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Daylight saving is daylight robbery As some of you may already know, it’s Easter this weekend.

we are really only getting back what was wrongfully taken from us at the start of the Daylight Robbery season.

And there’s a bizarre twist, Sleepyhead warns that “bedrooms are dangerous”. They base this on research that says one in 20 Kiwis have broken a toe in the bedroom.

So much for the Toe Hold Sex Position.

We always suspected it was hazardous. Always wear steel caps into any unknown bedroom antics. Anyone in jandals is clearly asking for trouble.

Researchers also reckon New Zealanders need help getting to sleep, apparently.

We use reading, sex, sleeping tablets and warm milk, according to the study.

Here at RR, we don’t believe this.

There’s no way you can sensibly turn the pages while engaged in the Toe Hold Position while doped off your face on sleeping pills, and not spill the milk over your book.

It’s a special time of year to celebrate the crucifixion of Jesus (and more recently cricketers) and subsequent resurrection... as a bunny that lays bogus eggs, made of anything except yolk. At least that is how the chocolate manufacturers interpret the story.

Less gullible readers, of course, know there’s more to the story than that. There’s another angle on this, inside the back pages of this edition.

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“Don’t drink and Fry” is a worthy campaign from the Fire Service. Anything that helps save lives is good.

Unfortunately, it also makes heroes out of

pissheads. The TV campaign features sozzled takeaway customers extolling the virtues of chips and burgers instead of rolling home drunk and cooking.

Here’s a better idea – don’t get so boozed in the first place, that you can’t effectively look after yourself, either in the kitchen or on the street.

Just putting it out there.

I don’t like cricket, oh no

The least said about the cricket, the better. “I don’t like cricket, oh no, I loathe it, yeah.” With apologies to 10CC. Since I know nothing about cricket and intend to keep it that way, I decided to watch as little as possible.

Unfortunately, living in a cricket-mad family meant that some of the sporting hype seeped insidiously into the weekend, so there was no true escape from the pain.

(At which point my wife says I should add something here about how well they did…small country and all that…making it to the finals…yawn).

The least exposure to Aussie gloating the better, especially coming hard on the heels of Winston gloating after his monumental victory in Northland.

Anyway, you’ve all had a week’s recovery from the disaster, and hopefully McCullum and Taylor have since talked to Dean Barker and realised that the world isn’t all that sad after all.

Parting thought:

A reminder, Saturday night before bed: Don’t drink and fry. Put on your steelcaps, perform your twice-yearly sheet change.

Get a good grip on your milk mug. Turn your clocks back a year.

Parting shot:

After the weekend’s impressive performance by their cricket team, the Australian Olympic selectors have announced the squad for the next Winter Olympics will include all 11 from Sunday’s match at the MCG. They’ll all compete for gold in the sledging. brian@thesun.co.nz

IMPORTANT STUFF: All material is copyright and may not be reproduced without the written permission of the publisher. Sun Media makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all information and accepts no liability for errors or omissions or the subsequent use of information published. There are a couple of theories on the origins of the cricketing term “sledging.” Ian Chappell claims in the mid sixties a cricketer who swore in the presence of a woman was said to have reacted to an incident “like a sledgehammer”. As a result, the direction of insults or obscenities at opponents became known as “sledging”. Meanwhile other sources point to an opening bowler for New South Wales. Rumour was that his wife was having an affair with another team-mate, and when he came into bat the fielding team started singing When a Man Loves A Woman, an old Percy Sledge song.

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Quit pussyfooting around Slap a curfew on Tauranga’s cats, set traps around sensitive wildlife areas like the Mount and for owners who fail to manage their pets…well, they lose them.

Tough talk from the Morgan Foundation’s Geoff Simmons.

“It’s not hardball – it’s a reasonable solution,” says Geoff. “And one which people will get to appreciate.”

The foundation wants to throw up a one kilometre exclusion zone around the blue penguin rookeries at Mauao. And if domestic cats which breach the zone aren’t microchipped and can’t be identified then they don’t get to go home. The end.

One kilometre is as far as domestic urban cats will wander, says Geoff.

“So any cat within a kilometre of the Mount could be knocking off blue penguins.”

Speaking to The Weekend Sun from Wellington, Geoff says ‘hardball’ is being played all around New Zealand but it’s under the table. “If a domestic cat causes problems near a sensitive wildlife area, they’re getting quietly picked off, getting shot.”

“It’s just not being talked about,” says Geoff.

But he cites the example of ‘Teddy’, a domestic Persian/Bengal caught in a pest trap 800 metres inside a wildlife sanctuary north of Auckland.

The cat was near a threatened population of endemic Moko skinks. Rangers shot the intruder through the chest.

The businessman biker, economist and foundation benefactor Gareth Morgan has a notoriously hardline attitude to cats. “Sadistic natural born killers,” he calls them, and he’s suggested they all be “eradicated”.

Geoff says Morgan is aware of the plight of the blue penguins at the Mount. He’s a local – he owns a property on Marine Parade.

But it seems the foundation has a more tempered view and more tempered solutions than the boss.

Geoff suggests a three-pronged solution of cat curfews, microchips and traps for errant domestic cats.

“Australia has a nationwide policy of microchipping,” says Geoff.

“They treat their cats like their dogs and people soon appreciate the benefits. If a cat wanders, it’s brought back. If a cat causes a neighbourhood dispute it’s easy to sort the culprit.”

Parts of Australia have a night curfew on cats, ironically to protect possums, and it works well.

“Ideally, for us the curfew would be dawn and dusk.

That means a cat could be let out during the day but you’d want it back in when you get home from work.”

The Morgan Foundation has already floated the idea in Wellington…an idea the SPCA has called “hair-brained and offensive”.

It would mirror measures in Canberra and Sydney.

Cat owners pay a hefty fine if their animal is caught off their property between set hours.

“Here in New Zealand I believe microchipped cats should be returned with a warning to owners – your cat was found near the colony – maybe you should think about ways to stop your cat wandering,” says Geoff.

But he’s taken his curfew proposal further. He wants “humane traps” set up around sensitive wildlife areas. And only microchipped cats, which can be identified, are returned to their owners. Then they can start applying the screws.

“Return the cat and give the owner a bit of education, then start charging a return fee; and ultimately if the owner still refuses to manage their cat, then you just don’t take the cat home.”

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Darrell’s ‘blind’ battle on the pitch He’s totally blind in his right eye and has about three per cent vision in his left one. He’s also a little bit deaf. But Tauranga’s Darrell Peri can still play cricket.

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Earthworks opposition heard

Tauriko residents opposed to an extended earthworks development knew the site was zoned for development when they bought their land, according to the developers’ counsel.

The Gargan Rd land, on the plateau owned by the Tauriko Business Estate, has been zoned for industrial development since before two of the objectors bought their land in 2006 and 2009, says Kate Barry Piceno.

Four residents are opposing the resource consent application, disputing the predicted noise levels from the heavy earthmoving machinery that’s expected to take three-to-five years.

Paengaroa crash victim named

Police have named the 47-year-old Te Puke man who was killed in a two-car crash on State Highway 33 near Paengaroa.

Ian Barton Foote was the driver of the Honda vehicle that collided head on with a Volvo at about 10.10am on Monday. He died at the scene, while the driver of the Volvo, from Hamilton, was transported to Tauranga Hospital with “moderate to serious injuries”.

Mould answers slow

Answers to Tauranga City Council’s mould-ridden, leaking building problem might take a while to surface into the public domain.

That’s the message from Project Clean manager Terry Wynyard, who admits the overall picture surrounding the Willow St HQ is taking a while to emerge.

Terry is a former council environmental services manager – the department responsible for food licences, building consents and environmental engineering.

He’s now co-ordinating TCC’s response to the leaks and stachybotrys mould, which has emptied city hall of most of its employees.

Car takes out power pole

A power pole was smashed into “several pieces” after being hit by a car on Borell Rd at about 8.30am Monday morning.

Power was restored in Te Puna and Whakamarama following the crash, with a reporter on the scene describing seeing a crumpled car in a nearby creek.

“The car ended up in a creek and was barely visible from the road.”

Funds touted for Katikati museum

Plans to re-instate a museum in Katikati have moved forward after Western Bay of Plenty District Council hinted at backing a $210,000 fit-out during the coming year.

Part of its Long Term Plan consultation, WBOPDC is hitting the road to talk to ratepayers in a series of community roadshows.

Katikati Heritage Museum closed its doors last May due to financial difficulties, with council taking ownership of the collection to ensure its preservation.

SunLive Comment of the week

On the subject of proposed new speed limits in Te Puke, Joe P writes: “I for one will agree on these speed limits. It’s been an interesting experience trying to negotiate some of the intersections in the current 70km areas. It’s very dangerous as some vehicles are driving faster than the speed limit, leaving no room for error. We need to lower the speed limits on the outer fringes. Let’s get it right guys, this is the time to make changes”.

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Darrell is one of the first members of the Bay of Plenty Blind Cricket team. The irony is, the 55-year-old doesn’t consider himself a cricketer.

“I’ve been brought up all my life in softball. I’ve represented Taranaki and Bay of Plenty.”

He used to play super league netball, indoor cricket, touch rugby – and spend a lot of time at the gym. “I was a gym junkie,” says Darrell.

This was right up until ‘the crash’. The crash that sent him into almost complete blindness.

On November 1, 2009, Darrell, then 49, was riding his motorbike near Lake Rotorua when he was hit by a van and dragged 20m down the road.

“She was pretty serious,” says Darrell, who suffered a head injury and wounds to his body. “Five weeks in intensive care and three months in Waikato Hospital.”

His wife Sandy calls him a ‘miracle’. “It was about four times we were told he wasn’t going to make it.”

He is here though, and he has no broken bones. But he’s completely blind in his right eye, has only a little bit of sensual and peripheral vision in his left eye.

“Things are rather blurry,” says Darrell.

“I’m classed as legally blind.” Darrell thought he’d never play sport again. Until an email from the Blind Foundation last February invited him to come and see what blind cricket is all about. “Excuse the pun,” laughs Darrell.

BOP Blind Cricket president Steph Jobson says blind cricket is played just like sighted cricket, except with a plastic ball filled with ball bearings, metal wickets and under arm bowling.

“And it’s a lot louder because we have to yell to each other and give directions to them.”

But Darrell’s slightly deaf too.

“I’ve got hearing aids. I got them cranked up in a different type of zone so I can hear the ball coming down.”

It seems nothing will stop him playing sport.

“I love it,” says Darrell.

The Bay’s 11 blind cricketers, aged 18-55, will play their first big game against Manakau in the Summer Series competition at Blake Park on Good Friday.

Darrell’s looking forward to it.

Anyone interested in joining the team can email Steph Jobson at jobson@kinect.co.nz

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Darrell Peri is one of the first members of the Bay of Plenty Blind Cricket team. Photo by Bruce Barnard.

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New scooter – a sad Jack Cloughley made happy. Photo by Tracy Hardy.

When Jack got home on Tuesday evening, after The smile exploded right off Jack losing a rippa rugby match, his spirits needed a lift.

Cloughley’s 10-year-old face.

So we presented him with the “very wicked” new Faith and understanding was restored – he had a blue Grit Tremor. new scooter to replace his stolen $400 state-of-the-art He was gobsmacked and when he gathered himself, Blunt Prodigal. he said: “Thanks, cool” – which amounts to an emoJack had a nasty life lesson the other day when his tional outpouring from a 10-year-old bloke. scooter was knicked from under his nose, from the But there’s an unfortunate postscript to all this. As security cage at Papamoa Primary. an excited Jack was doing 180s in the driveway his He was devastated to the point he almost cried. The Mum Delwyn Cloughley tells us two more scooters Weekend Sun highlighted Jack’s plight in last Friday’s had been stolen that very day. edition – and the paper received this message.

Down at Papamoa Primary, deputy principal Wayne “Hi guys – About Jack’s stolen scooter. I can offer Whitaker thought they’d done everything necessary Jack a new grit scooter worth $300 for free.” to keep stuff secure. “Now the security cage where A kind message from a man who had the measure scooters and bikes are stored is only opened after the of Jack’s despair – Kel Travers of the Indoor Tramp school bell, to reduce opportunity for thieves.” and Skate Park in Triton Ave at Mount Maunganui.

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Tauranga City is running towards 21km of celebration with the countdown on to the 10th anniversary of the Tauranga Half Marathon.

Sunday, April 12 marks the 10th annual event of the race, with organisers already expecting numbers to go past to 1100 competitors.

Starting from Fergusson Park runners and walkers head along the waterfront and downtown before returning to the park.

This year’s anniversary event features the Half Marathon distance, but there are also 14km, 7km and one mile (1.7km) options for those seeking a slightly shorter challenge.

In 2014, the event attracted more than 300 entrants from outside the Bay of Plenty region, part of a record turnout of more than 1000 competitors.

With supporters and family, the total number of visitors to the region is estimated to be more than 600.

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ing visitation to Tauranga,” says event organiser Luke Garea.

“The Tauranga Half has significant potential to grow and we are specifically targeting the Waikato and Auckland markets.”

Tauranga Mayor Stuart Crosby congratulates everyone involved in the upcoming event – in what’s become one of New Zealand’s must-do half marathons.

“To be celebrating 10 years is a milestone and worthy of celebration,” says Stuart.

“Events like the Tauranga Half Marathon play a key role in showcasing our city locally, nationally and internationally. They help create opportunities for businesses and residents alike, and bring positive economic benefits to our city.”

To celebrate the 10th anniversary, organisers are offering any child 10 years old on the day the chance to run for free. Also, a child of any age can run for free if they’re accompanied by a paying adult.

For more information, see www.taurangahalfmarathon.co.nz

Korean agreement great for kiwifruit growth There has been much recent talk of free trade agreements.

Opening up world markets to our exports is crucial for the long-term success of the New Zealand economy and politicians like me bang on endlessly about the importance of new free trade agreements. But what do they really mean for us here in the Bay of Plenty, and for people living in local towns like Katikati?

Let’s have a look at the positive impacts that will come directly to our local communities from the new free

trade agreement just signed between Korea and New Zealand.

Already our sixth largest export destination, Korea is a dynamic and growing economy. There is a strong historic relationship between our two nations.

Koreans love kiwifruit. We grow kiwifruit and we sell big quantities of kiwifruit to Korea already.

In the past we have exported as much as $76 million worth of kiwifruit to Korea in a single year but doing so involved us paying high duties and tariffs imposed by Korea on those exports.

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Attack victim’s life sentence

Tony Sowry has an artificial eye after losing his in an attack in 2013. Photo by Tracy Hardy.

The last thing Tony Sowry expected while sitting at his Plummers Point home in December 2013 was to be the victim of a brutal home invasion.

But after four men, who were sentenced to prison last week, burst into his home, Tony’s life would never be the same.

Tony was sitting at home with his son Shannon when they heard a noise outside.

“My son went to see what it was and all I remember him saying was: “Oh my god!”

Tony, who used to be an award-winning cabinet making and plumber, was beaten so badly in the attack all the bones in the right side of his face were broken, he had several skull fractures and his right eye had to be surgically removed.

Carl Tremayne, Takatu Ahomiro, Jay Beguely and Tama Waitai were given prison sentences after being found guilty at a trial last year of the home invasion in Plummers Point in December 2013.

During the three-hour prolonged assault, Tony was

beaten in the head with a crowbar, thumped with other weapons and pushed onto the couch while his assailants ransacked his house.

As he was pushed on the couch, Tony recalls feeling the broken bones in his face grinding together. Tony ended up driving himself to Tauranga Hospital because St John Paramedics had to wait for Police to secure the scene before they would come onto the property.

One of the memories Tony has from being at hospital is seeing nurses cry.

“I had never seen nurses cry. They would tap me on the shoulder and tell me it was going to be ok.”

Since the attack, Tony’s been in the care of psychologists to help with the mood swings he has.

“I had a fight with my son the other day and haven’t spoken to him in a while because of my erratic moods.”

He can no longer work and has been told by the optometrist to limit his driving to short distances as the vision in his left eye is not 100 per cent.

“I have 20/20 vision when it comes to long distance, but short distance is a problem.”

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The late wildlife photographer Brian Chudleigh captured this shot of his 16-year-old daughter Janice witnessing Humphrey in the waterhole in the Uretara Stream in the 1980s.

Kiwifruit, murals and earless seals There we were – Hunter and Humphrey – man and beast lolling around Katikati on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

Thrown together by fate – or Humphrey’s dicky biological compass – or the whiff of a story.

I always thought Katikati was somewhere you passed through on the way to somewhere else. But no – we’d stopped here. Humphrey for all eternity; and me for a considerable lesser time.

Ponging smell

In reality Humphrey was three tonnes of itinerant blubber – a sea elephant, barking, snorting, angry, threatening, and apparently ponging like a sewer outfall.

Sea elephants do eat and poop seafood. But despite himself, we still managed to romanticise Humphrey.

He frequented Katikati and the Tauranga Harbour coastline during the 1980s, creating a stir as he went, with people perhaps experiencing their closest encounter with a sea elephant – ever.

“He did put Katikati on the map,” says long-time local Selwyn Mair, with qualification. “A little bit.”

So Humphrey was bigger than kiwifruit, murals and the potato top pies from the Cambodian

bakery? “Not really, I don’t think so,” says Selwyn. Let us keep the Humphrey phenomena in perspective. But we loved the idea Humphrey chose us, chose Katikati, ahead of his harem and the frozen Sub-Antarctic wastelands and all points in between.

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He’d even thumbed his ample proboscis at pretentious Bowentown to reach fun city - the estuaries, creeks and mud holes of Uretara Stream.

