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Spirited voyage Rain every day and seasick crew mates haven’t put Tauranga Girls’ College student Sam Fredeim off sailing.

The year 12 student returned from her recent 10 day voyage on Spirit of New Zealand keen for more. Sam was among the volunteer crew on the

day sails out of Tauranga this week, and says she’s looking for more experience on the water.

She found her voyage on the sail training barquentine “character building” but loads of fun.

“I wanted to put myself out there, try some-

thing. I had heard various things about it, My trip was about three weeks ago, I just wanted to come back on the ship as a volunteer.”

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Punctuation, paedophilia and prince’s appendage It’s been a tumultuous week in the news, with the lovely Robyn Malcolm emerging as the sexiest drunk woman driver in New Zealand and the PC lunatics campaigning to ban children from cartwheeling and generally having fun.

Phillip feeling the need to bare all, especially the scans of his bladder infection.

I know last week we promised to entertain you with an uplifting story about reporting suicides. Clearly so many of you were too excited about that cheerful subject, so we’ve had to settle for the Beast of Blenheim

We’ve also seen, on the 25th anniversary of the movie Dirty Dancing, the royal celebrating it in their own special way.

Harry has launched his own internet version of the movie, cleverly deflecting blame for the production onto some innocent chick with a cellphone video.

The official photo of the whole family will be interesting this year. We only hope that the world is not subjected to instead. Our dogged deputy newsman Ben Guild delves into the suicide reporting issue at a later date.

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This column today firstly takes a look at that huge dilemma that faces each of us at Father’s Day: Where to place the apostrophe.

Father’s Day is fast approaching and reminds us that a few years ago, we recommended that instead of socks, father might appreciate correct grammar.

There ensued a great debate as to the correct placement of the grammatical detail, which continues to this day.

Whether the event is the celebration of one father or many, dictates whether the apostrophe goes before or after the S. We’ve asked a few English language experts and they are divided on whether Father’s (and Mother’s for that matter) should be denoted as a mass celebration of all the fathers and mothers, or whether the day is a special one for individuals.

We feel that the English, being pedantic sods, should really have devised a grammatical way of expressing both at the same time.

It would look something like this: Father’s’ Day. Here at RR we believe this signifies that it is the Day belonging to each father individ-

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ually, but celebrated jointly by a whole bunch of fathers simultaneously.

About now, fathers are probably very confused and thinking they’d rather have socks. At least they know where to put them, except for the few odd fathers who feel compelled each Father’s Day, for reasons only known to themselves, their therapists and Mr Bean, to put them on their ears.

Our editorial team has put its collective foot down so elsewhere in this publication you will see the holiday expressed in terms of the collective: Fathers’ Day. Here’s hoping the rest of the world follows.

Beastly behaviour

The big news this week that has nauseated the entire country is the pending release of the Beast of Blenheim. The frequency of the topic has been as sickening as the case itself.

Fair enough that the people of Wanganui are upset to have this creep released into their region.

However, the media beat-up has really been quite helpful, because at least now everyone knows what the blighter looks like.

And as one human rights lawyer pointed out this week, it’s not as if the Beast runs around abducting young people at knife point.

His modus operandi was to befriend and then use his position of power to abuse victims that had become well-known to him.

That power is well and truly depleted, thanks to the massive publicity campaign.

This scumbag won’t even be able to sneeze without someone knowing it.

Plus the minute he breaches even the most miniscule detail of his parole, he’ll be back in the slammer before you can say “filthy molester”.

Wanganui is trying to keep him out of the

town, but since he has a conviction for bestiality, he’s probably not safe in the country either. There will be a lot of nervous sheep on the hillsides around Wanganui, keeping a close look out over their shoulders.

Another do-goody psych expert tells us such offenders have a better chance of rehabilitation if they have social contact - which seems pretty remote for the Beast if he’s confined to a house in the prison grounds.

It is not surprising that Wilson is a bit of a mess. His upbringing was atrocious.

And all that time stuck on a deserted island with Tom Hanks can’t have helped.

Here at RR, we have a solution. A Facebook page for the Beast. Assuming he’s allowed to use the internet.

We can recommend some friends for him.

Graeme Capill has some spare time. Probably several priests might share the same interests.

Shame Michael Jackson died, they could have shared all sorts of child activities.

We also wonder what the Beast might get on Sunday, assuming he has children and that they haven’t disowned him.

We know he’s into modern bracelets, so here’s one that might look good around his ankle.

But enough on the sudden allures of drink-driving and the horrors of royal genitalia, punctuation, paedophilia and bestiality – and on with another edition of The Weekend Sun. This issue explores the brewing scrap over the safety and future of our rail network (pages 3 and 19), takes a look at the current state of Tauranga business (page 17) and also features all the usual columns and community news. Enjoy!

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Te Puke rail bridge ‘unsafe’ New Zealand First MP and Transport spokesperson Brendan Horan is calling for an urgent debate about the state of the national rail network while circulating a leaked KiwiRail document titled: ‘Premature Decay of Hardwood Sleepers – Keeping the Trains Running’.

By Phillipa Yalden

The report is in reference to tens of thousands of Peruvian sleepers, which anonymous industry experts, described by Brendan as “experts in their field”, say are rotting on the nation’s tracks.

The three page document states it will be some time before all rotten sleepers can be replaced and the disruption caused to trains must be kept to a minimum with-

out compromising safety.

It goes on to provide guidelines for inspecting sleepers and repairing parts of tracks on switches, crossings, general lines and bridges – and refers to tables, which stipulate how groups of rotten sleepers should be handled.

There is also mention of fungi on the sleepers that can induce allergic reactions in people with lung problems and asthma.

Brendan claims the condition of Collins Lane railway bridge near Te Puke and two other bridges in the Waikato highlight the need for urgent repairs.

He visited the railway bridge off State Highway 2 near Te Puke this week where he says the bridge was warping as a train travelled over it.

“In the past five days I’ve found three dangerous road crossings and one dangerous railway bridge that’s clearly rotting. This actually

now needs to be above politics, because lives could be lost. Blind Freddy can see this is dangerous.

“This is a bridge that KiwiRail are thinking about running 55 wagon loads over – they’ve actually got that in their business plan – that’s just madness.”

A KiwiRail spokesperson says there are absolutely no safety issues with the Te Puke bridge.

“We simply would not continue to run services if there were. We conduct regular inspections on all our bridges and prioritise maintenance and repair work.”

KiwiRail says it inspects the track one to two times a week and bridges receive an extra inspection once a month.

A spokesperson says the bridge shows signs of premature decay and KiwiRail is currently in a legal dispute with the supplier of the sleepers.

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Banning patches ‘waste of time’ A Tauranga community leader says banning gang patches is a waste of time and resources.

Merivale Community Inc general manager Graham Cameron says a bill to ban gang patches is a ‘knee jerk reaction’.

Bay of Plenty based MP Todd McClay has sponsored the bill which has had its first reading in parliament.

The Murupara, Kawerau and Rotorua MP’s private members bill - Prohibition of Gang Insignia in Government Premise Bill - aims to ban gang patches from state-owned enterprises.

Graham says the ban is a knee jerk reaction to a perceived issue with a small group of society

whom most people never see, interact with or have any experience of at all except through the media.

“There is actually no issue to be resolved. People wearing gang patches are not intimidating people regularly throughout Tauranga Moana.”

Graham believes the ban is a

“ridiculous waste of our representatives’ time in Parliament”.

If the bill is passed, people who breached the ban will face a summary conviction and a fine of up to $2000.

Todd says gangs cause harm and misery and people feel intimidated by their presence.

Gangs covered in the bill included the Hells Angels, Mongrel Mob and Killerbeez.

Other gangs that emerged with “a common name or common identifying symbol” and that “collectively promote, encourage or engage in criminal activity” could be added to the bill.

Graham says the ban will have no impact on the day-to-day lives of people who wear gang patches in Tauranga.

By Letitia Atkinson

Police investigate arson in Ohauiti

The house was well involved when firefighters arrived on the scene.

Police investigating an arson attack on an Ohauiti house want to talk to a trucking company which may have hired a Hiab prior to the fire on August 15.

Police investigating the arson at the home at 935 Ohauiti Road believe a large number of house furnishings, including a large outdoor water tank, were removed from the address around August 10.

Police say the items were taken away on the back of a Hiab truck.

The two storey Ohauiti Road home was ablaze when firefighters from Tauranga and Greerton arrived at the scene at 5.15am on August 15.

Detective Logan Nicholas says they are treating the fire as a suspected arson and would like to speak with anyone who has seen any suspicious behaviour in the area in the last few days.

“We would like to speak with neighbours or anyone in the area who may have seen people acting suspiciously or have any information about the fire.”

The house has been on the police radar since it was involved in a drug raid in 2010.

It was subject to a court-ordered restraining order under the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act and was under the control of the Official Assignee.

Detective Logan Nicholas says the asset was obtained through criminal activity.

The Crown uses the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act to confiscate property obtained through criminal activity.

Under the act assets can be ordered to be forfeited without any criminal conviction if the court is satisfied the assets were gathered through crime.

Police would like to speak with anyone who has seen any suspicious behaviour in the area in the last few days.

Anyone with information about the fire can call Tauranga Police on 07 577 4300 or anonymously on Crimestoppers: 0800 555 111.

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Blooming fundraiser - Daffodil Day Katikati woman Claudia Diggelmann has donated thousands of blooms for the Cancer Society’s Daffodil Day fundraiser every year for the past 10 years. Photo by Tracy Hardy. it’s impossible to tell how the has done her part to support the This Daffodil Day the society’s annual fundraiser by public is urged to dig extra whole campaign will go.

“The donations toward our donating thousands of daffodils deep to help support the fresh daffodil have gone down grown on her farm. The wet approximately by 20 per cent. weather has slowed the blooms Cancer Society’s annual fundraiser after a major fall- We are hoping people will come down this year, but Claudia is out and support us by giving hoping they will be out in time. off in pre-ordered blooms. generously during the Daffodil “My daughter had breast cancer Day this Friday.” and I thought it was something Instead of the normal preDaffodil Day, on Friday August we could do to help.” order of about 100,000 Daffodil 31, is the society’s largest annual Every year around 21,000 bunches in the Waikato-Bay of fundraiser – last year generating people are diagnosed and about Plenty area, the Cancer Society’s nearly $600,000 to help sup9000 people die from cancer. pre-orders are down by 20 per port cancer patients and their Rachael is encouraging all cent to under 80,000, but comfamilies, fund cancer research schools, community groups and munication manager Rachael and promote ways to reduce the businesses to support Daffodil Mounsey says it is too early to risk of cancer. The society does Day with fundraising events. say it will definitely lead to a not receive direct government “If you can do something in drop in fundraising overall. your home, school or workplace “We are behind on the pre-sales funding.

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Scouting for non-profits Tauranga MP Simon Bridges with some Papamoa scouts. Photo by Atea Data Aerial Imaging.

Non-profit organisations are being scouted to be involved in the ‘Have a Go’ portion of the Home and Leisure Expo at TECT Arena on September 21-23.

Bay Events managing director Graeme Martin says scouts from the Bay of Plenty zone, led by the Papamoa group, are combing the city looking for clubs to take spaces in a new expo feature resurrected from Tauranga’s past.

“The ‘Have a Go Expo’ brand was a brand that was in Tauranga many years ago. They used to have their own show, I think it was in the 1990s. So it’s a brand that has a history in this town, and the scouts are bringing it back to life in the leisure zone of the Home and

Leisure Expo.

“They’re in boots and all, approaching all the non-profits and sports clubs – there’s about 200 in the city.

“The scouts are raising money, they’re out there in the real world, so good luck to them.”

The group will help other groups set up their displays and keep proceeds from the sites they sell.

Graeme says the scouts’ role is a win-win, as it both adds value to the show’s leisure aspect as well as fulfilling Bay Events’ desire to be good corporate citizens.

The first exhibitor meetings were held this week and early bookings for the spring show look promising, with Graeme confident his team is

on track to fill the 5000sqm area.

He is especially excited about having a number of bathroom exhibitors lined up this year, adding that it is free for non-profit groups to exhibit outdoors.

Richard Knaggs of Papamoa Scouts says his organisation is thrilled to be a part of the event.

“Graeme has donated the outside concrete area for the group to sell to the other groups. He’s also getting us to do a few other jobs, so we’re making a few thousand dollars out of Graeme, which is really good of him.”

So far 20-30 groups are on board, with the money raised to go towards new uniforms and paying for trips and jamborees. By Ben Guild

Trading places with Christchurch students Tauranga Boys’ College is exploring the possibility of sending some of its senior students on a week-long work experience to Christchurch next year.

The college’s academy director, Rob Sperling visited the Garden City for two days in August, where he spoke to major players from the construction and training industries about the likelihood of students from Tauranga gaining employment in Christchurch in the coming years.

Among the objectives was to establish networks with people responsible for employing youth in the next four years, forecasting future opportunities for students, looking at new initiatives in the construction industry and organising logistics for the proposed trips, including accommodation and transport.

Tentative plans are in place for the work experience scheme to be run from 2013. They include a week-long Gateway work experience placement in Christchurch for up to five students following a similar placement in Tauranga, featuring up to five

business partnerships across different industry areas that are actively seeking young men to employ.

Nationwide companies with Christchurch offices are being targeted, as are Tauranga Boys’ students who want to move to Christchurch if employment is gained. The trip was an important one due to the delicate nature of life in Christchurch, says Rob. He was told that about 70 per cent of the CBD is destroyed, but also that some tradesmen who arrived to get in on the rush are moving back home due to frustrations at finding work.

Rob says the college was seen to be progressive in the ways it helps young men while they are at school – both locally and nationally.

“We send students to universities all over the country so why not some of our talented future apprentices?”

He believes Christchurch has some unique problems, but is making progress.

“I did notice the need for a forum of some sort where all the industry leaders and industry training organisations can get together and just talk among themselves. Most don’t know what the other is doing but want to collaborate.”

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Tauranga Croquet Club members Lee Perry and Stan Nash practise for the club’s 90th birthday celebration of games.

From traditional association rules through to fastpaced golf croquet, the Tauranga Croquet Club has changed its focus in the 90 years since setting up at Tauranga Domain.

On Tuesday the club – which now focusses on the fast-paced version of the game - will kick off its summer season with a special 90th birthday celebration of fun games, but vice president Dave Andrews has more changes planned.

Dave says increased interest in the golf croquet form of the game had seen membership grow and hopes to build on this with a youth division competition.

“Croquet golf is the 20:20 cricket version of the game – it’s fast and exciting and is getting a lot more people interested in the game. We believe there is a lot of potential for a youth competition and are hoping to get some schools on board.

“The game is stimulating, tactical, active and interactive and regularly displays high levels of skill.”

Dave says the game’s history goes back more than 100 years, with records showing a public meeting on establishing lawns was held in 1909.

The club is holding a ‘have a go’ open day from 9.30am on September 22 to give anyone interested a chance to play the game.

By Hamish Carter

That’s the Spirit From front cover

Sam Fredeim was back on board Spirit of New Zealand this week as volunteer crew for two halfday sails out of Tauranga. The afternoon trip was sponsored by Tauranga Hyundai agents, the Farmer Motor Group.

Hyundai are The Spirit of Adventure Trust’s major sponsors in a three year relationship in which every test drive and/ or sale involving a mention of the Spirit of Adventure Trust results in donations to the trust.

Sam was the only Tauranga Girls’ College student on board her recent 10-day voyage. There were three other Tauranga students from Tauranga Boys’ College, Otumoetai College and Aquinas College - all boys.

Sam’s advice to budding adventurers is to take plenty of towels.

“I was drying off with a T-shirt every morning, because it rained every day. I only brought two towels and you swim every morning.”

The year-round 6.30am plunge is a feature of voyage life, as is the food, which with morning tea, afternoon tea and supper, amounts to six meals a day, says Sam. Sam came off the voyage with a lot of new friends and the knowledge, after a memorable crossing of the Colville Chan-

nel in a blow, that she doesn’t easily get seasick.

Sam’s keen to add to her sailing experience and says she’s going to be contacting Women on the Water for more sailing experience.

The Spirit of New Zealand is heading to Whangarei at the end of the month for a three month refit.

The masts will be removed, inspected, blasted and painted before re-fitting. The hull will be completely re-painted – black of course.

Stores lockers will be moved forward to make more accommodation for leading hands and cadets. The great cabin aft will have a dinette added and a new dish washer, clothes washer and dryer will also be installed.

It’s part of a two-stage part refit which included a new engine being installed in 2010 on the world’s hardest working tall ship.

“People don’t really understand. In Europe and places like that they come alongside and take three days to change over crew and they consider that to be really good,” says the trust’s marine director Paul Leppington.

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Painting an active life Artist, athlete, teacher, musician – Rob McGregor of Mount Maunganui shrugs off the description of renaissance man, saying instead he simply has broad interests.

A knee injury has slowed the veteran athlete slightly, forcing the multi-talented decathlete to drop his favoured running events, but he still won three gold and two silver medals at the national masters earlier this year. Rob’s passion for art also remains as strong as ever.

“It’s like an addiction – it’s just like with my athletics, it is something you want to do as well as you can. You always want to keep doing it.”

Rob first got a taste for art as a child, influenced by his art-loving mother who took her easel and paints wherever she went.

“She would be painting at the beach or wherever she went, so I grew up with it being quite normal.”

