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Te Puke rugby academy p16 Walk for MND

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Search & Rescue recruits p30 Bouquets & Barbed wire p33 What’s On

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Winds of change There’s been a turn of the tide for young sailors, with the addition of the recreational water sport to this year’s AIMS Games, the city’s premier sporting tournament. Come September, the 64 yachties entered into the event will be crossing their fingers for good weather as they prepare to set sail in Tauranga Harbour. Organised by Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club, the sailing format will involve fleet racing in Optimist dinghies. Pictured: Aquinas College sailor Lachlan Dillon gets some practice on Tauranga Harbour ahead of next month’s NZCT AIMS Games, held September 6-11. To read the full story, go to page 11. Photo by Jamie Troughton/Dscribe Media Services.

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Tackling the curly questions

This week Rogers Rabbits becomes Auntie Roger, agony aunt. Auntie Roger invites you, the reader, to vent, to share all those festering big issues that have been bothering us, that have impacted on us, on the city and the nation. And in return Auntie Roger brings wisdom and circumspection. Auntie Roger won’t have questions without answers – we don’t have problems without solutions.

Dear Auntie Roger, For years I’ve been the star attraction of Tauranga, sitting on my wall at Memorial Park. Now those bronzed and beautiful new statues on The Strand have stolen my limelight. The place has gone to the dogs. What do I have to do, to regain my former glory? How many times do I have to fall off the wall, and despite all the kings’ horses and all the kings’ men, get put together again? This job isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. - Humpty

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The dogs will have their day.

Pull yourself together man.

Dear Auntie Roger, I’ve always been The Flag, and believe me, the job has had its ups and downs. Now, for no good reason, they want to replace me. I’ve flown in good times and bad, in any weather and every continent around the globe. An unwavering representative of the nation, and apart from an occasional demarcation issue with cuzzie Tino, I’ve been your exclusive emblem, fluttering loyally over this country without so much as a complaint. - The Flag

Dear Flag, I wouldn’t worry too much at this stage. Have you seen the calibre of the other wannabes? Not much competition there yet, my fluttering friend.

Dear Auntie Roger, I am sick of hearing this tired old cliché, ‘the bucket list’. It’s so worn out, it’s not funny or even slightly clever. Never was. It rates a Groan Factor of 10. How do we rid our vocabulary of it?

- Well Overit

Dear Well Overit, agreed, it goes beyond the pail. Good luck there. Whatever happened to Life Goals, or Hopes and Ambitions? Regardless, the origins of ‘kick the bucket’ are pretty dark. It is thought to refer to someone hanging themselves by standing on a bucket and kicking it out from underneath; or a connection with pig slaughtering. Either way, a nasty piece of terminal terminology. Next person who says it, give them a high five in the face with a chair.

Dear Auntie Roger, I like shooting wild animals, never had any complaints before.

How was I supposed to know Cecil the Lion was so well connected?

- Robert the Dentist.

Dear Robert, You need a high five in the face with a chair.

Dear Auntie Roger, I see another lowlife has fired at the cops and stolen a police car. Some of my family got tangled up in the ensuing dramas in the Central North Island. Surely in this age of modern technology there’s a way the police can disable their vehicles, so in the (seems frequent) event of it falling into the wrong hands, they can be stopped before they leave town?- Perplexed Dear Perplexed. We agree. These days we have drones, radio control systems and hidden kill switches that you’d think could be incorporated into every emergency vehicle to stop the bad guys getting into them, let alone driving off. It’s no longer good enough to leave the keys under the doormat or the pot plant, whether it’s the keys to a vehicle or premises. We’ve seen experimental cars that drive themselves, surely the ideal answer for the cops would be a car that, once the bad guys have jumped inside, it can be controlled to lock the doors and gas the occupants; or drive itself to the nearest police station; or perhaps off a ravine into a deep river.

Dear Auntie Roger, I watched the Sunday theatre movie this week, ‘How To Murder Your Wife’. While it was entertaining and quite funny, in a quirky, New Zealand sort of way, I was left dismayed that a true New Zealand murder case could be treated as a comedy. The wife, before being strangled and dismembered, was portrayed as a vindictive and deserving victim.

I understand there’s a place for black comedy and parody, but this was treated as Mr Bean meets Charles Manson. This is a true story, do others not find it disturbing?

- Disturbed

Dear Disturbed, you’re not the only ones left questioning the tasteless nature of this. Why is apparently okay to make light of a murder, regardless of the odd circumstances or the age or attitude of the victim and perpetrator?

How has that left the friends, family and those connected with the case feeling?

All hell would break loose if a similar treatment was dished out to any other of the infamous New Zealand murders such as the Crewe case, Kirsa Jensen or the Aramoana massacre. Imagine the movie on the Bains: ‘How to Murder Almost An Entire Family.’ Would that be so funny?

Definitely crossed a line in our book.

Dear Auntie Roger, Can you please clear up the sham that is Wharf Street.

No-one can point me to the wharf. There is no wharf, so anyone going to Wharf Street in the hope of seeing a wharf will be WHARFully disappointed. So shouldn’t it be Wharfless Street? That is a name that is pierless. Council tells me it is now a restaurant precinct so shouldn’t be Restaurant Precinct Street. And there are so many new lights it could also be Christmas Tree Street. - Confused Dear Confused, Go take a running jump off one of the above mentioned.

Dear Aunty Roger, Can you explain why some of nature’s biggest acts are by-passing the population hub of the Bay of Plenty which, of course, is Tauranga? Mt Maunganui has been visited by a frolicking adult southern right whale a few weeks ago. Then this week the Mount hosted orcas. Tauranga gets... Foster and Allan, opposition spokespeople and a disoriented seal on Chapel Street in the dark. How can Tauranga get the big drawcards and at peak viewing during the weekend please.

- Cheated

Dear Cheated, You got a ripping hailstorm in 2012 and a cockroach plague in the ‘90s, what more do you want?

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IMPORTANT STUFF: All material is copyright and may not be reproduced without the written permission of the publisher. Sun Media makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all information and accepts no liability for errors or omissions or the subsequent use of information published. The origins of the Humpty Dumpty rhyme are not clear, but suggestions include: a drink of brandy boiled with ale in the seventeenth century; a short fat clumsy person (possibly imbiber of the ale); King Richard III rumoured to be hump-backed; and a Colchester cannon used at the church of St Mary-at-the-Wall by the Royalist defenders in a siege in 1648. The wall was damaged by attacking cannonfire and ‘Hunpty Dumpty’ fell.

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Friday 21 August 2015

Marketing style questioned

David Hill of Papamoa Unlimited.

Papamoa Unlimited co-ordinator David Hill took a sideswipe at Mainstreet Tauranga this week, saying the hands-on Papamoa model is far more efficient than the way Tauranga does business.

He says the Papamoa organisation’s style of taking $25,000 from a commercial rate levy and ensuring that all events are fully sponsored is far more efficient than contracting out for the same amount.

David is referring to Mainstreet Tauranga, which contracts out event promotions and initiatives to Tuskany Marketing for $250,800, according to figures tabled in the monitoring report at this week’s Monitoring Committee meeting.

“I think the business model of asking for a little bit of money, and not relying on paying money and abdicating responsibility works exceptionally well with town centre organisations I have been involved in now and in the past.”

David moved to Papamoa from Richmond, near Nelson, where he says the decision to turn everything over to a marketing group didn’t work out so well.

“What happened with the Nelson retailers, they brought on a marketing group and within a couple of years moved back to the retailers running the organisation because there was direct accountability

and direct line of feedback.

“Did this work? Was there an increase in foot traffic, was there an increase in turnover?

“Our model is run by retailers, people with skin in the game, who have direct responsibility for where their money is being spent, and that model tends to work in everyone’s favour.”

Tuskany Marketing director Sally Cooke says they are employed by the Mainstreet board.

“They are the ones who set up the partnership with Tuskany that we report to every month,” says Sally.

She adds that the advantage for Mainstreet is it gets a full team working specifically on the Downtown Tauranga contract, who have got marketing, event management, strategic marketing and branding expertise and offer independent advice on how to market the city centre.

Mainstreet Tauranga board vice-chairwoman Anne Pankhurst says the organisation is not just for the retailers. Two thirds of the 725 members represent commercial or first floor business in the CBD, which is the commercial, civic, and cultural hub of the region.

“The Mainstreet Tauranga board has had Tuskany as their management and marketing agency for two years now and are very happy with the results that we are achieving,” says Anne.

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One-way system trial at Mount

A one-way traffic trial for downtown Mount Maunganui is currently being discussed at city council, and could be given a practice run over Labour Weekend at the end of October.

In a city council monitoring committee meeting this week, Mount Mainstreet manager Peter Melgren suggested a successful Labour Weekend trial would give them options going forward.

He also raised the scheme’s potential suitability when dealing with downtown congestion that comes with the summer season as well as holiday weekend events.

The initial plan is to turn all traffic left into Salisbury Avenue in an effort to avoid the bottleneck at the Salisbury Avenue/Maunganui Road roundabout.

“It’s great!” says Mark Boyle, managing director of Te Puke Economic Development Group and the un-anointed high priest of Te Puke. “We have got our town back.”

He reckons the TEL has sucked up 80 per cent of the rumbling trucks out of Te Puke’s main street and when the town’s ambience could once be measured on the Richter scale, that’s a good thing.

They’ve reclaimed their main street, annexed a chunk of State Highway 2 and renamed it Te Puke Highway.

It was a clean and ruthless PR offensive. It’s now being immortalised in song as part of the Te Puke Goodness Grows Here Festival.

“After all, highways and roads are celebrated in song all over the world,” says Mark. “We think a road to and from somewhere should recognise that somewhere,” says Mark.

And in this case, the somewhere is Te Puke.

Mark says they had lots of entries into the song writing contest – country, rap, hip-hop, blues, jazz, pop. “Some from quite accomplished musicians living overseas.”

This is all leading up to the Te Puke Goodness Grows Here Festival on August 26-29. You can have a Convita or Kiwi 360 experience – honey, kiwifruit or both. There’s a major fundraiser – lunch with Michelle Boag, who will regale us with thoughts on Te Puke’s place in New Zealand and New Zealand’s place in the world.

Friday’s the big day, when retailers will turn on something for everyone. Sights, sounds, tastes, music and the winner of the Te Puke Highway Song Contest will perform.

The Te Puke melting pot: From left, Harjas Bedi, Casey Morgan, Ej Sigue, Jessie Dickson, Jun Hyuk Yun, Packson Moutu, Cuba Te Aho, Wiremu Heyblom, Shaye Whareaorere and Scott Murray. Photo by Bruce Barnard.

Paedophile’s sentence increased Paedophile Rex Hewlett has had a further two years and eight months added to his existing sentence for sexual offences against children.

And Tauranga Police believe more victims of his offending may now come forward following his latest court appearance, which relates to the emergence of two historic victims.

Hewlett, 57, was serving a sentence of six years and six months for sexual offending against a seven-year-old girl in 2013.

The publicity over his sentencing, however, resulted in two more victims coming forward with accusations of offending that took place 25-30 years ago. Now aged in their thirties, both women have since moved overseas.

Holding out for a hero

Police warn of Microsoft scam

It’s no secret that scam artists will go out of their way to deceive you, but with a little common sense you’ll save yourself a tonne of stress and money.

That’s the message from Bay of Plenty Police this week after they received five reports of suspicious phone calls from fraudsters claiming to be Microsoft employees.

The callers each requested access to people’s computer and credit details.

Posting to their Facebook page, police confirmed that fortunately, all five people recognised it as a scam and hung up.

Spikes used to halt stolen boat

A stolen vehicle towing a stolen boat was pushed off the road by a police car in Mirrielees Road in the early hours of Monday morning following a police chase from Te Aroha.

The fleeing vehicle, with tyres shredded from road spikes, performed a U-turn at the end of Mirrielees Road at the container terminal gates before being pushed off the road as the driver aimed for the Harbour Bridge on-ramp.

Tauranga police say the 5.30am arrest followed a chase over the Kaimai range from Te Aroha, where the boat was taken.

“The boat was reported stolen in Te Aroha by a neighbour who saw the boat being stolen,” says Tauranga police senior sergeant Carl Purcell.

Sunlive Comment of the Week

After comments started flying regarding a petition to remove a ‘no cycling’ sign from Pilot Bay, Dionoh said:

“Just because we ride a bike does not mean we are part of the Lycra-wearing clan, just like not all truck drivers are overweight, pie-eating road hogs.”

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Mark is a career chief executive – from Rotorua, now lives in Pukehina, and has worked in the US, South America, South-east Asia and Australia.

“Towns need advocates – especially if you are a small place and next door to a city with 120,000 people. You can get dwarfed.”

It’s not size envy, but insists Te Puke won’t become a suburb of Tauranga – “You will have a lot of people being Tauranga-centric. That’s fine.”

But let us remember, he says, Te Puke contributes 20 per cent of the BOP’s gross domestic product.

“We have affordable real estate, great schools, professional services and all those things you need.

If you stop telling that story you will be forgotten.”

Te Puke has achieved greatness on a global scale – Alex Harvey Industries has its genesis there, there was a gold rush and kiwifruit and Denny Hulme would still be living here if he hadn’t become worldchampion motor racer. Captain Cook sailed inside Motiti Island and would have stopped had it not been for an urge for cartography and discovery.

Now the town has new captains, of industry, commerce and sport, and a champion who wants

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Friday 21 August 2015

A second serving

Nicholas Wynne, Mr Whippy, hands over his last ice cream to Glenda Eden, Mrs Whippy. Photo by Bruce Barnard.

She’s the coolest mother and grandmother in the world.

Not just because she’s a good cook, or she gives lots of cuddles – but because she owns an ice-cream truck.

Glenda Eden is the newest owner of an iconic Mr Whippy.

“My grandchildren just think I’m the best nana in the world because I own an ice-cream truck.

They’ll be the first in line”.

In his 30th year of operation, Nicholas Wynne is handing over the keys to his red and white truck.

Glenda will be operating under the same Mr Whippy brand, “but people will most likely call me Mrs Whippy”. She’s fine with that.

It will be the same colours, the same ‘Greensleeves’ jingle you’ll hear coming down the road, and the same soft-serve recipe.

Glenda has been in Tauranga for about six years and five months ago decided to approach Mr Whippy about his truck.

“I saw the little truck while on the Mount Main Beach and I said to my husband: ‘I want to buy that little truck’.”

Originally from Taupo, Glenda has past experience in retail and hospitality, but she’s never been the face of a popular ice-cream brand before.

So why give up restaurants for an ice-cream truck? “Just a change and a good challenge,” says Glenda. “Plus I’m a believer that ice cream makes people happy. It makes them smile.”

She’s had three-days of training, learning how to chocolate dip and serve an ice cream with just the right amount of sprinkles, with a Mrs Whippy in Auckland.

“It was fantastic,” says Glenda.

“Apparently I’m a natural.”

Mr Whippy, Nicholas, served his last ice-cream to Glenda during a photoshoot with The Weekend Sun this week, who got the ‘scoop’ on this story. It wasn’t chocolate dipped with a flake in it, or layered in sherbet – it was a simple, vanilla, soft serve.