We didn’t care we didn’t own Humphrey – we just loved the idea of a bus and carloads of visitors coming to Katikati to see another visitor. Katikati just sat comfortably in the middle, selling gallons of tea and acres of scones.

And even when Humphrey did a bunk we kept the memory alive.

There he is – for all time – large but inanimate, hewn from a macrocarpa log down by Uretara Jetty just off Main St in Katikati where he’s pictured, painted and pawed – a monument to his own legend.

Substantial sculpture

Everyone I speak to in Katikati steers me to the statue. I’m not immediately taken by it because Humphrey is not to scale, it’s not an exactness, nor the right colour.

“But it’s a quite substantial sculpture,” says a mildly offended

Selwyn. “And if it’s not the same size, it’s pretty close.” Selwyn should know – he encountered Humphrey several times.

Sculptor Neville Warner’s artistically defensive of is creation. “It’s a freehand chainsaw carving mate.”

And the artist is only as good as his resources. In this case the artist was constrained by the size of the log. Fair enough.

And we’re grateful because Neville found the log in West Auckland, trucked it to Katikati, and sculpted and gifted it to the town he grew up in. Gratis.

“Because that’s the kind of person I am I suppose – stupid perhaps?” No, magnanimous definitely Neville.

Wallowing around

There’s a colour issue though.

The sculpture is brown like an Easter offering and sea elephants are grey. There is a simple disgusting explanation which you can skim read if you choose. They develop brown or rusty orange patches while they’re ashore moulting, apparently wallowing in their own excrement which stains their hide. We will sanitise history in this case and say Humphrey never had that urge.

To read the full story, go to SunLive.co.nz and search ‘Remembering Humphrey and all his glory’.

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Rena all clear from TBT pollution One of the last reports expected to be released before the Rena hearings processes begin this month dispels another public fear about leaving the wreck remnant on the reef.

The possibility that tributyltin anti-fouling will leach from the sunken wreck and damage the reef ’s marine life has been raised by opponents to the option of leaving the large stern section on the reef.

An investigation of sea snails on Astrolabe reef has cleared them of any traces of pollution from the TBT paint on one of the Rena wreck’s antifouling layers.

The sea snail survey data joins the latest round of scientific results to be sent to Bay of Plenty Regional Council and submitters on April 7.

Sea snails, or whelks, are so

sensitive to TBT that amounts too small to even detect directly can cause female whelks to grow penises. The Cawthron Institute study commissioned by Beca involved collecting a population of Astrolabe Reef whelks and scientifically determining if they have grown penises. They haven’t.

Nor has the control population of sea snails collected from nearby Okaparu Reef.

Tin based anti-fouling was used on the former containership Rena in 1999, and later treated and overpainted. The ship struck Astrolabe Reef on October 5, 2011 and later broke up with the larger stern section of the wreck sliding down the reef into deeper water and settling at 50m deep.

The hearing to determine whether to leave the remainder of the wreck on the reef begins on June 23. Results include surveys, video imaging data, an ecological characterisation report, most recent sampling results, and

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Between April 7-30 the experts representing the various parties will meet in facilitated sessions to discuss how the data helps or hinders their views of the issues.

The applicant for the resource consent, the Rena owners Daina Shipping Co and insurers The Swedish Club, provide evidence from technical experts on May 4. On May 21 the Bay of Plenty Regional Council and submitter experts will file technical experts’ briefs of evidence.

The owner’s and insurer’s rebuttal evidence to the technical experts’ briefs is provided on June 8, and the hearing itself is set down for about three weeks.

The commissioners are retired Environment Court judge Gordon Whiting, Cultural Commissioner Rauru Kirikiri, marine engineer John Lumsden, and environmental scientist Dr Shane Kelly. A venue is yet to be decided.

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Paddles ready for a world record attempt Tauranga kayaker Tim Taylor is in his final two weeks of preparations before attempting to take a 24-hour kayaking world record.

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He needs to kayak more than 194.1km, and has chosen the 220km stretch from Omaha Beach in Auckland to Tauranga for the course.

Following a hard summer of training, Tim’s still paddling 30-50km each day and is now looking to weather conditions to settle in to what he thinks will be ideal for the attempt.

“I still hold down a full-time job as a kayak guide so it’s been impossible to get away for long periods of time.

“Even doing a three-four hour training sessions after a full day of guiding is often a stretch…it’s a real mental game.”

For his surf ski to perform at it’s optimum, Tim needs light north to northeast winds and a swell of up to one metre.

There are no rules on what conditions he’s allowed to set the record in, so he’s just planning to watch the forecasts and go when he gets the best combination.

He’s departing from Omaha because it’ll give him more of a straight run across the Hauraki Gulf, and the trip is weather-dependent.

“I want a bit of a northerly swell to be following me the whole way,” says Tim. It means he’ll hopefully have the same sea state right through, instead of having to punch into a northerly while paddling out of Auckland; then have cross winds across the Firth of Thames.

“It’s more of a straight run if you go across the Gulf and down the Bay of Plenty, it’s a bit easier with the forecasts.

“Then you have also got tides and stuff which affect you if you are inside of the harbour.

“It’s a nice stretch and Auckland-Tauranga happened to be about the right length; it’s quite cool to be able to paddle from Auckland to Tauranga too.”

Tim was running round the Mount one day when the question popped into his head”: ‘What is the world record for sea kayaking?’

Tim’s no stranger to kayak records. He’s the first person to attempt to paddle round New Zealand as a solo voyage.

He’s the second person to have kayaked round the country and Stewart Island; and he’s the youngest, and the quickest.

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

“When I did some research I learnt that there are many types of kayaking records, but the one I was drawn to was the ‘Greatest Distance in 24 hours in a kayak - male – ocean’,” says Tim. “It turns out this is 194.1km but I was shocked to find this was set in 1986…the year I was born.”

Tim says he “strives on challenges and need something to focus on to keep motivated”.

By Andrew Campbell

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It’s an investment -not a toy

Ross Brown is a selfprofessed ‘techno-nut’ who loves gadgets and things.

Big and expensive gadgets and things.

His latest toy cost him $20,000.

But he’d tell you it’s more an investment in the inexorable global drive toward emission free motoring than a toy.

It’s a 100 per cent electric car, a Nissan Leaf. The green organs of a plant are such a misnomer for something black, hot and fast.

Ross is just one of 75,000 Leaf owners worldwide but ‘after a bit of an experiment’ he’s now an electric proselyte, proud and preachy. And straight away he wants to put to bed a widely held misconception that all-electric cars are sluggish, that you have to wait for them to crank up.

“I put my foot down and it throws me back in the seat.”

The Leaf is powered by an 80kW synchronous electric motor with a 24kW lithium-ion battery with 3.3kW on-board charger. That’s manual speak. Ross translates.

“It’s got the power, grunt and oomph of any good car, and probably better than most.”

This from a man who owned a two litre turbo diesel Audi. “Cer-

Ross Brown with his new investment - a 100 per cent electric car. tainly as much grunt as that car.”

He dabbled with the idea of an all-electric car a few years ago. He took one for a romp, he couldn’t help himself. “It was fascinating and surprisingly easy to drive.”

Ross had an electrically-charged epiphany. He stored the information. And when he took a career shift, selling houses, driving 500km a week and spending $120 on gas, the all-electric option became very realistic economically.

“It costs me $30 to $35 a week on power to recharge the car, a quarter of the [gas] running cost.”

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“No it’s not a bother, it’s not a nuisance. I’ve pretty much got distances sussed and so it’s a novelty factor at the moment. In the three weeks I’ve had the car I haven’t gone near running out of power.”

To read the full story a, go to SunLive.co.nz and search ‘Ross’ journey to all-electric driving’.

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This helps improve club conditions and reduces waste to landfill by making members think about whether waste can be recycled.

At Harbourside Netball Centre, LiteClub upgraded lighting significantly, plus waste minimisation.

Fifty-five “energy hungry” incandescent light bulbs were replaced with efficient models – to save the club $10,000 in the eight-year lifetime of the new lighting.

From eight clubs visited, LiteClub’s free changes are expected to save $21,000 for the sports.

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The LiteClub team with a van stocked to the brim with efficient lighting, water-saving devices, hot water cylinder wraps, pipe lagging and indoor sorting-at-source recycling stopped at 13 Bay of Plenty sports clubs last month.

The idea is to improve water, energy and waste facilities – ena-

bling more club money to stay in the coffers for grassroots sport.

LiteClub is the grassroots arm of the Project Litefoot Trust.

Launched in 2011 it inspires Kiwis to become environmental champions, led by 10 top sportspeople. LiteClub head of operations Sam Maclean says various sporting codes visited reveals waste disposal options in Tauranga is a big issue and good facilities would help clubs reduce waste to landfills.

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Celebrating 65 years of gardening Tauranga’s South Garden Club is celebrating 65 years in existence this year.

Club president Joan Malcouronne says the very first meeting was held on February 22, 1950, when all those present unanimously decided to form a garden circle.

“It was resolved that meetings should be held on the first Wednesday of each month. We still hold our meetings on the first Wednesday of the month at the Central Baptist Church Community Hall.” Members and invited guests

from other garden clubs are going to celebrate with a party on April 1, where there’ll be entertainment, a birthday cake – and an afternoon high tea. Joan says the club still follows many of the traditions, with monthly guest speakers, members exhibiting their garden flowers and produce at the meetings, and different decorative displays each month. “Members don’t need to have a large garden – several pots on the patio is a garden. We are a small friendly club, so just come along and visit us.”

Keep an eye out for stink bug Western Bay of Plenty residents and growers are being asked to keep a watchful eye out for a stinky pest that could devastate the region’s orchards if it establishes in New Zealand.

The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug is the kiwifruit industry’s second ‘most unwanted’ biosecurity threat after the Queensland fruit fly.

Kiwifruit Vine Health biosecurity analyst Matt Dyck says the risk of it entering New Zealand is now considered extreme.

The pest is highly mobile, able to hitchhike on inanimate objects such as cars and shipping containers, and is causing widespread damage to crops in the United States.

“If it were to enter New Zealand it would have no problem establishing due to our highly suitable climate and abundance of host material,” says Matt.

The number of BMSBs being discovered at New Zealand borders is increasing, with more than 140 of these bugs intercepted this summer. Two of these interceptions were detected at the Port of Tauranga.

“We have had good engagement with the public and our growers with a number of suspect finds reported, thankfully none of these detections have been confirmed as BMSBs, says Matt.

He says it’s the pest’s ability to enter and establish in New Zealand and the significant production impacts to many horticultural industries that make BMSB such a threat.

“It’s also a serious nuisance pest with the ability to ruin gardens and orchards and infest houses.

“Any shipment or package coming into New Zealand

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from the States could be carrying BMSB so we want the public to be aware of what they look like, so if they do see one, they can catch it and report it to the Ministry for Primary Industries for identification.”

Matt says the bug has got a really wide host range. “It feeds off a lot of different fruit and plants”.

“The BMSB creates a large blemish on the fruit, making it unmarketable.”

The bug can also build up to large numbers “they can also enter houses in winter making it a significant public nuisance threat as well”.

“In the States some areas have got such large populations of BMSB people have moved to get away from them.”

As a result, increased public awareness is key to keeping this pest at bay.

Matt says while New Zealand is currently free of the BMSB, members of the public in both urban and rural areas should be vigilant in reporting any suspect finds.

“Members of the public could certainly be the first to spot it.

Matt says New Zealand does have native species of stink bug that look similar to the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, making detection difficult for some.

“But there are a few features this bug has in particular.

Key distinguishing features of an adult BMSB are its size of 14mm-17mm – about the size of $1 coin – white banding on the antennae, and alternate black and white markings on the abdomen.

Matt says if residents do detect a bug they think may be a BMSB they should catch it and call MPI’s dedicated pest and disease hotline on 0800 80 99 66.

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The group will travel to communities during April, then again in May. The roadshows continues, stopping at Moggies Market, Katikati, on April 11 from 9am-noon, at Te Puke Post Office on April 13 from 9am-noon, at Pukehina Community Hall on April 14 from 9am-noon, at Maketu Fire Station

on April 14 from 3pm-6pm, at Pongakawa Hall on April 15 from 9am-12 noon, at Oropi Hall on April 16 from 9am-noon before its final stop at Waihi Beach on April 18 from 9am-noon.

The final LTP will be adopted on June 25 with the proposed work programme coming into effect on July 1.

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Tauranga rider one of four to ride in Canada

Tauranga teenager Paige Harris with her ‘trusty steed’ Tim. extremely thankful to NZPCA for being given these amazing opportunities.”

Riders from throughout NZ attended selection trials, which included a series of show jumping rounds on their own – and others’ horses – and submit a CV that was used in an interview process.

Paige was the top qualifier for the Bay of The 17-year-old Tauranga Pony Club rider will join Plenty area to go through to the national selection three other team members from Taranaki, Franklinprocess.

Thames Valley and Canterbury to travel to North While in Canada, the team will compete in a Nations America in July-August.

Show Jumping Competition on horses provided by the The Waikato University student says she’s “extremely host country – and participate in other horse riding excited” about being selected to ride for NZ as part of events. the Inter Pacific team.

The Inter-Pacific Competition is run every two “This, along with passing my A and H exams with years with teams from USA, Hong Kong, Australia, honors in January, have combined for an absoNZ and United Kingdom participating and hosting lutely exceptional start to the 2015 year and I am so the event in rotation.

Tauranga teenager Paige Harris is one of four riders who has qualified to represent New Zealand as part of the New Zealand Pony Club Association’s Inter Pacific Team to visit Canada this year.

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Book in some fun at Rotary’s sale A book written more than 50 years ago by the man who spent two years in Northern Australia, crocodile hunting in the Gulf of Carpentaria – and sailing off the North Queensland coast – is among thousands up for sale at Tauranga Rotary Club’s 28th Annual Easter Book Sale.

Publicity officer Ross Prestidge says about 200 tables of affordable books, records, CDs, DVDs and puzzles are ready to be sold from the old Mount Action Centre in Mount Maunganui on April 4-6.

“The books will be sorted into lots of different categories including, science fiction, New Zealand fiction, war and world affairs, education and more.”

Among the treasures will be a signed first edition of late author Barry Crump’s 1964

book ‘Gulf ’. “It’s about all of his adventures in North Australia,” says Ross.

Also up for sale is a book written by Michael King, who was a popular Kiwi historian, author and biographer, who wrote or edited more than 30 books on New Zealand topics, including ‘The Penguin History of New Zealand’.

Ross also points out a book featuring a painting by Charles Frederik Goldie – a New Zealand artist best known for his portrayal of Maori dignitaries – and Murdoch Riley’s Maori Healing and Herbal book.

Special items will go up for silent tender, which will close midday on Easter Monday.

Ross says all funds raised from the tender and book sale will go towards Tauranga Rotary, which distributes the money to various charities and organisations throughout the region.

Tauranga Rotary Club’s 28th Annual Easter Book Sale is at 6 Triton Ave on April 4-6 from 9am-4.30pm. Eftpos is available.

Ross says interested charities are invited

to visit the book sale at 4pm on Monday to collect any leftover books.

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Rotary Club of Tauranga event organiser Ann Pritchard with a signed Barry Crump book ‘Gulf ’ f, which will be on sale.

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The all-male, barbershop-orientated chorus is recruiting for members - young and old.

Member Alan Papesch says joining the group offers members the opportunity to be a part of a chorus that has some background and history of success, with the chance to dress sharp and gain some publicity as well.

“We have a chorus of about 25 members who enjoy the fellowship of the group and the fun of singing a variety of songs from popular songs to shows of the past and present.”

The group meet every Monday at Bethlehem Township Community Centre to learn new songs, before rounding the evening off with a cuppa and ‘plenty of fun’. Singing tuition is provided if needed and they have CDs to assist the learning of songs.

“We are fortunate to have Jill Rogers as our specialist coach, who is regarded as one of the best coaches in the country,” says Alan.

Harmony-A-Plenty has entertained the public of Tauranga for 23 years, performing at a variety of venues, including Baycourt, Trinity Church, Historic Village, Waipuna Hospice, Tauranga Hospital and a number of retirement villages in town.

In addition they’ve shared concerts with an international quartet ‘Finale’, with the ‘Musical Island Boys’ and ‘Mighty River Harmony’ – a chorus of more than 60 members.

Their next major annual competition – Conventions – is in Hamilton this September.

“We’re calling for application from Tauranga and Papamoa men to come and have a look at what we do and hopefully join us in this great hobby of singing,” says Alan.

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Easter eggs at the bird gardens

Fishy fun and undersea adventures at library Fishy fun and undersea adventures are on offer at Tauranga City’s libraries to youngsters these school holidays.

Fishy stories and songs – plus a chance to make your own fishy friend – are free for three-six-yearolds at Tauranga Library on April 7 and April 14 from 10.30am-11.30am both days.

Papamoa Library offers the activity on April 8 from 10.30am-11.30am, it’s Greerton Library’s turn on April 8 and April 15 at 10.30am11.30am, and Mount Maunganui Library on April 16 from 10.30am-11.30am.

An Undersea Adventure – which consists of a story then the chance to create your own underwater scene – is free to seven-10-year-olds at Tauranga library on April 8 at 10.30am-11.30am, at Papamoa Library on April 15 from 10.30am11.30am, at Greerton Library on April 10 and April 17 at 10.30am-11.30am, and Mount Maunganui Library on April 9 at 10.30am-11.30am.

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Katikati Bird Gardens is hosting its 12th annual Easter egg hunt this Sunday – and it’s set to be a chocolatefilled affair for families.

