The Weekend Sun - 21 August 2026

21 August 2026, Issue 1324

Dip ‘n’ donate!

Members of a Tauranga fitness group will swap workout gear for yellow tutus and take a chilly dip in the sea next week to raise money for the Cancer Society.

The group of mostly women, members of Mount Maunganui outdoor fitness group OPT for Health & Fitness, are taking part

in the Daffy Dippers challenge for Daffodil Day. They plan to head to Pilot Bay about 10.30am on Wednesday, August 26, after their regular training session at Moa Park.

The OPT for Life team was formed after member Bev Standing’s father died last

December, just three-and-a-half weeks after being diagnosed with cancer. “It was so quick,” said Standing, pictured with the OPT for Life team. “I just thought this will be a really good way to contribute to the cause.”

Standing’s family also planted daffodil bulbs at the Mount Maunganui Memory Meadow

in April. To learn more about Daffodil Day and how you can support the Cancer Society, see pages 18-19.

As for the Tauranga Daffy Dippers group, they’ve already raised more than $800 towards their $1000 goal. Read their story on page 20. Photo / Kelly O’Hara

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Dicky knees and stray cats It was like a flurry of ageist jabs to the solar plexus. Where it hurts. Youch!

A boxer will tell you it’s unpleasant.

Causes something called phrenospasm – a convulsion of the diaphragm, with severe, sharp pain and the wind knocked from your sails.

Leaves you sucking for air. Gasping!

Fortunately for me, it was the ego, that took all the shots. But it was still a technical knockout, because I’m too old to defend

myself. And because I am a delicate petal.

You know – pride and vanity.

How I got into this age battle is interesting, passably interesting, or not interesting, only because it involves a cat. A manky stray whom I have never met, never will, but still have good reason to loathe.

‘George’ – we will get to George shortly.

Who’s counting?

Age has never been an issue for me because I have studiously ignored it. Even

though I have used my alloted three score and ten. Plus some. But who’s counting.

If anyone had the audacity to broach age with me, I’d challenge them to a race round the block – knowing full well no-one would take up a challenge from an old man.

If I got curious aches or pains I’d stubbornly go for a two-hour bike ride or thrash the treadmill. Then if I didn’t need a defibrillator, or wake in the cardio-vascular unit, I’d deem myself fit, healthy and more importantly...young-ish, and get on with stuff. Until I wasnt young-ish. And I was made to feel it.

Like the three ageist barbs I got – cruel and hurtful, but, That cat! alas, true. The first Photo / Supplied gibe came from a presumptuous whippersnapper... that I like and respect.

Well, I used to!

“You can be a silly old coot sometimes,” she told me. Silly old coot? What? Really?

I am undecided whether it was the caustic, taunting comment, or the very loud, mocking, young laughter that accompanied it, that hurt and offended the most.

How rude!

Silly old coot? How rude! There was peverse comfort from the fact most of the mockers probably didn’t know what a ‘coot’ was. And that she was, in fact, likening me to a very cool, distinguished, dark grey, duck-like waterbird with a large white beak called a coot. I’d buy that.

I am sure she would not have meant “silly old coot” literally. Because, by definition, a silly old coot is a foolishly eccentric, cranky, irritable and stubborn old man. And I don’t tick any of those boxes. I don’t think...

But that’s exactly what she meant because I’d been insensitive to George – that previously referred to, manky, old, unloved, stray tomcat who’d wandered into a friend’s life. ‘St Francis’ of Welcome Bay actually, felt sorry for the tom – offered him refuge, had him de-fleaed, de-wormed, de-sexed and micro-chipped, the full luxury package, at considerable expense. A noble deed. But where does it leave ‘St Francis’ if tomcat rejects his new name? What happens if his

gadabout tendencies overwhelm again? And he wanders off into the sunset with some jezebel molly and not so much as a grateful meow?

I was worried about ringworm and toxoplasmosis, when I made my gaffe. I suggested, only suggested, there might have been an easier, cheaper, more practical and finite solution for the tom. Send him over the rainbow bridge. Have him put down.

Oh dear! The outrage! “Sometimes you’re a silly old coot”, harrumphed and mocked the whippersnapper.

Archaic

Then sometime later we were discussing partial eclipses of the sun, and how using a ‘colander’ as a pinhole camera was a fun and safe way of viewing the cosmic phenomenon.

“Cullander or cullender,” I corrected.

“A ‘u’ or an ‘e’ but not an ‘a’,” I corrected. “No! Colander with an ‘a’,” she recorrrected. Moments later, after consulting with lexicographer Dr Google, she said: “That figures – your spellings appear in older texts. They’re old fashioned, rare, archaic”.

So it wasn’t about spelling, it was about age.

Then I was then chatting with a doctor.

Not so much chat because chat implies a friendly casual exchange of thoughts and ideas. In fact I was paying him handsomely to listen to my groans. Because something wasn’t working, something had fallen off, or something else needed CRC. Age-related issues you just want fixed but don’t want to discuss.

Dodgy knees

I just wanted him to reach into his drawer of potions and offer me a vial of J.M.Barrie elixir – magic stuff that kept Peter Pan flying longer than an Airbus A350, blessed him with agelessness. But it didn’t happen.

“Well you’re not a young man anymore,” he mused. Excuse me?

And the dodgy knees? “They’ll tell you when to stop jogging!”

That was it. This doddery old goat grabbed his mortally-wounded ego and shuffled out and off.

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EVES Open returns to Pāpāmoa for 2026 Professional tennis will return to the Bay of Plenty this December, with the EVES Open set to bring another week of world-class competition to Pāpāmoa Tennis Club.

The 2026 EVES Open, a part of the World Tennis Tour, will see some of the world’s best emerging players battle it out for official Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking points and more than $60,000 in prize money from December 14-20.

Now entering its fifth year, the tournament has established itself as a highlight of the Bay of Plenty summer, attracting international players while giving New Zealand athletes the opportunity to compete for valuable ranking points on home soil.

Tauranga City Council supports the tournament via the Tauranga Event Fund, which funds arts, cultural, and sporting events that bring visitors to the city, boost the local economy, and add to the vibrancy of Tauranga as a place to live and visit.

Pāpāmoa Ward Councillor Steve Morris said he was excited to see the EVES Open World Tennis Tour return to Pāpāmoa.

For free!

“It’s brilliant to have this prestigious event played right here in our community. It gives locals the chance to experience elite-level international tennis for free, right here at home, rather than having to travel to Auckland or further afield. It’s a great chance for our young players to be inspired by the top athletes competing here,” Morris said.

“Pāpāmoa Tennis Club is a fantastic community venue...I hope to see fans and families come along and enjoy the atmosphere in December.”

Naming rights sponsor EVES Realty, which have backed the event from the start, were ready for another edition, and have enjoyed seeing the event grow year-on-year, EVES Tauranga general manager,

Pāpāmoa Tennis Club president Kevin Mayall, EVES Pāpāmoa agent Anna-Marie Barrett and EVES Pāpāmoa branch manager Meagan Swainson can’t wait for the 2026 EVES Open. Photo / Kelly O’Hara

Slam players live, in their own backyard.”

Last year’s EVES Open Men’s Singles champion Keegan Smith had climbed into the world’s top 200 since his win last year, while 2024 Women’s Singles Champion Janice Tjen had enjoyed most of her time since her EVES Open win in the WTA top 100.

Courtside hospitality tables would also return, giving spectators the chance to enjoy food and wine just metres from the action.

Public entry to the tournament is free throughout the week, with spectators able to get close to the action and enjoy the matches from the grass banks surrounding the Pāpāmoa Tennis Club courts.

For more information and expressions of interest for courtside hospitality tables, visit: tennis.kiwi/evesopen.

marketing Gabriella Troutbeck said.

“EVES is proud to have supported the EVES Open every year since its inception in 2022. Seeing full banks of spectators throughout the week during last year’s event is proof that locals are well aware of the amazing opportunity available to them, to see rising stars of the international game for free, without leaving the Bay of Plenty,” Troutbeck said.

“Our Pāpāmoa team are passionate locals themselves, who love seeing the vibrant action at the tennis club that the tournament brings, on and off the court.”

She said the tournament had become a favourite among visiting players, with competitors praising the atmosphere, hospitality and support from the Pāpāmoa community. “These rising stars of the game give Pāpāmoa locals the chance to catch future Grand

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Tauranga’s champion brewery takes A Tauranga brewery nine months into its commercial brewing journey is celebrating being named the country’s best microbrewery by taking a distinctly Bay of Plenty beer to New Zealand’s biggest bigggest beer festival.

Neck of the Woods Beer Co, based in Tauriko, was named Champion New Zealand Micro Brewery at the 2026 New Zealand Beer Awards in Dunedin last month.

The win came less than nine months after the brewery opened its doors on November 1, 2025.

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and 35 years in hospitality, the result was beyond expectations.

“We didn’t expect to get the gold medals and awards that we did,” Taylor said.

Neck of the Woods entered nine beers in this year’s awards and won six medals – this included two golds, three silvers and a br bron bronze onze ze – before bef efor ore being bein be ingg named name na med ch cham champion ampi pion on microbrewery.

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brewing equipment “dialled in” so quickly was a major achievement for head brewer Reid Lidington.

“He’s just really shining,” Taylor said.

Lidington spent about five years at Good George before taking on his first head brewer role at Neck of the Woods.

Taylor was a co-founder of Auckland brewery Deep Creek, helping it grow from a small brew pub into a business exporting beer to 14 countries before it went into liquidation after facing challenges in the Covid-19 pandemic.

Return home

Scott Taylor with a glass of Golden Gooseberry Gose which will make its debut at Beervana.

Photos / Kelly O’Hara

The new brewery represented a return home for Taylor, who grew up in Tauranga, attending Omanu School and Mount Maunganui College.

He said opening his own brewery in the Bay of Plenty had been a lifelong dream. He teamed up with his business partner Virgile Meiller, also a hospitality expert, to build Neck of the Woods.

They met while Taylor was selling beer for Deep Creek and Meiller was running the Barrel Room in Tauranga City.

“It’s sort of coming home,” he said. “To be able to build something for the Bay has been incredibly rewarding.”

Success hasn’t been confined to Neck of the Woods.

Tauranga’s brewing industry had a strong showing at 202s awards. Mount Brewing Co was named Champion New Zealand Medium Brewery and Alchemy Street Brewing in Fraser Cove claimed the Specialty & Experimental Trophy for its beer HOT BOX. Mount Brewing, which has been brewing

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golden kiwifruit beer to Beervana Head brewer Reid Lidington and Scott Taylor’s business partner Virgile Meiller.

in Mount Maunganui since 1996, also collected 11 medals and two category trophies. Alchemy Street picked up nine medals.

New capital?

Taylor said the results prompted a joke among the local brewing community that Tauranga could be the country’s new craft beer capital.

“We’re all very friendly,” he said. “It’s such an incredibly supportive industry.”

That spirit of experimentation and collaboration was evident in Neck of the Woods’ latest creation.

Today, August 21, the brewery will make its Beervana debut in Wellington with a limited-edition Golden Gooseberry Gose, made with 120kg of locally grown Gold kiwifruit.

The beer was brewed specifically for Beervana, which runs at Hnry Stadium on August 21-22.

A Gose – pronounced “goes-uh” – is a traditional sour beer originating in northern Germany. Unlike conventional beers, it undergoes bacterial and yeast fermentation, producing the characteristic tartness.

Taylor described sour beers as somewhat like a cocktail,

combining strong sweet and sour elements.

For the Golden Gooseberry Gose, the brewery added a hint of vanilla to balance the acidity of the kiwifruit, along with a touch of French tarragon.

“Every single fruit is cut in half, scooped out by hand and pulped before it goes into the brew,” Taylor said.

“I’d been wanting to make a beer like this for a while, and when the chance came up to use golden kiwifruit, it felt like the perfect beer to launch at our first Beervana.”

Taylor said the process took about seven hours.

Part of the fun

The brewery’s 1200-litre brewing system produced about 900 litres of the finished beer after fruit and other ingredients were added; about 18 50-litre kegs.

Three kegs will be taken to Beervana; the remainder were destined for Neck of the Woods and selected bars for a limited time.

Taylor said the beer’s limited nature was part of the fun: “That’s the beauty about being so small. We can just be very nimble, and we can brew whatever we like.”

Neck of the Woods has 15 beers in its range. Taylor said the brewers enjoy experimenting with sour beers.

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For Taylor, taking a new beer to Beervana is particularly fitting.

He’s attended almost every iteration of the festival over the years, missing only last year’s event while he was building the Tauranga brewery.

“It’s such a celebration of beer,” he said. “The punters there, they love weird and wonderful and things that they wouldn’t have tried before.”

Beervana 2026 features four sessions across Friday and Saturday, with New Zealand and overseas breweries showcasing their drops at Hnry Stadium.

Taylor said the challenge is to see what the next year brings.

“We’ve basically done the Grand Slam [this year],” he said. “We also took out People’s Choice at Lagerfest, People’s Choice at The New Zealand IPA competition in Queenstown, and then we won Champion Micro Brewery.

“We also won champion beer for the West Coast IPA competition in Wellington. It’s quite incredible.”

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Gorge closures on way State Highway 2 through the Karangahake Gorge will close during the day from August 24-28 for rock scaling work. Photo / NZTA

Motorists travelling through the Karangahake Gorge are urged to plan ahead, with a series of daytime closures scheduled on State Highway 2 later next week and again in October.

New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) said in a statement that the closures were needed to allow rock scaling work on cliffs above the highway, helping improve the safety and resilience of the key regional route.

A 500m section of SH2 near the historic rail tunnel bridge, extending towards Paeroa, will be fully closed from 9am to 4pm daily during two work periods: Monday, August 24 to Friday, August 28; and Monday, October 12 to Friday, October 16.

The daily closure times were pushed back by 30 minutes from previous plans to allow more commuter and school traffic to travel through the gorge before work begins.

NZTA said a full closure was required because loose rock and debris may fall onto the road while specialist crews work on the steep cliffs above.

While nearby residents and property owners will still be able to access their properties from either end of the closure, through access will not be available except for emergency services.

Road users were encouraged to travel through the gorge outside the closure hours, while inter-regional traffic is advised to use SH29 over the Kaimai Range as an alternative route.

Rock scaling involves qualified crews using ropes to inspect cliff faces and remove loose or unstable rock with hand tools and specialist equipment.

The August programme would focus on inspections and identifying areas that required treatment, with some rock removal expected.

More extensive rock removal and any additional work will be carried out in October.

NZTA said it would also use the closures to complete other maintenance and resilience work where possible, reducing need for additional disruptions in the future.

The agency said weather or other factors could affect the work schedule and recommended that drivers check the NZTA Journey Planner before travelling.

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One mission everyy 16 hours TECT nominations close soon The Aerocool Rescue Helicopter has completed 270 life-saving missions across the Bay of Plenty tyy in the first half of the year.

The Tauranga-based chopper responded to emergencies ranging from critical medical events and pregnancy complications to serious farm accidents and remote rescues.

New figures released by the Philips Search & Rescue Trust in a media release show the helicopter carried out an average of one mission every 16 hours betw tween w January and June.

Inter-hospital transfers made up the largest share of callouts, with 144 missions recorded over the six months.

Crews also responded to 50 rural and farm incidents, 37 miscellaneous emergencies, 27 medical events and 12 motor vehicle crashes.

Am mong the missions was the rescue of a woman who suffered a near-fatal medical incident while swimming in the Coromandel.

The helicopter crew provided critical care at the scene before flying her to Waikato Hospital for specialist treatment.

An nother significant mission in May involved a tramper seriously injured in a remote location. A critical care flight paramedic was winched down to reach the patient before they were flown to Tauranga Hospital for treatment.

Summer months were traditionally among the busiest for the Aerocool Rescue Helicopter with more people takiing part in outdoor activities and travelling the region. Increased activity tyy often brought a higher risk of accidents and medical emergencies, Philips Search & Rescue Trust head of fundraising and marketing Sharni Weir said.