So how’s he feeling on the other side of the window?

“I don’t know,” he says at first, but then starts to reminisce.

“I’ve made some wonderful friendships in this job and met a lot of people. The loveliness about it is I remember children’s mothers come up to me and say: ‘This man used to serve me ice creams when I was little’.”

Nicholas welcomes Glenda to the brand and is happy to know it is able to continue. Keep an eye out for Mrs Whippy on the streets of Mount Maunganui, Tauranga and as far as Katikati.

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Young life hangs in the balance Skyla Keating loves climbing trees, cuddling up for story time, playing on Poppa’s farm and helping dad with his car.

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Life seemed on track, until she got an ear infection – or so doctors thought. What started as something common became the life-changing diagnosis of a rare brain tumour.

Dad Jamie, 24, picked up his almost five-year-old from her first school visit early August when he noticed things weren’t right.

“She was stumbling a lot and complaining of headaches,” says Jamie.

“I just put it down to her being tired. But the next day it was still the same, which got me concerned. She’d deteriorated heaps from a normal kid to almost like a drunk person walking down the road.”

Skyla underwent CT scans and x-rays at Tauranga Hospital on August 6, before she was transferred to Starship Children’s Health hospital the next day.

On August 8, Skyla was diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma or DIPG – a collection of tumours forming a large indistinct mass around the base of the brain stem, which affects the main artery to the brain.

“It was 10 seconds of silence while we were processing that,” says Jamie. “When you get told that sort of news it’s just like: ‘Did I just hear that right?’”

“We’re just crushed,” says Keith, who says surgery is not an option and it is very resistant to chemotherapy.

“It’s a type of cancer that intertwines with all the nerves, so you can’t separate it from what it’s growing around.”

Keith says this type of cancer is very rare with only 300 cases in the USA and no confirmed statistics in New Zealand. They’re left with the only choice of intensive radiation therapy for 45 days, which Skyla begins this week.

“It’s going to be very horrific,” says Keith.

“It’s 45 days of treatment each day, seven days a week, under general anaesthetic, so for a fouryear-old girl it’s going to be bloody tough.”

Keith admits one minute he can be rock solid and a blubbering mess the next, but the family keeps strong.

“We’ve made a rule, no crying in her room, no negative thoughts. If you’re in the room with Skyla it’s all got to be positive thoughts.”

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It’s been eight months in the making, with the team only launching their product officially at Comvita on Wednesday.

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“We’ve been running a proper business with bank accounts and mentors who come in.”

Young Enterprise co-ordinator Emma Harvey says there will be 14 stalls set up at Sunday’s Trade Fair from schools including Aquinas, Papamoa, Mount Maunganui, Tauranga Girls’, Katikati and Otumoetai Colleges.

Do-Lish recently won first-equal in the Young Enterprise Scheme Dragon’s Den and the team is hoping to represent at the Young Enterprise National Awards in Wellington.

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Friday 21 August 2015 Tauranga Citizens Club snooker sub section players Darryl Jensen and Scotty Friend.

Table for two It’ll be like a scene from BBC television series ‘Pot Black’ when Tauranga Citz Club snooker members pick up their cues for the New Zealand Masters Snooker National Championships this weekend.

They won’t be in their jeans, jandals and T-shirt – the dress code is far more formal.

“One of the things we do insist on is we keep a standard of dress,” says snooker player Darryl Jensen.

“We wear bow ties, business-style shirts, buttoned at the collar and at the sleeves. We wear a vest, dress trousers and dress shoes. It’s a standard we keep.”

Wearing his best suit and bow tie, Darryl will join about 80 masters snooker players from throughout the North Island at the Tauranga Citz Club for the free tournament on August 21-23.

“This tournament would be one of the biggest snooker tournaments of its type in the country,” says Darryl.

“It always is because we have the facility to handle it. We have six tables there on a permanent basis, and for the tournament we hire out another six tables.”

Darryl started snooker at age 16. “It looked like fun,” he says. It’s as simple as that. “I don’t know

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how or why or whatever, it’s just something that happened when I was a kid.”

He’s only recently picked up his first cue after a 40-year break.

“I’m always practising,” says Darryl. “I’m trying to catch up on the 40 years that I wasn’t playing.

“I only just decided to take it up again last year because I saw all the tables and thought: ‘I wonder if can still play the game?’”

And he can, but is he still as good as he was at 16?

“There’s a lot of debate around that kind of thing,” says Darryl. “It’s just different. There’s a hell of a lot of years under the bridge. The game’s approached differently.”

Darryl plays a competitive type of game. He’s got his eye on the championship title this weekend.

“To my way of thinking you never go into a tournament without thinking you’ve got some kind of show of getting somewhere. However, you’ve also got another 79-odd people all thinking the same way.”

He did win the Waikato tournament about a year ago. But it was fellow snooker player Barry Kid who won the Tauranga tournament two years ago. “He’s not playing this year though, he’s in Australia.”

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Friday 21 August 2015

My dad’s Catalina

Roger Beauchamp sat in his father’s chair, the captain’s seat, in the cockpit of the New Zealand Catalina flying boat used during World War II – and he was lost for words.

Beauchamp, was captain of the NZ4017 XX-T of No.6 SQN when he rescued five men from open sea on February 4, 1944.

On sighting the rafts adrift in the Pacific Ocean, Donald was unable to contact base for instructions, so he decided on his own initiative to attempt the rescue, knowing full well he should fail.

But Donald managed to land the heavilyladen Catalina in rough water and transfer the five servicemen to the aircraft before flying back to base.

Donald was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross Immediate Award for his skill and courage displayed during the rescue, the same award that the late Dambuster pilot Les Munro was presented.

‘Dumbo’ was the code name used to signify search and rescue missions, and became the unofficial nickname for any air-sea rescue aircraft.

Roger Beauchamp reminisces about his father’s iconic journey in a Catalina.

Photo by Bruce Barnard.

“Each time they rescued some guy they’d paint one of these little elephants on the side up the front.

Dad’s one had a few painted on it.”

Roger has kept miniatures of his father’s medals, including the DFC, 1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal and NZ War Service Medal.

He wears them every Anzac Day. “I know everybody always says it, but he never talked about it,” says Roger.

“The strange part to me was he never flew an aeroplane after he came back from the war. Not one.”

Fifty-six Catalinas were operated by the RNZAF during 1943-1953.

With more than 14,000 hours on the airframe, a Z-Cat aircraft was sold to the Catalina Club of New Zealand in

1994 and made the 20,000km flight to NZ to become the ZK-PBY, which was registered to The Catalina Co on March 23 in 1995.

Donald’s flying boat won’t feature on the ‘Return of the Catalina’ and neither will Donald.

“This is all about an Australian Catalina,” says Roger, who admits the film might make him tear up.

“It’s more than likely. Although with this one being more about the Aussies, possibly not. But anything to do with Dad’s one, yeah I do. He was a great dad.”

‘Return of the Catalina’ premieres at Classic Flyers, Jean Batten Dr, on August 22 from 6pm.

By Zoe Hunter

Giving back to the community I have the privilege of serving as a trustee on the Acorn Foundation Board – I say privilege because it is so rewarding to see the wonderful work being facilitated by community minded people across the Western Bay of Plenty.

Such people leave money to the Acorn Foundation, either in their will or during their lifetime, and the investment income is used to make distributions to local charities and community groups, every year – forever. People can specify a particular charity that they want their annual distributions to go to, or they can leave it to the trustees to decide where

their money is best needed. Acorn now has $13.7 million invested as a result of people’s generosity, and this year will distribute about $580,000 to more than 50 organisations who are making a difference in the community.

The value of this money is amplified many times by the volunteers in these organisations who are working to help people.

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Emotions welled up as the 68-yearold parked himself where his father had been when rescuing five United States servicemen, who’d been adrift in rough water and heavy swell for six days.

“I just had a big mind jam,” says Roger.

“The guy said: ‘You can go and sit up in the cockpit if you want to’. I said: ‘I’d love to sit where my father would have sat.’

“I couldn’t talk. It cracked me up.”

Memories of his father’s time during WWII have resurfaced for Roger, with the news of a new film titled ‘Return of the Catalina’ premiering at Classic Flyers on August 22.

Daniel Bunker’s documentary follows a band of aviators and their adventure to remember forgotten Catalina pilots of WWII. Roger’s father, Royal New Zealand Air Force Flight Lieutenant Donald Stanley

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AIMS Games sets sail

Max Scott from the Tauranga Yacht and Powerboat Club. Photo by Jamie Troughton/Dscribe Media Services.

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Young sailors will be checking the forecast for clear skies and hoping for just the right amount of wind next month as they prepare to set sail for the first time in the 2015 AIMS Games.

Sailing is the newest addition to the city’s premier sporting tournament, with 64 yachties taking to the Tauranga Harbour on September 6-11.

Organised by Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club, the sailing format will involve fleet racing in Optimist dinghies. Sailors must be a member of a yacht club affiliated to the national body, and a Year 7 or 8 student.

Tauranga Yacht and Powerboat club commodore Nigel Rippey says they’re crossing their fingers for good sea conditions. “[September] is sometimes not the ideal time for yachting, but we’re going to give it a go and hope we get the good weather.”

Nigel says sailors will rig on the front lawn of the yacht club before launching off the beach to sail directly in front of the club.

“Spectators will be able to watch all of the racing from the deck of the yacht club. A lot of the schools will come with a support boat so there’ll be a lot of rigs on the water.”

Yachting New Zealand’s chief executive David

Abercrombie is delighted with sailing’s inclusion in the games.

“Tauranga is a proven breeding ground for sailing talent having produced the likes of Peter Burling, the Saunders siblings, and the Meech siblings to name a few.

“So it’s very fitting that sailing is added into the programme for this Bay of Plenty-hosted event.”

David says being part of the AIMS Games will help to profile the sport to children, aged 11-13, and their parents.

“We see it as a very positive thing and look forward to working together with the event organisers to make the sailing event a success.”

Yachting New Zealand collaborated with AIMS Games tournament director Vicki Semple, New Zealand International Optimist Dinghy Association and Tauranga Yacht and Powerboat Club to put together a comprehensive proposal to introduce sailing into the 2015 programme.

The AIMS Games, a premier sporting event for children aged 11-13, is a strategic partnership between Sport Bay of Plenty, Tauranga City Council and the four Western Bay of Plenty intermediate schools.

A total of 7845 intermediate-aged athletes from 248 schools from throughout NZ are set to descend on Tauranga in September including 1152 netballers, 636 rugby players, 644 cross-country runners and 768 basketballers.

By Zoe Hunter

Friday 21 August 2015

How much has your property’s CV changed?

The media is full of reports of property values changing around the city. You will find out how much your capital valuation (CV) has changed in November.

A higher CV looks good when you sell the property, but a higher CV means you pay higher council rates. This is because TCC distributes its rate requirements according to the capital values of the 52,000 properties throughout the city.

TCC has asked an independent valuer to revaluate each property in the city.

The valuations will be based on fact, determined by property market trends.

The consultant has started to analyse

what different things have influenced house sales, such as the types of housing, construction materials and what’s been happening in your neighbourhood.

But the CV does not include the chattels. This means the market value of your property could be $20,000+ more than its CV if you have invested in carpets, wallpaper and curtains.

I’ll be interested to see whether the tsunami and flood modelling has affected values.

The valuators are visiting properties from late October. You will be given until January 15 2016 to make any objections on the valuation you receive.

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Remembering our fallen soldiers WW100 Tauranga commemorated 100 years since the Battle of Chunuk Bair at the War Memorial Gates outside the Wharepai Domain earlier this month in honour of the thousands of men who lost their lives in the battle.

Guest speaker was Lieutenant Colonel Warren Banks who spoke about his trip to Gallipolli in April for the centenary of the Campaign at the commemoration on August 8, which was MC’d

by Tauranga RSA president Dick Frew.

The Western Bay of Plenty Army Cadets and 16 Squadron Air Training Cadets supplied the guard and flag bearers for the event.

A Benediction was read by Mount Maunganui RSA chaplin Marie Gilpin and the Ode was executed

by Mount Maunganui RSA executive member Alex Pluck.

The World War One battle was fought on the steep Chunuk Bair between the Ottoman defenders and troops of the British Empire early on August 8, 1915.

Mount Maunganui RSA Club support manager Peter Moss describes the battle as one of New Zealand’s epic stands and initial victory on the Gallipoli peninsula.

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Tauranga commemorated 100 years since the Battle of Chunuk Bair at the War Memorial Gates outside the Wharepai Domain on August 8.

Photo by Debbie McCauley.

Wellington Mounted Rifles, led by Colonel Malone, was the only success for the Allies of the campaign.

“However, the success was fleeting

as the position proved untenable. The Ottomans recaptured the peak after a few days and were never to relinquish it again.”

Going to a good home: Katikati’s animal rescue with a twist You walk past a shopfront window and staring back at you with those puppy dog eyes are a trio of soft cuddly balls of fur.

How could you not resist wanting to pick them up or even take them home?

This is what Katikati couple Oliver Heather-Smith and Hollie Procter are hoping will do the trick when they open the town’s latest pet shop.

Oliver and Hollie have transformed the vacant lot next to Eves Realty on Jocelyn Street into Sausage Dog - Pet Supply Co, which offers affordable pet products.

At the same time, they’re harbouring ambitions to lead the way in animal welfare by linking with animal rescue organisations to house homeless animals in their shop, helping them get re-homed.

“I wanted to sell puppies, but I don’t want them coming out of a puppy farm or anything like that as it would just create more puppies for everyone,” says Oliver, who has recently completed his studies in animal care.

“So we thought we would sell rescue puppies,” adds Hollie, a registered nurse.

With this in mind the store will only sell unwanted puppies and kittens that have since been spayed and neutered, helping reduce any costs and problems the new owners may face down the track.

Once opened, the animals will receive top-quality accommodation while at the store during the day, lots of love and expertise, healthcare when needed, and a quality diet.

Then, at night, the animals will travel home with Oliver

and Hollie to play and sleep the day away full of company and fun.

To begin with Oliver and Hollie aim to have about three puppies at any one time along with a couple of kittens, ensuring their hands aren’t too full come the end of the day.

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Oliver Heather-Smith with girlfriend Hollie Procter, and their Pomeranian Ben and chihuahua Bonzo. Photo by Chris Callinan.

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Shane’s having a ball Shane Davies is a ‘go hard or go home’ type of sportsman.

He may be playing his favourite sport from a wheelchair, after losing his lower right leg, but he can still whiz around the court like nobody’s business.

The 48-year-old has been selected to represent New Zealand in wheelchair basketball in South Africa next month.

“I might not be able to run but I’ve got four wheels and you move just as fast,” says Shane, who made the team in 1995-2000, only recently picking up the ball again.

“But unfortunately when I get onto the court I can’t just play for fun,” says Shane. “I play hard and got approached by the coaches who told me I should be getting back into it again.

“I play a very aggressive type of game. I like to get in there with the thick of it. It’s all or nothing with me.”

The Roller Blacks leave for South Africa on August 27 and will spend about two weeks playing in five test matches, two club games and a three-by-three tournament.

“I’m excited to be going away with the team again,” says Shane.

