils learned about the different cultures, including typical foods and lifestyle.

He says although both cultures aren’t drastically diverse, the children learned a few differences.

“Part of our vision is for globallyconnected kids and learning with and from others around the world. It’s quite cool to be able to connect with some overseas and it’s been great for the kids.”

The pupils also learned how to communicate with other children foreign to Tauranga and New Zealand – only learning where towns are by using Google Earth.

“Our kids had to articulate things about their own area,” says Marcus.

Although he hasn’t seen the completed project, Marcus says the eBook is in its finishing stages.

Once the eBook is complete, the children will be able to download it onto their iPad and share it with

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The booster seats can be purchased from Plunket’s Car Seat Service for just $50.

ACC’s general manager of injury prevention Dr Megan McKenna says ACC is proud to partner with Plunket on this initiative.

“One of ACC’s core roles is to prevent injuries, and we’re happy to work with Plunket and use their presence in the community to help us do this.”

Following a recent law change, all children under age seven must use an approved child restraint appropriate for their age and size when travelling in a motor vehicle.

“It’s recommended any child less than 148 centimetres tall continues to use a booster seat to keep them safe, regardless of their age,” says Plunket national child safety advisor Sue Campbell.

“So this initiative will help families comply with the law, and help them keep their children safer until

Plunket CEO Jenny Prince and ACC chief executive Scott Pickering pictured with the booster seats at the Car Seat Service at Plunket’s Porirua Hub.

they’re ready to move out of a booster seat.”

Each year, ACC receives about 30,000 claims for injuries resulting from motor vehicle crashes, says Megan, who estimates about 1000 crashes involve children age seven and under.

“If we can help prevent just one child from being killed or seriously injured on the road through this initiative, then that will be a great outcome.”

Community service cardholders wishing to buy a subsidised seat should contact their local Plunket, or visit the Plunket website to find out more.

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Dancer shows popping talent She may be young, but Tauranga hip-hop dancer Aria Henry can move like a professional.

The 12-year-old can prove it – she’s the only Bay of Plenty dancer hand-picked into one of leading choreographer Parris Goebel’s champion hip-hop dance crews.

Dancing with her crew Bubblegum, Aria hopes to represent the region on the world stage in Las Vegas at the Hip Hop International World competition on August 5-10.

To help raise the $4500 needed to get her and Bubblegum to America, Parris is bringing five crews from her company The Palace Dance Studio to perform a one-night only show in Tauranga on June 27.

Spotting a hip-hop crew at a festival three years’ ago, Edward Temete-Henry asked his daughter if she’d like to start learning the dance style – and she agreed.

“It was cool and fun,” says Aria. “The dance style was really different and challenging.”

Busting the moves at her first class, Aria’s dance talent earned her an audition into the Bubblegum crew where she was chosen from 30 other dancers vying for the spot.

Since then, Aria and the crew have won the 2014 New Zealand National Hip Hop Junior Championships.

“I was really nervous but then when I got on stage, the nerves went away.”

Inspired by Tauranga dancer Carl Flavell, Aria hopes to become a professional hip-hop dancer.

To achieve her dream, Aria’s parents Edward and Tracy take their youngest of five daughters to practices in Auckland twice-weekly.

“It’s a big commitment from us, but it’s worth it,” says Edward.

The Royal Crusade fundraising show starts 7pm at

Tauranga hip-hop dancer Aria Henry, 12, hopes to represent the Bay of Plenty at the Hip Hop International World competition in Las Vegas in August. Photo by Tracy Hardy.

Bethlehem Baptist Church on - June 27. Tickets are available at the door, or by emailing info@thepalacedancestudio.co.nz Aria’s dad Edward wants to thank family trust sponsors Ngai Tukairangi Trust, Kumi Kumi Trust, Ngamanawa Incorporation and Hungahunga ToroaBy Zoe Hunter Marae for their support so far.

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The humble olive leaf and its healing powers Scientists have discovered a unique molecule lower blood pressure.

A human study in 2011 by E known as oleuropein, which is found in Susalit shows OLE actually outabundance in the leaves of the olive tree. performed catopril, a standard Olive leaf extract looks set to become a worldwide, super-star food supplement – and there are a number of good reasons why.

OLE is quite well known for its ability to

blood pressure medication.

Both oleuropein and catopril decrease the tension and help widen the walls of blood vessels, thus reducing blood pressure.

Hardening of the arteries, called atherosclerosis, occurs when plaques build up in the arterial walls. This can eventually block blood flow and trigger a heart attack or strokes.

OLE appears to reduce the risk of this happening. Found to lower blood sugar, it slows the digestion of starches into simple sugars and studies have shown daily doses

of 500mg result in a significant reduction of haemoglobin A1c levels, which is a key blood sugar test.

This causes a significant decrease in insulin-resistance similar to the drug metformin. This is highly significant for anyone with type 2 diabetes or heading in that direction.

Studies show OLE’s antioxidant properties help to reduce cancer formation at its earliest stages. They help prevent inflammation, which is a major promoter of tumour growth.

In breast cancer cells, it helps to reduce malignant cells’ ability to respond to estrogen, the female hormone many breast

“What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other?”

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Taylor Burley

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I’ve noticed when I’m feeling edgy or uncomfortable with another person, it helps me to examine what in myself is reacting negatively to that person.

Unfortunately, I usually find it is something similar between them and myself that’s creating the tension.

This realisation helps me to reflect on what I want to change in myself, and allows me to take a much more positive approach generally.

cancer cells depend on for their survival.

Arthritis sufferers also appear to gain some benefits from OLE supplementation.

Another key benefit is oleuropein is found in far higher concentrations than in olive oil, so even small doses OLE can be effective.

There are also many positive stories about people outside these studies reporting that they have fewer cold and flu symptoms and other health benefits after using OLE. Although there appears to be only positive benefits from taking OLE, this comes with a warning you should consult your health professional before making any changes to current prescribed medications.

Leigh is the founder of Eat for Keeps and can be contacted on 027 2941980 or by emailing katlee@xtra.co.nz

For example, I felt irritated when someone kept going on about a situation. Then realised this is what I used to do until someone kindly pointed it out to me.

Being human I felt a little challenged at the time, but I definitely found it helpful – especially as we can find it difficult to be objective about our own behaviour.

What bothers you about some people’s behaviour? Could you use it as a guide to recognise what you may want to change in yourself?

If you would like to find out more about coaching, phone Mary Parker for a complimentary session 07 577 1200, email info@coachingtheattitude.co.nz or visit www.coachingtheattitude.co.nz

Parenting programme proving positive A programme setting parents up with simple and practical strategies to cope with children’s challenging behaviour is being extended until June 2016.

The Triple P Positive Parenting Programme is being trialled

by Bay of Plenty District Health Board, and other DHBs, and has already helped about 2000 parents or caregivers nationwide.

Health Minister and Bay of

Plenty MP Tony Ryall says the initiative is making a real difference for many families.

“Caregivers are reporting their child’s behaviour has improved and their parenting is more rewarding and less stressful.

“There are now around 340 practitioners – including social workers, teachers and nurses – trained to deliver the programme, which will allow even more families to benefit from it.”

Through the free programme, caregivers are able to have

one-on-one sessions or attend workshops to discuss common parenting issues.

The initiative began in 2011, with $1.3 million funding per year provided by the Ministry of Health. It targets children aged three-seven years old.

Developed in New Zealand

by Professor Matt Sanders, the Triple P Positive Parenting Programme has twice won the National Violence Prevention Award from the Commonwealth Heads of Government, and is being used in 25 countries.

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Mother’s 200km mission Watching her four-year-old daughter battle cancer is all the inspiration Vicky Steenson needs to take on a challenge she never imagined.

The mother-of-five is signing up for November’s Ride to Conquer Cancer – a 200km, two-day cycle through New Zealand’s countryside to raise funds for the Cancer Society.

Her decision comes in the wake of daughter Alicia Vicky Steenson with daughter Alicia.

going into remission from Stage 4 Burkitt Lymphoma, a rare form of leukaemia.

Vicky’s never tackled an event of this nature before – and weighing 100kg, she’s feeling “extremely nervous”.

After beginning training on an old bike purchased from TradeMe for $79, Vicky has been donated a new, strong bike, helmet and bike pumps from a generous stranger.

“I want to say thank you so much for their amazing generosity.”

It’s been a hard year for the Steenson family, who along with Alicia’s diagnosis in January this year had to move from their Ohauiti home.

But Vicky says they are now happily living in a Housing New Zealand home in Welcome Bay, with new furniture donated.

“We’re doing really well in that respect,” says Vicky.

She must raise $2500 needed for event entry, with all funds going directly to the Cancer Society.

While out of her comfort zone, Vicky says getting on a bike is the least she can do – and she plans to take part in as many fundraisers as possible.

“I was so ignorant before it wasn’t funny. It’s not being educated – and having to go through this now anything I can do to help, I will.”

Alicia went into remission in May, but was last week back in hospital with vomiting and diarrhoea.

“She’s gone downhill from having her last round of chemotherapy. So we’re back in hospital but we’re doing okay.”

Later this month the family will find out for sure if Alicia is cleared of the cancer.

“She’ll go back to being a normal little girl. It will be awesome.”

By Corrie Taylor

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Shopping centre receives first defibrillator Welcome Bay Lions Club treasurer Gary Wilson, president Carol Price, security guard John MacKinnon, The Warehouse Fraser Cove store manager and centre manager Marie Mischewski with the defibrillator. Photo by Zoe Hunter.

Shoppers at Fraser Cove Shopping Centre will be tended to almost immediately if they suffer a heart attack thanks to the centre’s first defibrillator donated by Welcome Bay Lions Club.

The $2500 defibrillator will be kept in The Warehouse at the shopping complex for immediate use when needed.

The Warehouse Fraser Cove store manager Duncan Gardiner says it is the first defibrillator for the complex and will be used by trained staff members in emergencies.

About 10 staff members, who have recently completed their First Aid course, as well as security guards, who are on watch 24/7, will be able to operate the machine.

“It’s fantastic that the Lions Club can get this into the mall – and if it can save one life, then it’s all worth it,” says Duncan.

Welcome Bay Lions Club president Carol Price is proud to have donated the machine to the shopping centre.

“The money was raised within the community and it goes back into the community to help the local people – and that’s what we’re all about.”

By Zoe Hunter

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Student’s plea for surviving flu Bonnie Leung was a fit and healthy 20-year-old medical student when she was struck down by influenza in 2009.

It turned out to be H1N1 Swine Flu and she was in an induced coma for two-and-ahalf weeks.

