The Weekend Sun - 29 January 2021

29 January 2021, Issue 1044

Inside

Earthquake p4

Meat and greet

Youth art awards p6

Life in a Kiwi circus p9

Yabba Dabba Q, Smokeback Mountain, and Backyard Banditos are just three of the teams coming to dazzle and sizzle this weekend, competing in the inaugural Battle of the

BBQs Tauranga.

The barbecue festival is being held at Mount Maunganui College this weekend and has attracted more than 20 teams from around the

country. Event organiser Natasha Thomas is part of the duo that put on the successful Tauranga Food Wine and Music Festival in 2019.

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Getting to the bottom of it I always welcome suggestions on topics to write about.

Unfortunately a lot of these come from my own family.

there are two South Pacific island nation thrown in the mix - the Republic of Vanuatu and the Cook Islands.

Anyway Greenpeace reckons New Zealand is the dodgiest player at this table because of our bent for bottom trawling.

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There are 15 countries represented at this meeting in Wellington which essentially an inter-governmental fis conservation convention for the South Pacific. I’ve never been to one of these gatherings but I’m picturing 15 salty seamen sitting in the Ruby Rabbit Bar, glaring at each other and throwing rusty harpoons at a map on the wall.

Countries represented include China, the Russian Federation, the Republics of Korea, Peru, Ecuador and Cuba, the European Union, the US, Australia and the Kingdom of Denmark, in respect of the Faroe Islands.

In case you are wondering, the Faroe Islands is a group of 18 volcanic islands between Iceland and Norway in the North Atlantic. So naturally they would be represented.

There are notable absences from this group like Fiji, Tonga and Samoa but

coalition of environmental groups handed a 50,000 strong petition calling for bottom trawling to be banned on seamounts.

In their defence, Fisheries NZ’s director of fisheries management Emma Taylo told Stuff this week that any claim New Zealand was arguing for less protection for underwater mountains is incorrect.

“New Zealand has proposed to close additional areas to bottom trawling which would increase protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems. “[Our] proposal responds to and is based on, the most recent and best available science.”

It all sounds a bit fishy to me but, unles you are one of those ‘what happens at sea, stays at sea’ sort of people then it seems like something we should keep an eye on.

Covid tracing reality show

Commercial fishing boats are ofte required to carry GPS tracking devices and cameras so they can be checked up on for dodgy practices.

Now, thanks to Covid, ordinary people are doing much the same thing and when one of us gets the dreaded lurgy, it provides a new kind of reality entertainment for the rest of us.

One minute you are going about your business and the next thing you know, you’ve got Covid and everyone else is studying your shopping habits and advancing slanderous theories about your personal life.

Now, I’m not one to gossip, but take the most recent case of the Northland woman who caught Covid, possibly off the ‘air conditioning’ in her hotel from a guest nearby.

Now you can catch other things off air conditioning – Legionnaires Disease is one notable one – but that doesn’t stop people from gossiping.

This latest case is also being hailed for her impeccable use of the Covid tracing app that you download on your phone.

Thanks to this we can get a fairly good picture of their taste in fashion, food and the regularity of trips to pubs and liquor outlets. This person has done more shopping in three days than I do in a month.

I kind of feel like this advances our knowledge of our fellow humans.

Keep the suggestions rolling in. daniel@thesun.co.nz

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The main commercial resources fished in the South Pacific are J k mackerel and jumbo flying squid

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Teen hurt in assault A Papamoa mother is warning others after her daughter was attacked in a shopping centre by a group of girls.

The woman who spoke on condition of anonymity, says her 14-year-old daughter was attacked in the Papamoa Plaza, outside the Papamoa Library on Monday last week.

The girl lost clumps of hair and was concussed after she hit her head on the floor of the Plaza.

Police confirmed they were called about 5.30pm on Monday to the Plaza following a report of a disorder incident involving a group of young people.

The girl’s mother says the attack happened about 5.30pm when her daughter was ‘randomly approached’ by a group of 8-10 girls who were ‘looking for a fight’.

One of them punched the victim in the head.

Her daughter then retaliated, launching a kick to her attacker’s stomach. She ran away but five of the girls chased her to the plaza.

“They dragged her by her hair onto the ground, slammed it into the hard tiled floor, and kept pummelling her.”

The mother describes the group as ‘very brazen’ who work by intimidation in big numbers.

She says the attacks appear to be random.

“They’re not play fighting, they’re trying to injure people. They don’t care how much.”

She is a trauma nurse, and took her daughter to the hospital to get x-rays and CT scans of her neck.

“She has a nasty concussion and gets severe headaches every day.

“I’m worried of the long term traumatic effects.”

Papamoa Plaza manager David Hill says he’s not aware of any incident at the Plaza last Monday, but they get kids running through there ‘all the time’.

He doesn’t believe there is a particular problem with safety at the Plaza.

“It’s not a question of if it’s still a problem, there’s never been a problem.”

The victim’s mother says a youth justice police officer is investigating the case and assured her action would be taken.

The family originally moved to New Zealand from the USA in December 2019.

Papamoa Plaza is a popular place for young people, but one parent is warning others after her daughter was attacked there last week. Photo: Ursula Keay.

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Remembering our deadliest natural disaster Joy Macgregor relives the Hawkes Bay earthquake 90 years on. Photo: John Borren.

“These wretched peacocks squawked: ‘help, help, help’ and you froze in your bed and waited to feel a quake.”

Joy Macgregor is describing one of the many aftershocks that rocked Hawkes Bay on February 3, 1931.

Her family were staying in a camping trailer and tents and the peacocks were in an aviary next door in Hastings’ Cornwall Park. The peacocks always warned of an upcoming shake.

Joy’s two storey family home on Fitzroy Ave was unliveable as the roof continued to shed tiles, chimneys toppled and a fire place took out the hall.

“It was like looking into a dolls’ house.”

At six-years-old, it was Joy’s second day at Mahora Primary School, she was getting a drink from the water fountain when she was thrown to the ground.

At first she thought she’d tripped but as the ground continued to shake beneath her feet she realised it was an earthquake.

The 7.8 magnitude quake hit at 10.47am and 90 years on Joy remembers it vividly. It is New Zealand’s deadliest natural disaster with 256 deaths and thousands of people injured.

On her walk home from school along Tomoana Road, she could see the ground rolling like an inland sea from the aftershocks.

Joy’s dad Albert says he broke the four minute mile running home from his dental surgery that day.

Her mother Maude’s leg was badly damaged by

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a falling chimney and she went to the temporary hospital at the race course, then on to Wellington.

That night families from the street got together and had grilled chops, peas, potatoes and fresh fruit for dessert – all cooked outside because no one dared to go inside, recalls Joy. The family camped until March. When the nights got colder they moved into the garage and lived like that for about six months. Joy wasn’t allowed into their home until it was repaired.

Joy never went into Hastings to see the damage but knows it was extensive.

She recalls the fate of the nearby boot maker when his small shop collapsed on top of him.

“All that was left was his feet sticking out. It always gave me nightmares to think of that.”

To this day the slightest shake will have Joy freeze to the spot.

Having lived in Tauranga for 30 years she’s glad she didn’t feel Monday’s earthquake because she would have panicked. The 4.9 magnitude quake occurred 20km east of Rotorua and was felt throughout Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty.

To her relief, Joy and her husband George were on holiday in the South Island when the Edgecumbe earthquake hit in 1987 and it took hours to get through on the phone to her two sons in Tauranga.

Although afraid of quakes, Joy isn’t afraid of heights and in her later years she has been zip lining, in a hot air balloon and she jumped out of a plane to celebrate her 90th birthday.

“I’ve done a few reckless things in my life but if you don’t do it now you never will.” Alisha Evans

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Turning up the heat Natasha is drawing on her passion for entertaining to create Battle of the BBQs. “Each category will have a first, second and third prize, as well as a prize for the Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion.”

The six competition categories are chicken, pork ribs, lamb, pork, beef and dessert and teams can include up to four people.

Past legendary exploits or an indication of what to expect this weekend can be gleaned from the teams’ names, with ‘Stoke It & Smoke It’, ‘Cook Cartel’, ‘Burnt Beginnings’ and ‘The Smoking Meathouse’ just some of the meat eaters’ monikers.

The teams have signed up to battle it out over the weekend for a share of cash and prizes to the value of $10,000 and the title of ‘Master of the Grill Tauranga’.

“Many of the teams compete all around New Zealand. Our event is NZ Barbecue Association affiliated and competitors get points from competing in three competitions throughout the year.”

The two days of cooking will be a crowd pleaser as the barbecue pitmasters cook anything from ribs to their signature dish, in their efforts to please high calibre chefs like Michelin-star chef Matt Lambert who has returned from New York to Auckland. As well as Matt, a panel of 20 judges made up of representatives from the New Zealand

Barbecue Alliance, professional chefs and barbecue enthusiast’s will judge each dish, with the meat served to them in anonymous white boxes.

Judging takes place at 3pm on Sunday.

The festival is sponsored by Jack Daniels, Tauranga City Council and East Pack and showcases a range of barbecues and accessories.

There will be local restaurants, cafes, food trucks and beverages, including craft beer and wine.

There’s also a classic car and hot rod show.

Plenty of musical entertainment will be provided with Alice Sea and Camila, Vegas Brown band, and Swamp Thing performing on Saturday; and Ash Laforteza, Something Like That, and No Code playing on Sunday.

This event has the families covered with lots of entertainment to keep the kids happy – gumboot throwing, Bouncy castles, face painters, V8 Car simulators and even a bucking bronco.

Natasha says Battle of the BBQs will have a positive impact on hospitality and tourism in the local area – after what has been a tough year for businesses affected by Covid-19.

“We are catering for everyone, with entertainment galore from local and national musicians, plus heaps of great family friendly entertainment for the whole family,” says Natasha.

“We look forward to welcoming Bay of Plenty locals, and people from further afield to this unique event!”

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Tauranga Art Gallery in partnership with the Acorn Foundation is organising the inaugural Junior Art Awards.

Young people from the Bay of Plenty aged 4-14 years have the opportunity to participate.

“We are really excited to announce that local wellknown artist Emma Prill has signed up to judge the awards,” says Tauranga Art Gallery’s marketing officer Emma Bossley.

Emma Prill, a Tauranga based artist, has a passion for working with vibrant colours and is wellknown for creating exquisitely made flower gardens using acrylic on canvas. Her original art and quality prints have

Emma Prill is the judge for the inaugural Junior Art Awards 2021.

been shown in art exhibitions both in New Zealand and internationally. She runs art workshops for adults and children, and an exhibition of her work titled ‘Colourfield’ was shown at the Tauranga Art Gallery in late 2018. Emma won the Miles Art Award 2014: People’s Choice Award, and was a finalist in the 2016 Miles Art Award and 2017 Molly Morpeth Art Awards.

“The theme of nature is obviously very broad and open to interpretation in quite a number of ways,” says Emma.

“I’m looking forward to seeing how children interpret this theme in a way that is meaningful, significant and original to them. Nature has a personal significance as we are surrounded by beautiful nature in New Zealand, but also globally we are becoming more aware of the significance of

nature and the preservation of it.” Entries are now open for the Acorn Junior Art Award.

Young people are invited to create a piece of art in the theme ‘Te Taiao: Nature’ and upload a high resolution image of it to the Tauranga Art Gallery online form.

There are cash prizes available and the opportunity for works to be shown at the gallery in April. Entries close on February 26, at 4pm.

The exhibition in April will also include a Treasured Art Auction which will raise funds for the Graeme Dingle Foundation and the Tauranga Art Gallery Kids Art Bus. To learn more about the Acorn Junior Art Award entry criteria, visit: www.artgallery.org.nz/ junior-art-awards To submit an entry, visit: www.artgallery.org.nz/jaa-form Rosalie Liddle Crawford

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Blistering performance

An Otumoetai Tennis Club junior tournament has seen locals perform well against high performing players from around the country.

The tier three junior masters tournament is the largest the club has held so far with 123 players competing in 227 matches over the weekend.

Competitors came from all over the Bay of Plenty, Waikato, Hawkes Bay, Wellington, Christchurch and Taranaki. The age groups ran from under 10 to under 18 for both boys and girls.

Junior convener Matthew King says the club set up the flagship tournament to attract high quality players from outside the region and to give locals exposure.

The points from the tournament count towards the Tennis New Zealand Junior Masters Points Race.

“It does bring more players in from other regions, so you get a really high quality level of tennis at the top end.”