Owner Scott Robertson invites families to come to the gardens, feed the birds, have lunch and enter the Easter hunt from 12noon on Easter Sunday.

“We hide heaps of different coloured balls for different age groups, and children can roam the gardens to find a ball which they exchange for an Easter egg at the café gazebo.

“Different colour balls for different ages means it’s challenging for teens, who have to search around trees and bushes, while toddlers find theirs quite easily on the grass.”

While searching, children can also count up life-like rabbits placed

The Easter bunny will be at Katikati Bird Gardens this Sunday to help with an egg hunt for youngsters. around the gardens to win another prize. Those with the correct tally enter to win a giant chocolate Bunny Egg, drawn at 2pm.

There will be a real Easter bunny onsite all day – and Scott says they won’t run out of eggs.

“If there’s any left we’ll run the hunt again on Easter Monday.” Garden entry fees apply.

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Singing to the tune of success Music not only stirs the soul but can open doors of possibilities – just ask Papamoa College students Taylor Moffat and Darrius Walker.

Taylor, 16, has won a scholarship with the Scholars Pro Musica Chamber Choir, which performs choral period works with a particular focus on the baroque period.

“I love it,” says the Year 12 bass singer. “I’m feeling good about my musical abilities, they’re improving pretty quickly.

“You don’t feel like it’s everyone for themselves, if people see you having trouble they offer you help, it’s like a really great harmony.”

For his scholarship Taylor receives regular vocal tuition from artistic and musical director Chalium Poppy, full choir membership to the choir plus $1000 to put in his back pocket.

The scholars are currently rehearsing for their May show, which includes a performance of ‘Mozart’s Requiem’ – Taylor’s favourite piece.

“It sounds so powerful, I love the ‘oomph’ and the intensity we’re able to achieve.”

Meanwhile, earlier this year Darius – also known as Boy Faith – signed to Florida-based music label Del Sol Ltd on a three-year contract.

The Year 11 student landed his contract after winning a remix competition of the song Carpets by AmpDecay.

“When I learned I won a record contract I went ‘woah’,” says the 15-year-old. “Major opportunities opened up for me, I was ecstatic.

“For the remix I flipped it upside down and changed it completely. They also listened to my other tracks and said they ‘digged those too’ and wanted to sign me.”

Del Sol Ltd will now release Darius’ music to a worldwide audience and his plan is to offer up a new single by August, with the possibility of a full album by the end of the year.

By David Tauranga

Papamoa College music students Darius Walker and Taylor Moffat with learning area music coordinator Katrina Wickham.

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The Government’s changes to paid parental leave provisions as part of the 2014 Budget have come into force this month.

These changes extend the maximum amount payable from 14 to 16 weeks, and apply to an employee or self-employed person if the expected date of delivery of their child is on or

Tauranga youngsters can create their own poppies at Tauranga Art Gallery after-school this month at two events.

Since 1922 the poppy has been worn as a symbol of remembrance for New Zealand and Australian soldiers who’ve lost their lives at war. Drop in and create your own poppy Children are welcome at the gallery on Wednesday, April 22 at 3pm and again Thursday, April 23 at 3pm. No bookings are required and entry is via donation. All proceeds go to Tauranga RSA.

after April 1, 2015, but the child is born before that date; or the child is born on or after April 1, 2015; or in the case of adoption, if the date on which the carer assumes the care of the child is on or after April 1, 2015.

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Glow and party

A Glow Party for youth is happening in Katikati on Saturday, April 11 at the Katikati War Memorial Hall.

Youngsters aged from 12-17 are encouraged to come along in white and bright clothing to party from 7.30pm-10.30pm.

To learn more, see the Katikati Youth Glow & Neon Party page on Facebook.

A rural principal at heart Whakamarama School’s new principal Natasha Greatorex loves being a part of a rural school. Photo by Tracy Hardy.

The hustle and bustle of city life might be in her blood but for Natasha Greatorex a rural setting like that of Whakamarama School is where her heart well and truly lies.

This week Natasha slid her feet under the principal’s desk at the rural school, replacing Sue Waitai who relinquished the post at the end of 2014 after a decade in the role.

And while yet to face any principal-based challenges and decision making, Natasha says already she feels at home after making the move down the state highway from Pakiri School in Wellsford.

Principal at Pakiri for more than four years, Natasha brings with her a wealth of experience in the education sector – but more importantly a love and passion for rural communities.

Growing up in and around Auckland, her

family eventually settled in Waiuku, Counties Manukau, which is where her love and appreciation for the countryside grew.

“I did five years with Papakura Normal School. I did six years teaching in England before I went to Mangawhai Beach School, which was my first experience with a rural school where I was associate principal.

“I started in a rural coastal school [in a principal role] and that’s where my heart is, in rural teaching.”

Asked why she’s made the move to the Bay of Plenty, Natasha says it ultimately came down to still wanting to teach alongside growing as a principal – and the size of the school after coming from Pakiri with a roll of about 20.

Whakamarama is slightly bigger with about 37, although it has risen from eight to 10 in decile ratings – something Natasha has quickly been made aware of.

Last year the decile of every school in New Zealand was reassessed, based on new

data gathered in last year’s census. As result Whakamarama rose, due to the socioeconomic status of the school’s catchment area, meaning less funding is made available.

“I still want to be in a rural school. I value rural schools and the community spirit that’s in them. And I want to work with a larger staff,” says Natasha.

“That’s something we’re going to challenge as a school [the decile rating]; so that’s just working through the process at the moment I understand.”

But she says any school is a treasured resource in the community and as principal she’s determined to ensuring children are well equipped once they leave the school.

Something her teaching style should reflect.

“I pride myself on being a leader that works collaboratively alongside staff and the community promoting and providing quality teaching and learning within a positive, safe and happy school

By Luke Balvert environment.”

Film contest for new generation of film makers Miramar’s internationallyrecognised film industry is encouraging secondary school students to enter a new short film competition called Roxy5.

The five-minute film competition is hosted by the Miramar Events Trust to coincide with the Documentary Edge Festival in

June at the Roxy Cinema.

The competition theme is Wellington’s 150th Anniversary.

Roxy5 competition co-founder Jamie Selkirk says it’s a way to reach out to young film-makers and support growth of Wellington’s film industry.

“In the early days, we used

super8 cameras and 16mm film which was prohibitively expensive and quite inaccessible for young people.

“These days, smartphones and GoPro cameras are excellent tools for starting your career in film making.”

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entries by May 1, with the winner announced in June.

Short films of all genres and production techniques are welcome. A cash prize of $5000 for the winning team’s school is up for grabs, plus a guided tour of Miramar’s film-making facilities.

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The refinement of dog called Cairnview Gem ‘Sue’ or Cairnview Gem was $1000 worth of They are beautiful dogs. Beautiful but demanding, destructive and gawky. And Sue purebred beauty, dignity and aristocracy.

Sue was an Irish setter and probably deserved a more fitting nomenclature – Ma’am or Your Majesty come to mind.

I’ve some stored images of the long-departed Sue – her racing slow-mo through the spume on Tunnel Beach South of Dunedin chasing gulls – refracted light streaming through that red feathering.

had blonde moments.

She’d get so excited to see us she’d piddle.

Lovely! If the neighbours were going out, Sue would be first in their car and every Saturday morning she’d return through the hedge with a string of purloined polonies.

What the?

Those were the days when dogs, like children, were to be punished.

Our first reaction when Sue lost control of her bladder was to rub her nose in it or to whack her nose with a rolled up newspaper.

We were assured there was no pain inflicted – the noise was the deterrent.

But wrong! Punishment doesn’t work.

The SPCA says punishment is just teaching

the dog to be afraid of you. Eventually it may work and the dog may piddle outside.

But whenever you raise your voice or lift your hand, the dog will be terrified. In some cases Sue probably just peed in fear, whether she was inside or out.

Animals, says the SPCA , often don’t understand punishment, especially if the punishment comes sometime after the offence occurred. It’s ‘Sue’– a a kind of ‘Wait until redhead that behaved your father gets home’ syndrome. like a blonde.

Cuddly kittens will offer company These three beautiful kittens, currently boarding with ARRC, are looking for new homes.

Two of the kittens had wild cat for a mother, so have spent a lot of time in foster care and have become friendly, loving pets.

They take a little to get used to new people but then they’re quite happy to get patted and have some company.

All three kittens have been de-sexed, micro-chipped, vet checked and vaccinated so ARRC is asking for $105 each which goes towards the vet costs. If you’d like to meet these beautiful kittens and give them a chance in a new home, please give our foster carer Maureen a call on 07 578 8335 or have a look at www.arrc.org.nz or Facebook.

The ill deed is done, the emotion has run its course, then hours later someone cuts loose with the belt. It just seems wrong on all levels.

And if you do get home from work to find your cat or dog has scratched their signature on your antique, they will have no idea they’re being punished for that crime. But they’ll associate you with yelling or violence.

A cat or dog afraid of its owner is likely to become dysfunctional, leading to a vicious cycle of unhappiness. So don’t punish and do love and understand. I beg your forgiveness Cairnview Gem.

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The patience of Easter baking

At this time of the year chocolate eggs and hot cross buns are devoured with great gusto by family and friends.

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Hot cross buns Ingredients 500g bakers’ flour ½ tsp salt 2 tsp heaped with mixed spice 2 tsp cinnamon 60g sugar 50g butter 200g raisins or sultanas 200ml milk 2 eggs 8g yeast Zest from 2 lemons Zest from 2 oranges Apricot jam for glazing Extra flour and cornflour for crosses

I haven’t thought about making my own Easter eggs but my new boss forgot to order the hot cross buns in time for the cafe, so I drew the short straw and began to hunt down the ingredients to get a batch ready.

Hot cross buns have historical origins from Christian countries and are traditionally eaten or toasted during lent, beginning with the evening of Shrove Tuesday through to midday Good Friday.

Now that seems a bit strange, as hot cross buns seem to appear in the shops soon after Christmas and don’t appear to be getting any cheaper.

But they are fairly cheap to make and there’s always a pleasure in making something yourself.

Mystery still shrouds the first reports of crosses marked on the sticky sweet bun but it seems likely to be of Greek origin, where recipes using crosses marked on small cakes first appeared.

The trick to making a good bun is patience and not overdoing the spices, as some bakers tend to, as this impedes the yeast to some degree.

The recipe I use calls for raisins or sultanas and peel but I always leave this out and substitute some lemon and orange zest instead. As who has a packet of peel in there pantry anyway?

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Method Tip the flour into a bowl and mix in spices and sugar. Rub the butter in with your fingertips, then add the dried fruit and zest.

Warm milk and beat in eggs, then add yeast and a little bit of the spiced flour mix to form a sloppy batter. Leave batter to bubble away for 15 minutes. Add batter to the rest of the dry ingredients and mix by hand, kneading for a few minutes to combine everything together.

Leave in a warm place to double in size for about an hour. Divide the dough and shape into even-sized balls and put onto a baking tray lined with baking paper.

Leave to rise again for about one-hour-and-a-half.

Separately, mix some plain flour and cornflour with a little water to make the crosses. Criss-cross the buns with the flour mix. Then bake the buns at 220 degrees Celsius for about 15-20 minutes until golden brown.

Remove from oven and glaze with a little warmed apricot jam thinned with water while still warm.

Cookbook fundraiser

Bake biscuits for Anzac day

Masterchef 2014’s winners Karena and Kasey Bird are hosting a cookbook launch in Te Puke on April 11 which will raise funds to be used in the local community.

The Maketu sisters, who won the Masterchef title last May, will be at The Orchard Church on Saturday, April 11, from 7pm.

The evening offers a cooking demonstration, supper including recipes from their new book ‘For the Love Of ’, spot prizes and book signing with purchase of their cookbook.

The event costs $20 per person, with tickets at PaperPlus Te Puke or phone Janet Spratt on 07 533 3764 or Shirley Hodges on 07 573 6069.

Omokoroa residents are being asked to bake Anzac biscuits for the peninsula’s first commemoration of the day this April 25.

Local trio Heather Reynolds, Alison Badger and Liz Farrell are organising the Anzac commemoration offering a variety of events including an 11am wreath-laying ceremony at Omokoroa Point School and a dinner and variety concert at Omokoroa Boat Club.

The Anzac biscuit bake-a-thon sees people make the famous biscuits to be handed out after the dawn service – named Poppies on the Point – at Crapp Reserve with a cup of tea.

Omokoroa Community Board has granted $1000 as a contingency for the events, but the aim is for everything to be cost-neutral, hence the biscuit-baking.

To participate in the bake-a-thon, see Liz at Omokoroa Library or call Heather on 07 548 1620 or Alison on 07 548 1544.

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Gardening A nursery full of Easter fun Grower Direct is offering more than plants and seedlings this weekend – the nursery is about to become a treasure trove for Easter egg hunters.

The annual giant egg hunt on Saturday sends youngsters scrambling around the nursery to find 500 hidden treats.

Owner Paul Nielsen says the free family event from 10am2pm includes the egg hunt, a sausage sizzle “for the big kids” and more than 10 different home-made chilli jams and chutneys to try.

“We’ve got flavours to suit everyone – we’ve really upped the ante this year.”

Paul says Saturday’s free events offer fun for all while encouraging people to get stuck into autumn gardening.

“The egg hunt has grown from giving away 100 eggs to 500 –

with the kids having the run of the nursery.”

With autumn arriving, serious landscape projects are on the agenda for many.

“This is because the moisture and warmth allows plants, shrubs and trees to establish healthy roots prior to winter – ensuring the best possible start for spring.”

Grower Direct’s home-grown edibles are hugely popular – and Paul invites customers to check out their range of microgreen ready-to-eat seedling bowls.

“After a hot, dry summer vegetable sales have kicked off – so we’ve extended our seedling range and really cranked our production up,” says Paul.

“Plus, we’ve got all of your autumn fruit – feijoa, citrus and passionfruit – so now’s a great time to put orders in for winter fruit trees.”

For residents who are unsure how to create the optimum

garden, Grower Direct offers a landscape consultancy service for $50 a visit.

“This service includes a visit to see what they want and all of the design-work involved,” says Paul.

“We can do anything from

minor, existing makeovers to new homes with a blank canvas – and we can also completely install gardens right from design concept to installation.”

Everyone is invited to enjoy the Easter cheer at Grower Direct, starting 10am Saturday.

Manaia Ormsby, 2, hunting Easter eggs at Grower Direct.

Photo by Chris Callinan.

Showing orchids that are out of this world Cymbidiums, dendrobiums and miltonias. They’re all different types of orchid and there’s ‘hundreds’ of them growing in Jill Nisbet’s Welcome Bay garden.

Jill loves her orchids. “They’re beautiful and some of them are really out of this world aren’t they?”

She’ll be selling some of her flowers at Bay of Plenty Orchid Society’s annual show at Te Puke Memorial Hall on April 10-11.

Jill grows both cold and intermediate

varieties. Some are kept outside at this time of year – and in the winter they’re moved to the shade house.

Jill’s tunnel house is for the orchids that like to grow in 40 degree Celsius heat, with a fan going to keep air moving.

“It’s quite an experiment with a lot of them,” says Jill. And she likes the challenge. “I love bulbs, shrubs – anything that’ll grow, anything that’s a challenge.”

The annual show runs April 10-11 from 10am-4pm. Entry is $3.

By Zoe Hunter

Jill Nisbet and one of her favourite orchids.

Photo by Bruce Barnard.

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Extra funding aids Bay patients Extra funding is seeing more patients receive elective surgeries, and infants and children with profound hearing loss receive cochlear implants.

Last year 9326 Bay of Plenty patients received elective surgery, compared to 6940 in 2008. That’s a 34 per cent increase.

“Over the last six years an extra 10,751 Bay of Plenty residents have benefited from elective surgery, compared to the level of surgeries completed under the previous Government,” says Health Minister Jonathan Coleman.

“The latest health target results show that the BOPDHB has delivered a high number of elective surgeries, surpassing the 100 per cent target by 12 per cent.” “[also] The BOPDHB’s funding has increased by $127 million over the last six years. This year’s funding, including the new money for elective surgery, will be announced in the budget.”

Meanwhile, an extra $6.3 mil-

lion of funding during four years means children with profound hearing loss are to receive two cochlear implants instead of one.

“A single implant had been the standard treatment for children with profound hearing loss,” says Jonathan.

“In line with a chance in international best practice, from July 2014 children assessed as clinically suitable now receive two implants.

“Life’s gifts come carefully wrapped in difficulties and demands. We have only to open the package to reap the wisdom and rewards hidden within” - DAVID MILLMAN. I used to fear speaking in public and I didn’t conquer that fear overnight – it took a lot of getting up and speaking in public.

However, because of this persistence I feel comfortable about public speaking now; and although it was difficult at the time, I don’t regret forcing myself out of my comfort zone into my stretch zone.

As a result, 29 children have, to date, received two cochlear implants.

About $2.1 million has also been set aside to provide a second implant to children under six who’ve already received a single implant through the programme.

Funding for the cochlear programme has almost doubled during the last five years to $8.4 million a year.

It has provided me with many more choices.

Walking wasn’t easy when you started out; English was once a new language until it became second nature; and riding a bike was a real challenge at the beginning.

Whether your adversities and obstacles become a curse or a blessing depends on what you make of them.

What wisdom and rewards are you missing at present by resisting the urge to step out into one of your stretch zones?

If you’d like to know more about coaching, phone Mary Parker on 07 577 1200 or visit www.coachingtheattitude.co.nz

Diabetes help on offer in the Bay Diabetes Help Tauranga is hosting meetings and drop-in sessions this month to help people suffering from the disease.