“For a week or so, I just thought I had a bad cold and carried on with life as normal,” says Bonnie.

“Then one night, my mum came in to check on me and I was dizzy, shaking and she couldn’t get any response from me.”

A few hours later Bonnie was in the Intensive Care Unit struggling to breath.

Bonnie says one of the scariest moments was arriving in ED and not having the strength to respond.

“I couldn’t even remember my own name. I was really confused

and now still only recall snapshots of what happened.”

Bonnie’s condition deteriorated fast and doctors had to place her on a ventilator to help her breath.

“It was so frightening for my family, as over those few weeks it was uncertain if I would recover.”

Five years on, Bonnie is back to full health and grateful

to be working as a doctor in Tauranga. It took at least 12 months to get back to how she was before she got the flu.

“It was a long road to recovery. Trying to walk, shower and dress myself was initially exhausting.”

Prior to the illness Bonnie hadn’t had the flu vaccination.

“It’s so important for everyone to do what they can to protect themselves and those around them from the flu. I have the influenza vaccine every year now and hope to encourage others to do the same.”

Nurse Lucy Cairns gives Dr Bonnie Leung the flu jab.

Restoring balance after ill diagnosis It can be sobering to be told you have a health problem that’ll remain for the rest of your life.

Some things like minor joint discomfort are just annoying, but others such as heart disease or diabetes can have a serious impact on our quality of life.

I often explain this to clients as being like a set of scales, with the problem weighing down one side. While we may not be able to take the problem away, we can compensate by adding positive measures to the other side – hopefully to bring some balance.

My thumb joints have been badly degenerated from my thirties. I can’t change that. However, I can influence the processes that cause associated discomfort. I avoid acidic fruits, especially citrus and feijoas. I deliberately target anti-inflammatory fats in olive oil, plant and fish omega 3 and some nuts and seeds. I actively supplement with omega 3 fish oil, antioxidants, minerals and vitamins and add a specific joint formula of mine with high levels of chondroitin and a potent 95 per cent turmeric extract.

While the degeneration weighs heavily on one side of the scales, these positive measures mean I can still use my thumbs and be largely pain-free.

In reality, only a handful of causes exist for most diseases. Accumulated free radical damage causes osteoarthritis, while free radical damage to blood vessels causes hypertension and many circulatory problems.

Adding broad spectrum antioxidants through diet and supplements helps both problems.

Low vitamin D is a risk factor with many health problems and is especially important for those with respiratory and autoimmune problems coming into winter.

Next week we look at diseases of immune system disorder including asthma, allergies and eczema. The following week we focus on autoimmune disease caused by immune system chaos.

Give me a call if you need more information.

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Distraction drives danger If it’s illegal to use a hand-held mobile phone while driving, why isn’t it illegal for truckers to use RTs while driving? What’s the difference?

When reaching for an RT on their dashboard, or above their head, their attention is diverted from the road and traffic. Eyes are off the road momentarily, mind is on the conversation they’re having not on the road and traffic.

On June 17 at the intersection of Hewletts Rd/Totara St, I counted two drivers out of eight using hand-held mobiles. If that’s an indication of the number of people still using mobiles while driving there’s a 25 per cent chance other drivers may not reach their

destination safely. That’s a scary statistic. Why are people still using hand-held mobiles when they can purchase hands-free kits?

Why is it so important to answer the phone or text message?

Surely it can wait until the driver reaches their destination. Apparently not.

How ever did we cope before mobile phones were invented? The mind boggles. Current penalties don’t go far enough. Fines are ineffective and don’t get paid.

Confiscate their cars for a month.

They can still use their precious mobile on public transport. Surely a small price to pay if it saves lives.

Shirley Gussey, Omokoroa.

What will make you vote?

With the general election looming, and campaign trails heating up, The Weekend Sun and SunLive want to know what issues get you going.

With voter turnouts dwindling – and young voters bypassing the booth – we’re asking you what policies will entice you back this September 20 election.

So come on – email your election promise wishlist to:

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Planning mistakes come at big cost Re: Last week’s headline ‘City to buy flood-hit homes’.

That should read: ‘Ratepayers to fund, yet again, planning staff ’s short-sighted incompetence in designing land and development planning documents’.

They have, over time, led to disastrous consequences for the city’s infrastructure, which ultimately leads to huge rate rises in an effort to rectify past mistakes.

Very easy for Tauranga City

councillor Steve Morris to blame previous councils rather than put the blame where it should be, and that is squarely on the doorstep of city planners.

A city built on ridges rising out of swampy water courses between the Kaimai Ranges and the Pacific shoreline signals to people with common sense that you don’t allow development or manipulation of land in low-lying areas.

Tauranga planners have allowed

houses with roofs, driveways and hardstands that hugely compound the stormwater run-off problem to be built in inappropriate areas.

Multi millions of ratepayer dollars have been spent in the last 30 years keeping a bloated level of planning staff, planning one would think, for the stormwater crisis the city ratepayer now faces.

Who is culpable? And who should be held responsible?

Maureen J Anderson, Pyes Pa.

Put brake on bad driving Delicious On the causeway from the Mount to Tauranga to Bethlehem the speed limit is clearly marked as 80km/hr.

Almost no one obeys this reasonable speed and speed cameras would have a field day along this route. I’m constantly amazed at how people in Tauranga drive too fast, drive too close and often don’t have their lights on when it is dark.

Some people may be amazed to know it’s $150 fine if you go through an orange light when you can reasonably stop. Police enforce this rule.

Perhaps the saddest indictment on Tauranga’s bad driving and bad sign placement is the 70km/hr sign just

before the roundabout on Mount Maunganui Rd, south just past the college. An incredible amount of people, frustrated at the 50km/hr speed limit, seem to think it’s carte blanche to accelerate into the roundabout and career around it dangerously. It’s with real sadness I saw a cross erected at the roundabout for a fatality.

Entering roundabouts at high speed is a common Tauranga past-time leaving little room for error.

At the roundabout heading to Welcome Bay, I was amazed to see a family in a small car travel round the roundabout the wrong way - twice.

Paul Knights, Mount Maunganui.

Funding library not prudent Re: Greerton Library.

Strangely it seems library fanatics and many Tauranga City councillors can’t even read the writing on the wall, so there’s

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little point in more books and new libraries until literacy levels improve.

Let’s start off with remedial reading lessons, so they can understand and comprehend - even if they don’t want to - this new library obsession is fiscal stuff-wittery, not prudent spending.

Development funds being splurged can be far better utilised on infrastructure works.

I recall TCC has only $1.8 million to apply

to this thing anyway, so where is the other $2m coming from plus operating costs, set up fees and outfitting the edifice?

Don’t tell me funds are coming from selling TCC’s Greerton properties, because that we were assured wouldn’t happen.

TCC must give ratepayers the full story in plain English, because our libraries’ true financial position isn’t being disclosed in my opinion.

R Paterson, Matapihi.

soup of macron

I enjoyed Rogers’ politically incorrect rabbiting, requesting we boycott the nonsense of pointless time and money-wasting macrons shortly to enter our lives.

I was inspired to make the macron soup carefully following RR’s recipe of very unusual ingredients.

I found it much enhanced served with a politically incorrect sidedish of stewed (stu-ed with-a-macron-overthe-U) toadying mayor, lightly topped with a drizzle of sarcasm.

As the French say: “Tres bien!” (With-a-graveaccent-over-the-first-E).

R Bishop, Greerton.

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Storm shows need for Kaimai tunnel

Last week’s weather bomb should be a wake up call.

State Highway 29 over Kaimai Rangewas blocked for two days. This resulted in huge volumes and delays with northbound and Southbound traffic to Auckland and Tauranga being diverted through State Highway 2 via Katikati.

It could have been worse if the Uretara Stream bridge in Katikati had gone under water, as it has done recently, therefore taking out the only alternative direct north/south route.

Travellers and truckies would have had to take the much longer route via State Highway 1 or State Highway 27, via Rotorua to travel Auckland/Tauranga.

The blindingly obvious solution to this would be a tunnel under the Kaimai

Range. There is currently a tunnel boring machine in Auckland named ‘Alice, which is boring below ground the first of two 2.4 kilometre tunnels, both 13.1 metres in diameter, to connect State Highway 20 to State Highway 16, providing an alternate route across Auckland.

Alice could be used when it has finished work in Auckland.

The Kaimai tunnel could be financed by tolls.

A tunnel would provide a permanent route, not affected by weather etc.

The cost to commercial and private interests having to divert their travel during the storm would be interesting to calculate.

D Maguire, Katikati.

Sucking benefits from the elderly Those who think paying income tax all your working life entitles you to an old age pension for the rest of your days, think again.

The reality is most tax you pay today has already been spent. Yesterday.

Hence, the $60 billion sovereign debt.

We either need to change our thinking about retirement entitlements, or there’s far too many ‘working-age people’ pulling a pen-

(breeding), to the problem. Loans, not benefits, perhaps?

We can introduce limits on ‘job seeker’ benefits. Limited to what you put into the system in the first place, before you can pull it out.

Or, one year’s actual work equals a maximum one month’s benefit. it’s been done in parts of Europe.

Or relate it to their ‘continuing further education and training’ in order for them to continue to be a beneficiary. The theory being somewhere along the line all extra education will lead to a job. Won’t it? I wont hold my breathe.

Graeme Martin, Otumoetai.

sion before their time.

A little under 300,000 workingage people still receive one benefit or another in this country.

Every week.

It’s these people robbing elder folk of their hard-earned retirement benefits.

So, how can we get nonworking, working-age people off the benefit and into paying work?

We can discourage taxpayerfunded cellar dwellers from adding,

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Move over macrons: try an arselet I enjoyed Rogers Rabbits last week titled: ‘Boycott this nonsense: Stamp out invasion of the macrons’ (The Weekend Sun, June 13) about the NZ Geographic B ard wanting to rename Otumoetai by putting a macron above the U. I think it should be renamed the Geographic Bored because they’ve obviously got too much time on their hands, rather like me in a way except they get paid for it.

Come to think of it, a change to Geocrapic Bored may be even better.

I’ve come up with an alternative to

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a macron, which I call the arselet.

It is a round symbol like an O but divided by a line like so: Unfortunately, the keyboard on which I type has no method of creating such a symbol, but maybe The Weekend Sun can design it?

My suggestion is the arselet symbol be either placed above or included in any words or phrases that are politically correct.

The arselet symbol would immediately identify not the pronunciation of words, but that their meaning should taken as being full of ####.