She said the service operate around the clock every day of the year, providing emergency response and critical care transport across the Bay of Plenty tyy and surrounding regions.

“Lookiing at the number and variety tyy of missions carried out over the past six months, it’s a powerful reminder that emergencies can truly happen to anyone.”

To donate to the helicopter service, visit: https://rescue.org.nz/aerocoolrescue-helicopter

The Aerocool Rescue Helicopter has carried out 270 life-saving missions so far this year. Photo / Supplied

Nominations for this year’s TECT Community Trust trustee election, with three community trust positions up for grabs, close next Friday, August 28.

As part of TECT’s rotation process, three of its six trustees are up for election this year.

Kate Barry-Piceno, Mark Arundel and Peter Blackwell are the trustees retiring by rotation this year, a TECT media release said.

While all three were eligible to stand again, Blackwell has confirmed he will not seek another term.

TECT, which manages an asset base of more than $1 billion, funds community initiatives, facilities and events across Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty.

Since 1993, it has distributed more than $228 million in grants, including $26.3m through 316 grants in the past financial year.

Independent returning officer Warwick Lampp said the election was

expected to attract strong interest from aspiring candidates again this year.

“TECT has had a major influence in community projects within the Western Bay of Plenty over the past 30 years and management of the trust fund in the current environment will be very important.”

Candidates must be enrolled to vote within the TECT district, which covers Tauranga City Council and Western Bay of Plenty District Council areas, and be nominated by two electors from the district.

They must also provide a candidate profile and a recent photograph.

Nominations close midday August 28.

Nomination forms and candidate information are available on the TECT website.

If more than three nominations are received, the election will be conducted by online voting only. Voting packs will be sent to about 152,000 eligible voters from September 25, with voting closing midday on October 23.

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Motorsport legend d He was the only Kiwi on the track but that didn’t shake his cool.

The result? First place at the 40th City of Melbourne Titles go-karting event this month.

Tauranga teen Patrick McDonald has “liked racing forever” – and his passion and dedication for go-karting has earned him a win at his first overseas competition.

Held at the Go Kart Club of Victoria, Australia, the 40th City of Melbourne Titles ran July 31 to August 2, with the annual event attracting 380 entries.

Among them was McDonald, who’d never competed outside of New Zealand.

Making it through the qualifying race, the 14-year-old raced in the KA3 Junior Heavy class against 35 other Tier One racers. After charging his way through three heats he placed first in the final race.

“I got it done. It was cool,” a humble McDonald said.

On the spot

On the fast track to success, McDonald began go-karting five years ago after Covid-19 lockdowns.

“One of dad’s friends had a little go kart and they let me have a go on it. I’ve just been racing since.”

McDonald loves the sport because it “changes heaps”.

“It’s different every week and I like the fast pace. You have to think on the spot.

Everything that makes sport good is kind of in this sport.”

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At race time, McDonald said he focuses on keeping his head in the game.

“I just try to stay as calm as I can and just try to take deep breaths and to stay composed.” His pre-race ritual is simple: “a fist bump from dad”.

He also receives mentorship from New Zealand kart champion Ryan Urban.

“He’s my mechanic, coach and team boss of New Zealand, and he’s helped me out a lot. He came over with us and gave some advice on what to do.”

Tauranga 14- year-old Patrick McDonald is ready for yet another Australian go kart competition in September. Photo / Kelly O’Hara

More grip

While he’s raced on “pretty much every track in New Zealand” including his local haunt in Te Puke where he trains, McDonald had never raced on an international competition track before this month.

Comparing tracks in Australia to New Zealand, he said “they’re a lot more high grip” over the ditch.

“Over here you have to warm your tyres and work the heat into them, whereas over there it’s so hot that the tracks are sticky enough and you can just go straight away.”

McDonald said the goal is to adjust to each unique track.

“You’ve got to learn the race line, braking points, turning markers, where you will apex and it’s just heaps of little things you think about while you’re out there.”

His favourite part of the race boils down to where he’s placed in the starting grid.

“If I’m starting from the rear field, the best part is when you get to make good

passes and work your way up. If I’m at the front and I’m leading with pressure on me, the favourite part is at the end of the race.”

The pressure was certainly on in Melbourne.

“I was the only Kiwi in my class, and the guy I was battling with the most is from Melbourne and hadn’t lost a race at the track in 18 months.”

Back to Oz

Looking ahead McDonald wants to have a career in motorsports.

“Whether it’s racing – it costs a lot

25 years: bed by six, up at one Most people have never set an alarm for one in the morning. Helen has been doing this for decades.

She works airport security, which means shift work. Early starts and the kind of schedule that flips your body clock upside down and expects it to keep ticking.

“On an early shift, you’re going to bed at half past five in the afternoon,” she says. “You sleep for a couple of hours, then you’re awake at seven. And you know you’ve got to be up again at one.”

That’s the reality of shift work. While the rest of the world is having dinner, you’re trying to sleep.

While they’re watching television, you’re lying in the dark, willing your body to cooperate.

Helen has done this for 25 years. She knows the rhythm. She knows the cost.

“I go to sleep fine,” she says. “But I don’t stay asleep.”

She wakes five or six times a sleep period. And every time she surfaces, the same thought arrives.

“You start getting angry. Or panicking. Because you know you’re going to be awake for the next few hours, and then you’ve got to get up and function.”

The dread. The frustration. The quiet rage at your own body.

“Oh, here we go again,” she’d think.

Night after night.

What people don’t always understand about broken sleep is how it bleeds into everything else.

The fog the next day. The shorter temper. The way decisions feel harder than they should.

Helen had tried herbal teas. A herbalist had recommended the right ingredients. But she wasn’t really a tea enthusiast.

She didn’t want sleeping tablets. But she wanted something natural that could work with her body and not override it.

of money to make it through racing – of course that’s the end goal, but even if I’m an engineer or mechanic or something, that’d be cool.”

Meanwhile, it’s back to competition.

McDonald returns to Australia for round 4 of 2026’s Penrite Australian Kart Championship in September in Seymour, Victoria.

“We did one test day at that track before we knew we were actually going there … so I know the track and I’ve been doing it in my racing simulator. I feel ready to go over there again.”

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Youth Climate Action Fund open Tauranga youth are invited to apply for funding from the Youth Climate Action Fund if they have an idea that will make a positive difference in their community.

Tauranga has been selected as one of 300 cities worldwide to receive funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies Youth Climate Action Fund.

Through this funding, Tauranga City Council is supporting rangatahi (youth) aged 15-24 to turn their ideas into practical climate projects in their community.

Applicants could receive between $2000 and $8000 to bring their project to life.

The council now want to hear youth’s ideas, answer questions, and help them put together a strong application.

Email: youthclimateaction@tauranga. govt.nz or phone 07 577 7000 or join an upcoming co-design session on August 26 at Envirohub, 31 Glasgow St, Tauranga.

To book a spot to this session, or find out more, see: https://letstalk.tauranga. govt.nz/projects/youth-climate-actionfund “This is your chance to lead change, build skills, and make a real impact right here in Tauranga,” council said. Applications close September 21, with successful applicants to be contacted thereafter. All projects must take place in Tauranga and be completed by April 15, 2027.

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Gymnasts limber up for AIMS Games More than 300 school students are taking part in Te Puke Gymsport’s Schools Festival this month, with the competition providing a chance for young gymnasts to test their skills.

For some intermediate athletes the event would also be an important lead-up to the Zespri AIMS Games.

The Schools Festival has been split across two days because of the sheer number of competitors.

The first day, held August 14, had more than 200 Year 5-6, intermediate and secondary school students participate.

The second day, set for August 28, would bring about 75 Year 3-4 students to Te Puke Gymsport.

Competitors take part in gymnastics, tumbling and trampoline, and range from complete beginners to experienced gymnasts.

Te Puke Gymsport general manager Erin McKenna said the wide range is one of the things she enjoyed most about the festival.

“You can be a complete novice and have a go in this competition,” she said.

That was particularly valuable for intermediate students preparing for the Zespri AIMS Games, she said, but the festival also gave children new to the sport an opportunity to discover gymnastics.

The Zespri AIMS Games, which brings 11 to 13-year-olds from across New Zealand together in Tauranga to compete in 27 sport codes, begins September 5.

McKenna said gymnastics is one of the

sports which students can enter AIMS Games as novices.

“It gives kids that don’t necessarily have a sport or have been spent a long time in a sport a chance to go.”

Te Puke Gymsport has hosted the School Festival since at least 2019, which predates McKenna’s time at the club.

Hosting an event of this size required plenty of support, including volunteer judges and other helpers to keep the competition running throughout the day, McKenna said. “It’s a big event for our club.”

For younger competitors, however, the day was about more than scores and results.

“We have lots of fun, a few games and lots of laughs,” McKenna said.

The festival was another example of how Te Puke Gymsport had grown from a locall gymnasti gyy ics cllub b to creatiing regional opportunities for young

people to come together through sport, McKenna said.

The club offers gymnastics, parkour, tumbling and trampoline fo recreational participants and competitive athletes.

McKenna said Te Puke Gymsport’s growth had also prompted it to work with Te Puke Dance Studios, The Graeme Dingle Foundation and Te Puke Junior Football Club on aproposed $5 million Bay of Plenty Movement HQ at Centennial Park.

McKenna said the partnership had completed its first phase, with $200,000 raised for planning, and building plans being developed before funding applications begin.

Meanwhile, the club was also fundraising for a piece of equipment – a new air track for its tumblers.

The current air track is more than 10 years olld and d had d develloped d holles, McKenna said. Rosalie Liddle Crawfordd

Te Puke Gymsport has been hosting the Schools Festival since 2019. Photo / Supplied

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NZRDA’s therapeutic horse riding changes young lives

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hen children like Jack and Nyah attend New Zealand Riding for the Disabled (NZRDA) sessions, they’re not just enjoying a simple pony ride in a paddock.

What they receive is therapeutic horse riding, run by a specialised team, that literally opens up their worlds.

NZRDA’s therapeutic horse riding sessions help Jack build balance, coordination, motor planning and the ability to adapt his movements. By developing these functional skills its helped him to learn to dress himself, carry school equipment, participate in sport and complete everyday tasks more independently.

Enhancing these abilities enables Jack to participate more confidently in childhood activities, reducing the physical effort required to complete routine tasks while increasing his independence at home, at school and within his community.

NZRDA says therapeutic horse riding does not just happen. It requires far more than a highly trained and responsive horse.

A qualified team is essential to support the horse and rider, ensuring the horse is utilised appropriately to maximise therapeutic outcomes while maintaining the safety and wellbeing of all involved.

NZRDA’s work involves a comprehensive assessment of each rider plus ongoing monitoring and review of adaptive equipment, rider positioning and programme goals.

This ensures riders receive the greatest possible benefit from their programme while minimising the risk of harm.

NZRDA’s commitment to safe therapeutic horse riding is underpinned by a nationally governed framework of quality assurance, training and continuous improvement.

NZRDA coaches hold recognised qualifications and must maintain competency through compulsory ongoing professional development.

Many of Jack’s activities involve following multi-step instructions that require him to plan, sequence, organise and execute movements in the correct order.

These therapeutic interventions are carefully graded to challenge his motor planning, problem-solving and ability to adapt his movements as task demands change.

Each activity is continually adapted in response to Jack’s progress, ensuring the level of challenge remains achievable while promoting ongoing skill development.

As his coordination, adaptability and confidence improve, he’s able to complete increasingly complex activities with less physical effort and greater independence.

NZRDA sessions also allow Jack to experience success in a safe and supportive environment. As he masters new challenges, he develops confidence in his own abilities and begins to see himself not through his disability, but through what he can achieve.

For Nyah, NZRDA’s therapeutic horse riding helps her keep up with classmates.

Nyah is like many 10-year-olds. But behind her smile is a carefully planned therapeutic programme to help her overcome everyday challenges associated with Down syndrome.

Nyah experiences low muscle tone (hypotonia), which affects her balance, posture, coordination and endurance.

Tasks many take for granted – sitting upright, climbing playgrounds, carrying a school bag or keeping up in games – can require more physical effort.

Each NZRDA activity Nyah completes has a clear therapeutic purpose. While she sees games and obstacle courses, her coach sees opportunities to strengthen her physical, cognitive and communication skills to support greater independence at home, school and in the community.

A key part of Nyah’s programme is movement of the horse. As the horse walks, its rhythmic, three-dimensional movement closely mirrors that of a human pelvis walking. Each stride requires Nyah to make postural adjustments, engage her core muscles and adapt her balance to the changing movement beneath her.

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This improves muscle activation, postural control and coordination.

On a moving horse, Nyah reaches for objects, shoots basketballs and places items in locations. This strengthens hand-eye and bilateral coordination and motor planning while building upper body strength, shoulder stability and movement patterns.

Communication is another focus. Each lesson, Nyah’s ride team ask questions, offer choices and celebrate every success. Learning to confidently ask her horse to “walk on” or “whoa” using verbal and signed commands gives positive reinforcement as the horse immediately responds to her instructions.

One of therapeutic horse riding’s most powerful aspects is it places the rider in control. Nyah isn’t simply following instructions – she’s making choices and solving problems.

Whether selecting equipment, remembering the next task, waiting patiently for a turn or independently putting on a riding helmet, every part of the session supports Nyah’s development of life skills.

As Nyah’s confidence continues to grow, so does her willingness to try new things, communicate with others and take on challenges that once seemed beyond her reach.

NZRDA’s goal has never been to just teach children to ride horses. It’s to help children like Nyah discover just how capable they truly are.

To learn more about the difference NZRDA is making in communities across Aotearoa, visit www.rda.org.nz. Here, people can volunteer, refer someone who’d benefit from the programme or donate to NZRDA’s work.

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Te Puke upgrades to resume

Surf Shack Eatery in Waihī Beach sustained major flood damage on January 22, 2026. Photo / Supplied

Waihī Beach stormwater projects Open Day

Western Bay of Plenty District Council and the Waihī Beach Stormwater Liaison Group are inviting residents to a community Open Day to learn more about stormwater projects underway and planned across Waihī Beach, Bowentown and Athenree.

The event will be held on September 12 from 1.30pm to 3.30pm at the Waihī Beach RSA and will provide updates on current and future projects aimed at improving stormwater management and reducing flooding impacts where possible and giving residents the opportunity to speak directly with project teams.

The council’s water services director Coral-Lee Ertel said recent severe weather events had reinforced the importance of ongoing investment in stormwater infrastructure.

“Many stormwater systems around New Zealand were designed decades ago and are now under greater

pressure from more frequent and intense rainfall events,” Ertel said.

“While there’s no single solution to flooding, particularly in a lowlying coastal environment like Waihī Beach, every improvement we make helps strengthen the network, reduce impacts where possible and build community resilience for the future.”

Ertel said community involvement remained an important part of developing practical, effective solutions.

“We value the local knowledge and experience that property owners, tangata whenua, members of the Stormwater Liaison Group and the wider community bring to the table.

“Those insights help us better understand local challenges and identify solutions that are fit for purpose.”

The Stormwater Liaison Group included representatives from Te Whānau a Tauwhao (hāpu of Ōtawhiwhi Marae), the Storm

Water Action Team, Waihī Beach Community Board members, KatikatiWaihī Beach Ward councillors Allan Sole and Rodney Joyce, and Mayor James Denyer.

Waihī Beach Community Board chair Wayne Stevenson said the group remained committed to supporting long-term stormwater improvements across the area.

“Working together is key to making progress on the drainage and flooding challenges we face,” he said.

“The Open Day is a great opportunity for residents to understand the wider programme of work, learn what’s happening in their neighbourhood and ask questions directly of the people delivering these projects. We encourage everyone to come along.”

When stormwater improvements were underway, council reminded residents to be prepared at home – such as keeping private drains, gutters and kerb inlets clear – could help reduce impacts during heavy rain.