“It makes you feel really proud to be a Kiwi. It’s a big thing to wear the silver fern again.”

Shane’s been playing wheelchair basketball for 21 years. He’d be playing on his own two feet if a car accident in June 1993 didn’t leave him an amputee.

“I went to help out at an accident and got hit by a car coming the other way,” says Shane, who lost his lower right leg.

When he moved to Tauranga, Shane joined Parafed Bay of Plenty and wheelchair basketball – and he’s good at it too. He started playing in 1994 and made the NZ team for the first time in 1995.

“Nerves don’t come into it now.

I’ve been playing for too long.

I love it, it’s a good, hard game.”

Shane also received a $750 BayTrust Coachforce Scholarship to help him with travel costs with Gear Welding Services topping up the funds to help him reach his $1000 target – both organisations he’d like to thank, in addition to Parafed BOP, for their support.

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Tattoos to show support for those with depression A new movement sweeping the USA has made it to Tauranga.

Mount Maunganui resident Jo Dempsey has joined those showing support for people suffering with depression by getting a semicolon tattoo on each of her hands.

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Project Semicolon is dedicated to presenting hope and love to those who are struggling with depression, suicide, addiction and self-injury, she says.

“A semicolon represents a sentence the author could have ended, but chose not to. The sentence is your life and the author is you.

“I’ve got two because I lost a partner to suicide and have worked in mental health for 10 years so understand the battle.”

Jo is hoping to raise awareness about the movement. She recently visited Nasa at Hammerhead Tattoos to get a semicolon on her right and left hand.

“It’s about getting the message out there about the campaign, encouraging others to get on board, encouraging people to talk to someone if they are feeling depressed, anxious, and making people aware of what can be going on with people they love around them.

“We live in a society where you greet someone and ask them how they are and if they say, ‘Yeah not doing too good’... generally the response will be ‘chin up’, ‘she’ll be right’.

“I’m getting the tattoos to support the cause but also in the hope that people will ask what it’s about, and I can share and raise awareness.”

Jo says mental health issues can happen to anyone at any time.

“It’s just like having the flu but unfortunately it gets a stigma and it needs to change. Our suicide rates in New Zealand are very high and I would like to do anything I can to reduce that number and stop anyone going through what I, and my partner’s family, went through.”

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Jo Dempsey gets a semicolon tattooed for depression by tattooist Nasa. Photo by Bruce Barnard.

Increasing the number of elective surgeries being carried out is a priority for National, and more operations are now being performed each year.

Last year 9424 people in the Bay received elective surgery, compared to 6255 in 2007/2008.

That’s a 51 per cent increase, a result which is a credit to increased funding targeted to achieve real results and the hardworking health region’s professionals.

The number of New Zealanders receiving elective surgery across the country has increased by 42 per cent in the last seven years, from 117,954 in 2007/08 to

167,188 in 2014/15. That’s about 50,000 more surgeries being performed than when National came into government.

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This funding is helping deliver an average extra 4000 elective operations per year over the next four years, meaning New Zealanders can live longer, healthier lives, which are free of pain.

The health budget has grown to a record $15.9 billion this year, including more than $300 million for district health

boards to help meet demand from population growth and provide extra services for New Zealanders. The Bay of Plenty District Health Board’s funding has increased by $145 million over the last seven years.

The demands on our health budget remain huge and that’s part of why we fund free doctor’s visits for all children under 13. This has a great impact for local families and also improves overall access at an earlier stage of the need, rather than presenting a child at an Emergency Department because the doctor was too expensive.

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Wiremu Heyblom, 13, and Rique Miln, 12, practise their ball skills, while Darren Harvey and Steve Miln watch on. Photo by Zoe Hunter.

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Te Puke Intermediate School is building on its reputation for breeding future rugby stars.

Set to start in 2016, the school’s new rugby academy could mould four more boys into rugby icons like former pupils Royce Willis, Tanerau Latimer, Jarred Hoeata and Nathan Harris.

Coordinated by teacher Darren Harvey and former Bay of Plenty Steamers’ player and coach Steve Miln, the Te Puke Intermediate Rugby Academy is designed to give Te Puke rugby players a career pathway and develop lifelong knowledge and skill as an athlete.

To apply, Year 7 and 8 pupils and their families are invited to attend an information evening on Wednesday, September 9.

Darren says the academy’s role is to bring a reality to the dream of becoming an All Black.

“There are video analysts, referees... you don’t have to be a rugby player, there are pathways other than just being on the rugby field.”

The academy will run three one-hour lessons per week with a maximum of 15 pupils at Te Puke Intermediate during Term 1, 2 and 3. It will also offer two scholarships to Fijian pupils at Nabua Primary School in Suva.

Just like when Steve Hansen picks his boys in black, Darren and Steve are choosing carefully who will make the team.

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“It’s for boys and girls who have a genuine drive, commitment, future aspirations and goals in rugby. It has to be their sport of choice on the weekends. We want to give them definite guidance.”

Steve will focus on their mental ability, nutrition, fitness, culture and education in the game.

“Whatever job they go into they’re going to turn up to work and give it 100 per cent. Reality is, if the kids start working really hard now and give it everything they’ve got, it means at age 21 they don’t have any regrets.”

The Te Puke Intermediate Rugby Academy information evening is at Te Puke Intermediate on September 9 from 6pm.

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Childcare in a natural setting It’s important to educate our children about the importance of a connection with nature, says Earth Kids owners Carole and Cherie Dean.

The sisters run the Welcome Bay-based childcare centre, which focuses on educating children in a rural setting, promoting sustainability and environmental awareness.

“There’s heaps of literacy and numeracy in nature,” the pair explain. “There’s learning to respect the environment and animals, about the world we live in and the impact we have.”

A typical day can be spent outside, interacting with the mud or sand pit, or heading down to the stream to explore.

They also have chickens, goats, a pig and rabbits that the children care for throughout the day.

Earth Kids values the importance of animals as they enhance children’s attitudes about themselves and increase their ability to relate to others.

Catering to kids from zero to six, the experienced and caring staff are committed to a small group size of 30, which Carole says ensures quality learning.

With a mix of ages, it’s like one big family.

“Earth Kids uses nature in relation to tangata whenua and the Maori culture,” says Carole.

“It’s an understanding through respect of Maori culture and nature and how the two link.

“Exploring the natural environment encourages risk taking, which develops resilience, critical thinking and problem solving.”

Earth Kids owners Carole Dean holding Pebbles and Cherie Dean with Brownie.

Milestone marked by a high tea Celebrating 50 years of fun, friendship and fond memories, Otumoetai Kindergarten is holding a special anniversary tea party to commemorate the milestone event.

in May 1965, with the first children starting on June 1 of that year.

The family orientated day welcomes past and present members, children and grown-ups, to attend from 2-5pm on Saturday, September 5.

At the tea party, there will be memorabilia on display, refreshments Originally called Karaka Rd and a bouncy castle for the kids.

Kindergarten, the institution opened People will also be sharing their memories of the kindergarten and principal of Tauranga Regional Kindergartens Peter Monteith is saying a few words at 3pm.

Email otumoetai kindergarten50th @gmail.com to register for the Molly Wilkinson, Laura Brady, Thomas Hyde, free event. and Eliza Dunn (all 4) having a tea party.

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Great gums: Why it’s not all about your teeth Periodontist John Whelan demonstrates good brushing techniques to a patient.

We take care when looking after our pearly whites, but often forget that teeth are nothing without a sturdy and healthy foundation – the gums.

More than one in three people over the age of 30 have a form of periodontal disease that has advanced beyond gingivitis (inflammation of the gum tissues).

One in 12 adults will probably develop periodontitis if the gingivitis persists, says John Whelan of John Whelan Periodontics.

“This will result in the loss of the supporting tissues of the teeth and ultimately tooth loss if not treated.”

Periodontitis is a silent, painless and progressive disease. Common symptoms are bleeding during tooth cleaning, bad breath, bad taste, loose teeth and widening gaps between the teeth.

When periodontal disease is detected early, it can be treated comfortably, economically and successfully.

Periodontal disease and tooth decay are the primary cause of adult tooth loss.

More importantly, recent research has

found a relationship between periodontal infection and more serious health problems, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, respiratory disease and preterm low birth

weight babies.

“Maintaining good periodontal health will not only help you retain your teeth for life, but is also a key component of a healthy body,” says John.

Don’t delay – act today to avoid dental decay Regular check-ups, timely fixes and maintenance, instead of painful, time-consuming and expensive procedures, is the best way to care for your dental wellbeing, says practice manager Fareeza from Denta Care Dentist.

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Greerton

Cupcakes, cats and canines – this cute combination comes together again for Tauranga SPCA’s Cupcake Day Fun Day this Saturday.

Now in its second year, the family event at Greerton animal shelter aims to raise funds for abandoned, abused and neglected animals within the region.

From 10.30am-2.30pm on August 22, there will be bouncy castles, a Ferris wheel, face painting, sausage sizzles, an animal petting corner and cupcake stalls to sink your teeth into.

Operations manager Margaret Rawiri encourages people to pull on their aprons and whip up their best batch of cupcakes for the Cupcake Baking Competitions, which will be judged on the day.

“We have three competitions running this year.

One for teens, aged 13-18, one for adults and one exclusive for our Kids’ Club

Members up to age 13. Entry forms can be found at www.taurangaspca.co.nz “Don’t miss out, there’ll be heaps of cool prizes up for grabs.”

Tasty cupcakes will be on sale at cupcake stalls throughout the city from August 22-24.

Cupcake stalls are operating from 10am-2pm at Animates on Second Ave on August 22-23.

On Saturday, August 22, and Monday, August 24, cupcake stalls will operate from 9am-6pm at Bayfair Shopping Centre. A stall at Red Square will operate from 9am-3pm on August 24.

Bakers across the country will be grabbing their spatulas to fight animal cruelty with cupcakes for National Cupcake Day. “It’s easy,” says Margaret. “Bake and decorate some delicious cupcakes, sell them to your friends, family or colleagues and make money for Tauranga’s animals in need.”

For more information about SPCA Cupcake Day, contact 07 578 0245 or admin@taurangaspca.co.nz or visit www.spcacupcakeday.co.nz

By Zoe Hunter

BOUNCY CASTLE CUPCAKE STALLS FACE PAINTING COMPETITION JUDGING ANIMAL PETTING CORNER FERRIS WHEEL SAUSAGE SIZZLE And Much MUCH MORE

Tauranga SPCA administration assistant with Zeus the cat.

Photo by Bruce Barnard.

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Ultimate Coatings donating half The 2.4m knitting needles were of the materials needed for the stolen from the giant yarn ball polystyrene ball. display in Greerton last Sunday The display is part of the and are still yet to be found.

“It’s a bit of a shame,” says an upset artist Kahn Maguire.

While the community is still on the lookout for the original pair, Artist Khan Greerton Mainstreet Maguire from has put up the funds the design team. for Kahn to create a second pair of knitting needles for the display.

“So within a couple of days it should be back to normal,” says Kahn.

community’s yarn bombing project led by a group of anonymous knitters who go by the name of Greerton Guerillas.

Greerton Guerilla knitter Liz, who spoke to The Weekend Sun under the condition we didn’t reveal her last name, says the last sighting of the needles was 6pm on August 16. The ball is still there, it’s just missing its needles.

Liz says it’s upsetting because Kahn didn’t charge for his time spent making the project.

“What they’ve done is they haven’t only stolen off the artist, but they’ve stolen off community.

“The art is something that a lot of people enjoyed seeing.”

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Mambo Italiano! European delights have arrived Experience the authentic flavours of Italy in your own backyard at Cibo, the new Italian restaurant and wine bar on The Strand.

Owner Luigi Barattieri’s passion is restaurants, and he’s created Cibo to give diners the perfect night out, whether it’s a catch-up with friends, a romantic date or a family outing.

Walking into the restaurant, you’re met with a smile and the delightful wine bar, housing a selection of more than 50 wines for you to indulge in.

To complement, there’s a selection of Venetian-style bar snacks, such as duck meatballs coated in panko crumbs and baked salmon with capers, tomatoes and lemon salsa.

Diners can then make their way into the expansive yet comfortable restaurant area, with a canvas roof that can open up during the summer months and a view out onto the adjoining Masonic Park and The Strand waterfront.

Light meals, pastas and pizzas and mouth-watering mains such as Agnello Scottadito (pancetta wrapped lamb cutlets) and Ossobuco Di Cervo (Venison shank in a rich tomato and red wine sauce) are served all hours, to suit any appetite.

All Sous chef Jaym ie meals waitresses Ver Wadsworth, a are freshly Kim Rennie an Farano and d chef Jen Sav prepared, age. including homemade pasta, using locally sourced ingredients, to drink or two to match. ensure best quality.

“We offer simple, genuine Italian Luigi is also looking to introduce food, prepared fresh for a relaxed ‘Aperitivo’ to the restaurant come dinner,” he says. “Food and wine summer – an hour after work on – a match made in heaven.”

Fridays where complimentary For more information, visit nibbles are served on the bar and www.cibo.nz or contact them on patrons are welcome to enjoy a 07 571 3373 or info@cibo.nz

New owners, same great staff Café Paradiso might be under new management, but their commitment to deliver a top-quality café menu for the Bay remains.

A fancy but approachable menu boasts an array of dishes for the whole family. Try one of their allday breakfast options, including Ab Fab, kumara rosti with poached eggs and mushrooms, or a classic Eggs Benedict or Mega Breakfast.

For those after something a little bit extra, any dish with salmon is the staff ’s top pick – as not only does the salmon come in mouth-watering steaks, but it is smoked on site.

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Hygiene key to helping stopping flu spread Washing hands and staying at home is the advice being given to influenza sufferers.

Medical Officer of Health Dr Neil de Wet says on the whole, New Zealand is experiencing rather typical influenza season.

Locally in the Bay of

Plenty, there was a spike at the end of June and beginning of July.

“Our numbers might have decreased slightly, but there are still a number of influenza cases circling locally.

Neil says the spike is quite typical for seasonal flu.

“It starts going up, typically around June or so. Influenza can be a serious illness and there will be hospitalisations related to influenza throughout the year.

“The most important advice is for people to be aware that we are in an influenza season and it is going around.”

Neil says the best protection is immunisation.

“Immunisations are free for people over 65 and for pregnant women, and for people under 65 with longterm illness, it’s available until the end of August.

“Everyone should consider getting vaccinated, even if you’re young and healthy, because influenza is a serious illness.”

Neil advises people who have influenza to stay at home and not to spread the disease.

“Just take particular care with hand hygiene. Use tissues when you cough and wash your hands so you don’t spread it.”

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health & beauty Mind is sharp, but the body is shutting down It’s a game of genetic brinkmanship, genetic roulette, a game of extreme odds – and there’s no earthly control.

But from beneath her BiPAP – the breathing machine which has become Tauranga woman Michelle Knox’s lifeline – she is philosophical.

“I’ve often thought I would rather have my family with the ridiculously terrible bad genetics that we carry than a perfect genetic line that’s dysfunctional.”

She refers to a rogue gene, a gene with an MND-related mutation that’s decimated her family – uncle, father, sister and now her.

MND is Motor Neurone Disease, that insidious progressive degenerative neurological disorder.

