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Grey St was in turmoil – there was a magical ancient relic, an evil warlord, 100 assassins, sword fights and ‘Just Three Girls’. Three Bay of Plenty actors hell-bent on bringing down the baddies.

Throw in some cameramen, sound technicians, directors, extras and other hangers-on. There was high excitement, high drama and high interest as the Bay of Plenty Film short movie came together

at 15 different locations in the CBD. It’s hardly the stuff of Hollywood because after just one weekend of shooting and just one week’s editing ‘Just Three Girls’ will premiere at the final night of the Tauranga Winter Carnival in Wharf St tomorrow night.

Reporter David Tauranga’s full report on the birth of a short film is on page 6. Photo: Tez Mercer Photography.

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Meanwhile, Pat Dillon points to recent TV advertisements, and says the insurance industry reveals interesting truths about itself and what they think of us.

1) That life insurance man that catches multiple (dead, rigormortis) fish. Promises much but won’t pay out if you die within two years. You get some premiums back only.

2) Penguins steal the kid’s bike?

In reality, 99 per cent people wouldn’t get a payout because the low value of kid’s bike is below their excess.

3) Aliens attack? Nope, policies doesn’t cover war/invasion.

4) How about the well-spoken ram on life insurance? This policy would never pay out as the lambs all die well before the insured ram!

Don’t you hate those adverts?”

Yes, Pat, great observations.

In fact we ran these issues past our reliable sources in the industry, who point out further disturbing facts: “The man fishing arranges funeral cover but generally they pay out once cover accepted. Not only does he catch dead fish but when he leaves

home he has only a boat reel on his rod, yet when he gets to the wharf it has turned into a surf casting reel.

The funeral cover is for his wife’s interfering friend who hasn’t had any acting parts since the 1970s.

“Those pesky penguins – it won’t be long until insurance companies exclude losses, thefts and malicious damage by penguins.

They, of course don’t have the problem in the Northern Hemisphere – their problem is with polar bears!

And yes, Pat, most kid’s bikes would fall under the excess.

“War, Invasion, Act of Foreign Enemies and Terrorism are exclusions. We have a greater threat from the Pokemon app!”

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‘Gross’. Wendy Dukes’ response to a nude video at KFC. Photo: Bruce Barnard.

Potatoes, gravy and ‘gross’ nudity You have to be 18 years old to beat the censorship block on YouTube.

But Te Puke’s Wendy Dukes claims she and her family got Kanye West and 11 others bollocky, unblurred and uncensored at a family restaurant in Papamoa recently.

“It was gross, really gross – all these naked people.” And fried chicken. It was 7pm, dinnertime, and they almost gagged on their Quarter Packs. “It was so inappropriate,” says Wendy.

She and her partner Phil, his daughter Madison and her friend were approaching the counter at KFC in Papamoa when they were stopped dead. “Oh my God!” exclaimed young Madison.

It was Kanye West in his infamous ‘Famous’ video, in bed and up there on the big screen on the restaurant wall. Twelve of them apparently au naturel, buck naked, unvarnished, apart from a massive strategically placed – or strategically unplaced –

shimmering sheet. Madison is just 12, her friend just 11.

“I just wanted you to know, I loved you better than your own kin did,” sang Kanye West. And he goes to rue not having made love to Taylor Swift…not yet.

It’s a situation where Sky TV says it regrets any offence caused and it may be a case of customers missing the content warnings.

All this among the Quarter Packs, $2 Krushers and the kids in a family restaurant in suburban Papamoa. Madison was saying: “Oh gosh”. And Wendy was saying: “Well don’t look at it”.

“I am telling the girls off for looking at it.” Wendy would have preferred some censorship – some blurring of the offending bits and bobs. “But there was nothing – nothing left to the imagination.”

When they complained at the restaurant counter Wendy and Phil were told the video had been on before. “But that didn’t make it right. That’s not good enough,” says Wendy. But it seems nothing could be done. KFC staff

apparently had no control over what was up on the big screen. It was all done through Sky. That’s what Wendy and Phil say they were told.

Wendy blames both KFC and Sky. “Sky for not censoring; and KFC for not ensuring that what’s showing in their restaurant is appropriate.” The restaurant rang Phil the next day.

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“They admitted it should not have happened but it was out of their hands.” Other offended customers went straight to Restaurant Brands – the fast food company that runs KFC. “A video clip of this nature has no place in a KFC restaurant,” said Restaurant Brands’ customer care representative Carla van Bommel in an email. “No place at any time of the day let alone dinner when young children can view it. We are so sorry you had to see it.” The official Sky response to the PR disaster is at www.theweekendsun.co.nz

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NZTA to host TNL info days A 3D animation of the Tauranga Northern Link and interactive displays showing possible safety improvements for State Highway 2 are going on show this month.

The New Zealand Transport Agency is hosting a series of open days this month where Western Bay of Plenty residents can find out more about the Government’s $520 million investment to improve safety and congestion on SH2 between Waihi and Tauranga.

Open days will be held in Katikati, Te Puna and Omokoroa on July 28, 29 and 30 respectively.

Police investigating dairy robberies Police are concerned about what they’re calling a developing pattern after two dairies were robbed within 24 hours.

In a first robbery, two men threatened a woman working at the Cameronian Dairy on Cameron Rd with a hammer before stealing cigarettes and the store’s till on Sunday, July 17, at 5.10pm.

The second involved two men threatening the owner of the 14th Avenue Dairy with a wheel brace before stealing cigarettes and money on Monday, July 18, about 1.30pm.

On Tuesday, Police found a till discarded near the Greerton Marist Rugby Club, which is believed to be from the Cameronian Dairy robbery.

While at this stage there’s no evidence confirming a link between the two robberies, detective sergeant Paul Barron says police are concerned by “the pattern that’s developing”.

Tauranga bar says Pokémon no Local Pokémon Go hunters are in a quandary over a ban laid down by Tauranga bar Krazy Jacks earlier this week.

While some plan to challenge the ban made on social media and descend on the unwelcoming bar this Friday night, others say they’d rather go to nearby bars that support Pokémon Go players.

On Tuesday, Krazy Jacks posted to its Facebook page that the bar is a Pokémon free zone.

To combat what has potentially been a publicity stunt, Tauranga Pokémon Go players are planning to party there this Friday just to prove they can’t be pushed around, according to the Facebook page.

Man’s body found on beach Tauranga Police have named the man found dead on Mount Main Beach on Wednesday morning.

He was Benjamin Christopher Dahlkamp, a 45-year-old man from Tauranga.

Police are continuing to provide support to the man’s family.

In a statement, Police say they were alerted by a member of the public to the man, described as being in his mid-40s, in the surf between Leisure Island and Mount Main Beach just before 8am on July 20.

SunLive Comment of the Week “Have to agree...” Posted by wannabeme on the story: ‘Dairy owner speaks after robbery’.

“Does always seem to be cigarettes stolen not so many tampons flying off the shelves. It’s only going to get worse as the price keeps going up.”

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Grandad’s recycling lesson scuttled He thought he was doing the responsible grandfatherly thing – passing on stuff, passing on his wisdom and experience to the grandkids.

But the lesson got cut dead in its tracks. And the grandkids went back to Wellington still not seeing what happens to the recycling once it reaches the transfer station.

“I spent half a day ringing around the country for answers,” says responsible grandfather Derek Young. “But I ended up banging my head.”

A learning experience

Derek arrived at Tauranga’s Maleme St transfer station, a rubbish dump or tip, in Greerton with a trailer of rubbish, some recycling and two kids in tow.

Riley Smith, aged 10, but nearly 11, and Milla six; the grandkids.

This was to be an experience and a learning one, some show-and-tell they could take home to Wellington.

What happens to rubbish or the recycling once it leaves the curb side?

“I appreciate they were too young to be around the tip face at the transfer station but I thought Riley was old enough to find out about putting aluminium cans in one container and milk bottles in another.”

But a staff member came up and ordered Riley back to the van.

“She wasn’t allowed to be there because she was too young. She didn’t ask how old Riley was and I didn’t know how old she had to be.”

‘Stupid rule’

EnviroWaste enforces the rule of children under the age of 15 not being allowed out of vehicles at the transfer station.

Derek didn’t see any signs, he wasn’t looking for any signs and he didn’t believe they were doing anything dangerous.

“Riley was never more than a metre from me the whole time, she was under my close supervision.”

“Stupid rule,” thought Derek.

Stupid because at 15, he believed kids had already learned their bad habits.

“If they don’t understand recycling by then they probably think rubbish is just rubbish and want to chuck it.

“I just wanted my grandkids to look and learn. I wanted to give them that experience” So he rang EnviroWaste, which runs the tip for the Tauranga City Council.

Derek says he was told they didn’t make the rules, they just enforced them.

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Riley Smith with grandad Derek Young. made the rules. Then EnviroWaste head office in Auckland told The Weekend Sun the company treats safety as its number one priority and won’t knowingly put anyone in a risk situation.

Company’s call

“I know first-hand how busy it can get at the Tauranga recycling centres,” says EnviroWaste managing director Gary Saunders.

So the company made a call that children, for their safety, should remain in vehicles and they police that rigorously.

“I also know I can witness the recycling activities at the site from a parked car and remain totally safe.”

Appreciating the city we live in Even in the middle of winter, Tauranga is a stunning place.

The temperatures may have dropped but people are still getting out and about. And it never ceases to amaze me how many people still take time to enjoy our beautiful beaches, parks and reserves and how many still make their daily climb up Mauao.

You can see why Tauranga is such a popular place to be.

It’s not new for me to say people are moving here in their droves.

But with a booming local economy, great local assets and a great community atmosphere,

you can see why. Of those moving here, many are families; and they are all set to benefit from some great initiatives, both locally and through the Government.

Work is being done to make Tauranga a vibrant and exciting city to live in. The new Greerton Library was officially opened last week, with more than 200 people in attendance. There’s plans for a new school to accommodate the growing population, plus millions is being spent on making Bay roads safer.

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Tauranga kayaker Tim Taylor has been rewarded for some extraordinary feats of strength and endurance on water.

Those feats include a world record 209km in 24 hours and a solo circumnavigation of New Zealand.

In recognition of those efforts, the Kiwi Association of Sea Kayakers has presented the 29-year-old with the prestigious Graham Egarr Memorial Paddle – a life-sized paddle trophy awarded for his services to sea kayaking in NZ. “It’s really nice to know that other sea kayakers have recognised what I’ve done and the hard work that I put into it,” says Tim. “It’s really satisfying.”

For that 24-hour run, he and his support crew paddled from Pilot Bay to Cathedral Cove and back.

Tim made the ‘Guinness Book of World Records’ after setting a new record of 209km in just 24 hours on April 16, 2015.

He beat American Randy Fine’s 1986 record by 15km.

His kayak adventures have given

him some wonderful experiences.

“Definitely,” says Tim. “I was guiding in Milford Sound last winter and it’s mind-blowing down there where you’ve got the cliffs of the fjord either side covered in snow and 2000m-high mountains right next to you.

“There are some awesome places.”

Then there’s the crazy stuff. “But not by my standards,” says Tim. “We do some very big waterfalls and rivers out the back of the Kaimai Range.

“I’ve paddled out to Mayor Island a few times, that’s just 37km offshore from the Tauranga entrance. “My last trip was 44km each way which I think was due to my drift caused by currents.

“I’ve never managed to do it in a straight line,” jokes Tim. “Then there’s the world record.”

Tim’s also the first, the youngest and the quickest person to paddle around NZ on a solo voyage.

He set out from the Wairoa River near Te Puna for East Cape on November 27, 2010, and returned from Tairua on February 28, 2012.

It was in his first year at Tauranga Boys’ College he joined the white water canoe slalom

team. “It was just a case of seeing the notice and thinking: ‘That’d be cool’.”

Then he started kayaking competitively. “I raced throughout high school, I was in the NZ Development Team, and went to Australia for slalom white water.

“It wasn’t until I came back to Tauranga after my OE that I got really serious into the sea kayaking scene,” says Tim. “I like the freedom. You can go anywhere on water in a kayak.

“We’re pretty lucky here in NZ with the different waterways that we have, the lakes, the rivers and the ocean. There’s a lot of places to explore. Then there’s all the people who you get to meet along the way.”

The kayaker has also written a sell-out book, called ‘A Complete Guide to New Zealand Kayak Fishing’. It’s the only kayak fishing book written for New Zealand conditions.

And Tim’s now planning his next big adventure, but it’s under wraps.

“They take a bit of planning.

“But I don’t want to give anything away,” he laughs.

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It’s a scene that appears in ‘Just Three Girls’, a short film shot by Bay of Plenty Film in the city centre and will be premiered during the final night of the Tauranga Winter Carnival tomorrow.

Shot at 15 different locations in the CBD last weekend, the filming involved a mix of industry professionals working alongside volunteers to produce a film Anton believes will leave people well-impressed.

“The footage, the performances and Tauranga as a backdrop, they all look fantastic. The energy on set was amazing and I think people will be really impressed,” says Anton.

‘Just Three Girls’ was written by local screenwriter Darryl Belbin, shot by director of photographer Chris Kirkham and directed by Anton.

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“It was challenging and I loved it. I hadn’t done stunts before, but once I got past the embarrassment of moving my body in a different way, like throwing kicks and punches, it was all on!” says Melanie.

“This has been one of the most fun projects I’ve ever had the honour to work on.”

Her favourite experience was working with the stunt team, says Melanie. Headed by Mana Davis and Thomas Kiwi, Melanie says: “It was them that made us look good”.

Even her 13-year-old son Ezekiel got in on the action – literally – who not only got to work with the stunt team and be a featured extra in the film, but is now also training with them to become a stuntman.

“He was really fizzing after the weekend and we’re already in talks about another project which is amazing,” says Melanie.

BOP Film has given themselves one week to edit the film. Anton says they’re editing “from nine-to-five” every day, which prompts Tessa to interject with a mock cough.

“Well, we then go to our respective homes with our hard drives and edit to all hours. Then you go lie in bed and keep editing in your head for most of the night,” says Anton.

“We’re really looking forward to premiering it tomorrow night, there’ll be a red carpet down Wharf St and our stunt team will do a performance beforehand. It’s going to be great.”

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Elin Tawharu showing the skills that have seen her selected for the New Zealand team. Photo: Surf NZ.

When it comes to surfing talent, Bay of Plenty’s cup runneth over – and two siblings Elin and Jonas Tawharu are two big fish in that pool.

The pair has been selected to represent New Zealand in the 2016 Vissla ISA World Junior Surfing Championships on the Azores Islands, Portugal, in September and now the hard work really begins. Not the training, these two live and breathe surfing.

It’s raising the money to get to the event.