On Wednesday, April 22 Diabetes Help Tauranga is holding its next Diabetes Networking Group at 2pm at St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Oxford St, Te Puke.

This will be followed by a Diabetes Networking Group from 2pm on Wednesday, April 29 at the Church of

Christ, 1400 Cameron Rd, Greerton.

The April 29 event will have a guest speaker, and a gold coin donation is appreciated.

To speak to a diabetes field worker for free, confidential advice there’s a drop-in session at Bongards Pharmacy in Greerton, Gregs Pharmacy, and the One Stop Gluten Free Shop, in Tauranga during April.

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Cyclone Pam forced a change of plans to the third annual Yamaha Melanoma New Zealand Ski-NZ ride but didn’t dampen the crew’s efforts to raise funds and build awareness of melanoma.

The riders were able to raise $56,000 this year for Melanoma New Zealand for their 700km journey from Napier to Tauranga, taking their combined total during the last three years to $211,000.

The onset of the cyclone hampered the riders’ plans early in their six-day ride, with poor conditions forcing the crew to forego the Mahia to Hicks Bay legs.

An auction night in Gisborne raised $15,000 in the midst of the cyclone, and after three days of delays the crew was able to resume riding through to Tauranga, arriving on March 21 amid calm seas.

“Despite very trying conditions with Cyclone Pam,

the team never lost spirit and the last three days of riding were spectacular,” says Melanoma New Zealand’s CEO Linda Flay, who leads an organisation that works to build awareness of the disease that affects more than 4000 New Zealanders each year.

“We are extremely appreciative of our event organisers Jeremy and Manola Burfoot, our sponsors, riders, crew and the volunteers who made this event such a success,” says Linda. “Raising $211,000 over three years is a remarkable achievement.”

Manola, a melanoma survivor who is always on the hunt for the next challenge, is already making plans for a trip from Cape Reinga to Leigh in 2016 to again raise awareness and funds to fight the disease.

“Ski-NZ riders not only do this for fun, but to support Melanoma New Zealand in its quest to prevent avoidable deaths from melanoma, support people affected by melanoma, and increase access to clinical trials in New Zealand,” says Manola.

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Freestyle antics in the air It’s a ‘pretty risky’ hobby flying through the air 10m above ground on a motocross bike. There’s always the possibility of crashing head over handlebars.

It could be the only legal opportunity to crash a car and not get in trouble for it.

Road rage is allowed at SunLive Baypark Speedway Demolition Derby at ASB Baypark next Saturday.

Baypark Family Speedway promoter Bernie Gillon says there’s 50 drivers signed up to bash and crash their way around the terracotta track so far, with only one more day to go to enter.

The event is open to anyone with a current driver’s licence and Bernie says they’re making it easy for entrants this year, with a limited number of cars available for drivers to hire for the event.

“The car will be ready in the pits for the driver and will be conveniently taken away post-event for the driver,” says Bernie.

Still not convinced?

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The last driver standing will win $2000, while he or she who wreaks the most havoc – or is the most entertaining – will be awarded $1000.

If crashing and bashing your way around a race track doesn’t sound like your cup of tea – Crusty Demon rider Luke Price and Nitro Circus’ Nick Franklin will be performing all sorts of antics in the air in a freestyle motocross show.

Also racing on the night will be the stock cars crashing their way towards the Bay of Plenty Championship title – with Bethlehem Coachlines sprint cars, Crockford Real Estate super saloons, saloons, Scrapman super stocks and

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mini stocks also taking to the track.

The SunLive Baypark Speedway Demolition Derby is on April 11 at ASB Baypark. Gates open 5pm, racing starts at 6.30pm. Tickets are available from www.bayparkspeedway.co.nz, at ASB Baypark and at the gate.

Entry forms for the derby are available online at www.bayparkspeedway.co.nz, at Flamecrusher in Gate Pa, or at the merchandise hub at ASB Baypark.

The entry fee for drivers competing with their own car is $100, or $400 for drivers who wish to hire a

By Zoe Hunter car for the event.

Taurangasaurus Wrex takes to the track Motivated, diabolic, galvanised and a want to destroy everything on the track. That’s how SunMedia’s David Tauranga is feeling prior to his big demolition derby race next Saturday.

Despite his determination for demolition, David is still hoping to be visited by the travelling Irish fairy with his little pot o’ luck and garden bower of four leaf clovers to sow into his beard before the SunLive Baypark Speedway Demolition Derby on April 11.

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But Tauranga’s Luke Price and Nick Franklin are hoping to leave the crashing and bashing up to the SunLive Baypark Speedway Demolition Derby drivers next Saturday.

Crusty Demons rider Luke and Nitro Circus’ Nick will be doing what they do best at ASB Baypark on April 11.

“We’ll be out there having fun on our bikes,” says Luke.

“There’ll be a few flips going on and all sorts of antics on our bikes for sure.

“All our tricks are pretty special. The risk element doesn’t really change whether we’re upside down or jumping straight.”

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When he’s in the air, the 33-year-old feels pretty weightless.

“Every now and then I’ll have a good look around when I’m up there during certain tricks if we can. It’s pretty rad – the best view in the house really.”

No matter where you’re sitting though, Luke says it’s going to be a good show.

“It’s not every day you get to see New Zealand’s Crusty Demons and Nitro Circus riding.”

Luke and his ‘good buddy’ Nick, 33, are looking forward to performing their impressive antics hanging off the handle bars of an airborne motorbike in front of their home crowd.

It’s pretty tricky business.

There’ll be no room for mistakes. “But hopefully we’ll leave the smash-ups to the cars and not us,” says Nick.

The pair will be signing autographs at the gate before they ride – and handing out giveaways during their demonstration.

Tauranga’s Braydyn Clarke is the official Rock Demolition Derby Driver for the SunLive Baypark Speedway Demolition Derby on April 11 after winning The Rock FM’s radio competition.

Apart from getting behind the wheel of a demo derby car twice before, Braydyn has no other racing history. He’s just into cars.

“Anything to do with mechanical stuff is right up my alley,” says the 34-year-old.

So he’s not too worried about the big race.

“You always get a little bit of butterflies on the night once you’re strapped into your seat – but nothing too major.

“I love it. It’s an awesome experience and a real adrenaline rush.”

As for tactics – Braydyn says it all comes down to luck. Other than that, it’s just ‘go as hard as you can’. “Whoever’s in front of you, just put the foot to the floor.”

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Are your car tyres ready for an Easter road trip?

With Easter upon us the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority is urging motorists to check their car tyres before taking off for the long weekend.

EECA Transport general manager Liz Yeaman says before the long weekend it’s a good idea to check tyre tread

to make sure the journey is as safe as possible.

The legal minimum tread depth is 1.5mm and anything below this will see cars fail their Warrant of Fitness.

But grip in wet conditions reduces significantly if your tread depth gets below 3mm, so it’s best to replace them before you get to 1.5mm.

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is to insert a 20 cent coin into one of the tyre grooves near the middle of the tyre,” says Liz. “The base of the number 20 is about 2mm from the edge of the coin.

“If you can see the whole of the number 20, or most of the number, it’s time to think about replacing the tyres. The deeper the tread, the safer you’ll be.”

Liz recommends if new tyres are needed then motorists should ask for Energywise-approved replacements.

Approved tyres must meet minimum criteria for both fuel efficiency and braking in the wet, which means “they will save you money on fuel and perform when safety really counts”.

“The difference between a set of Energywiseapproved tyres and other tyres can be up to seven per cent of fuel use – equivalent to 15 cents per litre – and up to 18 metres of stopping distance in the wet.”

To find Energywise-approved tyres available for your car, see www.energywise.govt.nz/ tools/fuel-efficient-tyres

If you can pop a 20 cent coin into one of your tyre’s grooves and can see all or most of the number 20 then it’s time to consider replacing your tyre.

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Katikati resident Eric green is once again opening his sheds to those keen to view sole vintage machinery up close.

Eric will open the gates at his 170 Hot Springs Rd property on Sunday, April 12 from 10.30am. The day is set to offer the whole family a chance to

see machinery that worked the land in by gone days.

With an amazing array of tractors, bulldozers, stationary engines and much more and all in one place.

Everyone is welcome and entry is free, but you may like to throw a gold coin into the bucket. For inquiries, call Eric Green on 07 549 1449.

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Karangahake Gorge closure on April 9

Dragging up nostalgia at Meremere

State Highway 2 through the Karangahake Gorge will be closed to all traffic from 9pm on April 9 until 5.30am the following day, says the New Zealand Transport Agency.

People wishing to travel between Waihi and Paeroa during the closure can use an alternative route via SH25/25A, however this will add about one-hour-and-15-minutes to the trip.

Motorists travelling between Auckland and Tauranga are advised to use SH29 over the Kaimai Range.

The closure is necessary to allow con-

tractors to resurface a narrow 200m section of the gorge road between Paeroa and Waihi, near the Karangahake Reserve.

People in the communities of Waikino and Karangahake will have access to Waihi, while people in Mackaytown will have access to Paeroa during the closure.

On April 10 there will be additional work in the area near Mackaytown.

Stop/go traffic management will be in place from 9pm April 9 until 5.30am the following day and motorists should expect short delays.

A range of classes will compete at the annual Bay Rodders Nostalgia Drags this Sunday.

If you love your drag racing and smell of burning rubber on tarmac then make sure you get to Meremere Dragway this weekend.

The annual Bay Rodders Nostalgia Drags returns this Sunday and sees a wide range of dragsters from right across the North Island and overseas competing.

There will be a range of classes competing on the day, including pre-1949 hot rods, pre-1972 American, Gasser, Flathead, 4Banger, FED Challenge, and a COMP Challenge.

Bay Rodders president Dean ‘Deano’ Anderson says the club is also hugely excited that the legendary Ron Hope and his nitro burning AA/FA Rat Trap will be

there for the event. “Ron is the penultimate gentleman drag racer and an absolute legend in the sport,” says Dean. “He came over from America last week to display the Rat Trap at Beach Hop and will take part in the Nostalgia Drags this weekend.”

Dean says Ron will act as the grand marshall for the Nostalgia Drags, while his son Brain Hope will sit behind the wheel of the Rat Trap as it burns up the track.

The American drag racing legend grew up in Southern California during the 1950s and early 1960s and has held a strong love affair with race cars since his teenage years.

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His beast – The Rat Trap – is the latest version of the original built back in 1968 at the shop of chassis builder Dennis Watson.

It is the latest in a series of Rat Trap Fuel Altereds and carries on from the 1969 design which has been described as “revolutionary” as it featured independent front suspension, a nitro burning Chrysler Hemi engine and a very unique paint scheme.

The Bay Rodders Nostalgia Drag is on at Meremere Dragway off SH1 in Meremere this Sunday, from 7am.

Adults cost $20 and entry is free for children under 14.

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It’s time to ‘hack’ into Preparing for a demographic change the Government

People are hacking into government information all around the world – it’s something I want to encourage.

Not illegal hacking of course, but similar to the secondary school student Mash Up competition last weekend.

They were tasked with designing web-based business ideas to get young people socialising more to cure boredom.

Their solutions pulled together all sorts of information about tourism, transport, sports, shopping and cultural sectors to encourage young people to get out in their community.

I realise the power of open data as I competed in last year’s Tauranga Start Up Weekend – a more advanced version of the Mash Up competition.

The government sector is notoriously known for being data-rich but information-poor.

By making councils’ raw data publically available we can build intelligence into managing our city. For instance, Tauranga Safe Cities started to investigate patterns between Police crime data and council’s street light and streetscape information.

Our staff are busy running council’s day-to-day operations. By making our raw data available for these ‘hack’

events, people with fresh perspectives can crunch the numbers to look for patterns in public information. It could help us manage the city better.

It’s an incredibly empowering way to engage younger sectors of the community who’d probably scrunch their face if you ask them to write a submission to council’s Long Term Plan.

It’s also a lot cheaper than hiring expert consultants.

A business idea pitched at last year’s Start Up weekend was making it cheaper and faster for people to access land and property files from council online.

Councils can only charge cost price for LIMs and PIMs, so I’m all for it if it reduces our costs and speeds up the process!

Government has led the open data initiative by creating www.DigitalNZ. org, which is a portal to access public information across all government agencies and departments.

This is one of many aspects we’ll consider as we develop our Digital Strategy to harness the power of information technology.

Feel free to email me your thoughts (matt.cowley@ tauranga.govt.nz), call/text me on 027 6989 548, and follow me at www.facebook.com/a.younger.voice

When we are born, we have midwives, doctors – and with my children at least – emotional Mums and Dads and families welcoming our little souls into the world.

Our arrival is supported by the best of care. Last Friday we recognised it’s just as important that as our older souls depart this world they’re surrounded by much love, care and comfort.

At our Waipuna Hospice Day Wing Extension we have a facility which rivals the best in the country.

The highly professional staff working in a new day-stay centre reflects the needs of our community, not only those on their journey but the families and whanau who are walking the journey as well.

During the next 10 years, one of the challenges facing the public health service will be the increase in the population aged 80-plus.

The Government has been preparing for this demographic change by investing more than $200 million more in services to care for older New Zealanders.

We have expanded the avail-

ability of support available in the home, increased the number of dementia beds available by 25 per cent and boosted funding for aged care nursing.

The Government has also increased the resthome bed subsidy by five per cent from October 1, 2014. This means an increase of $10 million per year in public funding for resthome providers, improving end of life care.

So often when we are caring for others, we don’t stop and think of our own needs.

The day stay at Waipuna recognises this and will be a huge help to many Bay families.

My thanks goes out to the 700 volunteers who provide support to Waipuna. You are the true heroes of our community.

Understated, and often involved for deep personal reasons that link to that beautiful place, you showcase the best of us at a time in the year when selfless sacrifice is remembered and celebrated.

Happy Easter to you all.

Volunteering can help you find employment Research shows volunteering can increase a person’s social connections and skill sets, increase self-confidence and factors that have been shown to be positively related to employment outcomes.

Find out how you can make a difference at: www.volunteerwbop.com www.facebook.com/VOLWBOP Or ring us on 07 571 3714 Enriched lives and communities through volunteering

In addition, some workers may see volunteering as a possible entry route into an organisation where they would like to work.

Results also suggest individuals with limited skills or social connections – particularly those without a comprehensive secondary education – may see an extra benefit to volunteering, helping to level the playing field.

For students and migrants it’s an excellent opportunity to gain an understanding of the Kiwi work environment.

As a newcomer and volunteer myself, I found it very useful to gain insight in the New Zealand work ethic

and workforce through volunteering.

It also allowed me to build up a network quickly and I think that led to my first paid job.

Just because volunteer work is unpaid it doesn’t mean the skills you learn are basic.

In my first voluntary role I was able to increase my computer skills by developing a custom-made accounting system for a not-for-profit organisation.

Think about gaining governance experience by becoming a trustee or increasing your marketing experience by developing a marketing plan.

Check our online database to find the role that could improve your skills.

Volunteering Western Bay of Plenty refers volunteers to local not-for-profit organisations, assists organisations with their volunteer programme and promoting volunteering in the Bay. See www.volunteerbop.com or call 07 571 3714.

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Minimum wage rates go up

Bay tech firm guns for crowdfunding target Vice Edwards, sales and marketing director Peter Howell and chief operations officer Brendan Howell.

Kiwi social marketplace app SellShed are on track to exceed their fund target via equity crowdfunding platform PledgeMe with the offer live until next Thursday, April 9.

Investment opportunities in SellShed, a free mobile app which matches buyers and sellers in their local communities for online trading, started March 9 on PledgeMe. SellShed CEO Peter Howell says they’ve made it more than halfway towards their goal, “which demonstrates an enthusiasm from the public to get behind SellShed and help us expand even further”.

“In fact, one of the first investors on PledgeMe was a San Francisco Tech company that assists Kiwi

start-ups to break into the US market, which will enable our global expansion to get off to an extremely positive start.”

Since listing the opportunity on PledgeMe, the Mount Maunganuibased company has also been chosen to pilot a database application of SellShed with one of the country’s leading retail chains.

“We are starting a pilot with one of New Zealand’s leading highend fashion chains to roll out the SellShed app to their database,” says Peter.

“The benefits for the retail chain are that they will be able to send push notifications to their customers with promotions and updates, specifically updates to customers of each individual store, due to the geo-targeting functionality of the app.” Peter says a large range of people have chosen to invest in the

company via PledgeMe, particularly those with a keen interest in online technology and its applications.

“We know this is an attractive opportunity for small to medium business owners too, and offer a variety of packages to accommodate their budgets and give them the chance to advertise within the app.”

Peter says as expected, a lot of younger investors in the 30-40-year-old age bracket have come on board too. “Being able to get involved in a local tech startup that has global potential is an incredibly rare opportunity.”

Opportunities to invest close on April 9, 2015.

The SellShed crowdfunding offer is live until 9 April, 2015. For more information, see www.pledgeme. co.nz/investments/93-sellshed

UK pensions transfer changes As the deadline of April 6 approaches for the transfer from UK state-funded defined benefit pension schemes, it’s still worth remembering many ex-pats can still transfer their UK pension schemes to New Zealand.

After April, teachers, nurses, civil servants and many other public servants will be unable to transfer out of their employer schemes to their own personal schemes.

However, many other employer schemes will still allow transfers out and anybody with their own personal schemes in the UK can transfer to a qualifying recognised overseas pension scheme, known as Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes.

When you come to live permanently in NZ you

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have a four-year ‘migration’ period during which for most people they can transfer their foreign superannuation scheme funds to a QROPS without any tax liability.

For people who go beyond this four-year period before transferring funds, they create a tax liability which will increase with time.