T Brown, Tauranga City.

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Friday 20 June

19th Annual Te Puke Book Fair Held by

Te Puke Kiwicoast Lions Group June 20 8am - 6pm & June 21 9am - 3pm at Te Puke Memorial Hall. Books, magazines, jigsaw puzzles, games, records, DVD’s & music. Excellent quality books. Proceeds collected to Te Puke community projects.

Katikati Wrestling Club Garage Sale At the Wrestling Club Hall, Major St from 3.30pm. Fundraiser for Tyler Corbett’s trip to China for Youth Olympics.

U3A General Meeting Guest speaker: Jocelyn Mist - Information Librarian from Tauranga City Library “Does reading boost your brain power?” Plus how to find good books & other resources at your library. At Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave, Tauranga. 10am start.

Saturday 21 June

Alcoholics Anonymous Women’s meeting

at St Andrews, Dee St 10-11am. Children welcome.

All Girl Roller Derby Mount Militia vs Whakatane Roller Derby League at Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, Tauranga. Doors open 6pm. Eftpos food & bar available. Tickets available at the door. Adults $10, under 12 $5, under five free. www.mountmilitia.co.nz

Ascension Consciousness Workshop

June 28 at Brain Watkins Trust Hall, Tauranga 9am - 1pm. Explore your past, present, future life patterns of experience & learning. Connect with your spirit guides & life plan. Cost $30. Limited places. Terry 544 2619 or terry@empower-u.net Bay Association of Sea Kayakers Lake Taupo trip. Bevan 576 8885

“Beauty for Ashes” Birthday Splash!

At Otumoetai Baptist Chapel, Tauranga 10am - 3.30pm. Donation & lunch $10.

Car Boot Sale Every third Sat of month at Evans Rd Church. $5/car.

Bargains for all. 021 123 1157

Coast Care Community Working Bee

Meet at the access way on Ocean Beach Road by the Arataki Shops 10am. Look for the Coast Care flag. Planting equipment supplied, but feel free to bring your favourite spade. Wear covered footwear & bring gardening gloves. Light refreshments provided. Bring a friend.

Come Dancing Tonight Te Puke Scottish Society dance; come & enjoy the dancing.

Live band, good supper at Te Puke Memorial Hall 7.30pm onwards. $7 door fee.

Hwa Rang Tae Kwon Do Dynamic martial art suitable for the family ages 5 up. Term 2 - Classes for kids, beginners & adults 7 days from 4pm/Sat 9.30am at Martial Arts Academy, 154 First Ave West.

First class free. Christine 021 980 878 info@tmaa.co.nz ME/CFS Support BOP AGM July 5 at 14b Hocking St, Mt Maunganui 10.30am.

Messianic Weekly Meetings The Way meet in the Kingfisher Room, Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Mt Maunganui 10am. 570 1438 Opus Orchestra & Deidre Irons Brahams Piano Concerto No. 2 – the majestic

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

Haydn Symphony No 85 & the Brahms Variations on a theme by Hayden – a big night out at Baycourt 7.30pm. 577 7189 www.opusorchestra.org.nz Purple Patch (Tga) Inc AGM Today at the shop, 55 Grey St, Tauranga 2pm.

Renovation Garage Sale At St Mary’s Church cnr Girven Rd, Bayfair 8.30am. Quality household items, books & toys. 575 9945 Weeding Bee Sydenham Botanic Park, 6 Millers Rd, 1-3pm. Bring hand tools & wheel barrow to help tidy park.

Tauranga Farmers Market Tauranga Primary School cnr 5th Ave & Cameron Rd every Sat 7.45am - 12pm. Fresh & artisian produced food. Trixie 552 5278 or www.taurangafarmersmarket.co.nz Tauranga Woodcrafters Guild Every third Sat at club rooms, Yatton St, Greerton 1pm. Visitors & interested people welcome. Geoff 579 3637 Te Puke Forest & Bird Trip to Maketu Historic Markers. A 6.5km walk to follow the new markers which plot the history of Maketu. Margaret 542 1934 or 027 241 7625 The Little Big Vintage Markets Senior Citizens Club, 345 Maunganui Rd, Mt Maunganui 9am – 2pm. The best quality vintage, good music, coffee & cake. www.thelittlebigmarkets.co.nz The Sociables 30’s/40’ age group of males & females that meet once a week to socialise by dining out or participating in local activities & events.

Email sociables@outlook.co.nz Village Radio Community radio broadcasting from Tauranga Historic Village 1368 kHz AM. Music of 1920’s - 80’s weekends 9am - 5pm, weekdays 10am - 5pm. Specialty programmes. www.villageradio.co.nz or 571 3710

Sunday 22 June

Bay Bible Fellowship Welcome Bay Primary School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Rd 10am. Praise & worship. Tom Griffiths teaching from Glatians 1:22-24 Paul - An Apostle of Equal Standing. www.baybiblefellowship.co.nz/ Bible Seminars Sunday’s at Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St, Greerton 1.45pm. Title: “Jesus son of man.”

Interactive, Q&A. Refreshments provided.

All welcome. Vic 543 0504 BOP Radio Controlled Car Club Come & watch 1/8 truggy & buggy off-road racing at TECT All Terrain Park, Whataroa Rd, off SH36 from Pyes Pa Rd. Gates open 8.30am, racing from 9.45am, weather permitting. www.tectallterrainpark.co.nz Commonwealth CeiIidh St Peters Anglican Church, Katikati 4-6pm. Commences in NZ & works its way around the world with celebrations over the next 24 hours.

Entry by gold coin donation or small plate of finger food for supper at 6pm.

Fashion Parade Featuring Op Shop clothes at St Paul’s Church cnr Main Rd & Mulgan St 2.30pm. Entry $5. Afternoon tea. Proceeds to Bible Society.

Katikati Tramping Club Peels Creek, Maratoto. Easy, 4-5hrs. 8.30am start.

Gail 07 863 4543

EVENTS Things to do and enjoy across the region, and sneaky giveaways.

Mount Mainstreet Farmers Market

Stories, snippets, strangeness, and general entertainment.

Monday 23 June

Bethlehem Bowls Every Mon at 7.15pm.

First 3 nights free. Wendy 578 2585 Body & Soul Fun Fitness For over 50’s, social events & guest speakers. Mon & Fri Greerton Hall Cameron Rd. Tues Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave. Weds City Church cnr Otumoetai Rd/Sherwood St. All classes 9.15-10.15am. First class free.

For men & women. Dianne 576 5031 Qualified Instructor/Cardiac Care leader.

Café Scientifique Meet at Tauranga Yacht & Powerboat Club, Sulphur Pt, Tauranga 6.30pm for 7pm. $5, refreshments provided. Featuring Dr Barry Davidson, the director of Compusoft Engineering reviewing the damage of the Christchurch earthquakes.

Capoeira Tauranga Brazilian martial art combining elements of dance, acrobatics & music. Term 2 - Mon 4.30-5.30pm.

Thurs 7-8.30pm at Martial Arts Academy, 154 1st Ave West. First class free. Scott 578 5344 info@tmaa.co.nz Chess Mt Maunganui Mount RSA Chess Club every Mon at Mount RSA, 544 Maunganui Rd. Juniors 6.15-7.15pm during school term. Open club 6-11pm Noel 579 5412 Citizens Advice Bureau Free, confidential info & advice about anything call in Mon - Fri at 38 Hamilton St, Tauranga 9am - 5pm or freephone 0800 367 222 or 578 1592. JP service every Mon 1-5pm, Weds & Thurs 9am - 11.30am. Weds CAB service at Welcome Bay Community Centre 9.30am - 12.30pm, Fri at Mount Library 11.30am - 1.30pm.

Fire Brigade Bowling Club Complete pairs, club night at Greerton Hall, Cameron Rd 7pm. Sharon 543 3929 Fitness League Safe effective, low impact fun exercise set to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed for women of all ages & abilities. First class free. Every Mon at Settlers Hall Omokoroa 9.30am & Tues St Johns Anglican Church Waihi 9.30am. Dorothy 549 3378 Free Budget Course Learn how to budget, save & spend wisely, 7pm Mondays, Ph 578 7718 or cap@holytrinitytauraga.co.nz Genealogy Friendly Group Meet in Mako Room, Papamoa Community Centre 1pm. Assistance offered to anyone with an interest in researching their family history.

Daphne 575 4674

about that forthcoming presentation.

Learn to speak with confidence. 1st, 3rd Mon at St Stephens Hall, Otumoetai 7.30pm. Fraser 544 4579 Badminton Tauranga Badminton Club every Mon & Weds at Bethlehem College Events Centre 7.30pm. All players welcome. Sue 021 194 4335 or www. taurangabadmintonclub.co.nz Bay of Plenty Pipes & Drums Army Hall, 11th Ave & Devonport Rd 6.45pm. Annette 577 9272 Beginners Salsa Lessons Presented by Bay Salsa at Otumoetai Action Centre 6.45pm. New intake every 4 weeks.

Improver salsa lessons - walk in classes 7.45pm. $15 per class. www.baysalsa.co.nz

Every Mon at Bethlehem Community Church, Moffat Rd 7pm. New members welcome. 572 3345 or www.harmonyaplenty.co.nz Junction Mental Health Peer support & advocacy. Coffee & chat 10am – 12pm.

579 9890 Meditation Free classes Mon 10am & Weds 7.30pm. Find peace, spiritual awareness & the meaning of your life. David 576 9764 Mount RSA Indoor Bowls Mon & Thurs.

Names in by 6.45pm. New members welcome. Joy 574 8003 Otumoetai Indoor Bowls Champion Pairs 7pm start Matua Primary School Hall, Clivedene St. New members welcome.

Every Sun in Phoenix car park 9am - 1pm.

Fresh fruit & veges, breads, cheese, oils, plants & more. All home grown & home made. 575 9911 mountmaunganui.org.nz Op Shop Fashion Parade Bible Society fundraiser at St Paul’s Church, Katikati 2.30pm. Door sales only $5, includes afternoon tea. Dorothy 549 3997 Palm Beach Plaza Lions Market On the grass by McDonalds 7am – 12.30pm.

Stalls must be set up by 7.30am. Great range of goods for sale including fruit & vege, arts & crafts. Fundraising stalls to support needy causes. $10 per car space.

542 2559 a/hs Papamoa Country Music Club Inc Meet 4th Sun of month at Papamoa Sports & Recreation Centre, Gordon Spratt Rserve 1-4.30pm. Bring a plate for afternoon tea.