It leads to the death of the nerve cells – the neurones – that enable us to move, speak and breathe.

MND is terminal; there is no effective treatment. Michelle’s mind remains ever alert, while her body is incrementally closing down.

“I could still do my job but my body won’t do what I tell it. You don’t lose skills or knowledge – you just lose the ability to tell your hand where to go.”

First her father, Jim Knox, died in 1998 after living with MND

happen. You make sure you make for 10 years. the most of the opportunities that Then Michelle’s 35-year-old come your way.” sister Kim died in 2005 after a That was Michelle’s modus two-year struggle with MND. operandi. She left school, worked And now 49-year-old Michelle. for an accountant, studied as an She says she’s two years through accountant and then bought into a three-year sentence. the company. Life was on track “Sometime in the next month and career-focused. to six months I will pass away.

Then one day in 2013, With my breathing it’s assumed it’ll something weird happened. be months, not years.”

Only about 10 per cent of MND “You can’t lift your foot, is familial – it’s affected more than your toes, to walk.” There one person in a family. were alarms bells.

If a parent has an MND-related “With my family gene mutation, each of his/her history, anything children has a 50/50 chance of to do with inheriting that mutation. And so not far the odds have been stacked and the reality has been cruel.

This chartered accountant, who deals with the certainty of spreadsheets, doesn’t want to meddle with uncertainty.

But she has never walked away from it. As a partner in an accountancy practice, Michelle felt bound to advise her colleagues about her demons – that she might get MND and die.

Michelle Knox “You plan your and her caregiver life as if you will Jenna Meredith. live to 100, as if MND won’t

A self-sorted solution “There are two ways to meeting difficulties.

You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.”

Phyllis Bottome In the past I tended to apply the first way of meeting difficulties into my life. However, when I began coaching I worked with others to help them recognise the second approach is more effective... and through that started seeing those unconscious behaviours I had always applied to my own life.

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being able to move limbs makes you wonder, makes you anxious.”

‘Drop foot’, as it’s called, can be remedied with something as simple as an orthotic. But in Michelle’s case it was more symptomatic.

“You go through a lot of emotions waiting for the neurologists,” she says.

“You assume the worst.”

And with justification. Familial MND was continuing to weave its evil.

“But after watching my father die, after caring for my dying sister, you can either focus on what you have lost or you can focus on what you still have.

I chose the latter.”

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On Sunday, September 20, Michelle invites Tauranga to step out so The Motor Neurone Disease Association NZ can continue its good work.

The MND Association is holding Walk 2 D’Feet MND, a 3.2km walk starting at Memorial Park and heading into town, down Devonport Rd to the roundabout and back.

Similar walks will be held in five other cities around the country – Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.

Go to www.walk2dfeetmnd.co.nz to register, or register on the day. And walkers can gain sponsorship for their act at www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/ fundraise/event.aspx?id=1313

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A dapper event for a very spiffy cause Tauranga’s dapper gents and elegant ladies, on top of steel steeds, shall be spreading joy throughout the city whilst raising awareness for men’s health come September.

The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride is a global fundraising event involving more than 30,000 smartly-dressed gentlefolk across the world, to raise money for About 150 riders participated in the 2014 prostate cancer research.

Auckland ride. Photo by Phillip Kite.

For the first time, Tauranga will play host to a ride and so far seven enduring memories was from the 2014 Auckland motorcyclists have signed up for ride when the group were riding down Quay St the event, which takes place along the waterfront.

Tauranga ride Sunday, September 27.

“You’ve got this rumble of 100-odd bikes organiser Wayne behind you and people turning around Local organiser Wayne Cockburn.

Cockburn says he is looking frowning because all they’re hearing are these Photo by Phillip Kite. forward to bring the event to Tauranga, noisy bloody motorbikes,” remembers Wayne. having organised the Auckland ride for the past “But they did a double-take as soon as they realised two years. what they were seeing, the look on their faces was “The brutal reality is about 600 blokes will die absolutely priceless. from prostate cancer each year in New Zealand,” “It’s quite a cool sight when you have that amount says Wayne. “The Distinguished Gentleman’s of people, dressed up to the nines and riding Ride is one of those events where you can get motorbikes. It’s definitely not something involved in something cool and actually make you see every day.” a difference at the same time.

“Why do I keep coming back each year?

We have a strict dresscode, sir Because it’s a bloody good cause, the money Wayne says although the event is goes to a deserving charity, and I’ve got tailored towards custom and to say, it’s damn good fun.” classic motorcycles, no rider will be turned away on the day.

A history of dapperness But it is important that The DGR was founded in everyone dresses up for the Australia back in 2012 by occasion, as this isn’t your Mark Hawwa, who was normal ride where you turn inspired by a photo of up in your leathers and ‘Mad Men’ character head for a jaunt around Don Draper astride a the Coromandel. classic motorbike while wearing “The guys will need his finest suit. to be suited, up to and including That first ride brought together tuxedos level, while ladies will be more than 2500 riders across dressed up in their Sunday best,” 64 cities, and encouraged the he explains. organisers to use the DGR as “The whole point is getting a way of supporting a worthy together with some like-minded cause. riders to raise funds globally Fast forward to 2014, more for the Prostate Cancer than 20,000 riders from 257 Foundation.” cities in 58 countries turned The 2015 Tauranga out for the event and in the Distinguished Gentleman’s process raised some $2.2 Ride takes place on Sunday, million for prostate September 27. cancer research.

For more details and to take In 2015, so far 30,812 part, all riders must register at riders from 386 cities in www.gentlemansride.com

By David Tauranga 76 countries have signed up for the ride and the This year Tauranga will play host to its goal this year is to raise first Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride $4.5m for Prostate Cancer on September 27. Pictured: Tauranga Foundations around the co-organiser Keith Gordon from the 2014 world.

Auckland ride. Photo by Phillip Kite.

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SUVs set to be half of all new vehicle sales in NZ FUNCTION Kiwi demand for Sports Utility Vehicles is among the highest in the world.

Latest industry figures show Kiwi demand for Sports Utility Vehicles is among the highest in the world, with annual growth up to 44 per cent.

This trend is expected to continue with some automotive industry experts predicting SUV’s will equate to half of all new passenger cars sold within three years.

In New Zealand, SUVs are the fastest growing category within new passenger and commercial sales, and already represent 47 per cent of all vehicles sold this year.

Last year 37,000 new SUVs were sold, compared to 53,000 passenger cars and by 2018 as many as one in every two vehicles sold in New Zealand is likely to be an SUV. Volvo general manager Steve Kenchington says across the entire local industry new passenger vehicle sales were up last year overall by more than nine per cent to 90,152.

But a large proportion of the sales increase was due to

rising demand for SUVs. “While the passenger vehicle category is relatively flat at four percent growth, SUVs are increasing at an average of 27 per cent per annum.”

Steve says the industry is experiencing record sales for this type of model and it’s a trend that’s been reflected worldwide as consumer appetite for these cars continues to increase.

He believes consumer demand is being driven by improved fuel efficiency and safety features, combined with a greater range of SUV models, including a better priced European offering.

“Ten years ago there was only a handful of SUV models available in the New Zealand market, today we have more than 60 small, medium, large and extralarge models.

“Similarly European brands have also become more accessible as the economies of scale have improved local pricing and availability of parts.”

Steve adds that Volvo SUV sales are increasing at a faster rate in New Zealand than anywhere else in the world, at a rate of more than 130 per cent per annum.

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Knowing the right time for a trustee to retire Retirement should be a time when you reflect on fulfilling life’s achievements and dreams – not constantly facing question marks.

For trustees, the biggest dilemma can sometimes be when to retire.

It’s something that

should be considered before it’s too late for trustees to make that decision themselves.

Trustee succession is critical to the successful ongoing management of a trust. Trustees should retire while they are willing and able, as once a trustee is unable (or unwilling) to act, the trust will be ‘frozen’ until that trustee has passed away. A trustee could be in a position where they are unable to act for a significant period of time.

Appointer succession is equally important where the appointer of a trust (usually the person who set up the trust) is tasked with removing

and appointing trustees, as and when required.

Appointer succession is similar to trustee succession – if it is not addressed prior to the appointer being unable (or unwilling) to act, the trust can be frozen with no ability for the removal and appointment of trustees.

Where a trust is frozen, trust assets may be unable to be administered for the benefit of beneficiaries – often elderly settlors relying on those

trust assets to support the costs of residential care.

Where a trust has no appointer and no ability for trustees to be changed, a court order is the only remedy, an unnecessary and expensive process.

It is important to regularly review your trustee and appointer succession.

Make a plan now before it is too late, seeking advice from an appropriately educated trust and succession lawyer.

Pension funds: The ins and outs Is the UK pension market opportunity over? The answer is no!

For some people who have left pension funds in public-funded sector schemes, the opportunity to transfer closed in April. But this still leaves a large number of migrants to New Zealand who can transfer their superannuation funds here.

What is important is to ensure you complete any transfer within the first four years of your arrival. This ‘migration period’ allows transfers to be completed without any tax consequences in New Zealand. After four years you will start to create an increasing tax liability on any subsequent pension transfer to a recognised overseas pension scheme (ROPS).

The number of NZ ROPS has reduced dramatically

after the UK HMRC ruled that Kiwisaver schemes no longer meet the ROPS requirements. Exchange rates and the falling NZ dollar also make transfers attractive currently.

Another overlooked area is the Kiwis returning after working in Australia for a few years. Most of these returning migrants will leave valuable pension funds in Australian superannuation schemes.

These funds can be transferred to Kiwisaver.

Transfers between Australian superannuation schemes and Kiwisaver are not subject to this four-year rule.

This is a very specialist area and people should seek advice from suitably qualified advisers and it may require specialist independent tax advice. Retirement planning is best done sooner rather than later. Don’t delay – speak to somebody today.

Underground developments occurring around the Bay Bay of Plenty Regional Council has budgeted for reticulated sewerage systems around the region in its Long Term Plan.

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The relevant city or district councils are the lead agency for sewerage projects, and the regional council can provide a subsidy to assist in some areas.

The budget includes $3.7 million for sewerage at Lake Rotoma (planned for 2017/18), and $4.8 at Rotoiti (for 2018/19). Rotorua Lakes Council is the lead agency on these projects.

It also includes more than $1 million in Te Puna West (for 2016/17) and $618,000 in Ongare Point (for 2017/18), if these communities decide to go ahead with schemes.

All the systems are subject to business cases, conditions and consents being obtained for new systems. Western Bay of Plenty District Council is the lead agency on these projects.

Matata sewerage needs further investigation, however the budget has been retained to give time to complete this work.

Overall, council is planning to contribute more than $11 million to support district council small scale sewerage schemes over the next four years.

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Herb hangers a growing business A group of Otumoetai College students have created a hanging herb garden for indoors, eliminating the need to go outside on a cold winter’s night when you want to add a bit of flavour to dinner.

Created as part of the Young Enterprise Scheme, the seven Year 12 students’ new Babylon Gardens are designed to be hung both outdoors and indoors.

Neeah representative Anna Luke-Stewart says the Babylon Garden is a small hanging garden that’s herb wrapped in sphagnum moss, held together and hung by string.

“We sell four types of herbs, including oregano, mint, rosemary and thyme.”

Anna says they have convinced Fruition Horticulture managing director

Sandy Scarrow, who has a Bachelor of Horticulture and a Diploma in Business and Administration (management), to mentor them throughout their Young Enterprise Experience.

They’ve also secured Lone Star owner Jaqui Donaghy, who has a wide range of business experience.

“With guidance, we hope to sell 200 Babylon Gardens for $12 each.”

Neeah will be selling their hanging gardens at Bayfair Shopping Centre on August 23 as part of the YES Trade Fair from 9am-5pm.

Young Enterprise co-ordinator Emma Harvey says there will be 14 stalls set up at Sunday’s Trade Fair from schools including Aquinas College, Papamoa College, Mount Maunganui College, Tauranga Girls’ College, Katikati College and Otumoetai College.

The Young Enterprise Scheme is a learning programme offering students the

opportunity to create a business and run it for a year.

Neeah group show their new product.

Check out your great parks and reserves Have you discovered all the parks and reserves in the Tauranga region?

The Tauranga City Council website has a map where you can click on to see what parks are in your neighbourhood.

Last week I walked to Faulkner Park, off Waihi Road, and down a pathway to Birch Avenue, Judea.

The park was named after Eric Lees Faulkner, who was an elected member of Tauranga City Council from 1966 and mayor from 1977 to 1980.

Gordon Carmichael Reserve,

off Millers Road, is popular for walking, cycling and enjoying the playground. A variety of birds can be viewed from the pathways.

McLaren Falls Park is worth the 10 minute drive from Barkes Corner. Bring a picnic or visit the cafe. The park is a beautiful setting with 170ha of trees, pathways and roading.

Memorial Park is a popular destination, especially on Sundays when the miniature train is operating.

Robbins Park is a short walk from the CBD. The rose gardens are stunning in the summer. Visit the Tropical Flower House while you are there.

Yatton Park at Greerton has some of the oldest trees in the city.

Tauranga Parks in the wider district include: • Omanawa Falls Park, which is owned and managed by Tauranga City Council.

• Huharua Harbour Park and TECT All Terrain Park are sub-regional parks jointly managed by Western Bay of Plenty District Council and Tauranga City Council.

• Papamoa Hills Regional Park is owned and managed by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council.

A statistic from council’s website – there is one park bench for every 140 people in the city.

I would like to see more signs around the city to tell the history of Tauranga Moana. This would benefit locals and visitors alike.

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Fly away home

This kingfisher came to ARRC as he could not fly and was easily captured.

Lucky for him it was a kind person who captured him and not a cat! He had a bruised wing but no broken bones, which was great. He spent a week with ARRC in rehab getting some medication, rest and good food.

The bruising went away and he was flying well in our aviary, so ARRC released him just last week.

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First response calls out for new recruits members who can make a dedicated Shaun Thomson, Jane time commitment, in addition to their Pearson and Jon Gebert two-hour weekly training sessions on from Search & Rescue.

Thursday nights.

Although the work can be confronting, Peter says there’s a place for everyone – whether they want to be on the front line or as an aid to the main team.

But naturally, a vetting process will take place to ensure they get the right recruits for the task.

“We’re not adverse to risk, but we are adverse to unmanaged risk,” he says.

“We don’t just want someone who is gung-ho. Not all applications guarantee acceptance.”

Potential recruits must pass police vetting and internal assessments, as well as a three-month probationary period involving team training, learning the skills that will make them an effective team member, and in preparation for August 22 at Bunnings, 5 Jean Batten Dr, from successfully completing the various related NZRT 10am-2pm, as well as a recruiting night on August Responder courses.

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Winter woollies for Eastern Europe Carey Wright

Bundles of warm blankets and knitted clothing have once again been bailed up and shipped to Eastern Europe as part of Operation Cover Up. Tauranga co-ordinator Trish Stewart says each year knitters throughout New Zealand fill two 40ft containers of warm woollies to send to six countries in Eastern Europe.

Tauranga knitters baled up six bundles and eight banana boxes of knitted goods to be delivered

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“As a volunteer organisation we are grateful for any help we receive to keep this mission going,” says Trish.