Jonas, 16, and Elin, 15, are just two of an incredible seven Mount surfers who have been named in the team of 12. The team will be led by Mount surfer Kehu Butler.

The other Mount surfers are Raiha Ensor, Kea Smith, Lee Ririnui and Kaya Horne.

Both Jonas and Elin are currently running garage sales, car washes at school and selling stuff on TradeMe to try and help raise the funds needed.

The cost to date from Surfing New Zealand is $5900 per person, which includes flights, accommodation and van hire.

But just like surfing, Jonas says they’re doing everything they can to be ready for action.

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Jonas and Elin Tawharu are two of seven Mount surfers selected to represent New Zealand at the junior world surfing champs.

country as a surfer is a long way from when he first jumped on the board as an 11-year-old. And his parents, also avid surfers, had no trouble supporting the siblings in their chosen sport.

“They helped me to progress and took me around the country so I could surf the best waves and push my progression as hard as I could,” says Elin.

She has fond memories of her first go on a board. “I was about nine with my dad. He would push me in on his fat fish onto these two-foot glassy waves and I would try to stand up. It was challenging, exhilarating; and I was hooked.”

Elin says surfing is a passion the whole family shares.

“My brother and I are always checking conditions. If there is a slightest swell running we are out there straight after-school, practising what we need to improve on for hours on end.”

The hard work and enjoyment has paid off with both claiming national age-group titles as they have come through the ranks and represented New Zealand in the younger levels.

So what’s it like to be able to represent your country? Elin sums it up nicely.

“I am so honoured to be selected to represent New Zealand in surfing. I made a goal when I was 12 to represent NZ before I turned 18, and never in my wildest dreams could I imagine I would be selected [for the] first time one month after turning 13.”

To help towards the siblings’ trip go to the iSPORT Foundation webpage the pair has set up: isport.org.nz/campaigns/elinjonas-tawharu-surfing/ Greg Taipari

Protecting what’s best about our country This week, my thoughts are with the people of France and the many other countries around the world suffering from violent assaults on innocent people.

Comparatively, we live in a safe country. However, “around the world” is increasingly moving in “around here” with 70,000 new immigrants moving to New Zealand each year.

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unsustainable, unwise and unsafe.

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Rugby game to raise funds The Te Puke Sports Club’s charity fundraiser for the local antidomestic violence campaign ‘It’s not OK’ will be held this weekend in the town.

The club has struck a special one-off strip for its games against Te Puna – a white jersey split with the club’s distinctive red, yellow and black stripes.

Last week, The Weekend Sun reporter Hunter Wells inadvertently

reported the games happening last Saturday.

However, the club’s secretarytreasurer Deborah Keenleyside says it’s all happening this weekend at Murray Salt Stadium in Atuaroa Avenue, Te Puke.

The development squad’s game kicks off at 1pm and the premier game starts 2.45pm. Entry costs $5 with all proceeds going to the anti-domestic violence campaign in Te Puke.

Betty today.

Dancing with the devil Betty Stamp gambled and always won. Many other sad souls took the same risk at the same odds – and paid.

They died grim deaths.

“No, it didn’t frighten me,” says Betty Stamp, who would play knucklebones and hopscotch with school friends – and then Russian roulette walking the Matapihi Rail Bridge, sometimes twice a day.

“We had nerves of steel. I think about it now and it gives me the creeps.” Because while it’s a bridge, a rail bridge, an economic lifeline, it’s also a 450 metre long tombstone.

“And my name could easily have been on it,” says Betty.

The people of Matapihi, who often did that walk of death, used to say the bridge claimed one life a year. It was actually 30 lives in 33 years. Often in the dark and during stormy weather.

In the 1950s, before the footbridge was built, it was written “that the bridge keeps the people of Matapihi in constant fear.

“At night wives fear for their husbands and sons”.

The same husbands and sons who were walking the tight rope across the harbour – coming home from work or coming home from the pub. Or from the grocers, the butchers or whatever.

Like Betty’s mother. “I still worry about her. Poor Mum. She couldn’t sleep ’til we got home, ’til we made it across the bridge.”

Betty saw a recent story in The Weekend Sun about a proposal to light the bridge at night, to transform it into an art installation, to showcase it.

“It made me homesick. I thought that bridge is my bridge.”

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came to not making it to her 92 years. “We knew the times of the trains, but of course there were always extra ones.”

It was an extra one that caught Betty on the bridge one windy day. “I had my bike and I had to clamber off the line and onto one of the girders.”

Imagine it. Balancing precariously on a narrow steel beam, a five or six metre drop on either side, the tide waiting to engulf you.

And the steam train rumbling by trying to shake you free of your perch. Take a walk over the footway. Get a feel for what Betty did. At best vertigo-inducing and at worst lunacy.

“I hung onto my bike with one hand and hung on to the girders for dear life with the other.”

The train sailed by. She still feels the fear. A young man, a young husband called Roy would have felt the same fear moments before he died. “Poor Roy was crossing the bridge. Those were the days of six o’clock closing. He hadn’t turned up for his dinner and his poor wife went looking for him.”

Roy scrambled off the railway line and onto a girder or buttress to escape the train. Thinking the train had passed he popped up, got sideswiped by a foot ladder on the guard’s van and was knocked into the water. “He stood too soon.

“There was just half a second in it. But he was gone.”

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Another tragedy involved two young men headed home across the bridge one night.

“One slipped and went into the tide. The other, a strong swimmer, dived in after his mate. “Both drowned. Both!” But seems being dangerous and illegal was no deterrent. Not to Betty.

She was one of 10 siblings who grew up on a farm at Matapihi.

“We could see Tauranga, we could see the lights.” The lights beckoned and Betty answered.

“One night a little Maori girl and I sneaked across the bridge.

We were just seven or eight. “We were naughty.” Their clothes were grubby and they were barefoot.

“We were mucking around in a shop and I ran bang into my sister.” There was trouble.

It was a dangerous game at best of times. “Sometimes they would remove six or seven sleepers for maintenance or painting.” So there was a big breach to negotiate.

In the meantime Betty would like to see the lights up. “I have another eight years,” says the 92-year-old.

“It would be beautiful.”

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Giving up work to work She’s petite, sylph-like, a dainty lady.

And Frank Parnwell fusses over her. He even spent $11,000 when she needed a new wardrobe.

But it’s been a challenging relationship, rocky at worst, especially during the formative times. “Yep, there were some nights when I really got @#!*ed off with her – really frustrated.”

Especially when he couldn’t get her doors to hang properly.

But he never gave up on this little missy. And now she’s sitting out in the drive all sweet and demure and absolutely radiant in her yellow and black livery. She’s perfect.

‘She’ because she hasn’t got a name. After all the pampering and preening, she is still just she.

Marigold would be nice, Jessamine or Sunflower – perhaps Fort Knox considering all the gold he has thrown at “she”.

She is a 1928 Singer Junior fourdoor tourer. That sleek black hood, part of the $11,000 wardrobe allowance, folds down for the open road experience.

That experience means 45m/hr or 80-something km/hr as far as Rotorua on a Tauranga Vintage Car Club run.

“Not that we do main roads, we try to stay off them because people keep driving up your arse.”

Is that tailgating or just people being naturally inquisitive when the bumblebee rolls gracefully by?

Frank sold his business and retired in 2006. But he didn’t give up his red overalls or the hankering

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Then ‘she’ spent two months in the paint shop and another five in the upholstery shop getting full leather seats.

The $23,000 tangible restoration costs, plus $5000 purchase price Junior “owes” Frank, also doesn’t count. Probably because he knows he would never get it back. And he can justify it.

“Well, I am not going to sell it any way. Not for a long time.”

Money is almost a five-letter dirty word to most vintage car enthusiasts.

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to make or fix things. And there was that enormous reservoir of knowledge and expertise. So after driving an already restored Model A, he decided on his own “project”.

Frank thought he had found that project in Renwick near Blenheim.

It was Singer Senior.

Not that he worshipped Singers, he was just looking for a project.

He bought it sight unseen. At $5000 thank you.

“No, it wasn’t quite a pile of crap.

But by the time I got it home the body had sagged on the trailer.

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Kaimai crash pictures uncovered A piece of New Zealand aviation history has been sitting in a cardboard box for more than 50 years. And for the first time, Tauranga woman Jan Hoekstra is letting The Weekend Sun give the public a chance to see it.

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Sadly, July 3, 1963, is a date which will go down in New Zealand aviation infamy – it was the day the country’s worst internal civil aviation accident took place – right here in the Bay of Plenty.

Twenty-three passengers and crew lost their lives after National Airways Flight 441 – a Dakota DC-3 (ZK-AYZ) – slammed into the Kaimai Range near Gordon.

Jan says her late father Les Elphick, a Katikati farmer at the time of the fateful crash and an avid photographer, decided to hike up the rugged terrain to take photographs of the crash site.

Respectfully, he waited until the bodies had been removed and authorities had completed their investigation of the site.

The eight photographs Les took

At the time of the crash Jan was only a toddler and doesn’t remember a lot about it. But she recalls the story of her dad going to take the photographs.

“I only know what I have read in the papers about the crash. My dad was a local farmer on Sharp Rd. “He enjoyed bush hiking and photography. I was only little and we never really talked about it. He kept his memories to himself, as you did in those days.”

A Court of Inquiry records show the aircraft took off from Whenuapai Airport bound for Wellington via Tauranga, Gisborne and Napier. It never made it to Tauranga, slamming into a ridge on Mount Ngatamahinerua in the Kaimai Range.

The plane had flown into a vertical rock face. Fire had destroyed almost all of the plane wreckage, and 22 of those on-board died instantly. One person survived the impact but died soon after.

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show the mangled wreck of the Dakota – and they’ve sat as slides in a cardboard box for more than five decades.

It was only when Jan read a recent SunLive article acknowledging the 53rd anniversary of the crash this year that she remembered they were in a box in a wardrobe.

“My dad was an amateur photographer and when he died he left me boxes of slides.

“He took a lot of photographs of us kids, but he loved the bush and waterfalls and all those sorts of things.

“I’ve kept all the photographs of family members; and for some reason I kept these eight slides. I kept them with the family slides in a dark box all these years until recently when I decided to digitise the childhood memories.”

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Refuge rent scrapped Tauranga City Councillors have reduced rent paid by Tauranga Women’s Refuge for its two city properties from $26,900 per annum to $1.

The councillors’ vote was unanimous and followed a talk by Tauranga refuge manager Angela Warren-Clark, who outlined the work the facility has done in the city during the last 36 years, and the financial stress they are under.

The refuge rents two city council houses, one as a safe house and the other as community offices. Finding the rent money has previously seen them have to raise more than $10,000 a month to keep their doors open.

The peppercorn rent lasts for two years until the rent review in August 2018.

Council staff say the refuge’s request for reduced rent highlights the need for council to have more clarity around how rentals are charged to community groups, and the level of support provided by council.

One in three New Zealand women report experiencing partner violence during their lifetime.

Tauranga Women’s Refuge directly assists women and children who have been Tauranga Women’s Refuge manager Angela Warren-Clark. impacted by family violence.

TCC accused over barking dogs Tauranga City Council’s inaction over barking dogs at a Papamoa kennel facility is the equivalent to condoning torture and breaches the Bill of Rights, neighbour property owners told city councillors this week.

Speaking during the public forum, Christine King and Dawn McNaughton say the noise from the Papamoa Kennels and Cattery at 1222 Welcome Bay Rd has increased exponentially since the business changed hands last September.

Before then it was intermittent,

and now it is constant, they say.

Neighbouring households are affected by lack of sleep, disruptions to their lifestyle, loss of amenity and cannot sell up because no one will buy.

The Bill of Rights states no one should be subject to torture or cruel treatment, and sleep deprivation is a form of torture, say the neighbours.

The Health Act also protects people from noise injurious to health.

Tauranga Mayor Stuart Crosby directed council staff to look into the matter.

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Phil told city councillors the council’s role should be proactive rather than reactive. “I don’t think you can rely on levels of complaints to look up problems; that’s a jump too far and not my understanding of the intention of the Health and Safety in employment Act,” says Phil.

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are required to protect and improve the health of the public.

Under the Health Act, the council will still have the ability to investigate complaints and nuisances that may impact public health, says a TCC staff report on the issue.

The council’s Public Health Bylaw dates from 2006 and regulates and monitors hygiene conditions at food stalls and food premises, and water quality in commercial spa and swimming pools including geothermal pools. Food stalls and food premises are now covered by the Food Act 2014, replacing provisions in the city’s Public Health Bylaw, making it redundant.

The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 strengthens the responsibility of commercial pool owners to comply with the current New Zealand Standard Pool Water Quality.

The price of increasing the heat of the Greerton learners’ pool has increased by an unexpected $100,000.

Bay Venues Ltd was advised that upgrading the learner pool filtration system was likely to cost $150,000 and that was budgeted for in Tauranga City Council’s Long Term Plan. BVL is the Council Controlled Organisation that operates the city pools. BVL was advised by industry experts during the project’s planning phase, who advised that $150,000 was a fair estimate.

But when the project went to tender the quotes came in around $300,000 because underground pipework exceeded the original scope.

A price of $250,000 was negotiated. The blow-out became public because the additional $100,000 is at the limit of the BVL board’s discretionary power to reallocate costs within its budget, and it came before TCC’s Monitoring Committee this week.

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Waterfront steps could be ready for summer Tauranga’s waterfront tidal stairs on The Strand reclamation could be ready for summer, if Tauranga City councillors are prepared to let go of a small grassy triangle.

The grassed area about 34m235m2 behind the Hairy Maclary bronzes became the focus of councillors’ attention when Mayor Stuart Crosby drew attention to it at TCC’s Projects and Monitoring committee this week.

Stuart wanted to know if the grassy backdrop to the sculptures had to be reduced in area to make way for the tidal stairs, and if it was possible to tweak the overall design to leave it be.

It turns out the approved design is only able to be presented on time because it skillfully slips in between the territories of the city council and marine environment.

Moving it just a little will increase the amount of reclamation required to the point where the Bay of Plenty Regional Council may require a resource consent, says TCC city development project leader Morgan Jones.

This will cost about $500,000, and delay the $3.25m project by at least another summer.

Councillors directed staff to have another talk to the designers, which will cost the council.

The final design of the waterfront steps is under discussion.

After the meeting TCC stated the project can now move into the construction phase.

Construction tender documents will be released to the market later this week, according to TCC. At the same time council will fine-tune the design to finalise how it interfaces with the grassed surrounds. It is hoped the tender for construction can be awarded later in August, with construction to commence mid-September.

At the same time, the project team is seeking artists interested in being a part of the project to

register with council. At this stage council just needs some examples of an artist’s work, a bit about their background and an idea of how they might approach the design. No designs are needed yet.