Sharon 572 1983 Petanque Every Sun, Tues & Thurs at Cliff Rd 12.45pm. Boules available, tuition given. 1st 3 visits free. 578 3606 Radio Controlled Model Yachts Meet Sun & Thurs at pond behind 24 Montego Drive, Papamoa 1.30pm, to sail electron & similar 3ft long yachts for fun.

Beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419

Spiritual Centre, The Psychic Cafe

Greerton Community Hall, doors open 7pm. Crystal ball, auras, tarot, energy healing, mini workshops & more. Door charge $10, everything else free. 578 7205 Tauranga Theatre Organ Society Meet at Baycourt’s Addison Theatre 1.30pm. All welcome. Please come to the stage door on Wharf St if the main entrance is closed.

Te Puke Spiritual Discussion Group 1st, 3rd & 5th Sun of month at Hair Linez, old railway Station, Jellicoe St 10.3011.30am. $3 door. Meeting of spiritual minds, to learn & share with each other. Elaine 573 5361 or FB Hair Linez for details.

Theosophical Society “Sacred Activism” presented by Murray Stentiford, at Tauranga Yoga Centre, Elizabeth St West 2pm. Admission by donation to cover expenses. June 576 6106 Winter Duathlon Series Kids, short & long course options at Hotuhotu St, The Lakes, Tauriko from 9am. Paul 027 270 5300 or email: info@triathlontauranga. org.nz

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Harmony a Plenty Barbershop Chorus

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The Weekend Sun’s guide to who’s playing and where.

Karen 576 0443

Parkinsons Society Exercise class

weekly Tauranga, Te Puke & Whakatane.

Red Tulip support meetings monthly Tauranga, Katikati & Whakatane. www. parkinsons.org.nz or Kylie 07 218 0620 Recycled Teenagers Gentle exercise for 50’s forwards, & injury or illness rehabilitation. Mon & Weds, 14 Norris St, Tauranga Senior Citizens Club, behind Pak n Save. Tues at St Mary’s Church Hall, Girven Rd. All 9 - 10.30am. Classes taken by qualified instructor. First class free. Jennifer 571 1411 Silver Singers Choir Soprano voices required. Practice every Mon at St Stephens Church Hall, Brookfield Tce 1pm. 579 2465 Taekwon Do The Silla Club train Mon & Thurs at Te Puna School Hall. All ages welcome. Gwyn 0274 587 871 Tauranga Brass Band Practice at Legion of Frontiersmen’s Hall, 165 Elizabeth St 7-9pm. New players welcome.

Peter 572 4358 Tauranga Bridge Club Sessions Mon, Weds, Thurs 7.30pm. Tues & Fri 1pm.

Social bridge Thurs 1pm. 252 Ngatai Rd. 576 5022 Tauranga Civic Choir New members welcome to join & rehearse every Mon 7.30-9.30pm. 574 6366 Tauranga Creative Fibre Every Mon at Arts Centre, Elizabeth St from 9.30am.

Spinning, weaving, felting, knitting, crochet & more. Learn & share in a mutually supportive club. Also on Thurs evening twice a month. Joan 577 6781

Tauranga Pipers & Drummers Club

Meet weekly. Dennis 552 4910 Tauranga Rock n Roll Club Monday club nights 8-9.30pm. Lessons 7-8pm.

Tauranga RSA Cameron Rd. Website: Taurangarocknrollclub. org Liz 578 9063 after 5pm.

Tauranga RSA Indoor Bowls Mon report 12.45pm for 1pm start. Club Triples – Martin Cup. Weds 3.45 for 4pm start.

Junior Club Triples. Leanne 570 0154 Tauranga Senior Citizens Club Cards, 500 & Bridge Mon & Thurs. Indoor Bowls Tues, Weds & Sat at 14 Norris St, behind Pak n Save 1-4pm. Register by 12.45pm. $2 includes afternoon tea.

Tauranga Senior Citizens Club Indoor Bowls Every Mon at St Columba Church Hall, 502 Otumoetai Rd 1-4pm. Names in by 12.45pm. $3 entry includes afternoon tea.

571 6663 Toughlove Parent Support Group Every Mon at Totara House, 1428 Cameron Rd, Greerton 7-9pm. No need to register. 543 3194 Vision Probus Club Meets fourth Mon in the Washington Room, Armitage Hotel 10am. 579 2289 YMCA - ALFS (Active lifestyle for seniors).

Smooth Movers class Mon 9-10am & 10.15-11.15am at Matua Community Hall, Levers Rd. Also 9-9.55am & 10-10.55am at Arataki Hall, Zambuk Way (off Grenada St). Tues 9.15-10.15am & 10.30-11.30am at Papamoa Community Centre, Gravatt Rd. Weds 9.15-10.15am Welcome Bay Hall, Welcome Bay Rd. First

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The Weekend Sun class free. Thurs 9-10am at Otumoetai Action Centre, Windsor Rd. Also 10.3011.30am at Bethlehem Hall, Bethlehem Rd. Fri 9.15-10.15am at Papamoa Community Centre, Gravatt Rd. Also Fri at Papamoa Library 10.20am. 578 9272

Tuesday 24 June

2014@ Face2Face Healing prayer

plus coffee/hot chocolate/tea available at 36D McDonald St, Mt Maunganui 10am - 2pm.

2014 @ The Clothesline Quality preloved clothing babies - adults 50c - $2, 36D McDonald St, Mt Maunganui 10am - 2pm.

ABC - Avenues Badminton Club Every Tues at Tauranga Intermediate School Sports Centre. Juniors 6-7.30pm (term time), seniors (adults) 7.30-9.30pm.

Club racquets & coaching available.

Delwyn 027 212 4720 Altrusa Club of Tauranga Women’s community service group. Dinner & business meeting 2nd Tues. Social programme 4th Tues, monthly. Interested?

Denise 570 3134 Badminton (Social) Every Tues at Otumoetai Baptist Hall 9.30am - 12pm.

Racquets available. Lorraine 579 3229 Bayfair Petanque Club Every Tues & Thurs at Bayfair Reserve, Russley Drive 1pm. Tuition & boules available for learners & visitors. Margaret 572 3173 Bethlehem Pottery Club Tues & Thurs at 13 Bethlehem Rd 10am - 3pm. Jane 552 0046 Bokwa Fitness At Bethlehem Primary School Hall 6pm. Dance your way to a healthier & fitter you. Easy steps to sign language. Got at your own pace.

Instructor Mikki 021 773 657 www.bokwafitness.com/ Bureta Garden Circle Monthly meeting at St John’s Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai 1.30pm.

Visitors welcome. Colleen 576 7610 Chen Wu Kuan Kung Fu Traditional Chinese Shaolin Kung Fu developing strength, stamina & flexibility. Term 2 - Tues & Thurs juniors 4.15-5.15pm.

Adults 5.30-7.30pm at Martial Arts Academy, 154 1st Ave West. First class free. Ray 0220 776 484 info@tmaa.co.nz Children’s Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Under the Gracie anti-bullying programme.

Term 2 - Tues at Martial Arts Academy, 154 1st Ave 4.30-5.30pm. First class free. Eru 0277 525 534 email: info@tmaa.co.nz Excel Toastmasters Meet every 2nd, 4th & 5th Tues of the month at Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Bayfair 6.15-8.30pm. Learn leadership & public speaking skills. Kaaren 572 5988 Fibromyalgia Support Group Meet at Hillier Centre 1pm. Speaker: Jo Douglas, natural therapist. Maureen 576 3256 Fresh Moves 2014 The annual BOP primary school’s dance festival for which each school team of between 20-50 Y3 – Y8 students create a 5-7 minute dance based on the theme Move That Thought. At Baycourt June 24 & 25 7pm. 577 7189 Greerton Indoor Bowling Club Greerton visit Oropi. Sally 571 8914

Inachord Chorus Womens 4 Part Harmony Every Tues at Bethlehem

Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd 6.55pm. Enjoy the challenge of singing & performing varied repertoire. Cathy 579 2040 email: inachordchorus@gmail.com Israeli Dancing Beginners class every Tues at Gate Pa Primary School Hall, Cameron Rd 7-8pm. All ages welcome no partner required. Maria 544 1680 Junction Mental Health Peer support & advocacy at Papamoa Community Centre (Papamoa Library) 15 Gravatt Rd, Papamoa 10am – 12pm. 579 9890 Mount Morning Badminton Every Tues at Mount Sports Centre, Blake Park 9am - 12pm. Social, competitive, all ages. Racquets available. Visitors $5 per session. Maxene 575 0162

Mount Social Table Tennis Group

Every Tues at Arataki Community Centre 7.30-9.30pm. Friendly social table tennis of all levels. $4. 575 2048 Mum’s (& Bubs) Squash Come & try squash, all abilities welcome. Bring playing clothes & court shoes, racquet if you have one. Room for babies & toddlers behind glass back court. Gold coin donation. Ph Renae to confirm 027 452 1053

Orange City Square & Round Dance Club Tues, morning class 10am

- 12pm. Weds plus, Thurs club night & new dancers, 7.30pm, Frontiersmen’s Hall. 543 1063

Otumoetai Toastmasters Lead-

ership skills, speaking skills. At Lyceum Club rooms, 68 1st Ave 7.15-9.30pm. Allan 544 5989 Overeaters Anonymous Is your eating affecting the way you, or someone else, live your lives? Overeating, undereating - meet every Tues at Church of Christ, 1400 Cameron Rd 7-8pm. 544 1213

Saintly Shakers Preschool Music

Every Tues at St Peter’s Church, Victoria St, Mt Maunganui 10-11am & Thurs at St Mary’s Church, 1 Marlin St, Bayfair 9.30-10.30am. School term only. Music, dance, play, fun & morning tea.

Sequence Dancing Tauranga Social & Leisure Club. Every Tues at St John’s Anglican Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai 7-9.30pm. Second Tues of month 3-5.30pm. John 578 9716 Social 1 Hour Golf Learners or professionals welcome to enjoy our unique format with a fun twist.

Every Tues at Renner Park Golf, Oropi Rd 3pm. Dahna 022 398 7621 South City Indoor Bowls Club Club night at Greerton Hall, Tauranga.

Names in by 7.15pm. Mary 541 0687

Tauranga Acoustic Music Club

McSwiggan’s Irish Pub, 158 Cambridge Rd 7.30pm. Friendly jam sessions.

Sing, play or just listen. Blackboard Concert 7.30pm. Paul 579 2346 or www.tamc.org.nz

Tauranga Astronomical Society

AGM, then The Science of Starlight Spectroscopy. A major application in astronomy. Telescope viewing weather dependent. Ferguson Park 7.30pm.