Road upgrade works on Boucher Ave and surrounding streets in Te Puke resume on August 31, marking the final stage of a major infrastructure upgrade project.

Western Bay of Plenty District Council said the project work would involve strengthening underground water and stormwater infrastructure and rebuilding the road to support the community’s future needs. The council said works were scheduled to resume after a planned pause in March, to allow safer movement of orchard vehicles during this year’s kiwifruit harvest.

Stormwater and watermain pipe upgrades had been completed, and road reconstruction was underway prior to works pausing.

When work restarts, Fulton Hogan would continue with the road reconstruction. Works were expected to take about six months to complete, ahead of the next kiwifruit harvest.

Council senior transportation project engineer Jamie Minchington said the area was a key route in Te Puke, used frequently by residents, students and families, emergency services, the kiwifruit industry and others in the community.

“Once the upgrades are complete, the community will benefit directly from a new road that is safer, more durable and better suited to everyday traffic and heavy vehicle movements.”

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Elevated cosmetic care Buiilding mu uscle witth creaatine Tauranga’s Cosmetic and Veins Clinic is welcoming a new cosmetic nurse to its team.

Jacqui Macgregor brings more than 12 years’ experience in cosmetic medicine to the clinic.

“She’ll allow our team to offer more cosmetic medicine appointments,” said Cosmetic and Veins Clinic director Dr Anuya Deshpande.

Located at 74 Tenth Ave, the clinic offers a sophisticated, personalised approach to cosmetic medicine and vein care.

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“Jacqui will offer personalised cosmetic consultations, injectable, laser and IPL treatments and spider vein treatments with an emphasis on subtle, refined and natural-looking results.

“Her consultations are designed to be informative and individual, allowing patients to discuss concerns, explore their options and develop a treatment approach tailored to them.”

For those considering cosmetic treatment, a consultation is the perfect place to start, Deshpande said. “It provides an opportunity to ask questions, understand what is achievable and receive professional guidance before making any decisions.”

To celebrate Macgregor joining the clinic, during September and October consultations with her will b be h half lf price, i and d clients li will ill receive i a complimentary Healite LED light therapy treatment. Healite is a gentle, non-invasive LED treatment designed to support skin rejuvenation and the skin’s natural healing processes.

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New cosmetic nurse Jacqui Macgregor. Photo / Kelly O’Hara

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Injury risks in spring projects Surge in winter illness absences A spike in winter illness is being felt in Bay of Plenty classrooms.

When most people think about injuries, they picture sports fields, busy roads, or workplace accidents.

“However, ACC’s Injuries in New Zealand: Insights from 2025 reveals a surprising reality: 50% of injuries occur in and around the home,” says Habit Health’s lead physiotherapist for Bay of Plenty, Ayden Reynolds.

“From gardening and DIY projects to lifting heavy items, cleaning, and everyday slips, trips, and falls, many injuries happen while carrying out routine tasks,” Reynolds said.

As spring approaches, Habit Health is giving this timely reminder to Tauranga residents who begin to prepare gardens, tackle home improvement projects, spring clean their households and make the most of finer weather.

“The local team at Habit Health sees the impact of these injuries every day. Common presentations include back pain, shoulder strains, sprained ankles, knee injuries, and mobility issues that can affect work, recreation, and independence,” Reynolds said.

“The good news is many injuries are preventable. Maintaining strength and balance, warming up before physical tasks, using proper lifting techniques, and seeking help early when pain develops can

Lead physiotherapist Ayden Reynolds at Habit Health’s Bethlehem clinic inside Aspire. Photo / Supplied

all reduce the risk of longer-term problems.”

Habit Health’s Bay of Plenty team is proud to support locals through physiotherapy and rehabilitation in their local clinics at Bayfair, Aspire in Bethlehem, Tauranga’s Marsh St and Katikati, Reynolds said.

Principals say influenza and other respiratory bugs are driving an increase, with some schools recording sickness levels above last winter. Absence figures provided to NZME show dozens of students absent each day at schools. The spike was being felt at Te Puke, Pāpāmoa, Tauranga City and Western Bay schools.

Te Puke Primary School deputy principal Krystal Cooper said her school had 82 pupils absent from a roll of 313 on August 13.

“Our teaching staff are keeping a close eye on the tamariki and are actively sending children home if they show any signs of illness. Our main message to our whānau is to please keep unwell children at home.”

Pāpāmoa Primary School reported it had confirmed cases of influenza A and influenza B among pupils and warned illnesses appeared to be “very contagious”.

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Parents were urged to keep unwell children at home and notify the school if their child was absent. Photo / File

No 1 School principal Craig Pentecost said widespread sickness had a “massive impact”. “We need those children to be as healthy as possible and, if they’re at school unwell, there’s a lot of kids coming in with the flu, they’re going down really fast.”

Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora medical officer of health Dr Phil Shoemack said people can help themselves and others by getting prepared and vaccinated and have a plan if they fall sick.

He said it was important for children to attend school if they were “well enough”, and

it was appropriate to send a child to school if they have: - Not had a fever for 24 hours.

- Not used medicine to reduce their fever for 24 hours.

- Only have mild symptoms such as mild cough, headache, runny or blocked nose.

- Appear well: happy, eating and drinking normally.

“Even when children are healthy enough to attend school, it is possible they could have an infectious illness, which they could pass on to others.” Parents and caregivers can call Healthline on 0800 611 116, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for free health advice. Kaitlyn Morrell

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Beware of meningococcal symptoms Health New Zealand is urging people to be aware of the signs and symptoms of meningococcal disease after the death of a young adult in Waikato.

In a statement, the national health service said it had undertaken appropriate public health follow-up, identifying close contacts and offering treatment and support. “Public health officials have determined there is no ongoing risk to the wider public,” the service said.

Waikato medical officer of health Dr Kate Meerkerk said meningococcal disease was a serious bacterial infection that could cause meningitis (infection around the brain) and septicaemia (blood poisoning).

Although uncommon, it could become life-threatening very quickly, making early recognition and treatment critical.

“Meningococcal disease can affect anyone, but it is more common in young children, teenagers and young adults,” Meerkerk said.

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“It is important that people know the symptoms and seek medical attention early if they are concerned.”

Symptoms could include fever, headache, stiff neck, sensitivity to light and confusion.

The first symptoms of meningococcal disease may seem like the flu or a cold. However, the symptoms would usually get worse quickly, with some people suddenly becoming very unwell, sometimes in just a few hours. Anyone concerned about symptoms should

seek urgent medical advice. People can call Healthline free on 0800 611 116 or call 111 in an emergency.

Vaccination remained an important way to protect against meningococcal disease, the statement said.

“The meningococcal B vaccine is free for babies and children under 5 years old, and for eligible young people aged 13 to 25 years in their first year of certain close-living situations, including boarding school hostels, tertiary halls of residence, military barracks, youth justice facilities and prisons.

“If your child is under 5 and has missed any of their recommended vaccinations, it is free and easy to catch up.”

People can book vaccinations through their doctor, nurse, pharmacy or healthcare provider, via Book My Vaccine or call 0800 28 29 26.

Your summer skin is made in winter Did you know that what we do with our skin in winter can set it up for summer?

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Together, we have turned local generosity into $32,000,000 of impact since 2003 Charities Within Bay of Plenty RECIPIENTS

DONOR FUNDS

TOTAL

Abbeyfield Western BOP Inc

Anon

$53,504

Acorn Foundation

Anon, K Pensabene, R Thornley, Craigs Investment Partners, FAME Trust

$146,508*

Age Concern Tauranga Alan Duff Charitable Foundation

Althorp Village, B Sutherland L&K Christie

$12,500 $4,630

Font Tauranga Public Art Trust

Sallys Angels Giving Circle

$5,000

Garden to Table Trust

D Thompson & C Beard, Anon, A&J Hempstalk

$5,000

Gate Pā Community Centre Trust

B Holm, F McGrogan, J Chappell-Mathias

$10,000

Gender Dynamix NZ

The Tindall Foundation, S&NTurner

$10,000

Get Smart Tauranga

R&M McGowan

$12,500

Craigs Investment Partners

$3,000 $665

Anxiety New Zealand Trust

C Toop, A&E Simpson

$10,000

Geyser Community Foundation

Aphasia NZ Charitable Trust

Anon, E Brown

$4,000

Good Bitches Trust

TK & Friends Giving Circle

Aquatic Survival Skills Trust

W&J Eaton, RPS Williams & AA Terry, A&E Simpson, A&S Marshall, J Chappell-Mathias

$10,000

Good Neighbour Aotearoa Trust

ARRC Wildlife Trust

J Abbot

$1,360

ASB, Craigs Investment Partners, Noonan Family, Oriens Captial, J Chappell-Mathias, P&L Blackwell, Anon, R&M McGowan

Arthritis NZ Mateponapona Aotearoa

B Shaw

$16,510

Graeme Dingle Foundation

B&J Currie, B Earp, M&T Mills, M&G Read-Smith, Anon, R&M McGowan, The Tindall Foundation

Assistance Dogs NZ Trust

K Landsman

$52,000

Athletics Waikato/BOP Inc

L&K Christie

$4,630

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

ASB, Anon, Liefdadig Foundation

Bay Conservation Alliance

B Sutherland, C Tustain, J Chappell-Mathias, E Olsen, J Abbot

$36,360

Grief Support Services Charitable Trust

$15,200

Bay Financial Mentors Tau Awhi Noa

Noonan Family, Anon, B Sutherland, M Sutherland

Craigs Investment Partners, Cooney Lees Morgan, J Chappell-Mathias, Althorp Village

$14,000

Grow on Katikati

G&J Butler, P&C Peat

$2,000

BOP Classic Aircraft Trust

Charity Fund

$3,690

The Tindall Foundation

BOP Sailing Academy

Charity Fund

$7,660

Have a Heart Charitable Trust

BOP Symphonia Inc

Fame Trust

$5,000

BOP Youth Development Trust (incl. Te Aranui Youth Trust, Arndt House, Piritahi Youth Collective)

ASB, K&J Walters, B Haine, L&K Christie, B&J Currie, G&J Butler, M&T Mills, R&M McGowan

Anon, Craigs Investment Partners, First XI Giving Circle, Honeybadgers Giving Circle, WBOP Women's Fund, H Shepherd & N Fletcher, S&N Turner, B Sutherland, L&K Christie

$32,018

$130,218

He Kaupapa Kotahitanga Trust (Awhina House & Huia House)

BaySwim

Anon

$10,000

B Haine, R&M McGowan

$10,000

B Burns & A Johnston, K Landsman

$16,953

Boys' Brigade NZ

Hearing Dogs for Deaf People NZ Holy Trinity Church TGA

R&H Schleinkofer

$1,560

Homes of Hope Charitable Trust

Anon, Craigs Investment Partners, N Campbell, Stewart Trust, A Thorburn, A&J Hempstalk, A&E Simpson

$10,800

House of Hope Kawerau

Anon

$65,000

Hunt for Good

Anon, C McSporran, S&S Gyde, A&E Simpson, M McCracken, M Snodgrass, M Sutherland

Anon, Noonan Family, Webster Holland, Cooney Lees Morgan

$2,200

Beyond Imagination Trust T/A Curate Church

God's Grace and Mercy, A&E Simpson, B Nalder, F Campbell, M McCracken

$8,000

Bible Society New Zealand

J Williams

$8,670

Bellyful New Zealand Trust

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern BOP

The Tindall Foundation

Big Buddy Mentoring Trust

Craigs Investment Partners, Honeybadgers Giving Circle, KPMG Community Fund, R&M McGowan

$13,701

J&P Laing, A&C Smith, J&M O'Reilly, P Roadley, R&E Shepherd, S&M Freeman

$112,352

BOP Therapy Foundation

S&J Bronger, J Chappell-Mathias

$12,500

Brain Injured Children Trust

Norfolk Community Health, J&P Laing, J Round

$10,000

Brave Hearts NZ

A&E Simpson, E Trowbridge, R Preston-Thomas

$10,000

Breast Cancer Support Services Tauranga Trust

P&L Blackwell, E Brown, A Crane

$5,705

Blind & Low Vision NZ

$12,000

$43,000

$50,000 $11,000

$5,000

Mt Maunganui Lifeguard Service

Anon, C Bithell, L&K Christie, P Roadley, L Wootton, R&M McGowan, F McGrogan, J Chappell-Mathias, Charity Fund

$17,984

Neurological Foundation of New Zealand

A Thorburn, S&M Freeman, R Laurie, M&C George

NZ Blue Light Ventures

Anon, R&M McGowan

$12,500

NZ School of Dance

Fame Trust

$12,000

NextStep Charitable Foundation

M&T Mills, Holdaway Trust

$7,255

NumberWorks’nWords TGA

KPMG Community Fund

$1,311

NZ Council of Victim Support Groups Inc.

Craigs Investment Partners, N&M Bicknell

$14,500

$9,641

NZ Native Forest Restoration Trust

J Friis

Omanu Beach Surf Life Saving Club

K Pensabene, L&K Christie, M Kirk, Anon

$63,394

Ōmokoroa Environmental Managers Inc

R&J Hicks

$4,970

Open Home Foundation Te Whare Kaupapa Āwhina

$9,453

A&S Marshall, S&S Gyde, M&T Duncan

$5,000

C McSporran

$925

R&E Shepherd

$8,456

St Enochs Presbyterian Church

Goodwill Trust

$16,480

St John Area Committee - Katikati

J Friis, A&C Smith, D&Y Harrison, K&R Hunt, R&E Shepherd, K Landsman, A&J Hempstalk, DMS Progrowers

$46,654

St John Area Committee Tauranga & Mount Maunganui

M&C George, M Kirk, G&J Butler, M&L Bellerby, DMS Progrowers, R&M McGowan, A&C Smith, D&Y Harrison, J&M O'Reilly, J Shaw, K&R Hunt, L&K Christie, R&E Shepherd, S&M Freeman, K Landsman, A&J Hempstalk

St John Area Committee Te Puke

A&C Smith, D&Y Harrison, J Wessel, K&R Hunt, R&E Shepherd, K Landsman, A&J Hempstalk, DMS Progrowers

$59,129

St Mary Immaculate Parish

N&J McWhinney

$5,720

St Peters House

Craigs Investment Partners, WBOP Women's Fund, B Nalder, M Sutherland, B Sutherland

$20,500

Stable Therapy

K Landsman

$29,277

Stand Tall Community Trust

R&M McGowan

$5,707

Starship Foundation

M&C George, S&N Turner, C Bithell

$12,617

STEAM-ED Charitable Trust

Anon, R&G Harper, M Sutherland, KPMG Community Fund

$6,000

Fame Trust, Charity Fund

$32,210

Orange Sky NZ Limited

Craigs Investment Partners

$2,000

Summerhill Charitable Trust

P&D van Loghem, Noonan Family

$2,257

Ōtamarākau School

DN & MJ Bassett

$2,265

Sustainability Options

$12,501

Ōtanewainuku Kiwi Trust

J Friis, J Abbot, L&K Christie, M&L Bellerby

ASB, Liefdadig Foundation, M McCracken, F Campbell

$16,644

B Haine, R&M McGowan, S&S Gyde, E Macrae, C Toop, M Sutherland

Craigs Investment Partners, L&K Christie, Stewart Trust

$24,448

Outflow Trust

$11,000

Takitimu House (Te Whare o Takitimu, He Whare Manaaki Tangata) Tauranga Arts Festival Trust

Fame Trust

Pāpāmoa Surf Life Saving Club

C Bithell, L&K Christie, L Wootton, R&M McGowan, A&E Simpson

Pearanui Trust

R&M McGowan

Philips Search & Rescue Trust

Anon, A Neilson, C Bithell, J Shaw, J Wessel, K&R Hunt, L&K Christie, K Landsman, G&J Butler, P&D van Loghem, M&C George