“The countries we support are mostly 65 per cent poverty with no jobs and most people have one meal a day.

“It gets to minus35 degrees in winter Tauranga volunteers worked hard to produce so warm things are banana boxes full of knitted goods to be really appreciated.” delivered to Eastern Europe.

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Team leader Peter McCarthy says the recruits they are looking for can be from various backgrounds and occupations, as long as they are committed to the community and have a moderate level of physical fitness.

“We want people who are invested in doing something for the community and don’t mind getting hands on – a response to the community in a time of calamity,” he explains.

With about 20 on call from across the Western Bay of Plenty, including a few paramedics and ambulance officers, Peter says they need more core

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Money back guarantee a sure-fire winner? their high prices for electricity.

This was clearly evidenced by a Representative from Trustpower to whom I provided my annual electricity consumption.

She came back with the information that I am saving annually at least $450 (actually it is a saving of $504) and I am dealing

I am surprised to read that Trustpower is announcing that TECT will increase their annual rebate cheque to Trustpower consumers by at least $100 if they have their Broadband connection with Trustpower.

Why are they setting the rebate?

Why is there to be a rebate for broadband from an energy consumer trust such as TECT? Broadband clearly is not energy.

Trustpower continually rely on the TECT rebate cheque to justify

with a company that has a much higher consumer satisfaction rating.

It appears that Trustpower and TECT are in concert with each other and their consumers do not gain any benefit compared with other companies.

S Walton Tauranga

Main road traffic in a right jam Stop, go, stop, go, stop, jammed, crawl – this is Cameron Road, Tauranga.

I raise this issue because the operation of Cameron Road, our busiest business road, is a disgrace to the council.

For instance, the lights are hopelessly out of phase. Set them so 20 vehicles can run the length of Cameron Road without stopping!

The road is reduced to one lane from the hospital. Get rid of the all day parked cars and make it four lanes all the way to Barkes Corner.

Large parts of the road are reserved for

a few bikes and occasional turning traffic. Clear the road for commerce. Time, fuel and brakes are all being wasted. Make this road efficient!

We pay for two full-time TCC staff to monitor the lights and traffic.

Are they asleep?

TCC staff advised my councillor that they made Cameron Road ‘unattractive’ so that we would use their toll road! Well, you have gotten rid of it now!

Councillors, get your staff to fix the operation of this shocking road.

K Evans, Tauranga

Going green: Sell off our spaces

I have a lot sympathy for Tauranga City Council in its effort to sell off land beside Takitimu Drive.

It is common sense for council to sell land which is surplus to requirements, particularly when it was associated with a major road construction.

Many of the petitioners would have a ‘not in my backyard’

syndrome to which we are prone.

The argument about green space is not particularly important, more can be bought elsewhere.

We are surrounded by blue space being water and beach which must counter that aspect.

I walk along the path by Takitimu Drive regularly and a few more houses would not make much difference.

To me it is important that when council does undertake such land sales that the immediately adjoining neighbour(s) should be given first opportunity to buy the section [or part thereof ] at a fair price, possibly with easy terms.

That will enable neighbour(s) to handle the obvious intrusion into their patch in a multitude of ways.

B Capamagian, Tauranga

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Please, and thank yous But often these thoughts and stories go wasted. The Weekend Sun is now giving you a platform to have an unbridled moan or give someone a public pat on the back for doing something nice.

Today we start a column called ‘Bouquets & Barbed Wire’ – it is what is says.

Read on...

First some BARBED WIRE, or in this case bad ads or, more accurately, bad sandwich boards.

Like this one outside a mall boutique. ‘Womens dresses’ Who else wears a dress? Then there’s the apostrophe crime (women’s dresses please). And also ‘40 per cent off ’ – is the

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dress 40 per cent, is someone nearly half naked in the shop, or is it 40 per cent off the price of the dress? You figure.

A message for the ‘toe rag’ whose wheelies chew up the reserve on the estuary side of Takitimu Drive just about every Friday night.

Your girlfriend must be impressed.

Will she also be impressed when you are caught, lose your licence, your car is crushed and you have to take her to town on the bus? Enjoy while you can.

And our first BOUQUET is for Morrie of Mt Maunganui. You are a star. Whenever space forces his young neighbour to park further down the drive than they should, the 70-somethingyear-old Morrie pops out and washes her car.

It’s not asked for and it’s not expected – it’s simply a lovely gesture of goodwill which, in the end, means so much more than suds and a clean car.

Bless you Morrie. Oh, and thanks for the windscreen note and the heads up about the rego.

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We all love a good grump.

We also love to enthuse and gush about something that pleases or someone who delights.

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Got a moan, or someone/something that deserves public recognition? Email us at letters@thesun.co.nz

And the pain lingers on for some...

Like Letitia, I also have painful knees (‘Living with pain’, The Weekend Sun, August 7).

I had my appointment with the surgeon, and was told I needed knee replacement.

I signed the forms for more blood if needed etc, they wrote to my doctor and said I would be having the operation, only to then have a letter from the DHB to say ‘No sorry your not bad enough. Go back to your doctor

to find out what is going on.’

I guess they ran out of money for the month. But that takes me off the waiting list and I have to start again. I also have a friend who was sent to the nose and throat doctor for a foot problem, only to be told by staff later that it was to get her off the waiting list.

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E N T E R T A I N M E N T G U I D E The Weekend Sun’s ever popular guide to ‘What’s On’ in the Bay.

Friday 21 August

U3A Tauranga Guest Speaker is Nigel Wilson speaking on “My Family’s Role in the Foundation of Tauranga.” Nigel will explain how this house and his family are entwined. Starts 10am Wesley Church Centre 13th Ave Tauranga

Saturday 22 August

Alcoholics Anonymous Women’s meeting

at St Andrews, Dee St 10-11am, children welcome. 0800 229 6757 Andre Rieu Friendship Group BOP For lovers of music of Andre Rieu, monthly weekend gatherings in each other’s homes, annual garden party & celebrations at local cafes all to the music of Andre. Pete/ Jennifer 574 4238 Bayfair Night Market Arts, crafts, jewellery, fresh produce, food stalls & more. Bayfair Shopping Centre, cnr Maunganui Rd & Girven Rd, 6-11pm.

Free entry. 022 588 2282 or email: tauranganightmarket@hotmail.com Books Wanted For Tauranga Harbour City Lions November Book Sale. CDs, DVDs & Jigsaws also wanted. Drop off points: Living Quarters, Bethlehem Town Centre; Payless Plastics, 414 Cameron Rd; Liquor King 140 Otumoetai Rd, Brookfield. 576 7105 Come Dancing Tonight Come join us tonight for Sequence and Old time Dancing, Great music and supper, Greerton Hall 7-30 to 11pm, Entry $7.00 Run by Tauranga Scottish Society, Phone Nola 576 5076.

Earth Kids Childcare Centre Open Day – 58 Panorama Drive Welcome Bay. www.earthkids.co.nz Gate Pa Car Boot Sale Monthly car boot market in Gate Pa next to Tauranga Girls’ College. Sept 5. Clothing, food, free items. To book your space, Wiki 578 3321. A community initiative of Chirp. www.chirp.org.nz

Ha Derech/The Way Messianic Kehilat

Now at Hillier Centre, Bayfair Shabbat/ Saturday 10am. A one new man community & welcome all seekers of the truth.

544 7424 or 021 0226 3515

Let’s Dance Ballroom & Latin Dance

Second Sat of month at Bethlehem Hall 7-10.30pm. Live dance tempo music.

Bruce 576 5598 NZ Basketball Academy Steven Adams Camp at ASB Arena, Baypark, 81 Truman Lane, Mt Maunganui 8.30am – 2pm.

Tickets $65 each – limited to 300 pax. www.bayvenues.co.nz

NZ Response Team 16 Open Day

NZRT16 is a Tauranga based Urban Search & Rescue team supporting the local community. Info day today at Bunnings. Register your interest by email info@nzrt16.com Sailing (IOM) International One Meter Radio Controlled Yachts - The fastest growing sailing class of today. Come for a sail & get hooked. Every Sat & Weds at Landing Drive, The Lakes 1-4pm. Pat 0274 731 765

MUSIC

SPECIAL EVENTS

News, reviews and opinionated raving on the music scene. Pg36 SPCA Cupcake Fun Day 10.30 2.30 Bouncy Castles, Face painting, Ferris Wheel and more. 43 Alach Street Taichi Qigong Every Sat at Memorial Park between mini golf & playground 10am.

Free to join. All welcome.

Tauranga Farmers Market Fresh & artisian produced food. Tauranga Primary School cnr 5th Ave & Cameron Rd every Sat 7.45am - 12pm. Trixie 552 5278 or www.taurangafarmersmarket.co.nz Village Radio Community radio broadcasting from Tauranga Historic Village 1368 kHz AM. Music of 1920’s - 80’s weekends 9am - 5pm, weekdays 10am - 5pm. Specialty programmes. www.villageradio.co.nz or 571 3710

Community events and occasions across the Bay. Pg37 Also, meet and share with Tauranga’s best spiritual and healing practitioners.

Sunday, 23rd August; Greerton Community Hall, Greerton. - Starts at 7pm - After Door charge $10 everything free. Enquiries Ph 5787205

Sunday 23 August

Bay Bible Fellowship/Lord’s Day Wor-

ship & Communion service Welcome Bay Primary School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay road. 10.00am. “To Live is Christ” series in Philippians. Tom Griffiths. www.bbf.net.nz Bible Seminars 1:45pm at Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St, Greerton. Title: “The book of Jude teaches us lessons for today” Interactive, Q & A. Refreshments provided. Vic 5430504 Children’s Dance Class 7 weeks starts Oct 18 at Tauranga Primary School Hall, 5th Ave. Learn Latin America, Rock & Roll, Cha Chat & more. Sonia, Supreme Dance Centre 544 2337 or 027 322 1786 Home Computer Club [Tga] Inc. Computer enthusiasts meet to share knowledge and experience, at Arts & Crafts Centre, Elizabeth St. West, on last Sun of each month, from 9:30 am until approx. 12:30 pm. $3 door charge, Visitors welcome. For more info Ph. 544-2067 Katikati Tramping Club Tauranga & Mount walks, easy, Marie 07 863 5063.

Otumoetai Indoor Bowls Champion of Champion Fours at Mount Sports Centre 9am. Karen 576 0443 Papamoa Lions Club Market Held second & fourth Sunday of month at Simpson Reserve, cnr Dickson & Parton Rd 7.30-12.30pm.

Petanque Tga/BOP Club Every Sun & Thurs at Cliff Rd 12.45pm. Boules available, tuition given. 578 3606 Quakers in Tauranga Mainly silent worship, hour long meeting followed by tea & talk. Every Sunday in hall behind Brain Watkins Historic House 10am. 544 0448 Radio Controlled Model Yachts Meet Sun & Thurs 1.30pm at pond behind 24 Montego Drive, Papamoa, to sail electron & similar 3ft long yachts for fun.

Beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419

Smith’s Sport Shoes Winter Duathlon Kids, Short & Long course options at Hotuhotu St, The Lakes, Tauriko from 9am. Paul 027 270 5300 email: in-fo@triathlontauranga.org.nz or visit www.triathlontauranga.org.nz Spiritual Fellowship The Psychic Café.

Come meet and listen to Elaine Sollitt talking about Crystals and everyday use.

Tauranga Friendship & Social Club

Walks, dinners & outings for over 50’s.

Barbara 544 7461 The Doodahs Fun packed, high energy, laugh out-loud show. Awesome music & audience interaction with the newest kid’s entertainment sensations. Aug 23 1pm & 3pm & Aug 24 11am at Baycourt XSpace.

Tickets from $12. www.baycourt.co.nz Theosophical Society John Vorstermans, “Theosophy, a Living Wisdom,” Followed by an Emergency Special General Meeting to decide the future of Theosophy in Tauranga. Tauranga Yoga Centre, Elizabeth ST West, 2pm. All welcome, entry by donation. ph 5766106 Underwater Hockey Every Sunday at Baywave. Gear & coaching available for beginners.

New members welcome. Juniors (under 15) 5-6.15pm. Seniors (over 15) 6-7.40pm. Lance 027 287 4731 or lancepotaka@orcon.net.nz

Weekend Activities for the Over 60’s

Walks, dinners, day trips & good times.

Gloria 544 1834

Monday 24 August

Achieve Toastmasters Making it on

Mondays. 1st, 3rd & 5th Mon at St Stephen’s Church Hall, Brookfield, Tga 7.30pm. Chrissy 543 9493 Badminton Tauranga Badminton Club every Mon & Weds at Bethlehem College Events Centre 7.30-9.30pm. All players welcome. Sue 021 194 4335 Badminton Junior Club Bethlehem College Events Centre every Mon 6-7.30pm.

Racquets available. Sue 021 194 4335 www.taurangabadmintonclub.co.nz Bethlehem Bowls Every Mon at Bethlehem Hall 7.15pm. First 3 nights free.

Wendy 578 2585 Body+Soul Fun Fitness For over 50’s, social events and guest speakers. Mon & Fri Greerton Hall Cameron Rd. Tues Wesley Church Hall 13th Ave. Wed City Church Cnr Otumoetai Rd/Sherwood St. Thurs Tauranga Senior Citizens Hall Norris St behind Pak n Save. All classes 9.15-10.15am. First class free. For Men & Women. Dianne 576 5031 Qualified Sport & Recreation Instructor.

Chess Mt Maunganui Mount RSA Chess Club every Mon at Mount RSA, 544 Maunganui Rd. Juniors 6.15-7.15pm during school term. Open club 6pm & 7.30pm onwards. Noel 579 5412 Citizens Advice Bureau Free, confidential info & advice about anything call in Mon - Fri at 38 Hamilton St, Tauranga 9am - 5pm or free-phone 0800 367 222 or 578 1592. Justice of Peace service every Mon 1-4pm, Weds & Thurs 9-11.30am & Weds CAB Service at Welcome Bay Community Centre 9.30am - 12.30pm.

OUT THERE Stories, snippets, strangeness, and general entertainment. Pg40 Migrant clinics Tues - Fri 1-4pm. No appointment necessary.

Civic Choir Tauranga At Wesley Church, 13th Ave, Tauranga 7.30pm. New members welcome. Heather 575 9092 Free Taster Event\ Presented by Community Education BOP! A number of tutors are offering a range of short introductory classes at Wesley Church, 100 13th Ave, 8th Sept 6 - 9 pm. Have a go at French, Cake Decorating, Calligraphy, NZ Sign Language, Pilates, Belly Dancing and more! Turn up or pre-register at www.tasterevent.weebly. com or text Charlotte on 027 3444 278.

Fitness League Safe effective, low impact fun exercise set to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed for women of all ages & abilities. First class free. Every Mon at Settlers Hall Omokoroa 9.30am & Tues St Johns Anglican Church Waihi 9.30am. Dorothy 549 3378 Fitness League Ladies 50 plus exercise with dance to music. Improve posture, energy, toned body, increase strength & fun. Every Mon at Greerton Senior Citizens Hall, 39 Maitland St 9.3010.30am. Gloria 573 4429 Free Antenatal Classes Te Ha Ora. Day & night classes. Kaupapa Maori - but open to all cultures. TeRina 552 4573 or in-fo@pirirakauhauora.org.nz Free Budget Course Learn how to budget, save & spend wisely. Held Aug 31, Sept 7 & 14 at Holy Trinity Church, 3rd Ave, Tauranga 7pm. Supper provided. 578 7718 or cap@holytrinitytauranga.com

Free Mindfulness for Change Course

Every Mon in Te Puke 6pm.