Council will then shortlist twofour artists.

Registrations for artists close 9am on August 1, 2016.

If people have any questions, they can call council on 07 577 7000, email: morgan.jones@ tauranga.govt.nz or see: www.tauranga.govt.nz/ accesstowater Andrew Campbell

Never too young to start A library card is a rite of passage. A token of wisdom and education, a way of escaping from reality.

And Tauranga Libraries has just issued yet another library card to another book-lover.

Toyesh Saraswat is Tauranga Libraries’ youngest cardcarrying member at only two months old.

Mother Chanchal Saraswat says her eldest son Vinayak suggested Toyesh have his own library card.

“He said: ‘Our baby needs books, too’. I told him we could issue some books on his card and he said: ‘No he should have his own card’.

“Then [the library] told us he’s the youngest resident from Tauranga to have a library card.”

At only four years old, Vinayak is a voracious reader.

“At any given time he has 25 or more library books, and he’s got a few favourite ones,” says Chanchal.

Mum says Vinayek’s favourites cover trains, diggers and now dinosaurs. “We do go to the library weekly, but we get our books issued twice a month.”

And while Toyesh may be too young to rip into ‘War and Peace’ just yet, Chanchal says he’s enjoying his black-and-white ‘hello baby’ books – complete with a

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Reserves Management Plan Tell us why our reserves matter to you.

Tauranga City Council wants to make sure we’re managing our reserves the way our community wants us to. That’s why we’re reviewing our reserve management plans – to make sure we’re looking after our outdoor areas in the best way possible.

Tell us how you like to use our reserves and how we can best manage them. Your comments will help us develop the draft Tauranga Reserves Management Plan, which we’ll ask for feedback on next year.

Fill out our online survey at www.tauranga.govt.nz/reservesmanagementplan Or fill out the form below and send it to: Tauranga City Council, Private Bay 12022, Tauranga 3143 Name:

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You can answer these questions about a specific reserve, a number of reserves or our network of reserves. Please name any reserve you are specifically commenting on. (Feel free to write your answers on a new sheet of paper if there’s not enough room).

The Tauranga Reserves Management Plan will not apply to Mauao, Huharua Park or TECT All Terrain Park.

 Tauranga’s reserves range from sports fields, to playgrounds, neighbourhood parks, beaches, river esplanades, walkways, harbour margins and historical sites.  A number of Tauranga’s reserves contain areas of cultural significance.  Topics we’re considering include community and commercial activity on our reserves; what signage we allow on reserves; how we make decisions on the development of reserves; and how we maximise the use of our spaces.

1. How do you use our reserves and what do you enjoy doing at them?

(Include reserve/s name, if applicable)

4. What would help you enjoy our reserves more?

(Include reserve/s name, if applicable)

2. What is important to you when you visit our reserves?

(Include reserve/s name, if applicable)

5. How can we best manage our reserves for current and future generations?

(Include reserve/s name, if applicable)

3. What encourages you to use and enjoy our reserves?

(Include reserve/s name, if applicable)

6. Any other comments?

(Include reserve/s name, if applicable)

Please send us your feedback by Friday, 12 August.

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Papamoa mouthpiece up for award It’s the face, the voice and the conscience of Papamoa. If it is said or it happens in and around Papamoa then invariably it’s on the Papamoa, New Zealand Facebook page.

Papamoa administrator Rosalie Crawford on her patch.

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So after nine years of service to the city’s biggest and fastestgrowing suburb, the Papamoa Facebook page has been nominated for a 2016 Trustpower Tauranga Community Award.

“I think this is possibly the first time an actual Facebook page has been nominated for one of these awards,” says the colourful and high profile Rosalie Crawford, who along with Bernard Golder are the Papamoa Facebook administrators.

“We have helped find stolen property, burglars and pets. We even had a whale alert, which prompted 20 to 40 people to turn up within minutes to help refloat the whale and steer it back out to sea.”

Rosalie says the Papamoa Facebook page has a clear strategy for linking up people, focussing on the social aspects of caring for each other, showcasing the region and taking care of the environment and wildlife.

“For example, we played a crucial role in the co-ordination of volunteers removing Rena oil from

the beaches.” And even though Papamoa has a rapidly rising population of about 24,000 the reach goes much higher.

“A couple of months ago when we ran a poll about a rail link to Hamilton and Auckland the reach went up to 700,000,” says Rosalie.

And in one year the page has gone from 6000 to 10,000 likes.

She also has many stories of people finding information or help and even connecting with councils, the New Zealand Transport Agency, local MPs, businesses and other key stakeholders.

The Papamoa Facebook page also raises awareness about local not-for-profit organisations, events and if there is a sniff of bad weather you can learn about on the page.

Rosalie says the page is also a valuable tool for some key social and health services to connect with the people they are trying to help.

“Often those groups come to us for help in getting their message out.

“We wonder it it’s been a contributing factor to growing the friendly vibe that helps to make the region an attractive place in which to live and work.”

To view the Facebook page, go to: www.facebook.com/Papamoa.NewZealand

Eating the dog in Katikati Kiwi comedian Te Radar is in Katikati tonight – and offering a not-to-be-missed performance at the war memorial hall which will ultimately put a smile on the faces of those at the town’s toy library.

This time bringing his award-winning show ‘Eating the Dog’, Te Radar is returning to the Western Bay of

Plenty town for a second time to fundraise for Katikati Toy Library.

The show – which starts at 7pm tonight – will feature misfits, failures and those who died trying: Te Radar’s New Zealand Heroes.

Tickets cost $30 each or $50 for a double.

Finger food and hot drinks will be available for purchase during the interval, a cash bar will be open, plus a raffle. Tickets available at Katikati Information Centre or the door.

Pool upgrades at Greerton The Greerton Aquatic and Leisure Centre is undergoing some exciting changes, but these changes mean the facility is closed until July 31.

“The Greerton Aquatic Centre pool closure is a part of our three-yearly scheduled maintenance closure, so a lot of the work is behind the scenes,” says Bay Venues Ltd assets and project manager Steve Edgecombe.

“Examples of such work include replacement heat exchangers, pumps, pipes, valves, and the main air handling unit.”

The upgrade will include will also be upgrading the changing room floors, and repainting and seating replacements and, “most exciting of all,” says Steve, upgrading their learners pool.

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Bay drivers hot on fuel prices Convenience or price? What drives you when deciding where to get fuel from?

Because a new survey suggests 36 per cent of Bay of Plenty motorists will drive further to get cheaper petrol than go to the closest station.

And more than half of Bay drivers – 58 per cent – are actively monitoring fuel prices.

The nationwide Canstar Blue survey – which asked 2358 Kiwis about refuelling their motor vehicle at a service station in the last month – also shows nationally 32 per cent will drive further to get cheaper petrol.

Canstar NZ general manager Jose George says Kiwis aren’t too fussed about full-service stations either “with just seven per cent saying they only go to the stations where the attendants pump their fuel for them – showing we would rather get a good deal above any of the extra comforts and convenience”.

Moreover, Generation X is more likely to look for

a station closer to home while Gen Ys are the most willing of the generations to chase down a good deal at 35 per cent.

Jose says Kiwis are conscious of how much money is being pumped out of their pockets on petrol and more than half are actively monitoring fuel prices to ensure they buy at the right time and from the right provider.

“There are some great services out there, like AA Fuel watch that helps you to monitor the prices and keep on top of your spending.”

In Tauranga a new app called Gaspy is currently being tested. It tells users where the cheapest petrol and diesel can be found in their area.

And the survey touts baby boomers as the most likely of the generations to watch petrol prices, numbering 60 per cent compared to Gen Ys with 45 per cent.

In terms of sex, 50 per cent of male survey respondents keep an eye on the fuel market compared to 46 per cent of female survey participants.

In the BOP 36 per cent of motorists spend less than $100 at the pump each month, 52 per cent spend $100$250 monthly, and 11 per cent spend $250-$500.

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Often cremation fees and GST are additional costs on top of a base price and people must be aware of this. Amber says Simply Cremations’ families are positive about their My Essential Information booklet, which documents personal details needed for registering a death, funeral wishes and next of kin details. “We see many individuals who don’t want to place a burden on grieving loved ones left behind and therefore put plans in place to keep it simple for their next of kin.”

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Choosing Simply Cremations to care for your loved one doesn’t equate to anything less than a dignified, respectable, personal farewell that is simple and affordable.

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Hold the formaldehyde thanks “After many years of fighting toxins in the world why would I choose to be buried in a site contaminated with formaldehyde and treated timber? No thanks.”

Te Puke Environmental Forum chairperson Karen Summerhays insists she will be au naturale to the end. And beyond.

“I do not want to be embalmed and I do not want a casket made of treated timber.”

No thanks, again.

When the inevitable time comes, Karen will make an environmental statement.

Even if it is in death.

She’s a champion of something called natural burials or cemeteries – and she will carry that commitment to the grave.

“It is one of a couple of workstreams the Te Puke Environmental Forum is investigating. And we are keen to assist the Western Bay of Plenty District Council to get on-board.”

There is no natural cemetery in Te Puke – and Karen wants to change that.

“Well, I don’t want to alarm my kids – I don’t want them panicking and wondering where do we find one of these cemeteries.”

So what sets a natural burial or cemetery apart? What’s different? As the name suggests, bodies are returned to the earth in nature’s own way.

It means providing conditions for a speedy natural decomposition of the body and the regeneration of a natural forest above the graves.

“And you end up with a beautiful, peaceful, spiritual place to be,” says Karen. Graves are shallow-dug only into the active soil layer.

It’s then filled with un-compacted compost soil mix to allow aeration for the decomposition work of aerobic bacteria. All the body nutrients and matter will be gradually absorbed by the

surrounding soil and tree roots. journey. Another is called the ‘Return to The deceased is not embalmed and coffins Sender’ and resembles a letterbox. There is also the option of a shroud. are made of chemically untreated and unprocessed softwoods from sustainable Karen agrees it might require a shift in thinking. “Pakeha are notoriously bad organic plantations. There are no inorganic fittings – handles, nails or screws – and at being able to handle death and dead people. And we might need people to assist minimal glue. us through the process.”

Plots are over-planted with native trees or shrubs and the whole cemetery is gradually Like a midwife for births, Karen thinks there may be a need for an ‘end wife’ to restored to native bush.

The forum doesn’t have a designated site help at the end time.

Karen wants a natural burial. “Yes, I have in mind. “But we do know the ideal place would be east-facing and on the edge of a been thinking about it. I am fascinated and bush block so it becomes an extension of I want one.” She has determined her final that bush. It becomes part of an established statement will be an environmental one. and bigger eco-system.”

“I want to rest somewhere where there is a seat and trees and it’s a nice place to be.”

It doesn’t look like a cemetery or feel like a cemetery. There would be no gravesites And somewhere close to Te Puke, so the as such, no headstones or memorials, kids don’t have to travel to Whangarei or Whanganui to be with her. no crypts or catacombs. Plots would be People interested in the development of identified by a simple, personalised natural a natural cemetery around Te Puke can marker like a marked stick, a map or GPS. “The evidence is that people don’t visit contact the Te Puke Environmental Forum. grave sites much after five years anyway,” Karen Summerhays. says Karen.

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She’s been shown coffins made from two fleeces of wool with cardboard supports.

One untreated coffin on offer is aptly called ‘The Wayfarer’ to transport you on your final spiritual

Preserving a gravestone and the treasured memories of your loved ones Walking through cemeteries with dilapidated stones is a bit sad.

But maintaining a gravestone is fairly easy and low-maintenance. Here are a few pointers to help you maintain your loved one’s resting place.

A headstone typically doesn’t need to be cleaned more than once a year.

Cleaning a gravestone with household

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Avoid coating the headstone with a sealant or protective coating as this can trap moisture and prevent the stone from ‘breathing’.

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Discovering Okinawa’s longevity in the flesh It’s exactly 8716km from Tauranga to Okinawa – Japan. And the ticket cost me $1700.

They mostly eat from the sea – fish and a lot of sea vegetables – with a small amount of meat.

My Japanese friend and I combed the streets of Ogimi looking for ‘old people’, stealthily taking photographs from

It wasn’t the intention, but I came back with a cookbook. A fascinating one, all in Japanese. But the sense of all this is in the photographs in the cookbook.

They all feature old people.

Beautiful old people with wonderful complexions and wonderful teeth and smiles.

That’s right – while all of the other tourists were soaking up the tropical climate, the sweeping white sandy beaches and coral reefs, I was seeking the answers of longevity.

And I found it, as well as pigs’ ears when I didn’t read the set menu closely on my first night after flying in.

I could rabbit on forever about the fantastic displays of coral, superb snorkelling and stunning waterfalls. But I first made a beeline for Plastic food is helpful for ordering food. the Longevity Restaurant in Ogimi in Northern Okinawa, where you can test the car. They have centenarians who have Okinawan theory of eating until you are never considered retirement, they have just 80 per cent replete. centenarians walking 10km a day, doing tai I might have eaten over my 80 per cent chi and working in vegetable gardens. full mark, but the food was so good!

Okinawa is so beautiful, you can see The town is famed for having some of why the people want to enjoy it for as long the highest longevity statistics for people in as possible. the world. And observing what their diet If sea vegetables and living past 100 are consists of, you can see why. not your thing, the beaches are worth the trip. It is much more relaxed, with a Hawaiian feel to it compared

Nishibama Beach on Aka Island is a stunning spot to visit.

Enjoying the clear waters of Okinawa.

Dinner and a beautiful show. to the rest of Japan. After three years living in Yokohama, near Tokyo, in my younger years and a trip to Hawaii a couple of years back it is great to see a blend of two wonderful cultures on a backdrop like Okinawa.

I brought home many photographs of the beautiful beaches.

But I also brought home a cookbook and inspiration for recreating these dishes.

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Avoid packing last-minute – frantic packing is a sure-fire way to guarantee you’ll pack stuff you don’t actually need. The panic of packing last minute can cause you to think – ‘I might need this while I’m away!’ Instead, plan to pack a week in advance, this way

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Packing a blanket or two is a good idea if everyone in the car has a different opinion on optimal car temperature. This will avoid arguments over the car climate control and the blankets can double as makeshift pillows

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Remembering the trip Most travellers love nostalgia and all travellers want to remember the little details of their exotic holiday to reflect on later.

Though a travel diary is a great idea it can seem daunting and difficult to maintain, especially if your holiday is already jampacked with exciting activities.

An easier, more manageable way of documenting your trip could be postcards.

For every town, city, country, or roadside pub you visit, purchase a postcard for yourself. Write the date and what you did or what you enjoyed or want to remember on the postcard – this way you have a photo of where you were and a short description of why you loved it there.