Ironically the former teacher learned how to play the school system as a secondary student when he and a friend convinced teachers to let the pair make art in a backroom, despite not offering the subject at the time.

“Somehow we managed to convince them,” says Rob, who later went on to study both art and physical education at teachers’ college.

Like the man himself, Rob’s art is hard to pigeonhole. Describing his

style as being as varied as his mood or its subject matter, from abstracts to landscapes, nudes and commissions – he says his works generally have a modern, colourful sense. He is well-known for a series of iconic Kiwi images – from pukeko and pohutukawa trees, to barbecues or tractors and dinghies on the beach – that reflect the Mount’s sunny holiday atmosphere.

A former art teacher, Rob shifted to Tauranga in 1975 for a role advising and training other art teachers for the Department of Education.

Since retiring to commit himself to art full-time his teaching has been limited to annual art retreats he holds in January at Aongatete Lodge in the Kaimai bush.

By Hamish Carter

Bay worst district for drug drivers The Bay of Plenty has the highest number of drug drivers nationwide, with more than one hundred drivers caught driving under the influence since drug driving was made illegal in November 2009.

A total of 139 compulsory impairment tests have been carried out in the BOP since the introduction of the law.

Western Bay of Plenty road policing manager, senior sergeant Ian Campion says there isn’t another district in the country that has hit 100.

“So we are well ahead the rest of the country, nationally, which isn’t a good thing.

“Bay of Plenty is by far the district with the most number of drug driving related incidents and those who choose to drive after taking drugs are targeted by staff in the Western Bay of Plenty.”

In the Bay of Plenty, 139 drivers have been charged with drug driving since November 1, 2009 and July 31, 2012.

“So when you look at the types of drugs detected: THC (cannabis) was 88, opiates 4, stimulants 29 and sedatives three.

He says age groups statistics are also interesting for the Bay of Plenty. If you look at the 15-19 age group there is 19.4 per cent, 20-24 21.5 per cent, 25-39 age group 33.8 per cent, 40-50 age group 24.4 per cent, and the 60-74-year-old group 0.7 per cent, says Ian. “And there is nothing for 75 and over, and in fact that is true for the whole country. You would expect most dope smokers would have got it sorted by then or no longer have the contacts to source it.”

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Growing the income gap How might we divide $100 amongst 100 people?

Equality model: take $1 each. That would promote cooperative behaviour in order to protect and nurture our shared income.

Inequality model: give $9 to one person, $4 each to four people, $1 each to 70 people, and have the other 25 scrap over the remaining $5.

Those at the bottom of that heap struggle to maintain acceptable moral standards, need on-going community support (e.g. food banks), and may not be much fun to have as neighbours.

The latest Household Economic

Survey shows that we have moved further towards the inequality model.

Reasons include the recent tax breaks

By Ian McLean, spokesperson for the for those on higher Green Party incomes, a low minimum wage, and policies that further reduce already minimal welfare incomes.

“Growing the economy” aims to raise the pot of $100 to a bigger number.

But having 25 people scrapping over $6 rather than $5 cannot deliver prosperity and security for all.

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Council confusion continues Western Bay of Plenty District Council has replaced their three ward, eight councillor initial representation structure with the three ward, 11 councillor representation system which they had previously decided in their secret workshop.

The public also rejected the 3/8 model in the submissions but was never asked about a 3/11 version or given any information on the process. The council now has laid itself open for complaints to the Local Government Commission.

In an attempt to minimise the damage, the mayor and CEO told a meeting last week that only those who had submitted could approach the commission but this restriction is only applicable if the council had stayed with the 3/8 option.

The situation has not improved since the decision was published last week.

A councillor at a Smart Growth public meeting on the future of Katikati was asked what he understood was the Katikati that the meeting should be considering: the town, the old ward or the new Northern ward. He stated that the question was too political and refused to answer the question.

At another workshop, a board member asked that Katikati, Waihi Beach and Matakana call a meeting as soon as possible to start working with our new Northern Ward partners. The request was denied as inappropriate. It was obvious that the council has no plan or any ideas on how their new ward structure might work.

Bill proposes changes to Reserve Bank rules Within the next few weeks Winston Peters’ Private Members Bill to amend the Reserve Bank’s rules will be before Parliament. If it is passed into law it will provide great benefits to our export-reliant province.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (Amending Primary Function of Bank) Amendment Bill would provide the bank with the flexibility it needs to properly manage the Kiwi dollar, which is acknowledged by many economists as being overvalued by at least 20 per cent.

Currently the Reserve Bank endeavours to keep the rate of annual inflation

between one and three per cent. Its main tool, and a blunt one at that, to manipulate inflation is to amend the Official Cash Rate.

Meanwhile, overseas financial institutions make extreme profits by currency trading on our dollar and we don’t make a single cent on the transactions.

This has made the Kiwi dollar one of the most traded currencies in the world.

Our Private Members Bill would still allow the Reserve Bank to manage inflation. But today that is not the serious problem it was when the Reserve Bank Act was amended in the 1980s to give it an inflation focus.

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Helping businesses grow and create jobs I visit a large number of businesses in Tauranga.

depend on six key things: Ideas and innovation to create business opportunities, money to build the business, access to raw materials, skilled people to work in the business, customers who want to buy the products, and public infrastructure such as electricity, broadband, and transport that the business depends on.

So the recipe is simple: if we want more and better jobs for New Zealanders, we need to encourage more businesses to be based here.

Making it easier for firms to access all six is the focus of the Government’s Business Growth Agenda.

As part of this, the Government is producing progress reports on each of the six areas to give businesses and the wider public a clear picture of what the Government has underway, and get their feedback to develop it and improve it. Our first two reports have just been issued.

The Building Innovation

In the last couple of weeks I have checked in at an engineering and construction firm and at a children’s furniture manufacturer. In the last week at my office I’ve also talked with small and medium sized local business people from the hospitality, construction, and retail sectors.

No two businesses have identical issues but themes which are helpful to the Government and I emerge as we work to ensure economic opportunities for New Zealanders.

We can all agree that New Zealand needs more and higher-paying jobs. Jobs give people the income to support families, pay taxes to pay for public services, and encourage people to live here.

Jobs depend on businesses that are competitive – businesses that sell something people value as unique, or of better quality, or at a lower price.

To be competitive, businesses

progress report gives a clear picture of the more than 50 policy initiatives the Government has underway to improve innovation, competition, and the commercialisation of smart ideas and research into new products.

One of the targets is to almost double the amount businesses spend on research and development – from 0.54 per cent of GDP to more than 1 per cent of GDP. To get higher economic growth and greater prosperity, New Zealand as a whole has to

invest more in innovation – it’s as simple as that.

The Building Export Markets progress report sets an ambitious target of increasing the contribution that exports make to our economy from 30 per cent to 40 per cent of GDP by 2025.This target is an important part of our plan to build a more competitive and productive economy.

The report also outlines the large number of policy actions that are underway. This includes telling a compelling New Zealand story, improving access to international markets, making it easier to trade, helping businesses internationalise, increasing value from tourism, growing international education, and strengthening high-value manufacturing and services.

Through our Business Growth Agenda, National is committed to actions that will provide opportunities for competitive companies to grow and create jobs.

Read these columns in full and much more at sunlive.co.nz

Be careful when analysing statistics!

In my June 6 column I commented on the bad habit that environmental activists have at knocking New Zealand’s environmental track record.

It is very easy to find a report that sheds a poor light on our performance, and yet there is also a huge amount of evidence that we still live at one of the more environmentally pristine places on this earth. For example, the recently released BERL 2011Regional Rankings Report rated the Bay of Plenty second out of the 14 New Zealand regions in overall performance evaluating the environment to encourage regional development and growth. Contrast this with the ASB/Main Report Regional Economic Scoreboard which shows that the Bay of Plenty

has slipped to last in the regional rankings. The bottom line is that these report writers use whatever data suits their argument, and as readers we need to think carefully before we believe everything we read.

Only last week one of SunLive’s contributors criticised New Zealand’s environmental track record (based on Yale Universities desk-top analysis comparing 132 countries).

In my opinion this data just wasn’t statistically robust, based on ‘desktop modelling’, and neither was the explanation of why we are falling behind.

An example of this was criticism that New Zealand has fallen from being 90 per cent using renewable energy resources in 1975 to just 76

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It is important to look behind the raw data, and not just accept it at face value. The bottom line is that we need to celebrate our successes, rather than continually knocking down ‘tall poppies’ who are doing their best to be ambitious for all New Zealanders.

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Explore the rivers of Russia WHAT’S HOT - Garden & Artfest

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When you cruise with APT, you will also encounter a myriad of iconic and hidden attractions, whilst also cruising in comfort and style aboard your own floating boutique hotel. With the beauty of only having to unpack once, this will allow you more time to do as little or as much as you like.

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So much fun at the dog hotel I had so much fun when I stayed at Absolutely Precious Paws Doggy Hotel and Doggy Day Care recently!

My days were packed with fun and games.

It’s just like a holiday park with a treadmill, tennis ball machine, a pool, a swing ball, climbing frame, tyre swing and more toys than I have ever seen in my life.

I was so lucky that I got two walks around the pond everyday, which was a great chance to stretch my legs, get a hint of the summer days to come and watch the ducks splash and dive. Boy I wanted to chase them but I was such a good girl and restrained myself. Luckily I spied some decoys back at the

Doggy Day Care so I’ll just pretend they are the real thing.

I made so many new buddies. I just loved playing with the Labradors as they seem to understand me and what’s important… food and fun and food… and did I mention food?

Ted, Millie and Casper were my mates, just to name a few. I hope to see them again soon. We spent all day romping and playing. On the warmer days I was the one most keen to quickly jump in and out of the pool. It wasn’t quite warm enough to lounge in though.

Bubbletime

My other favourite game was to play with the bubbles! Libby blew the bubbles and I jumped up and popped them! And then there is the

hose down cleaning session at the I had lots of photos taken of me end of the day, for which I was a having a fun time, some of them made great helper. Everyone’s got to help it to the Absolutely Precious Paws out here. It was so much Facebook page. The fun! blurry ones don’t At the end go on there of the day I and because was always I don’t sit the first to still for finish my long, there dinner, so were a few the team at blurry ones.

Absolutely PreMum and cious Paws used a Dad could check special bowl so I the photos while they Checking out the pool. ate a little slower were away, or read and savoured every mouthful. When my tummy was full, I flopped onto my nice cosy bed with lots of warm blankets to watch a bit of TV until lights out time later in the night. I slept all night long, having wonderful doggy dreams and thinking of what the next day will bring.

the daily reports of what was happening or go onto the internet cameras and see me in action. I hope they didn’t miss me too much, as I didn’t have time to miss them. I was kept so busy!

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I’m looking forward to my next stay or just going down for a day of Doggy Day Care and hanging out with my mates.

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Warning for antibiotic users A warning letter is the only reprimand 26 kiwifruit growers who injected vines with the antibiotic streptomycin have received.

However, the Ministry for Primary Industries, who issued the warning, says the growers also suffered a financial penalty because they could not sell fruit from the treated orchards.

The antibiotic called KeyStrepto was used illegally on 45 orchards and the practice cost the industry $1.5 million in testing to ensure all New Zealand’s fruit was fit for export.

It also cost one grower his place on the Zespri board.

Raymond Sharp stepped down from the board after illegally injecting his vines with the antibiotic, and later failed in his bid for re-election at Zespri’s annual meeting in the July.

MPI director compliance Dean Baigent says MPI approved the use of streptomycin on kiwifruit under strict conditions to avoid any possibility of chemical residues occurring in fruit. The conditions included a maximum of three spray treatments onto leaves prior to vine flowering. The industry has applied to use KeyStrepo again this year.

Dean says the main aim of the investigation was to identify every case of misuse in order that all potentially affected fruit was able to be isolated and kept from sale.

“In this we were successful and both domestic and international markets were able to be assured that no fruit with streptomycin residues was in the supply chain.”

Throughout the investigation MPI worked closely with the kiwifruit marketing body Zespri, which co-ordinated a declaration process for growers to come forward if they felt they had breached the conditions.

“There was a 100 per cent response from growers and those concerned have co-operated fully throughout the investigation.”

Dean says a formal warning letter is an appropriate conclusion to the investigation.

“Throughout this process, MPI has been mindful that the country’s kiwifruit growers are facing a desperate situation, with Psa threatening their livelihoods.

“The growers concerned voluntarily disclosed their wrong-doing and those who misused product on a larger scale sustained the largest losses through the disposal of their affected crop.

“Additionally the growers concerned have all been informed that any future breaches of the ACVM Act will result in prosecution.”

The practice was a desperate attempt by some to save vines dying from the disease Psa V but it went against the protocols for the permitted use of the antibiotic and there was concern it could harm exports.

Zespri CEO Lain Jager had earlier said that Zespri carried out 9000 residue tests for the antibiotic.

“No positive residues were found on any orchard where the grower had either declared no use of streptomycin or the legal use of streptomycin.

“This result demonstrates the commitment of New Zealand kiwifruit growers to food safety and brand integrity in a time of enormous challenge for individual growers,” said Lain.

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Date Sunday 2nd

Time 7.00am registration

Event

Location

Tour of Tauranga - Ride for MS Scenic 23km and 12km course options through Tauranga’s lovely path and waterways, with orienteering for an extra challenge! Suitable for beginner and advanced bikers, on mountain and touring bikes, fun for the whole family.

The Strand, Tauranga

Booking Required Yes

Contact touroftauranga@gmail.com

Cost

ALL

MOD

Non marking shoes, water bottle, towel.

LOW

Comfortable clothing.

LOW

Drink bottle, appropriate footwear.

FREE

MOD

Comfortable clothing and footwear.

LOW

Track pants and t-shirt, drink bottle.

LOW

Jeans, non-marking shoes, drink bottle.

Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre

No

Wendy Cooper 07 552 5293

$7

Tuesday 4th

9.45 – 10.30am

Preschool Moves and Grooves Movement to music for preschool children and caregivers using a variety of instruments, equipment and music.

Arataki Community Centre

Yes

Matt 07 575 2048

First time

Mount Social Table Tennis Social table tennis group in a warm friendly environment players of all levels welcome.

Paddles available, suitable for 14yrs up.

Arataki Community Centre

BOPPOLY Mt Action Centre Student and Staff Sports Night Dodgeball, Turbo Touch and Indoor Netball

Mount Action Centre

Evening

Matt 07 575 2048

First time

FREE Yes

Kirsten 027 705 1786

Thursday 6th

5.30 – 8.00pm

Have a Go Taekwondo Come and join this free have a go night.

Te Puna School Hall

No

Gwyn Brown 027 458 7871

FREE

Saturday 8th

3.00 – 4.00pm 4.00 – 5.00pm

En Garde Fencing An introduction to sword fencing using foils, in the classic French style. Suitable for ages over 8yrs.

Papamoa College Gym, Doncaster Dr

Yes

Anthony Mair 027 285 8133

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Sunday 9th

9.00am

Jamis Bike Duathlon Series Duathlon, short course 1.6km run/7km bike/1.6km run, long course 3.5km run/14km bike/3.5km run.

Hotuhotu St, The Lakes

No

Paul Miller 027 270 5300

$15

Monday 10th

9.30am – 12.00pm

Masters in Action Players 40yrs+ years, turn up and take part in any or all of the following activities: badminton, table tennis, netball, soccer, carpet bowls.

TECT Arena at Baypark

Yes

Robyn King, Tauranga Leisure Ph. 0800 BAYPARK

$5 per person

Tuesday 11th

9.15am10.30am

Mount Joggers and Walkers Beginners group starting – 10 week program to be able to run non-stop up Mauao! Meet Tuesdays and Fridays. Babysitting available $2 per child.

Scout Hall, May Street, Mt Maunganui

Yes

Jill Fuller 07 578 4493

$20 annual club m/ ship.

Wednesday 12th

10.00am – 12.00pm

Social Seniors Come along for a taste of this new class for over 50’s. Activities include low impact sports, table tennis, cards.

Papamoa Community Centre

No

Sally Benning 027 467 7069

Wednesday 12th

12.30am– 3.00pm

Table Tennis Social event for seniors.

Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, Memorial Hall

No

Caroline Richards 07 543 0702

Saturday 15th

10.00 – 11.30am

Have a Go Goalball Have a go at this indoor sport for visually impaired and blind athletes, anyone can come and have a go play with the whole family.

Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, Memorial Hall

Yes

Sophie Jackson 027 727 2333

3.30pm

Tennis An opportunity to play tennis at Tauranga Lawn Tennis Club. All ages welcome.

Tauranga Lawn Tennis Club, TGA Domain

No

Beth Hughes 021 442 644

9.00am

Intro to Mountain Biking Explore the city trails on your mountain bike, tour the off-road tracks and cycle ways. Suitable for over 12yrs.

The Strand Waterfront, opp Wharf St.

Yes

Bruce 027 297 1213

$10

Give Golf a Go – Omokoroa 9 holes of golf, balls, clubs, tees trundle supplied.

Easy walking course, bring the whole family for a fun day out. (Ring to book clubs if required as numbers limited)

Omokoroa Golf Club

No

Tim Maurice 027 765 3460

$5

Saturday 15th

Sunday 16th

Sunday 16th

All Day

MOD

MOD

ALL

$5

LOW

Comfortable clothing.

$3

LOW MOD

Non-marking shoes, drink bottle, bat (spare bats available).