Otumoetai Tennis Club player Carrigan Hartley had a tough tournament.

Photo: John Borren.

He says local players performed really well and a tournament standout is Macy Donaghy, the 15-year-old beat a player two grades higher than her and took out second place in the 16-18 girls.

Top player Carrigan Hartley had a tough tournament having to default his last match because of blisters on his hands. Matthew says the 16-year-old’s blisters were pretty shocking and Carrigan decided to save himself for an upcoming tournament this weekend.

Players who didn’t make it through to the main draw were still able to play challenging matches against people with similar abilities, he says.

The club also ran a hotshots tournament for seven to 11-year-olds which gets the youngsters used to playing matches.

For the first year they also had a Have a Go tournament for players 11 years and older who are reasonably new to tennis.

Matthew says there was really good sportsmanship and great tennis was played by all the players.

Harm reduction service makes its point A needle exchange service in the heart of Mount Maunganui is using a ‘stigma free’ model to help reduce intravenous drug harm in the Bay. Needle Exchange New Zealand - NEMMS - at 21 Totara Street, just off Phoenix Lane, provides a needle exchange programme as well as a variety of other services aimed at reducing the rate of blood borne viruses such as Hepatitis C. Regional manager for the Midland NEX Trust Raewyn Crow says they are a harm reduction service.

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“Anonymous and confidential; that is absolutely key for us. It is a bit like going to your doctor, what is said over the counter stays between those two people.

“No one gives their name when they come here. If someone has used needles and syringes they can come and get a container and drop them off.”

The containers come in different sizes and are distributed without charge and NEMMS also provide a destruction service for those handed in.

By providing a safe exchange programme, NEMMS is

helping to prevent shared usage and unsafe discarding of used material in public settings.

People who find a needle in a public park or garden should contact the local council. If removal is necessary, sturdy gloves, tongs and a sealed plastic container is best practice.

NEMMS also provides a free hepatitis C clinic and have recently been instrumental in the distribution of Naloxone kits. Naloxone is a medication used to counter the adverse health impact of an opioid Mathew Nash overdose.

Spate of car thefts in Tauranga South Tauranga motorists are being urged to stay alert following a spate of car thefts in the area.

A Facebook post on the Bay of Plenty & Taupo Police Facebook page says thefts are happening in Greerton, Welcome Bay, Pyes Pa, McLaren Falls and the Poripori Road area.

“Small and valuable items such as tools, wallets and cell phones are

being targeted,” reads the post.

“Police reminds people to remove any valuable items from their vehicles if possible or keep them out of sight.

“Always lock your vehicle and use an alarm if you have one.”

Anyone who sees anything suspicious or has any information that may assist is asked to contact police on 111 if it is happening now, or 105 if it has already happened.

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Te Puke road closure gets cool reception Te Puke residents are frustrated and feeling unheard about the partial closure of No. 1 Road.

The first part of the road will be one way with entry only from Te Puke Highway for at least five weeks from late February, while mains pipes are laid for the Waiari Water Supply Scheme.

Andy Wichers lives in the first section of No. 1 Road and says residents on the road and surrounding areas will be affected because traffic will go onto No. 2 Road and Boucher Ave. There are about 80 vehicles from the residences in the 300 metres of No. 1 that will be closed and numerous vehicles travel to Trevelyan’s Pack and Cool further down road, says Andy.

He is also concerned about increased traffic around Fairhaven School on Boucher Ave because it’s “already a nightmare” during school drop off.

Residents in the affected area were notified of the closure six days before Christmas giving them little time to find a better solution, he says Only those immediately affected were told and so many others aren’t aware of the details or impact it will have.

“It’s Tauranga City Council coming in here and dictating how it’s going to be without getting any buy-in from the locals.”

Andy and others have formed the Facebook group No2 No1 Road Closure and they hosted

No 1 Road residents Brendan Wilson, Andy Wichers and Sean Mickleburgh feel dictated to about the closure of their road. Photo: John Borren.

a meeting with Council representatives on Wednesday Night. About 100 people attended and Andy says council have agreed to investigate stop/go options outside of peak hours and reduce constraints around work hours.

Council water services manager Peter Bahrs says timing of the notification was chosen with residents in mind and they communicated as soon as there was certainty over the required approach.

“Waiting until after the holidays would not have left much time to find solutions for people experiencing issues from the lane closure.”

He says because it is a highly complex and technical job, the potential impact on residents was always top of mind.

They explored alternatives to find a solution that would be the least impactful for residents.

“The lane closure is not the solution we wanted, however it couldn’t be avoided.”

Essential equipment has been delayed so the work is now scheduled to take place between February 22 and March 22.

Residents are worried the delay will encroach on the kiwifruit season and further congest the roads.

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Inside the Big Top at Circus Aotearoa Matthias Goed performs his act.

Growing up, Matthias Goed thought everyone could juggle - like learning to walk or talk - such was his immersion in the circus life.

For Matthias, life on the road is a lifetime affair.

His family runs Circus Aotearoa and he has been performing since the age of nine.

He wouldn’t change it for the world.

“I really enjoy the travelling aspect and life on the road. I find that during the off season, when I am in one place for too long I feel like I need to go and see something else. I really enjoy it.”

Circus Aotearoa stops in the Bay of Plenty next month and the young Kiwis involved are certainly enjoying the circus life. The big top is currently set up at the Village Green in Rotorua and Tauranga is the next stop, with shows running from February 5-14 at Memorial Park.

Rumah Katzen, a hula hooper, chair artist and aerial acrobat, was brought over from Australia at the start of 2020.

She also admits that whilst being in the circus can be tough it is a way of life she relishes.

“It’s pretty wild actually. It’s definitely not luxury living but it’s pretty cool.

“Everyone loves what they’re doing. We work very hard, but it’s worth it.”

Not only does the small crew perform gravitydefying acts several times a week, for six or seven months of the year, but they also do all of the groundwork.

It can take three trips from one town to the other to transport the vehicles and equipment. The crew then erects the big top by hand, sells tickets, performs maintenance on their caravan living quarters and all other necessary work needed to get the circus ready for showtime.

When their time is up, they hit the road again,

with an environmentally friendly aim to leave no trace as they go. Rumah admits it makes an amusing spectacle on the final night.

“The show finishes and people are walking out the door whilst we are throwing costumes off and putting high vis on. It’s quite fun to watch everyone in their show make-up, lipstick, high vis and boots.”

Circus Aotearoa previously had a link with the Circo Arts school in Christchurch. Unfortunately, that was halted by the 2011 Earthquake.

However, it has not stopped the company giving young aspiring performers in New Zealand a chance to shine.

“Since then their big thing has been to offer opportunities to up and coming performers,” Rumah explains. “So a lot of us are mid-20s or even early 20s.”

“We’ve been taking young Kiwis from circus communities all around the country, and people who have been training independently who want to see what a performing career is like,” Matthias expands, pointing out some performers have gone on to perform at world renowned circuses such as the Cirque Du Soleil. “It’s like a stepping stone into the industry.”

Attendees can expect to see a New Zealand powered operation with young Kiwis performing incredible feats of physical ability including aerial acrobatics, balancing acts, juggling and much more.

With no animals and limited prop or gimmick work, the spotlight really is well and truly on the young performers.

“It’s not so much a job as a lifestyle,” Matthias says. “You get to make people smile and make people laugh. That’s always a really good feeling.”

For details and show times visit: Mathew Nash www.circusaotearoa.co.nz

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The Lonsdale Cup is the New Zealand Olympic Committee’s most prestigious award and is presented annually by the New Zealand Olympic Committee to the athlete or team that has made the most outstanding contribution to an Olympic or Commonwealth Sport.

Burling and Tuke say they’re honoured to receive the award.

“It’s an honour to represent New Zealand and we are grateful to the NZOC for this acknowledgement,” Burling says.

“Through our sport we not only get to do what we love but we get to inspire the next generation of Kiwis and shine a light on the importance of protecting our ocean,” says Tuke.

“It’s the best job in the world.”

In a year in which international sport was severely disrupted due to Covid-19, the Olympic Champions were in action last February defending the World Title they won two months prior.

At the 49er competition in Melbourne the pair again displayed their pedigree, winning seven of the 13 races to finish 28-points ahead of their nearest rivals and claim a staggering sixth World Championship title.

NZOC CEO Kereyn Smith says Burling and Tuke are deserved winners of the Lonsdale Cup.

“Winning six world titles is an amazing feat. A huge amount of dedication, skill and hard-work is required for every campaign and these athletes have proven time and time again that they are a cut above the rest.

“We would like to congratulate Pete and Blair not just for their recent achievements but for years of sporting endeavours across disciplines which have captivated and inspired our nation.

“We would also like to acknowledge their commitment to the Sailors Peter ambition for a healthy Burling and ocean and recognise the Blair Tuke celebrate their work they have been doing in this space with success. marine conservation charity, Live Ocean.”

“We were thrilled to have Pete and Blair as our flag bearers for the Rio Olympic Games and we are pleased to be presenting them with the Lonsdale Cup today.”

Burling and Tuke have been in New Zealand since last February, where they’ve been preparing for the 36th America’s Cup in March followed by the launch of their NZL SailGP campaign in April and Tokyo Olympic campaign in July.

“2021 is shaping up to be an exciting year for sport. We’re looking forward to flying the New Zealand flag on the world stage” says Burling The Lonsdale Cup was first awarded in 1961, with Sir Murray Halberg the inaugural recipient.

Since then it has been won by a host of inspirational New Zealanders including Dame Valerie Adams, Lisa Carrington, Sir John Walker, Barbara Kendall, Sir Peter Snell and many more.

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Jazz Festival takes centre stage this Easter Music fans will be treated to five days of music and excitement in April as Tauranga comes alive for the 2021 National Jazz Festival Tauranga and the National Youth Jazz Competition.

Tauranga Jazz Society president Jeff Baker is feeling very positive about the event.

“For Tauranga Jazz Society, it is the biggest event we organise,” says Jeff.

“We were very disappointed last year having to cancel the Jazz Festival for the first time ever.

“However, with New Zealand at

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Alert Level 1, and thanks to the support of the community and our funders, we are proud to be in a position to present the 58th National Jazz Festival this Easter.”

This year sees a new festival manager Marc Anderson who has taken over from Mandy Ryan. Mandy continues her involvement with the Festival as general manager of the Tauranga Jazz Society.

“It’s an honour to be part of the team that delivers such an iconic event,” says Marc.

“I have been the operations

manager for the Downtown Carnival for two years and to step up into the festival manager’s role is something I am very excited about.

“We have a fantastic programme of events planned from ticketed concerts at Baycourt featuring NZ Army Big Band, Steve Carlin Sings Sinatra with Rodger Fox Big Band, a stunning new music theatre performance Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs Cole Porter, and funk from Kevin Field’s Supergroup.

“Plus, Good Friday sees

the return of the TECT Jazz Village, the two-day Downtown Carnival jazz party with more stages than ever before, sunset jazz cruises on the Kewpie, at Hotel Armitage there is an elegant Jazz High Tea with Lady Larissa and Jazz & Dine with Sam & Loris Duo, and a swinging Big Band Tea Dance to end the weekend.”

For details visit: www.jazz.org.nz Tickets are available from Ticketek or the Baycourt Community and Arts Centre box office

Democracy suspended, what does it mean?

The Minister of Local Government Nanaia Mahuta has decided to replace those you elected with Commissioners.

Local government by the people, for the people, has been suspended. What does this mean for Tauranga?

Some I’ve spoken with are hopeful that well-publicised failures by the council organisation will be put to bed with ‘a new broom’. However, in reality, Council staff will continue to manage the city; albeit without the impediment of councillors, elected by the community, representing those who pay the bills.

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According to her advice, released under the OIA, the Minister expects commissioners to set a ‘robust’ budget as councillors, chosen by you, won’t ‘set rates at a realistic level’. The DIA has advised her that a ‘realistic’ level is ‘a rate rise of 18-20 per cent year-on-year’ over the next 10 years.

This is despite Tauranga already having some of the highest residential rates of any city in New Zealand.

That’s on top of a 6.5 per cent increase for rubbish disposal that commissioners will implement later this year.

Taking a conservative view

of compounding rates, the minister’s instruction to her commissioners will see an 80 per cent increase in TCC rates over the next three years. For a couple in Gate Pa, rates will increase from $2,045 to $3,681 in 2023. A brick-and-tile home in Papamoa will go from $2,650 to $4,770. A house in Oceanview Rd, Mt Maunganui, goes from $6,410 to $11,540.