Tauranga Morning Badminton Club

Every Tues & Thurs at QEII Youth Centre, Memorial Park, Tauranga 9-11.30am. New players & visitors welcome. Heather 574 0976 Tauranga Scrabble Club Tues at Tauranga Bridge Club, Ngatai Rd 9am. 3 games $3. New players welcome. 544 8372 Tauranga Target Rifle Club Club night Tues at indoor range in Elizabeth St West 7pm. Target shooting using .22 target rifles. All equipment supplied for new shooters. New members & casual shooters welcome. sportsground.co.nz/ taurangatargetrifle Tauranga Toastmasters Tga Lyceum Club 7.15-9.30pm. Confidence building, speaking skills, leadership skills.

Alan 544 5989 Widows’ & Widowers’ Club People living alone invited to Arts & Crafts Centre, Elizabeth St 2pm. Margaret 576 5292

Wednesday 25 June

Age Concern Walking Group Meet at

Banks Ave bus stop, Mt Maunganui 10am. All welcome. 578 2631 Badminton Mt Maunganui Club night Weds at Mount Sports Centre, Maunganui Rd 7-9pm. All past & new players welcome. Janice 575 2438 or 027 201 0529

Baywide Community Law Service

Drop in clinic every Weds at 63 Willow St 5-6.30pm. No appointment necessary. Free legal assistance. 571 6812.

Every Tues morning at Te Puke Clinic.

For appointment 573 5614. Every Thurs morning at Katikati Clinic. Ph 549 0399 Bethlehem Mah Jong Club Every Weds at the Pavilion, Kempton Park Village, 40 Te Paeroa Rd, Bethlehem 1-4pm.

Arrive 15 mins before play so tables can be allocated. Mah Jong lessons available for beginners (by prior arrangement only). Shona 552 6230 Bipolar Disorder Support Group Support for people with bipolar disorder 1-2pm. Junction 579 9890

Cribbage Club Tauranga RSA Greerton New members wanted for

this long established club, all ages. Every Weds 1-3.30pm. Entrance $3. Robert 579 1342 Diabetes Help Tauranga Diabetes support group led by Debbie Cunliffe at Katikati Community Resource Centre 2pm. An opportunity for people to meet others with diabetes, share stories, ask questions. 571 3422

Fernlands Spa Water Exercise Classes Weds 10.45-11.45am held rain

or shine but not during school holidays.

New participants planning to attend ph Jennifer 571 1411 Gate Pa Indoor Bowls Champion Triples (Wallace Cup) at Greerton Hall 7pm. Names in book. Kevin 543 4044 Global Hearts Exercise Group Weds 2-3pm & Fri 11am - 12pm. Provides group activities combined with health education that encourages members to

live a healthy & active lifestyle. Proudly supported by NZ Heart Foundation.

Mark 0274 444 945

Greerton Gold Leisure Marching Team

Ladies 50+ invited to join Weds at Morland Fox Park 8-9.30am. No experience required. Marion 578 1108 Healing Rooms Every Weds at Bethlehem Township, C1 shop 1-3pm. Prayer for healing, interdenominational. 021 110 0878 healingrooms.co.nz ICONZ for Girls Every Weds at Welcome Bay Community Centre, W/Bay Rd, behind hall 4.15-5.45pm. For girls aged 7-11yrs (yr 3-6). Badges, games, stories & more. Carolyn 544 0400 Living with Diabetes Do you need support? Free support group at Katikati Resource Centre 2pm. 571 3422 or email: support@diabeteshelp.org.nz Mt Maunganui Indoor Bowls Play Weds nights & Sun afternoons. Allen 575 0059 Otumoetai Care & Craft Group Every Weds during school term at St Columba Church, Cherrywood 9am - 12.30pm.

Dawn 576 7783 Scottish Country Dancing Weds at Senior Citizens Hall, Maunganui Rd Beginners class 6pm, regular class 7.30pm. Fri at Papamoa Primary School Hall, Dickson Rd 7pm Children over 8 years welcome. 573 5055 Table Tennis Tauranga At Memorial Hall, QEYC every Weds 1-3pm & 7-9pm & every Fri 7-9pm. Bill 578 1662 www.sportsground.co.nz/ tabletennistauranga

Tauranga Mid-Week Tramping Group Woodlands Rd to Ananui Falls & return. Moderate grade, approx 5.5hrs.

Pat 544 0670

Te Puke Spiritual & Healing Centre

Art Gallery, Commerce Lane, Te Puke. Doors open 9.45pm for 7.15pm start. Guest speaker: Chrissy Shirley “running the bars.” Entry $4.

Toastmasters - City Early Start

Improve communication, leadership & teamwork skills. Every Weds at Classic Flyers Avgas Cafe 6.45-8.15am.

Toastmasters is the answer for building confidence & leadership skills. To find a club near you email: LaniDTM@gmail. com or 571 1545. http://cityearlystart. toastmastersclubs.org T.S Chatham (Sea Cadets) Weds during school term at TYPBC, Keith Allan Drive, Sulphur Pt 6.15-9pm.

Micah 021 336 719 or tschathamtga@ gmail.com Yoga with Ocean Views Every Weds & Fri at Fergusson Park Sports Centre (end of Tilby Dr, Matua) 9.30-10.40am. $12 casual. Stella 0210 249 3690

Thursday 26 June Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting Salvation Army,

Eversham Rd, Bayfair 7.308.30pm.

Army Cadets (WBOP Cadet Unit)

Every Thurs at Tauranga Army Hall 6-9.30pm. Ages 13-17 youth development with a military flavour. Email: admin@wbopcu.org.nz Bokwa Fitness Omokoroa Settlers Hall, Omokoroa Rd 6pm. Dance your way to a healthier & fitter you. Easy steps to sign language. Got at your own pace. Instructor Sarah 021 773 657 www.bokwafitness.com/ Borderline Personality Disorder Support for people who have a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder 1-2pm.

Junction 579 9890 Club Mt Maunganui Social games club.

Every Thurs 1.45pm. Play indoor bowls, 500 & bolivia. John 575 2422

Community Bible Study International

At 14th Ave Gospel Centre 10am 12pm for a non denominational in depth Bible study until July 4. Jack & Betty 544 3809 Financial Literacy for Youth Level 1 seminar July 3 at ASB Arena, Baypark 5.30-8pm for 15-24year olds. How to budget, how to handle hire purchase & more. Spot prizes. $10pp. RSVP June 26 to maxine@planwise.co.nz or 547 4266 Fitness League Safe, effective, low impact exercise to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed for females. All ages & abilities, complementary first class, every Thurs Central Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave & Cameron Rd 9.30am & Weds at Katikati Memorial Hall 10am. Pam 549 4799 or 021 117 170 Keynotes 4 Part Harmony Women’s chorus meet every Thurs at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave 6.45pm. Sing for fun & health. Nora 544 2714

Mainly Music Every Thurs at St Enoch’s Church, 16th Ave 9.30am. $3 per family.

New members welcome. 578 3040 Mount Art Group Every Thurs at St Peter’s Church Hall, 11 Victoria Rd, Mt Maunganui 9am - 1pm. Visitors welcome. Merilynn 575 6777 Mt Maunganui Creative Fibre Meet every Thurs at Arataki Community Centre 9am - 1pm. Share & learn spinning, weaving, crochet, knitting, felting & other creative crafts. Jan 574 1265 Petanque Tauranga/BOP Club Every Thurs & Sun at Cliff Rd venue 1pm start. Jo Ann 578 3606 Salsa on the Strand Every Thurs at La Mexica presented by Bay Salsa. Intro class 8pm followed by social dancing. Really social, no partner required. $2 entry, members free. www.baysalsa.co.nz Tauranga Heart Support Group Phase 3 rehab exercise, social events & guest speakers for those with or at risk of heart disease. Every Thurs at City Church Hall, Otumoetai Rd/ Sherwood St 9.30-10.45am. Dianne 576 5031 Qualified instructor/Cardiac Care leader.

Tauranga Model Railway Club Meet every Thurs evening. Ed 543 1108 Tauranga Pryde Youth Group For lesbian, gay, bi, trans. Meet 6.30pm 1st & 3rd Weds of each month & 2nd & 4th Thurs. 22 3536 968 Tauranga Rock n Roll Social Dancers

Authentic music every Thurs at 14 Norris St, behind Pak n Save 7.30-9.30pm. $3 entry pp - supper included. Maria 576 7326 Tauranga Storytellers’ Group Meet last Thurs of month. Learn how to develop your storytelling skills. Claire 577 7220 Tennis Seniors WBOP Every Thurs at Tauranga Lawn Tennis Club, Wharepai Domain, Cameron Rd 9am 12pm. $3 ball fee. Lynda 575 0627

Toastmasters - Kickstart Club

Have fun while learning to speak confidently.

Breakfast meeting at Alimento Cafe, 1st Ave, Tauranga 7-8.15am. Helen 571 6181

Friday 27 June

Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting every Fri at Hamner Clinic, 1235 Cameron Rd, Greerton (behind Tyremaster) 7.30pm.

0800 229 6757 for more meetings or assistance.

Annual Supreme Art Exhibition Tauranga Society of Artists Inc exhibition of about 150 original paintings of different topics & styles at Baycourt June 27 & 28 9am – 5.30pm & June 29 9am – 4pm.

Chess Tauranga Every Fri at Tauranga RSA, Greerton 6pm onwards for the whole family. Werner 548 1111 http://www.westernbopchess.weebly.com/ Children’s Traditional Thai Kickboxing

Term 2 Friday’s at Martial Arts Academy, 154 1st Ave West 4.305.30pm. First class free. Alexis 021 050 0574 email: info@tmaa.co.nz Documentary Nights Every 2nd Fri 7pm.

Many interesting & thought provoking subjects covered. Kim 576 9427 or 027 285 9611 Free Immigration Assessment By Licenced Immigration Adviser. Tauranga Multicultural Ethnic Council, Historic Village, 17th Ave. Ph Iryna Stewart 543 9125 or 021 0226 2619 Free Immigration Clinic Every Fri - legal advice & information on immigration issues. For appointment, Baywide Community Law 571 6812

Friday Friends 10 Pin Bowling League

Join our friendly league playing every Fri at 13th Ave 10 Pin 1pm (3 games). We play in pairs. Judy 543 4124 Gay/Bi Men Support Group Do you need a trusting person to talk to? Discretion assured. For meetings & locations ph/txt Alex 027 358 5934 Greerton Indoor Bowling Club Club night at Band Hall, Yatton St. Names in by 7.15pm. Sally 571 8914 Kirtan Gathering Last Fri of month at Yoga Ananda in Historic Village, 17th Ave 7.309pm. Bhadra or Bela 552 0073

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By Winston Watusi

Awesome music to inspire us all Last week I was inspired and, dammit, this week I’m still inspired.