LOW

Drink bottle and your best game.

MOD

Comfortable footwear, tennis racquet if you have one.

FREE

MOD

LOW

LOW

Sunday 16th

12.30am – 3.30pm

Have a Go Bowls in Matua Come and have a go at Outdoor Bowls.

Matua Bowling Club

Yes

Phil Green 07 576 3516

10.30 – 11.15am

Preschool Moves’n’Grooves Music and exercise class for pre-schoolers, use shakers, bean bags, stretchy lycra, giant parachutes.

Papamoa Community Centre

No

Erica Ross 07 577 7362

$5

Monday 17th

7.30 – 9.00pm

Wheelchair Rugby Come and have a go a Wheelchair Rugby, all ages and abilities welcome, wheelchairs supplied.

Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, Memorial Hall

No

Rob 027 514 3390

$3

ALL

Tuesday 18th

7.15 – 9.30pm

Social/Competitive Badminton Come along and play social or competitive badminton, bring yourself or some friends and games will be organised.

Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre

Yes

Steven 07 578 6090

$5

ALL

Wednesday 19th

6.00 – 8.00pm

Ryukyu Kempo Karate Okinawan Karate with a family feel a thinking man’s martial art. Suitable for ages 5yrs up.

Greenpark School Hall

No

Marty 021 810 709

First four lessons free.

Thursday 20th

10.00am– 12.00pm

Mums Morning Soccer Social soccer skills and games for mums, child supervision provided $2 per child.

TECT Arena at Baypark

No

Robyn King, Tauranga Leisure Ph. 0800 BAYPARK

$5

7.00 – 9.00pm

Table Tennis Social event for student social and competitive players.

Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, Memorial Hall

No

Caroline Richards 07 543 0702

$6

Saturday 22nd

9.30am – 12.00pm

Golf Croquet Initiation Preliminary coaching session followed by give it a go games.

TGA Croquet Club, TGA Domain

Yes

Dave Andrews 07 576 2020

Sunday 23rd

10.00am – 5.00pm

The Lakes Hole in One Challenge Try to hit the target area with a golf club and ball.

All day qualifying, 8 qualifiers try to win a brand new car suitable for 12yrs up. Plus, free Snag Golf activities for 2yrs up.

The Lakes, Tauriko

No

Chris McAlpine 027 4955 817

$5 to hit target (3balls)

5:30pm onwards

Indoor Netball League – TECT Arena 12 week, social 6 a side indoor netball league starting.

TECT Arena

Robyn King, Tauranga Leisure Ph. 0800 BAYPARK

$370 per team

10.00am

Tauranga City to Surf and Surf to Surf Fun run/walk 12km from Sulphur Point over harbour bridge to Main Mount Beach or 5km around the Mount to Main Beach.

Main Beach, Mount Maunganui

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From $30

11.00am – 2.00pm

Proud To Be Arataki Community Day A range of activities, performance, workshops, challenges in and around the community centre, bring a picnic and enjoy the day.

Arataki Community Centre

No

Various times and days.

Love your Heart Women’s Series Do you want to get fit and learn new skills. Are you a beginner? Choose from a range of sports including badminton, waka wma, squash, boxing & golf. Get four 1 hour coaching sessions over four weeks. Spaces are limited, register now!

Various Locations

Yes

Tuesday 25th

Sunday 30th

Sunday 30th

Starting week of 17th

Yes

Yes

Drink bottle, comfortable clothing and suitable footwear.

Drink bottle, running/ walking shoes.

Monday 17th

Friday 21st

Running shoes, bike, helmet.

ALL

FREE

FREE

Mountain Bike, helmet, drink bottle, comfortable clothing.

Comfortable flat soled shoes.

Flat soled shoes.

Nicki Sport BOP 07 578 0016

Sport BOP recreation adviser Nicki Scott says the two organisations have teamed up to help raise awareness of heart disease in women and the importance of keeping regularly active.

Nicki says figures from 2009 show cardiovascular diseases, such as heart disease and stroke, accounted for 35 per cent of all deaths in women (5384).

“The great news is there is lots you can do to keep your heart healthy no matter what your age. One of these is to keep regularly active. Doing just 30 minutes of moderate exercise a day can help to reduce the risk of heart disease as well as reducing the risk of developing a stroke and high blood pressure.”

Nicki says the Love your Heart Women’s Series is about providing women with the opportunity to have a go at a new activity or sport.

“It’s an opportunity to get some exercise, have fun with a group of ladies and enjoy quality coaching in a small group.”

Women can choose from badminton, squash, boxing, waka ama or golf and receive four, one hour coaching sessions. The series begins with a launch night on September 17 including drinks, nibbles and guest speakers on goal setting, motivation, stylist tips and a surprise activity.

Those interested should book now because spaces are limited. For more information phone Nicki, 07 578 0016 ext 829 or email nickis@sportbop.co.nz

Activate yourself in September

Comfortable clothing.

LOW

LOW MOD

Comfortable clothing, drink bottle.

Comfortable clothing and footwear, drink bottle. Racquet hire available $2.

Comfortable clothing, drink bottle.

Drink bottle

MOD

FREE

MOD

Non-marking shoes, drink bottle, bat.

(Spare bats available)

MOD

Flat soled shoes.

LOW

LOW

MOD

MOD

Children must be supervised by adults.

Comfortable clothing/ footwear, drink bottle.

Comfortable clothing, run/walking shoes.

HIGH

Matt 07 575 2048

Get fit, have fun and learn something new – that is the aim of the Love Your Heart Women’s Series being launched

by Sport BOP and the Heart Foundation in September.

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FREE No

Waka ama is among the activities being offered in the Love Your Heart Women’s Series.

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TGA Morning Badminton Join in and have a go at this friendly badminton club for adults.

Wednesday 5th

Fitness Level

Mountain bike, helmet, drink bottle, comfortable clothing.

9.00 – 11.30am

7.30 – 9.30pm

Women’s heart health boost

$15

Tuesday 4th

Tuesday 4th

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Sun hat, picnic.

FREE $50

LOW

LOW MOD

Comfortable clothing and footwear.

There are opportunities to give golf a go as part of Sport BOP’s ‘Activate Month’ series of activities.

A full calendar of exciting ‘give it a go’ events is being offered in September for Sport BOP’s Play in the Bay ‘Activate’ month.

Sport BOP recreation advisor Nicki Scott says the event is aimed to encourage people to get active, have fun and try something new.

“The idea is you can have a go at a range of different sports so you can find something you really enjoy.”

Nicki says the programme, which is supported by BNZ, offers activities at all different levels with something to suit all abilities and fitness levels.

“There are activities suitable for those with physical disabilities, and those who are new to exercise - something for everyone, so come on and ‘Play in the Bay’!”

Activate month kicks off with the Tour of Tauranga – ride for MS this Sunday, which she says is a great opportunity to explore the local cycle-ways on a scenic 23km or 12km course. Registrations start at 7.30am at Edgewater Fan on the Strand. Other activities in the first week include badminton, table tennis, taekwondo, moves and grooves and fencing.

“So activate yourself this September - check out the Activate month calendar and get into something new.”

Activity calendars are available at local libraries or from www.sportbop.co.nz/playinthebay For more details contact Nicki Scott at Sport Bay of Plenty on 07 578 0016 ext 829 or nickis@sportbop.co.nz

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Another record PTL profit

$800m transport

investment for BOP An $800million investment programme is being planned for the Bay of Plenty’s land transport system over the next three years.

The NZ Transport Agency has announced details of the 2012-15 National Land Transport Programme which aims to improve efficiency and safety on the district’s roads, while maximising freight movements and reducing

deaths and serious injury crashes.

The NLTP is a partnership between local authorities, who invest funding from ratepayers and propose activities and projects for funding, and the NZTA, which develops the programme and invests funds from road users through the NLTF – the National Land Transport Fund).

Fonterra cuts forecast pay-out Fonterra has announced a revised pay-out forecast range for the 2012/13 season of $5.65 - $5.75 before retentions for a fully shared up farmer, 30 cents down on the previous forecast range.

The revised forecast comprises a lower Fonterra Farmgate Milk Price of $5.25 per kilogram of milk solids, down from $5.50 and a lower forecast net profit after tax range of 40-50 cents, down from 45-55 cents per share.

Fonterra is required to consider its Farmgate Milk Price every

quarter as a condition of the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act (DIRA). Fonterra Chairman Sir Henry van der Heyden says most of the downward pressure on the Farmgate Milk Price forecast was due to the continuing strength of the New Zealand dollar.

Vandalism angers Merivale couple

A Merivale couple have been left frustrated and fed-up after their letterbox was vandalised for the seventh time.

Phillipa Downie woke on Saturday morning to find their “really pretty” letterbox had once again been kicked in.

“They kick it and kick it until it’s just demolished. It is very frustrating.”

Phillipa, who has lived in her Parkvale home since 1961, says this is the seventh time this has happened.

Electrocuted man receives $75K

The avocado harvesting company that employed a Papamoa man who suffered life threatening injuries in an electric shock from overhead power lines while picking avocados has been fined $10,000 and ordered to pay $75,000.

Papamoa orchard worker Troy Hall received burns to 50 per cent of his body including his back, chest, back and arms when the metal cherry picker he was working on struck high voltage power lines on a Matapihi orchard last year.

Avo-Plus Limited appeared in Tauranga District Court this week charged under Section 6 of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 for failing to ensure the practical safety of its employees.

Port of Tauranga has announced another record profit for the financial year, $73.5 million for the year ended June 30.

The profit is 26 per cent up on the previous record Net Profit after Tax for 2011 of $58.4 million.

Freight diverted to Port of Tauranga because of industrial action at Ports of Auckland contributed less than a third of the increase in container traffic during the year, says chief executive Mark Cairns.

Waihi mine fire: worker sacked

The truck fire in an underground mine passage at the Newmont Waihi gold mine in July is believed to have started in the vehicle’s hydraulics under the cab and out of reach of fire extinguishers.

A miner, who was not the driver of the truck, was fired after he failed to follow emergency procedures during the fire in the underground mine on July 17 that left 28 miners trapped in underground chambers for seven hours.

Drug testing for jobseekers Beneficiaries with work expectations in the Bay of Plenty as well as the rest of the country will face sanctions if they refuse to apply for drug-tested jobs, says Social Development Minister Paula Bennett.

“Welfare reforms are resetting expectations and obligations and recreational drug use is simply not an acceptable excuse for avoiding available work.”

Under the current welfare system an unemployment beneficiary can decline to apply for an available drugtested job, because they won’t pass the test, without consequence.

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‘Heartbreak Hotel’ and footbridge blues You won’t find “a new place to dwell” downtown Tauranga any time in the near future.

Priority One’s city centre strategy manager Duarne Lankshear mentioned in passing to elected members during presentation of the six monthly monitoring report that the long drawn out conditional contract on the proposed hotel project on Durham Street opposite Baycourt had finally fallen over.

‘Heartbreak Hotel’ Duarne aptly called it. This was news to most elected members presumably, apart from the four elected members on the hotel taskforce of Larry Baldock, Tony Christiansen, Terry Molly and Wayne Moultrie and council officers. We’re supposed to have a ‘no surprises’ agreement with these sub (terranean) committees who beaver

away with the details and are supposed to report back to Full Council with progress or otherwise. C’est la vie.

I have to say I’m not surprised at this outcome. Longwinded conditional contracts rarely come to anything in my experience. It’s more a mechanism that serves to tie up an opportunity while you go fishing for someone to come up with the funding. Hotel chains mostly don’t own hotels these days. Instead they manage and operate the building owned by someone else. They usually don’t pay rent either. Instead the owner(s) get an (unguaranteed) percentage of revenue after costs.

A bit like a tenant in the house paying rent out of what’s left of their wages after living costs.

No wonder investors are shy of this sort of deal. This council/ ratepayer owned site, commonly known as the TV3 site, has a long, chequered history starting in the mid 1980s. Originally the building was to be TV3’s regional headquarters.

Deals fall over

Past councillor the late Tom Mills spotted the potential and got council to put in substantial foundations for the building to allow it to go up (six storeys from memory). The carpark that’s there now was the first stage. Council’s deal with TV3 fell over, the building stopped and it’s stayed there in that state for the past 25 years or so. In the interim council/ratepayers acquired the adjacent site, which was a bus station for the old Road Services buses and latterly a tavern, before the building was demolished in the 1990s. To cut to the chase, it looks like there will have to be a quantum change in council’s criteria to get a hotel on that site, which is probably worth $2-$3 million.

Concessions over Development Contributions and public carparking will likely be negotiating points. And other carrots too, if a viable hotel complex is to arrive

in Tauranga. There is a valid argument that such a hotel is overdue in our city and provided benefits to the city’s ratepayers can be quantified then council’s role is to facilitate the development. Once one hotel is up and running successfully, others will come. It’s the old ‘build it and they will come’ story but the hotel operators want someone else to do that. So it’s back to the drawing board – if you are a potential hotel developer, get in touch with Priority One or council’s property division.

Retailer conundrum

The three Mainstreet’s presented their six monthly reports. Similar themes came out from Downtown Mount, Greerton and Tauranga CBD. It’s been a rough winter retail-wise as the economic downturn combines with the rotten weather to keep shoppers away.

But there is retail sunshine around the corner for some at least, with 83 cruise ships scheduled this summer bringing 219,000 people through our city. This year Americans and Canadians in greater numbers will be very welcome as their average daily spend is significantly greater than Australians and New Zealanders, we were told. Voyager of the Seas will be the largest cruise ship at 142,000 tonnes with 3800 passengers and 1100 crew. That’s almost a floating city and will be a sight to behold entering and leaving port.

Tauranga CBD is working towards a seven-day opening regime. It’s another conundrum for retailers. People don’t come so they don’t open their shops and the reason people don’t come is because the shops aren’t open.

Mainstreet is scheduling regular weekend activities downtown in the hope of attracting people and breaking the cycle.

In the Forward Focus part of the meeting the on-going saga of the Matapihi Footbridge attached to the rail bridge was reported. It’s good news and bad news. Isn’t it always? Repair costs are now estimated at just under $1 million and are presently out for tender.

Good news is that On Track, which owns the rail bridge, is

contributing $250,000. And possibly NZTA too. A vigilant staff member noticed that Government subsidies are available for footbridges attached to road bridges and applied on the basis that a rail bridge is another sort of road (rail road). Apparently no-one had ever raised this before and is receiving favourable consideration. Well done!

Costly excitement

The City Treasury report gave first indications that increasing interest rates have appeared on the horizon. About a year or so away.

City’s average interest rate on its borrowings was 6.01% on external debt of $419.7 million. Debt/ revenue ratio of 244% under the limit of 250%. The rates surplus for the past financial year was $3.7 million – sadly due in part to rates penalties for late payments collected not budgeted for. Astute management of lending and tighter controls on expenditure are other factors. Development Contributions collected were down from $11.5 million in budget to an actual $8.3 million.

This situation is significant for our city. During the big spend up years forward budgets were showing $30 million plus development contributions for these times. Yeah right! A lot of people got carried away with the euphoria of those times and now we are all paying.

Next year’s rate revenue requirement is in the Ten Year Plan at $102,757 million up from this year’s $98,970 million. There is some substantial head pulling in to be done to reduce this nearly $4 million increase.

Two mindbenders this week.

One because it’s relevant to our times and one because it’s a gem.

The first gem is from Terry Molloy at Projects and Monitoring Committee – “It’s easier to ask for forgiveness then to ask for permission.”

And the second from Winston Churchill – relevant to our times – “For a nation to try to tax itself to prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket trying to lift himself up by the handle.”

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Cold was the winter of businesses’ discontent Tauranga city businesses are emerging from what the survivors are calling their worst winter ever, says Priority One’s city centre project manager Duarne Lankshear.

“We are seeing the most vacancies ever seen in the city centre. We are going through extraordinarily hard times,” said Duarne at this week’s city council projects and monitoring committee meeting.

In addition to the on-going effects of the global financial crisis, and competition for retail sales on the internet, the wet weather in July cut foot traffic in the city, adding to retailers’ woes.

Internet sales are looking like changing the

face of retailing, says Duarne, with many reporting their shops are becoming places where customers try before they buy online.

The effects of the Christchurch earthquakes are continuing to affect commercial building owners through increased insurance premiums and reduced capital values.

The poor trading conditions have also knocked over Priority One’s hopes of securing a contract to build a $38 million hotel conference centre in the central city.

“The contract that was on previously has been cancelled, it’s not going ahead,” Duarne told the committee.

It brings to an end 12-18 months behind the scenes work by councillors and Priority One to make it a reality, but they, like the developer, have been defeated by the current

environment. There are two other parties expressing interest in building a hotel/conference centre, and Duarne says he will be reporting back on that in September.

In the current business environment it will be some time before the initiatives being undertaken as part of the Central City Strategy begin to pay off. The strategy’s aims are to increase the working population of the CBD, and give Tauranga the amenities list Priority One has found in common with successful city centres overseas.

In addition to the hotel/conference centre, these include a high quality museum integrated with the activity of the city centre.

The central city university campus, which with the waterfront development project is also a key catalyst for the central city’s devel-

The big three of the cruise ship season Three of the first time cruise ship visitors to the port’s Mount Maunganui wharf this summer are among the largest passenger ships to ever visit.

They are the Carnival Spirit at 292m long and weighing 88,500 tonnes, the 316m long Celebrity Solstice at 122,000 tonnes and the Voyager of the Seas, which is 311m long and weighs 142,000 tonnes.