$3,138 $500

S&M Hastie

$13,220 $5,000

Pregnancy Choice

R&M McGowan

$4,000

$363

Priority One - Ara Rau

Noonan Family, R&M McGowan

$15,500

$12,000

Recreate NZ

G&J Butler, S&N Turner

$5,000

Rhema Media

R&H Schleinkofer

$1,560

Tauranga Volunteer Coastguard Association Inc

J Shaw

$36,050

RNZSPCA

Craigs Investment Partners, A&S Marshall, A&C Smith, Anon, C Bithell, J Oliver, M&E Kershaw, K Landsman, A&J Hempstalk

Tauranga Women's Refuge

Honeybadgers Giving Circle, N Campbell, N&S Hardy, Cooney Lees Morgan, J Chappell-Mathias, Tauranga Help, Mabey Family, Charity Fund, I&S Anderson, L&K Christie

$33,538

Tautoko Tāne Bay of Plenty (Male Survivors BOP Trust)

Tga Police CIB, N&M Bicknell, J Sutherland, S&N Turner

$10,000

Te Awanui Hauora Trust

Anon

$8,000

Te Ngare Hapū Trust

Anon

$5,000

Te Puke Cricket Club

Charity Fund

$7,270

Te Puke Repertory Society

Fame Trust

$3,750

Complex Chronic Illness Support Inc

Charity Fund

A&E Simpson, M McCracken

$8,000

$3,000

Lifelink/Samaritans Inc

R&M McGowan, A Finlayson-Smith, C Toop

$7,700

Linkt Community Trust Ōtūmoetai Social Supermarket

G&S Laing, B Sutherland, A&E Simpson

Live For More Charitable Trust

Craigs Investment Partners, Anon, N Campbell, M&T Mills, B Haine

$27,300

Mauao Trust

Anon

$2,500

Meet the Need

G&J Butler

$7,500

Men Making Miles

Anon, R Mischewski

$18,260

$5,420

Creative BOP Charitable Trust

Fame Trust, Charity Fund

Cystic Fibrosis Association of New Zealand

Anon, A&J Hempstalk, A Coad, A&E Simpson

$4,000

Detour Theatre Trust

Fame Trust

$5,000

Diabetes New Zealand

Charity Fund

$12,890

Diversity Counselling NZ

Vital Impact Fund

$10,000

Eastern Bay Community Foundation

Craigs Investment Partners, The Tindall Foundation

$14,500

MenzShed Katikati

L Wootton

$3,000

Eduk8 Charitable Trust

TK & Friends Giving Circle

$2,000

MenzShed Mt Maunganui

L Wootton

$3,000

English Language Partners NZ Trust

Noonan Family, Vital Impact Fund

$6,250

MenzShed Ōmokoroa

L Wootton

$3,000

Envirohub Bay of Plenty

M Sutherland

Merivale Community Centre

Craigs Investment Partners, R&M McGowan, C Toop

Epilepsy Association of NZ

E Brown

Equine Dynamics

K Landsman

$29,277

FEBC Aotearoa NZ

R&H Schleinkofer

Flying Kites

R&M McGowan

$10,000

J Medlicott

$30,000

Jann Medlicott Creative Arts Awards

Anon, Craigs Investment Partners, TK & Friends Giving Circle, Cooney Lees Morgan

$5,200

J Medlicott

$5,000

TK & Friends Giving Circle, B Haine

$14,240

ASB, Findex, First XI Giving Circle, Sallys Angels Giving Circle, M McCracken, R Preston-Thomas

Jazz & Classical Music / Classical Arts Scholarship

E.Griego & L.Switzer Scholarship Fund

$6,000

$14,647

Live The Life You Love Award

Momenta Charitable Trust

$10,000

$700

Mount Maunganui College Rotary Scholarship

RCMM Mount Maunganui College Bursary

$8,310

Ngāi Tamarāwaho Peri Kohu Memorial Scholarship

Ngāi Tamarāwaho Environmental Unit

$7,500

Outward Bound

J&P Laing, E Earp, N&M Bicknell, B Granger, T Wadsworth, B Haine, M&G Read-Smith, Anon, D&R Godfrey

$54,918

Page Acorn Engineering Scholarships

B&P Page

$75,340

Robin & Anne Scoular Scholarship

R&A Scoular

$10,500

Tasman Charitable Trust Scholarships & Grants (EBOP)

Tasman Charitable Trust

$64,000

Taumarunui High School Scholarship

Kia Manawanui Taumaranui High School Fund

$28,430

TGA Boys' College Garth Sim Centurion Award

Tauranga Boys' College Trust

$2,400

TGA Boys' College Trust Fund in memory of Minola Grant

Tauranga Boys' College Trust

$13,400

TGA Girls' College Scholarship

K&J Walters

$1,600

TGA Girls' College Trust Fund in memory of Minola Grant

Tauranga Girls' College Trust

$18,130

Te Puke High School Butler Scholarship

Te Puke High School Butler Scholarship

$60,000

Dr Leonard Randell Scholarship Trust

$1,200

$7,000 $25,212

Rotary Club of Katikati Charitable Trust

A Owen, Stevens Family

$17,030

Rotoehu Ecological Trust

D Mutton, Anon, A&S Marshall, D&L Caird

$7,000

Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society TGA Branch

P Roadley

$2,423

Te Puke Toy Library

T Woodman

$1,500

Royal NZ Plunket Trust

D&Y Harrison, J Chappell-Mathias, P&M von Blaramberg

$13,740

Te Puke Volunteer Fire Brigade

J Wessel

$5,226

Te Puna Quarry Park Society Inc

Munro Family

$5,860

Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tamawhariua

R&M McGowan, A&E Simpson

$5,000

RRR - Rescue, Revive, Rehome BOP Charitable Trust

A Finlayson-Smith

Sailability TGA Charitable Trust

S&N Turner

$5,000

Sea Cleaners Trust

Anon, A Finlayson-Smith

Shama Ethnic Women's Trust

Vital Impact Fund

$1,300

$6,020

Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ranginui Iwi

R&M McGowan

$10,000

$10,000

Te Tai Ora ki Matakana me Rangiwaea Manatōpū

The Tindall Foundation

$11,000

Te Tamawai Trust (Trading as The WaterBoy)

J Mickell

$10,000

The Broken Movement Trust

Cooney Lees Morgan

The Clothing Project

The Tindall Foundation, Anon

$9,000

The Elms Foundation

A Finlayson-Smith, A&J Hempstalk, A&E Simpson

The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ

N Campbell, A Thorburn, Anon

Social Sector Innovation WBOP Charitable Trust t/a SociaLink

J Chappell-Mathias

Social Sector Innovation WBOP Trust: Volunteering Services

R&M McGowan, S&N Turner

$10,000

$32,000

Soul Learning Charitable Trust

Anon, R&M McGowan

$15,000

Mockingbird Charitable Trust

L&K Christie, Mabey Family, M&T Mills, A Finlayson-Smith, D&D Blumhardt

$15,318

Spectrum Connections Charitable Trust

First XI Giving Circle, J Round, J&J Doelman, A Finlayson-Smith, R&M McGowan

$6,370

The Hub Te Puke

Craigs Investment Partners, Anon, T Woodman

$3,120

Motor Neurone Disease NZ

Charity Fund

$8,860

SPELD New Zealand Inc

J&J Doelman, A Crane, A&E Simpson

$5,282

L Wootton

$8,000

Mt Maunganui Intermediate

Holdaway Trust

$3,138

The National Foundation for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing Manatōpū Incorporated

$12,500

* Includes fees for service

Vada's Animal Rescue

Cooney Lees Morgan Fund

Charities outside Bay of Plenty

$5,000

The Tindall Foundation

Tauranga South Community Patrols

$12,500

Jann Medlicott Art Award

Under the Stars

A&S Marshall, A Thorburn, Anon, Craigs Investment Partners, D&L Caird, Fame Trust, J&M O'Reilly, S&M Freeman, K Landsman, M&T Mills, M Sutherland, Noonan Family, R&M McGowan, C Bithell

$5,000

J Chappell-Mathias, Anon

$65,000

$10,000

TOTAL

C Toop, R&G Harper, M&T Duncan

Christians Against Poverty NZ

J Medlicott

R&M McGowan

$3,230

Kawerau Blue Light Ventures Inc

Reach Out Trust Community Van

$5,000

$3,000

Charity Fund

$3,750

Anon, E Trowbridge, M Snodgrass

Anon

Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction

Funds to be allocated

B Sutherland, Craigs Investment Partners, J Mickell, KPMG Community Fund, M Sutherland, R&M McGowan, J&R Dennis, Alwyn Robert Thompson Trust, G&M Ware, BoP Medical Students, Cashmore Family, C Tustain, R&M McGowan, E Trowbridge, FoBC, J Medlicott, Momenta Charitable Trust, R&A Scoular, TBC Trust, Dr Randell, F&F Sleath, Anon, G&J Butler

$801,181

$132,886

$4,862,956

TOTAL

Scholarships & Awards SCHOLARSHIPS

DONORS NAMES

$941,768

Acorn Funds & Funding Partners' Initiatives RECIPIENTS

DONOR FUNDS

TOTAL

Acorn Kaituna Local Impact Fund

Charity Fund, D&S Campbell

$14,380

Acorn Katikati Local Impact Fund

Charity Fund

$6,770

Acorn Tauranga Moana Local Impact Fund

Charity Fund

$2,510

Acorn Te Puke Local Impact Fund

Charity Fund

$2,380

Acorn Waihi Beach Local Impact Fund

Charity Fund

$4,630

Acorn YouthBoost In-schools

R&M McGowan

$25,000

Acorn YouthBoost Migrant

R&M McGowan

$5,000

Tauranga Western Bay Community Event Fund

Anon

$40,000

Kaupapa Maori Event Fund

R&M McGowan

$10,000

TOTAL

Partnering to Prosper

Anon, C Toop

$28,000

Western Bay Emergency Response Fund

Donations from general public

$293,536

Acorn Foundation Beverly Perszyk Scholarship (UoW)

K Perszyk

$4,000

Acorn Foundation John & Renie Dennis Scholarship (Ōtūmoetai College)

J&R Dennis

$10,000

Acorn Foundation Kenneth Perszyk Scholarship (UoW)

K Perszyk

$4,000

$5,000

Alterno Foundation Scholarship

Alterno Foundation Fund

$2,180

$4,968

Alwyn Robert Thompson Memorial Law Scholarship

Alwyn Robert Thompson Trust

$3,000

$32,000

Alwyn Robert Thompson Memorial Veterinary Scholarship

Alwyn Robert Thompson Trust

$3,000

$2,262

Amnesty International Gary Ware Human Rights Legacy Award

G&M Ware

$5,000

$700

$700

Turanga Aiga Charitable Trust

Zipper Club Tauranga

Fame Trust

Lifeline, a service of Presbyterian Support Northern

International Travel Award (Bethlehem College)

$7,000

Katikati Theatre Inc.

Life Education Trust WBOP

$10,000

R&M McGowan

$5,000

$1,145

Fame Trust

Youth Voices Action (YVA)

Fame Trust S Ewart, A Crane, D&L Caird, J Chappell-Mathias, Tga Police CIB, B Sutherland

A&S Marshall

Tuatara Collective

Te Puke High School Dr Leonard Randell Memorial Scholarship

TGA Repertory Society Inc

Child Cancer Foundation - TGA

D&R Godfrey

$10,000

$12,000

$5,000

Godfrey Award for Tertiary Study

Fame Trust

$21,210

The Tindall Foundation

$14,000

Youth Philharmonic TGA

$8,765

Life Education Trust EBOP

$2,000

$15,000

Fame Trust, Holdaway Trust

P Goodyear

Craigs Investment Partners, The Tindall Foundation, R&M McGowan

TGA Musical Theatre Inc

Katikati Primary School

Rainbow Youth Incorporated

$10,000

KPMG Community Fund, WBOP Women's Fund, P&C Peat, A Coad, R Preston-Thomas, R Laurie, S&N Turner

Friends of Bethlehem College

Tipu Skills for Life Charitable Trust

R&M McGowan, J Tingey, G&J Butler

$3,001

A&E Simpson, C Toop

$4,000

Youth Encounter Ministries Trust

A Finlayson-Smith, R&M McGowan

Cedar Hub Charitable Trust

F&F Sleath

Friends of Bethlehem College Scholarship

$2,890

Katikati Open Air Art

$13,552

Frank & Fay Sleath Scholarship

Charity Fund

$3,952

$5,000

$2,671

YMCA Tauranga

Craigs Investment Partners

A&E Simpson, B Nalder, B Sutherland, M Sutherland

TGA Police CIB

$12,000

Tauranga Moana Local Impact Fund

Life A Plenty Charitable Trust

The Wish For Fish Charitable Trust

The Tindall Foundation

$13,000

A Coad, M&L Bellerby, R&E Shepherd, S&M Freeman

$1,247

Whakatāne Citizens Advice Bureau

Anon

CCS Disability Action Services Ltd

$20,000

Findex

$3,490

Qoria NZ Limited

$10,000

$120,000

FAME Trust

Anon, A&J Hempstalk

$13,240

J Mickell

FAME Trust

Fame Special Award

Western Bay Heritage Trust

K&J Heuseveldt

Level Playing Field

Fame Mid-Career Award

The Vet Post Charitable Trust

$32,000

Katikati Innovative Horticulture Trust

$5,000

$60,000

Craigs Investment Partners, R&M McGowan, C Toop

$7,000

S&N Turner

FAME Trust

Welcome Bay Community Centre

$12,900

Casita Community Charitable Trust

$3,487

$283,927

N Campbell, Tauranga Help

R&M McGowan

M&A Jones, D Mutton, A&J Hempstalk

Waipuna Hospice

Tauranga Living Without Violence Collective Trust

Anon, D Mutton, A&J Hempstalk, Norfolk Community Health

Te Puke Kiwifruit Capital of the World Heritage Society Inc

$12,500

L Wootton, G&J Butler, J Sutherland

Ronald McDonald House Charities New Zealand Trust

$5,000

Stewart Trust, Mabey Family, Carruthers Trust, J Chappell-Mathias

Pukehina Surf Rescue Lifeguard Service

Road Safety Education Ltd

E Trowbridge

Fame Emerging Practitioner Award

Tauranga Community Housing Trust

$43,000

$12,000

$56,277

Eva Trowbridge Adult Learner Scholarship (UoW)

$2,000

Craigs Investment Partners, Anon J Chappell-Mathias, R&M McGowan

Craigs Investment Partners, The Tindall Foundation, R&M McGowan

E Trowbridge, J Chappell-Mathias, J&P Laing, D&L Caird, R Laurie

Anon

Katikati Community Centre Charitable Trust

Kura Kai

$19,590

The Tauranga Salvation Army

Anon, Liefdadig Foundation, Steele Family, J Round, J&P Laing, D&L Caird, A&C Smith, J Shaw, K Pensabene, K&R Hunt, L&K Christie, R&E Shepherd, A&J Hempstalk, J&R Dennis, J&G Clarke, M&L Bellerby, A Coad, P&D van Loghem, Althorp Village, G&J Butler, G&C Olsen

$3,765

$61,675

Eaddy Junior Rowing Trust

$7,000

Waimarino Education Trust

Holdaway Trust

R&M McGowan, Emergency Services Club

Eaddy Junior Rowing Award

G&J Butler

$23,895

TGA Hockey Association

Canteen Aotearoa

$60,070

The Tauranga Community Trust - 24-7 Youth

Tauranga Community Foodbank Trust

$8,000

$192,796

BOP Medical Research Trust

$2,262

Craigs Investment Partners, J&G Clarke, Mabey Family, Stewart Trust, L&K Christie, Holdaway Trust

C Toop, M Sutherland, S&N Turner

$10,922

$22,000

L Wootton

$7,000

Project Waihī Beach Charitable Trust T/A Live Well Waihi Beach

Steele Family, A&S Marshall, C Toop, S Ewart

R&M McGowan

Dr A Neil Graham Memorial BOP Medical Trust Scholarship

The Tauranga Bay of Plenty Hearing Association

B Sutherland

$5,000

Kidz Need Dadz Charitable Trust NZ

$3,000

$20,775

$2,260

E Trowbridge, N&M Bicknell, M&T Duncan

$57,320

Y Beresford

Dale Carnegie Youth Programme Scholarship

Fame Trust, G&S Horsley, C Jarman, Holdaway Trust

TMOTP Fund

Katch Katikati Incorporated

C Bithell, M&E Kershaw, S&M Freeman, L&K Christie, M&C George, A&E Simpson

Colin Deed Grant

The Tauranga Art Gallery Trust

Tauranga City Council

$28,580

Cancer Society of NZ Waikato/BOP Division

$2,000

$11,000

C&M Hewlett, L&K Christie

$8,000

C Tustain

The Tindall Foundation

Tauranga District Riding for Disabled

A Coad, A&S Marshall, B Sutherland

$2,000

Waihī Beach Community Centre Society (A Friends Place)

$5,600

KidsCan Charitable Trust (local support)

C Tustain

Christine Tustain Sports Award

Wāhine o Te Moana

F Campbell, N&M Bicknell

$13,130

Christine Tustain Classical Music Award

$2,540

Project Restore NZ Trust

Emergency Services Club, Anon

$5,000

$12,500

$1,145

Camp Quality Waikato/BOP

S&N Turner

M Sutherland

A&S Marshall

$7,000

$10,000

Charity Fund

IHC New Zealand

R&M McGowan

Cashmore Family

TGA City Basketball Assoc.