Hope is not lost, there are encouraging moves in the community about a ratepayers’ ‘alliance’ which will take up the cause.

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Assurances of vaccine arrival in March

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The Director-General of Health is confident New Zealand will receive a Covid-19 vaccine by the end of March.

Dr Ashley Bloomfield says the country is still ‘on-track’ to receive the Pfizer jab, despite rollout delays in the European Union.

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Lauiga Toma and Tuaumu Tuaumu have earned their New Zealand driving licence.

Trevelyan’s Pack & Cool have been leading a drive to get their workers fully qualified to drive on Bay of Plenty roads in recent months.

The Te Puke based packing and cool store company identified a need to help both New Zealand and overseas (RSE) workers obtain their full driving licences.

A co-ordinator was brought in to help workers go through the application process and a driving instructor within the company provided expert practical tutoring.

Jodi Johnstone, Trevelyan’s human resource manager, says that this added support helped workers on learners, restricted or even without a licence, move toward gaining their full credentials.

“It was just to support them and for multiple reasons it was beneficial for them.

“One, you have achieved something. Two, they are not putting themselves in a position where they can get fines. It is a win-win for us.

Chelsea Nicholson had previously been stuck on her learner’s licence for seven years and after receiving her restricted license promised not to repeat the wait. With the help of the initiative she

passed her test in Whakatane on the first attempt “Most of it was just the motivation you needed to go and do it. They gave us a good push for what we needed to give us the confidence to go and do it.”

For the RSE workers Trevelyan’s combined with Vakameasina, an education and development programme for seasonal horticultural workers.

They tailored a programme specifically toward obtaining a New Zealand driver’s licence. Despite the challenges of sitting a theory test in their second language Trevelyan’s has again enjoyed success with this sub-group of workers.

Lauiga Toma is from Samoa and is an RSE worker with Trevelyan’s. He earned his New Zealand licence on Christmas Eve. “New Zealand is a big country compared to ours and the roads are different so driving here we need to have more focus on the road and more understanding of the driving. It is amazing and an awesome chance for us to get this.”

Another RSE worker, Tuaumu Tuaumu, earned his full license just this week and Jodi is over the moon that workers, from all walks of life, are achieving this goal.

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Want to add garden waste to your new kerbside collections?

Currently, 16% of household waste sent to landfill is garden waste. Our new service collects garden waste from your kerbside and gives it a second, more useful life as compost instead. Choose between fortnightly or 4-weekly collections.*

$230 new rates charge† for 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022

Add garden waste before 28 February 2021 and get your garden waste bin delivered to your kerbside at the same time as your new rubbish, recycling and food scraps bins arrive.

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Your new kerbside collections questions answered Why are we changing from the current system?

What will it cost after the first year of the service?

Nearly 70% of our household waste goes to landfill, when it could be recycled or composted instead. A more convenient, affordable, city-wide service means households that are currently unable, or choose not to take part in recycling or composting, will soon be able to take part in reducing our city’s waste.

The contracts we’ve entered into provide cost certainty over an 8-year period initially and are only expected to increase approximately $10 a year up to 2025 as a result of a combination of planned increases to the government’s waste levy, the emissions trading scheme and inflation. Much smaller increases are expected after this, in line with inflation only. This is on the basis that there are no major changes to the service to be provided. After the first year, ratepayers will be able to select from different sized rubbish and recycling bins to suit their particular household’s needs. A change in bin size will be reflected in rates, with reduced rates for smaller bins and increased rates for larger bins.

Why do we need a food scraps bin?

A third of all household waste that ends up in landfill is food scraps. On top of that, any food scraps that are disposed of using a waste disposal unit or insinkerator need to be extracted from our wastewater system and sent to landfill – a wasteful and costly exercise. Our new service collects food scraps and gives them a second, more useful life as compost instead. The collections will take place weekly, ensuring the bins won’t get too smelly. The bins are also lockable, keeping any smells inside, and stopping animals from being able to get into them. Our collection also takes things like meat, bones, fish, dairy, cooked food and bread – that aren’t recommended for worm farms or compost bins.

What if I can’t get my bins to and from the kerbside?

When will my bins arrive?

It is going to take three months to deliver 165,000 bins to 55,000 households across our city in the lead up to the service starting in July. That’s why we need to start rolling out the new bins in March this year. As a result, you may have your bins delivered to your kerbside well in advance of the service starting. More information will be provided about expected bin delivery dates for each suburb in the coming months.

Anyone who is unable to take their bins to the kerbside due to a physical disability or ailment is encouraged to contact council to see if they qualify for an assisted service, which will be free of charge.

Won’t pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) rubbish cost less and lead to less waste in landfill?

A PAYT rubbish service would be cheaper for those who put rubbish out once a month or less, and more expensive for the vast majority of households who will be putting their rubbish out every fortnight.

Some suggest PAYT would also reduce the amount of waste going into landfill, however our current rubbish bag service is a PAYT system, and almost 70% of household waste we’re sending to landfill could be recycled or composted instead. Other councils that have introduced similar rates-funded rubbish collections (rather than PAYT) have significantly less household waste going to landfill. PAYT can also lead to contaminated recycling bins and an increase in illegal dumping, from people trying to avoid the cost of rubbish disposal.

Can I opt out?

There isn’t an ‘opt out’ for the rubbish, recycling and food scraps collections, however the garden waste collections are optional. The current system is ‘opt in’ and has resulted in nearly 70% of household waste unnecessarily being sent to landfill, when it could have been recycled or composted instead. If households could ‘opt out’ of the new service, we wouldn’t benefit from the low overall cost that a city-wide service delivers.

Find out more about the new kerbside collections as well as the community information sessions being held in February and March at www.tauranga.govt.nz/kerbsidecollections

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Beating the odds Matt Aldridge prepares to take on his first half iron man at Mount Maunganui. Photo: Ursula Keay

A man who couldn’t walk a year ago has completed the Tauranga Half Ironman – including the last 15km of the run on crutches.

Matt Aldridge, a 26-yearold accounting student from Christchurch, was told he’d never walk again after suffering a serious paragliding accident.

Before the event he told The

Weekend Sun he was “nervous and excited”.

He was right to be nervous.

The swim and bike went fine but his ankle packed in about 6km into the run. He finished the last 15km on crutches.

“My hands got blisters from the crutches and my shoulders got a beating, it was unusual to be hoping my shoulders

wouldn’t pack it in.”

The Tauranga Half includes a 2km swim, a 90km bike ride, and a 21km run.

Previously a keen mountaineer and paraglider, he crashed into a rocky outcrop in July 2018 while paragliding in Christchurch’s Port Hills.

He was travelling at around 60km/h, and sustained severe leg injuries.

He says he came round a corner and went straight into a rocky outcrop.

“I came to a stop and tried to move my legs but there was nothing.”

He was in a wheelchair for six months and had several operations with 30 pins inserted.

He was told he’d never move his legs again.

“I thought if I worked hard I’d eventually walk again.”

Matt did the triathlon in support of the Canterbury West Coast Air Rescue Trust.

“It’s the reason why my family

Law and order In my recent columns I’ve talked about the big issues for Tauranga.

I’ve discussed Transport and Housing but haven’t yet detailed the other big two, law and order and the CBD; so today I want to talk law and order.

Crime, from petty anti-social behaviour through to the most serious violence, is getting worse in our city. I could bamboozle you with statistics but I’ll spare you from that today. It’s inarguable though and as the locally elected MP I’ve talked recently to shopkeepers who’ve been beaten up, through to those who’ve been intimidated by gangs on their street, doing drug deals outside their homes. Whether it’s youth gangs or the hundreds of patched members we have here, it’s a massive worry.

What’s worse is too often I’m told police won’t do anything, and it’s clear to me this non-response is growing.

When a woman in retail received a black eye from a young robber, police didn’t attend. When homeowners watch multiple drug deals outside

their homes, police just want to talk not act.

I don’t blame police. I know they’re inundated and have a tough job to do in trying circumstances. The issue is higher up within the Labour Government.

Whether it’s prison riots or drug deals, Labour seems to want to apologise to the wrongdoers.

I’ve heard a number of their MPs say: “we can’t arrest our way out of this” when what they really mean is we’ve given up on consequences for crime.

Yes, complex issues underlie crime but actually the answers aren’t that complicated. My plan which I urge Labour to adopt would be both tough while also tackling the underlying causes.

We need a beefed-up police gang unit here with the tools and powers to relentlessly tackle our growing gangs. But we also need an intensive case management programme involving all agencies to deal with issues in our shopping villages and antisocial behaviour. Finally, we must see more beds and treatment for our homeless, drug addicted and mentally unwell.

hasn’t buried a son, a brother.

“I want to make sure that this service is around and that other families can remain together.”

He has set up a Give a Little page titled ‘Racing for the Rescue Chopper’ to raise money.

He currently has multiple fused

vertebrae in his back and says his legs are largely paralysed.

His left ankle joint has been pieced together and has very limited movement, while part of his right ankle joint is fused which has resulted in the fixatio of his toes.

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Tauranga Hospital staff become blood donor heroes A woman inspired to give blood after losing her mum in a car crash is just one of a team of ‘heroes’ at Tauranga Hospital who have been recognised by the NZ Blood Service.

The NZ Blood Service presented Tauranga Hospital’s Team Red with a trophy for being the Bay of Plenty work group with the largest number

of blood donations, 838, at the end of 2020.

Typist Cally Stratton is one of 46 donors in the team. She was just 15 when her mum was involved in a head-on collision, an incident that changed her life forever.

“Mum was trapped for over an hour, then taken to Waikato Hospital where she was placed on life support,” recalls Cally.

“Over the next week she was

transfused with almost 20 units but succumbed to her injuries later that week.”

Cally knew she could never bring her mum back, but she could give back and started donating blood when she turned 16 later that year.

“My dad was a policeman so gave regularly and I often went with him to watch, so was no stranger to the process.

“That was a long time ago, and except for a short break when my children were young, I have given at every opportunity – my next donation will be number 71.

“I am also proud that both my children donate.”

Maree Wilson is the Team Red captain and coordinates blood donor days at the Tauranga Hospital campus. Maree is a relatively new donor and says the experience is fulfilling “I decided this was a way I can help our health system and someone in need. I don’t like needles and blood, but they

Cally Stratton (left) and Maree Wilson (right) receive the trophy for most work place donations in 2020 on behalf of Tauranga Hospital Team Red from Linda Way of the NZ Blood Service.

made it such an easy process and it was a pleasant experience.”

NZ Blood Service donor relations coordinator Linda Way say the team’s donations have saved up to 2,834 Kiwi lives from their 838 donations.

“When presenting the trophy it was given with the greatest appreciation”, says Linda.

“It is true heroes like

yourselves that we rely on to keep us all safe.”

She challenges people aged 16 to 66 to become a real hero too and make a donation.

Those looking to donate can contact Linda Way, at NZ Blood Service, on: 07 578 2194 or: 0800 448 325, or visit: www.nzblood.co.nz for more information.

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Cool change happens on the farm New Zealand sheep and beef farmers may be contributing to atmospheric cooling, rather than global warming, says Rick Burke of Pukekauri Farms, Katikati.

“It sounds counterintuitive but if farmers get to ‘know their numbers’ for greenhouse gas emissions they may be pleasantly surprised to learn they are actually cooling their farms.”

Pukekauri’s numbers prove it is doing just that. Owners and brothers Rick Burke and John Burke have had the farm’s greenhouse gas (GHG) numbers verified by AgFirst Dairy, Sheep & Beef, agricultural economist Philip Journeaux.

“What that showed is that Pukekauri Farm’s footprint has been reduced by 60 per cent since 1999 and that, based on inflation adjusted figures, its profitability has improve by 20-25 per cent since 1999.”

Rick, who is Beef + Lamb NZ MidNorthern Farmer Council member has a hunch the same may be true for many sheep and beef farmers whose land management practices and livestock genetics have improved in the past 20 years to the point where they are farming sustainably and may be contributing to climate cooling.

Awesome story

“I urge farmers to do their numbers and not be afraid to do so because our story is awesome.”

Telling the story of the positive climate impacts of sheep and beef farming, backed with the evidence is vital to help counter the consumer resistance to eating red meat.

“Kanoa Lloyd of the TV3’s The Project said recently she would not eat as much red meat because growing it was contributing to warming the planet. That’s misinformation which I believe has come from big fossil fuel users.