So people who want to transfer their foreign superannuation funds should do so within the first four years of arrival or as soon as they can.

This is often an area which gets forgotten, as new arrivals settle into a new life, employment etc.

This is a complex area and you may need independent specialist tax advice as well as seeking investment advice from an authorised financial adviser.

Authorised financial adviser Stuart Garner at Planwise has 20 years’ experience in the pension transfer market and would be happy to discuss your individual situation.

The new minimum wage rates have come into force this month, meaning adult employees will receive 50 cents more before tax in pay, according to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment website.

Employees aged 16-plus now receive the adult minimum wage rate of $14.75 an hour before tax, which is $118 for an eight-hour day, or $590 for a 40-hour week before tax.

Plus, the starting-out wage and the training minimum wage rates before tax will increase to $11.80 an hour, which is $94.40 for an eight-hour day or $472 for a 40-hour week.

The starting-out wage applies

to those aged 16-17 in their first six months of work with a new employer, or until they are training or supervising others.

It also applies to 18-19-year-olds who have been paid a benefit for six months or longer, and who haven’t completed six months of continuous work with any employer since starting on benefit, or until they are training or supervising others.

And it also applies to 16-19-yearold workers in a recognised industry training course involving at least 40 credits a year.

The training minimum wage applies to employees aged 20-plus doing recognised industry training involving at least 60 credits a year as part of their employment agreement, in order to become qualified.

For more information on minimum wage rates, call 0800 20 90 20.

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A ploy for highway robbery?

Dear Western Bay of Plenty councillors, I’d like to know if your road safety engineers are stupid or if they do it on purpose to annoy the ratepayers?

Where is the logic behind the new proposal of reducing the speed limit for the Te Puke corridor?

If, for the moment, all traffic including buses, logging trucks and cars are on this road with a 100km/h speed limit why to try to limit to 80km/h when the Tauranga Eastern Link will be open?

The road will have less heavy traffic and less trucks so we will have to slow down?

I think I see few reasons for this illogical change : 1. It is to dissuade anyone to use this road so they have to pay for the toll road. A new form of highway robbery 2. It is to penalise the people of Te Puke?

3. It is to gather more revenue from the Police speed cameras, which will catch the Te Puke drivers that keep driving at the usual speed on this stretch of road?

If this proposal is adopted and you want to give some names to the new road I have few examples: 1. Grumpy Engineers Road 2. Gathering Revenue Road 3. Te Puke don’t deserve it Road 4. You stupidly vote for us Road 5. Te Puke is a laughing stock Road I also put my full support behind the Te Puke Economic Development Group submission.

So keep the status quo and do not forget that we also can vote and remember it at the next election.

A Ventelou,Te Puke.

Editor’s Note:

Western Bay of Plenty District Council declined to respond to this letter.

However, readers should note the council held public hearings this week regarding proposed speed limit changes to SH2.

Money makes world spin Re: Israel really is true democracy (‘The Weekend Sun, March 27’).

T Beswick’s Facts and figures straight out of a ‘Love Israel Manual’ do not tell the truth.

Israel is a taken land, taken by force and its former occupants trashed, threatened and imprisoned, called terrorists and branded by the West with no rights that come close to what we are used to.

I find it strange that a people voted for a terrorist rather than their Jewish King, a people that lived horror during the World War II, a religious fanatical group, the only true ‘Gods Children’ chosen

by God himself to live in the land of milk and honey, could be so calculated, un-democratic, Nazified and uncaring to the original landlords.

What is worse is the fact that a so-called Democratic West has supported the Israeli thuggery to the point of questioning the whole

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The need for subtitles on television programmes to assist the hearing impaired audience - at least 20 per cent of the population and rising - could be considerably reduced if programme directors and producers of were induced to reduce or limit the amount of extraneous sound.

Background noise, heavy, driving atmospherics and loud, strident music over dialogue makes the words inaudible or incomprehensible.

Is the purpose of the producers to give more jobs to their musician and sound technicians mates or just to cover up bad script-writing?

In how many lounges or television rooms in the land does one not hear frequently from some family member: "What are they saying?"

B Johnson, Omokoroa.

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democratic theory within our society.

We live in a world powered by a manmade object, money.

It controls our everyday functions - and the more you have the more power, the more weapons, the bigger the army and so on.

The Jews fought the Roman invaders as the Palestinians are fighting the Jewish onslaught.

No democracy there, just greed and power.

Finally, this subject can be very sensitive to some, especially anything anti-Jewish and the powers to be can sensor, trial and convict.

Comments and ideas that go against what they want you to believe have been dangerous to the wellbeing of those who voice such ideas, that my friends is you democracy.

R Stewart, Te Puke.

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Human plague must be stopped

Land Transport Plan flawed Wake up Bay of Plenty Regional Council - your Land Transport Plan is flawed.

With some difficulty I managed to locate a copy of the draft Regional Land Transport plan 2015-2045.

As to be expected, the difficulty for a reader is the plan is high level strategic and provides scant operational detail to one of my passions - road safety.

Our region - just next to the Waikato - continues to retain second place nationally for the number of fatal deaths on our roads and this has been the case for a number of years.

According to NZ child youth Mortality Review committee’s 10th annual report, the number of young people dying in unintentional accidents is 1.6 times greater in the BOP than the national average; the majority of these deaths are from car crashes.

The BOP is predominately a rural district with large kilometres traveled on lower-grade roads.

KiwiRAP report 51 per cent of our roads are only two-star rated and a further 35 per cent are three-star.

Also, our vehicle fleet is much older than average.

Crashes are generally caused by driver error, poor vehicles, speed alcohol and drugs.

You’d expect to find in our Regional Transport Plan a robust programme focusing on road safety education.

Our regional council, however, continues to undervalue and under-resource the road safety space, in particular with personnel-taking responsibility.

My experience in attempting to locate a copy of the draft plan made me realise they don’t have a road safety go-to person; someone who can tell me what they are actually doing out there.

I can only assume the plan - if there is one - is to

continue to churn out the same old billboard and radio messages, and to continue to make little difference and continue to provide only scant funding from the regional council budget.

Token gestures are no longer good enough; there is a better and proven way to manage this vital work.

Time for change, there are much better regional road safety delivery models than those operating across the BOP and council is informed to respect to these, yet you continue to ignore the opportunity to do better.

What can the reader assume from that?

Michael O’Neill, Mount Maunganui.

BOPRC transport policy manager Garry Maloney responds:

The regional council does not have a statutory mandate to focus on road safety in the same way that it has a mandate to prepare a Regional Land Transport Plan.

That is not to say the matter is not important. Each year the council prepares a Road Safety Action Plan, which outlines what it plans to deliver in the area of road safety by working with its road safety partners.

A copy of the plan can be downloaded from www. boprc.govt.nz/landtransportstrategy However, council has limited resources and in developing its Long Term Plan has sought the community’s direction on where it should focus its efforts during the next 10 years.

That process would have been the mechanism for the correspondent to engage with council to bring about the change they are seeking.

Will Winston build Northland’s bridges?

I’ve watched with interest the Northland electorate’s by-election play out after National MP Mike Sabin quit under cloudy circumstances.

For the last few weeks it’s seemed a no-brainer Winston was going to take Northland by storm. You only have to drive up North to see the differences between some of Northland’s

towns – Kaitaia, Kaikohe, Morewa – to those of other electorates of similar origins.

National has left Northland behind – no doubt about it – but is Winnie the right man for the job?

After all, he was an MP here in Tauranga – and while most seem to dislike him from his term here, they still

The North’s lone wolf returns:

About 26 years ago I was part of a contingent to Waitangi. We were a group of many different Christian intercessory groups who travelled in buses to the North and stayed on a number of marae up there previous to Waitangi Day. There were meetings, workshops, and lots of prayer held on the marae.

The day before Waitangi Day all the Christian groups gathered to meet and pray over the grounds at Waitangi. It was a time of reconciliation and forgiveness, recognising the wrongs of the past and present

say: ‘But Winston did get us our bridge’. And, has Northland now sealed its fate of playing a big role of shifting the balance of power in Government?

The next two-and-a-half years will be interesting to watch – as both Winnie and National made big promises for our most northern electorate, to boost it’s health both economically and socially. Let’s see if they both deliver.

K Morland, Katikati.

on both sides, Maori and Pakeha. After this time there was talk about the reoccurring vision of a lone silver wolf of the North.

A silver wolf, also known as a grey wolf, was heading towards extinction until recent years when it was realised something needed to be done to ensure its survival. A lone wolf is a wolf which has left its pack, either having been thrown out or leaving of its their own accord. Often they start a pack of their own.

I believe we are realising now the appearance of the silver wolf of the north. B Goodhew, Tauranga City

Re: the advertisement on TV asking us to donate $10 to save the children.

The ad showed 18,000 children will die each day. Every country and island must bring in birth control – two children only per family. We now have a human plague, with the population

heading to eight billion by 2025. We cannot blame the children, but the parents are at fault for not controlling child birth. Our planet cannot sustain this plague, as there is unrest in nearly every country.

Ernest Izett, Tauranga.

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E N T E RGT UA I I DN EM E N T The Weekend Sun’s ever popular guide to ‘What’s On’ in the Bay.

Friday 3 April

Battle of Gate Pa Exhibition

Tauranga Moana Maori Trust Board Hall, No 3 The Strand. Open 10am - 4pm every Fri, Sat & Sunday & cruise ship days. Entry is free to children & adults are asked for a gold coin donation.

Easter Journey Walk-Through Exhibition April 3-6, experience the Easter Journey.

A multi-media, multi-sensory, interactive exhibition April 2 3-9pm, Fri 3 – Sunday 5 9am – 6pm, Mon 6 8.30am – 12pm. Bethlehem Baptist Church, 90 Bethlehem Rd. Entry by donation. www.easterjourney.co.nz

Easter Services

April 3 – Join for Family Service as we learn, eat & worship at St Mary’s, Bayfair 10am. Passion & communion service at St Peter’s Church, Victoria Rd 1pm. April 5 Easter Sunday St Peter’s Church, Victoria Rd 8am. St Mary’s Church, Bayfair 10am.

MUSIC

SPECIAL EVENTS

OUT THERE

News, reviews and opinionated raving on the music scene.

Community events and occasions across the Bay.

Stories, snippets, strangeness, and general entertainment.

Happy Days 5th Annual Car Show

April 11 Hot rods, muscle cars, classics, vintage & motorcycles (no jappas) at Diggleman Park, Main Rd, Katikati 9am. Gold coin entry.

Jazz Festival - BOP Vintage Car Club

Brass & nickel parade & display 11am 3.30pm. Parade starts 11am through streets of Tauranga CBD. Display Willow St till 3.30pm. Spot prizes for best costume. Think the early 1900s, Downtown Abby, Titanic, Art Deco.

Jazz Festival - Family Fun Zone

The Waterfront April 4 & 5 starts 11am.

Lots of fun rides for the children to enjoy while still enjoying the jazz.

Let’s Dance Ballroom & Latin Dance Club

Live dance tempo music. Second Sat of month at Bethlehem Hall 7-10.30pm. Bruce 576 5598

Monday 6 April

hall are $20 & spaces outside in the carpark are $15. Books essential. Alison 07 863 4010 Achieve Toastmasters or alisonm54@gmail.com Making it on Mondays. 1st, 3rd & 5th Mon Welcome Bay Markets at St Stephen’s Church Hall, Brookfield, Tga First Sat of month at Welcome Bay Hall 7.30pm. Chrissy 543 9493 car park 9am - 12pm. Stalls $5. 544 9774 or Alteration Vision Probus Club info.wbcc@xtra.co.nz Meet fourth Mon at Tauranga Citz 10am.

576 0040

Sunday 5 April Bay Bible Fellowship

Easter Sunday service. Worship at Welcome Bay Primary School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Rd 10am. Forgiveness from God’s perspective. Preacher: Richard Roodt. www. bbf.net.nz

Bethlehem Lions Market

1st & 3rd Sun of month at Historic Village on 17th Ave 8am - 12pm.

Bible Seminars

Every Sunday at Greerton Senior Citizens Hall, Maitland St, Greerton 1.45pm.

Open Day April 4 & April 6 at 20 Primrose Title: “The conflict of Armageddon - Bible Place, Papamoa 9am – 4pm both days. Gold Answers.” Interactive, Q&A. Refreshments Music to Mary provided. Vic 543 0504 Featuring Stabat Mater by Luigi Boccherini, coin donation for Waipuna Hospice.

Papamoa Group Dogwalking Salve Regina & Haec est Regina by GF Have You had a Spiritual Experience Fortnightly group dog walk around Handel at St Peter’s Anglican Church, 15 Attend a fascinating 3 week discussion waterways & beaches. Meet at Papamoa Victoria Rd 7.30pm. for people of all faiths. Free book & CD. Plaza 9am. Tennille 021 030 6835 Hillier Centre, 39 Gloucester Rd, Mount Tauranga Jazz Festival 10.30am - 12pm. 021 976 691. Sponsored Proudly presented by Tauranga Jazz Society Rotary Club Tga Easter Book Sale

by ECKANKAR NZ 4, 5 & 6 April at 6 Triton Ave, Mt April 3-6. www.jazz.org.nz www.eckankar.org Maunganui (Old Mount Action Centre).

Books, records CDs, DVDs. Katikati Tramping Club Otawa Trig 8.30am start. Easy/ Tango Social Dance Art in the Park moderate. Peter 07 863 8781 (Honey Bee Milonga). An evening of Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui Argentine Tango at Honey Bee House, Art Petanque Tga/BOP Club 8.30am – 5pm weather permitting. of Dance Movement Studio, 233 Waihi Every Sun & Thurs at Cliff Rd 12.45pm.

Tauranga Society of Artists offer for sale a Rd, Judea 7.30-11pm. Gold coin donation.

Boules available, tuition given. 578 3606 variety of art to suit all tastes.

Logan 021 275 5636 or lowgie@hotmail.

Quakers in Tauranga Bayfair Night Market com or visit https://www.facebook.com/ Mainly silent worship, hour long meeting Arts, crafts, jewellery, fresh produce, food TangoinTauranga followed by tea & talk. Every Sunday in hall stalls & more. Bayfair Shopping Centre, cnr

Mosaic Exhibition

Saturday 4 April

Maunganui Rd & Girven Rd, Mt Maunganui Tauranga Farmers Market Fresh & artisian produced food. Tauranga 6-11pm. Free entry. 022 588 2282 or email: Primary School cnr 5th Ave & Cameron Rd tauranganightmarket@hotmail.com every Sat 7.45am - 12pm. Trixie 552 5278 or Charity Book Launch www.taurangafarmersmarket.co.nz April 11 - Karena & Kasey Bird’s (Masterchef NZ) cookbook launch at The Tauranga Quadcopter Orchard Church, Te Puke 7pm. Tickets Racing Fpv club & social $20 each available from Paperplus Te Puke, group. Every Sat 8am. Locaincludes supper & recipes. Spot prizes & tions vary. Quadcopterracing@yahoo.co.nz book signings. Money raised will go to help 5 Tauranga Social Dance year old James Reid’s operation.

Cancellation notice. No dance at Greerton Downtown Carnival Hall tonight due to kitchen upgrade. Garry With multiple stages on the waterfront there 543 0051 is something for everyone from classic jazz, The Little Big Markets blues, swing, folk & funk. The Waterfront, Fashion wear, craft, food & music. Cnr 120 The Strand, Tauranga April 4 & 5 Matai St & Maunganui Rd 9am – 2pm.

12-6pm. Entry by gold coin donation. www.thelittlebigmarkets.co.nz

Ha Derech/The Way Messianic Kehilat

Now at Hillier Centre, Bayfair Shabbat/ Saturday 10am. A one new man community & welcome all seekers of the truth. 544 7424 or 021 0226 3515

Waihi Beach Community Garage Sale

behind Brain Watkins Historic House 10am.

544 0448

Radio Controlled Model Yachts

Meet Sun 1.30pm & Thurs 5.30pm at pond behind 24 Montego Drive, Papamoa, to sail electron & similar 3ft long yachts for fun.

Beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419

Tauranga Historical Society

Meet at the Brain Watkins Hall, 233 Cameron Rd 2pm. Speaker: Richard Hart - flax milling industry in the Te Puke area.

Visitors welcome. 574 4965

Traditional Czech Easter

Get together at St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd 11.30am - 2pm. www.facebook.com/csclubtauranga email info@csclubtauranga.nz or Jana 579 3918

From 8.30-11.30am. Bargains & items to Weekend Activities for the Over 60’s suit everyone. Funds raised for table hire goes Walks, dinners, day trips & good times. towards the upkeep of the hall. Tables inside Gloria 544 1834

Badminton

Tauranga Badminton Club every Mon & Weds at Bethlehem College Events Centre 7.309.30pm. All players welcome.

Sue 021 194 4335

Bay of Plenty Pipes & Drums

Army Hall, cnr 11th Ave & Devonport Rd 6.45pm. Annette 577 9272

Cherrywood Probus

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

Recycled Teenagers

Gentle exercise for 50’s forwards, & injury or illness rehabilitation. Mon & Weds at 14 Norris St, Tauranga Citizen’s Club behind Pak n Save. Tues at St Mary’s Church Hall cnr Girven Rd & Marlin St, all classes 9-10.30am. Classes taken by qualified instructor. First class free. Jennifer 571 1411

Tauranga Brass

Meet at Frontiersmen’s Hall, Elizabeth St West 7-9pm. New players welcome. Some instruments available. Peter 572 4358

Tauranga Creative Fibre

Every Mon at Arts Centre, Elizabeth St from 9.30am.