Presents...

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Thursday 3rd January

Thursday January NZ GOT 3rd TALENT’S

NZ GOT TALENT’S MIHIRANGI

MIHIRANGI QUEEN OF LOOPS QUEEN OF LOOPS Album Tour

All Tickets Available from Brewers Bar or online at www.ticketmaster.co.nz

BREWERSTour BAR Album 107 Newton Street

Mount Maunganui (07)575 from 2739Brewers Bar All Tickets Available or online at www.ticketmaster.co.nz

BREWERS BAR 107 Newton Street Mount Maunganui (07)575 2739

Across 1. Writer of our national anthem (6,7) 8. Fruit (5) 9. Stretchy (7) 10. Number (6) 11. Fatal (6) 12. Advantage (5) 14. Proficient (5) 18. Pull back (6) 20. Whiten (6) 23. Dip (7) 24. Mouthpiece (5) 25. Town (NI) (13) Down 1. Jerked (6) 2. Speak (5) 3. River (SI) (7) 4. Insects (4) 5. Ease (5)

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now, by artists I’d never heard before, are all proper albums, intended to be listened to as a whole, with ebb and flow and direction, with final tracks that aren’t just the weakest song but are deliberately there to close the work.

Stabs at musical art, not just disposable commerce.

And the albums? Not exactly mainstream I grant you, but next time you go on Spotify maybe you can try one of these for something different. If they’re there.

Week 1: JD Wilkes & the Dirt Daubers – ‘Wild Moon’. Frantic electric blues, which

starts with an absolutely filthy virtuoso harp attack. The band is heavily distorted and the mood is manic. Things go left-field with the introduction of vocals by Jessica Wilkes who has a 1950s rockabilly style. ‘Echoes of The Cramps’, which is nothing but a good thing. Excellent cover design too.

Week 2: Damon Albarn – ‘Everyday Robots’. Okay, this may be cheating a little as I’ve obviously heard him singing with Blur. But I’d never heard Albarn solo and I’m very glad I have. This is a thoughtful, sparse, melodic album using fascinating found sounds to create rhythmic loops.

If anything you’re in the same general territory as James Blake, Chet Faker, or even Lorde, though Albarn’s fantastic singing is subtle and understated.

The whole thing flows beautifully.

Brian Eno appears as a guest on the last song and even sings! I long ago decided I never wanted to hear Brit-pop again but this is a million miles away from that. The chirpy ‘Mr Tembo’, written for his young son about an elephant, is stuck in my head.

Wonderful.

Week 3: The Delines – ‘Colfax’. Never heard of these guys and to keep it pure I haven’t even Googled them. A cool altcountry band with a plaintive female singer and articulate stories of small-town America and the new depression. Great production, great songs, why have I not come across them before? Really, really good.

As I said, I feel inspired again. The album is alive and extraordinary ones are all around. Hearing the variety and richness of this music makes me feel alive. And it’s only the first month.

A winter warmer to get the furnace burning

6. Sauce (7) 7. Beautifully (6) 13. Glisten (7) 15. Dispatch (7) 16. Declare (6) 17. Flail (6) 19. Dog (5) 21. Farewell (5) 22. Plant (4) C A R A A A K A B A A A L

It’s a good thing. Like walking around on little clouds of happiness. And I have – surprisingly – Mark Zuckerberg to thank. For last week’s whole inspiring story, go to the SunLive website and look under ‘music’.

As a quick recap though, the thing that inspired me about Mr Z is he sets himself a new challenge every year. Quite cool things. The goal he set himself this year is to write at least one well-considered ‘thank you’ note every day via email or snail mail.

I think that’s admirable, and there’s something charmingly lo-fi about it.

What I guess he means is the ‘thank you’ notes won’t be just quick posts on Twitter or Facebook. ‘Well-considered’ are the words used and they don’t generally apply to Facebook’s scrum of cute cat pics.

So I decided on my own little goal: to listen to one album a week by someone I’d never listened to before. And, in the spirit of Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘email or snail mail’ dictum, those listens will be to an actual CD or full iTunes download, and will be “well-considered”. Not just dialling up random songs I’ve never heard of on Spotify.

I’m into week three now and I feel inspired.

I feel inspired because all those scare stories we keep hearing, stories that the album is dead as a format, would appear premature.

I should have realised. All media thrives on anxiety, on exaggerating conflict. If there’s a story, the first thing the media want is someone to disagree or condemn it.

Or be offended by it.

But the album, despite what many commentators say, appears alive and well.

Perhaps that is less so in the disposable world of teenage pop music, but in the grown-up universe it’s going strong.

What do I base that on? Well the latest monthly edition of ‘Uncut’ has 87 new album reviews. The latest edition of ‘NZ Musician’’ has dozens. And the three CDs I’m looking at

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This is a winter tale of rum and green ginger wine, where the cold chills you to the bone and you need a little kick-starter to get the furnace burning.

During my time in the RNZAF I was introduced to the armourers shot ‘Fire in the Hole’, a combination of equal parts Coruba rum and Stone’s Original Green Ginger Wine, which not only warmed the cockles of the heart but also seem to cure all winter colds and flu.

Amazing really that after introducing this shot to some international yachties, they swore they never got sick during colder months and have taken it religiously every winter for the last 10 years.

If you enjoy gold rum, substitute the

Coruba and add freshlysqueezed lime and warm ginger ale with the green ginger wine. This creates a wonderful drink to chase away the winter blues.

Stone’s Original Green Ginger Wine is also fantastic in tropical cocktails, as the fresh ginger tang livens up the juice – and there’s a slight alcoholic kick too.

Freshly-squeezed orange juice, with muddled mandarins and brown sugar, with 15ml green ginger wine and 15ml vodka can help maintain those vitamin C levels during these windy, winter evenings.

And what better way to celebrate winter then to look at port – the wonderful stunning beverage from Portugal.

Next time maybe.

The Weekend Sun has a $50 voucher to The Phoenix to give away to a lucky reader who can tell us how long the yachties have been taking Fire in the Hole.

Enter at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competitions section before Wednesday, June 25.

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Wiggles set to open new tour in Tauranga Gather your purple, blue or red T-shirts and Wiggle – Emma Watkins – and Lachy says she’s the star of the show. yellow bows – The Wiggles are The Wiggles ‘Apples and Bananas Tour’ is at Baycoming to town. court on July 2 at 10am. Tickets are available from

The Wiggles Emma Watkins, Lachy Gillespie, Simon Pryce and Anthony Field, with Dorothy the Dinosaur.

The children’s entertainers are bringing the first showing of their ‘Apples and Bananas Tour’ to Baycourt on July 2.

Purple Wiggle Lachy Gillespie says the brand new show promises to be educational and is based on nursery rhymes and other wellknown Wiggles’ songs including ‘Hot Potato’ and ‘Fruit Salad’.

“The melodies are so simple and the words are catchy,” says Lachy.

The original Wiggles were formed in Australia 1991 and the brand new group, including only one of the founding Wiggles, Anthony Field, are this year celebrating their second anniversary.

Originally auditioning for Captain Feathersword for the ‘Dorothy the Dinosaur’ show, Lachy says he’s seen so much more of the world since slipping on the purple skivvy.

“I haven’t travelled this much in my whole life. The cast is just fantastic and the four of us get on so well. Live shows are something special.”

The new group includes the first-ever female

Baycourt Ticket Direct.

By Zoe Hunter

The Weekend Sun has a family pass to give away to a lucky reader who can tell us what colour Wiggle Lachy Gillespie is. Enter online at www.sunlive. co.nz under the competitions section. Entries must be received before Wednesday, June 25.

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Awaited annual concert returns to Bay On Sunday, June 29, at 2pm the Friends of Bay of Plenty Symphonia are presenting their popular annual concert at Wesley Church Centre at 100 13th Ave in Tauranga.

This event has consistently set a very high standard of presentation with quality performances from quality performers.

Included in this year’s programme is violinist Anna Lee, who last year won the orchestra’s Rising Stars Concerto Competition. Her performance on that occasion blew away the capacity audience. This time Anna will be accompanied by her Mother, Maria, on piano.

Sixteen-year-old Phoebe Cho is a very versatile musician. Not only is she an outstanding pianist, she also plays timpani for the Bethlehem College Chamber Music ensemble. Having attained her ATCL last year she’s working towards her LTCL in 2015.

Guest soprano Beverley Pullon has, we are told, an amazing voice. She is much in demand in the Waikato region, where she has just completed a Doctorate in Music majoring in performance voice, from the University of Waikato. A bracket of operatic arias and another of well-loved lighter songs

will delight. Beverley will be accompanied by Leon Gray on piano.

The cor anglais – the English horn – is not often heard in a solo performance but Maggie Gething, the orchestra’s principal oboist, will bring something very different to the programme. The instrument, a cousin to the oboe, has a hauntingly beautiful sound.

Margaret Harper, harp, and Marion Titmuss, flute, will combine to present harp and flute items to this outstanding programme. It’s an afternoon not to be missed.

Special guest soloist Beverley Pullon.

M O V I E S

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Clive Owen (Children of Men) and Julliette Binoch (Chocolat) star in this grown up romantic comedy about an art teacher and an English teacher who pit their students against each other in a competition to decide whether words or pictures are more important.

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6:00, 8:35pm. (R13) Violence & Off Lang. Taika Waititi, Sat 3:35, 8:30. Sun 3:35, 6. Mon 3:30, Jonathan Brugh, Jemaine Clement.

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Off Language. Shailene Woodley. Fri 6:00pm.

Tue 1:30, 6:20, 8:35pm. Wed 3:45, 8:25.

Sat 1:10, 5:50. Sun 1:05, 8:20. Tue 8:20.

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The Weekend Sun has two double passes to ‘Words & Pictures’ for lucky readers who can tell us what genre the film is.

Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competitions section.

Entries must be received before Wednesday, June 25.

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Fri 5:45pm. Sat 2:30. Sun 12:20, 7:30. TRANSFORMERS: (2D) (TBA) Mon 5:40. Tue 1:10, 8:00pm. Wed 3:30. AGE OF EXTINCTION on MEGA! 4:00pm

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TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION (3D) (TBA) Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Stanley Tucci, T.J. Miller.

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Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton.