027 502 1188 Genealogy Friendly Group Meet in the Mako Room, Papamoa Community Centre 1pm. Assistance offered to anyone with an interest in re-searching their family history. Daphne 575 4674

Harmony a Plenty Barbershop Chorus

Every Mon at Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd 7pm. New members welcome. Alan 579 3177 or www.harmonyaplenty.co.nz Learn to Dance St Pats Hall, Beatty Ave Te Puke with sequence dancers. New vogue & sequence dancing for learners & people wishing to improve.

More lady dancers required. Learners 6.30pm, followed by sequence dancing until 8.30pm approx. $3pp. Gordon 572 0060 Leisure Marching For exercise, fun & fellowship for ladies 55+, no experienced required. Coreen 570 0172 Meditation Group Free classes Mon 10am & Weds 7.30pm. Find peace, spiritual awareness & the meaning of your life. David 576 9764

Nam Wah Pai Kung Fu Papamoa

Training at Tatahai Coast School Mondays and Thursdays 6.15 to 7.40pm.

Phone Brian 0212417059

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

Otumoetai Indoor Bowls Ladies vs Men, Matua Primary School Hall, Clivedene St, 7.15pm. New members welcome. Karen 576 0443 Recycled Teenagers Gentle exercise for 50’s forwards, and injury or illness rehabilitation, Mondays and Wednesdays 9am to 10.30am. 14 Norris St, Tga Senior Citizens Club, behind Pak N Save .Tuesdays at St. Marys Church Hall corner of Girven Road and Marlin Street 9am to 10.30am. Classes taken by qualified instructor. First class free.

Phone Jennifer on 571 1411.

Soroptimist International of Tauranga

Global voice for women. Dinner meeting monthly 4th Mon. Judith 552 4372 Tauranga Brass Practice every Mon at Elizabeth St West Community Hall 7-9pm. New players welcome.

Alex 571 8720

Tauranga City Silver Band

Meet every Mon at their band room, Yatton St. Brass & percussion players welcome. www.taurangacitysilver.tk Tauranga Creative Fibre Every Mon at Arts Centre, Elizabeth St from 9.30am.

Spinning, weaving, felting, knitting, crochet & more. Learn & share in a mutually supportive club. Also on Thurs evening twice a month. Joan 577 6781 Tauranga Rock n Roll Club Inc Club night every Mon at Tauranga RSA, Cameron Rd 8pm. A relaxed, social evening of dancing. Members $3, non $5. Visitors welcome. Checkout FB. Trina 575 7461 after 5pm.

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

New members welcome.

The Writing Project Meet fourth Mon of month 7pm. Positive, supportive group for people who are working on a piece of writing or would like to be.

Kaye 07 218 1411 or kaye.mclaren@ gmail.com Tiny House Theatre A variety of thought provoking documentaries screening second Mon of month 7pm.

For info & to be added to email list Kim 576 9427 or 027 285 9611

Triple P-Positive Parenting Program

For parents, whanau or caregivers with children aged from birth to 12yrs to manage common parenting challenges.

Free, with resources. Ardell 571 0144 or 027 311 2140 Volunteer WBOP Looking for a place to volunteer?

Free advice Mon - Thur at Historic Village, 17th Ave 10am - 2pm. 571 3714 or volunteerwbop.com Welcome Bay Art Group Meet every Mon at Lighthouse Church 9.30am 12pm. Bob 544 4499

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Friday 21 August 2015

...Continued YMCA - ALFS Active Lifestyles

for Seniors. First class free.

Open to both men & women.

Mon: Matua Community Hall, Levers Rd 9am & 10.15am.

Arataki Hall, Zambuk Way (off Grenada St) 9am. Tues: Papamoa Community Centre, Gravatt Rd 9am & 10.30am.

Sit & Be Fit at Papamoa Community Centre 11.30am. Smooth Movers Weds Welcome Bay Hall, Welcome Bay Rd 9.15am. Sit & Be Fit Greenwood Park Village, Welcome Bay 11am. Thurs: Otumoetai Action Centre, Windsor Rd 9am. Bethlehem Hall, Bethlehem Rd 10.30am. Fri: Papamoa Community Centre, Gravatt Rd 9am & 10.15am.

578 9272 www.ymcatauranga.org.nz

Tuesday 25 August

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

Club racquets & coaching available.

Delwyn 027 212 4720 Alcoholics Anonymous Mt Maunganui. Open meeting every Tues at St Peters Hall, 11 Victoria Rd 7.30pm. Ph 0800 229 6757 for more meetings or assistance.

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

Interested? Marie 576 5495 Badminton (Social) Every Tues at Otumoetai Baptist Hall 9.30am - 12pm. Racquets available. All welcome. Lorraine 579 3229 Balmoral Kilties Masters grade marching team. Ladies aged 30-60yrs welcome to join this awesome sport for fun, friendship & travel. Experience preferred but not essential. Anita 571 4096 or 021 0257 6094 Bayfair Petanque Club Tuition & boules available for learners & visitors.

Every Tues & Thurs at Bayfair Reserve, Russley Drive 1pm. Margaret 572 3173 Bureta Garden Circle Club Monthly meeting at the St Johns Church Hall, 84 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai at 1.30 pm Visitors welcome. Colleen 576 7610 Cards 500 Mount Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd Tues & Thurs 12.454pm. 575 4650 Does A Loved One have an Addiction?

Do you wonder what you can do? How to help? Hanmer Clinic Tauranga ‘Significant Other’ programme for spouses, partners etc of people who have an addiction. Free. 8 weekly sessions. Starts Sept 15 at 1234 Cameron Rd, Tauranga 1-3pm. 579 6460 or 0800 842 426 Excel Toastmasters Meet every 2nd, 4th & 5th Tues of the month at Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Bayfair 6.158.30pm. Learn leadership & public speaking skills. Kaaren 572 5988 Falun Dafa Ancient practice for modern times. Easy to learn & free. Exercises & meditation classes at Hillier Centre 7pm. Judy 021 0425 398 Google: Falun Dafa, Mt Maunganui Fibromyalgia Support Group Tuesday , August 25th @ 1.30 pm. Hillier Centre, Gloucester Street, Mt Maunganui. All welcome. Maureen 5763256 Fire & Grace Nights Worship, prayer, healing, presence, fellowship. Every Tues at Bethlehem Town Centre, above Metro Pharmacy 7pm. FB: The Father’s House Aotearoa NZ Ministry School.

Fitness League Ladies 50 plus exercise with dance to music. Improve posture, energy, toned body, increased strength.

Every Tues at St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood 9.3010.30am. Gloria 573 4429 Friends of the Library Mt Maunganui Library Book Group meets 10am. Topic this month: “Mythology”. Visitors & new members welcome. Gail 574 3376

Greerton Village Community Music

Morning for seniors – come along & join us in a morning of music. 1st Tues of month at Greerton Hall 10-11.30am.

Guest artist. Entry $4, includes morning tea. Di/Charley 027 626 2496 Inachord Chorus Womens 4 Part Harmony. Every Tues at Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd 6.55pm. Enjoy the challenge of singing & performing varied repertoire. Cathy

579 2040 email: inachordchorus@ gmail.com Israeli Dancing Beginners class every Tues at Gate Pa Primary School, Cameron Rd 7-8pm. All ages welcome, no partner required. Maria 544 1680 or 022 165 2114 Leisure Marching Team Seeking new members aged 30-50+ for friendly leisure marching. Practice Tues 6-8pm.

Ph/txt Ardell 027 937 4248 Mount Aglow All ladies invited to the meeting at Salvation Army, 57 Eversham Rd, Mt Maunganui 9.45am. Join us if you need a new direction to your life. Guest speaker: Dianne James. Shared lunch to follow. All welcome.

Raewyn 574 6967 Mount Morning Badminton Social, competitive, all ages, beginners welcome. Racquets available. Visitors $5 per session. Every Tues at Mount Sports Centre, Blake Park 9am - 12pm.

Maxeen 575 0162 Nam Wah Pai Kung Fu Training at Tauranga Boys College Tuesdays and Thursdays 6pm 7.30pm. New members welcome. Phone Brian 0212417059 Oriana Singers Community choir meet every Tues at St Andrew’s Church Hall, Dee St, Mount 7-9pm. New members welcome. Ladies - Altos please & Men Tenors or Basses. Terry 578 5937 Otumoetai Toastmasters Leadership skills, speaking skills. At Lyceum Club rooms, 68 1st Ave 7.15-9.30pm. Alan 544 5989 Pack of Girls Presented by Te Puke Repertory, by David Geary Sept 1-4 & 8-12 at Litt Park Theatre, Park Lane, Te Puke 8pm. Tickets at Te Puke Paper Plus. Admission $20, members $15.

Psychology Careers Expo Lecture Theatre H110, University of Waikato Campus, Windermere 1.30-3.30pm.

Recreational Cycle Groups Every Tues meet at Palmers, Ohauiti 9.30am. Pam/Andrew 544 3272. Every Weds meet at Sulphur Pt, near Nautilus, off Cross Rd 9am. Cam 552 4513. Every Sunday meet at Papamoa Sports & Recreation Centre, Parton Rd 9.30am. Heinz 574 1543 Sequence Dancing Tauranga Social & Leisure Club. St John’s Anglican Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai. Every Tues 7-9.30pm except second Tues of month 3.30-6pm. Visitors welcome.

John 578 9716 South City Bowling Club Club night at Greerton Hall 7.30pm. New members welcome. Mary 541 0687 Tauranga Acoustic Music Club Jam sessions. Sing, play or just listen & enjoy. Greerton RSA 7.30-10pm. Sheryl 552 5906

Tauranga Patchwork & Quilters

Meet every 1st & 3rd Tues 7pm & 2nd & 4th Fri 10am at Tauranga Art Centre, 177 Elizabeth St, Tauranga.

Helen 0274 177 581 Tauranga Scrabble Club Every Tues at Tauranga Bridge Club, Ngatai Rd 9am. 3 games $3. New players welcome. 544 8372 Tauranga Toastmasters Tga Lyceum Club 7.15-9.30pm. Confidence building, speaking skills, leadership skills.

Alan 544 5989 Te Puke Lyceum Club Social afternoon 1.30pm. 8 Palmer Place, Te Puke.

Margaret 573 5355 Video Lecture Astronomical Alchemy - The Origin of Elements that exist throughout the Universe. Fergusson Park Observatory 7.30pm Telescope viewing weather dependent.

Wednesday 26 August Age Concern Walking Group The

Strand Walk, Matapihi Rail Bridge 10am. All welcome. 578 2631

Baywide Community Law Service

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

Every Tues morning at Te Puke Clinic.

For appointment 573 5614. Every 1st & 3rd Thurs morning at Katikati Clinic.

For appointment 549 0399 Bolivia If you enjoy the game, join us every Weds at the Te Puke Senior Citz Club, Jocelyn St 1pm. Marie 573 9219 Bowls Indoor Mount Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd Weds & Fri 12.454pm. Beginners welcome. Come along & see if you like to play. 575 4650

Cards Do you play cribbage or would like to learn the game? Every Weds at Tauranga RSA 1pm. New members welcome. Rona 578 7939

Club Mt Maunganui Indoor Bowls

Every Weds night. Jim 572 1983 Dance, Modern Sequence Every Mon 7.30-10pm & Weds 7-10pm Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St. Tauranga Sequence Dance Club. Partners required. Owen 574 2714

Diabetes Help Tauranga Network

Arataki Community Centre 2pm.

Fernlands Spa Water exercise classes.

10.45-11.45am. Held rain or shine, but not during school holidays. New participants planning to attend please call Jennifer on 571 1411.

Freemasons The Gate Pa Lodge meets at Hairini Freemasons Masonic Centre 7.30pm. Ph/Text Glen 027 918 9096 Gate Pa Indoor Bowls Box Drawn Pairs (Eric Boyles Tray), Greerton Hall 7.30pm. Names in book.

Kevin 543 4044 Gate Pa Tennis Every Weds 9am 12pm. Come along & join in, make new friends. The aim is to introduce tennis on a social level, beginners welcome. No commitment 3 free trials Weds. Geoff 570 1168 or 021 474 807 Healing Rooms Experience God’s healing touch at Bethlehem Town Centre cnr shop behind PO/ Bookstore every Weds 1-3pm.

021 110 0878 or at Papamoa Fashion Island, 42 Gravatt Rd, next to Esquires every Weds 3-4pm. 022 120 5406. No appointment necessary, no charge. All ages welcome. www.healingrooms.co.nz ITM Cup – BOP vs Southland ASB Baypark Stadium, 81 Truman Lane, Mt Maunganui 7.35-9.35pm. www. bayvenues.co.nz Leisure Marching Team Requires new ladies 45+ for non competitive marching. No experience required.

Marion 578 1108.

Multicultural Tauranga “Living in Harmony” evening at 7pm in the Village Hall, Historic Village,17th Avenue. Solomon Island culture, dances and food by local community and visitors from the Islands. Entry free with a plate for potluck dinner, donations are welcomed. Beverly 029 773 1002 or Maria 542 2100 Scottish Country Dancing Every Weds at Senior Citizens Hall, Maunganui Rd, Mt Maunganui. Beginners class 6pm, regular class 7.30pm. Lynne 573 5055 Single Coffee Club 60+ Mixed company of singles 60+ that meet up once a week for coffee, enjoy socialising & meeting new friends. Email: mixandmingle@xtra.co.nz or 027 439 3267 Table Tennis Tauranga At Memorial Hall, QEYC every Weds 1-3pm & 7-9pm & every Fri 7-9pm. Bill 578 1662 www.sportsground.co.nz/ tabletennistauranga Tauranga Embroiderers’ Guild Every Weds at Wesley Church Hall, 100 13th Ave 10am - 2.30pm & 7.30-9.30pm. Juniors 4-5.30pm.

Beginners & experienced stitchers welcome. Nancy 544 4778

Tauranga Mid-Week Tramping Group

Lockington Rd loop from Thompsons Track Rd, off track. Grade mod, approx.

5.5hrs. Sheryl 574 3743 Te Puke Spiritual & Healing Mini expo at Constables Gallery, Commerce Lane, Te Puke. 4 readers & 3 healers.

Doors open 6.30pm for 7pm start. Cost $10, includes raffle & refreshment.

All welcome, proceeds donated to the Cancer Society.

Toastmasters City Early Start The 6 F’s Club - Fast, focused, flexible, feedback, friendly & fun. Confidence & leadership building. Every Weds at Avgas Cafe, Classic Flyers 6.50-8.15am.