Cooney Lees Morgan

Kia Mau Charitable Trust

Cashmore Family Scholarship (TGA Boys' College)

TGA Citizens Advice Bureau

I am Hope Foundation

$12,000

$12,633

$5,000

UOKBRO NZ

Holdaway Trust

J Friis, H Hough, J&G Clarke

B Sutherland

$2,748

Noonan Family

$5,000

$5,500 $105,000

The Stroke Foundation of NZ Trust

J&M O'Reilly

PMG Charitable Trust

Commons-Roberts

The Pinc and Steel Cancer Rehabilitation Foundation

TGA Branch of Red Cross

Pillans Point School

Bruce Longmore Scholarship (UoW)

The Parkinson's NZ Charitable Trust

$5,708

$5,000

$11,620

H McLean

$9,600

R&M McGowan, M Sutherland

Owens Charitable Trust

The NZ Society of Genealogists

G&C Olsen, Charity Fund

$124,665

Bob & Joy Owens Scholarship

$23,114

$10,651

TGA Christian Community Trust

BOP Medical Students Scholarship Fund

DN & MJ Bassett, J&R Dennis, M&E Kershaw, R&E Shepherd, S&M Freeman

Unseen Heroes

T Woodman, D&L Caird

The Tindall Foundation

$800

$15,000

Bay of Plenty Medical Students Scholarship

The National Heart Foundation of NZ

Tauranga Boys' College Old Boys Association

Poutiri Charitable Trust

Budget Advisory Service (Whakatāne) Inc

$12,500

$255,664

Opus Orchestra Trust

Pongakawa School

$10,000

St Andrew's Church St Columba Church

TOTAL

$432,206

TOTAL DISTRIBUTIONS 2026

$6,236,930

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Together, we have turned local generosity into $32,000,000 of impact since 2003 Charities Within Bay of Plenty RECIPIENTS

DONOR FUNDS

TOTAL

Abbeyfield Western BOP Inc

Anon

$53,504

Acorn Foundation

Anon, K Pensabene, R Thornley, Craigs Investment Partners, FAME Trust

$146,508*

Age Concern Tauranga Alan Duff Charitable Foundation

Althorp Village, B Sutherland L&K Christie

$12,500 $4,630

Font Tauranga Public Art Trust

Sallys Angels Giving Circle

$5,000

Garden to Table Trust

D Thompson & C Beard, Anon, A&J Hempstalk

$5,000

Gate Pā Community Centre Trust

B Holm, F McGrogan, J Chappell-Mathias

$10,000

Gender Dynamix NZ

The Tindall Foundation, S&NTurner

$10,000

Get Smart Tauranga

R&M McGowan

$12,500

Craigs Investment Partners

$3,000 $665

Anxiety New Zealand Trust

C Toop, A&E Simpson

$10,000

Geyser Community Foundation

Aphasia NZ Charitable Trust

Anon, E Brown

$4,000

Good Bitches Trust

TK & Friends Giving Circle

Aquatic Survival Skills Trust

W&J Eaton, RPS Williams & AA Terry, A&E Simpson, A&S Marshall, J Chappell-Mathias

$10,000

Good Neighbour Aotearoa Trust

ARRC Wildlife Trust

J Abbot

$1,360

ASB, Craigs Investment Partners, Noonan Family, Oriens Captial, J Chappell-Mathias, P&L Blackwell, Anon, R&M McGowan

Arthritis NZ Mateponapona Aotearoa

B Shaw

$16,510

Graeme Dingle Foundation

B&J Currie, B Earp, M&T Mills, M&G Read-Smith, Anon, R&M McGowan, The Tindall Foundation

Assistance Dogs NZ Trust

K Landsman

$52,000

Athletics Waikato/BOP Inc

L&K Christie

$4,630

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

ASB, Anon, Liefdadig Foundation

Bay Conservation Alliance

B Sutherland, C Tustain, J Chappell-Mathias, E Olsen, J Abbot

$36,360

Grief Support Services Charitable Trust

$15,200

Bay Financial Mentors Tau Awhi Noa

Noonan Family, Anon, B Sutherland, M Sutherland

Craigs Investment Partners, Cooney Lees Morgan, J Chappell-Mathias, Althorp Village

$14,000

Grow on Katikati

G&J Butler, P&C Peat

$2,000

BOP Classic Aircraft Trust

Charity Fund

$3,690

The Tindall Foundation

BOP Sailing Academy

Charity Fund

$7,660

Have a Heart Charitable Trust

BOP Symphonia Inc

Fame Trust

$5,000

BOP Youth Development Trust (incl. Te Aranui Youth Trust, Arndt House, Piritahi Youth Collective)

ASB, K&J Walters, B Haine, L&K Christie, B&J Currie, G&J Butler, M&T Mills, R&M McGowan

Anon, Craigs Investment Partners, First XI Giving Circle, Honeybadgers Giving Circle, WBOP Women's Fund, H Shepherd & N Fletcher, S&N Turner, B Sutherland, L&K Christie

$32,018

$130,218

He Kaupapa Kotahitanga Trust (Awhina House & Huia House)

BaySwim

Anon

$10,000

B Haine, R&M McGowan

$10,000

B Burns & A Johnston, K Landsman

$16,953

Boys' Brigade NZ

Hearing Dogs for Deaf People NZ Holy Trinity Church TGA

R&H Schleinkofer

$1,560

Homes of Hope Charitable Trust

Anon, Craigs Investment Partners, N Campbell, Stewart Trust, A Thorburn, A&J Hempstalk, A&E Simpson

$10,800

House of Hope Kawerau

Anon

$65,000

Hunt for Good

Anon, C McSporran, S&S Gyde, A&E Simpson, M McCracken, M Snodgrass, M Sutherland

Anon, Noonan Family, Webster Holland, Cooney Lees Morgan

$2,200

Beyond Imagination Trust T/A Curate Church

God's Grace and Mercy, A&E Simpson, B Nalder, F Campbell, M McCracken

$8,000

Bible Society New Zealand

J Williams

$8,670

Bellyful New Zealand Trust

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern BOP

The Tindall Foundation

Big Buddy Mentoring Trust

Craigs Investment Partners, Honeybadgers Giving Circle, KPMG Community Fund, R&M McGowan

$13,701

J&P Laing, A&C Smith, J&M O'Reilly, P Roadley, R&E Shepherd, S&M Freeman

$112,352

BOP Therapy Foundation

S&J Bronger, J Chappell-Mathias

$12,500

Brain Injured Children Trust

Norfolk Community Health, J&P Laing, J Round

$10,000

Brave Hearts NZ

A&E Simpson, E Trowbridge, R Preston-Thomas

$10,000

Breast Cancer Support Services Tauranga Trust

P&L Blackwell, E Brown, A Crane

$5,705

Blind & Low Vision NZ

$12,000

$43,000

$50,000 $11,000

$5,000

Mt Maunganui Lifeguard Service

Anon, C Bithell, L&K Christie, P Roadley, L Wootton, R&M McGowan, F McGrogan, J Chappell-Mathias, Charity Fund

$17,984

Neurological Foundation of New Zealand

A Thorburn, S&M Freeman, R Laurie, M&C George

NZ Blue Light Ventures

Anon, R&M McGowan

$12,500

NZ School of Dance

Fame Trust

$12,000

NextStep Charitable Foundation

M&T Mills, Holdaway Trust

$7,255

NumberWorks’nWords TGA

KPMG Community Fund

$1,311

NZ Council of Victim Support Groups Inc.

Craigs Investment Partners, N&M Bicknell

$14,500

$9,641

NZ Native Forest Restoration Trust

J Friis

Omanu Beach Surf Life Saving Club

K Pensabene, L&K Christie, M Kirk, Anon

$63,394

Ōmokoroa Environmental Managers Inc

R&J Hicks

$4,970

Open Home Foundation Te Whare Kaupapa Āwhina

$9,453

A&S Marshall, S&S Gyde, M&T Duncan

$5,000

C McSporran

$925

R&E Shepherd

$8,456

St Enochs Presbyterian Church

Goodwill Trust

$16,480

St John Area Committee - Katikati

J Friis, A&C Smith, D&Y Harrison, K&R Hunt, R&E Shepherd, K Landsman, A&J Hempstalk, DMS Progrowers

$46,654

St John Area Committee Tauranga & Mount Maunganui

M&C George, M Kirk, G&J Butler, M&L Bellerby, DMS Progrowers, R&M McGowan, A&C Smith, D&Y Harrison, J&M O'Reilly, J Shaw, K&R Hunt, L&K Christie, R&E Shepherd, S&M Freeman, K Landsman, A&J Hempstalk

St John Area Committee Te Puke

A&C Smith, D&Y Harrison, J Wessel, K&R Hunt, R&E Shepherd, K Landsman, A&J Hempstalk, DMS Progrowers

$59,129

St Mary Immaculate Parish

N&J McWhinney

$5,720

St Peters House

Craigs Investment Partners, WBOP Women's Fund, B Nalder, M Sutherland, B Sutherland

$20,500

Stable Therapy

K Landsman

$29,277

Stand Tall Community Trust

R&M McGowan

$5,707

Starship Foundation

M&C George, S&N Turner, C Bithell

$12,617

STEAM-ED Charitable Trust

Anon, R&G Harper, M Sutherland, KPMG Community Fund

$6,000

Fame Trust, Charity Fund

$32,210

Orange Sky NZ Limited

Craigs Investment Partners

$2,000

Summerhill Charitable Trust

P&D van Loghem, Noonan Family

$2,257

Ōtamarākau School

DN & MJ Bassett

$2,265

Sustainability Options

$12,501

Ōtanewainuku Kiwi Trust

J Friis, J Abbot, L&K Christie, M&L Bellerby

ASB, Liefdadig Foundation, M McCracken, F Campbell

$16,644

B Haine, R&M McGowan, S&S Gyde, E Macrae, C Toop, M Sutherland

Craigs Investment Partners, L&K Christie, Stewart Trust

$24,448

Outflow Trust

$11,000

Takitimu House (Te Whare o Takitimu, He Whare Manaaki Tangata) Tauranga Arts Festival Trust

Fame Trust

Pāpāmoa Surf Life Saving Club

C Bithell, L&K Christie, L Wootton, R&M McGowan, A&E Simpson

Pearanui Trust

R&M McGowan

Philips Search & Rescue Trust

Anon, A Neilson, C Bithell, J Shaw, J Wessel, K&R Hunt, L&K Christie, K Landsman, G&J Butler, P&D van Loghem, M&C George

$3,138 $500

S&M Hastie

$13,220 $5,000

Pregnancy Choice

R&M McGowan

$4,000

$363

Priority One - Ara Rau

Noonan Family, R&M McGowan

$15,500

$12,000

Recreate NZ

G&J Butler, S&N Turner

$5,000

Rhema Media

R&H Schleinkofer

$1,560

Tauranga Volunteer Coastguard Association Inc

J Shaw

$36,050

RNZSPCA

Craigs Investment Partners, A&S Marshall, A&C Smith, Anon, C Bithell, J Oliver, M&E Kershaw, K Landsman, A&J Hempstalk

Tauranga Women's Refuge

Honeybadgers Giving Circle, N Campbell, N&S Hardy, Cooney Lees Morgan, J Chappell-Mathias, Tauranga Help, Mabey Family, Charity Fund, I&S Anderson, L&K Christie

$33,538

Tautoko Tāne Bay of Plenty (Male Survivors BOP Trust)

Tga Police CIB, N&M Bicknell, J Sutherland, S&N Turner

$10,000

Te Awanui Hauora Trust

Anon

$8,000

Te Ngare Hapū Trust

Anon

$5,000

Te Puke Cricket Club

Charity Fund

$7,270

Te Puke Repertory Society

Fame Trust

$3,750

Complex Chronic Illness Support Inc

Charity Fund

A&E Simpson, M McCracken

$8,000

$3,000

Lifelink/Samaritans Inc

R&M McGowan, A Finlayson-Smith, C Toop

$7,700

Linkt Community Trust Ōtūmoetai Social Supermarket

G&S Laing, B Sutherland, A&E Simpson

Live For More Charitable Trust

Craigs Investment Partners, Anon, N Campbell, M&T Mills, B Haine

$27,300

Mauao Trust

Anon

$2,500

Meet the Need

G&J Butler

$7,500

Men Making Miles

Anon, R Mischewski

$18,260

$5,420

Creative BOP Charitable Trust

Fame Trust, Charity Fund

Cystic Fibrosis Association of New Zealand

Anon, A&J Hempstalk, A Coad, A&E Simpson

$4,000

Detour Theatre Trust

Fame Trust

$5,000

Diabetes New Zealand

Charity Fund

$12,890

Diversity Counselling NZ

Vital Impact Fund

$10,000

Eastern Bay Community Foundation

Craigs Investment Partners, The Tindall Foundation

$14,500

MenzShed Katikati

L Wootton

$3,000

Eduk8 Charitable Trust

TK & Friends Giving Circle

$2,000

MenzShed Mt Maunganui

L Wootton

$3,000

English Language Partners NZ Trust

Noonan Family, Vital Impact Fund

$6,250

MenzShed Ōmokoroa

L Wootton

$3,000

Envirohub Bay of Plenty

M Sutherland

Merivale Community Centre

Craigs Investment Partners, R&M McGowan, C Toop

Epilepsy Association of NZ

E Brown

Equine Dynamics

K Landsman

$29,277

FEBC Aotearoa NZ

R&H Schleinkofer

Flying Kites

R&M McGowan

$10,000

J Medlicott

$30,000

Jann Medlicott Creative Arts Awards

Anon, Craigs Investment Partners, TK & Friends Giving Circle, Cooney Lees Morgan

$5,200

J Medlicott

$5,000

TK & Friends Giving Circle, B Haine

$14,240

ASB, Findex, First XI Giving Circle, Sallys Angels Giving Circle, M McCracken, R Preston-Thomas

Jazz & Classical Music / Classical Arts Scholarship

E.Griego & L.Switzer Scholarship Fund

$6,000

$14,647

Live The Life You Love Award

Momenta Charitable Trust

$10,000

$700

Mount Maunganui College Rotary Scholarship

RCMM Mount Maunganui College Bursary

$8,310

Ngāi Tamarāwaho Peri Kohu Memorial Scholarship

Ngāi Tamarāwaho Environmental Unit

$7,500

Outward Bound

J&P Laing, E Earp, N&M Bicknell, B Granger, T Wadsworth, B Haine, M&G Read-Smith, Anon, D&R Godfrey