Documenting your own

postcards is an easy way to make time for your own memories. If you are writing postcards to friends and family back home, adding one more to the pile doesn’t seem so intimidating.

For extra authenticity, post the postcards to your home, for when you get back.

This way, you will have a postage

stamp and the post office’s stamps on your postcard – adding to the realism of your collection.

Stationery stores can bind your postcards into a small book if you want to keep them together.

But keep in mind room for a spiral-bound spine when you are writing your postcards. You don’t want to lose words where the spiral will be!

It’s in the little things to do Whether you’re travelling to Rotorua for the weekend or Rarotonga for a few weeks, there are always a few ‘to dos’ around the house before you pack up and head off.

A few days before

Write and keep a running packing list so you can make sure everything you need is available and clean – doing a last-minute washing load and scrambling to pack the morning of your trip can throw a kink in your holiday plans.

Add things to it as you think of them in the days leading up to your holiday.

Start to eat anything in the kitchen that will spoil while you’re away. There’s little worse than coming home from a relaxing holiday to the putrid smell of spoiled chicken leftovers.

Dig your suitcase out and start throwing little items you don’t want to forget on top of it.

The day before

Confirm your travel plans – both to-and-from the airport and your flights and hotel bookings. Calling the hotel or hostel you’re staying at and asking their

advice on how to get there from the airport could save you some hassle and some money as well.

Eat, throw away or gift the perishable food you didn’t get to eat – again avoiding the nasty smells and clean-up when you get home.

Check your camera batteries and memory cards. Charge them and back-up and wipe old photographs off them to make sure you have enough room for your new adventures.

The morning you leave

Pack your last-minute items and check that everything on your packing list is in your bag.

Ask a neighbour, friend or family member to check on your house while you are away and make sure someone has a spare set of keys, just in case.

Turn all power outlets off and check the oven and elements are off. There’s nothing worse than a trip to the airport plagued with the thought: ‘Did I turn the oven off?’

And remember to have a great time!

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Maungatapu underpass First bridge opens to traffic Completed in June, the concrete bridge is 16 metres in length and is supported by 12 piles drilled 16 metres into the ground.

Project update

Iconic pedestrian bridge opens The pedestrian bridge, connecting Wickham Place and Maungatapu Road, was opened to pedestrians on Monday 27 June.

Traffic is now using one of the two bridges that form the new Maungatapu roundabout.

Maungatapu roundabout bridge one nearly completed

Visitors welcomed to the site

Maungatapu School has been running a writing competition about the Maungatapu underpass project.

Students taking part were encouraged to write a memoir, poem or narrative. To help them with their writing the students were invited to the construction site. Over a number of weeks the contractor took groups of students, teachers and parents around the site, explaining what was happening, how the various machines worked and how the bridges are built.

Construction programme

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The bridge was built in Napier and transported to site in the early hours of Monday 14 June. It was then lifted into place by two large cranes. The bright red bridge is of steel construction, spanning 36 metres across what will be the new Welcome Bay Link Road.

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Bridge facts • Made of steel • Weighs 34 tonne • 4.9 metres wide and 4.5 metres high • Length 36 metres • Colour – Pohutukawa red

Despite the asbestos discovery and removal causing initial delays to the programme the contractor has successfully placed the fill required on the Welcome Bay side of the project.

From now until spring 120,000m3 (over 4000 truck and trailer loads) of fill will be left to settle. Most of the site is now ‘closed out’ for the winter months.

Other work will continue such as the Maungatapu roundabout pile drilling and replacing the stormwater and watermain pipes.

Activity on site over the next few months: • • • •

Maungatapu roundabout pile drilling Pedestrian bridge – fully completed July Transpower pole relocation – late July Temporary traffic diversion as the second

The steel bridge was delivered by truck from Napier

Two cranes lifted the 34 tonne steel bridge into place

The bridge was blessed and opened by Huikakahu Kawe (Ngai Te Ahi) and Lance Waaka (Ngati Ruahine)

Maungatapu School students, hapu representives and the project team taking part in the bridge blessing

Maungatapu roundabout bridge is constructed • Stormwater and watermain replacement

Maungatapu School students visiting the site

July 23-24

Traffic interruption

Motorists are encouraged to avoid State Highway 29A at the Maungatapu roundabout the weekend of Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 July.

Delays are possible as heavy machinery moves a high voltage power line.

Restricted traffic movement, and delays up to 12 minutes at a time, may be experienced between 7am and 6pm, both Saturday and Sunday.

This work is weather dependent and will take place the following weekend if delayed.

Maungatapu School writing competition prize winners and representatives from the School, Tauranga City Council, Fulton Hogan and the Transport Agency

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SPORT & RECREATION

Fishing for members “Just before dark the fishing started again and I ended up catching nine snapper and two gurnard and two kahawai.” And a mate who joined the party also got four snapper.

That’s just one surfcaster’s report of fishing Papamoa Beach this week.

Which is probably one reason for the phenomenally successful first year of the Papamoa Beach Surfcasting Club.

“We started last September,” says president Bruce Grace. “And it’s grown like Topsy with a membership of more than 80.” The main purpose of the club is to teach Papamoa Beach residents the tips and tricks of surfcasting.

“We have large stretches of pristine beaches that are easily accessible for fishing. So it’s only natural people want to catch fish, but most don’t have the knowledge and skills to do so.”

The club has been holding regular tuition

classes; and on the back of those members have been catching snapper, kahawai, trevally, gurnard and kingfish. “So we intend to continue those classes,” says Bruce.

The club has several members with many years of experience; and that experience is available to anyone that would like to take surfcasting lessons.

Absolute beginners are taken through every stage, from choosing a rod and reel to tackle and bait, to ensure they bring home a fish. There’s also a strong social aspect to the club with dinners, trips and club weekends.

Information on the Papamoa Beach Surfcasting Club is available by emailing: papbeachscinfo@ Merv Barker is a keen surfcaster.

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Feeling the heat over home turf blues The home turf of the Tauranga City United Blues has taken on a sinister atmosphere this season in the Northern Regional Football League’s Premier Division.

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competition and the side’s win-loss record makes a fan want to break out Roy Orbison’s classic song ‘Crying’. The side has only managed one win and two draws from eight home games so far, with their last home match their worst result – a 4-0 loss to Three Kings United. However, the side’s recent 2-2 Tauranga City United play their ninth home game draw over Melville United will hopefully put them in of the season at Links Ave when they face off against a positive frame of mind when they take on Forrest Forrest Hill Milford this Sunday.

Hill at 2.45pm this Sunday.

Once a fortress for United, their home turf wasn’t a If United can scrape together another draw or even pleasant place to visit for opposing teams wanting to a win against Forrest Hill, it could pull them away grab a victory. from the black hole of relegation.

But enter a new league and a tougher level of The side sit on the bottom of the table equal with Melville United, which is facing second placed Central United tomorrow.

In the other match-ups of the round Hamilton Wanderers host Bay Olympic, Eastern Suburbs go up against Three Kings United, Glenfield Rovers battle it out against Western Springs, Onehunga Sports takes on Birkenhead United and East Coast Bays has Tauranga City United is hoping to turn their form around when they face the bye.

Greg Taipari Forrest Hill this Sunday.

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SPORT & RECREATION

Aspiring towards first birthday celebrations Aspire Health and Sports will soon blow out the candles to celebrate the facility’s first birthday.

After one year of operation, Aspire Health and Sports has been a massive success and club director Marc Patel would like to acknowledge the incredible staff, personal trainers, sports medicine and high performance teams who’ve worked together to provide something quite special and unique

for the Tauranga community.

“The vision for Aspire is to provide a true health club environment where members get to exercise in the gym, socialise at

the cafe, and revitalise with a large variety of aqua and group fitness classes, numerous exercise options, as well as massage and beauty therapy expertise at their disposal,” says Marc. “The environment is modern and spacious and designed to ensure members are comfortable and well catered for.”

Marc says Aspire is one of the most comprehensively designed allinclusive health clubs in New Mike Frances and Lisa-Maree Mannington at Zealand.

Aspire Health and Sports.

To celebrate their

Teeing off to a beautiful view

course doesn’t close.

What makes Mount Maunganui Golf “We’re quite lucky that Club one of New Zealand’s best golf while we do get isolated courses? It’s the traditional tree-lined pooling of water if it does rain, it’s not enough to layout just a seven iron away from close the course.” beautiful beach coastlines.

Keith says becoming Listed in the Australian Golf Digest as a member offers number 21 of NZ’s top 40 golf courses, Mount camaraderie and a unique Maunganui’s championship green has a strong opportunity to shape reputation for its great putting surfaces. the club’s future and Mount Maunganui Golf Club general contribute to its history manager Keith Fullerton says the Mount course and tradition. is very popular with all levels of golfers.

As a member, you will “We are a golfer-friendly course. Depending enjoy the opportunity on which tees you play off is subject to how to play on a prestigious hard the course is.” course in the heart of And the best part is, the sand-based the Mount, as well as the chance to join competitive and social Max Martin preparing to golf events.

Members also receive play a round of golf. the use of an online tee Photos: Bruce Barnard. booking system, access to trundler and club storage facilities monitored by CCTV, discounted electric cart hire, and access to professional expertise and facilities.

As well as enjoying reciprocal rights to international and national clubs, members have access to discounted rates at other Bay of A bird’s eye view of Mount Maunganui Golf Club. Plenty golf clubs.

first year, Aspire welcomes everyone to visit the club on Sunday, July 31, from 10am-4pm to enjoy the facilities and festivities.

There will be spot prizes as well as

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Small business scene buzzing Best of the best under one roof Networking full swing in the city

After six months Small Business Tauranga is on a roll. Our twicemonthly early morning networking events are now in full swing.

And we have other events and training coming up tailored specifically to the needs of small business owners.

If you haven’t made it yet to a Breakfast Connect meeting, I would recommend you come to the next one and experience it for yourself. They start at 7am and are over in time for you to still start work by 8.30am.

There’s about 20-30 small business owners who turn up; and it’s a fantastic chance to make new business contacts in a friendly breakfast setting, generally in a café or a workplace. And also for you to introduce yourself and your business by practising your 30-second ‘elevator pitch’.

We’ve also recently started the Fully Charged series of short, sharp business training sessions held once a month at the chamber, and presented by subject experts.

In a condensed 90-minute session, these allow business owners to get quickly up to speed on a need-to-know topic that’s

relevant to their business.

During coming months we’ll be covering a variety of areas including employment law, finance, marketing and sales.

In coming months we’ll also be supporting the next NZ Business Market – a great way for small businesses to promote themselves– and the Precision Business Summit.

This is a one-day conference for small business owners, where they can meet and be inspired by successful entrepreneurs and achievers such as Scott Unsworth, founder of Orca, and Olympic gold medalist Ian Ferguson. Small Business Tauranga will soon be introducing its own membership model, allowing small business owners to join and participate on an individual basis – as opposed to business memberships for the chamber.

Next: Breakfast Connect at the Mount, Wednesday, July 20, from 7am at The Bach Café.

Visit our Facebook page called ‘Small Business Tauranga’ for details of other events.

The Precision Business Summit is the first of its kind for Tauranga, with a number of New Zealand’s top entrepreneurs coming together under one roof at ASB Baypark Arena in August.

building a global brand and the number one selling wetsuit in the world.

“We have many more fascinating keynote speakers, all Kiwis who have achieved great things in business and want to help you to do the same,” says Nick.

“We have multiple Entrepreneur of the Year Award winners speaking and some surprise speakers up our sleeve too! Check out our website to see more speakers.”

This is a must-attend event for anyone looking to grow or start their business.

“Join us, be inspired, meet like-minded business owners and leave pumped up, ready to grow – or start – your own business.”

The Summit is on August 27 at ASB Baypark Arena. Tickets cost $99 and are selling fast at: www.precisionbusinesssummit.co.nz

Their goal is simple – to share practical insights and inspiring stories to help the next generation of businesses to grow.

Attendees will hear from Kiwi legends, including Olympic gold medallist Ian Ferguson. “You may not know this, but Ian is not only an inspirational man who has pushed himself to the limits of sporting greatness, but he is also an accomplished businessman and will be sharing his unique story of how to achieve great success in both life and business,” says Precision Business Summit founder Nick McDonald.

Also speaking at the Summit is Scott Unsworth, who is the founder of global wetsuit brand Orca. Scott’s story starts with him selling wetsuits from the boot of his car at triathlons, to sponsoring the New Zealand Precision Business Summit founder Nick McDonald. commonwealth team, to

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Growing a silver economy here in the Bay SUPA NZ – Seniors United to Promote Age-Friendly New Zealand – is organising a Silver Economy Symposium in Tauranga next month.

The event at Mills Reef Winery on August 11 is in collaboration with Bay of Plenty Regional Council.

SUPA-NZ national convenor Carole Gordon says NZ and the Bay of Plenty is well positioned to grow a silver economy.

“The Western Bay of Plenty sub-region is superageing, with the number of ‘boomer’, mature and older people expected to double and grow to more than 73,000 by 2030 to become more than 30 per cent of the population.

“They are valuable consumers and contributors to the region. Many businesses now realise it Carole Gordon, Nynie Harvey is their loyal mature customers who are key to and Garry Webber. sustaining long-term business viability, and that

future economic growth lies with the size and capacity of the 60-plus population.”

Presentations at the August symposium include Global Coalition on Ageing CEO Dr Michael Hodin, who will share insights on growing the silver economy.

Economic commentator Bernard Hickey will provide an insightful perspective on NZ’s challenges and opportunities, while a panel of thought leaders will engage symposium participants in discussion on the opportunity or upside of optimising longevity.

“We are expecting the dialogue generated will set the stage for thinking about active ageing innovation and workplace sustainability challenges, age-friendly business and community environments, realigning products and services to the mature and older market – and a focus on investment in industries that maximise the power of the silver potential,” says Carole.

SUPA-NZ is undertaking a survey to gather

Nettl Tauranga open for business Nettl Tauranga’s Michelle Beaumont and Joel Crump welcomed Tauranga locals and business owners along for a few drinks and nibbles at their new Cameron Rd studio last Friday night.

“The support we have received so far is overwhelming, many people turned out and were genuinely interested in what we do here,” says Michelle.

Being local website design professionals, Michelle says Nettl is looking forward to helping other local small-tomedium enterprises grow their businesses throughout the Bay of Plenty area.

“We’ve already had a huge

been pleasantly surprised at how affordable their website proposals are.” Michelle says a website is a must have for every business.

“It breaks my heart when I see a business without a site. I always think about their lost opportunities. A website acts as an online sales person or retail shop, which makes its return on investment a complete no-brainer.”

Aside from web design and search engine optimisation, the Nettl studio also provides brand styling, print, promotional products and exhibit pieces for events.