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

Meet 2nd Mon of month at Tauranga Tauranga UFO & Paranormal Soc Citizens Club, 13th Ave 10am. New members Meeting in hall behind Historic House cnr welcome. Pam 578 3757 Cameron Rd & Elizabeth St 7.30pm. Visitors Chess Mt Maunganui welcome. Door $3 includes light supper. Ian Mount RSA Chess Club every Mon at 578 5373 Mount RSA, 544 Maunganui Rd. Juniors Theatre Club Nights 6.15-7.15pm during school term. Open club Learn about theatre without any pressure 6pm & 7.30pm onwards. Noel 579 5412 to ‘perform’.First Mon of month at Litt Park Citizens Advice Bureau Theatre, Park Lane, Te Puke 7pm. Phone Jim Free, confidential info & advice about on 575 8977 anything call in Mon - Fri at 38 Hamilton St, YMCA - ALFS Tauranga 9am - 5pm or free-phone 0800 Active Lifestyles For Seniors. First class 367 222 or 578 1592 free. Open to both men & women. Mon: Diabetes Tauranga Matua Community Hall, Levers Rd 9am & Do you have diabetes? Would you like 10.15am. Arataki Hall, Zambuk Way (off to speak to a diabetes field worker/RN for Grenada St) 9am. Tues: Papamoa Community free confidential advice? Drop in sessions Centre, Gravatt Rd 9am & 10.30am. Sit at Bongards Pharmacy Greerton, Gregs & Be Fit at Papamoa Community Centre Pharmacy Tauranga & the One Stop Gluten 11.30am. Smooth Movers Weds Welcome Bay Free Shop, Cameron Rd, Tga during April.

Hall, Welcome Bay Rd 9.15am. Sit & Be Fit Book with Diabetes Tauranga 571 3422 Greenwood Park Village, Welcome Bay 11am.

Thurs: Otumoetai Action Centre, Windsor Fitness League Rd 9am. Bethlehem Hall, Bethlehem Rd Safe effective, low impact fun exercise set 10.30am. Fri: Papamoa Community Centre, to music using the Bagot Stack technique, Gravatt Rd 9am & 10.15am. 578 9272 designed for women of all ages & abilities. www.ymcatauranga.org.nz First class free. Every Mon at Settlers Hall Omokoroa 9.30am & Tues St Johns Anglican Yoga with HanneHatha Church Waihi 9.30am. Dorothy 549 3378 Starts again April 20. Mon & Harmony a Plenty Barbershop Chorus Weds 9.30am & 5.30pm. Gentle Every Mon at Bethlehem hatha yoga, peaceful studio in Community Church, Moffat Bethlehem. Hanne 027 244 6710 Rd 7pm. New members welcome. 572 3345 or www.harmonyaplenty.co.nz ABC - Avenues Badminton Club

Tuesday 7 April

Leisure Marching

For exercise, fun & fellowship. Ladies 50+ required. No experience necessary. Coreen 570 0172

Meditation Group

Free classes Mon 10am & Weds 7.30pm.

Find peace, spiritual awareness & the meaning of your life. David 576 9764

Otumoetai Indoor Bowls

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

Seniors (Adults) 7.30-9.30pm. Club racquets & coaching available. Delwyn 027 212 4720

Alcoholics Anonymous Mt Maunganui.

Open meeting every Tues 11 Victoria Road St Peters Hall 7:30pm. 0800 229 6757 for more meetings or assistance.

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South City Bowling Club

Women’s community service group.

Dinner & business meeting 2nd Tues.

Social programme 4th Tues - monthly.

Interested? Denise 570 3134

Open Triples tournament (plate & raffle item), Greerton Hall 7.30pm. New members welcome. Mary 541 0687

At the Clothesline

Jam sessions. Sing, play or just listen & enjoy. Greerton RSA 7.30-10pm. Sheryl 552 5906

Quality pre-loved clothing.

Children $1, adults $2 every Tues & Fri at 36d MacDonald St, Mt Maunganui (Face2Face Church) 10am 2pm. Also prayer for the sick on request.

Badminton (Social)

Every Tues at Otumoetai Baptist Hall 9.30am - 12pm. Racquets available. All welcome. Lorraine 579 3229

Balmorals Marching Team

Ex-marchers aged 30-60 welcome to join for fun, friendship, travel etc. Anita 571 4096 or 021 0257 6094

Bayfair Petanque Club

Tuition & boules available for learners & visitors. Every Tues & Thurs at Bayfair Reserve, Russley Drive 1pm. Margaret 572 3173

Bethlehem Pottery Club

Open Tues, Weds, Thurs at 13 Bethlehem Rd 10am 3pm or when the flag is flying.

Call in to meet the members & find out how to join or email: bethlehempottery@gmail.com

BOP Linux Users

Share & learn about free Open Source software & the Linux computer operating system. 1st Tues of month , LJ Hooker cnr Cameron Rd & 8th Ave 7-9pm. Experts & beginners welcome. $2. 578 6024 www.boplug.co.nz

Cards 500

Every Tues & Thurs at Mt Maunganui Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd 1pm.

575 4650

Drawing/Painting

Varied art programmes every Tues at 171a Elizabeth St West 7-9pm. Interested? 576 9592

Excel Toastmasters

Meet every 2nd, 4th & 5th Tues of the month at Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Bayfair 6.15-8.30pm. Learn leadership & public speaking skills. Kaaren 572 5988

Tauranga Acoustic Music Club

Tauranga Morning Badminton Club

Every Tues & Thurs at Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, Memorial Park cnr 11th Ave & Devonport Rd 9-11.30am. Heather 574 0976

Tauranga Scrabble Club

Every Tues at Tauranga Bridge Club, Ngatai Rd 9am. 3 games $3.

New players welcome. 544 8372

Tauranga Toastmasters

Tga Lyceum Club 7.15-9.30pm.

Confidence building, speaking skills, leadership skills. Alan 544 5989

Wednesday 8 April Age Concern Walking Group

Meet at Omokoroa Yacht Club 10am.

Bring lunch. All welcome. 578 2631

Arabian Spice Belly Dance Group

Learn this exciting form of dance while getting fit & meeting people.

Every Weds at St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd 6.30-8.30pm.

576 4112, arabianspicegroup@ gmail.com or http://arabianspicee.wix.com/ arabian-spice-bellydance

Arataki Omanu Scout Group

Keas 5.5-8yr olds Weds 5.45-6.45pm.

Cubs 8-10.5yr olds Mon 6-7.30pm. Scout 10.5-14yrs olds Thurs 6-8pm. Arataki Omanu Scout Hall, Moa Park, Valley Rd, Mt Maunganui. Christine 572 2606

Badminton @ Mount Indoor Sports Centre Give badminton a go. Trial it for

free & if you like to come every Weds 7-9pm. $8pp. Racquets available. Eve 021 906 481

Baywide Community Law Service

Drop in clinic every Weds at 63 Willow St 5-6.30pm. No appointment necessary.

Free legal assistance. 571 6812. Every Tues morning at Te Puke Clinic. For appointment 573 5614. Every 2nd Thurs morning at Katikati Clinic. For appointment 549 0399

appointment necessary, no charge. www. healingrooms.co.nz or 022 120 5406

Healing Rooms

Every Weds at Bethlehem Town Centre cnr shop behind PO/Bookstore 1-3pm.

Christian prayer for healing. 021 110 0878 or www.healingrooms.co.nz

Indoor Bowls at Ohauiti

Every Weds at Ohauiti Settlers Hall 7.159.30pm. No experience necessary. All ages welcome. Glennis 544 4022

ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Support BOP meeting upstairs 14B Hocking St, Mt Maunganui 10.30am.

Speaker: Kira Follas on Transactional Analysis - Relationships & communication.

Tina 281 1480 or email: tina@mebop. org.nz

Mount Scottish Society AGM

At 57 Wairoa Rd 7.30pm. Following the AGM tea/coffee will be served. Elizabeth 544 5633

Ninja Knits

Knitters, crocheters, felters etc. Yarnbomb, swap patterns & teach each other new skills. All ages & beginners welcome. Every 2nd & 4th Weds at The Incubator, Historic Village 7pm. On Facebook.

Scottish Country Dancing

Every Weds at Senior Citizens Hall, Maunganui Rd, Mt Maunganui. Beginners class 6pm, regular class 7.30pm. 573 5055

Single Coffee Club 60+

Mixed company of singles 60+ that meet up once a week of coffee, enjoy socialising & meeting new friends. Email: mixandmingle@xtra.co.nz or 027 439 3267

Table Tennis Tauranga

At Memorial Hall, QEYC every Weds 1-3pm & 7-9pm & every Fri 7-9pm.

Bill 578 1662 www.sportsground.co.nz/ tabletennistauranga

Tauranga Embroider’s Guild

Every Weds at Tauranga Rowing Club rooms, Memorial Park 10am - 2.30pm & 7-9pm.

Juniors 4-5.30pm. Beginners & experienced stitchers welcome. Ph Nancy 544 4778

Tauranga Mid-Week Tramping Group

Ngatahoa. Walk to falls & Opuiake ecological area. Grade moderate, approx 5.5hrs. 544 0670 Fun, fellowship, exercise for ladies 55+ Bowls Indoor at Blake Park netball courts 10am. Coreen Tauranga RSA Texas Hold-em Poker Club Every Weds & Fri at Mt Maunganui 570 0172 Every Weds 7.30pm. New members Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd names welcome, will teach you how to play. Buy Home Instead Senior Care in 12.45pm. 575 4650 in $10. PJ 543 2279 Reminder that the community music Bromeliad Club Meeting Te Puke Meditation & Development Group event for April 7 at Greerton Hall is Fun auction & many cheap plants & Featuring Amy on Yoga Nidra at cancelled. garden equipment available. Bring your Constables Gallery, Commerce Lane, Te Inachord Chorus Womens 4 Part money. At Yacht Club, Sulphur Pt 12.30Puke 7pm. $5 entry. Visitors welcome.

2.30pm. Visitors welcome. Phone Lynley Harmony Enjoy the challenge of singing Toastmasters City Early Start & performing varied repertoire. Every Tues on 576 7711 The 6 F’s Club - Fast, focused, flexible, at Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Cards feedback, friendly & fun. Confidence & Moffat Rd 6.55pm. Cathy 579 2040 email: Do you play cribbage or leadership building. Every Weds at Avgas inachordchorus@gmail.com would like to learn the game?

Cafe, Classic Flyers 6.50-8.15am. 021 044 Every Weds at Tauranga RSA Israeli Dancing 5654 LaniDTM@gmail.com or http:// 1pm. New members welcome. Rona 578 Beginners class every Tues at Gate Pa cityearlystart.toastmastersclubs.org 7939 Primary School, Cameron Rd 7-8pm. All ages welcome, no partner required. Maria Careers@Coffee 544 1680 or 022 165 2114 Returning to work or considering your next career step? Free networking group for Club Mt Maunganui Meditation - Free 6 Week Course Social games club. Play indoor bowls, Every Tues at Senior Citizens Hall, Norris women. Grab a coffee, meet others & join 500 & bolivia every Thurs 12.45pm. the discussion. Upstairs at Grindz Cafe, St (behind Pak n Save) 7pm. Join in any John 575 2422 50 First Ave 9.30-10.30am. Phone Millie time. Ian 576 2032 Fitness League 021 210 1331 info@careerrestyle.co.nz or Mount Art Group Safe, effective, low impact www.careerrestyle.co.nz Annual exhibition April 7 – 9 at Mount exercise to music using Surf Club. Also exhibition by Mount Coffin Club the Bagot Stack technique, College art students. Public welcome.

Workshops to personalise a coffin. 558 designed for females. All ages & Omanawa Rd 9am 12.30pm.

David/ Mount Morning Badminton abilities, complementary first class, every Catherine 544 3290 or 021 184 4086 Social, competitive, all ages, beginners Thurs Central Baptist Church Hall, cnr www.dzmdesign.co.nz welcome. Racquets available.

13th Ave & Cameron Rd 9.30am & Weds Every Tues at Mount Sports Fernlands Spa Water Exercise Classes at Katikati Memorial Hall 10am. Phone Centre, Blake Park 9am - 12pm.

Weds 10.45-11.45am. Held rain or Pam 549 4799 or 021 117 170 Visitors $5 per session. Maxeen shine but not during school holidays. New Get Together 575 0162 participants planning to attend ph Jennifer Bowls at 13th Ave Tauranga 9.30pm.

571 1411.

Neighbourhood Run Luncheon at Mitre Ten Mega, Gate Pa Running all year round. Cheyne Rd 6am Gate Pa Indoor Bowls 12pm. For the present or past present start. Free. Every Tues/Thurs/Fri. Svetlana Club night, Greerton Hall 7.30pm.

Lions. Jenny 544 7215 027 616 2124 Kevin 543 4044 Happiness & Our Mind

Golden Kiwis Leisure Marching Team

Thursday 9 April

Otumoetai Toastmasters

Leadership skills, speaking skills. At Lyceum Club rooms, 68 1st Ave 7.159.30pm. Alan 544 5989

Petanque - Tga/BOP Club

Gate Pa Tennis Club

Every Weds 9am - 12pm.

Social tennis for all levels. Make new friends while getting some exercise. No commitment or fee for first 3 attendances. Geoff 570 1168 or 021 474 807

All welcome to try a new sport. Equip available, all coaching given. Club Mt Maunganui 12.45pm start. Neita 572 3768 Greerton Gold Leisure Marching Team Seeking ladies of all ages. Every Weds Sequence Dancing meet at Moreland Fox Park 8-9.30am. No Tauranga Social & Leisure Club. St experience required. Marion 578 1108 John’s Anglican Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai. Every Tues Healing Rooms 7-9.30pm, second Tues of Experience God’s healing touch at month 3.30-6pm. Visitors Fashion Island, 42 Gravatt Rd, Papamoa welcome. John 578 9716 next to Esquires every Weds 5-6pm. No

Drop-in meditation classes. Beginners welcome. Classes are self-contained so start any date. $14 per class. New venue: Tauranga Plunket, 471 Devonport Rd. Monthly classes, next class April 16 7-8.30pm. www.meditateintauranga.org

Keynotes 4 Part Harmony

Women’s chorus meet every Thurs at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave 6.45pm.

Sing for fun & health. Nora 544 2714

Orange City Square & Round Dance Club

Tues morning 10am - 12pm, Weds Plus & Thurs Club Night & New Dancers. Frontiersmen’s Hall 7.30pm. 543 1063

Otumoetai 9 Hole Golf

Chess Tauranga

Separate competition for men & women every Thurs. Report before 8.30am for a fun morning of golf. New players welcome. Phone 576 9739 or just turn up.

Every Fri at Tauranga RSA, Greerton 6pm & 7pm onwards for the whole family. Werner 548 1111 http://www.westernbopchess.weebly.com/

Relationship Addiction Anonymous

CanTeen Waikato Fundraiser at Mt Maunganui College Hall April 17 & 18 7pm.

Tickets $25 available from Peti 021 268 4824 or petim@canteen.org.nz or Eventfinder & search Dave Upfold.

A supportive self-help group for women whose relationships with men have, up to now, usually been destructive. Every Thurs at Hanmer Clinic, 1235 Cameron Rd, Greerton 10-11.30am. Liz 0274 362 800

Senior Tennis

At Tauranga Lawn Tennis Club, Wharepai Domain, for ages 35+ from 9-11.30am. $3 ball fee. New members welcome.

Simplee Cre8tive

Ladies craft group every Thurs at Arataki Community Centre, Bayfair 9am - 2.30pm.

Bring your favourite craft or do a new one.

Jenny 572 5396

Sunshine Dance Group

Learn sequence dancing at a friendly club.

Meet every Thurs at Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave & Cameron Rd 7-8.30pm, followed by dancing till 10pm. $2pp, entrance includes supper. Jan 544 4379

Tauranga Heart Support Group

Low impact group exercise for those with or at risk of heart disease. City Church, Otumoetai 9.30-10.30am. $3.50pp includes light refreshment. Hannah (Clinical Exercise Physiologist) 0508 227 342

Dave Upfold Comedy Stage Hypnotist

Free Immigration Clinic

Every Fri - legal advice & information on immigration issues. For appointment, Baywide Community Law 571 6812

Little Shop of Horrors

Comedy horror rock musical about a florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood & flesh. Held April 17 - May 2 at Westside Theatre. Adults $30, Senior $28, child $20 from Creative Tauranga or www.iTicket.co.nz Presented by Tauranga Musical Theatre.

ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Support BOP EasiYoga upstairs 14B Hocking St, Mt Maunganui April 10 & 24 11am - 12pm. Gentle exercises, bring your own mat. All welcome. Tina 281 1480 or email: tina@mebop.org.nz

Mobile Phone Workshop

Tauranga Rock n Roll Social Dancers

Not sure how to use your mobile phone? Book now for your lessons & learn the basics. Gayle 578 1878

Toastmasters - Kickstart Breakfast Club

Bay of Plenty Orchid Society at Te Puke War Memorial Hall April 10 & 11 10am – 4pm. Admission $3 adult, children free.

Have fun dancing to authentic rock & roll music every Thurs at Senior Citizens Hall, 14 Norris St (behind Pak n Save) 7.30-9.30pm. $3pp. Check out FB. Maria 576 7326 Speak confidently in a fun environment. Alimento Cafe 7am, guests welcome. Phone Helen 571 6181

Young Parents Group

(For ages 20 & under) every Thurs at Plunket, 471 Devonport Rd, Tauranga 12pm. Lunch provided. Text Rozi 027 924 6526

Friday 10 April

10pin Bowling Quicksilver League

Come for a fun morning on Friday’s at 13th Ave 10.30am. We play in pairs. New members welcome. Ngaire 575 3806

Alcoholics Anonymous

Open meeting every Fri at Hamner Clinic, 1235 Cameron Rd, Greerton (behind Bridgestone) 7.30pm. 0800 229 6757 for more meetings or assistance.