“They have done well in deflecting the blame for global warming on all agricultural sectors, red meat in particular.

“I acknowledge a big chunk of those in the agricultural industry worldwide, including feedlot, intensive farming and arable farming using high inputs, are not farming sustainably but many sectors are and that needs to be recognised.

Pleasant place

“Farmers slashed and burnt too much marginal land, but today much has been restored to its original state including under the QE2 Trust or retired under regional council schemes.”

Pukekauri Farm is today not only more profitable and sustainable, says Rick, it’s also a more pleasant place to live and work. “Redesigning the farm system has improved its biodiversity from birdlife to insects, to stream life.”

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Rick Burke and Jan Loney, of Pukekauri Farm near Katikati, are proud that they and many other sheep and beef farmers are reducing greenhouse gas emissions from their farms.

Photo: Greenlea Meats.

Provide evidence

“Your numbers will provide evidence to support the recent study commissioned by B+LNZ, led by Dr Bradley Case of Auckland University of Technology (AUT) which estimates that the woody vegetation on New Zealand sheep and beef farms is offsetting between 63 and 118 per cent of their on-farm agricultural emissions.”

Pukekauri Farm’s impressive numbers, calculated by Philip Journeaux using the Overseer model, are based on the farm figures from 1998-99, 2015 and projected figures for the 2020-2021 year.

Phil took into account the soil types on the farm, dry matter grown and rainfall, protected wetlands, areas of native plantings and exotic trees.

Marginal land

The approach to farm management began to change in 1998 when a Land Environment Plan was formed in conjunction with Bay of Plenty Regional Council staff.

This led to a progressive programme of retiring and fencing out waterways and marginal areas of the farm.

As a result, the farmed effective area has reduced by 25 per cent, but production has gone up.

“That’s because the areas we retired were marginal and often cost money in terms of fertiliser, weed control and stock management.”

At the same time attention was

turned to the livestock. Today Rick says Pukekauri stock are farmed to their best genetic potential.

“We were lucky to have got ahead of the curve and if you like Pukekauri is a sort of lighthouse for what can be achieved, but I know many New Zealand farmers are doing similar work on their land.”

Those farmers are returning to the practices which were once a tradition in this country, paying close attention to the health of the soil and livestock – practices which changed largely due to the Livestock Incentive Scheme and Marginal Land Loans of the 1970s which encouraged farmers to carry more stock and to break in marginal land.

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Finding their place in the world Tauranga children are being offered the opportunity to take part in ‘neuro-diverse’ karate lessons.

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Neuro-diverse refers to anyone with Autism, ADHD, Asperger’s Syndrome, Dyspraxia and other forms of Neurodiversity.

Sensei Jason Edgecombe, who will run the classes, was diagnosed as a child as being on the Autism Spectrum, ADHD, and Dyspraxia.

He is an internationally qualified instructor and a mentor for children and teenagers who are neuro-diverse.

Jason says martial arts is a vehicle for them to find out who they are “If you’re doing it with the right instructor, you start to believe in yourself and gain an appreciation of what you’re capable of.

“It’s like the blind leading the blind, only we can all see.”

During the classes “the child’s unique mind is understood, accepted and not considered a disorder”.

The classes will not only teach people karate but will mentor them and assist them to develop confidence and self-esteem, in order to find thei place in the world.

Jason says with the right instructor, it’s possible to start believing in yourself and gain an appreciation of what you’re capable of.

Children will have the choice of joining group classes or doing one-on-one sessions.

Owner of The Martial Arts Academy Scott Coburn says for a few years they had children coming in who had not been attending school as they were struggling to fit in, and parents looking for something to keep them engaged.

When he heard that Jason had social enterprise group One Unique Mind, he thought it was a perfect fit “Part of what we do is not just kicking and punching, it’s a community thing.”

He wants to provide a service to those that aren’t already being provided for.

“If one or two kids can feel comfortable in their own skin as a result of what we do, then that’s a success story.

“I think the big thing is they will feel comfortable with themselves and avoid things like depression.

“The concept is not really about martial arts, it’s about these kids and how the rest of the world’s trying to make them conform and they shouldn’t have to.”

Jason says there are a number of reasons why neuro-diverse children might struggle in regular classes, including sensory issues from the noise, the children needing one-on-one attention, and being ‘a little bit quirky’.

Scott also wants to hold workshops around depression particularly for adult men.

He also isn’t ruling out neurodiverse classes for adults in future as well.

The classes will start on February 2.

Group classes will run Tuesdays at 3.45pm, and Jason is also available for both one on one training and family assistance at the following times: Mon 9am - 12pm Wed 9.30am - 2.30pm Thurs 9.30pm -12pm Fri 9.30pm - 2.30pm For more information, visit: www.tmaa.co.nz

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Big buddies fill father role in young lives An award-winning group that supports boys without fathers in their lives, is seeking more kindhearted adult males to volunteer with them in 2021.

reinforcing good behaviour.

“The essence is these men are putting these boys first and great things are happening because of that.”

‘Little buddies’ are aged between 7-14 years and those are the most important impressionable years for a boy, Paul says.

Big Buddy has won an Excellence in Community Contribution category at the 2020 Westpac Business Awards in Auckland and has a waiting list of more ‘little buddies’ needing support.

The concept is simple: Big Buddy matches up volunteer men with youth who don’t have a father-figure in their life, in order to provide consistent support and mentorship for the boys.

More men are being invited to apply to become a Big Buddy in 2021.

A gap to fill

Mentoring manager Matt Anderson-Smith, centre, with Big Buddy volunteers Royce Morgan and Sid Russell. Photo: John Borren.

There are many reasons why they may not have a father-figure in their life.

Some have never met their fathers, or they may have lost them at an early age.

Te Tuinga Whanau Support Services Trust CEO Tommy Wilson attended the gathering late last year and says he’s backing Big Buddy because the two organisations share a similar kaupapa in seeking to support families.

“Thousands of children in this country are affected by a parent in prison – most of them fathers – so there’s a gap there that we need to fill,” Tommy says “Everything we’re doing with Mike King around suicide is all about not letting these kids ‘fly solo’, so that’s why Big Buddy is a great kaupapa and we should support it.”

As for the ‘Big Buddies’, they come from all types of backgrounds and life stages, and include businessmen, sportsmen and filmmakers However they’re a humble bunch when it comes to talking about their efforts.

Sid Russell is one such volunteer. Now a businessman and married with three daughters, he says he came from a bit of a broken, disjointed home as a youngster.

Having experienced first-hand what the lack of a consistent father-figure was like, he wants to provide another boy with the kind of support he missed out on.

His wife and daughters supported his decision and Sid says signing up for a couple hours a week out of his life seemed ‘miniscule’ in the whole scheme of things.

Great guys make a difference

The charity operates in Wellington, Auckland and Waikato, and expanded to the Bay of Plenty last year.

Big Buddy CEO Paul Burns is proud that the Westpac award means Big Buddies are being acknowledged for the contribution they’re making.

A great guy showing up, spending time - and importantly, coming back - makes a huge difference in the life of a boy who doesn’t have his dad around, he says.

A marked increase in confidence, happiness, and general wellbeing are among the benefits reported by participating boys, and their caregivers.

Being a Big Buddy involves a commitment of about two to three hours a week for at least one year.

“A generous yet simple gesture, it makes a big difference to these boys, some of whom have had a particularly difficult childhood or upbringing.

“It’s important for me to say that just because they don’t have dads in their lives, these boys aren’t broken,” Paul says.

“Their mums and caregivers are doing an incredible job by themselves.

“What the Big Buddy is doing in a lot of cases is backing up mum or the caregiver by demonstrating and

The little buddy Sid has been matched with is 10 years old and they meet up on Sundays.

“He’s a part of my life,” Sid says.

“We spend a bit of quality time together in a variety of different ways, whether it’s throwing a ball around in a paddock, shooting hoops, or going fishing or bowling.

Finding good mentors

Last weekend they went to the rugby.

Big Buddy mentoring manager for the Tauranga region Matt Anderson-Smith grew up without a mentor after his father left when he was young.

“That left a pretty massive gap in my life, where I made a lot of decisions that could have been better,” Matt says.

Some of the people he chose as rolemodels weren’t the greatest and it took him a long time to learn what a good mentor was and the value of one.

“So it’s pretty personal for me what we’re doing here.”

“I get to put a good man in a child’s life with the boys here in Tauranga,” he says.

Matt’s made seven successful matches so far and there are another 36 boys on the waiting list.

A further 27 volunteers are currently going through the Big Buddy application process.

The feedback from little buddies and their mums has been amazing and Matt says he feels very grateful to be in the position he’s in.

Potential buddies can apply at: www.bigbuddy.org.nz

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Top tips for a peachy pooch time Long days and balmy nights mean more opportunities for you and your pooch to get out and about.

Zealand dotterel and little blue penguins who use the beach and surrounding areas to nest.

“To help protect them and other wildlife dogs are not allowed on Mount Before you go, Tauranga City Council’s animal Maunganui Main beach and Mauao at services team leader Brent Lincoln has five top any time.” tips to help you and your furry friend have a Until January 31, 2021, dogs are not carefree time.

“We’re not the only ones trying to make the most allowed in the area known as Shark Alley of summer, and we have some very unique wildlife which is between Pacific Ave and Grace Ave. From February 1, 2021, to July 31, who breed and nest this time of year,” says Brent.

2021, dogs can only be walked in this Mount Maunganui is home to the rare New area if they are on leash.

“It’s important to be mindful of others and remember that not everyone is a dog person no matter how loveable your furry friend is,” says Brent.

“Keep your dog under control and always carry a leash, even in off leash and high traffic areas such as beaches

and parks where children and other dog owners are around.

“Make sure your dog is on a lead when approaching other people and animals, and always ask before allowing your dog to approach them.”

Here in Tauranga, there’s no shortage of beautiful spots to explore from Papamoa walkway to Rotary Park in Maungatapu.

“Dogs can be exercised off leash in any park, reserve, beach or public area except in areas identified as on leash o prohibited, and there are plenty of on and off leash areas across the city.”

“Aside from a leash, a poo bag is the other must-have accessory when heading out with your pup. Always remember to scoop your dog’s poop and if you’ve run out or forget a bag, most of our parks have complementary poo bag dispensers.

“Making sure your dog registration is up to date and that your pup is microchipped will help avoid any unwanted visits to the pound if they decide to go on a summer holiday of their own.”

Tauranga Lime users clock 130,000km Tauranga City Council has declared itself happy with the use of Lime scooters in the city.

The electric scooters first popped up on city streets in October. The council approved a 12-month trial with the aim of providing more ways to move around the city.

Lime scooters were awarded the trial last year and have been met with impressive demand.

“Overall, we are happy with the

uptake in ridership,” says Brendan Bisley, director of transport for Tauranga City Council. “Since the trial started in October, more than 26,000 people have taken almost 80,000 rides, which shows there is a real demand for this type of transport choice.

Users have clocked up more than 130,000km, which is more than three times the circumference of earth or about nine times around the entire coastline of New Zealand.”

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Fast Times in the Bay of Plenty acoustic guitar and a melodica.

“I wrote it at the Mount in 2001 on a trip up that mountain, that rock.

“That’s where it was written. We were at the very top of that.”

Whether that yarn is entirely accurate or not remains up for debate. What is undebatable is that

Elemeno P is ready to put on a special show in the shadow of ‘that rock’ nearly two decades later.

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Elemeno P: Dave Gibson (vocals), Scotty Pearson (drums),Lani Purkis (bass) and Justyn Pilbrow (guitar).

They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder.

In their hit song ‘Fast Times In Tahoe’, Elemeno P ‘really’ doubted that old cliché. However, after the madness of 2020, this classic Kiwi rock band is clearly excited to be back touring on home shores again.

Frontman Dave Gibson suspects it’s roughly 10 or 15 years since they played such an extensive Kiwi tour. Dave, along with drummer Scotty Pearson, guitarist Justyn Pilbrow, and bassist Lani Purkis, will play 14 different locations promoting the High Fidelity vinyl release. The tour includes two shows in the Bay of Plenty at Waihi Beach Hotel, Waihi Beach on February 7 and Totara Street, Mount Maunganui on March 6.

Needle on wax

The High Fidelity tour is promoting the release of the band’s first three albums ‘Love & Disrespect’, ‘Trouble In Paradise’, and ‘Elemeno P’ on vinyl. New York based Dave, who has enjoyed a ‘month of being free’ in Aotearoa since leaving quarantine a week shy of Christmas, is proud of a ‘pretty good’ record collection Stateside. He is ‘stoked’ to see the band’s works in the format.