$54,918

Page Acorn Engineering Scholarships

B&P Page

$75,340

Robin & Anne Scoular Scholarship

R&A Scoular

$10,500

Tasman Charitable Trust Scholarships & Grants (EBOP)

Tasman Charitable Trust

$64,000

Taumarunui High School Scholarship

Kia Manawanui Taumaranui High School Fund

$28,430

TGA Boys' College Garth Sim Centurion Award

Tauranga Boys' College Trust

$2,400

TGA Boys' College Trust Fund in memory of Minola Grant

Tauranga Boys' College Trust

$13,400

TGA Girls' College Scholarship

K&J Walters

$1,600

TGA Girls' College Trust Fund in memory of Minola Grant

Tauranga Girls' College Trust

$18,130

Te Puke High School Butler Scholarship

Te Puke High School Butler Scholarship

$60,000

Dr Leonard Randell Scholarship Trust

$1,200

$7,000 $25,212

Rotary Club of Katikati Charitable Trust

A Owen, Stevens Family

$17,030

Rotoehu Ecological Trust

D Mutton, Anon, A&S Marshall, D&L Caird

$7,000

Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society TGA Branch

P Roadley

$2,423

Te Puke Toy Library

T Woodman

$1,500

Royal NZ Plunket Trust

D&Y Harrison, J Chappell-Mathias, P&M von Blaramberg

$13,740

Te Puke Volunteer Fire Brigade

J Wessel

$5,226

Te Puna Quarry Park Society Inc

Munro Family

$5,860

Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tamawhariua

R&M McGowan, A&E Simpson

$5,000

RRR - Rescue, Revive, Rehome BOP Charitable Trust

A Finlayson-Smith

Sailability TGA Charitable Trust

S&N Turner

$5,000

Sea Cleaners Trust

Anon, A Finlayson-Smith

Shama Ethnic Women's Trust

Vital Impact Fund

$1,300

$6,020

Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ranginui Iwi

R&M McGowan

$10,000

$10,000

Te Tai Ora ki Matakana me Rangiwaea Manatōpū

The Tindall Foundation

$11,000

Te Tamawai Trust (Trading as The WaterBoy)

J Mickell

$10,000

The Broken Movement Trust

Cooney Lees Morgan

The Clothing Project

The Tindall Foundation, Anon

$9,000

The Elms Foundation

A Finlayson-Smith, A&J Hempstalk, A&E Simpson

The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ

N Campbell, A Thorburn, Anon

Social Sector Innovation WBOP Charitable Trust t/a SociaLink

J Chappell-Mathias

Social Sector Innovation WBOP Trust: Volunteering Services

R&M McGowan, S&N Turner

$10,000

$32,000

Soul Learning Charitable Trust

Anon, R&M McGowan

$15,000

Mockingbird Charitable Trust

L&K Christie, Mabey Family, M&T Mills, A Finlayson-Smith, D&D Blumhardt

$15,318

Spectrum Connections Charitable Trust

First XI Giving Circle, J Round, J&J Doelman, A Finlayson-Smith, R&M McGowan

$6,370

The Hub Te Puke

Craigs Investment Partners, Anon, T Woodman

$3,120

Motor Neurone Disease NZ

Charity Fund

$8,860

SPELD New Zealand Inc

J&J Doelman, A Crane, A&E Simpson

$5,282

L Wootton

$8,000

Mt Maunganui Intermediate

Holdaway Trust

$3,138

The National Foundation for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing Manatōpū Incorporated

$12,500

* Includes fees for service

Vada's Animal Rescue

Cooney Lees Morgan Fund

Charities outside Bay of Plenty

$5,000

The Tindall Foundation

Tauranga South Community Patrols

$12,500

Jann Medlicott Art Award

Under the Stars

A&S Marshall, A Thorburn, Anon, Craigs Investment Partners, D&L Caird, Fame Trust, J&M O'Reilly, S&M Freeman, K Landsman, M&T Mills, M Sutherland, Noonan Family, R&M McGowan, C Bithell

$5,000

J Chappell-Mathias, Anon

$65,000

$10,000

TOTAL

C Toop, R&G Harper, M&T Duncan

Christians Against Poverty NZ

J Medlicott

R&M McGowan

$3,230

Kawerau Blue Light Ventures Inc

Reach Out Trust Community Van

$5,000

$3,000

Charity Fund

$3,750

Anon, E Trowbridge, M Snodgrass

Anon

Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction

Funds to be allocated

B Sutherland, Craigs Investment Partners, J Mickell, KPMG Community Fund, M Sutherland, R&M McGowan, J&R Dennis, Alwyn Robert Thompson Trust, G&M Ware, BoP Medical Students, Cashmore Family, C Tustain, R&M McGowan, E Trowbridge, FoBC, J Medlicott, Momenta Charitable Trust, R&A Scoular, TBC Trust, Dr Randell, F&F Sleath, Anon, G&J Butler

$801,181

$132,886

$4,862,956

TOTAL

Scholarships & Awards SCHOLARSHIPS

DONORS NAMES

$941,768

Acorn Funds & Funding Partners' Initiatives RECIPIENTS

DONOR FUNDS

TOTAL

Acorn Kaituna Local Impact Fund

Charity Fund, D&S Campbell

$14,380

Acorn Katikati Local Impact Fund

Charity Fund

$6,770

Acorn Tauranga Moana Local Impact Fund

Charity Fund

$2,510

Acorn Te Puke Local Impact Fund

Charity Fund

$2,380

Acorn Waihi Beach Local Impact Fund

Charity Fund

$4,630

Acorn YouthBoost In-schools

R&M McGowan

$25,000

Acorn YouthBoost Migrant

R&M McGowan

$5,000

Tauranga Western Bay Community Event Fund

Anon

$40,000

Kaupapa Maori Event Fund

R&M McGowan

$10,000

TOTAL

Partnering to Prosper

Anon, C Toop

$28,000

Western Bay Emergency Response Fund

Donations from general public

$293,536

Acorn Foundation Beverly Perszyk Scholarship (UoW)

K Perszyk

$4,000

Acorn Foundation John & Renie Dennis Scholarship (Ōtūmoetai College)

J&R Dennis

$10,000

Acorn Foundation Kenneth Perszyk Scholarship (UoW)

K Perszyk

$4,000

$5,000

Alterno Foundation Scholarship

Alterno Foundation Fund

$2,180

$4,968

Alwyn Robert Thompson Memorial Law Scholarship

Alwyn Robert Thompson Trust

$3,000

$32,000

Alwyn Robert Thompson Memorial Veterinary Scholarship

Alwyn Robert Thompson Trust

$3,000

$2,262

Amnesty International Gary Ware Human Rights Legacy Award

G&M Ware

$5,000

$700

$700

Turanga Aiga Charitable Trust

Zipper Club Tauranga

Fame Trust

Lifeline, a service of Presbyterian Support Northern

International Travel Award (Bethlehem College)

$7,000

Katikati Theatre Inc.

Life Education Trust WBOP

$10,000

R&M McGowan

$5,000

$1,145

Fame Trust

Youth Voices Action (YVA)

Fame Trust S Ewart, A Crane, D&L Caird, J Chappell-Mathias, Tga Police CIB, B Sutherland

A&S Marshall

Tuatara Collective

Te Puke High School Dr Leonard Randell Memorial Scholarship

TGA Repertory Society Inc

Child Cancer Foundation - TGA

D&R Godfrey

$10,000

$12,000

$5,000

Godfrey Award for Tertiary Study

Fame Trust

$21,210

The Tindall Foundation

$14,000

Youth Philharmonic TGA

$8,765

Life Education Trust EBOP

$2,000

$15,000

Fame Trust, Holdaway Trust

P Goodyear

Craigs Investment Partners, The Tindall Foundation, R&M McGowan

TGA Musical Theatre Inc

Katikati Primary School

Rainbow Youth Incorporated

$10,000

KPMG Community Fund, WBOP Women's Fund, P&C Peat, A Coad, R Preston-Thomas, R Laurie, S&N Turner

Friends of Bethlehem College

Tipu Skills for Life Charitable Trust

R&M McGowan, J Tingey, G&J Butler

$3,001

A&E Simpson, C Toop

$4,000

Youth Encounter Ministries Trust

A Finlayson-Smith, R&M McGowan

Cedar Hub Charitable Trust

F&F Sleath

Friends of Bethlehem College Scholarship

$2,890

Katikati Open Air Art

$13,552

Frank & Fay Sleath Scholarship

Charity Fund

$3,952

$5,000

$2,671

YMCA Tauranga

Craigs Investment Partners

A&E Simpson, B Nalder, B Sutherland, M Sutherland

TGA Police CIB

$12,000

Tauranga Moana Local Impact Fund

Life A Plenty Charitable Trust

The Wish For Fish Charitable Trust

The Tindall Foundation

$13,000

A Coad, M&L Bellerby, R&E Shepherd, S&M Freeman

$1,247

Whakatāne Citizens Advice Bureau

Anon

CCS Disability Action Services Ltd

$20,000

Findex

$3,490

Qoria NZ Limited

$10,000

$120,000

FAME Trust

Anon, A&J Hempstalk

$13,240

J Mickell

FAME Trust

Fame Special Award

Western Bay Heritage Trust

K&J Heuseveldt

Level Playing Field

Fame Mid-Career Award

The Vet Post Charitable Trust

$32,000

Katikati Innovative Horticulture Trust

$5,000

$60,000

Craigs Investment Partners, R&M McGowan, C Toop

$7,000

S&N Turner

FAME Trust

Welcome Bay Community Centre

$12,900

Casita Community Charitable Trust

$3,487

$283,927

N Campbell, Tauranga Help

R&M McGowan

M&A Jones, D Mutton, A&J Hempstalk

Waipuna Hospice

Tauranga Living Without Violence Collective Trust

Anon, D Mutton, A&J Hempstalk, Norfolk Community Health

Te Puke Kiwifruit Capital of the World Heritage Society Inc

$12,500

L Wootton, G&J Butler, J Sutherland

Ronald McDonald House Charities New Zealand Trust

$5,000

Stewart Trust, Mabey Family, Carruthers Trust, J Chappell-Mathias

Pukehina Surf Rescue Lifeguard Service

Road Safety Education Ltd

E Trowbridge

Fame Emerging Practitioner Award

Tauranga Community Housing Trust

$43,000

$12,000

$56,277

Eva Trowbridge Adult Learner Scholarship (UoW)

$2,000

Craigs Investment Partners, Anon J Chappell-Mathias, R&M McGowan

Craigs Investment Partners, The Tindall Foundation, R&M McGowan

E Trowbridge, J Chappell-Mathias, J&P Laing, D&L Caird, R Laurie

Anon

Katikati Community Centre Charitable Trust

Kura Kai

$19,590

The Tauranga Salvation Army

Anon, Liefdadig Foundation, Steele Family, J Round, J&P Laing, D&L Caird, A&C Smith, J Shaw, K Pensabene, K&R Hunt, L&K Christie, R&E Shepherd, A&J Hempstalk, J&R Dennis, J&G Clarke, M&L Bellerby, A Coad, P&D van Loghem, Althorp Village, G&J Butler, G&C Olsen

$3,765

$61,675

Eaddy Junior Rowing Trust

$7,000

Waimarino Education Trust

Holdaway Trust

R&M McGowan, Emergency Services Club

Eaddy Junior Rowing Award

G&J Butler

$23,895

TGA Hockey Association

Canteen Aotearoa

$60,070

The Tauranga Community Trust - 24-7 Youth

Tauranga Community Foodbank Trust

$8,000

$192,796

BOP Medical Research Trust

$2,262

Craigs Investment Partners, J&G Clarke, Mabey Family, Stewart Trust, L&K Christie, Holdaway Trust

C Toop, M Sutherland, S&N Turner

$10,922

$22,000

L Wootton

$7,000

Project Waihī Beach Charitable Trust T/A Live Well Waihi Beach

Steele Family, A&S Marshall, C Toop, S Ewart

R&M McGowan

Dr A Neil Graham Memorial BOP Medical Trust Scholarship

The Tauranga Bay of Plenty Hearing Association

B Sutherland

$5,000

Kidz Need Dadz Charitable Trust NZ

$3,000

$20,775

$2,260

E Trowbridge, N&M Bicknell, M&T Duncan

$57,320

Y Beresford

Dale Carnegie Youth Programme Scholarship

Fame Trust, G&S Horsley, C Jarman, Holdaway Trust

TMOTP Fund

Katch Katikati Incorporated

C Bithell, M&E Kershaw, S&M Freeman, L&K Christie, M&C George, A&E Simpson

Colin Deed Grant

The Tauranga Art Gallery Trust

Tauranga City Council

$28,580

Cancer Society of NZ Waikato/BOP Division

$2,000

$11,000

C&M Hewlett, L&K Christie

$8,000

C Tustain

The Tindall Foundation

Tauranga District Riding for Disabled

A Coad, A&S Marshall, B Sutherland

$2,000

Waihī Beach Community Centre Society (A Friends Place)

$5,600

KidsCan Charitable Trust (local support)

C Tustain

Christine Tustain Sports Award

Wāhine o Te Moana

F Campbell, N&M Bicknell

$13,130

Christine Tustain Classical Music Award

$2,540

Project Restore NZ Trust

Emergency Services Club, Anon

$5,000

$12,500

$1,145

Camp Quality Waikato/BOP

S&N Turner

M Sutherland

A&S Marshall

$7,000

$10,000

Charity Fund

IHC New Zealand

R&M McGowan

Cashmore Family

TGA City Basketball Assoc.

Cooney Lees Morgan

Kia Mau Charitable Trust

Cashmore Family Scholarship (TGA Boys' College)

TGA Citizens Advice Bureau

I am Hope Foundation

$12,000

$12,633

$5,000

UOKBRO NZ

Holdaway Trust

J Friis, H Hough, J&G Clarke

B Sutherland

$2,748

Noonan Family

$5,000

$5,500 $105,000

The Stroke Foundation of NZ Trust

J&M O'Reilly

PMG Charitable Trust

Commons-Roberts

The Pinc and Steel Cancer Rehabilitation Foundation

TGA Branch of Red Cross

Pillans Point School

Bruce Longmore Scholarship (UoW)

The Parkinson's NZ Charitable Trust

$5,708

$5,000

$11,620

H McLean

$9,600

R&M McGowan, M Sutherland

Owens Charitable Trust

The NZ Society of Genealogists

G&C Olsen, Charity Fund

$124,665

Bob & Joy Owens Scholarship

$23,114

$10,651

TGA Christian Community Trust

BOP Medical Students Scholarship Fund

DN & MJ Bassett, J&R Dennis, M&E Kershaw, R&E Shepherd, S&M Freeman

Unseen Heroes

T Woodman, D&L Caird

The Tindall Foundation

$800

$15,000

Bay of Plenty Medical Students Scholarship

The National Heart Foundation of NZ

Tauranga Boys' College Old Boys Association

Poutiri Charitable Trust

Budget Advisory Service (Whakatāne) Inc

$12,500

$255,664

Opus Orchestra Trust

Pongakawa School

$10,000

St Andrew's Church St Columba Church

TOTAL

$432,206

TOTAL DISTRIBUTIONS 2026

$6,236,930

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Friday 28 August 2026

Why daffodils?

Have you ever wondered why daffodils are the symbol of the Cancer Society of New Zealand’s major fundraiser?

According to the society, the iconic flower is recognised around the world as a symbol of hope for people impacted by cancer.

Daffodils mark the return of spring and new life, the society said.

“Bringing light after cold, dark winter days and the hope of a new beginning, it has become a symbol for people experiencing the winter of cancer diagnosis and treatment, finding hope of a new life ahead.”