Orchid Show

The Sociables

30’s/40’s age group of males & females that meet up once a week to socialise by dining out or participating in local activities & event.

Email sociables@outlook.co.nz

“What’s On” in the Weekend Sun is a free service for non-profit clubs and organisations.

Email julie@thesun.co.nz or fax 571 1116 or post to PO Box 240, Tauranga.

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Drivers Bar 11th Ave Plaza Wednesday 8 – Tauranga Blues Jam 8pm – late.

Friday 10 – The Hipshooters Live. Tickets $10 available from the bar.

Greers Gastro Bar Saturday 4 – The Trevor Braunias Trio 6-9pm. Jazz classics and popular covers with a jazz feel.

Sunday 5 – Margaret Harper, jazz & easy listening. Guitar & vocals 5.30-8.30pm.

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Mount RSA Saturday 4 – Tony Wellington 7.30pm.

Sunday 5 – Des and Pete 4.30pm.

The Crown and Badger Saturday 4 – Celsius 9pm.

The Matua Wednesday 8 – A Taste of Country Night 7.30-10pm.

Welcome Bay Bar Thursday 2 – Synergy 4-9pm.

Acoustic duo.

Saturday 4 – Karaoke with Paulena 8pm – late.

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Reasons to be cheerful - Part 27 We continue the occasional series wherein Winston expounds on things that currently make him happy.

Last week it was music; this week it’s not.

But, once again, he’s very happy. As happy as an Easter bunny. As happy as a spiritual sexual shamanic seeder. “Did I really read that?” you’re thinking. Yep. No wonder Winston’s so happy. Read on and all will be revealed…

143) Easter bunnies!

I like bunnies. Bunnies give me great pleasure, whether feeding or eating them. Next Thursday, April 9), Animates on Cameron Rd is having a session at 11am called ‘Learn all about Easter Animals’.

They will no doubt have bunnies galore. And the aim is “for kids to learn all about rabbits, guinea pigs and chickens”.

Now, a pedantic person would be tempted to question the inclusion of guinea pigs. Rabbits are clearly very important to Easter, as are chickens, which would lay all those chocolate eggs if it weren’t for the chocolate chickens? But guinea pigs?

Actually, they could have a significance previously unknown to me since I realise the only thing I know about the cute li’l critters is they feature prominently in the national cuisine of Peru. With the current popularity of all foods South American I guess we can expect to see them at gourmet markets in Tauranga any day now.

But, being Easter, it does seem like a good time to remind ourselves how the bunny inserted itself into such a deeply religious long weekend.

Turns out that the Easter Bunny (or Rabbit or Hare) can be traced back to 13th Century, pre-Christian German folklore.

Eventually it became a bit of a Santa Claus figure among German Lutherans, playing the role of a judge, evaluating whether children were good or bad at the start of the season of Eastertide and then delivering eggs and gifts.

This custom spread from Germany to other parts of Europe and, in the 18th Century, to America, where it launched the ringing of countless thousand tills.

One place it didn’t catch on was Sweden, despite German immigrants introducing the story in the late 19th Century.

Thanks to a misunderstanding of the Swedish word for the Easter Hare, Paskharen - which sounds very similar to Paskkarlen, meaning the Easter Wizard – the Swedish tradition of the Easter Wizard bringing eggs for Easter was born.

Meanwhile, the hare was also a popular motif in medieval church art, popping up regularly in paintings of the virgin and child, though for somewhat ironic and misguided reasons.

The ancient Greek contention, from Pliny and Plutarch and other famous folk, that hares were hermaphrodites proved

historically hard to dispel; and the misapprehension that hares could reproduce without loss of virginity led the Catholic Church, with its laser-like accuracy about all matters sexual, to associate them with the Virgin Mary. Hmmm…

144) Spiritual Sexual Shamanic Seeding!

Or to give it the full title: ISTA Spiritual Sexual Shamanic Seeding Level 3 (SSSSEED).

In case you weren’t aware, this particular week-long course, six 13-hour days, is taking place right now in Tauranga and costs $2050.

Sadly that figure slightly exceeds my weekly expense account here at The Sun (though, to give the course its due, it does include food). In lieu of attending I’ve been examining the promotional literature.

Allow me to quote the first paragraph: “This training is for those who have completed SSSex (Spiritual Sexual Shamanic Experience Level 1) and SSSIn (Spiritual Sexual Shamanic Initiation Level 2)”.

“It deepens the identification with the universal and is designed to strengthen the core capacity for authentic presence. This highlights each person’s essential gifts and challenges as they seed their work in the world.”

And here’s a bit from later on: “Each time a training takes place or a conference is held then a vortex of energy descends from the solid foundation of ISTA and for a week or a weekend a temple of the new civilization stands and then is reabsorbed into the inner landscape.”

Mother always told me it’s wrong to make fun of other people.

So I wouldn’t dream of it.

Putting the fun in dysfunctional The 16th Avenue Theatre cast is putting the fun into dysfunctional, with their brand new musical comedy that lifts the lid on the perils of family life, premiering these Easter holidays.

Across No. 1416 1. Native bird (4) 5. Money (4) 7. National rugby 6. Frame (9) team (3,6) 12. Adornment (9) 8. Hero (4) 13. Thread (4) 9. Egg-shaped (4) 15. Taverns (4) 10. Portion (4) 17. Add (6) 11. Simple (4) 18. Gossip (6) 14. Circus performers 20. Vegetable (5) (10) 21. Haggard (5) 16. Famous aviatrix 23 Epic (4) (4,6) C D N S E C T K I U A I H 19. Ballad (4) S O U T H E R N A L P S M 22. Questions (4) S M U O E R L I M T T L S 24. Commiseration (4) N I T W I T G F A I L E D N D E D A G E X MM P T E 25. Native tree (4) WO R S H I P T M A R R Y 26. Insect (9) Y E L E O N G C O T A E O U S A G E I WH E E D L E 27. Node (4) A T T M I A G A T R I I K Down A T T E N D G T O L A G A 1. Lift (5) Z A P N E O I E I I O I K A P E T E R J A C K S O N 2. Chessmen (5) F U T S E E E U O E T N R 3. Knife (6) Solution 1415 4. Shrub (6)

The musical comedy ‘A Fine Day Out’ promises to bring laughs, songs and family dramas to Tauranga audiences at 16th Avenue Theatre on April 13-19.

Featuring mad mother-in-laws, sibling rivalry, explosive secrets, loud shirts and a mother on the edge of reason – the musical comedy shows this is just an average family picnic for the Smith family as they try to have a fine day out.

Mum Liz wants to celebrate her birthday in style with a posh picnic by the seaside and karaoke fun – but her sons can’t stop fighting and her lottery-winning husband is

The Weekend Sun has five double passes to give away to lucky readers who can tell us where the event is held. Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competitions section. Entries must be received before Wednesday, April 8.

so bored he’s taken up bird watching.

Her Rock ‘n’ Roll mother-in-law is busy with her iPhone and toy boy; and her own mum, Abigail, is dressed for tea with the Queen. But it’s when her oldest son’s scheming girlfriend arrives that things get really interesting.

Will anyone in this feuding family stay civil for long enough to cut the cake?

Can Liz pull her family together in time to save her big day?

With well-known toe-tapping songs and laughs as big as the Smith’s family’s heart ‘A Fine Day Out’ promises to be a great show for the whole family.

‘A Fine Day Out’ runs from April 13-19 at 16th Avenue Theatre, Tauranga.

Tickets cost $5-$10 and can be booked by contacting 02102009553 or at www.16theatreyouth.webs.com

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Harbour cruise fundraiser Tauranga’s Village Radio is hosting a Harbour Cruise on Friday, April 10 to fundraise for their notfor-profit organisation.

The cruise will be leaving The Strand at 6pm and Pilot Bay at 6.15pm. Tickets cost $35 per person and include a barbecue, music, tea and coffee. Refreshments will be on sale on board and there’s no BYO. For information and tickets, call 07 571 3710.

Art lovers can marvel at masterpieces created by the city’s Mount Art Group members Merilynn Crean, Robin Haslett and Bronwyn Oldeman talented artists at the Mount Art with their art. Photo by Tracy Hardy.

Group’s annual exhibition members have been working talent and creativity in the ties, to join their group and this month.

The exhibition is at Mount Maunganui Surf Lifesaving Club on April 7-9, from 9am daily.

The three-day exhibition allows visitors to view the artwork at their leisure, and purchase paintings club

on during the last 12 months.

Once again Mount Maunganui College art students will also be exhibiting their art work.

Visitors are also encouraged to find their own hidden

painting corner at the exhibition. There’ll be members working on paintings during the three days of the exhibition.

The Mount Art Group encourages artists of all abili-

improve their skills in an “encouraging atmosphere of friendship and fun”.

The group meets at St Peters Anglican Church Hall, 13 Victoria Rd, on Thursday mornings from 9.30am-1pm.

Easter action on the basketball courts

It will be baskets aplenty, but not of the Easter treat variety, this weekend as one of the nation’s largest basketball tournaments slams into Tauranga.

From Good Friday through to Monday more than 135 basketball teams converge on the city’s courts for the 25th annual Basketball Pacific Easter Tournament.

Divided into Under 11, 13, 15, 17 and 19 categories the competition will have extra spice with seven teams from across the Tasman joining the ranks.

Tauranga City Basketball general manager Mark Rogers is predicting

a big weekend of court action given the abundance of teams, needing three venues to get through all the matches – ASB Arena, QE2 Centre and Aquinas College.

“The Australian teams are elite teams that come from a tournament where their state teams go to, so they are always pretty good.

“Waikato and Waitakere are usually quite strong then from the Bay of Plenty there is Rotorua and Tauranga teams.”

Tauranga City Basketball will field 13 teams, covering all men’s and women’s grades apart from the women’s under 17 where some

players are loaned out to other sides to ensure they get game time.

All up teams will play five-seven matches, while each division has an A and B grade.

Mark is rapt with the tournament continuing to grow year on year.

“It’s huge and it’s into its 25th year, this is the biggest tournament in New Zealand. And it’s just keeping on growing.

“It brings about 3500 people to Tauranga for the weekend, so it’s good for the city as well.”

Alongside the top drawer court action is coach and referee education, with USA Women’s Basketball

First winter market A night in the bush

The Tauranga Night Market operating at Bayfair Shopping Centre on Sunday nights is changing days due to public and stallholders request. Market director Cadence Kaumoana say the event will run every Saturday from Easter weekend to next summer, making it the only night market in Tauranga to operate during the winter.

Cadence says it was Tauranga Night Market’s decision to change the market day from Sunday to Saturday nights to accommodate for stall holders, business and the local community. “That was the demand from the public and from stall holders that Saturday was the preference.”

The Sunday night market operated at Bayfair Shopping Centre from 5.30pm.

The new Saturday market will start at 6pm – and Cadence is excited about the change.

“It means more stall holders and more people can come – and we can have a night market that has electric vibe, great food and an awesome night out for all.”

Bush walking beginners can spend a night out in the wild this month as part of the ECHO Walking Festival. The night in the bush – Waitawheta style – is on Saturday, April 11, with the meeting point at Katikati Information Centre at 12 noon.

The first hour of the walk is straight up the Lindemann Ridge track, followed by a fourhour meander through native bush to the Waitawheta Hut. This DOC serviced hut has a mattress, toilets, running water and gas are provided. There event costs $35 per person, plus BYO food.

To learn more about the walk – which is and a great one for first-timers experiencing a night in the bush with experiences guides – see www.echowalkfest.org.nz

Hall of Fame coach Jim Foster and former Tall Ferns coach Shawn Dennis flying in for the weekend. Play tips off from 8.30am on Friday at all three venues.

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Dancing into Neverland The talented dancers at Susanne Hanger Dance and Fairytale Dance Productions are taking Tauranga audiences to Neverland in their annual Peter-Pan inspired production next weekend.

They are presenting their ‘Neverland’ production at Baycourt Community Theatre on April 11-12.

Dancers bring to life the tale of Peter Pan, who has lost his shadow again. But this time it’s run away, so he needs Tink to help him find it.

The on-stage story continues as the dancers move

across the stage, searching Neverland high and low, meeting its magical and wondrous inhabitants along the way.

While Peter searches for his shadow, Captain Hook searches for Peter. The captain of the Jolly Roger is set on avenging the loss of his hand and will stop at nothing to get revenge.

With the help of the Lost Boys, Neverland fairies and a gift from the mermaid Ariel, Susanne Hanger Dance students pose the question: ‘Will Tink’s plan to capture Peter’s shadow work and can she make sure it won’t run away again?’

Susanne Hanger says her dance students have been hard at work practising to bring this enjoyable

story to life.

“With extraordinary sets, costumes, music and choreography, this entertaining and charming version of the classic story will delight the young and young at heart alike.”

The ‘Neverland’ production is at Baycourt Community Theatre at 2pm and 6.30pm on Saturday, April 11 – with a 2pm matinee show on Sunday, April 12.

Tickets cost $28 for adults, $16 for seniors and $72 for a family pass. To purchase tickets, contact Ticketek.

Susanne Hanger Dance and Fairytale Dance Productions present ‘Neverland’ on April 11-12.

An interactive Easter experience Bethlehem Baptist Church is undergoing a massive makeover for visitors to take an interactive journey back to the land and times of Jesus this Easter weekend.

Creative director Yvonne Barnes says every inch of space is being utilised as hundreds of volunteers work around the clock to transform the church into several biblical scenes including ‘The Easter Journey, a depiction of Christ’s life and crucifixion’ on April 2-6.

The Easter Journey is a multimedia, interactive, walk-through theatre-type experience that tells the Easter story in a new, modern and thoughtprovoking way.

This year the team has come up with more innovative ideas — and there is not an Easter bunny or a chocolate egg among them. ‘‘However, we can say there will be live animals, and presently, a large paper-maché object is coming to life.

“There are whispers it may turn into an elephant

‘The Easter Journey, a depiction of Christ’s life and crucifixion’ is at Bethlehem Baptist Church on April 2-6.

– well you will just have to come and see,” says Yvonne.

The Easter Journey is for all the family, although one of the scenes is particularly graphic, so parents be warned.

Yvonne says a scene depicting Christ’s crucifixion, portrayed by actors, can provoke strong emotions. ‘‘We make no apologies for the raw and graphic nature of a crucified Christ — that’s the Easter story.

“We advise parental supervision and discretion for our younger or more sensitive viewers.’’

For primary children there is a scheduled children’s puppet show operating.

Allow 30-40 minutes to complete the route and extra time to relax and enjoy a complimentary tea or coffee afterwards, or purchase great food from Cafe Verses. Entry is by donation.

For more information, visit www.easterjourney.co.nz

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New Zealand’s largest specialised digital design school is bringing the first-ever free digital media foundation course to the Bay of Plenty.

From next month, ACG Yoobee School of Design will deliver a new Level 2 vocational pathway programme in Tauranga.

Aimed at creative 16-19-year-olds, the 24-week course is the perfect introduction to creative industries and covers everything from design principles, graphic design and web design to filmmaking and animation.

It’s the first course to be approved in New Zealand that offers a vocational pathway programme into these visionary fields.

ACG Yoobee Auckland’s academic manager Kevin Sharp says it’s an exciting development that will bring big benefits to school-leavers in the Bay of Plenty.

“This is a fantastic pathway into further study and employment in the

creative industries – until now BOP residents have had to move to Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch to take this step.”

The course is tailor-made for creative students who’ve already left school, or those still in school but are finding traditional subjects aren’t working for them.

“It’s an excellent start for teenagers wanting to get into a creative field, as it’s very practical and hands-on.

“It will give them a taste of all the different creative industries and help them work out where they want to specialise.”

The new Level 2 Vocational Pathways: Creative Industries course starts April 7 and runs from Monday-Friday 8am1pm for 24 weeks.

ACG Yoobee will provide daily transport to and from the CBD and campus.

If you want to be part of the new generation of design professionals, enrol now. Call 0800 222 083 or email tauranga@yoobee.ac.nz

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The legacies of Johann and Jack Have you heard of Johann Jacob Schweppe? You may recognise his last name.

Johann created and patented the ability to carbonate water and he did it in 1783. And if that’s not enough, he’s also responsible for creating tonic water, by introducing quinine into another recipe.

Quinine was, and still is, used to combat and prevent the development of malaria, originally for the military based in India in the 1870s. Consider the amount of lives he’s saved during the centuries and all from an idea in 1783. What could someone achieve now, with all the available technology, to help those in the future? Exciting stuff.

In 1850, a rather loud and feisty baby was born in Tennessee and he also would become world famous by 1904.

Jasper, or Jack, Newton Daniel came into this world – and thanks to a rather fertile father –20 children…what would you say – he became a ‘foster child’ of a lay preacher, who also happened to be a moonshiner of distinction.

Obviously, we’re discussing the Jack Daniel’s responsible for the world famous Sour Mash Whis-

key. And sorry folks – it’s not a true bourbon, due to being brewed in Tennessee and not Kentucky.

Nevertheless, he created an iconic alcoholic beverage that survived prohibition, the Temperance Movement, became connected with tough loggers and even reached notoriety with a certain rock star who’d intravenously feed a bottle of the beverage directly into his arm.

It just goes to show, the alcohol Industry is full of amazing pioneers, people, ideas and inventions.