ACTION, SCI-FI. Saturday 4:00pm. Wed 6:00pm.

MALEFICENT (3D) (M) Off Lang.

Action, Adventure, Family. Angelina Jolie.

A vengeful fairy is driven to curse an infant princess. Sat 11:00. Sun 1:25.

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Sunday 8:30pm. Tue 3:35pm.

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City set to sparkle with Matariki events Matariki celebrations are twinkling in Tauranga with 27 events for all ages happening from now until July 29 to mark the Maori New Year.

Tauranga City Library Matariki organiser Bernie Johnson says many events will honour the arrival of the star constellation Matariki, also known as Pleiades.

The constellation rises once a year in mid-winter,

Cherrywood Arms Friday 20 – The Sick Boys 7.30pm.

McSwiggans Irish Pub Sunday 22 – Joe’s Van 3-6pm.

Mount RSA Friday 20 – Tim Armstrong 7.30pm.

Saturday 21 – Tequila 7.30pm.

The Crown and Badger Friday 20 – One One One.

Te Ope Whakaora

Saturday 21 – One One One. Saturday 19 July – Memorial Event for Depression awareness. Special guest Mike King. Tickets on sale now $30.

The Matua Sunday 22 – Blaze 3-6pm.

Welcome Bay Sports Bar & Grill Friday 20 – Craig One Man Band 8.30pm.

heralding a new year for Maori.

“It acknowledges the constellation’s arrival and is about making people aware of Matariki’s purpose, which was traditionally the importance of stars being used for navigation and instigating food preparation for the approaching winter solstice.”

The 2014 ‘Celebrating New Beginnings’ programme launched on Wednesday at Tauranga City Library with the Pukehinahina (Gate Pa) Photo Exhibition open-

ing and Te Kura o Matapihi pupils performing kapa haka.

Bernie says the exhibition – open during library hours for the entire Matariki programme – is a big drawcard.

She says every week there is something for everyone, from Maori instrument workshops and youth leadership programmes, to pyjama parties and puppetry.

The ‘Celebrating New Beginnings’ programme is on Tauranga City Library’s website.

Michelle Anderson, Penny Guy, Rangituaia Walker and Amanda McFadden.

Annual exhibition puts the best on show The Tauranga Society of Artists Annual Supreme Exhibition opens next week highlighting members’ greatest works from the last year.

exhibiting 112 paintings.

The exhibition is a chance for both experienced and emerging artists to display their work to the public. There will be a great diversity of topics and styles of painting, all completed by society members within the last 12 months.

This year the society has secured artist Paula Knight to judge the works.

Paula grew up in Mount Maunganui, and while in London worked in design and studied life painting in oils at Wimbledon School of Art. Tauranga Mayor Stuart Crosby will open the exhibition at a private gathering on June 26.

It will be open for public viewing on Friday and Saturday, June 27-28, from 9am-5.30pm, and Sunday, June 29, from 9am-4pm.

The event is the highlight of the year for exhibiting members, whose work must go through a selection process to feature.

This process ensures the art displayed is of a high standard so buyers have the strongest selection to choose from.

Last year many comments received noted the extremely high standard of art exhibited, and the professional and pleasing way the exhibition had been presented.

This year the presentation and standard will be similar, with 45 artists

Jenny Brogden and Doreen Watson on Selection Day. The society wishes to acknowledge continued support of its sponsors, without which the exhibition wouldn’t be so successful.

Come to the food show The Seriously Good Food Show is just one week away.

Like a good batch of dough, the show has doubled in size, returning to ASB Arena 28 29 June with more than e un J 180 displays of 29 the finest food 28 and refreshments from throughout New Zealand.

For those who visited last year’s show, organisers say they have ironed out the issues of crowded aisles and lengthy entry lines.

Event manager Dana Martin says this year’s show, on June 28-29, spans six courts, making double the room for guests and reducing waiting time outside.

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A dedicated shower clean Tauranga owner and operator of Shower Clean Services Roly Wray is a dedicated independent and believes his commitment and passion puts him above and beyond any competing franchise.

Roly specialises in cleaning shower glass to make it look as-new, at a fraction of the cost required to replace it.

But it’s his dedication to his work he wants people to know about.

Before and after shots of one of Roly Wray’s recent jobs.

“With me, every time it’s a job well done. I’m not a franchise, and I believe that works to my customers’ advantage.

Roly’s specialist service sees him restore shower glass, ceramic tiles and acrylic to an as-new condition.

Roly provides a friendly service to his customers, with good advice and a quote that includes high quality protectant, with no hidden extras.

He also specialises in protecting new showers, tiles and acrylic too, and also cleans “basically anything glass”.

Visit Shower Clean Services’ Facebook page to see more before and after shots of Roly’s work.

Decoration ‘job well done’

Darren Roebuck from Roebuck Décor.

When it comes to transforming a tired-looking property – Darren Roebuck knows what he’s talking about.

He knows because he’s been in the paint and paper-hanging industry for more than 25 years.

Darren is an avid believer in

the ability of a professional property redecoration or transformation – and nothing satisfies him more than a decoration job well done.

He’s been running his own business – Roebuck Décor – for the last six years after moving to Tauranga in 2006.

He says his customers are always giving him positive feedback on his high standard of work.

“They also like the way we tidy up at the end of the day,” says Darren, who has a core team of two experienced tradesmen and a group of on-call reputable casual paint and paperhangers.

No job is too big or too small for Darren, who also provides a full plastering service.

He does everything from commercial and domestic repaints to new builds. From quoting to the finished job, customers deal with Darren all the way through.

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Spotless Facility Services (NZ) Limited, Espresso Plus Café, Main Terminal Building, Tauranga Airport, Mount Maunganui, A Duly Incorporated Company, has made application to the Tauranga District Licencing Committee for the Renewal of On Licence in respect to the premises situated at Tauranga Airport, 73 Jean Batten Drive, Mount Maunganui and known as Tauranga Airport Café.

The general nature of the business conducted under the licence is that of a Restaurant/Café. The days on which and the hours which alcohol is currently being sold under the licence are: On such days and during such hours as the business is being conducted as a Restaurant/Café but not other than on: Monday to Sunday 08.00am to 10.30pm The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Tauranga District Licencing Committee at the Tauranga City Council, 91 Willow Street, Tauranga.

Any person who is entitled to object and who wishes to object may, not later than 15 working days after the date of the first publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with the Secretary of the Tauranga District Licencing Committee, Private Bag 12022, Tauranga 3143.

This is the first publication of this notice.

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PAPAMOA 8 TIERRA PLACE This Saturday from 8am. Downsizing, something for everyone, all must go!

TAURANGA 81 FOURTEENTH AVENUE This Saturday from 8am - 3pm.

Generator (as new), builders tools, household items, bbq, books and more.

JUST $19 with FREE signs & price stickers!

arts & crafts ONE DAY MOSAIC WORKSHOP Sat 28th June 9am - 4pm. A full day of creativity, giving you an insight into indoor/outdoor projects, the bases and materials that create artwork to last AND complete a project of your own.

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bible digest MY COMMAND IS THIS: Love each other as I ahve loved you.

Greater love has no one than this, that he may lay down his life for his friends. you are my friends if you do what I command. John 15:12,13,14

cars for sale A NO DEPOSIT DEAL from $50 p/w. Cars, vans, & 4x4s. To find out more txt ‘NEWCAR’ and your name to 9090. Learner licence welcome, some conditions apply.

CAR FAIR – buy or sell any vehicle every Sunday at 11th Avenue Car park opposite Mad Butcher 8am-noon. Ph for more information 027 733 9686 or www.taurangacarfair.co.nz

computers COMPUTER GETTING you down? Problems, viruses, upgrades, internet, new or refurb PC’s tuition, or advice.

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Ph Kyle at Tech Solutions 027 828 7078

for sale DRY & SPLIT FIREWOOD FUNDRAISER Papamoa Scouts are taking order for 1.5m³ @ $100 delivered 22nd June. Ph Vicki 027 527 6700 FIREWOOD Dry mixed pine, 3.5m³ loads available. $200 including delivery, limited stock available. Ph 022 325 8294 FIREWOOD KILN DRIED untreated pine blocks. Free delivery 2 metre minimum $50 per metre. Phone or text 0210400799

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lost & found SPCA FOUND: kittens, various colours, various locations, Papamoa area, Domestic Shorthair (DSH) Cat Adult Torti Female, Ref # 20356 Maungatapu area, DSH Cat Grey/Tabby Female, Ref# 20360, Bayfair area, Rabbit, Male Ref # 20361, Bayfair shopping centre, DSH Adult grey tabby, Ref # 20358, Katikati area, 2 x cats 1x Female Ginger Ref# 20340 1x Female Tabby , Ref # 20341, Mt Maunganui , DSH Tabby Cat, Adult Male Ref#20342, Te Puke, Domestic Medium Haired Cat Tabby/White Ref #20344, Parkvale, Brindle Staffy x Puppy Female, Ref #20345, Matua area, Domestic Shorthaired Ginger Cat, Ref #20346, Parkvale area, Domestic Medium Haired Black/ white Cat Ref# 20351, Hairini area, Domestic Shorthaired Grey Tortishell cat Female, Ref# 20353 area, Parkvale area, domestic Medium Haired cat Black, Ref# 20355. Ph SPCA on 07 578 0245

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MOBILITY SCOOTERS wheelchairs walkers & more.

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trades & services AFFORDABLE BUILDING Maintenacne. House repairs, spouting/ roofing repairs, painting, general maintenance.

20 years experience, pensioner discounts. Ph Andy 027 4211 339 ALL LANDSCAPES TAURANGA LTD. Design Build Fencing Decking Retaining Paving Planting. Free quote Call Leon on 0211 91 95 95 APPLIANCE REPAIRS. For service of all Fisher & Paykel, Haier and Elba appliances, Ph 0800 372 273 for your local technician.

BOAT BUILDING repairs and maintenance. Timber & fibreglass trade qualified, boat builder. Ph Shaun 021 992 491 or 07 552 0277 BRYCE DECORATING Interior & exterior painting, wallpapering.

Quality work. Ph Wayne 579 5588 or 021 162 7052 CLEANER AVAILABLE - House cleaner available, excellent references. Ph 543 3457 or 027 302 8328 ELECTRICIAN, REGISTERED, 18 years experience. Residential /commercial.

New builds, renovations, maintenance and service. Free quotes, prompt service. Ph Andrew 022 354 1960 FOR ALL YOUR PAINTING needs, phone Craig Gibbons on 022 362 0033 anytime. Over 40yrs experience.No job too big or small. No hassles, free quotes.