“I like the physical nature of a vinyl,” says Dave.

“It’s a considered purchase. A thing that exists as opposed to when you are streaming music.

“Of course I stream music all day every day but it is like such a throwaway commodity.”

Vinyl has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years, with music fanatics embracing the platform as an alternative to streaming. It has become ‘a playlist world’, according to Dave, compared to the deliberate nature of needle on wax.

“It’s like a considered thing, a ritual. You feel like: ‘I am going to take this time to do this thing.’”

Fans at the shows are therefore promised a special and intimate treat. The band will be playing their 2003 breakout album ‘Love and Disrespect’ in full from the start, the way it was initially intended.

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“There are some songs on that album that we have never played live,” Dave says.

“So it is going to be the first time we are ever doing it. That’s quite exciting.

“That album meant a lot to us because it has kind of changed our whole lives. It is going to be dope. You might not ever get to see us play those songs live again.”

The band will then play some more favourites from their back catalogue. ‘11:57’, from their sophomore release ‘Trouble In Paradise’ could be one of them. It’s a song that bassist Lani once claimed was written in the Mount, a narrative Dave is happy to push.

“I feel like there is a story and there is a memory of a songwriting trip that Justin and I took down to The Mount. That feels vaguely true. I am just going to say it is true.”

The plot thickens, with Dave playfully suggesting the song was penned at the top of Mauao, with an

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2023 RATES SHOCK Can you afford to live in Tauranga?

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How did it come to this?

Minister Sacks Council In Tauranga the council was sacked because, in essence, most of its members opposed raising rates to pay for vital infrastructure.

Simon Wilson (Senior Writer): Article in NZ Herald Rates To Increase 80% By 2023 The scale and nature of the Council’s LTP [Long Term Plan] issues includes a total projected capital requirement over the next 10 years of $4.3 billion. This is needed to give effect to the agreed sub-regional urban form and transport outcomes in the Smart Growth strategy.

The capital requirement is based on what is needed to deliver enough land supply to support housing development as well as key infrastructure to support transport across the sub-region. It also considers known issues due to natural hazards and infrastructure resilience.

The full $4.3 billion package, which includes some city amenities, requires elected representatives to agree to a rate rise of 18-20% year on year in the next LTP. The Council is also contractually committed to the introduction of a rate funded waste collection service from 1 July 2021 (currently provided by the private sector). This is a rate rise in year 1 of the LTP of 7% which is on top of the rate rises noted above.

Department of Internal Affairs: Advice to Minister Nanaia Mahuta If you can’t afford it, sell…

“We are talking about a rates rise of several hundred dollars, perhaps, as opposed to someone who has had $200,000 to $300,000 worth of equity created.” Asked about older people with expensive homes and fixed incomes who might struggle with rates increases, Baldock said those people had seen a 40 per cent increase in their equity in recent years.

He said the council will “do what we can”.

“But they also need to take responsibility with that equity. They can downsize, they can sell and move on to housing that is more affordable for them.”

“We can’t hold the city back just because of those situations.”

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Belinda Sands from Greerton Lotto shop was one of the founding knitters of the popular Greerton Yarnbombing. Photo: John Borren.

Every winter over the past decade, Greerton Village has famously come alive in vibrant colour with its cherry blossom trees wrapped in spectacular yarn creations.

About 40 trees along Chadwick Rd and Cameron Rd are enveloped in elaborate knitted and crocheted ‘sleeves’ during July and August thanks to the imaginations of textile artists and ‘first timers’ having a go.

This year, the theme ‘Colour My World’ has been chosen to celebrate the decade of ingenious decorating, and the organisers are keen to see more people than ever before get involved.

Knitters and crocheters have worked individually or in groups, coming from retirement villages, art groups, local organisations and schools to turn balls of yarn into original and expressive eye-catching creations. The resulting display has attracted visitors from all over the Bay of Plenty

who have enjoyed seeing the trunks turn into yarn bombed masterpieces.

Greerton retailer and original yarn bombing instigator Belinda Sands is back this year with her Greerton Guerrillas team to knit their magic around three trees. Belinda has knitted all her life and, after noticing yarn bombing had become a popular trend in Europe, spoke to the then Greerton Mainstreet manager who enthusiastically came on board to organise our own local version.

“For me it’s about the community,” says Belinda.

“People coming together doing something creative and supporting each other while we all do it. The joy you feel on the day when you are putting up your creation is amazing.”

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Property prices hit new high in every region Property prices experienced their hottest month on record in December, with record highs in every region, according to the latest Trade Me Property Price Index.

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Trade Me Property spokesperson Logan Mudge says the property market ended the year with a bang, with record average asking prices across the board.

"This is the first time we have seen the

average asking price in every single region reach a new record in the six years we have reported on the market. It’s fair to say the New Zealand property market has never been hotter."

Logan says the national average asking price also had a record-breaking month, increasing by an ‘eye-watering’ 13 per cent in December when compared with the same period in 2019 to $767,050.

"We saw property prices go from strength to strength throughout 2020 and in December they finished the year with a bang "Despite the lockdown, 2020 saw the national average asking price climb incrementally throughout the year, challenging some predictions that the market would take a huge hit as a result of the pandemic.

“This reached a climax at the end of 2020, with double-digit percentage increases every month since September."

He says nationwide, demand was up 15 per cent on December 2019 while supply was down nine per cent.

"It’s the same story we’ve seen for the last 12 months, demand is up and supply is down and as long as this picture remains prices will continue to skyrocket."

Regions all see prices grow

"December saw some incredible price growth across the country with nine of New Zealand’s fifteen regions seeing strong double-digit increases,” says Logan.

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The biggest price growth was seen in Gisborne (up 32 per cent), Manawatu/Whanganui (up 22 per cent), Southland (up 15 per cent), and Otago (up 13 per cent).

"Bay of Plenty, West Coast, Taranaki and Wellington all saw a 12 per cent increase in their average asking price when compared with December 2019.

"Marlborough and Nelson/Tasman had an interesting month as the only regions that saw a large drop in both supply and demand when compared with the same month in 2019.

"Supply in Marlborough was down by 42 per cent year-on-year, while demand in the region was down by 20 per cent, resulting in price increases.

"It was a similar story in Nelson, with demand down by 4 per cent, while supply dropped by 34 per cent year-on-year."

Records for all house types

“The national average asking price for small (one to two bedrooms), medium (three to four bedrooms), and large (five-plus bedrooms) all saw a year-on-year increase in average asking prices in December. "The largest increase was seen for small and large houses, which both saw a 15 per cent year-on-year increase."

Logan says the national average asking price for units reached an all-time high in December.

"The average asking price for a unit cracked the 500k mark for the first time, reaching $505,100 last month.”

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Real estate qualification consultations The Real Estate Institute of New Zealand and Real Estate Authority are pleased to support The Skills Organisation’s design of a new proposed real estate qualification suite.

This consultation follows a review in light of the current agent qualification expiring and a desire to ensure that the real estate qualification suite is high quality and fit for purpose The consultation is now open and all real estate professionals and members of the public are invited to have their say and provide their feedback on the proposed changes.

The consultation period closes at 9am on Monday, February 22, 2021.

Futureproof the workforce

"This is a great opportunity to take stock and assess how we futureproof New Zealand’s workforce - ensuring the skills of real estate professionals meet the needs of industry,” says CEO of The Skills Organisation Garry Fissenden.

“Through the consultation process we connect learners, businesses, industry, and the community with the formal qualifications framework to provide, everyone with the chance to have their say. The outcome will be a suite of qualifications and learning programmes that are well designed to meet New Zealand’s high educational standards."

"Having a robust, local, fit for purpose and efficient qualificatio for the real estate profession is paramount for the long-term success

of the real estate industry,” says chief executive at REINZ Bindi Norwell.

“With a number of extremely experienced branch managers and agents due to retire within the next five to 10 years, we need a qualification programme that ensures highly skilled professionals will join the sector.

"If we don’t develop a refreshed qualification that is attractive to industry professionals, there is a risk that New Zealand won’t have an agent qualification available for enrolment. Clearly, this isn’t a palatable option, hence why the three organisations have combined forces to review the qualifications to ensure the sustainability of the real estate industry," says Bindi.

"Under the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 all real estate salespersons, branch managers and agents are required to be licensed,” says chief executive of the REA Belinda Moffat.

“As part of that licence the individuals must have the prescribed qualifications as set out in the Real

Time to check your gas bottle As we reach the height of summer, it’s not too late to do a safety check on your gas bottle.

The Environmental Protection Authority’s Safer Homes programme has some tips and tricks to keep in mind before you fire up the grill "Use the bubble test each time you go to connect the gas bottle,” says Safer Homes programme manager Lizzie Wilson.

“Apply soapy water to the connections and turn it on.

If bubbles appear you may have a gas leak, and should get the cylinder checked."

ACC figures from the past five year show about 800 people annually suffer LPG cylinder-related injuries, including soft tissue injuries, lacerations and burns. "If you’ve had your gas bottle for a while, it might be time to get it tested.”

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Qualification is key

"The qualifications are a key component to be a real estate agent in New Zealand and are intended to equip licensees with the appropriate knowledge and training to ensure they are able to fulfil their real estate licensee obligations to a high standard.

“A strong New Zealand qualifications suite is key to supporting high standards of conduct and professionalism across the industry and plays an important role in lifting public confidence in real estate professionals,” says Belinda.

"Real estate transactions are complex and it is critical that regulated agents have the skills and training necessary to discharge their obligations to all parties engaged in a real estate transaction without causing harm.

“Along with experience, strong knowledge of the New Zealand requirements is critical. The qualification is a key part of the regulatory system, which the REA oversees as the independent government real estate regulator."

Feedback and/or endorsement of the proposal can be made through Skills, before 9am on February 22. More information about the consultation and the consultation documents are available on the Skills website.

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Homeowners warned not to take the risk “It states the credentials of a tradesperson and the type of work they are authorised to carry out.

"It is important for homeowners to know that plumbing, gasfitting and drainlaying work undertaken by unauthorised tradespeople, not

Property owners are being warned not to fall into the trap of using unlicensed people to conduct plumbing work on renovation projects.

Always ask to check for a NZ Practising Licence before any work begins.

Recently, in the Christchurch District Court, someone was sentenced to a $3000 fine for carrying out restricted plumbing and electrical work without authorisation and was ordered to pay $1500 in reparation to the homeowner.

The person carried out a plumbing and building renovation bathroom alterations at a residence, which included replacing the toilet, running pipes for the shower mixer, moving the shower drain, and carrying out plumbing to the vanity, including the drain.

Sanitary plumbing, gasfitting and drainlaying

are regulated industries in New Zealand, and it is illegal to do this restricted work unless authorised by the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board The health and safety risks are high - and you may be invalidating your insurance policy.

Only authorised tradespeople who carry a current NZ Practising Licence can carry out this work.

The person was not a registered and licensed plumber or electrician and not authorised to complete the work.

The complainant, who paid the person $9000 to complete the renovation, found that work done was substandard.

The toilet leaked around its base, the hot and cold water pipes of the shower mixer were the wrong way around and the shower did not comply with the building code.

"To stay safe and avoid the risk, it takes one simple action - ask to sight a licence card,” says chief executive for the PGDB Martin Sawyers.

only risks their family’s health and safety - but may also invalidate their insurance policy."

The PGDB is the statutory body that regulates the trades to ensure those providing the services are competent and safe.

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Melisa brings 20 years’ experience to the role, including 15 years’ legal experience in private practice, working for leading law firms in Auckland and London, plus about four years of in-house legal experience. Most recently, she was general counsel and company secretary for 9 Spokes International, a FinTech start up and publicly listed organisation. Melisa also has

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Melisa’s role will see her responsible for leading the Advisory and Advocacy Strategy at REINZ. “I am looking forward to working with the industry to ensure the best possible outcomes are achieved for the industry and wider stakeholders."

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There are certain things that stand out in their experience – they were guided by a ‘star’ which led them to Judea and eventually to Bethlehem, but first they visited the reigning monarch Herod in Jerusalem, it made sense that if you are looking for a new king the obvious place to visit would be a palace.

After some discussion and guidance from those who studied the scriptures, they went to the small town of Bethlehem, to a humble house where they found the child Jesus with his mother Mary.