In Michelle’s words: “Nettl Nettl’s Joel Crump, Maree Hansen, views itself as a full marketing Michelle Beaumont and Lawrence Evans. communications solution”. response and the blinds on our studio only went up last week.

“Of course, the very generous $500 grant we are awarding to those first customers who qualify has been well received also,” says Michelle. “Our customers have

“On top of that, there’s all the basics like business cards, promotion products and brochures.”

Nettl Tauranga can be contacted on 07 282 8803 or online at: www.nettl.com

information and business views on the challenges and market opportunities of more people living longer and living more.

To take part in the survey and be in to win a mystery prize, visit: www.keyresearch.co.nz/supanz

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Apprentices make wins look easy as pie Who ate all the pies? It wasn’t BakeShack apprentices Ryan Upjohn and Jordan Holland – but they have won awards for cooking their best recipes of Kiwis’ favourite pastry at this year’s New Zealand Bakels Apprentice Pie Maker Competition.

It’s the second year the third-year apprentices have made the top 10 in the national competition, with Ryan placing second and Jordan coming third. In the inaugural competition, held in 2015, Ryan took second, while Jordan placed ninth.

Ryan says they were asked to create four pies in total – two mince and cheese pies plus two gourmet meat pies – which were judged on appearance, consistency and most importantly, taste.

For his gourmet pie he created a chicken, mushroom and bacon pie and says he’s proud to have taken second place twoyears-in-a-row.

“I always wanted to work in the food industry and this proves to me that I can make a consistent, award-winning

product,” says Ryan. “We didn’t get a trophy last year, I’m not sure what happened, so to get these awards this year is awesome.”

Meanwhile Jordan is particularly proud to have leaped up six placings this year. “It feels beautiful, it means hard work pays off and it’s awesome to see BakeShack apprentices Ryan Upjohn and Jordan Holland took some results. second and third in this year’s New Zealand Bakels Apprentice “I’ve always Pie Maker Competition. Photo: Chris Callinan. loved food row is a credit to the BakeShack team and and creating the training they’ve provided. something new.

“We created the competition last year to “And with me about to finish my give apprentices something to aspire to. apprenticeship this year it feels like the “Achieving two top 10 placings two-yearsfuture can bring anything, you know?” in-a-row shows the consistency of their Bakels national sales manager Tony products and the quality of their Marshall says the fact Ryan and Jordan training,” says Tony. have placed in the top 10 two-years-in-aDavid Tauranga

Pull out a napkin and get slurping – it’s soup time It’s cold, it’s wet and it’s windy outside.

This means only one thing – it’s soup time.

Charitable trust 5+ A Day encourages all Kiwis to eat five or more servings of colourful, fresh fruit and vegetables every day for health and vitality.

The organisation believes just like a car needs the right fuel to run well, we need fresh fruit and vegetables to get the best out of our bodies for physical activity, learning, sport and all our daily activities. And winter is no different. And at this time of year are some seasonal vegetables that really make soup-eating the best thing around town. So try this vegetable soup recipe today.

Broccoli, leek and spinach soup Serves 3-4 Ingredients 1 large head of broccoli, chopped into florets 1 leek, finely sliced 4 handfuls of spinach leaves

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2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 3 cups salt-reduced chicken or vegetable stock 1 Tbsp olive oil ¼ cup plus 1Tbsp pecorino cheese, grated Black pepper Natural yoghurt to serve (optional) Method Heat olive oil in a large pot over a low-medium heat then sauté the leeks for about five minutes until soft. Add the garlic and stir for one minute before adding broccoli and stock.

Simmer gently for about 10 minutes until the broccoli is tender, then add the spinach and simmer for a further three to four minutes.

Take off the heat and puree soup with a stick blender. Add the pecorino cheese and stir until melted. Season to taste.

Serve the soup with a sprinkle of cheese and a tablespoon of natural yoghurt. Try chopped parsley or chia seeds as a garnish.

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Fabulous fashion that fits Tauranga shoppers can look no further than Ebony Boutique on Devonport Rd for all their fashion needs. The company’s motto is ‘fabulous fashion that fits’.

“Our team is dedicated to customer service and helping give customer’s confidence through their wardrobe,” say owners Steven and Ebony Hessey.

Ebony designs her ranges with a focus on quality, contemporary designs for the modern New Zealand woman.

“We stock sizes eight to 20.

“Therefore, we are confident we can dress all body shapes, with pieces that skim the body while making the most of your curves.”

Karen Skinner of Ebony Boutique in Tauranga.

The New Zealand owned company From casual holiday wear to formal wedding continues to produce their own labels occasions, the Ebony team of stylists are such as Glengyle, Ebony Collection, Luminous by waiting to help you create a wardrobe that suits your Ebony and The Champagne Collection. whole lifestyle.

Ebony Boutique also stock a variety of New Shoppers can find fashion that fits from Ebony’s Zealand and Australian labels including Motto, Libertine, Democracy Rush, Threadz, and Four Girlz Boutique stores located in Tauranga, Waihi Beach, Ngatea, Tirau, Hamilton, Birkenhead and outlet to complement their unique pieces. stores in Onehunga and Silverdale.

Ebony Boutique has exclusive designs that won’t Shop in-store today and take advantage of their break the budget or have you wearing the same outwinter sale which includes items up to 50 per cent off. fit as a guest at your son’s wedding.

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And to cope, the Army’s launched its first ever winter appeal.

Pam says people’s needs are worsened by the additional costs of seasonal illnesses, cold homes, inadequate bedding and clothing and compounded by overcrowded, sub-standard living conditions and homelessness.

“In response to this reality we have launched an appeal to help meet the seasonal demand for the basics of food, warmth and

shelter.” And frontline staff are preparing for one of the busiest times of the year.

As the coldest months approach, the Salvation Army has noticed families going without electricity for several days. The Army says heating is no longer a priority for some parents and its impacting on health; so it’s spending more time with creditors to avoid power disconnections or eviction, and it’s aware of families so poor they cannot afford warm clothes or bedding.

Other families don’t have money to go pick up food parcels and some are avoiding doctors and chemists until problems become medical emergencies.

Over-taxed social workers, budgeters and other Salvation Army personnel are spending more time solving the most

acute problems faced by clients.

Elsewhere, the Army is making more home visits which often reveal disturbing levels of overcrowding, physical illness and worrying degrees of anxiety and depression.

Pam hopes most New Zealanders will realise winter is harder for those already in need and will do their part.

Donations can be made at www.salvationarmy.org.nz/ WinterAppeal or phone 0800 53 00 00.

According to a Salvation Army fact sheet 41,700 New Zealanders will be homeless during winter, and 55,000 will seek help from the Salvation Army. The organisation will distribute 14,100 food parcels and will provide 30,600 bed nights this winter.

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Less of the ‘she’ll be right’ The story of a Tauranga man’s near-death experience has prompted calls for more life-saving heart defibrillators to be positioned strategically around the city.

A non-smoking, moderate-drinking and “pretty fit” 53-year-old Cliff Tolley suffered a heart attack late last year.

“Last thing I expected” said Cliff. “Frightened me and totally shocked my kids.”

Cliff was telling his story as part of Heart Attack Awareness month, when the Heart Foundation highlights and educates about the symptoms of a heart attack and the need for early medical intervention.

Like in Cliff ’s case, he thought the pain was nothing to worry about. He was perilously wrong. Cliff ’s scare is an all too frequent story, according to

Ron Chamberlain, his portable defibrillator and the app for iPhone or Android. Photo: Bruce Barnard.

a volunteer for Tauranga St John, Red Cross and the Heart Foundation.

“The need for heart defibrillation is critical to saving a life, as emergency services can take time to arrive, and time is paramount,” says Ron Chamberlain, a long-time champion of defibrillators.

A defibrillator can assess an irregular or rapid heart rate that could cause a stroke or heart failure. It can deliver a therapeutic dose of electrical current through the chest wall to re-establish normal heart rhythms.

The three organisations Ron’s associated with are very keen to see defibrillators in all areas where there are large numbers of people.

“Pak‘n’Save has them, the ASB has them, but that’s not enough,” says Ron. He recommends Neighbourhood Watch invest in defibrillators to have them dotted conveniently throughout the city.

The statistics back his call.

They show 12 New Zealanders suffer sudden cardiac arrest every day. And 90 per cent do not survive. That’s apparently more than three times the national road toll. However, 75 per cent of heart attack patients will survive if a defibrillator is used within three minutes.

Ron is personally equipped for exactly that emergency.

“I have my own defibrillator in my car; and it’s available to everyone in my area. It’s registered in the emergency system.” And he believes that with one person dying from a heart attack in New Zealand every 90 minutes that we can do better.

Symptoms of a heart attack can include chest discomfort that lasts 10 or more minutes, chest pain that spreads to the jaw, shoulders or back, excessive sweating, shortness of breath and nausea.

The Heart Foundation wants New Zealanders to drop their ‘she’ll be right’ attitude and dial 111 immediately if they suspect they or another person might be having a heart attack.

Hunter Wells

Shake a leg – lost limbs and diabetic mayhem We are taking a break on the Gold Coast for a couple of weeks and noticed a mind-boggling statistic, stating every day in Australia six people have lower limbs amputated at an average cost of $26,000 each.

So, that’s more than 300 Australians a year losing limbs at a total cost of more than $800 million. This is tip of the iceberg stuff when you start factoring in expensive medications and the raft of other medical problems arising from this preventable medical condition.

During the last decade or so, we have consulted with many type 2 diabetics and I cannot remember one who did not improve their condition after they had learned some really basic and simple food and life skills. Let’s start with the question: ‘Do you realise that you are intolerant to glucose?’ The answer is

invariably ‘No’, and most of these people have little or no idea how to put this right.

Once they understand the relationship between protein, fat and carbohydrate, and that the latter two have no effect on blood-sugar levels they are away to a good start.

The next step is for them to find out what different food and drink options contain with regard to these three main food categories, followed up by some basic ideas on what happens during digestion of different foods and how they need to cope as diabetics.

Obviously, with carbohydrate supplying the glucose, they need to learn how to control both the amount

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For the full article with details on a new digital programme, google – ‘Sunlive – Leigh Elder – Shake a leg’.

Friday 22 July 2016

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Binding referenda best before building spend Thirty-five out of a possible 80,000! That is how many citizens have found out how to vote on the Civic Centre proposal.

This is a $70 million to $90 million project, to demolish our council buildings and build new ones.

I raise this because I see it as a classic example of the farcical situation that passes for democracy at Tauranga City Council.

I have yet to meet anyone who knows how to make a submission on TCC plans! However, councillors

constantly say their plans are put to us for our opinions.

They then act on them, knowing the system is a farce.

Simon Bridges, our Tauranga MP, was reported as saying Whangarei District Council had a binding referenda on a plan to build a new museum to honour the works of late artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser – and the people voted in favour of it! Now that is, I believe, real democracy. TCC refuses to allow binding referenda. Election time soon, so this lot have got to go.

K Evans, Tauranga City.

New building – quite logical really As previous councillors failed to forward plan and fund for the maintenance of the present leaky Tauranga City Council building, which will be demolished, there has been a call from one TCC councillor to open it up for public viewing.

Not sure why such a request would be made, as there are serious health and safety issues.

Enough to say that when anyone, including councillors, go into the building they have had to wear masks and special overalls.

To repair the existing building I am told will

cost more, but will only last 10 years, whereas a new building will cost less and last for 50 years.

Quite logical really.

Sometimes it is cruel the way things get interpreted or misinterpreted, because in Local Government when spending ratepayers’ money, it is so important that honest and honourable decisions are made based on facts.

We will get the chance, I am sure, to go through the building when it is finished, but nor before.

M Murray-Benge, Bethlehem.

Kiwis should ditch the Olympics and Zika threat

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I’ve seen the Kiwi team has unveiled its flash new uniforms for the Rio Olympics in August. Well I don’t think any of them should be going to it.

Haven’t they seen that Rio de Janeiro is swarming with mosquitoes infested with the Zika virus? This virus has been linked to babies being born in Brazil suffering from a small brain and head shape deformity.

It has been widely reported getting a bite from a mosquito in Brazil can see a person get infected with Zika. It’s expected thousands of sports athletes, teams, crews and supporters will descend on Rio and inadvertently bolster the Zika outbreak to a new high around the world.

So how do our Kiwi athletes propose they will prevent themselves from being bitten? And prevent bringing Zika back to NZ with them? Should our

health service look after them if they do bring it home – since they went over there knowing the risk? Just for a sporting accolade?

Moreover, Rio de Janeiro is a city full of slums – and some have been ‘moved’ or have simply vanished to make way for buildings being created for this Olympics. The same thing reportedly happened in South Africa in the FIFA world football championships, where schools got pulled down for sports. Why do the Olympics get given to these countries struggling to support their own – let alone forking out for a world sports event that needs stadium after stadium, pool after pool. Maybe Kiwi athletes should snub this Olympics and receive a humanitarian accolade ahead of their own selfish ambitions?

K Morland, Katikati.

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Friday 22 July 2016

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No one should be in a hurry I am an avid reader of Rogers Rabbits – always enjoy it. I don’t necessarily agree with all that is stated. But hey!

That’s what it is about…I read with considerable interest the RR column ‘The slowest common denominator. And other highway menaces’. (The Weekend Sun, June 24).

My wife and I are in the ‘older’ age bracket. We do a lot of motoring, and frequently do the trip up to Auckland and back, plus going over the Kaimai Range.

We don’t muck around – but we do try and keep to the speed restrictions.

The 50km/hr and the 100km/hr plus the variations – 80km/hr and 30km/hr for variable hazards. Of course, we know that it is not possible, nor desirable, to keep looking down at the speedo!

Like most people, we try to keep within a sensible margin of the limits. What we notice is many people – boys, girls, young and

old – are in a hurry! There have been many examples we’ve experienced including lack of patience, downright dangerous, or risky pieces of driving. Now I admit first of all, we

are not the ‘best’ drivers. But we do try to observe the speed limits. And this does not always suit drivers behind us.

So the observations I would like to make are: Firstly, no one should be in a hurry. If you are running late, just make sure you are able to get ‘there’, without causing injury or damage.

Secondly, observe the speed limit... allow the driver in front to do the same!

And be patient!

We all ‘share’ the road – it is actually a privilege!-It is so easy to be angry and criticise. And very often, it’s just ego.

I feel these are key things – with the increase in traffic density, it is not so easy to just enjoy our driving. We need to be far more alert.

But let wisdom and practicality, and perhaps some forgiveness, prevail.

No one is perfect, least of all ourselves.

Including me.

D Sharp, Bellevue.

Bay driver blissfully unaware of our bridge toll milestone Today marks the 15th anniversary of tolls ceasing on the old Tauranga Harbour Bridge.