Each visit brings more than 3000 people into the Bay. The Carnival Spirit has a maximum passenger load of 2680 and 930 crew. The Celebrity Solstice can carry 3000 passengers and has a crew of 1500. The Voyager of the Seas has a maximum passenger load of 3800 people and

11,081 crew. And they will all be making multiple port calls. The Carnival Spirit will call three times over the season, the Celebrity Solstice will be alongside seven times and the behemoth Voyager of the Seas will make six port calls. “That’s the one I’m really looking forward to seeing the most because it is massive,” says Mount Mainstreet manager Leanne Brown.

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All up there will be 84 cruise ship visits over the summer, barring late schedule changes,

including 13-14 first time visitors.

“There’s many benefits for the region from the cruise ships, there’s the financial benefits and there’s also the vibrancy that it adds to the atmosphere, people seem to become quite energised when there’s more visitors around. “By and large people in the region are pretty passionate and take the opportunity to stop and talk to the visitors and make them feel welcome, which is part of our point of difference to a lot of cities round New Zealand and the world.” That and the fact there are growing numbers of ‘serial cruisers’ increases the likelihood of attracting passengers back as Free and Independent

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Travellers. “Cruise ship travellers are not really big shoppers because they don’t have the room,” says Leanne.

“Cruise ship passengers have such small cabins, their luggage is limited and they aren’t big shoppers. The best we can hope is they come back as FIT’s.”When a person comes back there are direct benefits because they have to have transport, food and accommodation.

“We hear time and again that this is such a gorgeous region, they really like it here, and they are going to come back,” says Leanne. “You are on a winner when that happens. It is a matter of being a little bit patient too.”

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opment, is expected to add $55 million a year to the central city economy, and nearly 300 jobs in the next eight years, says Duarne.

The waterfront development project is entering a new phase with Priority One hiring an architect to work on concept drawings for the commercial side of the project, which includes food and drink vendors and a

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Pedal to the metal this Fathers’ Day This Fathers’ Day, finding a present he will love doesn’t have to be hard.

The Bicycle Business has slashed its prices this Fathers’ Day. Photo by Bruce Barnard.

With awesome Fathers’ Day specials on offer, why not get dad something exciting from Bicycle Business? Choose from the extensive range of products, from road bikes to mountain bikes.

Locally owned and operated, at Bicycle Business their goal is to ‘absolutely exceed’ customers’ expectations of a great bicycle store. How do they do this? “Simply by making our number one priority, listening to what you want and giving

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Rail sleepers rotten from the inside out - MP Brendan says Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee has tried to gloss over serious maintenance issues affecting the network.

“This leaked document shows an inappropriate response to replacing thousands of Peruvian wooden sleepers, which were imported with fungi,” says Brendan.

Brendan says the Government should reveal the true extent of the railway’s infrastructure crisis, which hasn’t been addressed in its KiwiRail Turnaround Plan.

KiwiRail has confirmed 7000 of its imported sleepers need replacing, though Brendan believes there to be many more.

Brendan has also received

verbal reports about poisonous gas building up to dangerous levels in the Kaimai Tunnel.

“My industry contacts say that last Saturday KiwiRail contractors ignored warnings and continued to work in the gaseous conditions, only to feel unwell after leaving the tunnel.

“A review into its Turnaround Plan is needed now before

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The state-owned rail company recently announced its operating revenue rose 7.2 per cent to $715.8million, but the net operating surplus fell 24 per cent to $77.6million. A write down in its rail assets and restructuring costs contributed to the loss.

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Pedalling ahead for MS Bike-lovers are being encouraged to grease their chain after winter and take part in a fun fundraising ride around Tauranga on Sunday.

The Tour of Tauranga ride, which includes 12km and 20km ride options, is a fundraising and promotional event for the MS Society.

Society Bay of Plenty manager Liz Plank says there has been strong interest in the familyfriendly event she believes will offer a fun activity for Fathers’ Day, and expects at least 200 riders.

“The idea came from one of our members, Joni Bentham, who used to be a triathlete.

Her vision was to have an event that promoted the society and cycling.”

Liz says all money from entry fees ($15 individual, $35 family) will fund the region’s field worker who supports people with MS in the community.

The rides leave from Edgewater Fan on the Tauranga waterfront from 10am, following the scenic route along Harbour Drive and Beach Rd to Fergusson Park, from where the 12km route returns to the start. Those doing the 20km ride carry on around Matua,

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through Otumoetai, Brookfield and Judea before returning to finish on the waterfront.

Women riders’ group Frocks on Bikes is among those supporting the event. Member Charlotte Grant says the family-friendly event is a great way to introduce people to some of the city’s new cycle paths while fund-

raising for MS. “With spring here it’s a great time to get back out on your bike and rediscover how much fun it is. We love any opportunity to promote cycling in Tauranga.”

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Making dad’s day special!

From big burly dads who lead their children on the sports field to the fishermen, petrol heads and gardeners; fathers might come in all shapes and sizes but they all love special moments with their children.

While Mum generally runs the show at home, it’s Dad’s steady hand on the tiller with his solid support, helping as bread-winner,

family policeman and sports coach.

It’s easy to take our dad’s quiet support for granted – afterall that’s just what they do – so on Father’s Day this Sunday (September 2) make sure you tell him how much you care.

So start Father’s Day by cooking him breakfast – nearly all dad’s love bacon and eggs, especially when they are cooked with love by their children.

The best way to make sure it a great day for dad is organising

a fun activity for the whole family. The key is to choose something he will love like a walk around the Mount or fishing in the local creek, or drop into the Mount Maunganui farmers market at the Phoenix carpark (9am1pm) to pick up delicious treats for a picnic on the beach.

Instead of organising something yourself, why not join in a fun family event like the MS Society’s Tour of Tauranga fundraising bike ride. If you dad is a classic car lover he might want to join in the Welcome Bay Cruisers Club run to Paradise Valley (details Mark 027 6998356), and model boat enthusiasts will love an outing with the radio controlled model yacht club at a pond behind 24 Montego Drive in Papamoa (from 1.30pm, details Graham 572 5419).

For details on other events see the Weekend Sun’s What’s On listings on pages 50-51.

Celebrating the worlds’ best dads Unsure how to make dad’s day special this Sunday? Elim Christian Centre has got Fathers’ Day covered with a special celebration at Bethlehem College.

The church is holding its own Dad of the Year competition, on Fathers’ Day this Sunday (September 2) with awards going to the courageous dads who have stood with character and integrity.

Has your dad gone out on a limb for you? Has he put himself under the elements or fierce conditions to help you learn to surf or sailing?

Has he helped you when you were in trouble or needing

a hand? Dads do so much and rarely get any recognition, so this Sunday is your chance to say thanks. In 75 words or less describe a time when your dad showed great courage and he could be

named 2012 Dad of the Year.

Written entries must be brought to the Courageous Dads celebration at Bethlehem College from 10am.

The event promises lots of fun, including a man vs wild competition. All dads get free doughnuts and gifts and can take in a big toys display, while children can enjoy a bouncy castle and small toys.

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Subversive fishing club underway The inaugural meeting of Papamoa Surfcasters was held last weekend, with organisers hailing it as a great success.

The club is operated differently to most – as a collective with all members having an equal say in how the group operates. It has no committee, no set membership fees and only a few very basic rules.

Tarakihi glut a little limited The three weeks tarakihi glut is now a little limited.

Russell Anderson (Bugger) last Thursday towards Bowentown the three anglers landed six tarakihi, six gurnard, three snapper and one kahawai.

Saturday three miles towards the Five Mile two anglers landed six snapper and one tarakihi.

Russ Hawkins (Fat Boy) last Thursday in the Middle Ground despite a very slow period mid-day overall it was a very good day.

The four anglers landed 55 tarakihi and two snapper.

Brett Keller (Manutere) last Friday in the Middle Ground although a bit slower overall they landed a good number of fish - mainly tarakihi.

Saturday in the latter part of the day in the Middle Ground all the anglers collected six to eight fish each.

At Mayor early Sunday they got some good quality

tarakihi and snapper. Puka fishing they landed four bluenose, one ling, and a small bass.

Garth Le Lievre (Deepstar) last Wednesday fishing towards the Middle Ground was slower but still good and by early afternoon all had their tarakihi limit.

Sunday at Mayor the fishing was slow, but with greater variety. They landed mainly tarakihi, red snapper, and pink mao mao.

Our regular Papamoa kontiki fisher found beach fishing last week very much a hit and miss affair. Last Wednesday he brought in nine snapper in one set, but other days he got no more than two snapper in two sets.

At Pukehina last week, good one set kontiki catches were four or five fish.

Kayak/canoe fishers at both Papamoa and Pukehina one to three kilometres offshore were generally doing well with snapper and tarakihi, fairly frequently getting their limit of both.

Spokesperson Bruce Glass says several of the group’s members have previously been part of formal fishing clubs, but lost interest in them due to not being included in its administration.

Over time, as the group grows, the members intend to consider various activities based on the social aspect of fishing. These are likely to include

regular tuition days, covering the art of surfcasting, setting up a rod and reel, making and choosing the right terminal tackle and which baits to use.

A picnic day is planned for September, which will include a few lessons and a barbecue.

Email papamoafishers@xtra.co.nz for more details.

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Waikato and Bay of Plenty Cancer Society spokesperson Rachael Mounsey says Daffodil Day is important as one in three Kiwis are affected by cancer.

Rachael believes the need for the Cancer Society’s vital community services is growing.

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Savour the stunning south Travel enthusiasts Space is still available on some of the stunning South Island tours organised by Waihi-based Scottsdale Tours.

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Susy says customers won’t find a $2 shop or a Warehouse on this island, it’s top quality merchandise at good prices on Norfolk Island. unspoiled West Coast from Queenstown to Picton over 15 spectacular days.

Or for those who love to shop, or just enjoy a relaxing and entertaining break away, why not travel to Norfolk Island for some stunning Christmas shopping or take a pre-Christmas break on Waiheke Island.

Scottsdale Tours has now moved to Waihi, but Susy say it is business as usual. “We’re still going strong.”

And as the year draws to a close, Susy and co-owner Owner Ross Macdonald and fiance Susy look forward to their 2013 tours, featuring some old favourites and a few exciting new ones.

See the ad on this page for information on how you can receive the 2013 Scottsdale Tours’ brochure.

By Corrie Taylor

House of Travel Papamoa is hosting its second Adventure Travel Club on Thursday, September 6 2012.

The club, for people who thrive on exploring new and adventurous destinations of the world, sees people getting together to talk travel – adventure travel, off the beaten track travel, inspired and unique travel.

Anyone with a passion and desire for niche journeys to new horizons is encouraged to come along and join in.

The HOT Adventure Travel Club provides a casual environment to swap stories and photos, learn about new destinations, meet fellow travellers and even plan a new journey. The club will meet approximately every six weeks; and for following gatherings there are some fabulous mini-excursions and events planned.

Adventure travel specialist Jemma Wilson says they will be introducing HOT’s fabulous new 2013 HOT Over 40s Escorted Overland Tours to Africa and South America. These itineraries have been built in-store by HOT and are aimed at 40+ travellers who like to tour a little differently with like-minded travellers.

“We will also reveal our exclusive 2013 HOT Culinary and Cultural Tours. We have two escorted small group tours departing in 2013 based on cuisine and culture; Melbourne in March 2013 and Iran (Persia) in September 2013.”

This club evening will be held at the House of Travel Papamoa store on Domain Road.

“We will begin at 6pm and we envision ending at 8pm. Registration is essential as we wish to keep our numbers to a comfortable group size.

“We look forward to seeing you.”

House of Travel Papamoa Adventure Travel Club We invite you to join us at our 2nd HOT Adventure Travel Club get-together Come along and meet fellow venturesome travellers and find inspiration for your next intrepid journey.

The Adventure Travel Club evenings are about meeting like-minded travellers, learning about new and unique destinations and simply talking travel!

We will be briefly introducing our unique 2013 Over 40’s Escorted Tours to Africa and South America and also reveal our exclusive Culinary & Cultural Tours to Iran and Melbourne.

Our first evening was a great success, so we look forward to seeing you all again.

When: Thursday 06th September 2012 Where: House of Travel Papamoa, Domain Road.

Time: 6pm start / 8pm finish REGISTRATION IS ESSENTIAL. Please contact Jemma on jemmaw@hot.co.nz or 07 542 9300.

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Explore the wonder and beauty of the South Island’s high country. This tour, running from October 6-17, explores a gorgeous and historic part of New Zealand, including 4WD excursions, sheep station tours and a trip to Skippers Canyon or Macetown.

“It’s fabulous,” says co-owner Susy Towler.

“We combined some of the best bits of some of our previous tours. Those of you who know us will know this is what we love to do – the breath-taking high country of the South Island and the barren country of Otago. It’s fantastic.”

From October 25 -31 the Wonders of Westland tour explores the wild west coast of the South Island.

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Age Concern responds to rest-home death Age Concern New Zealand is speaking out following the death of an 80-year-old man.

The man died in Christchurch hospital on July 31, following a three month stay at a Rangiora rest home. He is reported to have been suffering from

urine scalds and bedsores. The man spent three months at the facility, where his family faced multiple challenges in dealing with issues relating to his care.

Age Concern’s national president Evelyn Weir says it appears this man did not receive the care and support he needed in his final days, and as a result may have endured

physical and mental trauma.

“Rest homes should be places where older people can be assured of appropriate and timely care.

“Care should be of a standard that minimises the risk of skin deterioration and maximises wellbeing.

“Anything short of this standard is neglect, and is completely unacceptable.”

Age Concern advises anyone with concerns about a person’s welfare while living in residential care to approach management.

A local Age Concern can support them to do this. Another option is to contact the Health and Disability Advocacy Service. A formal complaint can also be laid with the local District Health Board.

Patrol group’s newest side-kick used for safety screw event Mount Maunganui community patrol group’s newest side-kick, a Terios wagon donated by Trustpower in July, has since been very useful as a patrol car.

Manned by two patrol volunteers at all times, the Terios covers around 60-70km each shift, both day and night, says Mount Maunganui community patrol group chairman George Pocock.

On September 1 the wagon will transport four teams of two patrol volunteers to Bunnings Warehouse car park where they will hold a safety screw event from 9am.

The patrol group will safety-screw number plates for the community to prevent them from being stolen.

George says it is a safety thing for most people.

“It happens quite a lot. It’s a bit of a problem.”

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George says there has always been a good turnout to the event which has been held at Bunnings for the past three years.

He says the patrol group works fast, with each car taking about three minutes to fit with a safety screw.

“Depending on the weather, we do 100 to 200 cars and we do it all in one day.”

A special area in the Bunnings car park will be dedicated to the event so people can enter and exit easily.

Mount Maunganui police will also attend the event.

A sausage sizzle will also be provided.

By Zoe Hunter

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The absolute best of both worlds a stress-free lifestyle with family and friends nearby, while others are still in the workforce.

“They can leave at the drop of a hat and know that the place is being looked after and they don’t have to care for their property.”

Havenbrook offers a range of activities and an onsite manager maintains the village and grounds.

Havenbrook Village is succeeding as a popular haven.

The residents atHavenbrook Village have the best of both worlds.

In keeping with its name, this Pyes Pa community is a place of sanctuary and peace – offering its residents the freedom of owning their own home, with the safety, reassurance and facilities that come with a retirement village.

In a park-like setting, with feature gardens, a man-made creek with waterfall, an open lawn and a central community hub – project manager John

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“The residents are happy, and a range of social activities are happening – it’s a vibrant community.”

He says everything that was promised is now in place and people can take up the lifestyle immediately.

“It’s all there and waiting for them.”

In contrast to a retirement village, Havenbrook is open to anyone aged over 50, whether retired or not.

John says some residents are retired and enjoying

A committee organises regular activities and social get-togethers including cards, croquet, line dancing, pool, darts and dinners. It is a very socially active community, says John.

There are only six properties left to sell, including three completed show homes available for immediate occupancy. Chances are running out to join the community.

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It’s too bad we’ve gotta get old New Zealand is a nation transitioning from a younger to a more mature and ageing population.

This echoes population trends in many developed countries overseas.

Major changes being seen include an increase in numbers of elderly people and an increased proportion of elderly in the population. In addition, younger people are congregating in the cities, leaving rural communities with fewer young families and youth. As the population ages, these communities are gradually dying, resulting in the closure of small towns and villages across the world.

Unfortunately, once you have more elderly than youth, the population reaches a position of natural decline which is not able to be offset by

immigration. Eventually you have a shortage of people in the working age population and the end of unemployment. Society will have to accommodate older people living and working longer.

Nationally, Statistics NZ projects that by 2051, there will be 65 per cent more people aged 65 and over, than children in New Zealand. The Western Bay of Plenty is one of the fastest growing sub-regions in New Zealand. It also has a higher percentage of people over 65 years old than the national average and our older population is growing at a faster rate than the total population. The higher proportion of the older population in the Western Bay is affected by

three key things: people are living longer; we have a declining birth rate (except for Maori); and people move here to enjoy the lifestyle on offer for their retirement years.

This means that there are increasingly more older people than youth as a proportion of the population.

Projections for the next 20 years indicate that there will be more people in our population over 45 years old than under 45. The number of people aged 65+ will double. The most rapid change will be in the numbers of people aged 80+ which is projected to increase seven fold to 35,000 in 2051.