According to the society, the daffodil was first used in Toronto, Canada, in the 1950s during volunteer-organised coffee mornings to raise money for cancer awareness and research.

Guests were given a daffodil as thanks for their support.

The daffodil eventually replaced the sword, which had been the society’s emblem since its establishment in 1929.

Daffodil Day wass introduced as the ssociety’s major street appeaal in 1990,

supported by principal sponsor, ANZ. The work to sell daffodils begins well before August, the society’s major fundraising month.

Daffodil bulbs need to be planted when the soil has cooled – in most parts of New Zealand this coincides with Easter.

The society said it sources hundreds of thousands of fresh daffodils through a nationwide network of commercial flower growers and dedicated local volunteers.

The society needs more than 600,000 fresh daffodils for each Daffodil Day. More than 50 daffodil farms are involved with Daffodil Day, with more than 40 located in the Wairarapa.

“Volunteer enthusiasm has always been a key part of Daffodil Days success. From the first group of Feilding volunteers who picked daffodils from local l cal p paddocks to exchange for a don nation, to the thousands who now take p part every year overr the country on tthe last Friday in A August. [An estiimated] 11,000 am mazing volunteers givve us a hand on D Daffodil Day,” the soociety said.

Give generously to help the one in three In New Zealand one in three Kiwis will receive a cancer diagnosis in their lifetime, according to the organisation that supports those affected.

“Each day 81 Kiwis hear the words, ‘you have cancer’,” said the Cancer Society of New Zealand’s website for its most iconic annual fundraising campaign.

“Daffodil Day is a chance to show your friends and family affected by cancer they’re not alone.”

The society said it’s the generosity of New Zealanders on Daffodil Day that help cancer patients and their whānau get the care and Daffodil Day stations will pop up around the practical support they need. country on August 28-29. Photo / Supplied This included crucial help getting to treatment via the society’s free volunteer with the Cancer Society to help driving service, through to specialist nursing on collection stations, or fundraise as an and psychology support, and accommodation individual, school, workplace, or community for those needing life-saving treatment far group through Daffodil Day’s online website from home. The society’s work also included at: daffodilday.org.nz local check-ins, and access to counselling and “Tragically, we will all be touched by this practical support. heartbreaking disease. That’s why we’re “Because cancer doesn’t just affect one encouraging you to give by registering to person. It affects partners, kids, parents, fundraise for Daffodil Day, or by donating,” friends, the whole whānau.” the society said.

Daffodil Day is also about donating in “We can’t thank you enough for your order to protect future generations of New support of Daffodil Day.” Zealanders by helping to fund worldHow to support leading cancer research and vital prevention All through August donations can be made programmes, the society said. online at: daffodilday.org.nz or at any branch This year Daffodil Day is on Friday, August of the ANZ bank – the Cancer Society’s 28 – but people of all ages can get involved major sponsor. any time during August.

Daffodil Day itself is Friday August 28, but There are many ways people can support there will also be collections in many main the fundraiser. People can donate to the centres and towns on Saturday, August 29 – cause online or donate or buy fresh daffodils so look out for the volunteer collectors! or daffodil pins on August 28. They can

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Frocks on Bikes riders pedal forr Daffodil Day Tauranga’s Frocks on Bikes is putting a colourful spin on fundraising this weekend, with riders encouraged to dress themselves and their bikes in yellow for a Daffodil Day ride.

The group will set off from BestStart Montessori Bethlehem on Te Paeroa Rd on Saturday, August 22, meeting at 9.45am for a 10am start.

Co-leader Rachel Blennerhassett said the 12km ride will be a little easier than some of the group’s previous outings, making it a good opportunity for regular riders and newcomers to join in.

“The route will head down Carmichael Rd and through the wetlands trails before crossing Carmichael Rd and continuing towards Waihi Rd,” Blennerhassett said.

“Riders will then travel through more trails and quiet suburban roads towards Castlewold Drive before making their way to Moffat Rd and the coffee stop at Bloom Café inside Décor Gardenworld.”

After time for refreshments and a chat, the group will cycle back to BestStart Bethlehem Montessori.

The ride will raise money for the Cancer Society’s Daffodil Day appeal.

Blennerhassett encouraged riders to bring cash for a donation or contribute

through the group’s online fundraising page. “Pretty up your bike, wear yellow yourself,” she said. “You can donate even if you can’t make the ride.”

People wanting to join the ride were asked to RSVP through the Frocks on Bikes Facebook event, or email: frocksonbikes.tauranga@gmail.com.

Donations can be made on the Frocks on Bikes Daffodil Day fundraising page even if people are unable to take part in the ride.

Led by Blennerhassett, Laura Ning, Katy Freeman, Andy Johns and Kelly Collis, Frocks on Bikes is all about making cycling accessible and enjoyable.

The community group has been quietlyy building momentum since it launched locally in 2010. Today it offers regular rides, social outings and a supportive environment for riders of all abilities.

Rides are held monthly, alternating between Saturdays and Sundays, and usually run for two to three hours, including a cafe stop.

“Let’s all get behind Daffodil Day,” Blennerhassett said. “It’s sadly true that we are all affected by cancer in some way, whether our own battle or the battle of a family member or friend.”

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Daffy Dippers take the plunge for Daffodil Day! A group of Tauranga women will swap their usual workout gear for yellow tutus and take a chilly dip in the sea next week to raise money for the Cancer Society.

The women, who are members of Mount Maunganui outdoor fitness group Outdoor Personal Training (OPT) for Health & Fitness, are taking part in the Daffy Dippers challenge in support of Daffodil Day. They will begin with their regular outdoor training session at Mount Drury on Wednesday, August 26, before heading to Pilot Bay for their Daffy Dip about 10.30am.

The OPT for Life team taking part in the challenge was formed after member Bev Standing came up with the idea following her father’s death from cancer last December.

“I just thought this will be a really good way to contribute to the cause,” Standing said.

Standing’s father lived in Britain and was diagnosed with

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cancer three-and-a-half weeks before he died. “It was so quick,” she said.

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Standing and her family also planted daffodil bulbs at Mount Maunganui Memory Meadow in April, and the Daffy Dippers fundraiser seemed a natural way to continue supporting the cause.

The Daffy Dippers challenge is also meaningful for other members of the OPT for Life group. “Cancer has affected their family and friends too,” Standing said.

About 10 women were involved, with the group having already raised more than $800 towards its $1000 fundraising goal.

The women had also embraced the fun side of the challenge, with members planning to wear yellow tutus alongside their OPT shirts and swim caps.

“We look ridiculous,” Standing said, with a laugh.

OPT founder and trainer Mark Pihema said the fundraiser fits well with its philosophy of supporting team members and

The Daffy Dippers will dip into the winter waters in support of Daffodil Day. Photo / Kelly O’Hara

building healthy relationships through fitness training and other social activities.

“This activity came about because of Bev’s father passing away,” he said. “She suggested the idea and we both immediately saw the value in doing it with the OPT members because we’re all about team.”

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“The women are planning to head to Pilot Bay after their morning workout but could go to Main Beach if the conditions are more sheltered there,” Pihema said.

Daffodil Day is the Cancer Society’s major annual fundraising campaign, helping

support people with cancer and their whānau through services including cancer information, support and care.

“The women have organised the activity themselves and the Cancer Society is delighted to support them,” Cancer Society Waikato/Bay of Plenty community fundraising events specialist Hayley Hickey said.

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The Bay of Plenty representative teams claimed both the 2026 Interdistrict Women’s and Men’s Team titles. Photo / Supplied

BOP squash h pllayers cllaiim two natiionall tiitlles Squash Bay of Plenty has cemented its status as the nation’s powerhouse after both its men’s and women’s representative teams claimed national titles at the New Zealand District Teams Championships.

The annual tournament, held in Hawke’s Bay last weekend, brought together 10 districts from around the nation and featured many of New Zealand’s leading players competing for national honours.

The Bay of Plenty women’s team continued their remarkable reign, securing the national championship for the ninth consecutive year, Squash Bay of Plenty said.

The side were unbeaten throughout the tournament, recording commanding 4-0 victories over Waikato, Wellington and Canterbury on their way to another title.

The championship-winning women’s team featured Ella Hill, Emma Merson,

Brooke Valios, Jaclyn Kemp and Winona Jo-Joyce.

Not to be outdone, the Bay of Plenty men’s team produced an equally impressive performance to capture the national crown.

The side opened with a dominant 4-0 win over Midlands before defeating Central 3-1 and Wellington 3-1 to complete an outstanding campaign and secure a memorable championship double for the region.

The victorious men’s team consisted of Alex Oakley, Vihan Chathury, Glenn Templeton, Jack Oliver and Taylor Harris.

The dual success reflected the strength of the squash pathway that’s been developed across the Bay of Plenty, from grassroots club programmes and volunteer support through to junior development, performance squads and elite training environments, Squash Bay of Plenty said.

Bay of Plenty Squash officials said the achievements were the result of years of

investment in player development and a strong sporting culture throughout the region.

“The systems, development opportunities and culture that have been built over many years continue to produce players capable of competing with the very best in New Zealand.

“A key contributor to that success has been coaching director Robbie Wyatt, whose leadership has helped drive the region’s sustained growth and competitive success.”

Officials said the latest national titles were a reflection not only of the players’ performances on court, but also of the wider squash community that continued to support and develop the sport throughout the region.

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Hundreds of native trees are taking root at a Tauranga reserve after volunteers helped restore a local wetland ecosystem last weekend.

Forty people from the World Mission Society Church of God planted 700 trees at Wairakei Reserve to restore the ecosystem and biodiversity, a statement said.

It is a global church in more than 7800 regions across 175 countries.

Tauranga City Council supported the activity by providing trees, gloves, and spades.

It was part of the church’s Hope Forest campaign to contribute to wildfire prevention, soil protection, and biodiversity conservation.

The campaign also included tree planting, invasive plant removal, pollinator protection, and forest clean-ups.

A church spokesperson said the aim was to make the ecological environment healthier and richer. “Wairakei Reserve is a wetland where various native plants grow and wildlife inhabits and walking and cycling paths have been created along the waterways so that local residents can enjoy nature up close.”

The trees were expected to improve water quality, prevent soil erosion, and provide food and shelter for wildlife.

Volunteer Melino Fotu said he enjoyed working with fellow volunteers for a meaningful cause.

“Knowing that these tiny seedlings will grow into a lush forest that helps restore our local ecosystem makes me incredibly happy and proud.”

Jaydene Barnes said the activity was a way to give back to the community.

“It’s a privilege to be a part of the ‘Forest of Hope’ and to see the tangible impact we can make when we come together.”

The activity lasted about two hours.

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Friday 21 August 2026

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Vintage stylle comes to life att Greenwood Park

Eight residents modelled garments from frr Judith Prattley’s Art Deco collection.

Greenwood Park residents stepped back into the glamour of the 1920s this month, when vintage cars, Art Deco fashion, pottery and music transformed the retirement village into a celebration of a bygone era.

The event at Greenwood Park in Hairini was organised by resident experience manager Mica Nomell, with resident Judith Prattley bringing her personal passion for the Art Deco era to life.

Prattley has collected 1920s and Art Deco clothing and accessories for more than 20 years, including piece pieces inspired by her visits to the Art Deco celebrations iin Napier.

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admired the vehicles and models in their period clothing.

Nomell said the Tauranga Vintage Car Club visits Greenwood Park each year, normally bringing about 15 vehicles and staying for two to three hours.

Inside the village’s refurbished Kaimai Cafe, residents enjoyed a free morning tea while the models continued the 1920s theme.

A display of Art Deco-era pottery and crockery also featured, including pottery associated with Dolly Cliff, the lesser-known sister of renowned British ceramic artist Clarice Cliff.

Prattley said she had prepared information about Dolly Cliff to accompany the

pottery display, describing it as a “quite cute” addition to the event.

For Nomell, the event was about more than vintage cars and fashion.

“It’s about our community and getting our residents out and about. It’s about social awareness, enjoying something different and a great chance to reminisce.

With 112 people attending it was a truly great event,” she said.

The morning gave Greenwood Park residents an opportunity to socialise, enjoy the vintage displays and share in Prattley’s enthusiasm for an era renowned for its distinctive fashion, design and style, she said.

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among the vintage vehicles brought along by the Tauranga Vintage Car Club.

Prattley said the clothes were a particular highlight for her. “I’ve got all these magnificent outfits,” she said. “They are beautiful clothes and accessories as well.”

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The 1920s event also featured a display of Art Deco-era pottery and crockery.

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Malyyon House residents Annie Berryy, Ross Adam and Pam Rhodes all become centenarians this year. Photo / Supplied

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This year, Malyon House Rest Home & Hospital in Mount Maunganui has the rare joy of celebrating not one, but three residents reaching their 100th birthday.

“Annie Berry, Ross Adam and Pam Rhodes have each lived a century of New Zealand history, and their stories are as rich and varied as the decades they’ve witnessed,” Malyon House director Amy Munro said.

Berry, who celebrated her birthday in June, remembers growing up in the Manawatū receiving a penny on Saturdays which she took to the grocer’s shop and spent on boiled sweets; and enjoying picnics on a tablecloth on the lawn under the beech tree with her mother on summer evenings.

Adam, who turned 100 earlier this month, recalls joining the Air Force at 19 as an air gunner, and had such a passion for flying he later bought a small plane he enjoyed flying from his home in Waiōuru.

On a scenic flight over the Tauranga area, he

decided it looked like a great place to live, later moving here with his family, Munro said.

Rhodes will celebrate her milestone birthday in November. She credits her passion for keeping active with reaching 100.

Sport was a highlight of her life, from her younger days in Gisborne right through to swimming every morning at 6am until she was well into her 90s.

These days she enjoys daily walks and attends regular exercise classes at Malyon House.

Reaching 100 is no small feat – and reaching it in such good company is something to be truly celebrated, Munro said.

“Along with their families, Malyon House staff and fellow residents have been marking each milestone with the warmth this community is known for – a reminder that a rest home is, above all, a home.

“We feel privileged to share this year with Annie, Ross and Pam,” Munro said.

“We’re incredibly proud to call them part of our Malyon House family. Congratulations to Annie, Ross and Pam – 300 years of life between them, and still going strong!”

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Friday 21 August 2026

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Discover, connect and d celebrate at Young at Heart Festival

Tauranga’s older residents will once again take centre stage this October as the Young at Heart Festival returns with a week of events dedicated to connection, learning and wellbeing.

Running from October 1 to 8, the festival aligns with the International Day of Older Persons on October

1 and highlights the important role older people play in shaping a vibrant, inclusive community.

Delivered by Tauranga City Council and Envirohub Bay of Plenty, the programme offers a wide range of activities designed to bring people together, encourage participation and create lasting social connections, said Envirohub Bayy of

Wha haioranga Trust’ss Around the World event in 2024.

Plenty project co-ordinator Rachael Pratt.

“From creative workshops and community lunches, to pickleball, environmental activities and local tours, the festival reflects the diversity of interests, talents and experiences among Tauranga’s older population.

“Popular events such as the Senior Choir Concert continue to draw strong community support while raising funds for local causes.”

At its heart, the festival is about recognising the value older residents bring to the city every day, Pratt said.

“Their knowledge, volunteer efforts, leadership and life experience enrich communities, strengthen social networks and help make Tauranga a better place to live.

“By creating opportunities

Above: Chris Townsend was captured in this image by Stevie Allison for 2024’s ‘Old is the New Black – Through the Lens’ photography competition.

Right: Envirohub Bay of Plenty co-chair Mary Dillon and Rosie Morrison planting a tree at the Envirohub closing ceremony in 2025. Photos / Supplied

for people to meet, learn and participate, the Young at Heart Festival reinforces an important message: ageing is not just about growing older, but about remaining connected, active and engaged in community life.”