Yet, they saw more than a child with his mother, they realised this was the King they were searching for, they then worshipped him and gave their valuable gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. How did they know? Where did the realisation, the ‘epiphany’ come from that meant they could see what others missed?

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As an Oceanbeach Rd resident I have been quietly stewing over the last couple of months wondering why on earth the council decided to remove dozens of carparks from a 500m stretch from just east of the Omanu shops in favour of four pedestrian crossings that nobody uses.

I could understand one or maybe even two of these, but four along such a short section of road is ridiculous.

Now there are so few carparks available on the road that people driving to the beach can no longer park near beach accesses to use them.

There is no flow of people walking through to this end of Oceanbeach

Rd from other streets because there are no accesses, the Mount Golf Course blocks the way.

There was no detailed consultation with the residents regarding what was going to happen and all the ones I have spoken to are as bewildered as I am as to why they have done this.

Not only is it difficult for us to get in and out of our driveways but it is now considerably more dangerous riding a bike through these narrow corridors as cars weave in and out trying to avoid the concrete chicanes I’m afraid it’s just another example of a waste of our money to try and fix a perceived problem that didn’t exist.

D Watts, Oceanbeach Road.

Tidy up needed I frequently use the bus interchange at Willow St Tauranga, and agree it is an awful place to wait. The worst in my opinion is the glass behind the seating alongside the public toilet block.

Can Council do something with this glass panel, which is etched and graffitied and an eyesore? It doesn’t help safety at t e bus depot. I would never ever use the public toilet – it’s a pity there are no female toilets in this block.

Thanks and hope to see it in better condition in the not too distant future.

Pity Council hadn’t prioritised this tidy up before the Wharf St upgrade!

R Briggs, Mount Maunganui.

Bus services should be reduced Thanks to R. Fowke and P. Cummins with letters in your Friday, January 22 issue (pg 22-23) joining the discussion on yellow empty buses and putting their case based on their circumstances.

My point is bus services in Tauranga are heavily subsidised by the Port of Tauranga indirectly, tax and ratepayers, to the tune of millions of dollars annually, and the buses are adding to the pollution and congestion in our town centre and carriageways, not to mention undesirable behavioural problems.

There will be a time, say 20 years out, when our current bus services will be warranted, but for the numbers travelling today, 7 till 9 in the morning and 4 to 6 in the afternoon is enough.

Under this formula our idle taxi’s would then be available during the rest of the day working on a subsidised door to door service for the elderly, handicapped, beneficiaries, students etc, that you mention.

D Morris, Te Puna.

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The secret is scanning Last weekend I went to Pak’nSave Thames on the way up to Coromandel. It was the fourth time I’d been to a supermarket since the March lockdown.

I watched for a couple of minutes as more than 50 people streamed in through the sliding door passing the very clearly displayed Covid19 poster with its QR code without pausing to scan their phone over it, and I wondered why people are indifferent.

Did they have high levels of trust in border control measures?

Or just follow along with the majority like sheep?

I asked a couple of people and the responses were: “well there’s no community cases are there?”

Prevention not cure

An interesting viewpoint as tracking oneself with the Covid-19 app is intended to help be a preventative for community transmission, and its success relies on people tracking ahead of any community cases, not after the fact. We don’t just wait for an outbreak and then start scanning QR codes, as a person with Covid19 may not show any symptoms for a few days, but they could be contagious during that time. We have a case now who may have been in the community for ten days already before testing positive.

Others I asked said things like: “I feel like it’s big brother” or the rather complacent: “We’re all good here.

“We’ve been fine here in New Zealand for ages, they’re stopping it before it can get into the community”.

Covid is still rampant

Dr Dougal Sutherland, Clinical Psychologist, Victoria University of Wellington and Umbrella Health said it well: “This positive test should serve to shake us out of our holiday smugness and remind us that Covid is still rampant and even more virulent than before. We can only hope that the fast and thoughtful

actions of the woman who tested positive will protect us all.

“It only takes one instance for this virus to get out into our community, but it can also be the thoughtful actions of one person that saves us from a far greater fate.”

Keeping it under control

All the modelling suggests that timeto-isolation is the strongest factor in keeping an outbreak under control.

Dr Andrew Chen, Research Fellow, Koi Tū – Centre for Informed Futures, University of Auckland has also commented: “The case did the right thing - they scanned their QR codes and they had Bluetooth Tracing on. This means that MOH can identify locations of interest quickly, and potentially alert other people who have been exposed quickly too. But for all of us to benefit from the use of this technology, we need as many people participating as possible. You can’t be alerted via digital means if you aren’t participating, and while manual contact tracing is still good and will probably get to you, it may be slower.

“Speed is of the essence in combatting this disease.” As a team of five million here in New Zealand we cannot control the weather, but we can control Covid-19.

Simple steps

There are four simple things we can each do to keep each other safe: 1. Scan QR codes with the NZ Covid Tracer app.

This takes seconds out of your day.

It’s very easy.

2. Turn on Bluetooth tracing.

Bluetooth tracing allows you to receive an alert if you’ve been near another app user who tests positive for Covid-19. And your privacy is always protected — it cannot share your location, your name or anything else about you.

3. Stay home if you’re sick.

4. Wash your hands.

Wash often. Use soap. 20 seconds.

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The Weekend Sun’s ever popular guide to ‘What’s On’ in the Bay. Pg34

So who likes the new Wharf Street?

There seems to be an increase of dissatisfaction in Tauranga these days; people are cross and getting crosser.

Perhaps it's because this is an ever-expanding city that has been constantly growing at a pace impossible to keep up with.

If lots of people move here then more stuff is required for their day-to-day needs and that stuff unfortunately takes ages to build.

Even if you build the right stuff.

It does appear that a fair amount of said dissatisfaction stems from stuff being built – concrete parks at the Mount, bizarrely slow traffic systems in Greerton, to mention just two – which appears to be the wrong stuff for the place it's being built. Or the right stuff for the wrong place.

Or more usually, just to complete the trifecta, the wrong stuff in the wrong place. Way too late.

And amongst the many things

people are dissatisfied with, I couldn't help but notice a recent survey on the SunLive website.

Readers of the printed paper won't have seen these surveys, but they perform the valuable weekly function of letting people express how dissatisfied they are. One from a couple of weeks back particularly struck me.

It asked for opinions on the Wharf Street upgrade, which has created a new dining walkway in the CBD. To no one's great surprise, 65 per cent of respondents declared themselves dissatisfied I wonder what that actually means...?

I ask since there wasn't an option to explain the reasons for dissatisfaction, and – much as I've bashed the Wharf Street ‘project’ in the past – I do think the developers of the completed new space are in something of a no-win situation.

outdoor stage. Half the businesses don't even want to expand outside.

But then this was – unlike most council developments – done relatively cheaply.

There didn't seem to be any particularly wasteful cock-ups and there wasn't a budget blow-out.

And so, yes, it looks a bit basic. Not exactly Auckland. But it's there.

Where this ends up, particularly with the sad state of the CBD, is anyone's guess.

More businesses will no doubt go under before the Farmers redevelopment with the dumb name is finished. Then, we're told, everything will be hunky dory again.

Music

But even without an outdoor stage there is music happening on Wharf Street.

The Barrel Room have been having some interesting sounds, leaning towards blues and jazz, and next Friday (February No-win 5) showcases Because Tauranga singer/songwriter Guardian Singles. has a large minority Zoe Scott of of people who don't want anything new built, band The Foxtrots (who may or may not still be unless it's not ratepayer funded. active...). She sings in a folky/poppy/country vein These are older people living on fixed incomes and is well worth hearing. Zoe's just returning and their highest priority for Tauranga is that their from the Auckland Folk Festival and is at The rates don't rise. Because of that fixed income.

Barrel Room from 6pm with no charge.

Fair enough. They want exactly no improvements Further down the concrete at The Hop House to the city except sewage and other absolutely the following Friday (February 12) Auckland's essential services. They don't drive or get out Guardian Singles will be pumping out their much so don't care about the traffic, events, or enthusiastically rough post-punk guitar rock. other luxuries such as an art gallery or museum.

They'll be supported by local band Eddie and That's half your ‘dissatisfieds’ right there The Dreamers, featuring punk hero Edward Gains Then there's the other half, comprising amongst (formerly of Ed Gein and the Human Remains) others the many new arrivals from Auckland, who and his 18 year old son Wilco Gains. just see all the things Tauranga is still lacking and Together with Luke Turner (drums), Dave want it improved. They want upgrades. They ‘Eddie’ Shannon (bass), and M A Williamson on look at Wharf Street and see a slab of concrete vocals they create a truly devastating noise. with some lights and say: “Is that all?” Again, fair It's really quite impressive. Things cost $15; enough. It's not exactly extravagant. There's no doors 8pm; show 9.30pm.

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Village Theatre including The Treaty 101 and The day is organised by He Iwi Kotahi Tauranga The Battle of Gate Pa, meanwhile The Incubator Moana Charitable Trust and Trustee Buddy have a host of workshops ranging from poi Mikaere says the annual festival will be bigger making to brush calligraphy, mosaic making, again this year.

Raranga, Koauau “Our Tauranga with bamboo, a Tītī Moana Waitangi Tōrea workshop and Day Festival is an a demonstration of opportunity for us to painting of the Tino both commemorate Rangatira Flag.” the signing of The live music this the Treaty and year features Soul acknowledge and Sax, Damo Innes, embrace Tauranga’s Pow Wow, DJ Chris Celebrate Waitangi Day 2021 on the village green at multi-cultural, multiRamage, Epoch The Historic Village. ethnic makeup. It’s Events and others and about acknowledging our past and building our culminates in a showstopper 30-minute kapa haka unity for the future,” says Buddy. performance and flag lowering finale from 3.3 Buddy says this year’s celebrations will open with The festival runs from 10am – 4pm, Saturday, a traditional welcome and flag raising ceremony February 6, at The Historic Village.

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Catch a revival experience

Tauranga Citizens Club

Creedence Clearwater Revival Experience performing all the timeless hits and anthems from this iconic band!

Rising, Down on The Corner, Born on The Bayou, Looking out my Backdoor, Suzie Q, Heard it through The Grapevine and many, many more…

The band members dress in period Born on The Bayou, as this clothing and throughout the show is best known, boasts show include snippets a full live band, all first about the songs. All in class musicians and all this a Creedence self-proclaimed Clearwater Revival passionate experience not to CCR fans. be missed.

They love Having recently doing this and rocked the socks it shows. off everyone at This show Katikati's twilight is an authentic concert series, they're and entertaining pumped and ready to package. With spine do the same for you at The tingling moments it sure is The NZ Creedence Clearwater Entertainers Club, on February 14. a celebration to the music of Revival Tribute Band.

Tickets on sale now at Tauranga Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Citizens Club, $15. Show runs Those infamous hits - Proud from 5-8pm and a full bar and meals are available.

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Experience four seasons in one evening

Andrew Beer, violin soloist in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Photo: Adrian Malloch.

The chamber orchestra is made up of 14 string players from Bay of Plenty Symphonia with guest harpsichordist Chalium Poppy.

Four Seasons is conducted by Justus Rozemond and will be performed at Holy T rinity Church, Devonport Road, on Saturday, February 13, at 7.30pm.

Adult and senior tickets cost $20, and tickets for 18 and under cost $5.

Tickets available at: www.eventfinda.co.nz The Weekend Sun has one double pass to see Four Seasons on February 13 for one lucky reader who can tell us the name of the conductor on the night.

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Antonio Vivaldi’s famous Four Seasons baroque violin concertos are interspersed with the jazzy, tango-inspired Four Seasons of Buenos Aires by the 20th century Argentine composer Ástor Piazzolla.

Violin soloist Andrew Beer has been concertmaster of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra since 2014.

He has performed and broadcast extensively throughout the world and recently won the Aotearoa Music Award for Best Classical Artist.

Outside his busy performing schedule, Andrew teaches privately and at the University of Auckland, and he has been a guest teacher and performer at Harvard and McGill Universities.

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Ashley Brown features as lead cellist and soloist in the Piazzolla. Ashley is a founder of NZTrio and one of New Zealand’s leading cello soloists, chamber musicians and recording artists. He has succeeded in many local and international competitions and awards and has worked with diverse composers and artists including Dame Gillian Whitehead, Moana Maniapoto, Michael Houstoun, Kristjan Järvi and Neil Finn. Ashley plays the 1762 William Forster ‘Liberte’ cello.