The Weekend Sun has a $50 The Phoenix voucher to give away to a lucky reader who can tell us what year Jasper was born?

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

Entries must be received before Wednesday, April 8.

Young professionals’ talk with councillors The Rocket Young Professionals group is hosting a breakfast for youthful businesspeople to talk to elected members from the subregion’s three local authorities about the things important to them.

Topics to be covered are: where we will be in 10 years’ time, what is

the city vision, and what does the 10-year plan hold for young professionals in the region?

Plus, another question is what is important to young professional people to ensure they stay in the Bay. The free event on April 16 will

also provide a great networking opportunity and a chance to hear what local government is doing in areas that affect young business people.

To find out how to attend, see www.tauranga.org.nz/eventscalendar

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Storage solutions for surplus goods Storage Container Guys manager Tony Kuiumdjian.

If the home or work space is getting a bit cramped – the Storage Container Guys can help with short or long term affordable self-storage needs.

SCG owner Cameron Hood says they offer affordable, secure and convenient self-storage solutions for personal or business storage in a secure yard at Hynds Rd.

“We can look after the surplus goods that you haven’t got room for, with 24-hour access to the secured facility.”

Storage containers are available for rent at $199 a month, including GST. The storage facility is fully fenced and secured with keypad entry 24/7, for 365 days a year – and is monitored

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For people who don’t have the land to store a shipping container, vehicle, truck, camper van, boat or other equipment – Cameron says SCG provides an affordable, secure and convenient alternative to traditional self-storage companies.

They also offer office space lease available for short or long term, with no fixed contracts.

Put the sparkle back into your home

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Cleaning the shower can be a tricky task. That’s why Pristine Shower Clean take the hassle and hard work out of cleaning the shower by sanitising it and restoring it back to new, using non-toxic and environmentally friendly products.

Owned by Penny Prestidge, Pristine Clean has been in business for eight years. Penny says their unique formula

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She says a treatment from Pristine Clean restores and protects the glass, helps prevent bacteria build up – and makes future cleaning a breeze.

“If you buy a good new shower and have it treated before you use it, it is good for 10 years,” says Penny. “But it even lasts around three years on old restored glass, which is porous and open to damage when unprotected.”

Penny’s lost count of the amount of times people have said to her: “If only I knew to put it on new”.

Pristine Clean also offers oven cleaning for an everyday clean as well as home moves. That means penny offers a package deal of an oven and shower clean for people moving or presenting their homes for sale.

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TAURANGA TANDEM SKYDIVING

AC PETFOODS collect injured & unwanted cows & horses. Ph 0800 369 6269

BRYCE DECORATING Interior & exterior painting, wallpapering.

Quality work. Ph Wayne 579 5588 or 021 162 7052 ELECTRICIAN, 18+ years experience, NZ registered.

Residential & commercial, maintenance & service, new builds, renovations. Fast, friendly service. Ph Andrew 022 354 1960 FLOOR & WALL TILER. Over 35 years experience. All tiles, stone & slate. Ph 027 317 9031 FUTURA PROPERTY SERVICES Building maintenance, timber repairs, landscape features. Contact us about the best new sunroof materials available. Ph Bill Purdie on 575 0407 or 027 6247 247 info@futura247.co.nz HANDYMAN BUILDING and section maintenance, decks, fencing, pergolas, painting, water blasting, odd jobs. Free quotes Ph Rossco 027 270 3313 or 544 5911 INSECT SCREENS Measure.

Make. Mend. Ph Rob at Magic Seal 543 4940

PLASTERER Interior 30+years.

Skimming walls, make good ceilings, walls, Cornice Cove.

Plasterboard stopping. Small jobs. Free quote. Ph Stan 021 130 2621 PLUMBER GAS FITTER – All work certified. Call anytime. Ph 578 4383 REROOF OR ROOF REPAIRS - Long run Roofing. Will be completed over weekend. Free quotes. Good references. 10yrs exp. Ph 027 725 7986 REVIVE YOUR DRIVE A clean and seal helps: Prevent staining; Cleaning made easy. Prevents Colour loss; Adds value to your home. Commercial Grade Sealer.

Free Quotes. Ph Adam Concrete Replacements 0274 598 571 Member of CCANZ ROOF REPAIRS free quotes for all maintenance of leaking roofs, gutter cleaning & repairs.

Chimney maintenance & repairs.

Registered roofer, 30yrs exp. Ph Peter 542 4291 or 027 436 7740 ROOF PAINTING and maintenance. Roofs rescrewed.

Waterblasting, moss removal.

Free quotes! Ph Mark 543 3670 or 021 0273 8840 TIMBER RETAINING WALLS decks and all types of fencing.

Excellent work at a competitive price. Ph Clive 021 048 2833 or 552 6510 TREE SHRUB and hedges trimming, topping removal, rubbish removal, palm pruning or removal, satisfaction guaranteed free quote. Ph Steve Hockly 571 5958 or 027 498 1857

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

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

to Tropical North Queensland 3rd-11thJune; Raurimu Spiral & Chateau. 22nd-23rd June;Northland 11th-15th August; Art Deco Napier 22nd26th August; Wanganui Historic Homes 7th-11th September; Tranz Alpine &West Coast 20th23rd September. Free pickup, free newsletter. Seats are limited, don’t miss out. Book now!

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best buzz in the Bay! Gift vouchers available. Ph 574 8533 today

TAURANGA POIKE 20a Olivine Street, 4th April Easter Saturday.

Mega Sale. A bit of everything.

Household goods, bric-a-brac + more GATE PA Estate sale. Dining suites, washing machine, fridge, books, laziboys, artist’s equipment, tools, kitchenware, foldaway pool table, beds.

Saturday 4th. Burns Street, Gate Pa. Signs out 8.30am.

JUST $19 with FREE signs & price stickers! arts & crafts SCHOOL HOLIDAYS ARE HERE Timetable out now for our holiday programme which includes soap making, ceramic painting and mosaics. www.clayartstudio.co.nz or contact Lynn 571 3726 Clay Art Studio, Historic Village, 17th Ave

bible digest “DELIGHT yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart”. Psalm 37:4

business opportunities FUN AND REWARDING Home Business Simple Set Up, NOT MLM, No Cold Calling, No Chasing Friends & Family, Simple Yet Sophisticated Online Business.

Big Thinkers Only. BOOMING DIRECT SALES, Make up to $5,000 per sale APPLY NOW: yourownperfectlife@gmail.com

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

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

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BE READY for Autumn! Leaves controlled, lawns mowed, trees/hedges trimmed, garden maintenance, general tidy ups, rubbish removal. Quality work. Ph Steve 571 2295 or 021 0264 8265 LAWNMOWING HONEST reliable operator. Mulch or catch + edges done from only $15. Ph Hayden 281 1026 (toll free Tga wide) or text 027 201 2886 RELIABLE experienced gardener does weeding, pruning, raise gardens bed, trimming and lawn mowing. Discount for Veterans and Pensioners. All green waste taken. Ph Damon 021-202 3558

FOUND Bethlehem Area, Male Aged, Ref# 21570

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WINDSURFER board Mistral Explosion and cover $150. The following don’t fit the board boom, carbon fibre mast and three North sails $400. Three fins $50 each. For more information Ph 549 4006

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5 x KITTENS ready for a new home, majority black with white socks, one grey/white. Ph 027 348 1706 FREE PLANTS dig them out yourself ezzypezy no maintenance australian grass lamandra tanika great on bank and very dry conditions. Ph 544 0067 evenings

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Membership $20p.a. WBOP Ostomy Assn. Ph Richard on 07 573 7443 P.O Box 10011 Bayfair, Mount Maunganui ostomybop@gmail.com NATURAL NEW ZEALAND Health Products & Clinic.

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Opposite BP Te Puke. Ph 573 5533 www.naturaltherapiesnz. com and www.kiwikitz.com

housesitters TRUSTED HOUSESITTERS available from 26th April – 21st May. 14 years housesitting experience in Tauranga, excellent references. Ph 027 302 8328

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Problems, viruses, upgrades, internet, new or refurb PC’s tuition, or advice. Ph Bruce for a no obligation chat or quote 576 7940 or 021 260 9183

WIN $500 CASH MONTHLY! Join Te Puna Hunting & Fishing club for only $10 per adult and enter our monthly competition Prime Explosives 500, you could win $500 Cash every month. Check out www. tepunahuntingfishingclub.co.nz or check out our facebook page to keep up to date www.facebook. com/tepunahuntfishclub

FREE ON SITE DIAGNOSIS & quote. We come to you & don’t charge extra for travel. Pensioner discounts. Ph Kyle at Tech Solutions 027 828 7078

FOUND Greerton Area, DSH Adult Tabby Female Cat FOUND Parkvale Area, DSH Tabby Cat, Ref# 21564 FOUND Welcome Bay Area, DSH Cat Tabby, torti/White Female Ref# 21559 FOUND Kittens, various colours, from various areas if you have lost one Please call SPCA 07 578 0245

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therapist Betina Anderson is now available for appointments.

Betina a mature woman, believes the foundation of all our relationships begins with ourselves.

Ph 0274 791 206 Em: care@flowerbank.co.nz

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

20 years experience. Ph Andy 022 3190 996 ALL PAINTING and minor building repairs,30years experience. Ph Bill 570 6043 or 027 667 2468 (027ONPAINT) APPLIANCE REPAIRS For service of all Fisher & Paykel, Haier and Elba appliances, Ph 0800 372 273 for your local technician.

BECK’S PAINTERS & DECORATORS, interior, exteriorapprentice trained over 15 years experience. Based in Matua and covering all of Tauranga ph 021 124 1389 or 07 576 9963 BOAT BUILDING repairs and maintenance. Timber & fibreglass trade qualified, boat builder.

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PAINTER/DECORATOR Interior and Exterior, quality workmanship friendly services. Over 20 years specialising in residential and more. Quality paint at trade prices. For your best advice in all areas. Ph Shane Mount/Tauranga Decorators 07 544 6495 or 021 575 307 PAINTERS AVAILABLE for immediate start. Interior/exterior.

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Contact The Hinterland Tours Team on 07 575 8118 or 027 235 7714 BOOK NOW FOR for the Musical ‘Singin’ in the Rain the popular production set to make a ‘’splash’’ in Auckland. Sensational song and dance numbers. ‘’A’’ Reserve seats and door to door transport to a Matinee. Phone John’s Door to Door Tours 576 9305 EVER EXPERIENCED the mountain tops draped in a blanket of glistening snow, with crisp blue sky and spectacular scenery to take your breath away? Observe from aboard the world famous Tranzalpine Train - South Island Winter Snow Train Tour Friday 27th August- Ph Zealandier Tours 575 6425 NO.8 TOURS TRAVEL CLUB Extended Tours: Specialists in fully escorted day & extended tours. Wandering Wairarapa 6th-8th May; Winter Escape

1907 PADDLEBOAT River Cruises. Cruise up the Wairoa River with complimentary tea/ coffee. From $25 and group discounts, open 7 days. Bookings essential 0274183930, www. paddleboat.co.nz, www.facebook. com/otunui

venues FOR WEDDINGS, FUNCTIONS OR MEETINGS check out No.1 The Strand, a beautiful historic setting. Ph Tony 07 928 3676 or email tony@thesun.co.nz WEDDINGS, PARTIES, MEETINGS etc. With stunning Harbour views, fully licensed bar & kitchen onsite. Restaurant open every Friday from 5pm & Sunday from 4.30pm. Tauranga Fish & Dive Club, 60 Cross Rd, Sulphur Point. Ph 571 8450 or text 027 318 5760 www.tfdc.co.nz

wanted FREE GREEN WASTE dump by lawn contractor in exchange for ??? Tauranga area. Ph Steve 021 0264 8265 or 571 2295

Housing demand exceeding supply Surging asking prices for houses in March have broken a new national record for third consecutive month, while new listings fall – with Canterbury and Auckland leading the regions, according to Realestate.co.nz.

The Auckland market is continuing to drive national housing market figures, with the average asking price of homes for sale in New Zealand during March reaching a new high of $514,712.

And demand is exceeding supply, with the latest monthly property data from Realestate.co.nz showing the number of new listings in March declined 4.9 per cent to 11,870 – the lowest for March since 2009.

The number of new listings of homes for sale across New Zealand in March 2015 dropped 4.9 per cent from March 2014, to 11,870. It is a fall of 1.1 per cent on the 12,008 new listings in February.

And it’s the lowest number of new listings for March since 2009, when 11,456 new listings were recorded.

New listings also fell in Auckland and Wellington; by 5.2 per cent and 9.2 per cent respectively. Canterbury reported an increase of 3.8 per cent on the number of new listings from March 2014.

The new national high in average asking price of $514,712 set last month is just a small 0.6 per cent increase on the previous record of $511,412.

Average asking prices in the Bay of Plenty remain virtually static, creeping up by 0.3 per cent in March to $495,597.

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An open invitation The story begins: Claire’s mother decided, through difficult circumstances, to have an abortion, terminating the life of her son.

Unknown to the mother and missed by ultrasound or other preliminary check, she was actually carrying twins.

Pug Day Photos by Cameron Avery.

Zoe Clarke cuddles a pug.

Von Strong, 12, with Pug Chica.

Tauranga residents got up close and cuddly with pintsized pugs at Memorial Park at the weekend, as part of Auckland Pug Club secretary and Tauranga resident Julie Hudson’s want to establish an official presence in town for city pug owners.

Kruze Quintus age 5 with Pug Lulu.

When told, she decided this one, a girl, was meant to live. Again, because of her circumstances she saw no way of coping with her baby and gave her up for adoption. Many years later the grown up girl, Claire Culwell, came looking for her. They met, and only then did Claire find out she was a twin, that she had survived the abortion; her brother had not.

In honour of her aborted twin brother, Claire shares her story so others may know what a precious gift life is, and that healing is possible; and she’s hopeful they will feel the power of forgiveness through meeting her.

Claire is an advocate of alternatives to abortion – especially adoption.

Her visit to Tauranga is sponsored jointly by Voice for Life and Family Life International, who warmly invite you to attend this evening with Claire at 7 pm on Thursday, April 9 at St Mary’s School Hall, 11 Thirteenth Ave. Tauranga. For further information contact Don Brebner on 07 577 9863.

Easter Sunday 10 am, 345 Maunganui Road www.shorelinechurch.org.nz│ info@shoreline.org.nz 07 562 0820

Stunning Lip Sync performances Te Puke High School’s annual Lip Sync performance is being touted as a “stunner” with two recent sell-out shows at the school hall seeing more than 70 students get involved.

Students in-costume had show-goers laughing and rocking to the sounds of a huge variety of acts – some poignant, some relevant, some lively and many humorous. A special mention is made to the hilarious and energetic staff performance.

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Above: Talented senior girls, including some international students, perform their act ‘Rest Home Hero’.

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Right: Students Dayna Rowe, Olivia Lord-Bark and Vun Ratu won the Judges’ choice award.

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Left: Junior ‘Country Boys’ Hamish Dwan and Daniel Bartley won People’s Choice.

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Behold the Lamb of God

By Peter Whitcombe, Jesus First Church

In the first chapter of John’s gospel, we find John the Baptist speaking of the One who was to come.

When he sees Jesus coming towards him, John identifies Jesus in verse 29: “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world”.

Later in 1 Corinthians 5:7 we read that Paul speaks of Jesus as the “Christ, our Passover lamb (who) has been sacrificed”.

The true essence of what many celebrate as Easter is found in the Jewish feast of Passover, or Pesach, which commemorates the liberation of the children of Israel from slavery in Egypt, as recorded in the book of Exodus. The focal point is the blood of a spotless lamb sprinkled over the doorposts and lintels of their homes

so the angel of death that God had sent in judgment upon those in Egypt “passed over” the homes of the Israelites who had applied the blood of the Passover lamb to their homes (Exodus 12:12-14).

The blood of this Passover lamb in Egypt foreshadowed the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, our Passover Lamb, whose blood was poured out for all who are saved and who are born again by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, so as to spare them from God’s holy and righteous judgment on sin.

Have you met the One whom John spoke about: the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world?

He’s not found in Easter eggs or in hot cross buns – He’s found by those who seek Him with sincere and humble hearts.

No cross - no Christianity

Jesus life was supremely important: His model life, His amazing words, His great miracles. Yet Jesus stressed it was His death that was central to His coming into the world. Selwyn Hughes writes” “He was born to die”.

Holman Hunt’s painting ‘The Shadow of Death’ depicts the carpenter’s shop Jesus worked in before his ministry began.

Jesus, tired after a day’s work, stretches both His arms upward.

The evening sunlight, flooding into the little carpenter’s shop, casts a shadow in the form of a cross on the wall behind Him. His mother, Mary kneeling among chips of wood, looks up and is startled to see her son’s cross-like shadow on the wall.

The cross loomed large in the mind of Jesus from the beginning of his ministry. Nothing could deter Jesus from going to His cross. Jesus told his followers to remember him through the ‘Lord’s Supper’. It was not His birth, life, words or works, but His death. The cross is essential to Christianity. No cross – no Christianity and no forgiveness!

John Wesley said we

must get the ‘me’ into the cross. Christ died for me.

I must personally receive His forgiveness through an act of faith. If not then it will be as if He never died for me.

While Easter begins with a cross, it ends with

a resurrection. Jesus victorious over sin and death. Jesus, the risen Son of God, bringing peace, joy and eternal life to all who receive and believe in His name.

Rev Donald Hegan, St Columba Presbyterian

Sunday Gatherings 10:00 am Mount Sports Club 51 Miro Street Blake Park The Mount

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Easter Service Sunday@10am 7 Oak Lane Judea behind Resene

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