021 044 5654 LaniDTM@gmail.com or www.cityearlystart.co.nz

Wednesday Night Mountain Bike Grp Meet at RideBikes, 393 Cameron Rd 6.15pm. Jen 578 0016

Thursday 27 August

Aqua Aerobics Every Thurs at Ocean

Shores Village, Maranui St, Arataki 9.15-10.15am. Exercise to music indoor pool. Men & women welcome, all abilities. Cost $7. Lynda 574 0457 or 029 230 0162 Christian Services Held every Thurs 7.30-8.30pm & Sun 3.30-4.30pm at Welcome Bay Hall, Welcome Bay Rd. 021 026 86421

Club Mt Maunganui Social games club. Every Thurs 12.45pm play indoor bowls, 500 & Bolivia. John 575 2422

Community Bible Study International

Join us at 14th Ave Gospel Centre 10am - 12pm for a non denominational Bible Study on Deuteronomy. Jack/Betty 544 3809. And at City Church, 252 Otumoetai Rd 7-9pm on 1 & 2 Thessalonians.

Charmaine 576 0467 Fitness League Safe, effective, low impact exercise to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed to help with posture, balance & stamina, combination of exercise, movement & dance. All ages & abilities.

Complementary 1st class. Thurs: Central Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave/Cameron Rd 9.30am. Weds: Katikati Memorial Hall 10am. Pam 549 4799 or 021 117 7170 French Connection For lovers of all things French. Come & meet like-minded people over a relaxed drink. Meet every second Thurs at La Mexica, the Strand between 4.306.30pm. Andrea - agohns@yahoo.co.nz Friends of the Library Greerton Library Chat Group meet at Tauranga RSA, 1237 Cameron Rd 10am. Topic this month: TBA. Come along for a coffee. All welcome. Pam 571 2566 Happiness & Our Mind Drop-in meditation classes, beginners welcome. Classes are self-contained so start any date. Cost $14 per class. Tauranga Plunket, 471 Devonport Rd. Monthly classes, next class Sept 10 7-8.30pm. www.meditateintauranga.org Keynotes 4 Part Harmony Women’s chorus meet every Thurs at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave 6.45pm. Sing for fun & health.

Nora 544 2714 Mainly Music Every Thurs at St Enoch’s Church, 134 16th Ave 9.30am. $3 per family.

New members welcome. 578 3040 Nam Wah Pai Kung Fu Training at Tauranga Boys College Tuesdays and Thursdays 6pm 7.30pm. New members welcome.

Phone Brian 0212417059

Nam Wah Pai Kung Fu Papamoa

Training at Tatahai Coast School Mondays and Thursdays 6.15 to 7.40pm.

Phone Brian 0212417059

Orange City Square & Round Dance

Tues morning class 10am - 12pm. Weds Plus, Thurs club night & new dancers.

Frontiersmen’s Hall, 7.30pm. 543 1063 Papamoa 500 Card Club Every Thurs at Gordon Spratt Reserve 12.45pm.

Dave 575 5887 Papamoa Table Tennis Every Thurs at Papamoa College Gym 7-9pm. New members welcome. John 572 0129

Relationship Addiction Anonymous for Women. Are you relationships causing you more pain than pleasure? Are you always falling for the wrong man. Are you wishing and hoping he will change? R.A. meets every Thursday morning from 10 am to 11am at Hanmer Clinic, 1235 Cameron Rd, Tga. Further info: Liz Kite 0274 362800 Sunshine Dance Group Learn sequence dancing at a friendly club. Meet every Thurs at Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave & Cameron Rd 7-8.30pm, followed by dancing till 10pm. $2pp, entrance includes supper. Jan 544 4379 Tai Chi Qingong Every Thurs at Ohauiti Rd Settlers Hall 11am. Class takes approx 1hr. $1pp. All welcome. Eric 577 1988 Tauranga Cake Decorators Guild We meet 3rd Thursday Feb-Nov 7.30pm start, Visitors $3, Wesley Church, 13th Avenue, Tauranga. Contact us through our Facebook Page.

Tauranga Heart Support Group Low impact group exercise class for those with or at risk of heart disease. Every Thurs at City Church, Otumoetai, & every Mon at St Enoch’s Church Hall, 16th Ave. Both 9.30-10.30am. $4pp includes light refreshment. Hannah (Clinical Exercise Physiologist) 0508 227 342 Tauranga Model Railway Club Every Thurs 7.30pm. Ed 543 1108 www.taurangamodelrailwayclub.co.nz Tauranga Rock n Roll Social Dancers Every Thurs at Snr Citizens Club,

14 Norris St (behind Pak n Save) 7.309.30pm. $3pp. Maria 576 7326 Tennis Seniors WBOP Players 35+, Tauranga Lawn Tennis Club, Wharepai Domain 9am - 12pm. $3 ball fee.

New members welcome. Lynda 575 0627 or tswbop@gmail.com Toastmasters Kickstart Breakfast Club - Speak confidently in a fun environment.

Alimento Cafe 7am, guests welcome.

Helen 571 6181 Ukulele Lessons For primary age children.

Every Thurs at Otumoetai Baptist Chapel 3.30-4.30pm. Enquires Linkt Community Trust email: learn@lead.co.nz Winter Delights Free cup of soup & entertainment held by Mount Lions, at Arataki Community Centre 6.30-8pm.

If you’d like to help contact Brenda 021 188 8308 Young Parents Group (For ages 20 & under) every Thurs at Plunket, 471 Devonport Rd, Tauranga 12pm. Lunch provided. Text Rozi 027 924 6526 Continued...

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Fri 6:15, 8:30pm. Sat 1:00, 6:05pm. Sun 1:00, 5:15. Mon 3:45, 6:20.

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COMEDY.

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ACTION, THRILLER. Rupert Friend, Zachary Quinto, Hannah Ware.

A genetically engineered professional assassin attempts to silence a massive corporation.

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at the Jazz Festival where she’s played two concerts. If not, prepare to be wowed by the astonishing flute and sax playing, and dynamic presence of Miho Wada and her quintet. Mix the odd contemporary jazz piece with her own originals and a slice of J-pop groove and you have an entertainingly unpredictable night.

Saturday September 13, 5pm, upstairs at the Citz Club; tickets $10 on the door.

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COMEDY. Ed Helms, Christina Applegate.

Fri 3:30, 8:30pm. Sat 3:40, 8:30pm. Sun 1:20, 6:30pm. Mon 3:30pm.

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Janet Reid (Bethlehem College) But wait, there’s more! Warren Maxwell, and Andrew Robinson (Tauranga Thomas Oliver and Louis Baker team up Boys’ College). to sing together and play ‘pass the guitar’, rising singer/songwriter Mel Parsons returns There are prestigious judges to town, and Praguematique promise a night and Justus Rosemond will be of eclectic Eastern European madness. Check conducting the orchestra. Friday out online or pick up a programme in town.

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Art Exhibition Te Puke Art Society, featuring Steven Clark, Constables Gallery, Commerce Lane, Te Puke. Aug 28 9am - 6pm & Aug 29 9am - 2pm. Steven will be there Friday. Free admission, all welcome.

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Homestead volunteers Stuart Keat enjoys a nice cuppa at the Station.

Ploughman’s lunch to celebrate Dad Father’s Day is an opportunity to say thanks, to our fathers or grandfathers, for all their love, support and encouragement throughout our lives.

So why not make this Father’s Day a special occasion at the amazing Station Refreshment Rooms at Historic Athenree Homestead on Athenree Road?

The ladies will be producing their usual cuisine with a delicious Ploughman’s lunch. Entertainment has been arranged and, of course, you will be able to view the Homestead.

The Station Refreshment Rooms is a great place to take in the ambience of this historic place with its stunning views. The platform of this station has become a favourite spot to enjoy events such as this.

So don’t delay – pick up the phone and book your spot for one of the two sittings on Sunday, September 6. Early sitting is 11am-12.30pm; Phone Barbara to book on 07 863 4421.

Latter sitting runs 1pm-2.30pm; Phone Marion to book on 07 863 4983.

Cost is $20 per person, with free entry for children under five. Eftpos will be available.

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Greer’s Gastro Bar Sunday 23 – Icefire 5-8pm Sunday 30 – Take 2 5-8pm Mount RSA Friday 21 – Helen Riley and Marian Burns 7.30pm Saturday 22 – Credence Clearwater Revival Tribute Show 7.30pm Sunday 23 – Reuben Simpson 4.30pm The Crown & Badger Saturday 22 – Cougar Alert The Matua Sunday 23 – Brendan Hopping 3-6pm Wednesday 26 – A Taste of Country Night 7.30-10pm Welcome Bay Bar Thursday 20 – Jam Night 8pm-12am Friday 21 – Karaoke 8pm-12am

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Another string to their bow This week we profile two more of the six talented youngsters who will perform in Bay of Plenty Symphonia’s Rising Stars Concerto competition next month.

Originally from South Korea, Esther Lee started playing violin when she was five years old – but when she heard the cello she loved the sound, so switched her allegiance!

Esther has won first prizes for cello in the Hamilton, Te Awamutu and Tauranga competitions. Recently she gained a scholarship to study under Edith Salzeman at the Auckland University School of Music.

Also playing a big stringed instrument is Jessie Colbert from Rotorua. Jessie began playing the double bass in 2011 and quickly fell in love with this magnificent instrument. She was selected for the NZSO National Mentoring Programme in 2013 when she started playing with the National Youth Orchestra. She also played lead double bass in this year’s NZ Secondary Schools Symphony Orchestra.

Both Esther and Jessie enjoy orchestral work and have played with Bay of Plenty Symphonia, but this time they will be taking centre stage. They have both chosen to perform first movements from virtuosic classical pieces from the 1760s – Esther will play Haydn’s first cello concerto, while Jessie’s choice is Dittersdorf ’s concerto number two for double bass.

Rising Stars 2015 is on Friday, September 4, 7pm, at Graham Young Youth Theatre, Tauranga Boys’ College.

Book at www.iticket.co.nz or phone 0508 iTICKET, or at Creative Tauranga, Willow Street.

Young musicians Jessie Colbert and Esther Lee.

Shaken, not stirred: Make your own martini There has been a notable increase in requests for espresso martinis lately and after being asked for our recipe, I thought I’d share it with everyone: Chill one double shot of fresh coffee (we’re after the crema) and add to an ice-filled shaker. Add 45mls of Whittaker’s whitechocolate infused vodka with 5ml Monin White Chocolate Syrup, and shake extremely well.

Strain into a well-chilled martini glass. There should be a beautiful caramel foam floating above your caffeine beverage. The classic garnish, according to Italian ‘lore, is three coffee beans resting on the foam because an odd number brings good luck.

Our third annual Beer-Up August competition has started with more fantastic prizes to be won.

Previous winners have Blokart-ed, driven off road NZ sprint cars, white-water rafted over the highest

commercially rafted waterfall in the world, laughed at their golf games and cried over lost fish on their charter trip.

To create another set of experiences this year, our major prize is the Monteith’s experience trip for two, with second prize an Aquatek fishing charter for three and the Weber Grill & Brazier as third prize.

What better way to celebrate the coming of spring than chilled espresso martinis and Beer-Up August?

The Weekend Sun has a $50 The Phoenix voucher to give away to a lucky reader who can tell us what first prize is in the Beer-Up August competition?

Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competitions section. Entries must be received before Wednesday, August 26.

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Natural beauty inspiration for art Having grown up beside the sea, Papamoa artist Paula Knight has a strong affinity with the ocean and costal settings.

Locals now have the chance to view Paula’s and emerging artist Totaea Rendell’s works up close as part of the upcoming ‘Native’ exhibition, which opens in Tauranga this weekend.

About 20 works appear in the exhibition, which features Paula’s acrylic paintings of coastal New Zealand, beaches, plants, seas and skies, and Totaea’s prints of native birds and animals.

“I’m a costal landscape painter with a bit of a botanical leaning as well,” says Paula.

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“It’s those beautiful, unspoiled places that I’m drawn to, where there’s no development yet. They’re just so precious and rare I feel so inspired to paint them.”

Some of the locations captured by Paula that appear in the exhibition includes Matakana Island, Orokawa Bay, plus Coromandel beaches Opito Bay, Otama Bay and New Chums Beach.

Paula says while Totaea has been a successful designer for many years, this will be his first exhibition.

“Totaea brings a style characterised by bold, strong clean lines drawing on his experience as a commercial artist,” she explains. “He will be showing a range of vibrantly contemporary serigraphs that explore the fusion of native fauna and Maori culture.”

Both artists’ works will be exhibited at Blow Hair Co on Sixth Ave, and selected works will hang on the salon walls for a further month.

All works will be available for purchase and 10 per cent of all sales will be donated to Waipuna Hospice.

Native by Paula Knight and Totaea Rendell will be displayed at Blow Hair Co, 55 Sixth Ave from August 23-24. An artist talk will take place on Sunday, from 5pm.

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Merv Beets directs these two short performances by prolific New Zealand playwright April Phillips. Real life motivated April to write ‘Snip’, resulting in a heartfelt yet tremendously funny play.

When asked about her inspiration for the play, April says, “My husband had an uncommon and hilarious reaction to the sedation. When I insensitively shared his experience with our friends, I heard some other very funny stories about their vasectomies.”

‘Snip’ is coupled with ‘Bonking James Bond’, which tells the tale of a woman dealing with her husband’s affair by slipping into a fantasy world with familiar characters and a heart-warming outcome.

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Heaven help us! Talented musicians team up Four of New Zealand’s most celebrated musical talents are heading to Tauranga as part of the Church Tour 2015 this October.

churches across the country and each show will run in two halves, with each artist performing a set on their own and backed by a house band.

But audiences can expect all four artists to jump in and out of each other’s sets throughout the night, says Tami.

“Delaney and I co-wrote a song called ‘Whiskey & Kisses’ which is a duet we never get to perform together because we’re rarely in the same country.

“Usually I perform it with a member of the band, so it’s pretty special that we’ll get it perform it together on tour.”

The Church Tour 2015 featuring Tami Neilson, Delaney Davidson, Barry Saunders and Marlon Williams takes place at Holy Trinity Church on Friday, October 2.

Tickets available via Ticketmaster or by visiting www.civicevents.co.nz/events/ church-tour/

Musical maestros Delaney Davidson, Barry Saunders, Marlon Williams and Tami Neilson are sure to captivate and enthral when they perform at Holy Trinity Church on Friday, October 2.

This is definitely the show for all fans of country, alt-country, spaghetti noir, country rock, rockabilly, western folk, Americana, honky tonk, and everything in between.

APRA Silver Scroll winner Tami Neilson says everyone’s excited to be hitting the road and sharing stages with one and other.

“Where do I begin,” she says laughing.

“They’re a fantastic group of guys and I’m quite honoured to be representing female country music artists.

“It’s not like any other tour I’ve done, simply because of the venues. It’s not every day you get to perform buildings which were built with music and voices The Church Tour 2015 will feature singing specifically supremely talented musicians, from in mind.”

The quartet will left: Delaney Davidson, Tami Neilson, Marlon Williams and Barry Saunders. perform in eight

By David Tauranga

The Weekend Sun has one double pass to give away to one lucky reader who can tell us the name of the church where the Tauranga show will be held?

Visit SunLive.co.nz, under the competition section to enter. All entries must be received

by Wednesday, August 26.

Calling donations: Lions want your books!