On the flip side, our Maori population is so much younger than our European population. Nationally, the median age for Maori is 23. Maori population is 25 per cent of all children and 28 per cent of children under 4 years. In the Bay of Plenty, 37 per cent

of children in our schools are Maori. Tauranga is expected to accommodate the fastest growing Maori population in New Zealand from both natural increase and increased migration.

Despite this and projections of growth, the Western Bay of Plenty population will have an imbalance of older people to younger people and the implications for us are huge.

We need to be planning age-friendly communities including housing, transport and community facilities. We will have to gear up our health system and support networks. We also need to be considering the impact on our economy. It is important that we try retain our youth, rather than losing them to other areas. The trend of unemployment in Maori youth needs to be overturned because we will need them to support our productive sector.

Our aging population is a big challenge and it will affect planning, funding and service delivery in many sectors. We need to be thinking about it now.

If you have any views on this or any other issue, please email neesj@xtra.co.nz or phone 07 579 5150. Or you can check out my website: www.janenees.co.nz

Stamping out elderly abuse “Most of the elder abuse The Tauranga Age Concern co-ordinator has attended a conference in Wellington this Age Concern sees happens in families, hidden from month in light of elder abuse. the rest of the commuElder abuse can happen in different ways. It can be threats or coercion; physical abuse – hitting older people, or locking them in; depriving them of social contact or not providing the care they need. It can be financial abuse – using their money or possessions without their consent.

Research by the ‘It’s Not Ok’ campaign has shown that New Zealanders want to help in family violence situations but aren’t sure what to do, says Age Concern’s elder abuse prevention expert, Louise Collins.

nity,” Louise says.

“Older people tell us that having someone else beside them, encouraging them to speak out, letting them know it is okay to ask for help, makes a huge difference.”

Elder abuse prevention is a specialist area, which Louise says makes this kind of specialist training invaluable.

She believes conference sessions around legal issues and also on delivery of service within Maori communities were especially beneficial.

“We hope staff will go back invigorated and having learnt new skills to improve their practice. They will also be more familiar with using the resources Age Concern New Zealand provide.”

Age Concern staff are at the frontline of dealing with older people in what are often complex and emotional situations. Louise says the forum helped staff from Kaitaia to Invercargill make connections, put faces to names and know who to call for support and advice.

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Home Instead national franchise manager Tony Stack says work to tailor the US parent organisation’s training programme to local needs had just finished and he expects a trial to start in the next month.

The programme is designed for caregivers who want to learn more about those with alzheimers or another form of dementia.

Home Instead global franchise development director Bob Maguire, who was in New Zealand recently to speak at the national alzheimers conference, says the idea behind the programme was to train non-medical caregivers to recognise and deal with behaviours that are associated with alzheimers.

“We have over 60,000 clients globally and we know over 50 per cent of them have some form of dementia.

It is very taxing on the caregiver to provide care to these alzheimers people with no training, they can have outbursts – we know from a family caregiver standpoint it is very taxing.”

He says the programme, which had been developed with the help of experts in the field, is to help caregivers understand and recognise when the person is having behaviours affected by the disease itself.

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Call it anything but exercise Popular activities that incorporate movement are often the best way to keep seniors active To stay independent and enjoy the quality of life that we all want as we age, we need to do some activity. Because if we don’t, our muscles will atrophy and our bodies will deteriorate sooner. Seniors’ health issues often are not with ageing, but rather with disuse.

According to statistics, more than 60 per cent of older adults are inactive. Fear of exercise can keep seniors with arthritis and

other aches and pains from leading the active lifestyles they may have enjoyed in their younger years. But mention activities such as lively conversation, a good television programme, a brisk walk on a nice day, and your elderly loved one is likely to perk right up.

Incorporating movements into those popular senior pastimes, oftentimes with the assistance of a family or professional caregiver or companion, is one way to keep seniors young and vital well into their elderly years.

The main benefit of activity for people

who are ageing is actually reversing the impact that disuse has on their bodies.

Here are some practical ways that caregivers can recommend that seniors incorporate activity into their lives. For the true TV couch potatoes who use two remotes, suggest they stand up, move around and walk in place whenever a commercial comes on.

That’s a start. Recommend they walk to the store or park in the back of the parking lot.

There are a lot of basic ways to build activity into the day, get up and down in your chair slowly 10 times in a row, four times a day.

There are a number of over-50s exercise classes in the Bay of Plenty. Body and Soul, Recycled Teenagers, The Heart Foundation and YMCA all run appropriate classes. They are non-intimating and add a social element

as well. Pick up the phone today to find out more. You will be amazed how just a little exercise can change both your outlook on life and physical wellbeing. Our bodies were built to move, not moving is the unnatural thing. And that’s true at any age.

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But there’s an exciting world out there, and at No 8 Tours, they’re making it their business to show it off. Whether it’s a five day trip around the central North Island, a day trip to Huka Falls or an overnight stay in the beautiful Coromandel – there is a tour for everyone.

Originally known as No 8 Farm Tours, the company was started

by Andy and Sarah Somerville six years ago, offering cruise ship visitors an insight into the lives of New Zealand farming families.

Since then, they have expanded and now specialise in exciting, stunning and affordable tours for the Bay’s seniors.

They organise the travel, accommodation and food; they will even pick you up from your door – all customers need to do is relax and enjoy the scenery.

Owner Sarah Somerville says it’s great to get senior residents out and enjoying themselves and New Zealand.

No.8 Tours owners Sarah and Andy Somerville plan one of the exciting new 2013 tours. Photo by Tracy Hardy.

“It’s so easy for them to become isolated, it’s great to see them socialising and making new friends. We make it our business to find unique and interesting places to visit that our clients may not have been to before or have perhaps always wanted to. We absolutely love visiting people who are doing interesting things in our wider community and that are open to sharing their interest to our travel groups,” says Sarah.

No.8 Tours also provide a service for groups looking to organise their own private tours.

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My first car – Arthur Stewart Arthur Stewart’s first car could have been the Bay of Plenty’s first car.

It wasn’t. But it could’ve been as the Model T Ford produced between 1908 and 1927 is generally regarded as the

world’s first affordable car.

Arthur, born in Te Puke, can’t remember the exact year he purchased the wagon, and can’t remember the year of production that he bought but he does remember how much he paid - £12.

“I sold my push bike for £3 to help

pay for it. Before I bought it, it belonged to a local mill called Benson Brothers. They built the wooden cab and would use it for deliveries. It was probably a car at one time.

“We used to go out to what we called the Rocky Cutting rabbit shooting. Rocky Cutting was what we called the road to Te Puke.

A couple of blokes would stand on the back and someone would drive. I don’t think you’re allowed to do that these days.

Actually I don’t think we were really allowed to do it then,” says Arthur.

“With the T Ford the petrol tank was in front of the driver. So if you were going uphill, the petrol wouldn’t pump, so you had to turn around and go up backwards.

“I remember one time we were missing a wheel nut and the wheel fell off. My mate Brian Teasey had a key to the garage halfway down Devonport Road, so we just went down and grabbed a new one. It was a weekend and garages weren’t open then on the weekends.

“You couldn’t go too far in the old Model T. We couldn’t take it to the Mount. That was nine miles away.

“They were a great old car, but anyone sitting in the middle got sick from the fumes

coming out of the engine.

“I bought a Model T car after that first one and had a lot of fun in that too. I don’t remember what happened to the first car. We must have sold it because we don’t give much away,” says Arthur. The Ford Model T (colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie, T-Model Ford, Model T Ford, or T) is an automobile that was produced by Henry Ford’s Ford Motor Company from September 1908 to October 1927.

It is generally regarded as the first affordable automobile, the car that opened travel to the common middle-class.

The first production Model T was produced on August 12, 1908 and left the factory on September

Arthur Stewart and Brian Teasey working on Arthur’s Model T Ford.

27, 1908, at the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan.

The Model T was the first automobile mass produced on moving assembly lines with completely interchangeable parts.

Henry Ford said he would build a car for the great multitude.

“It will be large enough for the family, but small enough for the individual to run and care for.

It will be constructed of the best materials, by the best men to be hired, after the simplest designs that modern engineering can devise. But it will be so low in price that no man making a good salary will be unable to own one – and enjoy with his family the blessing of hours of pleasure in God’s great open spaces.”

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David Birse and his 1996 Fiat Coupe.

Sunday drivers Tucked up in garages around Tauranga and districts are numerous classic cars, muscle machines, wicked waggons, amazing autos and souped-up sedans.

By Paul Kendon

David Birse knows this to be true because he’s taken careful note if every special saloon he’s seen while cruising around the coast in his own flash little 1996 Fiat Coupe.

So David has decided to start a Sunday drive club open to anyone with a passion for their car.

“I’m starting a car enthusiast club. As president of the Fiat owners club I’ve noticed many marques are not represented in the Bay of Plenty,” says David.

“Since moving to Tauranga a couple of years ago I have noticed there are many nice cars in Tauranga. So I want to see if anyone is interested in getting together

regularly for Sunday drives. The offer is open to anyone from vintage owners to Evo owners. Anyone is welcome.”

After floating the idea of a car enthusiast club David has been approached by a couple of people, including the owner of a Mercedes coupe and an owner of a Morris 1000.

“It’s about trading parts, recommending mechanics, talking about which panel beaters are best or where to get custom upholstery done at a discount. It’s for people who get a kick out of their cars, going on runs and socialising,” says David.

“It is an opportunity to participate and get cars out of garages. My neighbour has a Ford Mustang out for the first time in months just recently. It is this sort of people I’m catering to. Once we get a few more people on board we’ll start planning drives.”

There is no cost to join David’s proposed club and he is happy for anyone interested to phone him on 021 104 5286, 07 544 8713 or email tmec@myopera.com

Mazda pumps cash into Tauranga A Bethlehem mother of a 17-year-old diabetic who prefers to remain anonymous for privacy reasons is full of praise for the Mazda Foundation.

Her girl is the recipient of $7500 from the foundation for an insulin pump.

The insulin pump allows her daughter to lead an almost normal life. Instead of having to endure five or more injections per day, the pump monitors insulin levels and administers the correct dose.

“It is lifesaving,” she says.

The pump is a highly technical piece of equipment that costs approximately $3000 per year. A cannula is inserted under the skin and the pump connects

to it. The system mimics the body’s usual insulin functions but the girl can dial up an increase in dosage depending on diet.

“I heard about funding options from a friend and wrote to the Mazda Foundation. I didn’t hear from them for a while and was trying to figure out how I could fund the unit myself. One Friday night the phone went and it was a lady from the foundation saying they had decided to pay for the unit. It is amazing,” she says. Each year, the Mazda Foundation holds three funding rounds and selects deserving New Zealanders, community groups and charities that are in need

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Tomoli taking the Bay by storm Since their story in The Weekend Sun three weeks ago, the Otumoetai College students behind Tomoli are experiencing a wave of successes and milestones.

By Corrie Taylor

The Kiwi blend of tomato sauce and aioli, created by Callum Hughes, Bradley Fulchur, Georgina Read, Cohen Nicholls and Ethan Cooke, is in hot demand.

“We’ve sold out of our first two batches of 500,” says marketing and finance director Bradley.

Tomoli has also made it onto the shelves at The Good Food Trading

Company and plans are still underway to get the sauce into New Worlds throughout the Bay and in international franchises.

The students will speak to 120 Tauranga business people at the Chamber of Commerce next week and speak to students at BOP Polytechnic.

Brad and chief sales director Cohen Nicholls say the best part is seeing people recognising and enjoying Tomoli.

“Our national coordinator ordered some – when I was taking it in the post office, there was a lady behind me; she looked at

the box and was like ‘I had some of that last night, it was really good’,” says Brad.

“That’s awesome – I love that,” says Cohen.

Cohen says many hours have been put into creating Tomoli – but it is all worth it.

“The field we’re in, food, all the regulations and stuff – it’s hard. We’ve come so far, it’s just

really cool to see it getting on shelves and people really liking it.”

The Kiwi sauce has even crossed the Tasman – becoming a regular at the dinner tables of families in Darwin and Brisbane.

“It’s very exciting,” says Brad.

“There’s a lot more stuff to do, there are lots of different people to supply to and getting in contact with us.”

As Tomoli was originally created for the Young Enterprises Scheme, the group are unsure what they will do when the year ends.

“It’s something we will discuss at the end of the year,” says Cohen.

By Corrie Taylor

Tomoli creators Cohen Nicholls, Callum Hughes, Bradley Fulcher, Georgina Read and Ethan Cooke.

Top award for storage company Tauranga business Guardian Storage was awarded one of the top honours at the 2012 Self Storage Association of Australia Awards.

The Tauranga business won the Regional Facility of the Year award, beating out more than 1100 other selfstorage facilities in New Zealand and Australia.

Joining the Tauranga business at the winner’s podium was sister branch Guardian Manukau, which won the supreme Facility of the Year Award (for which Guardian Frankton, in Hamilton, was also a finalist).

Finalists were assessed based on their performance and improvements in areas of new innovations, financial performance, unique approaches to marketing or promotions, a positive team culture and a commitment to customer service.

Guardian CEO Euan Armstrong says he is thrilled to see the Tauranga business recognised as the best regional facility in Australasia.

“Our Tauranga team work really hard to make Guardian the clear choice for customers. And we’re certainly not going to rest on our laurels now - this award’s only inspired us further. Bring on 2013!”

The company provides self-storage units along with relocation trailers, trucks and vans for rent across the upper-North Island with branches in Auckland, Tauranga and Hamilton.

In the past 18 months, the company has invested significantly in improving the customer experience from end to end - including modernising their fleet of rental vehicles and trailers, bringing on more staff, creating a free truck hire package and more.

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Apprenticeships: Graduation beckons Everybody loves to celebrate a job well done, but until recently graduating apprentices had little public recognition when they finished their training.

A graduation ceremony hosted by Tauranga mayor Stuart Crosby is changing this – with the function growing in popularity every year to attract 110 graduates last year.

Event organiser Penny Mitropoulos says the mayor has thrown his support behind the annual Industry

Mechanic Gary Roberts.

Training Organisation’s graduation ceremony in recognition of the important role apprentices play in the region’s economy.

“He clearly understands how vital it is for our community that our trade achievers are recognised by the City of Tauranga and that Tauranga’s economic sustainability relies on these graduates remaining local.”

Mechanic Mark Harmon, who owns Harmon Automotive, says the graduation event is a good way to give closure to anyone who has completed an apprenticeship.

“It’s a good way to finish it off after all the time and work they’ve had to put in.”

Mechanic Gary Roberts, who has just completed his apprenticeship under Mark’s supervision, has no plans to take part in the ceremony but says the graduation would appeal to some people.

The event, now in its fifth year, is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Tauranga, Job Finders and BCITO. Rotary president Mark Dean says the club supports the event because of the

importance of recognising the hard work required to complete an apprenticeship.

“I would go as far as saying that the future of Tauranga is in the hands of our skilled trades people, as without skilled tradesmen and women our local economy will not thrive.”

The event will be held at Baycourt on November 20, and organisers are urging graduates, their families and employers to diary the date.

By Hamish Carter

Legal excellence in the Bay For more than 115 years families and businesses throughout the Bay and beyond have trusted Sharp Tudhope as their legal guardians.

Sharp Tudhope is living proof that a business built on solid values can do more than simply stand the test of time.

These values include a sustainable outlook for clients’ business, genuinely listening to client needs and providing the very best advice and representation. This is what Sharp Tudhope does best and the company is fiercely proud of its team of legal profes-

sionals whose thinking is unrivalled and practices recognised as industry-leading.

In June this year, Sharp Tudhope moved into its new and much applauded Green Star standard building, but its beginnings in this wonderful city were humble, starting out on Spring Street in 1896 when the offices of Henry Sharp and Archie Tudhope were pulled together with the help of a team of bullocks.

More than 115 years on, after these two men set the firm’s solid foundation, Sharp Tudhope continues to uphold legal excellence, and while the company is steadfastly proud of where it has come from, its vision is firmly set on the future.

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Junior Tall Ferns pick After a fierce week of basketball in Dunedin, Tauranga’s rising basketball star Makayla Daysh, 16, has been named in the Junior Tall Ferns squad.

Makayla, who captains Tauranga Girls’ College Senior A team, earned her place in the squad at a three-day trial. The trial followed the Women’s Basketball

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Dunedin, where Makayla Daysh’s Rotorua Lady Volcanoes team took ninth place overall in the team’s first year in the competition.

After two years playing for Tauranga City in the national women’s third division league, Makayla got the callup to join the Rotorua team at the start of the season in July.

Makayla’s first games for the junior Tall Ferns will be September 20-23 when they compete against Australia in the three-game Oceania championships in Porirua in the battle for a place at the world junior championships in Lithuania next July.

Scoring multicultural goals The colour and competition of the world cup will come to Greerton next month for the third annual multicultural football tournament, Ethkick.

The call has gone out for five-player teams representing different ethnic communities to compete in the tournament, which is being held as part of a multicultural community day with food and entertainment at Pemberton Park. Organisers Tauranga Regional Multicultural Council and Blue Rovers Football Club are aiming for 20 teams to take part, up on last

year’s tournament of 12 teams. Multicultural council president Ewa Fenn is expecting stiff competition from the Armazem Football Club representing Brazil, who will be defending the title they have held for two years.