It’s notable that if it were not for the unrelenting efforts of the Tolls Action Group and the final refusal of many people to pay the toll, which was being unlawfully used to pay for roads they did not use and could not use, tolls would still be on the bridge.

And they would paying for Route

K and other council pet roading projects that had nothing to do with the bridge.

For example, the McCord bridge in the Judea industrial area was paid for by $500,000 of harbour bridge tolls. Today, there will be many thousands of bridge users blissfully unaware of the history and despicable actions of the thenTauranga City Council.

P Harlen, Mount Maunganui.

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Greer’s Gastro Bar Sunday 24 – Dovetail 5-8pm.

Jazz and easy listening acoustic duo.

Mount RSA Friday 22 – Helen Riley 7.30pm.

Saturday 23 – Reuben Simpson 7.30pm.

Sunday 24 – Dave King 4.30pm.

The Crown and Badger Friday 22 – Agent Smith 9pm – late.

Saturday 23 – One One One 9pm – late.

The Matua Sunday 24 – Backporch 3-6pm.

Wednesday 27 – “A Taste of Your Music”. Come along with chord sheets and sing with the band. 7.30pm start.

Brilleaux take to the stage at Totara Street on July 30. Photo: Roycano.com Having just returned from a recent tour of the United Kingdom and Italy, the hard-hitting fourpiece rhythm and blues band is bringing their high-energy act to Totara Street on Saturday, July 30.

It’ll be the band’s first show on home soil since their latest tour – and Brilleaux’s Graham Clark, Brian Franks, Bruce Roland and Ian Gilpin will show local fans why they’ve gained such a following overseas.

They’re also back with the brand new album

‘Brillcream’ – the Cream of Brilleaux which will be available for the first time in New Zealand at the show. Opening the evening’s festivities will be Tauranga blues band Lounge Dogs, “who’re keen to deliver their own edgy version of the genre and will blow you away”. Brilleaux, with support from Lounge Dogs, play at Totara Street in Mount Maunganui on July 30. Doors open 8pm. Tickets cost $15 and available online from Eventfinda.

Ni-Vanuatu celebrate independence The crowd will stand and proudly sing: “Yumi, Yumi, Yumi”.

It translates to “We, We, We.” It is the Vanuatu national anthem and on Saturday, July 30, it will be sung loudly 2639km away in Port Vila.

And it will also be sung here in Bay of Plenty at the Whakaue Marae in Maketu.

That’s where the local Vanuatu Independence Day celebrations will be held.

Speakers include Vanuatu lecturer in accounting at Victoria University, Pala Molisa.

He will talk about climate change and colonisation, a subject close to Ni-Vanuatu,

the people of Vanuatu, because it only became independent from England and France in 1980.

“About 400 Ni-Vanuatu are expected,” says Vanuatu Association of New Zealand organiser Joseph Toara. “We have many citizens here working in the kiwifruit industry.”

There will be a flag-raising ceremony, cultural performances and prizes, kapa haka, a shared lunch, prizes for the best island dressed male and female; and the distinctive string band music, ukuleles, guitars and thumping box base.

People are welcome to attend the celebration from 10am-4pm on Saturday, July 30, at Whakaue Marae in Maketu.

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Friday 22 July 2016

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Honouring French singers News of France’s Bastille Day horrors arrived too late for last week’s deadline.

So, slightly belatedly, I thought we’d make this week French Week and look at a great French singer.

There are a lot to choose from, from the iconic Johnny Hallyday to Francoise Hardy – or Plastic Bertrand anyone? And the ever-astonishing Charles Aznavour, still going strong at 92. But my favourite is Serge Gainsbourg.

A well-known piece

I’m guessing that many readers don’t know a lot of songs in French. There are about three songs widely familiar to native English speakers.

There’s ‘Alouette’, Bill Wyman’s ‘Je Suis Un Rockstar’ perhaps, and the third is from Serge Gainsbourg. A song that represented one of the many times he scandalised France and, unusually in this case, the world.

‘Je T’Aime Moi Non Plus’ – that breathily whispered ultra-sexy seduction piece set to pulsing organ crescendos – was banned in the United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden, Brazil, Italy, Portugal and more.

From the late-1950s till the early-1990s, Serge Gainsbourg was the most famous singer and songwriter in France. His own albums and recordings rarely topped the charts but he, in a manner that seems almost unique to France, wrote prodigiously for beautiful actresses.

He wrote for Brigitte Bardot, Jane Birkin, Isabelle Adjani, Honor Blackman, Catherine Deneuve, Zizi Jeanmaire, Anna Karina, Vanessa Paradis, and many more, often full albums.

Starting scandal

One of those early commissions caused his first big scandal. After writing the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest winner for 16-year-old France Gall he followed it with ‘Les Sucettes’ (Lollipops) a hit on which the young singer seemed the only person unaware that the lyric appeared to about more than simply sucking a lollipop.

Serge was unusual and an unusuallooking guy. Son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, he had big ears and a lifelong addiction to alcohol and cigarettes. His mid-1960s affair with Brigitte Bardot put him firmly on the

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Looking for new sounds Serge travelled to Jamaica in 1979 to record with Sly and Robbie and the I-Threes.

The resulting album introduced mainstream France to reggae, and scandal once again ensued. The title track was a reggae version of French national anthem ‘La Marseillaise’. It got the same reaction as The Sex Pistols’ ‘God Save the Queen’ in England. Veterans marched on the French parliament to return medals; Serge’s shows were disrupted by rioting paratroopers. But Serge continued his musical restlessness. In the 1980s he recorded in America with musicians in the axis of Bruce Springsteen and Southside Johnny.

He combined French dancefloor with his inimitable punning, outrageous, confrontational lyrics.

Those lyrics? Wow. Beautiful, surprising, profound and…sometimes not. He wrote an album which was mainly “fart songs”; his ‘Rock Around the Bunker’ album crudely satirised the Nazis. It was a very fine line between high art and low comedy.

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Friday 22 July

Friday Fun Night Games, prizes, hydroslide, waves & music at Baywave 6-8pm. Tickets: Only ^ to get in ages 8-13 years.

Kid’s Pop Up Reading Room City Library Arcade (95 Willow St) until July 23 11am - 12pm. Hear some of your favourite local celebrities read wonderful books. Free event.

Saturday 23 July

Alcoholics Anonymous Women’s meeting at St Andrews, Dee St 10-11am, children welcome. 0800 229 6757 Annual Book Sale Books wanted for Tauranga Harbour Lions November book sale. Drop off points are Living Quarters, Bethlehem Town Centre; Payless Plastics, 414 Cameron Rd; Liquor King, 140 Otumoetai Rd, Brookfield. No magazines or encyclopedias please. 576 7105 Club Filipino Tauranga Fundraising event.

International food stalls, upstage market, games, spot prizes, plants, veges, fruits.

At Otumoetai Baptist Church 10.30am – 4.30pm.

Come Dancing Tonight Sequence & old time dancing, great music & supper.

Greerton Hall 7.30-10.30pm. Run

by Tauranga Scottish Soc. Entry $7.

Nola 576 5076 Cross Dressing Club Starting Up Stop hiding away & join the cross-dressing club. Get together with people like yourself & do fun things together.

Donations of ladies clothing, mainly lingerie etc plus 2 + ladies to help out.

All guys & girls welcome to join, ages 18+. Free. 021 042 7074 Dance Party Aug 13, Greerton Hall, 1263 Cameron Rd 7.30pm. BYO drinks & nibbles. Just turn up on the night. Entertainment by Helen Riley. Supreme Dance Centre 544 2337 or 027 322 1786 Katikati Tramping Club Te Miro MTB Park, Morrinsville. Easy. Dave 07 886 7335 LOL Laughter Wellness Laugh away the winter blues with us. Sandpiper Room, Arataki Community Centre, Mount 11-11.45am. $3 door charge. Trish 022 036 6768 email: lollaughterwellness@ gmail.com Messianic Meetings Every Sat at Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui 10am. Seek to unite together in our walk to put truth into action on a daily basis.

544 7424 or 0210 226 3515 Narcotics Anonymous Open meeting, Hanmer Clinic (behind Super Liquor) 1235 Cameron Rd, Greerton 7.308.30pm. If using drugs is causing you problems, maybe we can help.

0800 NA TODAY Open Air Movie Night Bring the whole family down to Wharf St with rugs, cushions & bean bags with the movie screening of Rio. Pre-entertainment from 5pm, movie screening from 6pm (BOP Film’s short Just Three Girls will screen directly after Rio). Free.

Operanesia from Puccini to Presley Aug 13 at Holy Trinity, 215 Devonport Rd, Tga 7.30pm. The outstanding quartet Operanesia, & special guest Imogen Thirwell perform a diverse programme of classics, medleys & contemporary songs. Adults $45, student $25. Tickets available from Hospice Shops, Holy Trinity and www. waipunahospice.co.nz Organ Music Concert A grand tour of organ music with Nicholas Forbes at St Peter’s

Anglican Church, 15 Victoria Rd, Mount 7.30pm. $20 at door, free for children.

Papamoa Community Park Join in the fun - growing soil, food & community. Fun for all ages, dawn till dusk. Gardening bees 2nd & 4th Sat 9am - 3pm.

Between 51 & 53 Hartford Ave, Papamoa. Chris 021 0241 5454 or therockpapamoa@gmail.com Petanque at Blake Park Every Sat 1pm.

Coaching & competitive play. Equip available, all levels welcome. Jo Ann 578 3606 Red Cross Book Fair Sept 3 & 4 at Historic Village Hall, 17th Ave West. Wanted: books, CDs, DVDs, games, puzzles, jigsaws. Please deliver to: Red Cross, 245 Chadwick Rd, Greerton. 578 6987 Scrapbooking Weekend Fri 29th - Sun 31st July. Games, challenges, classes etc. $50. deborah@cropnshop.co.nz 0274 303 781 Tauranga Leisure Marching Display day Aug 13 at QEYC Stadium, Memorial Park, 11th Ave 10am - 3pm. Come along & support local & visiting marching teams displays.

TEDx Tauranga 13 live speakers on stage, live entertainment, 3 official TED videos.

Join 1000 people for a day of inspirational talks & great food. Aug 20 at ASB Baypark Arena 10am - 6pm. Tickets at Eventfinda or www.tedxtauranga.com Limited student & seniors discounted tickets. Be quick.

Village Radio Community radio broadcasting from Tauranga Historic Village 1368 kHz AM. Music of 1940’s - 90’s weekends 9am - 5pm, weekdays 10am - 5pm. Specialty programmes. www.villageradio.co.nz or 571 3710 Winter Fun Festival Join Club Filipino Tauranga & savour their world famous Lechon, pork roasted on a spit for 5 hours.

Otumoetai Baptist Church, 241 Otumoetai Rd 10am – 4pm. Browse around & grab a bargain at the car park market. Free admission.

Sunday 24 July

A Course in Miracles Discussion group meet at Grindz Cafe, 50 1st Ave 12pm video, 1pm discussion. Topic: What are the benefits of releasing the impediments to peace, happiness & prosperity.

Friendship Group BOP For lovers of this music. Monthly weekend gatherings at each other’s homes, garden party, group booking for cinema concert screening & hear the latest info. Jennifer 574 4238 poppet312@gmail.com Bay Bible Fellowship/Lord’s Day Worship service at Welcome Bay Primary School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Rd 10am.

“Relationships for Eternity” series. Week 4: Reversing the Conflict. Ps Lincoln Forlong. www.bbf.net.nz Bible Seminars Every Sunday at Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St 1.45pm.

Title: “Jesus Parables - the Shrewd manager, DVD presentation.” Interactive, Q&A. Vic 543 0504 City on its Feet Walking Group Every Sunday at the new shopping centre, 83 Pyes Pa Rd 9am. Medium & fast pace. Mike 543 4733 or email: mikemell@kinect.co.nz Croquet Every Sun, Tues & Fri at Tauranga Domain, Cameron Rd 12.45pm. Peter 571 0633 End-of-Life Choice Vintage Car clubrooms, 29 Cliff Rd Aug 14 2.30pm. Presentation

by Maryan Street & AGM. Sue 543 3101 Indoor Ultimate Frisbee Open to men

& women of all ages & abilities. 4vs4, non contact team sport. Mount Sports Centre 12-2pm. Search Facebook Groups “Mount Ultimate” or MountUltimate@ gmail.com Hair & Makeup Workshops “A Beautiful Education” is a series of interactive DIY hair & makeup styling workshop for all ages, July 31 & Aug 6. Refresh your image with professional guidance while raising funds for Cambodia Charitable Trust. Lillybeth 021 150 1605 or email: lillybeth@ abeautifuleducation.co.nz Inzpire Dance Company And Inzpire Creative Arts Youth Trust present their show State of Mind. Baycourt 3pm & 7.30pm. Tickets from Baycourt or Ticketek. FB Inzpire Dance Company or www.inzpiredanceco.co.nz Jaguar Enthusiasts’ (BOP) Club Calling all Jaguar owners. Meet like minded drivers for outings, tours & socialising. Graham 543 4933 Narcotics Anonymous Open meeting every Sunday, Hanmer Clinic (behind Super Liquor) 1235 Cameron Rd, Greerton 7-8pm. If using drugs is causing you problems, maybe we can help. 0800 NA TODAY Papamoa Lions Club Market Gordon Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd, Papamoa. Gates open 7am for stall holder entry.

Quakers in Tauranga In hall behind Brain Watkins House, cnr Elizabeth St/Cameron Rd 10am for an hour of mainly silent worship followed by tea/coffee & talk. 544 0448 www.quaker.org.nz Radio Controlled Model Yachts Meet Sun & Thurs at pond behind 24 Montego Drive, Papamoa 1.30pm to sail Electron & similar 3ft long yachts, for fun. Adult beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419 Sunday Cyclists Meet outside Paengaroa Hall 9am. All levels catered for. Jenny 0274 353 669 or 578 8937 Tauranga Theosophical Society “What a load of rubbish” but where does it go?