A/Hours 07 574 3772 FUTURA PROPERTY SERVICES Building maintenance, all timber & furniture repairs, landscape makeovers. Ph Bill Purdie on 575 0407 or 027 6247 247 info@futura247.co.nz GARDENING AND SECTION maintenance, gutters cleaned, painting, waterblasting etc.

Ph Tony 0274 181 515 or 218 0229 GUTTERING CLEAN and repairs moss removal.

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Free quotes Ph Rossco 027 270 3313 or 544 5911 INSECT SCREENS Measure.

Make. Mend. Ph Rob at Magic Seal 543 4940 LAWN MOWING covering all of Tauranga. Experienced contractor, reliable service. Ph Chris 549 0446 or 027 200 8578

trades & services MIGHTY MOW, CHEAP lawn mowing services. Great discounts for all new customers. $5 off of first 3 consecutive mows. Ph Tracy 021 258 6774 or 574 8954 PAINTER / DECORATOR Interior and Exterior, quality workmanship friendly services.

Over 20 years specialising in residential and more. Quality paint at trade prices. For your best advice in all areas. Ph Shane Mount/Tauranga Decorators 07 544 6495 or 021 575 307 PAINTERS AVAILABLE for immediate start. Interior/exterior.

Guaranteed workmanship. For free quotes ph Graeme today 022 0466 776 or 07 544 5234 ROOF PAINTING and maintenance. Roofs rescrewed.

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RENTALS Open Home

Lower Kaimai 175 Ruahihi Road Mortgagee Auction

This 5.2880 lifestyle property approx. 20kms from Tauranga’s CBD has much to offer. Elevated with good pasture, well fenced paddocks, a large shed, double garage, tack-room, barn, yards and loading ramp. The comfortable, spacious brick home with well-designed open plan living plus a separate lounge sits well for the sun and has very good indoor/outdoor flow. There is HRV and a wood burner for winter warmth. This is a brilliant opportunity in a quality location.

Contact Lynn Eagar or Brenda Abercrombie and for further information go to lynneagar.raywhite. co.nz.

Ray White Hamilton 07 839 7060 91 Victoria Street (Opposite Museum)

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Lynn Eagar 027 458 1780 lynn.eagar@raywhite.com office 07 839 7060 Brenda Abercrombie 027 861 3734 office 07 839 7060

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TOURS FROM $25pp for 4 hours. Get a group together between 15 to 24 people and enjoy winter with friends. Phone Mt Classic Tours for more details 07 574 1779

LUNCH AT HUKA FALLS LODGE - July. Ph today for our Travel Club Calendar . Zealandier Tours. Ph 575 6425

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REAL ESTATE Open Home

Tauranga 59 Merivale Road Mortgagee Auction

Privately located at the end of a cul-de-sac, this tidy home was designed with flare and sits very nicely on the 1386m² (more or less) section and overlooks q gully with good bush type view.

Well sited for the sun the home features open plan kitchen/dining/living area, three good sized bedrooms all with French doors to the garden, master en-suite bathroom and walk in wardrobe plus its own private deck. Downstairs is a substantial office and workshop area with single internal access garage and carport. This property presents a brilliant opportunity to own a warm and welcoming home in a lovely setting. Act now…..

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Lynn Eagar 027 458 1780 lynn.eagar@raywhite.com office 07 839 7060 John Pope 027 496 3111 john.pope@raywhite.com office 07 928 5000

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Te Puke 59b Boucher Avenue Mortgagee Auction

Nestled at the end of a drive is this brick townhouse on its own freehold title. Modern in its construction the home has a large open plan living/dining area, master ensuite bathroom and attached single garage. This is an amazing opportunity in this good location in Te Puke. Don’t miss out on this auction.

Contact Lynn Eagar or John Pope and for further information go to lynneagar.raywhite.co.nz.

Ray White Hamilton 07 839 7060 91 Victoria Street (Opposite Museum)

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Tauranga 14 Atkins Way, Ohauiti Mortgagee Auction

Lynn Eagar 027 458 1780 lynn.eagar@raywhite.com office 07 839 7060

Here’s a great lifestyle opportunity in popular Ohauiti that backs onto the residential area. The modern 1990’s home needs redecoration but offers a fantastic chance for you to add value. The block of 5.7565 ha (more or less) is steepish and ideal to run some stock and has great views of the surrounding country. This is an absolute must to view.

John Pope 027 496 3111 office 07 928 5000

Contact Lynn Eagar or John Pope and for further information go to lynneagar.raywhite.co.nz.

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Ray White Hamilton 07 839 7060 91 Victoria Street (Opposite Museum)

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Mortgagee Auction 12.30 pm, Wednesday 25th June, 2014 Ray White Auction Rooms at 12 Girven Road, Mt Maunganui View Sat 12.30 - 1.00 pm rwhamilton.co.nz ID# HAM26092

Lynn Eagar 027 458 1780 lynn.eagar@raywhite.com office 07 839 7060 John Pope 027 496 3111 john.pope@raywhite.com office 07 928 5000

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Be blown away by God’s greatest gift: Love Thirty years ago I walked back into a church I became part of that portion of the body of Christ. in Tauranga that I’d walked out Some 12 months later I of many years before. crossed the Tasman to The amazing thing I observed on that day was the incredible love shown towards me. During the next 12 months I experienced the love of Jesus Christ as

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live in the big land and there too I found this wonderful love being manifest to one and all.

Indeed, the Christian Church had changed in my many years away from it. Or maybe I had changed.

This agape love is the real thing. It is the love of Jesus Christ touching the hurting hears of all who come and accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour.

He is our Healer and Redeemer. The one who obeyed His Heavenly Father, even to death on the Cross at Calvary. Agape love is not a controlling love, but a love of guidance and freedom. A love which

only wants to give.

There are many examples I could give, but the one which has made a massive impression in my life is God’s amazing gift of healing.

As I’ve travelled I’ve seen this most amazing gift bringing the joy of living back into tired, hurting bodies.

The seeds of healing and revival have been planted during many years here in Tauranga. Right now our job is to water what others have planted; then in due time God Himself will bring blessings as He revives us.

By Pastor Grant Hynds, The Well Christian Healing Ministries

Church bringing revival to a nation A move of God that brings revival to the Church in our nation is a necessity, not an option.

As David Smithers said: “We need a Heaven-sent revival, a burning fire from on high, a purifying passion and a forsaking of our stubborn pride”.

“We need a vision of eternity, of Hell and the Judgement Day, a fervent love for our Saviour that will gladly serve and obey.

“We need a Pentecostal

purging and a breaking deep within, a vision of God Almighty and a river of tears for our nation’s sin. We need a Heavensent revival, a burning fire set ablaze.”

Duncan Campbell, a key leader in the Hebrides Revival, which began in 1949, said: “There is a growing conviction everywhere, and especially among thoughtful people, that unless revival comes other forces will

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take the field, that will sink us still deeper into the mire of humanism and materialism.”

Al Whittinghill stated: “True God-sent revival will return true believers to God’s standard of living; Christ Himself in you, the Hope of Glory. Only when the church is willing to allow the Holy Spirit to transform her into what Jesus Christ died for her to become, and lives to insure she will be, will the world feel once again the full impact of quality Christianity”.

In case we have a distorted view of revival, consider the words of Brian Edwards: “We often have a tinted view of revival as a time of glory and joy and swelling numbers queuing to enter the churches”.

“That is only part of the story. Before the glory and joy, there is conviction; and that begins with the people of God. There are tears of godly sorrow. There are wrongs to put right, secret things to be thrown out, and bad relationships, hidden for years, to be repaired openly. If we are not prepared for this, we had better not pray for revival.”

Come Lord to our nation, in the name of Jesus. By Peter Whitcombe, Jesus First Church

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Photo by Tracy Hardy.

Trolley derby at The Lakes Trolleys will roll and race like never before around The Lakes this Saturday, June 21, for Coast Kids’ first family trolley derby day.

More than 20 youngsters are busy building and decorating trolleys for this weekend’s event, with children aged five to 13 vying for prizes of best crash, fastest time and best decorated trolley.

Parents will also get to relive their youth with a zip around the track as well.

Coast Kids owner Carla Blockley says the inaugural event at The Lakes subdivision is set to become an annual feature of Coast Kids community events.

“At Coast Kids we’re all about getting

families and communities to come together to create a safe, fun, challenging environment for the kids. It’s a place where everyone can have fun and make some great family memories along the way.

“We’ve sold about 17 trolleys so far and I know of a few families who are making their trolleys from scratch in the garage at home with the kids. So it should be a really fun day.”

Carla has gained Tauranga City Council permission to use a new piece of road at the end of the Lakes Boulevard for the event.

Families can either make their own trolley or purchase a kitset trolley from Coast Kids for $40.

Everyone is welcome at the event, with racing from 10am-1pm, and a free sausage sizzle for all racers afterwards followed by prizegiving.

By Merle Foster

Student photography impresses Left: Charlotte Cameron (1st senior).

Above: Charlotte Spearman(2nd junior).

Above: James Rowe (1st junior).

Right: Michael Stewart (2nd senior).

Te Puna School pupils recently took part in a school-wide photography competition. Children entered either the senior category (Years 5-8) or the junior category (Years 1-4). The win-

ners were announced this week.

Winner of the junior section is James Rowe.

Winner of the senior section is Charlotte Cameron.

Celebrating the ugly, oh, and cats The World’s Ugliest Dog competition begins this week, with some gruesome hounds lining up to contest the title of the planet’s worst looking mutt.

Some of these characters are truly scary, but that just makes them all the more lovable. We can’t all be Dogue models, right?

Not these entrants anyway, it would be enough to drive a girl to gnaw her own paw off, if she woke up in a kennel with one of these misfits.

And before anyone asks: No, you cannot enter Helen Clark.

The contest has been happening at the SonomaMarin Fair in Petaluma, California for 25 years, offering testament that not all dogs have to meet pedigree standards to be man's (or woman's) best friend.

“The owners of all kinds of dogs are also all kinds of people, from youngsters to senior citizens, each proud of their pet despite missing fur, crossed eyes, duck waddles or mismatched ears,” the website states.

Many of the entrants have gone on to fame and fortune, some help raise awareness of animal rescue, spay and neuter campaigns.

Hey, I reckon there must be plenty of interesting characters out there in Sun land.

Send us your pics of your animals, even cats. (Aren’t they all ugly?)

The gnarliest will win a prize! photos@thesun.co.nz - Flo

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