The winning team at the Greerton event on September 29 can go on to compete at the national multicultural football championships later in the year. For more details or to register a national team, phone Janet Smith at the multicultural council, 571 6419 or email enquiries@trmc.co.nz

Younger skin the safe way Helping slow the hands of time and emphasise natural beauty is something most women want to achieve and a Tauranga cosmetic medicine practitioner has the solution.

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Taking the hard line Colin Hewens truly learnt the value of a dollar in India and the slums of Bangkok.

He spent four and a half years living in the latter, working with a New Zealand group which was helping those who dwelt there with initiatives including micro-finance schemes for small businesses.

That time taught him plenty, and informed his view on the way his life would be led.

So it was only natural that he should become involved in the Global Poverty Project’s Living Below the Line initiative, through a Facebook friend in Hamilton – where participants attempt to survive on $2.25 worth of food per day for five days.

“I try to live as simply as I can so I’ve got something to support people overseas, including those caught in natural disasters, which seem to be happening all the time now,” says Colin, who regularly contributes to Oxfam and other charities.

Colin grows his own vegetables and makes his own wine, jam and preserves among

other things, but will only have use of such produce if he factors it into his budget at Farmers’ Market prices.

Lentil curry with spices, a very basic porridge and bread without additives are all likely to grace his menu.

“I’ve spent some time in India and Thailand so I’m used to eating heaps of rice. It tends to get a little bit boring when you eat it day in and day out. I may lose a little bit of weight, but that won’t do any harm.” Tauranga man Colin Hewens will live below the internationally recognised poverty line for five days He has a slight qualm about the in late September. Photo by Tracy Hardy. daily budget – believing the proposed $2.25 goes different distances in difa training institute while in Bangalore, where ferent countries. staff were granted about 100 grams of meat “I’m pretty sure that an Indian living on per week split into 2-3 servings, is excited $2.25 a week would have better food than about the prospect of living below the interwe can buy for $2.25 per day, but they have nationally recognised poverty line. to buy everything they need with that paltry So far, more than 500 New Zealanders have sum,” he says, adding that in his time in the signed up to take part, including All Blacks country the government ran a rice entitlegreat Jonah Lomu. For more details visit https://www.livebelowtheline.com/nz or to ment programme which provided a ration of sponsor Colin, email him at rice for its poorest citizens.

Colin, who worked as a beekeeping tutor at col.hewens@orcon.net.nz

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event for intermediate school reps. If you are wanting to see top-class young athletes in action, then don’t miss this event which runs from 10-14 September. For a schedule visit nzaimsgames.co.nz

I spend many hours out and about talking to people about looking after their health and especially their hearts.

TCAL’s commitment is to provide safe, clean and fun aquatic facilities for our community and visitors to enjoy, which unfortunately does mean we need to schedule closures for asset replacement and refurbishment. Please bear in mind that we do consult with our high user groups, and try to choose times that will cause the least disruption to all concerned – and we do try to keep the closure time to an absolute minimum. We are swimmers too – and we know how important it is to have accessible pools!

Following on from the recent Mt Hot Pools refurbishment (now in its final stages), our focus turns to Greerton Pools where a freshen-up will be given to the entire facility. This means that the aquatics area will be closed from September 17 until October 12 to allow us full access to pools and their surrounds. The Greerton Clubfit Gym will remain open with some limited access to showers, so you can work out and watch the progress if you wish!

Our website is constantly updated with events and closures at our facilities, so please don’t hesitate to visit www.tcal.co.nz for more information or call us on 575 0276 Regards Tania Delahunty, CEO & all the TCAL team at Baywave, Otumoetai, Mount Hot Pools, Greerton and Memorial. www.tcal.co.nz 07 575 0276

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So the point, you ask? We have moved! And we have joined forces with others to create the Manawaora Integrative Health and Research Centre. The Manawaora centre is a place where the practitioners who run their businesses will endeavour to work in an integrative manner for the good of their clients.

This isn’t really a new concept but it is pretty new for Tauranga. We are certainly still feeling our way through the ins and outs of exactly how that works – having only been in our new place for two weeks, but we’re all very excited about the prospect of providing better care and better service for our respective clients by applying an integrative approach. Joining The Cardiac Clinic at the Manawaora Centre are Desiree DeSpong of Aetiology, Roger Athy-Knibbs of Salveo Physio, Kristin Borchardt of The Yoga Collective and Crystal Urban a US qualified naturopathic doctor who runs Holistic Health Consultants.

They say that moving house, or in our case offices, can be one of the most stressful things you do in your life, along with divorce, and coping with the death of a loved one. Yes, I agree totally! However, short-term acute stress makes you feel and act differently so that it can be identified, usually by those around you and then you can take steps to manage it. On the flip side, low level, long term stress is difficult to identify yet can have wide reaching health effects. The more you understand what stress means to you, how it affects you and how you can manage it the better your health and your ability to manage stressful situations.

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A career in real estate on the rise The real estate market is finally on the rise with latest data from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand showing sales are up by 17.3 per cent for the month of June (compared to the same time last year).

Garry Chapman, Bay of Plenty Polytechcommercial or industrial property sales and it is also relevant for those wishing to invest nic’s real estate programme co-ordinator, says now is the right time to train for in or develop their own property portfolios. With flexible study options available, expected growth in the industry.

“In 2008 the Real Estate Agents Act was students can train around other work commitments. passed, which means any new sales person entering the industry must complete the The next programme in Tauranga starts qualification before obtaining a license,” September 24. Successful completion says Garry. of this full-time course will see students graduate with the National Certificate in “With property movement gaining steady increases it’s the right time to Real Estate (Salesperson) Level 4 before get yourself up-skilled.”

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You’re never too old to learn new tricks Returning to study is never a simple decision for adults – but is always worth the effort whatever the motivation or subject.

This is the message being promoted for Adult Learners’ Week, September 3-10, which includes a mayoral awards event to recognise top adult students and educators.

Key role

Western Bay of Plenty Adult and Community Education (ACE) Network coordinator Charlotte van Lith says adult education plays a key role in increasing people’s confidence, developing their skills or for hobbies.

“For many people adult community education starts a journey into other forms of study.”

ACE Network member Judith Honeyfield says the week and the awards help to recognise and celebrate the important role of adult education.

Among award recipients last year was Rose White

who, after taking time out from a career in nursing to home-school her children, was retraining as a counsellor. Rose – who finishes her three-year degree at BTI in October – has supplemented it with courses in therapy treatments, along with home-schooling duties, voluntary counselling work and community club help.

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Rose was ‘gob-smacked’ to receive the outstanding adult learner award, saying it was great to get the recognition for her hard work – “but it is just what you do”.

The theme for Adult Learners’ Week is intergenerational learning. ACE Aotearoa director Jo Lake says learning together benefits families and the community as a whole by bringing generations closer together.

The week includes International Literacy Day on September 8, with ‘random acts of reading’ taking place at the library during the day. By Hamish Carter

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A barking-good lesson and a licking-good cupcake An early morning visit from a furry friend last week was one more exciting community-based lesson for the children at Montessori Bethlehem.

Gus the Border collie was all too happy to help his owner teach the children about loving and looking after animals.

The morning was part of Montessori @ Bethlehem’s celebration of this year’s SPCA Cupcake Day.

When a Cupcake Day flyer fell out of teacher Caroline’s magazine, she decided the centre should take part.

The children got busy cracking eggs and stirring with spoons and together baked about 70 cupcakes to be sold to parents and family on

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The conference, on September 4-5, will be attended by 120 Year 5-6 pupils from the six schools.

“It’s about using technology for things other than play, with the workshops teaching kids how to use technology to create and innovate.”

A group of five pupils are running a workshop for Teacher Shelley Blakey says pupils in Year 5-6 class teachers on using robotic toys in the classroom to Room 14 had organised everything for the Kids bring teaching to life.

Rewired conference that is promoting the use of the “The children have got so much out of it. It’s latest technology to bring lessons to life. been real life learning. They have done it all, from “They came up with the theme ‘Plug-in/Upload/ rebranding to creating a logo, original Switch-on’ and they put that out to the schools in our song, getting sponsorship, ICT cluster and asked them for speakers.” and have been telling the Teachers from the cluster’s six schools (Maungateacher and principals what tapu, Merivale, Bethlehem Primary, Arataki, Te Kura they need to do.”

Matapihi and Greerton Village) will give 13 seminars Other duties have – on topics ranging from how to create your own included setting T-shirt using a digital image to animation, creating up a website, original music videos and turning photos into digital managing a art. budget and working in teams to meet real deadlines.

Shelley hopes to expand the conference to cater to pupils from all Tauranga schools

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Bringing learning to life: Greerton Village School Year 5 pupils (from left) Kiefer Davies, Rosie Horsley, Stevee Keelan-Orr and Elizabith Vee with robotic toys they will give a workshop on.

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AIMing high: One week to go With less than a fortnight until 6000 athletes descend on Tauranga for another AIMS Games, the organisers are confident nearly everything is ready.

Despite the jump in intermediate-age competitors from 4600 at the eighth annual event last year, NZCT AIMS Games tournament director Vicki Semple says nearly everything is confirmed – bar the weather.

“Everything is running on schedule, it’s just the weather we’re not sure about. After all the rain we’ve had we are hoping for a fine spell over the week.”

Following on from the success of the Olympics, the opening night speaker has been confirmed as Mahe Drysdale, who won gold in the men’s single sculls at the 2012

London Olympic Games.

Vicki was keen to have an Olympic athlete as a speaker to build on the momentum of the highly successive New Zealand campaign, but Mahe’s commitments meant hsi attendance at the event was only confirmed on Wednesday.

Vicki expects all the competitors to be highly motivated following the successful London Olympics, saying she believes it will make a huge difference.

The growth in numbers taking part, which has seen participating schools rise from 121 to 165 from Dunedin to Kaitaia, will prevent everyone from taking part in an opening ceremony under one roof at TECT Arena.

With seating capacity limited to 4000 in the main arena, the ceremony will be broadcast live to two adjoining large conventions rooms with large screens.

NZCT AIMS Games tournament director Vicki Semple surveys the Grenada Park grounds where rugby league is being hosted for its first year – with supporters Matthew Strange (Arataki Community Centre manager), David Cvitanovich (Paramount manager), Darren Harris (Transpacific manager), Len Reid (NZRL coaching) and Sash Stosic (NZRL upper central zone general manager).

Photo by Tracy Hardy.

The inability to seat all competitors in one venue has also prompted organisers to drop the closing ceremony, where competitors were awarded their medals. Instead medals will be awarded in ceremonies after each code’s final.

This year the competition has been expanded to 16 codes with the inclusion of rugby league for the first time. Another major change will be the inclusion of three Australian schools – with pupils competing from two schools, while staff from another are observing with the intention pupils will take part next year.

“What started as a small event nine years ago has grown to a phenomenal, actionpacked week-long competition, which has gone international with the inclusion of the Australian teams. It’s so exciting for all the

By Hamish Carter participants.”

Teens: how to raise your parents Parenting teenagers is often likened to white-water rafting; sometimes scary, sometimes exhilarating.

Many parents consider the teenage years as the most challenging, but three respected speakers say they can also be the best years of parents’ lives.

The Parenting Place chief executive officers Bruce and Amanda Pilbrow, along with senior Attitude presenter Dave Atkinson, will visit City Church Tauranga for two nights to share with parents and teenagers on three current topics.

On Wednesday, September 12 a seminar titled Drugs, Sex and Technology, for parents and teens, will tackle the nitty-gritty topics that are often deemed too awkward to discuss, including sex, alcohol, sexting, porn, bullying and dating.

On Thursday, September 13 two more seminars will take place. The first, titled Flirting, Dating and Amanda Pilbrow.

Sexting, for teenagers only, will see Dave explore the funny, scary and awkward aspects of sex, and gives his top tips on having a great relationship. He will draw on his work with more than 180,000 teens and share personal experiences to encourage teens on what to do, and what not to.

Secondly, a parent-only seminar called Parenting David and Phoebe Teenagers, will feature Atkinson.

Bruce and Amanda in an entertaining dose of parenting insight into living with teenagers and understanding their culture. Life with teens will never be dull, but with a few simple strategies and techniques, they say parents can keep their teenager on board and make life easier.

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The life and times of smoking Smoked food has been around for a long time.

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In fact, cavemen would have discovered meat hung to dry would acquire a smoky flavour from the enclosed fire. Later a curing process which opens up the pores of the meat, allowing the smoky flavour to permeate, would be developed and allow for the

prolonged storage and enhancement of many products.

Meats and fish are popular ways to enjoy smoked foods, however beer, tea, spices, cheese, and many vegetables are smoked today.

Around the world different cultures have adopted different methodology and varieties of native woods, to impart flavour.

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Smoked salmon

Brine and curing mix ingredients 1 cup rice vinegar (you can use white but I find rice vinegar softer) ½ cup sea salt flakes ¼ cup mirin 1 cup brown sugar Chopped fresh herbs chives, dill, optional 1 salmon fillet with skin on Equipment Fish smoker or large casserole dish with lid and wire rack Manuka sawdust Method Whisk salt and vinegar together. Lay salmon fillet skin side down in plastic tray.

Pour over mix, let absorb for a few minutes and then turn over. Mix should nearly cover fish. Leave for 15 minutes; the pink flesh should start to turn milky.

Pour in the mirin and leave for another 10 minutes then remove to a wire rack to drain. Place skin side down. Pat dry with kitchen towels, then sprinkle liberally with brown sugar and chopped herbs if desired.

Leave the tray in the fridge, loosely covered, for six hours or overnight so as to drain and dry out.

maple, cherry, plum, oak, and a Kiwi favourite, manuka, have all been used with success.

So this week I thought I would give you a simple brine and smoking recipe you can use on salmon, or even chicken, which works out radically cheaper than buying presmoked from the supermarket. Of course if you haven’t got a smoker, you can use a large wok or roast-

Smoking the salmon Sprinkle a layer of manuka sawdust over the bottom of smoker. Sprinkle with water to dampen slightly. Place salmon over sawdust on wire rack then onto heat source. A barbecue burner outside is great (it’s nearly that time anyway) as you can raise and lower temperature.

I find it’s easier to get the smoke really cranking then lower the temperature, something you can’t do with the small meths burner supplied with most smokers. Don’t worry if the fish darkens, but remember that the smoke will stain. Be wary of drips on the underside of smoker lid as they will stain linoleum.

Depending on the thickness of the fillet and the residual heat from the smoking process, an average 1.2kg fillet will take around 25-30 minutes to smoke, and will keep well for around six to seven days, kept covered.

Kumara and feta hash cakes (gluten free) Ingredients 4 medium kumara, peeled and chopped ½ red onion, chopped fine 100g crumbled feta Chopped fresh thyme

ing dish, or you could visit Tauranga market for smoked fish at great prices or Wholesmoke Cheese for a taste treat sensation.

Salt and pepper 30-50 grams fine polenta Some sour cream for garnish

Method Place kumara in pot and just cover with water. Bring to the boil until cooked; drain and mash. Add the fine polenta while still hot. Season with salt and pepper and allow to cool and add the feta, thyme and red onion. Form into small patties and refrigerate until required.

Assembly Cook the kumara cakes. I indulge in clarified butter for this. Top with sour cream then with fresh smoked salmon chunks.

Enjoy with salad or micro greens.

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Local baker’s healthy bread selling strong Sales manager Leilani Dykstra with a fresh batch of German dark rye bread.

Max Sommer hopes his native, nutritious German rye bread will soon be sold in Baker’s Delight stores nationwide.

Photo by Tracy Hardy.

The German baker and owner of Baker’s Delight, Gate Pa is the first of the franchises’ stores nationwide to trial the new bread – an idea Max himself suggested.

Max has a passion for providing his customers daily with fresh and beautiful bread, but having eaten massive amounts of rye bread in Germany, he noticed the bread’s absence in Baker’s Delights and in Tauranga food stores.

“There are so many benefits of eating these kinds of breads; the German rye and the sourdough do wonders for the human body.”

Max pitched the idea to the head office and is now trialling the bread to see if it is successful enough to be added to other Baker’s Delight stores.

He says the bread has been doing well, but believes more people would buy it if they knew how good it was for them.

Products made with rye and oat fibre have been

proven to lower cholesterol levels, benefit metabolism and reduce the risk of type-two diabetes, he says.

Its low GI levels help with weight control and blood sugar levels fluctuate less. Rye products also contain many vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and plant oestrogen.

The German rye bread joins a stunning list of artisan breads on offer at Max’s Baker’s Delight in the Gate Pa Shopping Centre.

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Good things come in threes Buyers can now get even more for their money with the opening of a third Super Clearance store in the Bay.

Joining the popular stores in Katikati and Tauranga, Super Clearance in Te Puke opened its doors on Wednesday this week.

While they may still be an undiscovered secret to some, the great deals and quality products are drawing in the crowds. Super Clearance can keep overheads down with a no-frills warehouse shop with

basic fit-outs and selling direct to the public cuts out the middle-man.

Owner Harjit Singh Rae would like to thank their customers for their continued support in spreading the word about Super Clearance.

Harjit is excited to have opened the new store, and is looking forward bringing Te Puke residents some great bargains. “It’s well worth the visit to compare prices.�

Customers enjoy a great selection of groceries, chocolates, household items and toys, including leading New Zealand brands. Some are end-of-line

or overruns, possibly as a result of being overstocked or cancelled export orders. Others may be close to or already past ‘best before’ dates. It pays to shop here often as new products are arriving every week.