Tauranga Yoga Centre 2pm. Entry by donation, all welcome. 577 6042 Winter Edible Weeds Workshop Interactive, fun & lots of learning during this workshop to discover which weeds are edible & which are not. Learn how to use them to make a green smoothie or pesto. 51 Utopia Park Heights, Welcome Bay 10am - 1pm. To book www.juliasedibleweeds. com/workshops or 0274 308 471

Monday 25 July

Achieve Toastmasters Keep speaking, keep helping, keep succeeding. 1st, 3rd & 5th Mon of month at St Stephen’s Church Hall, Brookfield, Tga 7.30-9.30pm. Craig 027 587 5115 Alanon Family Group Meet every Mon at St George’s Anglican Church, Gate pa & Cameron Rd 7-8pm. 0508 425 266 Badminton Club: Seniors & Juniors Juniors: Mon 6-7.30pm. Seniors: Mon & Weds 7.30-9.30pm. Bethlehem College Events Centre, Elder Lane. All levels of players welcome. Sue 021 194 4335 or www. taurangabadmintonclub.co.nz Ballroom Dancing for Beginners Free dance lessons at Club Mount 7pm. Easy & fun, just turn up. The Dance Centre, Dean/ Miki 542 1295 www.udance2.co.nz or udance2@xtra.co.nz Bethlehem Bowls Every Monday at Bethlehem Hall 7.15pm. First 3 nights free. Wendy 578 2585 Body & Soul Fun Fitness For over 50’s,

social events & guest speakers. Mon & Fri Greerton Hall Cameron Rd. Tues Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave. Weds City Church cnr Otumoetai Rd/Sherwood St. Thurs at Tauranga Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St behind Pak n Save. All classes 9.15-10.15am. First class free. For men & women. Dianne 576 5031 ‘Qualified Sport & Physical recreation instructor’.

Chess Mt Maunganui Mount RSA Chess Club every Mon at Mount RSA, 544 Maunganui Rd. Early program 6-7.30pm during school term. Late program 7.30pm onwards. Incl casual games. Noel 579 5412 Chess, The Mount Club Every Mon at St Thomas More Church, 17 Gloucester Rd 1-4pm. The only place you play standard chess in Tga. $3 a session. Sets, boards, clocks & refreshments provided. Bob/Viv 575 5845 or 0274 786 282 Citizens Advice Bureau For free, confidential information and advice about anything call in Monday-Friday 9am5pm 38 Hamilton Street, Tauranga or Freephone 0800 367 222 or 578 1592. JP Service every Mon 1-4pm, Weds & Thurs 9am-11.30am & Fri 2-4pm & Migrant Clinics Tues - Fri 1-4pm. No appointment necessary. Employments Disputes Clinic fortnightly Tues - appointments necessary.

City of Tauranga Pipe Band Grade 3 Meet every Mon at Otumoetai Primary School Hall 7.30pm. Comprehensive learning programme for pipers & drummers.

Experienced players welcome to join the competitive band. Maureen 541 0532 or pjmflewis@xtra.co.nz Civic Choir Tauranga Every Mon at Wesley Church, 13th Ave, Tauranga 7.30pm. www.civicchoir.net.nz Heather 575 9092 Dancefit Get fit, while having fun. At Bethlehem Hall, Waihi Rd. Mondays 9.30am & Thurs 9.15am. $5 a class, first class free. Ruth 0274 156 819 Fitness League Ladies exercise with dance to music. Improve posture, energy, toned body, increase strength & fun. Every Mon at Greerton Senior Citizens Hall, 39 Maitland St 9.30-10.30am. Gloria 573 4429 Fitness League Safe effective, low impact fun exercise set to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed for women of all ages & abilities. First class free. Every Mon at Settlers Hall Omokoroa 9.30am & Tues St Johns Anglican Church Waihi 9.30am. Dorothy 549 3378 Free Meditation Classes Mon 10am & Weds 7.30pm in Bellevue, Tauranga. Gain a new awareness. David/Trisha 570 1204 Harmony a Plenty Barbershop Chorus Every Mon at Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd 7pm. New members welcome. Wilf 571 5576 or www.harmonyaplenty.co.nz Meditation & See What Unfolds Meditation & discussion group every Mon 7-9pm with coffee after. $5 fee. Kevin 578 7205 North of England Club BOP Expressions of interest in forming a casual club. Looking at gathering every 6 weeks - no minutes, president etc. Email: noec@rushpost.com or check our Facebook site if interested.

Omokoroa Indoor Bowling Club Meet at Settler’s Hall, Omokoroa Rd every Mon 1.30pm & Tues 7.30pm. $3 mat fee. New players free first 3 weeks. Anne 548 1636 Otumoetai Indoor Bowls Champion Triples 7.30pm start Matua Primary School Hall, Clivedene St. New members welcome.

Karen 576 0443 Pilates Matwork Classes Every Mon & Fri

10.40-11.30am & Tues 12-12.50pm at Arataki Community Centre. All levels welcome. Claudia 0211 927 706 Plant Based Cooking Seminar Arataki Community Centre, Zambuck Way, Mt Maunganui 6.30-8.30pm.

Talk, Teach, Taste presented by Mt Chef, Arna Buckley & others. Entry $10. Book now 0210 778 214 or 576 0435 Recycled Teenagers Gentle exercise for 50’s forwards, & injury or illness rehabilitation.

Mon & Weds, 14 Norris St, Tauranga Senior Citizens Club, behind Pak n Save.

Tues at St Mary’s Church Hall, Girven Rd. All 9 - 10.30am. First class free. Jennifer 571 1411 Silver Singers Choir Practice every Mon at St Stephens Church, Brookfield Tce 1-3pm. Tenors, bases & contraltos needed for our 35 voice choir. Pat 579 1036 St Columba Indoor Bowling Club Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood. Names in by 7.15pm, 7.30pm start. All playing levels welcome.

Paul 576 6324 Tai Chi & Taoist Qi Gong Every Mon at Arataki Community Centre 9-10am. Warren 574 2464 or 0274 745 389 Taoist Tai Chi Daily classes. For days/times www.taoist.org.nz Tauranga Brass Practice every Mon at Community Hall, Elizabeth St West 7-9pm. All players welcome. Alex 0274 920 185 or 571 8720 Tauranga Creative Fibre Every Mon at Arts Centre, Elizabeth St from 9.30am. Spinning, weaving, felting, knitting, crochet & more. Also on Thurs evening twice a month. Shirley 577 0188 Tauranga Rock n Roll Club Inc Club night every Mon at Tauranga RSA, Cameron Rd, Greerton 8pm. A relaxed, social evening of dancing. Members $3, nonmembers $5. Trina 575 7461 a/hs Tauranga Senior Citizens Club Cards, 500 & Bridge Mon & Thurs. Indoor Bowls Tues, Weds & Sat at 14 Norris St, behind Pak n Save 1-4pm. Register by 12.45pm. $2 includes afternoon tea.

Tauranga Theatre Organ Society At Baycourt 1pm. Hear & play the Mighty Wurlitzer. All welcome. 552 0243 Te Puna Indoor Bowling Club Every Mon at Te Puna Memorial Hall 7.15pm. Ian 579 3024 The Writing Project Support, encouragement, info for people working on a piece or wanting to. 4th Mon of month 7pm.

Kaye 07 218 1411 or 022 034 0115 or kaye.mclaren@gmail.com WBOPPHO Free public health outreach clinic every Mon at Tauranga Salvation Army Community Ministries (375 Cameron Rd, above family store) 9am -12pm.

Womens Art Group Every Mon at Lyceum Club Rooms, 68 1st Ave 9am 12pm. New members welcome.

Margaret 543 3244

Tuesday 26 July

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

Seniors (Adults) 7.30-9.30pm. Club racquets & coaching available. Delwyn 027 212 4720 Altrusa Community Service Club Business/ dinner meeting 2nd Tues. Social night 4th Tues, each month. Julie 544 0277 Argentine Tango Fun classes every Tues at Citizen’s Club 6.30pm. Discover ‘the metaphor for life.’ Denise 020 400 61340

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Badminton (Social) Every Tues & Fri at Otumoetai Baptist Hall 9.30am - 12pm.

Racquets available. Lorraine 579 3229 Bayfair Petanque Club Tuition & boules available for learners & visitors. Every Tues & Thurs at Bayfair Reserve, Russley Drive 1pm. Margaret 572 3173 Brave Hearts Meeting in staffroom, Tauranga Boys’ College 7pm. Speaker: Pat Buckley – Amped4Lofe.

Cards 500 Every Tues & Thurs Mount Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd. Names in by 12.45pm. 575 4650 CV Writing Clinics (Free Service) Need help to create a basic CV? Complete the CV form, available at your local library & bring it to one of the CV writing clinics. Tauranga Library Tues 10am. Weds 10am. Papamoa Library Fri 12.30pm. Greerton Library Mon 12.30pm & Thurs 12.30pm.

Excel Toastmasters Every 2nd, 4th & 5th Tues at Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way 6.15-8.30pm. Learn public speaking & leadership skills. brooke_bop@hotmail.com Falun Dafa Free exercises & meditation classes. Every Tues at Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui 7pm.

Judy 021 0425 398 Fitness League Ladies exercise with dance to music. Improve posture, energy, toned body, increased strength. Every Tues at St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood 9.30-10.30am. Gloria 573 4429 Friends of the Library Mt Maunganui Library Book Group meet 10am.

Theme this month: American authors or American setting. Gail 574 3376 Inachord Chorus Womens 4 Part Harmony every Tues at Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd 6.55pm. Enjoy the challenge of singing & performing. Cathy 579 2040 Junction Mental Health Peer support & advocacy: Coffee & chat at St James’ Hall, Greerton 10am – 12pm. 543 3010 Mahjong Every Tues at Gate Pa Bowling Club 1-4pm. Beginners welcome. Pearl 578 6556 Matua Otumoetai City on its Feet Meet every Tues at Kulim Park 9am.

576 7339 Mount Aglow Salvation Army Hall, 57 Eversham Rd 9.45am. Guest speaker: Darlene Brett. Shared lunch to follow.

Barbara 576 5870 Mount Morning Badminton Every Tues at Mount Sports Centre, Blake Park 9am - 12pm. Social, competitive, all ages, beginners welcome. Racquets available.

Daily fee: $5pp. Margaret 575 9792 Overeaters Anonymous Do you or a family member or friend have a problem with over or under eating? Overeaters Anonymous can help - meetings Tues & Fri. 544 1213 or 022 0642 186 Sequence Dancing Tauranga Social & Leisure Club. St John’s Anglican Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai every Tues 7-9.30pm except second Tues of the month 3.30-6pm. John 578 9716 Sewing Connexion Tauranga Meet 1st & 3rd Tues at Arts Centre, Elizabeth St 9.30am - 2pm. Sew, share ideas & improve techniques. Pam 021 276 5390 South City Indoor Bowls Club night at Greerton Hall 7.30pm. Keith 577 1116 Staying Safe Drivers Refresher RSA, Gallipoli Room, 544 Maunganui Rd, Mt Maunganui 9.15am.

Tauranga Morning Badminton Club Every Tues & Thurs at Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, Memorial Park, cnr 11th Ave/Devonport Rd 9-11.30am. Heather 574 0976 Tauranga Patchwork & Quilters Meet 1st & 3rd Tues 7pm & 2nd & 4th Fri 10am. Tauranga Art & Craft Centre, 178 Elizabeth St, Tga. 0274 177 581 Tauranga Samba Every Tues meet at Mount Sports Centre 7-9pm. Brazilian drumming & percussion. No experience needed. Rob 021 232 7185 Tauranga Scrabble Club Every Tues at Tauranga Bridge Club, Ngatai Rd 8.50am. 3 games $2.50. New players welcome. 544 8372 Tauranga Society of Artists Tuesday evening group meet at 171a Elizabeth St West 7-9pm. Friendly & supportive, any level of ability welcome. 576 9592 Tauranga Target Rifle Club Club night every Tues at Elizabeth St West 7pm.

Casual shooters $7.50 per 13 shot card.

All equipment & coaching supplied.

Tauranga Target Rifle Club Inc.

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Tauranga Toastmasters Every Tues at Tauranga Lyceum Club 7.15-9.30pm.

Learn public speaking & leadership skills. Guests welcome. Alan 544 5989 Te Puke Lyceum Club Meet every Tues.

Also have readers & garden groups.

Mah Jong meet every Thurs & Sun. Singing every Fri. 8 Palmer Court.

Jenny 573 7487 Welcome Bay Wheelers Recreational cycle group meet every Tues at Palmers, Ohauiti Rd 9.30am.

Pam/Andrew 544 3272

Wednesday 27 July

Age Concern Walking Group Tirau bus trip, meet at Bethlehem Rd carpark 9am. 578 2631 Alcoholics Anonymous Reflections at Te Puke, Te Puke Baptist Church cnr Malyon St/Station Rd 7.30-8.30pm.

0800 229 6757 Alpha Marriage Course Learn how to make even the happiest marriage better.

7 weeks starts today at Lifezone Church, 7 Oak Lane, Judea 7.15pm. $50 per couple. Register: office@lifezone.church Bowls Indoor Every Weds & Fri at Mount Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd 12.45pm. Beginners welcome. 575 4650 Cards Do you play crib or would like to learn? Every Weds at Greerton RSA 1pm. Rona 578 7939 Diabetes Help Free diabetes group meeting at St Enoch’s Church Hall 2pm. For details 571 3422 Fernland Spa Water Exercise Class Every Weds 10.45-11.45am. Held rain or shine but not during school holidays.

Classes taken by qualified instructor & lifeguard. Jennifer 571 1411 Fitness League Te Puke Ladies exercise with dance to music. Improve posture, energy, increased strength. Every Weds at St Andrew’s Church Hall, Oxford St 9.30-10.30am. Gloria 573 4429 Five Hundred Cards Every Weds at St Thomas More Church, 17 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui 1pm. $3 a session.

Weekly prizes, door prize, refreshments, aggregate. Barbara 572 4962 Freemasonry The Gate Pa Lodge meet at Hairini Masonic Centre 7.30pm. Glen 027 918 9096 Gate Pa Indoor Bowls Champion Fours (Clarke Cup) at Greerton Hall 7pm.

Names in book. Kevin 543 4044 Got Questions About Life? Do you have big questions. A no-pressure chance to explore the Christian answers to these questions. St Peter’s Church, 130 Spring St 6.30pm. Simon 027 270 5426 or www.stpeters.org.nz/our-church/alpha Healing Rooms Experience God’s healing touch at Bethlehem Town Centre, cnr shop behind PO/Bookstore, open every Weds 1-3pm. No appointment necessary, no charge, all ages welcome. 0211 100 878 www.healingrooms.co.nz Kiwi Toasters Building communication & confidence 1st, 3rd & 5th Weds at 3 Palm Springs Blvd (same building as Palm Springs Pharmacy) 5.30-7pm. Chrissy 027 296 7939 Narcotics Anonymous Working the steps.