It’s like the Boxing Day sale – people queueing outside with Thermos flasks hours before the doors open.

It’s the Tauranga Harbour City Lions annual book sale in November. Thousands turn out and buy thousands of books to make thousands of dollars for charity – like the $22,000 raised which went towards an emergency lighting system for the Tauranga Volunteer Fire Brigade and the commercial

defibrillator for St John.

Hence, the Lions are getting started on their annual book sale now. They need the books that you don’t need. And they need your jigsaws too because these are great sellers. “What jigsaws come in go out quick,” says Lions Club member Christine Currie.

Books can be dropped off at Living Quarters furniture shop in Bethlehem, Liquor King at Brookfield and Payless Plastics in Cameron Rd. If you would like books picked up, call Christine on 07 576 7105.

Below: About 150 people from Tauranga, Auckland, Hamilton, Paeroa, Kerikeri and Whakatane marched to the beat in colourful displays at the QEII on Saturday.

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Finding your place and purpose Fresh Horizons is an interdenominational ministry that inspires and equips people in the second half of life (50-plus) to live with purpose.

Last week people from around New Zealand gathered for the annual two-day conference at the Tauranga Yacht Club.

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speakers Richard and Leona Bergstrom from Ignite Ministries expanded on the above theme.

One of their first exercises was to ask every participant to hold out their left hand and find their pulse with their right. The point was if you have a pulse you have a purpose!

Through informative teaching, contemplative exercises, and relevant movie clips the theme was developed.

This year we sat around tables leading to greater interaction, which people enjoyed particularly. We also

had a very informative session taken by local resident Ian Cochrane, ‘Expecting the unexpected’ (leisure time, wills and enduring power of attorney) and an inspiring Biblical exposition by Pastor Jim Hurn, ‘A spirituality for the market place.’

We also had a lot of fun together and on the Wednesday night we sang and danced along with the superb duo, Back Porch. They had us in the palm of their hand. You Withare good food, new friends and plenty Highly Favoured, to challengeYou us the days were well spent! aretwo Highly Favoured,

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For our weekly bath, my father heated up the ‘copper’ and bucketed the hot water into the bath, after which the six of us took turns soaking, scrubbing up and getting out... all in about three minutes.

How things have changed and most of it for the better. Jesus and church were not part of my parents’ lives, though we were sent off to Sunday School. It was not until I began training as a police cadet in Trentham that it all changed.

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One of the other cadets there often told me how God had changed his life. I became very interested. He took me to a local church one Saturday night where they had a visiting speaker. What he said captivated my imagination. I realised that this was what I had been looking for all my short life.

That was 57 years ago. And what an eventful life – that took me as a pastor to churches in New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Japan. A rich and exciting life.

My father once told me that church was for kids and old women! Sadly he never discovered the reality of a deeply enriching relationship with God, made possible through the life and death of Jesus. It’s a journey worth starting!

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mP For BAY oF PLenTY Simon Bridges MP and Todd Muller MP will meet with constituents most Fridays in their electorate offices. Appointments necessary.

Hon Simon Bridges MP Todd Muller MP A: 35A Third Avenue, Tauranga 3110 | P: 07 579 9016 A: 3/9 Domain Road, Papamoa | P: (07) 542 0505 E: taurangamp@parliament.govt.nz E: Todd.MullerMP@parliament.govt.nz Authorised by Hon Simon Bridges (35A Third Avenue, Tauranga) and Todd Muller (3/9 Domain Road, Papamoa)

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THIS WEEKS GARAGE SALES! Bellevue PRINCESS RD Saturday 22nd August 2015 - Signs out at 7am, House Hold Goods, Furniture, Kitchen, Garden, Bric-a-Brac, and lots more! Come and check it out, there will be Bargains Galore!

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you need to get a great relationship with your dog, get control of your dog in daily and practical situations and encourages you to discover just what potential natural talents your dog may possess.Go to www. allsortsdogtraining.com for more info and bookings.

entertainment TAURANGA TANDEM SKYDIVING best buzz in the Bay! Gift vouchers available.

Ph 574 8533 today

Pyes Pa

food workshop

6 MONTANA DRIVE. Saturday 22nd August 8am. Moving house, clothing, household items. Swing set, toys, shoes, ornamental swords and lots more.

RAW FOOD WORKSHOP in Bethlehem - Cakes and Snacks. 30 August, 1-4pm. $70.

Bookings essential. Contact Cecilia 021 0244 5887 or info@nurturedforwellness.com www.nurturedforwellness.com

Te Puna 166 TE PUNA RD Saturday 8am Leather Lounge suite, beds cal king, singles, kids foosball/ pool table, kids bikes, Vamoose backpack, clothes, bric-a-brac.

JUST $19 with FREE signs & price stickers! arborist ABORCORE TREE SERVICES - Qualified Arborist. 10 yrs exp. Confined Space Tree Removal; Winter Pruning; Tree Felling; Tree Maintenance.

Affordable, professional tree services. Free no obligation quote. Ph Vuk 021 024 52485 www.arborcaretreeservices.co.nz

arts & crafts PRIVATE GROUPS AND PARTIES Get your own group together for some creative time out. Adult and Children’s workshops available in Ceramic painting, fused glass or mosaics, let us organise something special for your group. Phone Lynn 571 3726 Clay Art Studio, Historic Village, 17th Ave.

bible digest “IF THE LORD delights in a man’s way, he makes his steps firm; though he stumbles, he will not fall, for the Lord uphold’s him with his hand.” Psalm 37 23-24

cars for sale A NO DEPOSIT DEAL from $50 p/w. Cars, vans, & 4x4s. To find out more txt ‘NEWCAR’ and your name to 9090. Learner licence welcome, with good guarantor.

CAR FAIR – buy or sell any vehicle every Sunday at 11th Avenue Car park opposite Mad Butcher 8am-noon. Ph for more information 027 733 9686 or www.taurangacarfair.co.nz

computers COMPUTER GETTING you down?

Problems, viruses, upgrades, internet, new or refurb PC’s tuition, or advice. Ph Bruce for a no obligation chat or quote 576 7940 or 021 260 9183 FREE ON SITE DIAGNOSIS & quote. We come to you & don’t charge extra for travel. Pensioner discounts. Ph Kyle at Tech Solutions 027 828 7078

curriculum vitae DO YOU NEED A C.V.? A C.V. For You can provide you with the professional touch. From scratch or alterations. “Get the interview….

Land the job” Contact via www.facebook.com/acvforyou or 0204 037 6034

dog training COMPANION DOG TRAINING Course 29th/30th August. This fun weekend course, based in Papamoa, covers all the essentials

gardening 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 BE READY for Winter! Lawns mowed, trees/hedges trimmed, palm trees pruned, general tidy ups, rubbish removal. Quality work. Ph Steve 571 2295 or 021 0264 8265 LAWNMOWING HONEST reliable operator. Mulch or catch + edges done from only $15. Ph/txt Hayden 021 488 219 or 575 9903 PEAVINE, LUCERNE AND MEADOW HAY convectional bales available. Can also be purchased for $10 by the sack full.

Barley straw also available. Ph 533 1922 or www.billwebb.co.nz

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.kiwikitz.com

housesitters TRUSTED HOUSESITTERS available from 17 Oct - 11 Dec. 14 years housesitting experience in Tauranga, excellent references.

Ph 027 302 8328

livestock AC PETFOODS collect injured & unwanted cows & horses.

Ph 0800 369 6269

lost & found FOUND ADULT Tabby female cat, Mount area Ref: 22060 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 FOUND Tabby female kitten, Maungatapu area, Ref: 22061 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 FOUND Grey Tabby female elderly cat, Whakamarama area,Ref: 22063 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 FOUND White female kitten, Mount area Ref: 22064 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 FOUND long haired tortishell female cat Ohauiti area Ref: 22071 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245

market THE HIDDEN TREASURE markets 2nd and 4th Sundays, cherrywood shopping carpark, enquiries phone 022 099 8528.

mobility MOBILITY SCOOTERS & MORE. Visit our showroom, 29 Burrows St, Tauranga. Ph 578 1213 Mobility Equipment & Services.

‘Supporting your independence’

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PART TIME OFFICE WORK: We are looking for someone to help us out for 2-3 hours each morning for 4 days (Monday to Thursday). Someone keen, who has computer, Excel, and Word document skills, and also is happy to work in with a small business.

You will have the afternoons off, and work in the mornings. If interested please contact Brad on 022 065 0698 for an interview.

service, fully insured satisfaction, guaranteed get the A Team @ Fresh Coats Painting. Call 022 421 4261

TAURANGA TASTING TOURS Ambria Restaurant Katikati 30 August; Sarnia Park (Cambridge) Gardens & Lunch 4 October; Gisborne Winery Tour 6-8 November. Ph (07) 544 1383 www.tastingtours.co.nz

CRUISE SHIP TOUR DRIVER: We are looking for someone who has good people skills, is very customer focused, has a small passenger licence, and would like to work in the cruise ship industry for this coming season.

If interested, please email us at info@hinterlandtours.co.nz attention Brad. please note we are only interested in committed and customer focus drivers / tour guides.

spiritual guidance SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE & counselling. Need some direction?

Confused, not sure where you’re heading? Readings, Healings and Counselling by experienced therapist. Ph Kerry 021 607 797 or 07 552 6768

trades & services AFFORDABLE BUILDING MAINTENANCE House repairs, spouting/roofing repairs, house painting, general maintenance.

20 years experience. Ph Andy 022 350 0600 APPLIANCE REPAIRS For service of all Fisher & Paykel, Haier and Elba appliances, Ph 0800 372 273 for your local technician.

BOAT BUILDING repairs and maintenance. Timber & fibreglass trade qualified, boat builder.

Ph Shaun 021 992 491 or 07 552 0277 BRYCE DECORATING Interior & exterior painting, wallpapering.

Quality work. Ph Wayne 579 5588 or 021 162 7052 BUILDER LICENSED, new work, renovations, decks, pergolas, roofing & more. Ph 022 121 3356 ELECTRICIAN, 18+ years experience, NZ registered.

Residential & commercial, maintenance & service, new builds, renovations.

Fast, friendly service. Ph Andrew 022 354 1960 FLOOR & WALL TILER. Over 35 years experience. All tiles, stone & slate. Ph 027 317 9031 HANDYMAN BUILDING and section maintenance, decks, fencing, pergolas, painting, water blasting, odd jobs. Free quotes Ph Rossco 027 270 3313 or 544 5911 INSECT SCREENS Measure.

Make. Mend. Ph Rob at Magic Seal 543 4940 PAINTER/DECORATOR Interior and Exterior, quality workmanship friendly services. Over 20 years specialising in residential and more. Quality paint at trade prices. For your best advice in all areas. Ph Shane Mount/Tauranga Decorators 07 544 6495 or 021 575 307 PAINTER/DECORATOR 20 years experience.

Interior/ exterior.

Free quotations.

Quality workmanship. Ph Dave 027 366 1251 PAINTERS AVAILABLE for immediate start. Interior/exterior.

Guaranteed workmanship. For free quotes, Ph Graeme today 022 0466 776 or 07 544 5234 PAINTING & DECORATING Interior Painting Gurus, High quality workmanship, prompt

PLASTERER Interior 30+years.

Skimming walls, make good ceilings, walls, cornice cove, Plasterboard stopping. Small jobs. Free quote. Ph Stan 021 130 2621 ROOF PAINTING and maintenance. Roofs rescrewed.

Waterblasting, moss removal.

Free quotes! Ph Mark 543 3670 or 021 0273 8840 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

STUMPINATOR STUMP Grinding free quotes & prompt service. Narrow machine to access rear yards. Ph 576 4245 or 022 076 4245 TIMBER RETAINING WALLS decks and all types of fencing.

Excellent work at a competitive price. Ph Clive 021 048 2833 or 552 6510 TREE SHRUB and hedges trimming, topping removal, rubbish removal, palm pruning or removal, satisfaction guaranteed free quote. Ph Steve Hockly 571 5958 or 027 498 18570

transport DRIVING MISS DAISY – available for all! Special needs are catered for including assistance with a walker or wheelchair. Ask for us if you have an injury and have ACC subsidized transportation needs.

Safe, friendly, reliable service. Ph Jackie from Driving Miss Daisy 552 6614

travel & tours “AAA” TOUR 1 = The 2015 South Island BY RAIL Tour (many highlights included in the South Island); Tour 2 = “Neil Diamond Show LIVE, with Tickets, Auckland.

Tour 3 = The Australian Outback Tour (2015...this is going to be a great tour). Tour 4 = We are off to Wairarapa, including Stonehenge, Cape Pallister & Historic Country Homesteads. Tour 5 = The World of Wearable Art Tour (WOW), Wellington. Tour 6 = Discover Stewart Island & Ulva Island. Door to Door Service. Free Newsletters.

Contact The Hinterland Tours Team on 575 8118 or 027 235 7714 AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK TOUR - Door to Door Service, Return Flights, All accommodation, Visit 2 outback Stations, River Cruises, Shows, smokos, dinners, and much, much more. See the Australian Outback....this will be a trip of a life time!! Contact The Hinterland Tours Team on 575 8118 or 027 235 7714 to book & full details ARE YOU AWARE Chocolate is a ‘Super Food’ and won’t make you fat!! Treat yourself to our Chocolate tour and be amazed.

Includes all transport, tastings and a lunch like never before. Phone Zealandier Tours 575 6425 Email admin@zealandiertours.com NO.8 TOURS TRAVEL CLUB. Specialists in fully escorted day, extended tours and shows.

September - Tranz Alpine Express & the Wild West Coast. October -World of Wearable Arts (Tickets Limited) or Rhododendron Festival. November - Stewart Island or Mackenzie Country . December-Waitakere Estate or Sol3 Mio (Tickets Ltd) or Festival of Lights Christmas Time Escape. Free Door to door service, No joining Fee’s, Free Colour Brochure. Ph; The No 8 Tours team on 579 3981 or Email- info@no8tours.co.nz

WOW - WORLD OF WEARABLE ARTS (Wellington) - A must do includes door to door service, all entrance fees included and tickets, return transport, top accommodation in Wellington, The thrill of Fashion, design, light, sound, theatre, and dance. A great trip. We drop you home again. All dinners included. Contact The Hinterland Tours Team on 575 8118 or 027 235 7714 to book & full details

venues FOR WEDDINGS, FUNCTIONS OR MEETINGS+ check out No.1 The Strand, a beautiful historic setting.

Email: bookings@ no1thestrand.co.nz or www. no1thestrand.co.nz WEDDINGS, PARTIES, MEETINGS etc. With stunning Harbour views, fully licensed bar & kitchen onsite. Restaurant open every Friday from 5pm & Sunday from 4.30pm. Tauranga Fish & Dive Club, 60 Cross Rd, Sulphur Point. Ph 571 8450 or text 027 318 5760 www.tfdc.co.nz

wanted NEEDING 50 SQ m of broken concrete for crazy paving for landscaping. Please text 021 960002 so that I may inspectNeeds to be minimum 100 mm thickness

FOR RENT OR TO SELL GIVE JO A CALL TODAY TO BOOK YOUR SPOT HERE 07 928 3042 or jo@thesun.co.nz

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