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Orchardist: GE-free the way to be If New Zealand declared itself GE free it could market its produce in a way which would be the envy of the world, believes Te Puke kiwifruit orchardist Leo Whittle. “We are in a position to declare our country GE free and market products in a differentiated and profitable way.�

Such a move would bring the kind of respect New Zealand’s 1987 anti-nuclear stand brought, he says.

Ten years ago the residents of rural No. 4 Road Te Puke where Leo lives, declared it was a GE free zone.

A decade on their resolve to ‘take all possible steps to avoid growing, buying, selling or using genetically engineered foods’ remains strong, says Leo GE technology remains closely controlled in New Zealand but scientists are using it in attempts to grow improved

grasses, pine trees and vegetables, practices which often attract protests.

Leo says opposition to the technology hasn’t changed. “After all these years the sentiment is much the same and we see no benefit in introducing this science to our country.�

No. 4 Road residents are not alone; Hastings District Council has just declared its region a GE free zone.

Leo grows his kiwifruit organically but says he’s not a ‘greenie’, though he attended a meeting called by the Greens in Tauranga and addressed by seed farmers Bob Mackley, of Victoria, and Julie Newman, of Western Australia, who are both strongly against genetically engineered food crops.

Green Party spokesman Steffan Browning says there are no commercial releases of GE at the moment in New Zealand. “It is crucial we protect our producers’ market advantage.�

By Elaine Fisher

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Tauranga university ‘sham’ Recent media reports have surfaced confirming those primarily driving the proposed local university educational facility, namely University of Waikato and Maori interests styled under the appellation Te Whare Wananga o… etc. are looking to TECT and Bay Regional Council to effectively fund the first two stages by trumping up with $15 million each. I find this incredible, particularly as TCC ratepayers are effectively providing the land free of charge for 30 years odd and probably forever because like night follows day, it will no doubt be subject to some sort of claim once the facility is fully developed – mark my words.

If there is genuine support for a University facility, and TECT and Bay Regional Council prepared to provide $30 million, then Tauranga and Western Bay should be going it alone and controlling the whole operation without any outside interference.

Sure, we might need Government help in fitting it out, providing tutors, teachers and staffing plus normal funding but

nothing else, except of course, students.

Bay Regional Council ratepayers and Tauranga City Council ratepayers should be outraged at the proposal currently being floated. We don’t need non-contributors like Waikato University and Maori interests grabbing and controlling this valuable educational asset from Tauranga and Western Bay citizens.

Serious car-parking issues, etc. for the whole area have still not been addressed by TCC. R Paterson, Matapihi.

Mobile murdering thugs out to get us Our small country is being attacked by a gang of drunk mobile murderers. Each year they kill a hundred innocent New Zealanders, just like you. Each year they smash thousands more and fill our hospitals with the bloody mess.

I raise your awareness on this issue because we have just witnessed the feeble efforts of Associate Transport Minister, Simon Bridges and The National Government. The new booze car locks law is a classic case of a gutless minister and an clueless government.

This useless law will allow judges to rule that repeat drunk drivers have ignition locking devices on their cars. These devices will require the driver to breath alcohol free breath into them before their vehicle

will start. Boozy breath, no start! I believe it took very little time for the drunks to think how to circumvent this stupid law.

Just grab one of the kids, force him to blow into the device and the killer is on his way to wipe out your family!

Simon Bridges, get some guts and stop treating these murdering thugs as though they are just naughty boys. Make a new law which immediately orders the confiscation of all vehicles found in the hands of drunks. Then take them to court.

This law would do away with our soft judges decisions and remove the ten tonne battering rams from the murdering gangs.

Also no one will lend them their vehicle for fear of losing it.

Ken Evans, Avenues.

Museum raised again I see from an article on page 11 of last weekend’s Sun, that the museum issue has raised its head again.

I ask the question, where is the money coming from? When a council is somewhere in the order of 500 million in debt, where is even the $100,000 coming from for Resource Consent!

Now, Councillor Faulkner says that this project will be non-ratepayer funded but money might come from BOP Regional Council. May I ask who funds the Regional Council? It’s us, the rate and taxpayers! May I suggest Bill, that we will indeed be funding this project in some stealth way.

However, on another note, I would like to give credit to Council for its upgrade of the waterfront on the strand, without spending vast amounts of money.

Ray Gregory, Omokoroa.

Wasteful fishermen I live at Papamoa East and love to walk along the beach most days as do a lot of people – why not, it’s a beautiful place.

Last summer on quite a few occasions I swam with my grandchildren and was chased out of the water by mutilated fish, caught by long liners and then filleted on the beach and the heads and frames either thrown into the surf or left lying on the sand.

This is not a couple of frames but quite a few.

Most days heads and frames can be seen lying on the sand or floating on the surf.

My grandson and I were spiked in the legs while swimming, by lots of frames floating in the water, and all winter while out walking the beach they are littered right along the beach. Not a good look at all.

I’m not blaming all long liners but just a few. I love fishing also, but take the whole catch home.

Smoked heads and frames are great! If you don’t eat them, can I suggest you dig a hole in your garden and bury them for great compost – it’s worth a try.

Come on Fisho’s, keep NZ clean.

Lyne Karaitiana, Papamoa East.

Shake up coming We like to think that there is very little corruption within our fair land, but something which is coming to life on the internet may well shake up our complacency.

A gentleman in Wellington by the name of John Ansell (you can Google him apparently) has come out against the Maoris and their Treaty of Waitangi claims over the last 37 years.

The reactions have been fascinating, with Maori refuting the evidence, (some in rather nasty language) and another gentleman from the National Business Review (who did a summary of Ansell’s claims on their website) saying that nothing they had done in the last three years had produced such an outpouring of interest.

But we really should not be surprised, over the centuries various men have struggled for ultimate power and control. This is exactly the same thing and if we do not take an interest and get involved, then history will repeat itself.

But perhaps marmite may return to our stores next week and we can all forget about anything serious (like the above) while we rush to replenish our skinny and starved bodies with our favourite spread.

After all, its loss was far more important, than the sale of a few farms to a country that we cannot buy land in.

R. McGuinness, Tauranga.

Gay marriage ‘sneaky first step’ to gay adoption goal NZ First, especially, and also the newly formed Conservative Party and Family First and others are calling for a referendum on lesbian, Labour list MP Louisa Wall’s lucky marble draw from the Parliamentary ballot box.

Before there is a final conscience vote in Parliament on this nationally contentious issue - gay marriage - Winston Peters is arguing that the New Zealand public should decide the issue,not 121 parliamentarians through the archaic conscience vote.

In this way all of New Zealand may be informed, enter the debate and make a collective decision, not just 121 individuals chosen

primarily upon their party allegiances. Parties that tend to eschew any policy on moral issues before an election.

As we now have civil unions,it is my personal opinion that gay marriage is just a sneaky first step (back door approach) to the ultimate gay goal - gay adoption.

100% of The Greens are voting for the bill at all stages. 100% of NZ First are voting against the bill at all stages.

May I remind readers that in 1999 all NZ First MPs in another conscience vote,voted against lowering the drinking age - Peter Dunne voted for it.

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Tasha Tukaokao is correct in labelling anti-Maori claims as slander. Here are some of the false claims from last week.

(1) The mixed blood descendants of Maori Chiefs have twisted the intent of the Treaty to make false claims. (2) Maori have submitted false and fraudulent testimony to the Waitangi Tribunal. (3) Maori are manipulating the Government and people of New Zealand in order to gain control of this land. (4) Maori are continually making false claims on New Zealand’s resources such as Fisheries, Forestry, Foreshore, and Seabed. (5) Government Ministers are surrendering our beaches so they can be handed to iwi in secret. (6) Maori are in grievance mode. (7) Maori are demanding race based privileges. (8) Many Maori claims are now up to their fourth ‘full and final’ settlement.

Writing that Maori are making false claims and Ministers are making secret decisions does not make sense when settlement decisions are debated and passed openly in Parliament.

The Treaty gave Maori ownership of their possessions (taonga) for as long as they wished. Maori are not in grievance mode. Treaty claims are dignified submissions, not demands, for legal compensation for possessions wrongly taken. It is not a privilege to seek fair compensation..

The Waitangi Tribunal accepts only one claim on any issue. The Government requires settlements to be properly managed.

The only people who seem to be in grievance mode at the moment are people writing anti-Maori letters to this paper. They should produce some evidence.

Peter Dey, Welcome Bay.

Izzy in a tizzy again Poor old Izzy. Got his tits in a tangle again. Still undoubtedly he has read the Bible from cover to cover and can pass on his vast knowledge to us all so we can all benefit from knowing about these lies, untruths (what’s the difference?) discrepancies and mythorgesis.

I wait with bated breath. Still a minute after he kicks the bucket he’ll know whether he’s right or wrong, but it’ll be too late to change his mind, I guess. Oh dear.

K Holdaway, Te Puke.

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Prof. Margaret Mutu (Auckland University) declares - “ I cannot be a racist because I am not in a position of power!”

Her position requires that she teach and direct the studies of impressionable young adults. If that isn’t a position of power, what is? Especially considering that universities are traditionally a hotbed of passionate, idealistic activism, eager for a cause. And her loud and very divisive proclamations are therefore a real concern, as they resemble typical fundamentalist fervour.

I love Professor Elizabeth Rata’s laconic remark that “Ethnic fundamentalism rejects doubt, and has a difficult relationship with reason.”

It is vital that we all make an effort to get an idea of the implications of the updated constitution before we find it’s too late.

Even allowing that the treaty were valid in the sense it is purported to be, there has to be a better way, leaving

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on the presumed sale of SOE’s.

Owen Glen, one of New Zealand’s most successful men, said selling SOE’s and assets is the most stupid thing imaginable.

Instead of criticizing Maori why not target the white skin Parnell “cowboys” and their failed finance companied who squirrelled billions of hard working New Zealanders savings into overseas trusts which can be readily traced through the banking system.

Passing legislation to extradite these stolen monies and trusts back to New Zealand to their rightful owners would eliminate our badly used foreign debt.

Hugh McKay, Tauranga.

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The Key Government has irresponsibly dug a hole in our economy through excessive borrowing overseas capital, hence their desperation for selling our family silver (SOE’s) to “chopstick” swingers. $120 million to date has been wasted

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Maori chiefs: A people without possessions

Excluded from human race?

Those motivated enough to write letters to the editor often do so to vent an extremist viewpoint. Mary Brooks writes to proudly represent the ‘true feelings of the population’ (Weekend Sun 24/8/12), subconsciously excluding Maori from the human race, thereby assigning flora-and-fauna status – weeds for extermination, pests for eradication.

I am compelled to respond.

She echoes 19th century sentiments where Aotearoa is not to be a shared country but to be usurped from the natives and a Little Britain created.

What of the natives? Indentured labour?

Bed-warmers?

Fence off barren land for them and ‘smooth the dying-pillow’?

The take-over would have been complete had it not been for the Treaty.

In this post-colonial era there has been global endorsement of prior freedoms and simple patrimonial rights.

Brooks’ population typically misses the point of some recent claims. So-called claims are only ostensibly so – the actual objective is to halt further alienation of resources (asset sales) or to counter corporatisation.

An obvious stratagem but Mary’s inherent mistrust of Maori has blinded her to this.

Did she not canvass her close Maori friends opinions first?

Re: Maori greed. If there is such a thing, can I now blame the GFC on Pakeha greed?

Campbell Ngata, Matapihi.

Teenage breeding and education I agree with Graeme Martin about “the teenage breeding programme” and how easy it is for a young girl to become a beneficiary simply by having a baby and not naming the drop-kick father.

I feel much of it comes down to education, or rather the lack of it. Many are girls who lack educational skills, they are not going to have an exciting career, the future is uncertain and they mainly go to school to eat their lunch. It is not too many steps from that scenario to becoming a career beneficiary. You cannot take away the benefit as it is the children who would suffer. The social welfare system is being reviewed and is going to give payment by means of food

The ever popular guide to ‘What’s On’ in the Bay Alcoholics Anonymous Mt Maunganui meet every Tues at St Peters Hall, 11 Victoria St 7.30pm. 0800 229 6757 (0800 AA Works) for other AA meetings.

Altrusa Club of Tauranga For women interested in fellowship, community service, dinner meetings 2nd & 4th Tues of month 6pm. 570 3134 Andre Rieu Friendship Group BOP Monthly gatherings to enjoy beautiful music & meet new friends. Pete/ Jennifer 574 4238 Arthritis NZ - WBOP Service Centre, Historic Village 17th Ave Mon-Fri. Free Arthritis Educator clinic every Thurs. For appointments ph 571 0088 Ashtanga Yoga Thurs at Tauranga Yoga Centre, Elizabeth St West 6-7.30am. $10 per class or $60 for 12 week term. Yoga classes every day except Sunday.

Many styles taught by experienced teachers. www. taurangayoga.org.nz Assn of Administrative Professionals (AAPNZ) Tauranga Group 2nd Weds of month at Sebel, Dive Crescent, Tga 5.30pm. tauranga@aapnz.org.nz or www. apnz.org.nz Bay Network Singles Social Club Friendship group for single, separated, divorced & widowed people aged 40-70. Weekly activities. Jean 576 9988 Bayfair Petanque Club Every Tues & Thurs at Russley Drive Reserve 12.45-3pm approx. Weather permitting.

Margaret 572 3173 Bolivia Tauranga Every Thurs, Bridge Club, Cherrywood 12.50pm. Tuition, cards, tea/coffee. Toby 543 5358 Brookfield Care & Craft Group Every Tues at St Stephens Church, Brookfield Tce 9.30-11.30am.

Bridge Lessons for Beginners Mount Bridge Club Tues 7pm. Alice 579 1175 Chess Club Every Mon at Mount RSA, Maunganui Rd. Open club (adults & advanced juniors) 7.30-11pm. Junior club Thurs 6-7.30pm during school term at Arataki Community Centre. Caissa@xtra.co.nz or www.mmrsachess. org.nz Computer Courses For over the 50+ at Tauranga SeniorNet. 577 1912 Disability Information Services WBOP Inc. Free, confidential & impartial info on a wide range of disabilities & related issues. Office open Mon - Fri 9am - 3pm. 578 2929 Girl Guides Preparing girls aged 5-18years for making the most of life ahead. For info on locations and times 0800 555 170 Glengyle Leisure Marching Team More members needed. Fun, fitness, friendship. Diane 572 0859 Golden Kiwis Leisure Marching Meet weekly at Links Soccer field, Mt Maunganui for exercise, fun & fellowship.

No experience required for ladies 50+. Dorothy 579 5232 Golf Croquet Every Tues, Fri & Sun at Tauranga Croquet Club, Domain, Cameron Rd 12.45pm. Beginners welcome. Free lessons, everything supplied. Peter 571 0633

grants and direct debits for rent and living expenses with less actual cash in the hand. However as Mr Martin says, the real problem is that they do not have to work for their money and you and I, the taxpayer is funding their choice of lifestyle. I was a solo mother for years after a marriage break-up but I did have a couple of jobs to keep life ticking along and I also managed to pay off my mortgage. or today’s young solo mother, the government says she must find employment when her youngest reaches a certain age but are the jobs there?

It would be interesting to take note of what other countries do about this problem.

Robin Bishop, Pyes Pa. Greerton Lions 1st & 3rd Tues at Racecourse 6.15pm. Ray 577 1854 Greerton Senior Citizens Club Maitland St Extn.

Indoor bowls 12.45 Mon, Thurs, Sat. Housie 1pm Fri. Over 55’s welcome. Joy 541 1725 Harmony A Plenty Barbershop Chorus Every Mon at Bethlehem Community Church, Moffat Rd 7pm. New members welcome. 542 4191 or www. harmonyaplenty.co.nz Housie Every Weds at Gate Pa Outdoor Bowling Club 11am. June 543 0465 Ikebena (Japanese flower arranging) Every 2nd Sat 13th Ave Methodist Centre 10am - 12pm. New members welcome. Pauline 576 5760 Junior Martial Arts Papamoa Every Mon 5-6pm.

Help develop your child’s physical, mental & social skills. Trevor 0800 348 454 Judo Tues & Thurs at Moreland Fox Park, Greerton 5.30pm. Classes from PeeWees to Masters. Graeme 543 0872 Katikati Herb Society 2nd Weds of month at St Paul’s Church, Mulgan St, Katikati 7pm. 552 0217 Kidz Need Dadz Coffee morning Tues (except school holidays) Kidz Need Dadz House, 538 Fraser St, Greerton 9.30-11am. Jim 544 3424 KW Tae Kwon Do 11 Ashley Place, Papamoa Tues & Thurs 5.30, 6.30 & 7.30pm. Fri 6-7pm. Olympic style. Karl 575 9737 La Leche League Pregnant women, all mothers, babies & children invited to attend monthly breastfeeding support & info meetings. Tga - 1st Weds of month, 100 13th Ave, 10am - 2pm., Joanna 577 6892 Mt Maunganui - 1st Fri of month, Plunket rooms, Grenada St 10am - 12pm, Christine 574 8722 Leisure Marching Teams In all areas of Tauranga & Mt Maunganui require new ladies 50+ to join for exercise, fun & fellowship. No experience needed.