Pick up a programme at Tauranga city libraries or visit: www.youngatheart.co.nz

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God is rich in kindness kii and grace – Part 2

Last time, we started thinking about how the qualities of kindness and showing grace are two hallmarks of the Christian faith.

We concluded Part 1 in my recent column by establishing that God, in his kindness and grace, set about restoring the broken relationship between humankind and Himself. The originally perfect relationship had been irrevocably broken because of the sinful disobedience of one

man, Adam.

Romans 5:19 gives us a strong clue about how God went about fixing the broken relationship: “For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous”.

Adam, the first man created by God, represented all of humanity when he (and his wife Eve) disobeyed God in the garden of Eden – read more about this in Genesis 1-3.

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Ephesians 1:7 puts it like this: “In Him [Jesus Christ] we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our wrongdoings [i.e. sins], according to the riches of His grace”.

Jesus died on a cross and shed his blood for your sins. Do you believe this?

Dear reader – I encourage you to pick up a Bible and read it and discover for yourself the richness of God’s great kindness and undeserved grace towards you.

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New live sculpture event to take over Ōmokoroa Ōmokoroa Peninsula is set to become an open-air art studio this November, with a new, live sculpture event bringing together artists, local stories and the coastal landscape.

Symposium at the Point will run at Ōmokoroa Domain November 12 to 22 from 10am-4pm daily, with 10 to 12 artists creating works on-site.

Led by Public Art Ōmokoroa, the event would turn the domain into a shared creative space, where visitors can watch artworks take shape over time and see the skill, thinking and materials behind each piece.

Public Art Ōmokoroa committee member Linda Chalmers said artists would come from across the North Island and create work inspired by the local environment, the history of the people, and the place itself, using materials including stone, wood, bamboo and metal.

“Unlike traditional gallery or completed exhibition, the symposium will give people the chance to see the creative process as it happens.”

The free event would also offer visitors the opportunity to talk directly with artists, ask questions and learn more about what has insp pired their work, Chalmers said.

“Through the event, organisers hope to deepen cultural experiences and open conversations about art, environment, history and place

amongst those visiting.”

Chalmers said an education programme would also be on-site for the 10-day symposium to give local students exposure to creative career pathways and the chance to see artists working in a public setting.

“Participating artists will also have a small display of work showcased at the domain pavilion, available for purchase, and visitors will be able to vote towards the selection of new art for permanent placement on the Ōmokoroa Peninsula.”

Financial support, to bring the event to life, was received from the Tauranga Western Bay Community Event Fund, plus grants from Centre Trust at Ōmokoroa, Creative Communities, the Wright Family Investments and donations from Friends and Patrons.

Symposium at the Point was also an official partner of 2026’s Bay of Plenty Garden and Art Festival on November 19 to 22, and would provide a creative lead-in to it.

TECT Community Trust chief executive Wayne Werder said the symposium would offer more than a chance to view new artworks.

“It creates a space for artists to connect with each other, for the community to engage with creative practice up close, and for local stories to be explored in wayys that are visible,, welcomingg and shared,” he said.

“New creative events like this help strengthen the region’s creative communityy, support local identityy and give people new reasons to gather, take part and feel connected to the place they call home.”

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Steamers home game in Rotorua tomorrow

Tauranga’ss inaugural Art Show on this month

The Bay of Plenty Steamers play a home game in Rotorua tomorrow night, for their fourth game on the 2026 Hilux NPC rugby season.

The Steamers versus Taranaki match will kick off at 7.35pm on August 22 at Rotorua International Stadium.

The 2026 NPC draw will see the Bay of Plenty team alternate between home and away games for the competition.

On August 28 the Steamers will play Auckland at Eden Park, with a 7.10pm kick off.

Tauranga hosts its first Steamers home game of

the 2026 NPC season on September 5 at 2.05pm, and will verse Manawatū.

Tickets to the Bay of Plenty Steamers’ Hilux NPC matches are available online through Flicket or Ticketmaster NZ. General admission prices typically start at about $25 for adults, with discounts if bought online ahead of time. Children under 5 gain free entry if seated on a caregiver's lap.

Full-season memberships and multi-game bundles are listed directly through the Bay of Plenty Rugby Union. Find out more at: www.boprugby.co.nz/ steamers

Bay of Plenty get ready, the largest art show arrives this month!

Handpicked artworks curated by hundreds of artists from the length and breadth of Aotearoa will be exhibited at the first ever Tauranga Art Show.

The show is to be held on August 28-30 at Mercury Baypark Arena, offering Bay of Plenty residents a visual extravaganza of more than 140 artists.

Ceramics, pottery, jewellery, sculpture, object art, textiles and wall art of every kind will be available, Art Shows Across Aotearoa director John Morrison said.

“Whatever your budget, you can find a treasure to take home with you.”

Tauranga has joined Christchurch, Queenstown, Wellington and Auckland as a home for the Art Shows Across Aotearoa brand. “Our goal is to give artists all over the country the opportunity to showcase their art and talk directly with the public,” Morrison said. “We offer a diverse range of works to art lovers in many locations.”

Visitors can expect a stellar line-up of artists who are happy to engage with visitors about their works and to demonstrate their techniques, Morrison said.

August 28 is the inaugural VIP preview and opening event, followed by two artpacked show days on August 29-30.

“Visitors can enter the show all Saturday

Artists at the first Tauranga Art Show will engage with visitors about their works. Photos / L McGrath and Sunday with a weekend pass, children Under-17 go free all weekend with an adult. The VIP Preview and Opening Nights are pre-sale events with catering and live entertainment.”

Doors are open 10am-8pm on Saturday, August 29, and 10am-5pm on Sunday, August 30. Purchase tickets online at: https://tickets.theartshow.co.nz// buy-tauranga-tickets/ Thanks to organisers, The Weekend Sun has four single weekend passes to Tauranga Arts Show on August 29-30 to give away to four readers who tell us where the event will be held? To enter, visit: www.sunlive.co.nz and click on the ‘competitions’ tab. Entries must be in by Tuesday, August 25.

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Tauranga to mark 100 years of sporting ties with India Tauranga has been chosen as one of five cities across the nation to host events in November as part of a sport programme to mark one century of sporting connections between New Zealand and India.

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Sport New Zealand is organising the 100 Years of Unity through Sport programme to run in Auckland, Christchurch, Hamilton and Wellington and Tauranga with cricket, bowls and football matches scheduled between New Zealand and Indian teams.

The main celebration period will run from November 9 to 22.

Tauranga’s involvement so far will be hosting two cricket matches at Bay Oval – the Black Caps’ fourth and fifth One-Day Internationals (ODI) against India on November 13 and 15.

Programme director Jamie Tout said that sport – specifically cricket – was the “first handshake” between New Zealand and India “and 100 years later it’s still bringing people together”.

The first India-New Zealand sport connection was in 1926, when an Indian Army hockey team toured Aotearoa and played a 17-match series that players and communities from both teams together.

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For Tout, Tauranga’s inclusion in November’s 100 Years of Unity through Sport programme reflected the city’s sporting credentials and ability to give the national celebration a strong regional and

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“Bay Oval has shown year-on-year that they’re able to deliver great cricket matches,” Tout said.

“But we wanted this to feel like a fully national programme, not just one city. Having Tauranga involved certainly gives it a different community feel, a great cultural touchpoint, but it also really showcases the fact that it’s a truly national celebration.”

Tauranga City Council’s community hubs, arts, heritage and events head Gareth Wallis said the city was “proud” to be one of the five host cities selected for the initiative, which is supported by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Event Boost Fund.

“Planning for the programme in Tauranga is under way, alongside hosting Black Caps versus India ODI matches at Bay Oval,” Wallis said.

He said council would work with Sport NZ, its own teams and community partners to identify opportunities that fit the wider programme.

“Our Community Development team, who hold strong relationships with our local Indian community, will play an important role in supporting engagement as the programme develops.”

While Bay Oval’s two ODI matches were the only Tauranga

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sporting events officially listed, Tout said the programme remained a work in progress.

“There’s ongoing [discussion] with other sporting groups, and they are talking with council about whether or not they can be hosted,” he said. “It’s an evolving conversation.”

Any additional sporting events would require agreement between the relevant sporting organisations in New Zealand and India, and the host city.

Tout hoped further sports, tours and events could be added, with hockey a particularly natural fit given the history of the 1926 tour.

“We would love to be able to tell you that story.”

Entry point

But sport was intended to be the entry point rather than the entire story, Tout said.

The national programme would also include community, cultural and business events, with opportunities around food, film, fashion and other activities.

Sport NZ said the celebrations were anticipated to create opportunities for people to connect through live sport, community activities and shared cultural experiences.

Tout said organisers were encouraging host cities to look at events already happening in their communities and consider how an Indian element could be incorporated.

“It could be an A&P show,” he said. “There’ll be a whole bunch of other areas in which this is not just sport.”

Indian community organisations were involved in shaping the programme, including the New Zealand Indian Sports Association, New Zealand Indian Central Association and New Zealand Indian Business Council.

Experience the richness

The New Zealand Indian Central Association is celebrating its centenary this year, creating an opportunity for the two 100-year milestones to be connected. “We want Indian communities to see themselves in the programme and for the wider public to experience all that richness that India brings and contributes to society here in New Zealand,” Tout said.

The emphasis, he said, was on creating something people could participate in rather than simply watch.

“It’s not just something they can come and watch, but something they can be a part of.”

The programme is also intended to strengthen the relationship between the two countries beyond 2026.

Tout pointed to New Zealand Rugby’s recent involvement in India, including sending coaches there, as an example of how sporting connections can develop longer-term relationships. “We’re celebrating 100 years of history while building relationships for the next 100,” he said. More Tauranga events will be announced as planning progresses.

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Captions on and inclusion in!

Sonic Cinema managger Melanie Mills and Hearingg Sup pport BOP Taurangga managger Helen Rodgers will host an open caption movie screening on August 30. Photo / John Borren

An open caption movie will be screened in Tauranga this month specifically for the Bay of Plenty’s hard of hearing and deaf community.

Hearing Support Bay of Plenty, Sonic Cinema, The Incubator Creative Hub and

Tauranga City Council have collaborated to screen The Lady in the Van on Sunday, August 30 from 1pm at The Historic Village’s Community Cinema.

The screening will have assistive captioned text throughout the duration of the film, providing an inclusive

viewing experience for those with hearing loss.

Hearing Support BOP Tauranga manager Helen Rodgers said enjoying a full movie experience in a cinema can be difficult for those with hearing loss.

“While sound in general is heard, speech clarity of is often difficult to pick up and so a lot of the plot can often be missed.”

Rodgers said she hadn’t been to a cinema much herself in 20 years due to hearing difficulties and needing the assistance of captions. “To see a movie, actually out at the movies – rather than just sitting at home watching Netflix with subtitles – will be great.”

Some Bay of Plenty cinemas offer individualised transcribing ‘machines’ for people with hearing loss, but this doesn’t include captions on the actual cinema screen during a movie, Rodgers said.

Sonic Cinema has been facilitating inclusive low-sensory cinema screenings for hard-of-hearing, deaf, neurodiverse and disabled members of the community at the Community Cinema since 2017.

This screening will be the third opencaptioned film collaboration with Hearing

Festivals, festivals, and more festivals One festival finishes, another arrives.

Busy times...

Last week was Loserpalooza at Totara Street as well as the announcement of the full programme for the Tauranga Arts Festival.

The arts festival is not until the latter part of October but let’s get in early, given that one of the headline acts, Macy Gray – possibly Tauranga’s most impressive booking since Dr John at the 2010 jazz festival – has already sold out.

First, a few words about Loserpalooza, celebration of the hardcore and alternative, 25 bands in 12 hours. It was fantastic. I know I keep issuing semi-warnings like “it’s not for everybody” but I’m now wondering why. No music is for everybody. I have friends who would pluck out their own eyeballs if I played them a 12-bar blues.

That’s okay. Each to their own.

Music transcending age

Indeed what struck me at Totara Street was the all-ages nature of the gig. I left at 5pm, by which time the place was full, the tenth band

was playing, and the 7pm age-restriction hadn’t started.

The crowd ranged from 16 to 70. Same with the bands.

And everyone dug it all, the oldest enjoying the youngest and vice versa. I’m not sure that’s true of many musical genres.

Two of the big beasts, Threat.Meet.Protocol and Grown Downz, kicked things off. Why is there no more Big Day Out for these bands to play at? An early highlight was Joel from Grown Downz playing Rumble by Link Wray.

Talk about music transcending age...

My picks were a very tight set from three-piece Kingfish that rattled the walls, the pop-punk pleasure of Cat Face, and an imposing set from Eddie and The Dreamers, whose songs all start as friendly 1950s garage rock and finish as screaming apocalypses.

They’re very much a family unit, fronted

by Ed Gains, AKA Ross Sutherland. His son Wilco played impressive guitar, but attention kept going to a shirtless Mitchell Shannon, also on guitar, son of bass player Dave Shannon, not just for his playing but for a most active stage presence which included bouncing his guitar neck-first on the stage. It survived.

Sounds enrapturing

I was particularly knocked out because I’d just seen him in guitar-drum duo Everything is F****ed. Sorry, no way around that name really. It was possibly the most extreme half hour of music I’ve heard all year. Three songs.

The one with singing was 50 seconds long.

Other than that it was a raging cauldron of noise from which rhythms and riffs and sounds emerged only to be subsumed again by the churn. All at brain-boggling volume.

Well, it's not for everyone...

Oops. Got carried away and forgot the arts festival. I will, obviously, return to it. Topping my musical list there are Li’l Chuck The One-Man Skiffle Machine, soulful singer Louis Baker, who arrives with a hot new album, and Michael Houstoun, combining with ambient explorers Jack Hooker and John Psathas, who create ambient soundscapes for his playing of Debussy, Satie and other French piano composers. Sounds enrapturing.

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Weight Capacity – 150kg Weight with Batteries – 85kg Motor Size – 24V / 400W PACKAGE INCLUDES Max Forward Speed – 10km/h FREE 3 year Get Home Safe program Distance Range – up to 30km Ground Clearance – 9cm FREE Tool Kit and d Safety Flag Batteries – 12V / 35Ahx2 FREE Cane and Cane Holder Overall Dimensions – 1270x610x1080mm FREE Dustcover &Rear Storage Bag Full Front and Rear Suspension High Back Swivel Seat and Adjjustable Tiller

NORDIC LUXURY EXPLORER LORER

NORDIC LUXURY CRUISER

$ From onlly 35 per week**

$ Fro om onlly 35 per week**

for 36 months with a $2000 Deposit

**subject to terms and conditions.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Weight Capacity – 180kg Weight with Batteries – 147kg Motor Size – 24V / 800W Max Forward Speed – 15km/h Distance Range – up to 60km Ground Clearance – 12cm Batteries – 12V / 75Ahx2 Overall Dimensions – 1480x640x1120mm Full Front and Rear Suspension

PACKAGE INCLUDES

for 36 month hs with a $1500 Deposit

Large e Heavy Dutyy Luxury Scooter..

FREE 3 year AA A Get Home Safe program FREE Tool Kiit and Saffety Flag FREE Cane and Cane e Holder FREE Rear Storage Bag FREE Dustco over F F REE Windscreen Luxury High Back Adju ustable Swivel Seat Adjustable Tiller

**su ubject to te erms and conditions.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Sport rty t Luxury

Scooter.

Weight Capacity – 150kg PACKAGE INCLUDES Weight with Batteries – 110kg A Get Home Safe program FREE 3 year AA Motor Size – 24V / 800W FREE Tool Kit and d Safety Flag Max Forward Speed – 15km/h FREE Cane and Cane Holder Distance Range – up to 50km Ground Clearance – 12cm FREE Rear Storag ge Bag & Windscreen Batteries – 12V / 55Ahx2 FREE Dustcover Overall Dimensions – 1380x630x1150mm Luxury High Back Adjustable Swivel Seat Full Front and Rear Suspension Adjustable Tiller