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Art in the Park

Original art for sale. Weather permitting. 9am-4pm. Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui. Tauranga Society of Artists

Association Croquet

At Club Mt Maunganui, Kawaka St. Mon, Wed, Sat; 9:15am for 9:30am start.

Visitors, new players welcome. Ph Jacqui 07 574 9232

Beth-El Messianic Family

Celebrate Shabbat the Sabbath (Sat) as Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) & all early believers did. All Welcome 10am Otumoetai Primary Hall. Joel van Ameringen 021 768 043 www.BethEl. org.nz

Car Boot Sale

Welcome Bay Community Church, 340 Welcome Bay Rd. 8-11. $5/stall.

Sausage sizzle. Cancelled if wet.

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Adult tennis. Start 1.30pm.

Bellevue Park Windsor Road (adjacent to swimming pool).

New players and visitors welcome. Ph Victor 027 577 1818 a/hrs.

Rebirthing/Breathwork Group Event

Join Peter at https://www.meetup.com/ tauranga-self-exploration-via-rebirthingbreathwork/ to attend this event 2-4pm.

Limited spaces. Future events also.

The Sociables

A group of males & females in their 30s/40s/50s that meet to participate in events, dining out or bushwalks. Sat & Sun. Ph 022 012 0376

Village Radio Museum

Community Radio broadcasting nostalgic music & Community Notices seven days on 1368 KHz AM Band.

Radio Museum open from 10am.

Request line 571 3710

2nd & last Saturday of each month. 8am-12pm. Stalls inside/ outside. Discounts for charity groups.

Refreshments at kitchen. Ph/txt for site.

Tricia 07 543 1487 or 027 908 2952, www.facebook.com/greertonhallmarket

Holy Trinity Garage Sale

20 3rd Ave, 9am. Eftpos available. Early childhood equipment, resources, toys. General household items, music/records, whiteware, sports gear, furniture etc. Fundraising for HTT refurbishment project.

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

A Course In Miracles

A powerful transformational interfaith teaching to find inner peace. Stuc in past grievances and resentments?

Get over it! Free Internet forgiveness workshop. https://jenniferhadley.com/ how-get-over-it. Text 021 0274 2502

Brain Watkins House Museum

233 Cameron Rd. Family home for a century. 2pm-4pm, $5 adults, children free. Groups or school classes by arrangement.

Ph 578 1835

Croquet

Tauranga Domain, Cameron Rd, Sun, Tues, Fri, 12:45 for 1pm start. Beginners welcome. Ph Peter 571 0633

Enjoy Travel?

Gates open 5pm, music at 6pm. Haiku Reserve, Main Rd, Katikati. Tickets available at Katikati Information Ctr or katikaticoncerts@gmail.com or Ph Dianne 07 549 3522

Laughing In Bedlam Concert

Story telling through songs. Observations of the pandemic, the Alps, Tongariro & the Catlins. 7pm, Jam Factory, Historic Village, 17th Ave. Book @ www.theincubator.co.nz

Les Misérables Auditions

Tauranga Musical Theatre is staging Les Misérables at Baycourt Theatre in September 2021. Auditions are being held 24-28 February. Audition booking info at www.tmt.org.nz

Let’s Learn Lifelong Learning

www.letslearn.co.nz for night classes, workshops, lectures, courses, clubs of all sorts. Make lifelong learning your new challenge for 2021. Ph 07 544 9557

LOL Laughter Wellness

We don’t laugh because we’re happy, we’re happy because we laugh! Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, 11-11:45am.

No experience required. Koha. Ph Trish

Pahoia Markets

Pahoia School Hall, Esdaile Rd. 10am2pm. Refreshments & food available.

Arts + crafts, car boot & everything in between! pahoiamarkets@gmail.com

Quakers

Invite you to explore your spiritual journey. Silent worship, refreshments, conversation. 10am NW cnr Cameron Rd/Elizabeth St. All welcome. Ph 543 3101 www.quakers.nz

Radio Controlled Model Yachts

Sun & Thurs 1:30-4pm. Pond behind 22 Montego Dr, Papamoa, sailing “Electron” radio controlled yachts for fun. Adult beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419

Monday 1 February

Strength & balance classes Mon & Thur. Intermediate class 9:30, low impact 11am. City Church, Otumoetai.

Friendly classes for seniors

Adult Social Ballroom/Latin Dance

Free introductory beginner dance lesson, 15th Feb 7:30pm , Club Mt Maunganui. Partner not necessary. Ph Dean 021 230 3187 www.udance2.co.nz

After Suicide Support Groups

The dance that makes you feel! Learn technique, posture & how to move with connection. Ph Denise 0204 006 1340, Facebook “Tango In Tauranga”

At Club Mt Maunganui, Kawaka St. Tues, Thurs, Sun; 9:15am for 9:30am start. Visitors, new players welcome. Ph Nev 07 575 5121

Meets Lighthouse Church 9:30-12.

Relax, chat, create, no pressure. All levels of skill welcome. Ph Denis 07 544 6451

Art Group Welcome Bay

Beginner Social Dance Class

Invitation To Meditate

Mah Jong

12:45-4pm Lyceum clubrooms, 8 Palmer Pl Te Puke. All welcome. Learners on Thursday. Gig Green 0274 306 383

Maketu Market

Commencing 15 Feb, 7pm or, 17 Feb 8pm, both Welcome Bay School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Road. Ph 544 2337 or 027 322 1786

Carlton Gallery Exhibition

Two Prints & a Painting by Printmakers Combined. View at The Arts Junction, 36 Main Rd, Katikati. Open daily.

Ph 07 549 5250

Chess at Mount Maunganui

Held on the 3rd & 5th Sundays of month at Maketu Village Green. Set up from 7am. Ph Maureen 021 267 1685

Mount RSA Chess Club, 544 Maunganui Rd. 6-7pm during school term. Late program 7pm onwards. Incl casual games. Ph Helmut 027 414 7254

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

9am-3pm $20 bring firearms licenc

Coffee morning (1st Monday of month) 10am- 12noon. $4 entry.

Vintage Car Club Rooms, Cliff Rd, Tauranga. Ph Bernadette 07 572 3968

NZDA BOP Range Day

Dutch Friendly Support Network

Fitness Fun At Cherrywood

1pm, St James church hall, Pooles Rd, Greerton. Visitors welcome.

Non-competitive activity for mature ladies. Fun, fitness & friendship. Fo Tauranga teams’ details ph Glenice Dando 027 489 8841

A social group of new residents to Tauranga. Meet 5pm 1st & 3rd Tuesday of month. Email Karen at merge.tauranga@gmail.com

New term begins today. Free 1 week trial for new students. For info go to www.tmaa.co.nz

Sessions for kids diagnosed or non diagnosed with Austism, Aspergers, ADHD & other forms of Neurodiversity.

Go to www.tmaa.co.nz for more info.

Greerton Garden Club Marching For Leisure

Martial Arts

Monday Matinee - Katikati

Enjoy a movie in the boutique Junction Theatre @ The Arts Junction, 36 Main Rd, Katikati. Movie screens 1:30pm. $10 or $7.50 Gold Card. Ph 549 5250

Oceanside Probus Club

Meet at 9:30am, Omanu Golf Club, Matipihi Rd. Mt. All welcome. Ph Brenda 575 0314 or Myra-Lou 575 6595

Recycled Teenagers Gentle Exercise

Mon 9:15-10:45am Tga Senior Citizens Club, 14 Norris St. Tues 9-10:30am St Marys Church Hall, 33/19 Girven Rd. Jennifer 571 1411 or 027 206077

Silla Taekwon-do Club

Alcoholics Anonymous

Argentine Tango in Tauranga

7.30pm C3 City Church. Register c3citychurch/courses/divorce-care or contact Kathryn 027 737 3172

Cardio, weights, pilates, floo work & dance. Make new friends. Coffee afterwards.

St Columba Church 502 Otumoetai Rd, 9:30-10:30am.

Ph Gloria 021 139 2448

2nd Monday of every month, including public holidays. Club night for everyone interested in learning about keeping aviary or pet birds. 7:30pm, Matua Hall, Matua.

Friendly fun group gets together 9:30-11.30am (except Public Holidays) at Age Concern, 177a Fraser St, Tauranga. $2 donation

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

Follow your own meditation practice with Quaker friends during an hour of silence. 10am-12 in hall behind Brain Watkins House, 233 Cameron Rd. Refreshments. Text 021 0274 2502

With our kids returning to school, let’s make sure they have strategies for dealing with play ground bullying. To learn more check out this free event here https://www.facebook.com/ events/1795820183909231

Age Concern 500 Cards

Open meeting 10am, Tauranga Central Baptist Church, 640 Cameron Rd. All welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757

Golf Croquet

Free Anti Bullying Seminar

Taekwon-do classes at Silla TKD Club, Mon & Thurs at Te Puna school Hall, 6-7:30pm. Affordable rates.

Ph George 022 437 4403 https:// www.facebook.com/Silla-Tae-KwonDo-112414698778951/

6-7:30pm at Papamoa Family Services, 35E Hartford Ave, Papamoa. A safe place to share, support & heal. Email amy@ griefsupport.org.nz or 578 4480

Safe travel with home hosting NZ & worldwide. Noumea, Melbourne 2021.

Meetings twice-monthly. friendshipforce. org.nz or phone Diane 027 249 9859, Jonathan 572 2091

Farmers Market - Mount Mainstreet

Katikati Twilight Concerts

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

Active Seniors Exercise Group

Sunday 31 January

Greerton Hall Market

Papamoa Lions Club Market

Merge Social Connections

Neurodiverse Karate Class

Ocean Running Fun Run

Enter Mount Ocean Sports Club , Pilot Bay from 5:15pm.

Walkers start 5:40pm, Runners 6pm. $6 entry includes free drink & spot prizes. Ph Phil 021 383 354

Otumoetai Walking Group

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

Overeaters Anonymous

Do you overeat, over-exercise, restrict or purge compulsively? OA may be able to help. OA meets Tuesday 7-8pm & Friday 1-2pm. Ph 022 048 8275

Otumoetai Tennis Club

Tauranga Bird Club Meetings

Adult tennis. Start time 9am Tues & Thurs. Bellevue Park Windsor Rd (adjacent to swimming pool). New players & visitors welcome. Ph Pam 570 0302

Tauranga Scottish Country Dancing

10:30am, Greerton Community Village Hall. Exercise class to fun music to build your strength & improve balance. All levels welcome. Ph Lynda 029 230 0162

Beginners classes start at St John’s Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, 7:309:30pm. Ph Heather 07 579 1566 or 021 1855 747

Tauranga Senior Citizens Club

CARDS 500 Mon & Thurs.

INDOOR BOWLS Tues, Wed & Sat. 12:45pm start.14 Norris St (behind Pak n Save). Entry $3. New members welcome.

Tauranga Vision Friendship Club

Meets 4th Monday at Citizens Club, 10am. Mixed group. Friendship, fellowship, fun & speakers. Ph Bryan 027 813 5426

Tuesday 2 February Alcoholics Anonymous

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

Beginners Strength & Balance

9:30am Welcome Bay Community Church. 45-min class suitable for seniors new to exercise or after illness/injury.

Strength & falls prevention focus. Ph Raewyn 027 607 7437

Divorce Recovery

Support for divorced or separated.

13 weeks, small group. Starts 23 Feb

Strength & Balance Classes

Strength & Balance Exercise

Class for active seniors, promoting strength, balance & falls prevention.

Qualified instructor. 11am, Welcom Bay Community Hall. Ph Raewyn 027 607 7437

Tauranga Acoustic Music Club

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

Tauranga Model Railway Club

Club meets Tuesday 9:30am & Thursday 7:30pm, cnr Mirrielees & Cross Rds, Sulphur Pt. Ph Mike 021 939 233

Yoga For All

Welcome Bay Community Centre, 6:30-8pm.

Traditional, relaxing Yoga class. Beginners welcome. $12 for one or $90 for nine classes. Bring a mat.

Info: Bhajan 07 929 7484

Wednesday 3 February 10 Pin Bowling

Bay Prime Timers 10 Pin Bowling.

1pm. 10 Pin Tauranga, 135 13th Ave. Play for fun but keep the score, very occasionally competitive. Ph Les 027 605 8947

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Pippa Anderson, who turned 8 on Christmas Eve caught her first kingfish. As you can see she’s super excited! It was caught on the mount side of Mayor Island, with her dad and family friends.