Closed meeting every Weds. Downstairs Hall (accessed from the building’s rear), Salvation Army Recover Church, 375 Cameron Rd 7.30-9pm. If using drugs is causing you problems, maybe we can help. 0800 NA TODAY Nonviolence & Conscious Living Want to speak more compassionately to yourself & others? Learn non violent communication Weds or Thurs at Historic Village 7pm. 021 0238 0340 RhondaLAPowers@gmail.com Otumoetai Care & Craft Every Weds at St Columba Church Hall, Cherrywood, Otumoetai 9am - 12.30pm during school term. . Crafts, fun, games, entertainment. Lunch provided. Dawn 576 7783 Scottish Country Dancing Every Weds at Senior Citizens Hall, Maunganui Rd. Step practice & formation revision 7pm, regular class 7.30pm. Lynne 573 5055 Single Coffee Club 60+ Mixed company for singles 60+ that meet once a week for coffee, enjoy socialising & making new friends. Email: mixandmingle@ xtra.co.nz or 027 439 4267 Tauranga Embroiderers’ Guild Every Weds at Tauranga Rowing Club rooms, Memorial Park 10am - 2.30pm & 7.309.30pm. Juniors 4-5.30pm during term

time, Beginners & experienced stitchers welcome. Nancy 544 4778 Tauranga Mid-Week Waiorongomai, Waipapa, pylons loop with shorter option. Grade mod, approx. 6.0hrs.

Paula 021 215 3838 Toastmasters Build your confidence, find your voice & open doors of opportunity in 2016. Join the happy bunch at City Early Start. Every Weds at Avgas Cafe, Classic Flyers 7-8.15am. 021 044 5654 or www.cityearlystart.co.nz Weds Evening Mountain Bike Ride Meet at RideBikes, 393 Cameron Rd 6.15pm.

Jen 578 0016 Wednesday Recreational Cycle Group Meet at Sulphur Point, near Nautilus, off Cross Rd 9am. Cam 552 4513 Women’s Bridge Club Every Weds at Lyceum Club rooms, 68 1st Ave 12.50pm. New members welcome. Helen 579 1947

Thursday 28 July

6 Week Social Beginner Dance Class Starts July 28 at Greerton Hall, 1263 Cameron Rd 8pm, or July 29 at Welcome Bay School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Rd. Learn Rock & Roll, Cha Cha, waltz & more. Sonia, Supreme Dance Centre 544 2337 or 027 322 1786 Awesome Clothing Sale Good quality, all sizes & styles - men’s, women’s, children’s, shoes, sheets, duvets etc. Only $5 a bag. Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga 9.30-10.30am. Organised by Turning Point Trust 578 6934 Bay City Rockers Social Dance Group Social Rock n Roll dancing every Thurs at Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St 7.309.30pm. Gavin 027 643 6222 Club Mt Maunganui Social games club.

Play indoor bowls, 500, bolivia & 5 crowns every Thurs 12.45pm. Prizes & visits to other clubs. John 575 2422 Fitness League Safe, effective, low impact exercise to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed to help with posture, balance & stamina, combination of exercise, movement & dance. Complementary 1st class.

Thurs: Central Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave/Cameron Rd 9.30am.

Weds: Katikati Memorial Hall 10am.

Pam 549 4799 or 021 117 7170 Free Mediation Classes Every Thurs at Papamoa Sports & Rec Centre, 80 Alice Way, off Parton Rd 7pm. Find peace, love & joy & make your life rewarding. Ian 576 2032 Free Skin Facial Pamper Trial Session Group session or one on one. Svetlana 027 616 2124 Friends of the Library Greerton Library Chat Group meet 10am at new Greerton Library for guided tour of the Library.

Pam 571 2566 Keynotes 4 Part Harmony Women’s Chorus meet Thurs at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave 6.45pm. Sing for fun & health. Nora 544 2614 Mah-Jong Every Thurs at Bowls Matua Bowling Club, 108 Levers Rd, Matua 1-4pm. Beginners welcome.

Julia 576 4127 More Than Craft Every Thurs at Greerton Bible Church, cnr Chadwick Rd & Fraser St 9.30-11.30am. 10 crafts available. Talented tutors. $3 entry.

June 544 0823 Mount/Papamoa Coffee & Chat 1-2pm.

543 3010 at Junction Mental Health Peer Support & Advocacy. Transport available if required.

Orange City Square & Round Dance Club Tues morning class 10am - 12pm.

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

543 1063 Papamoa 500 Card Club Every Thurs at Gordon Spratt Reserve 12.45pm. Dave 575 5887 Petanque Every Thurs & Sun at Cliff Rd 1pm. Tuition given to new players. No equip needed to start. Charles 570 1099 Positively Me for Women Interested in building self-esteem, growing confidence, overcome fears of rejection, failure or criticism? Courses start Aug 11 for 6 weeks at St Mary’s Church.

Day & night option. Thurs 12.302.30pm & 6-8pm. Course cost $55. To book; 575 9945 or email: naudeen@ mountanglican.org.nz

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, includes supper. Jan 544 4379 Tai Chi & Taoist Qigoing Every Thurs morning at Elizabeth St Community Centre.

Warren 574 2464 or 0274 745 389 Tauranga Heart Support Group Low impact group exercise class for those with or at risk of heart & associated diseases. Every Mon & Thurs at City Church, Otumoetai Rd 9.3010.30am. $4pp. Diana 021 0476 155 Tauranga Machine Knitters Club Meet 4th Thurs of month at Wesley Methodist Church, 13th Ave, Tauranga 1.30pm.

Tennis Seniors WBOP Players 35yrs+, Tauranga lawn tennis club, Wharepai Domain 9am - 12pm. $3 ball fee. tswbop@gmail.com or 021 0576 601 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 Waihi To Tauranga Corridor Come & find out more. Public open days to find out more about the $520 million transport investment to improve safety & congestion on SH2 between Waihi & Tauranga & the Tauranga Northern Link project. Today at Katikati Resource Centre, 45 Beach Rd, Katikati 2.30-6.30pm. 927 6009 or www.nzta.govt. nz/tnl

Friday 29 July

Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting every Fri at Hamner Clinic, 1235 Cameron Rd, Greerton (behind Bridgestone) 7.30pm. 0800 229 6757 Arataki Artists Group Meet every Fri at Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way 9am - 12pm. Occasional tuition with local artists. Chrissy 572 0818 Chess Tauranga At Tauranga RSA, Greerton 5-7pm, for the whole family. Longer if necessary for longer games. Incl casual games.

Werner 548 1111 http://www.westernbopchess.weebly.com/

Bi/Gay Men’s Support Group Do you need a trusting person to talk to? Discretion assured. For meetings & locations ph/txt Alex 027 358 5934 Diabetes Help Tauranga Free diabetes group meeting, Drop In clinic at WBOP PHO, 154 First Ave 2-3pm. For details 571 3422 Genealogy Research Members of Papamoa Genealogy Branch at Papamoa Library 10am – 12pm to assist researchers with their family history. Elaine 574 9960 Greerton Indoor Bowling Club Box Drawn Pairs. Tauranga City Silver Band Hall, Yatton St. Names in by 7.15pm. Sally 571 8914 Narcotics Anonymous Open meeting every Friday at Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui 7.30-8.30pm. If using drugs is causing you problems ph 0800 NA TODAY Otumoetai Indoor Bowls Otumoetai Open Tournament Matua Primary School Hall, Clivedene St. Karen 576 0443 Tauranga Lyceum Club Women’s friendship club. Catered lunch first Fri of month & dinner 3rd Weds with varied & interesting speakers. Other activities include: painting, mah jong, music appreciation, bridge & book club. 68 1st Ave. Margaret 543 3244 Te Puke Lawn Bowling Club Palmer Court.

Friday friendly roll up 12.30pm. New players welcome, bowls available. Mufti, flat soled shoes. Paul 573 8991 The Sociables A 30’s/40’s age group of males & females that meet up once a week to socialise by dining out or participating in local activities & events. 022 0120 376 Waihi To Tauranga Corridor Come & find out more. Public open days to find out more about the $520 million transport investment to improve safety & congestion on SH2 between Waihi & Tauranga & the Tauranga Northern Link project. Today at WaterForce Premises, 15c Minden Rd, Te Puna 3-7pm. 927 6009 or www.nzta.govt.nz/tnl

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A violent, sometimes terrifying world As I write, the terror attacks in Nice have just taken place, and dozens of people have lost their lives.

A coup in Turkey appears to have been foiled, but with a similar number killed in the ensuing violence.

Police shootings of African American men in the United States has again been in the news, and several white police officers have been killed.

While here in God’s Own Country, two men have been shot by Police, both seemingly under the influence of methamphetamine.

We live in a violent world, at times a terrifying world. Sadly, children are often the innocent victims.

And, by the time you read this, will these sad events be simply memories for us?

We are called to be peacemakers in the world – not only in church! It is those who strive for peace who are called ‘blessed’ by Jesus.

Perhaps, if there is to be any good to come from these tragic events, it is in their reminder to us to be people of peace, and to pray for peace.

May the prayer attributed to Saint Francis of Assisi – called ‘Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace’ – be ours also.

Father Mark Field, Catholic Parish of Tauranga

How does Scripture view Israel today?

For almost all of Christianity’s history, there was no State of Israel. Sadly, Christian theology often reflected the fact the Jewish people had lost their national sovereignty and had been scattered throughout the world.

Many falsely taught the promises and blessings of God to the Jewish people had been taken from them and had instead been given to the Church. This false theology is called Replacement Theology.

The rebirth of the State of Israel in a single day, on May 14, 1948 – as foretold in Isaiah 66:8 – has meant many Christians are reading their Bible in a new historical

context. A context in which God’s promises to the Jewish people are being fulfilled. The miraculous birth of the State of Israel demanded a theological explanation, as does the ongoing fulfillment of biblical prophecy, concerning Israel in the last days.

The Bible is very clear the Jewish people were given the land of Canaan by God Himself. He gave the land by covenant to Abraham and to his descendants through Isaac, as an “everlasting” possession (Genesis 12:1-3). He gave significantly more land to the descendants of Ishmael.

We also read in Scripture that though God said the people of Israel would be exiled from that land due to disobedience, He promised to bring them back; and not just once, but this second time as well (Isaiah 11:11).

His Word has been fulfilled in our time. God has not turned His back on Israel and the Church must not either.

Peter Whitcombe, Jesus First Church

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One-stop-shop for plumbing needs Preserving the planet Plumbing Works Ltd is a family business that’s operated out of Tauranga since 1995 and has grown from humble beginnings to a staff of 25 today.

The company’s mission is to provide a one-stop-shop to clients in the Bay of Plenty region, covering all aspects of plumbing, roofing, gas fitting and drainage.

Diversity is the name of the game and there is not much Plumbing Works Ltd hasn’t done before.

Between the team there is a huge knowledge bank of all the ins and outs of the industry.

Owner and director Craig Coxhead has built a team around him, with a plant and machinery to reach the needs of the industry.

With a large team comes a range skills from their tradesmen along with an in house quantity surveyor and management team.

“We have an experienced, dedicated team covering all aspects of plumbing, gas fitting, roofing and drain laying trades for domestic, residential,

Plumbing Works’ Birch Ave Judea staff Sarah Taplin, Tim Coxhead, owner Craig Coxhead, James Smith, Darrell Brydon and James Loughlin. industrial, commercial and rural properties.

“Regardless of the job, Plumbing Works Ltd has the knowledge, skill and equipment to do it.”

The Goodwood The team at Goodwood is team: Richard passionate about helping to and Claire preserve the planet for future Hutchinson, generations by recycling with Jo Innes, Julie Frieswyk untreated timber wood waste, and Marion preventing it from going to Kleinsmith. landfill and creating value-added natural, and can be delivered wood products.

Now located at their new retail yard at 70 Truman Lane, opposite the ASB Baypark entrance, come and see the team for your firewood and coloured garden mulch requirements.

Specialising in pine off-cuts and split pine firewood, you can call into the yard to pick your own, fill a shopping trolley and then fill your boot! Delivery to your door is available if picking your own firewood is not high on your priority list. The Goodwood delivery truck carries a minimum load of 2m3.

You can also bring your trailer in and pick up some of Goodwood’s coloured garden mulch. It is a lightweight product that mats together, retains moisture and inhibits weed growth while keeping soil cool.

Goodwood coloured garden mulch is available in black, brown, red and

to your door by the Goodwood delivery truck. A minimum order of 2m3 is required for delivery.

“A garden measuring 4m by 4m will take about 3m3 of garden mulch when installed to the recommended depth of 0.2m,” says Goodwood’s Claire Hutchinson.

For more information, visit: goodwoodnz.co.nz or phone the team on 0508 4 GOODWOOD (0508 446 639).

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ABLE GARDENER, experienced, efficient, knowledgeable, highly qualified. Maintenance, pruning, hedges, shrubs, roses; disease/pest control, lifestyle blocks, garden renovations; design & plant. Ph Tita 027 654 8781 or a/h 542 0120 LAWNMOWING HONEST reliable operator. Mulch or catch + edges done from only $15. Ph/txt Hayden 021 488 219 or 575 9903

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Bay of Plenty Steamers Lalakai Foketi and Dan Hollinshead reading to Greerton Village School children.

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“A A A A” - MOLESWORTH STATION & MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS TOUR & BEYOND. Ph: The Hinterland Tours Team on 575 8118 DISNEY ON ICE Friday Matinee Claudelands Arena 12th Aug. Be whisked away to the Magical Ice Festival.

Enjoy fine dining lunch at Solitaire Lodge 17th Aug. My Fair Lady Comes to Sydney Opera House 7-10th Sept.

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JOIN NO.8 FULLY ESCORTED TOURS 2016 – (1) Aug Tues 30th Mid Xmas Lunch. (2) Sept 10th 4 days Glorious Golden Bay & Farewell Spit, Takaka. (3) Sept 18th 4 days Wanganui River & Heritage Homesteads. (4) Sept 26th 14 days Tasmania.

(5) October 11th 3 Days Tiritirmatangi Island Birds of Paradise. (6) October 18th 3 Days Forgotten World Railcarting. (7) October 30th Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

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Boys and books Greerton Village School pupils had the chance to check out the new Greerton Library and have storytime with a couple of Steamers!

Lalakai Foketi and Dan Hollinshead joined the pupils and shared a few laughs and some good yarns.

Rawiri Hura eagerly has his hand up to talk to the Steamers.

venues FOR WEDDINGS, FUNCTIONS OR MEETINGS+ check out No.1 The Strand, a beautiful historic setting. Email: kim@no1thestrand.co.nz or www.no1thestrand.co.nz

Paula Leaapeni listens to the Steamers reading books at the new Greerton Library.

WEDDINGS, PARTIES, MEETINGS etc - The perfect venue. With stunning Harbour views, fully licensed bar & kitchen onsite. Restaurant open every Friday from 5pm & Sunday from 4.30pm, kids under 12 years dine free with every paying adult. Tauranga Fish & Dive Club, 60 Cross Rd, Sulphur Point. Ph 571 8450

Give Julie a call today to book your Run On Listing 07 578 0030

Harlem, Jayda, Griffin, Fine and Jasmin listen intently.

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