A week of Westerlies added unpredictability to the fishing with forecasts changing daily/hourly. So, some calm trips, some sloppy ones, some good catching days and some harder. There’s been the usual odd currents running, and finding tarakihi anywhere between 40/90m makes for interesting days and lots of trial and error. Throw in the weather lottery and it’s even more fun. We’re seeing a little bit more snapper showing up, and on an evening trip Saturday, they went off after dark, a limit trip, with a best of 8/9lb. Two newbies, Jack and Devron, caught the most, and a crayfish too. A really good effort from them.

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Alcoholics Anonymous

Open Meeting 1st & 3rd Wednesday of each month.

Tauranga Central Baptist Church, 640 Cameron Rd. All welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757

Bowls Tauranga South

Try something new! Chook Pairs at 12:30pm. Visitors welcome. Free coaching & loan bowls. 15 Tutchen St. Ph 578 6213

Brookfield Coffee & Conversation

At St Stephens Methodist Church, 9 Brookfiel Tce, 10:30am-12pm. $3. Everyone welcome. RSVP Age Concern 578 2631

Cards

Cribbage 12:45 at RSA Greerton. Friendly club. New members very welcome. Ph Jill 021 160 6143

Coffee & Conversation Brookfield

Do you miss having someone to chat to over a cuppa?

10:30am St Stephens Methodist Church, 9 Brookfield Tce Ph Age Concern 578 2631

Cornhole In The Park

10am Pacific Park Mt Maunganui. Great fun game. Brin yourself & a smile. Evening games if there is interest.

Ph Marlene 027 497 9304

Gambling Support Group

Open support group for gamblers, 6:307:30pm at Salvation Army Oasis Ctr, 176 Fraser St. All welcome. Ph Colin 021 812 869

Katikati Bowling Club

8 Park Road. Mixed Roll-ups 12:45-3pm

Les Misérables auditions

Tauranga Musical Theatre is staging Les Misérables at Baycourt Theatre in September 2021. Auditions are being held 24-28 February. Audition booking information at www.tmt.org.nz

Near Death Conversations

Creative conversations. Wednesdays in Feb 10am-12, Wesley Church, 100 13th Ave. Four week structure. $5 each session or donation. Ph 021 292 2721

Newcomers Network Coffee Morning

Multicultural Tauranga invites all newcomers from abroad & NZ cities for a coffee & cookies morning, 10:30am at the Historic Village Multicultural Centre

Papamoa Palms Friendship Club

Friendship our motto. 11am bring own lunch am&pm speakers. All welcome Gordon Spratt Reserve Parton Rd. Weekly events from walking to tours. First meet free. Trevor 574 6459

Single Coffee Club 60+

Join our social club for a friendly chat & coffee, 10am.

Ph Gayle 027 439 3267 or mixandmingle@xtra.co.nz

Steady As You Go

Exercises for seniors. Improve strength & balance. Friendly group meets Bureta area, 2-3pm except 1st Wed each month.

Ph Betty 07 570 3215

Tauranga MidWeek Tramping Group

Ngamuwhahine to Glyn’s clearing. Grade moderate.

Glyn 027 358 3863

Tauranga South Bowls

Chook Pairs, 12:30pm. Club members get your name in early now! 15 Tutchen St. Ph 578 6213

Tauranga South Garden Club

Central Baptist Church Hall, 640 Cameron Rd, 1pm2:30pm. Visitors welcome. Ph Chrissy 022 127 6267

Tauranga Theatre Organ Society

Meet at Baycourt Theatre at 1pm. Hear & play Tauranga’s Mighty Wurlitzer Organ. All welcome. No charge.

Ph 552 0243

Thursday 4 February Bay Fair Craft Group

Diverse craft group, sewing, knitting, crochet, card making, scrapbooking etc. 9am-2pm, $6/session, Arataki Community Centre. Morning tea provided. BYO Lunch.

New members welcome

MT RSA Fri 29th The Silver Beats 7pm – 10:30pm Sun 31st Woody Dean 4:30pm – 7pm

THE JAM FACTORY Sat 30th Laughing in Bedlam 7pm, $20

THE PHOENIX Sun 31st Ian Taylor 3pm – JACK DUSTY’S ALE HOUSE 6pm (Bureta)

TOTARA STREET Fri 29th Boy Records featuring Benny Boy, Ashez, Mylky, Scarfie & Grommie, R18, 8pm, tickets from www. ticketfairy.com THE BARREL ROOM Sat 30th Lounge Apes with tributes to Foo Fighter, Fri 29th & Sat 30th Five Feet Apart (Jazz fusion Weezer & Kings of Leon, R18, 8pm, $30 band) from 6pm Sat 30th Raw Deal 7:30pm – 10:30pm Sun 31st The Whittakers 3pm – 6pm

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Flexercise with Fitness League

Exercise, movement, dance focusing on posture, balance, stretching, strengthening & flexibility. For al ages & abilities, Central Baptist Church Hall 13th Ave. Pam 021 117 7170

Inachord Tauranga

Women who love to sing & have fun meet 7pm at Community Church Moffat Rd Bethlehem. New members are always welcome. Musical Director Andrew Braid.

Ph Rhonda 027 323 9497

Jenny Mitchell and sisters

Country/folk with guitar, ukulele, percussion, catchy melodies and warm harmonies.

4th Feb 7.00pm, Jam Factory, Historic Village, 17th Ave. Book@ www. theincubator.co.nz. Ph 07 5713 232

Katikati Bowling Club

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

January) Ph Secretary Robbie 578 1051

Twilight Petanque

At Club Mount Maunganui. Every Tuesday. Come along after work, new players and visitors welcome. Boules available Txt 022 309 9143

Struggling with Debt?

Free help to anyone in need, through our debt counseling team. A sustainable solution and real hope for the future.

Ph Free 0508 227 111 or www.capnz.org

Tauranga South Bowls

Club Roll Up,12:30pm. Visitors welcome.

Free loan bowls & coaching. 15 Tutchen St. Have fun 2021. Ph 578 6213

Friday 5 February Alcoholics Anonymous

Open meeting 10am, Tauranga Central Baptist Church, 640 Cameron Rd. All welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757

Chess Tauranga

4-6pm, Tauranga RSA, Greerton. Casual chess included. Ph Werner 548 1111. Search Western BOP Chess or http:/www.westernbopchess.weebly.com/

Eft Optimal Healing

Learn how to heal your mind and body using the Unseen Therapist within you. Free e -booklet teaches this miraculous proven process. https://www.emofree.com/unseentherapist. Text 021 0274 2502

Te Puke Toy Library

Come check us out & hire some great toys to keep your kids busy! Wed 10am-1pm, Thurs 2:30pm-4:30pm, Fri 10am-1pm. Also Friday Playgroup 10am-12 & Sat 10am-1.

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TAURUS: A new area of interest is even more appealing than you initially realized. Friendship ties strengthen. Judgement is sharp you understand just where a key relationship is headed.

SCORPIO: Praise for your work arrives from an influential party. Work tensions ease and you can get on with the job.

Think about taking an extramural course.

GEMINI: Carefully weigh the pros and cons to household or career matters. Diet and fitness programmes benefit from a more sensible approach.

SAGITTARIUS: A younger relative helps you over a personal hurdle.

Hunches are generally strong in your career, but leave nothing to chance.

Financial reviews and planning are important.

CANCER: A friend may be overeager to help you solve a problem that only you can sort out. Romance appears on a steadier course, thanks to your partner’s willingness to share concerns.

CAPRICORN: This week may find you travelling to interesting places.

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AQUARIUS: Your relationship with some of your neighbours are improving, but don’t rush the process. Small surprises cheer you up after the weekend. A workmate will respect your ideas.

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accommodation

RENTAL HOME needed. Longer term for lady senior citizen.

Unfurnished 2 bdrm, with garage, small lawn & garden. South of Sunrise Ave, Reilly St areas preferred. Please Ph Lyn 021 294 7104

bible digest

AND NOW these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13

computers

deceased

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COMPUTER PROBLEMS? Remote access/repairs, viruses, upgrades, hardware, tuition, advice. For a no obligation chat or quote call Anthony or Bruce on 07 576 7940

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CVs THAT STAND OUT. A C.V. For You can help you look great on paper. Targeted or generic cover letters also available.

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gardening

A1 HOME & GARDEN SERVICES General household repairs, gardening/section tidy ups, water blasting, fence painting. Affordable rates. Ph Phil 027 655 4265, a/h 544 5591

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ABLE GARDENER, experienced, efficient, knowledgeable, highly qualified.

Maintenance, pruning, hedges, shrubs, roses; disease/pest control, lifestyle blocks, garden renovations; design & plant.

Ph Tita 027 654 8781 or a/h 542 0120

health & beauty

NATURAL NEW ZEALAND Health Products & Clinic.

Something for everyone.

NZ Registered Natural Therapies & Natural Medicine Practitioners. Opposite BP Te Puke. Ph 573 5533 www. naturaltherapiesnz.com and www.naturalpetremediesstore. com

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DEVELOPERS! Omanu, Mt. Maunganui. 837m2 at $1800 p/m2. Contains 60s house, 3 bedrooms. Self-contained sleep out & social area. Selling as is.

NO AGENTS. Ph 021 082 06282

ROOF REPAIRS Free quotes for all maintenance of leaking roofs, gutter cleaning & repairs.

Chimney maintenance & repairs.

Registered roofer, 30yrs exp. Ph Peter 542 4291 or 027 436 7740

AC PETFOODS collect injured & unwanted cows & horses.

Ph 0800 369 6269

TREE, SHRUB and hedges trimming, topping, rubbish, palm pruning or removal, satisfaction guaranteed free quote. Ph Steve Hockly 027 498 1857

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FOUND KITTENS & PUPPIES, various colours, various sex, various areas.

Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found Medium Cross Breed, Female, Brindle & White Puppy.

Pyes Pa Area. Ref: 491839.

Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found Bull Terrier Cross, Male, White & Brown Puppy. Brookfield Area. Ref: 491072.

Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found Domestic Medium Haired, Female, Black & White, Adult Cat. Omokoroa Area. Ref: 481045. Ph SPCA 07 578 0245

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travel & tours

#ZEALANDIERTOURS. Fancy a nice day’s outing with laughter and friendship? Join us as we explore the following places.

3rd Feb, Short walking Tour.

Plummers Point to Omokoroa.

5th Feb, Cider Factory & Lunch. 10th Feb, Moutohora (Whale) Island Sanctuary Tour.

14th Feb, Share the love of Saint Valentine with High Tea & Bubbles. 17th Feb, Llama Trekking Farm. 28th Feb, Pirongia Market Day. Bring a friend & enjoy some fun & fellowship. Ph Zealandier Tours 07 572 4118 #ZEALANDIERTOURS. For those who feel like a short break away. Top of the South Island Adventure, 12–17 Feb. This sees us taking in all those spectacular landmarks from Christchurch to the Wild West Coast, Nelson region, Kaikoura, Hanmer Springs and everything in between. Napier Art Deco Weekend Extravaganza, 19th–22nd Feb. NZ’s Art Deco city will not disappoint. Step back in time to the 1930’s of the great Gatsby, vintage cars, music, dancing, themed picnics and hundreds more events.

Explore Northland Peninsula & Hauraki Gulf Islands, 24–27 Feb. Let’s explore the sights from Warkworth to the stunning Gulf Harbour including Kawau and Tiritiri Matangi Islands. Spaces are strictly limited so phone us to chat today. Zealandier Tours 07 572 4118

venues

WEDDINGS, PARTIES, MEETINGS, etc. The perfect venue. With stunning Harbour views, fully licensed bar & kitchen onsite. Restaurant open every Friday from 5pm & Sunday from 4.30pm, kids under 12 years dine free with every paying adult.

Tauranga Fish & Dive Club, 60 Cross Rd, Sulphur Point.

Ph 571 8450

work wanted

BUILDER AVAILABLE for all housing work. From repairs and maintenance, to renovations and more. Can even organise electrical and plumbing work.

Ph Roger 022 121 3356

Get on Board with Go Bus Transport We are looking for a permanent part-time School Bus Drivers for the Tauranga & Pohoia area.

What you need: • Class 2 licence and a P endorsement (we can help you obtain this) • Enjoy being with young people and have their safety and welfare at heart • A responsible and caring approach If you want to be part of a business that is making a difference in your community then we want to hear from you! Our recruitment process includes a Drug and Alcohol Test and Police Vetting check.

Don't let this role drive by! Apply today!

Contact Marc on 021 547 075 or marc.mcallister@gobus.co.nz Get on board with gobus.co.nz

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