Corren 570 0172 Lions Club Greerton Dinner meeting 1st & 3rd Tues at Tauranga Racecourse. Ray 577 1894 Marlin Probus Club Mt Maunganui Second Mon of month at Club Mt Maunganui 45-47 Kawaka St 9.45am. Visitors & new members welcome. Elaine 575 6447 Melanoma Friends Meeting Bimonthly meetings at Bay Plastic Surgery, 745 Cameron Rd, Tauranga 2pm for anyone who has been affected or is interested in Melanoma. Ellen 027 438 5291 or email: orrsum@xtra.co.nz Mens Cancer Support Group 3rd Thurs of month at Cancer Society rooms cnr 14th Ave & Fraser St. Mike 575 7696 Mount Art Group Every Thurs at St Peter’s Church Hall, 11 Victoria Rd, Mount 9am - 2pm. Elise 575 9851 Mount Indoor Bowling Club Weds at Mount Intermediate School, Links Ave. Names in by 7.15pm.

New members welcome. Jim 572 1983 Mount Morning Badminton Every Tues at Mount Sports Centre, Blake Park 9am - 12pm. Social, competitive, all ages, beginners welcome. Racquets available. Visitors $5 per session. Students $2. First day free. Margaret 575 9792 Mt Maunganui Contract Bridge Club 60 Golf Rd. Bridge Mon 1-4pm, Weds 7-10pm, Thurs 11am 2.30pm, Fri 1-4pm. 575 4251

In 1831, 13 Maori chiefs wrote to the King of England asking him to be their guardian and protector. In this letter they wrote, “We are a people without possessions (taonga). We have nothing but timber, flax, (both already in New Zealand when the Maori arrived) pork and potatoes (both brought to New Zealand by people from other lands).

We sell these things however to your people: then we see the property (taonga) of the Europeans”.

Virtually everything in New Zealand today, Christianity, the government, the laws, protection, food, animals, clothing, education, transport, communications, hospitals, sanitation, a written language etc, were brought to New Zealand by people from other lands. These people

were prepared to share them equally with all the people of New Zealand, including Maori, thus honouring the Treaty of Waitangi. “He iwi tahi tatou – We are now one people/Nation”.

Some Maori people now want to claim back what was already here when they arrived as their own, including fresh water but still share equally in the resources brought here by people from other lands. How ungrateful and greedy is that, especially when their chiefs admitted in 1831, “We are a people without possessions (taonga)”.

Ross Baker, Palmerston North.

Ignorance and fear

I expect bad news is good news for a newspaper and some of the news lately has been pretty bad.

Full of racism, anger, ignorance, dodgy facts, accusations, claims and counter claims.

Racism is a result of ignorance and fear, and I wonder how many of the anti Maori letter writers have been on a Marae lately, or ever even!

If the compensation packages awarded to Maori helps them to renovate their Maraes, educate their youth, improve self esteem, run their own businesses, turn around child abuse and prison statistics and even invest in mighty river power etc...

Wouldn’t we all think that was well spent money?

Maori must be realistic and fair with their expectations with an end in sight, so we can all benefit and get on with business. Those not willing to share our country’s wealth to address past injustices are really the greedy ones.

Mark Kirkham, Ngati Pakeha, Whakamarama.

Mount Lionesses Every 1st & 3rd Weds 5.30pm.

Shirley 575 2725 Mt Maunganui - Papamoa Croquet Club Assn play Mon, Wed, Sat 9.15am & 12.45pm. Coaching available. Mae 575 5838 or 574 1889 Mount Rotary Club Tues Mt Golf Club, Omanu 5.30pm. Bev 572 4127/Kevin 572 1283 Mount Senior Citizens Club 345 Maunganui Rd for age 50+. Bowls Weds & Fri 12.45pm. Cards Tues & Thurs 12.45pm. Concerts 4th Mon of month. Fun, friendship & happiness. 575 4650 Mt Maunganui Hash House Harriers Seeking younger members to the club (20-50yr plus) every Mon 6-9pm. Different location each week. Walkers 4-6km, runners 6-9km. $5pp approx. Phil 021 822 208 Multiple Sclerosis Society Facilitates the following exercise sessions for people with MS or other neurological disorders. Pilates Tues 9am at Martial Arts Hall, cnr Kaimanawa & Korowai Sts, Mount. Physio Thurs at Citizens Club, cnr Cameron Rd & 13th Ave 10.30am. Social support groups also held in a variety of places. Cheryl 571 6898 Musical Memories Village Radio on 1368 Khz 1XT, weekdays 10-4pm, weekends 9-5pm for non stop music. Playing your requests. View small radio museum. 571 3710 New Migrants (& Returning Ex Pats) Information & services clinics 1-4pm Mon/Tues 1-4pm & Weds 10am - 2pm or by appointment at Settlement Support NZ. Carol 579 6532 or www.migrantsupport.org. nz Contact also available at Katikati, Waihi Beach, Papamoa, Te Puke by arrangement.

Otumoetai Table Tennis Club Sessions at Matua Hall, Levers Rd. Tues 12.30-3.30pm & 7.30-9.30pm.

Thurs 8.45-11.45am. Fri 9-11.30am & 7.30-9.30pm. At QEYC Weds 12.30-3pm. Christine 576 1344 Overeaters Anonymous Is eating a problem for you?

There is a solution. Meet Tues at Church of Christ, 1400 Cameron Rd 7-8pm. 544 1213 Pacific Probus Club Every 3rd Mon of month at Club Mt Maunganui, Kawaka St 9.30am. Make new friends, good speakers. New members welcome. Dianne 575 7192 Papamoa Country Music Club 4th Sun of month at Papamoa Sport & Rec Centre, Gordon Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd 1-4.30pm. 542 3200 Papamoa Genealogical Society 2nd Mon of month in the Tohora Room, Papamoa Community Centre, Gravatt Rd 9.30am-2.30pm. Modest door charge.

Interesting speakers. Mark 542 0204 Papamoa Lions Club Great company & you’re helping your community. Meet 1st & 3rd Weds of month.

Donna 542 3409.

Papamoa Lions Markets Every 2nd & 4th Sun of month at Palm Beach Plaza grounds. 027 259 3120 Papamoa Mahjong Club Meet Mon at Papamoa Sports Centre, off Parton Rd 12.30-4pm. $2. New players & beginners welcome. Sue 542 3073 Papamoa Progressive Association 2nd Mon of month in the Tohora Room, Papamoa Library. 7.30pm Papamoa Sunshine Probus Group 2nd Tues of month for lunch at Parton Rd Sports Club. James 542 3235 Rotary Club Tauranga Weds at Daniel’s Reception Lounge, 11th Ave 5.30pm. 543 2012 or www. tauranga.rotary.org.nz Scrabble Enthusiasts Tues at Bridge Club, Ngatai Rd 9am -12pm. 3 games, door charge $2. Stan 572 0866

Shakti Ethnic Women Support Group For Asian, Middle Eastern, African, Indian & Fiji Indian women.

Activities for women to increase their self-esteem & confidence & integrate with the host community. First Weds of month at Tauranga Plunket, 471 Devonport Rd 11am – 12pm. Rupal 575 9848 or 021 0533 548 St Pauls Friendship Group, Papamoa Upwords (word board game), or arts & crafts every Thurs 10am. $2 donation to cover costs. Margaret 542 1633 Stroke Club Every Tues 9.30am - 12pm at Greerton Senior Citizens Hall, Maitland St. For anyone who has had a stroke. Join us for a cuppa & companionship.

Supreme Dancing Supreme Dance Centre, Beginner to advanced, Tues nights, St Columba Church Hall, 502 Otumoetai Rd; Weds, Tga Primary School Hall, 5th Ave; Thurs night, Greerton Hall, Cameron Rd. Hugh & Sonia 543 2377 or 027 322 1786 email: soniahodson@ihug.co.nz Taoist Tai Chi Club Classes every week day 15 Koromiko St, Judea. 578 9116 Tauranga Anglers Club Freshwater Anglers meet Third Mon of month, Tauranga Fish & Dive Clubrooms, 60 Cross Rd, Sulphur Pt 7pm. Visitors welcome. Mike 021 808 899 or 572 2602 a/hs. www. tga-anglers-club.playz.it Tauranga Brass Mon in Elizabeth St Community Centre (ex Navalmens Hall) Elizabeth St West 7.30pm. Learners from 7pm. Thurs, Learners Group & Junior Band 6.30pm. Graeme 578 9713 Tauranga Bureta Park Probus Club 3rd Mon of month at Tauranga Citizens’ Club 13th Ave 1.30pm.

New members welcome. Brian 570 0074 Tauranga Central Ladies Probus 3rd Tues of month 10am, Daniels in the Park. Anne 578 6221 Tauranga City Sunrise Lions Breakfast meeting 1st & 3rd Tues of month, RSA Tauranga, Greerton. Gail 576 1221 www.taurangacarfair.co.nz Tauranga City Silver Band Practices every Weds in Brass Band Hall, 10 Yatton St, Greerton 7-9pm. New players & visitors welcome.

Tauranga City Sunrise Lions Carfair Every Sun, 11th Ave carpark (opp Mad Butcher) 8am - 12pm. Buy & sell cars/4WD/Utes/Motorhomes/Trailers/Boats.

Ken 027 733 9686 or www.taurangacarfair.co.nz Tauranga City Sunrise Lions Friendly, mixed club.

Breakfast meeting 1st & 3rd Tues of month at RSA, Greerton. Gail 576 1221 Tauranga Farmers Market Every Sat Tauranga Primary School cnr 5th Ave & Cameron Rd 7.45am 12pm. Trixie 552 5278 Tauranga Friendship & Social Club Weekly activities for the over 50’s. Companionship, walks, movies, dinners, daytrips, dancing & good times. Joyce 578 0226 Tauranga Harbour City Lions Ladies club, 2nd & 4th Tues of month. Patricia 543 3665 Tauranga Historical Society Open every Sun, Brain Watkins Historic House 2-4pm. $4 adult, $2 child.

Guided tours. Groups by arrangement. 574 4965 Tauranga Ladies Probus Club Every 3rd Mon Citizens Club 13th Ave 10am. Speakers. Beryl 576 6719 Tauranga Methodist/Wesley Fijian Church Services 2nd & last Sun of month at Wesley Centre, 100 13th Ave, Tauranga 3.30pm - evening. Service in Fijian. Simi 578 5718 Tauranga Model Railway Club Every Thurs at Te Puna 7.30pm with running nights every 3rd Thurs.

John 575 2286 or 0276 062 706

Tauranga Numismatic Society Re coin collecting.

1st Weds of month, Wesley Church Centre, 13th Ave 7.30pm. 533 1881 Tauranga Ongoing Pain Support Group 1st Thurs of month 10am. Karen 543 3661 Tauranga Pakeke Lions Club Dinner meetings 3rd Tues night of month, Bureta Park Motor Inn. Lunch, social gatherings 1st Thurs of month. Pat 579 4476 Tauranga Sequence Dance Club Mon & Weds.

Couples want to have fun while keeping fit. Great dances, music & people. Tutoring given. Barbara 552 6227 Tauranga Te Papa Probus Club 1st Thurs of month at Daniel’s lounge, QE2 Centre, 11th Ave 9.30am.

Fellowship, walking, cards, petanque, trips. 543 2012 Tga Senior Citizens Club 14 Norris St (behind Pak n Save). For age 55+. Indoor bowls, cards, coffee mornings & speaker. Visits to & from other clubs.

578 7534 Tauranga TaeKwonDo Club Mount Clubrooms, Kaimanawa St. Children training Mon, Weds, Thurs 5-6pm & adults 6.15-8pm. Tauriko Hall adults & children Mon & Weds 6-7.30pm. Master Kesi O’Neil 0274 785 478 or 544 7006 Te Puke Branch NZ Soc of Genealogists 4th Thurs Methodist Church Hall 1.30pm. M Lewis 573 6868 Te Puke Kiwicoast Lions 2nd & 4th Tues at Settlers Lounge 6pm. Fran 542 0840 Te Puna Bridge Club Every Tues Marmamatanga Park, Te Puna 7.15pm. Howard 552 5320 The Elms Mission House & Library Mission Street, Tga. Open Weds, Sat, Sun & Public Holidays 2-4pm.

577 9772 Welcome Bay Community Playgroup Educational playgroup with vacancies Tues, Weds & Thurs during school term at Welcome Bay Community Church 9.30-11.30am. Ariana 544 3404 Welcome Bay Lions Club (Mixed) 2nd Tues of month at Greenwood Park Village 6.30pm. New members welcome. Jim 544 1248 Welcome Bay TaekwonDo Club Mon, Weds, Thurs, Selwyn Ridge School 6-8pm. Children, adults & families. Garry 021 386 189 or www.tunz.net.nz/ clubs/welcomebay Western BOP Newcomers Network New to the area? Want to meet new friends? Every Weds at Forrester Hall, Historic Village on 17th Ave 10.30am - 12pm. 571 6419 Yoga Classes Papamoa at Papamoa Library/Community Centre, 15 Gravatt Rd, Papamoa, Mondays 5.30pm. Central Mount at St Peters Church, Victoria St, Mount Weds 5.30pm. Penny 574 6556 or email yogainmotionnz@yahoo.com Yoga Papamoa Library/Community Centre, 15 Gravatt Rd, Thurs 9-10.30am & Tues 5.30-7pm.

Margaret 571 6331 Yong In Taekwondo Any day Mon - Fri. Choose any 3 nights to suit your lifestyle. Unit 3, 33 Burrows St, Tga. Kids: 5-6pm, 6-7pm. Adults: 7-8.30pm. Master WS Lee 021 167 6733 (txt) or 574 2708 Youth on the Coast Christian Group Friday’s at Evans Road Community Church, Papamoa 6-7.20pm intermediate, 7.15-9pm college. $2. 0274 377 868 Zonta International Club of Tauranga Business & professional women’s club meet 2nd Mon of month 5.30pm. 544 9992 or email: tauranga@zonta.org.nz

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Friday 31 August

Embroidery Exhibition Baycourt

Tauranga Embroiderers Guild annual exhibition. Last days Aug 31 - Sept 2 9.30am - 4pm. Gold coin entry. See you there!

Tauranga Girls’ College Art

Exhibition Works by junior & senior students, until Sept 11.

Presented by Creative Tauranga.

Saturday 1 September

60s Up Social Group Promoting enjoyment of life for the older person. First Sat of month, Tohora Room, Papamoa Community Centre from 12pm. Bring a small plate of finger food for shared lunch – optional. www.60supmovement.org.nz

Alcoholics Anonymous Women’s Group

Every Sat at Mt Maunganui Primary School, Orkney Rd 10-11am. Children/ creche facility. Angela 021 503 940 or 0800AAworks.

Art in the Park Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui 7.30am – 5pm. Tauranga Society of Artists offer for sale a variety of art to suit all tastes. Sunday if wet, or the following weekend.

Bay Association of Sea Kayakers Lake Rotoiti to Hot Pools. 15 - 20 km paddle.

Bevan 576 8885

Beautiful Women of God Conference

Coolstore New Life Centre, Quarry Rd, Te Puke 9.45am - 4pm. Door donation see www.beautyforashesministriesnz.org BOP Christian Singles Non denominational friendship group who meet monthly socially email: bopchristiansingles@gmail.com or visit facebook page BOP Christian Singles.

Come Dance the Night Away Sequence & old time dancing, Greerton Hall 7.3011pm. $5 entry. All welcome. Run by Tauranga Social Dance. Garry 543 0051 Gate Pa Tennis Club Junior season starts Sept 8. Pre season enrolment today between 10am - 12pm. For 10 & under ages, club days Sat 9am. Club days intermediate & college Thurs 4.30pm.

Kathy 542 1858 Identifying Edible Weeds Green smoothie workshop. Discover the amazing health benefits of some weeds, then take a guided walk to identify those that will boost your nutrition to turn into a green superfood smoothie. 1 Bellbird rise, Pyes Pa (near Grace Hospital) 10am - 12pm. $30 incl ebook. To register 543 2823 or email: info@juliasedibleweeds.com

Merivale Fathers’ Day Car Boot Sale

Kesteven Ave, Merivale 8am - 12pm. Brica-brac, clothes, furniture, toys & more.

Free Fathers’ Day card marking. Raffles & food available.

News, reviews and opinionated raving on the music scene.

Messianic Weekly Meetings The Way meet in the Kingfisher Room, Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Mt Maunganui 10am. All welcome. 570 1438 Night of the Ploughman Murder Mystery Athenree Homestead, Sept 23, Oct

6 & 7 7pm. Limited tickets $20 on sale now, includes supper, from Flowers on Main, Katikati

Planting Day for the Visually Impaired

At new Lions Tree Grove, Terrain Park, SH 36 Pyes Pa Road 10.30am – 12pm. Help plant a special place for people with disabilities to visit with their family & friends in the decades to come. Lunch provided.

Email: pam.and.brian@xtra.co.nz St Paul’s Co-operating Church Concert at 242 Dickson Rd, Papamoa 2pm with entertainment by The Silver Tones. Easy listening, old time favourites. Tickets $10pp or $25 family, includes afternoon tea. Door sales available. All welcome.

Louise 542 1282 Tauranga Farmers Market Tauranga Primary School cnr 5th Ave & Cameron Rd every Sat 7.45am - 12pm. Fresh & artisian produced food. Trixie 552 5278 or www.taurangafarmersmarket.co.nz

The Little Big Markets

Vintage, fashion, jewellery, arts, crafts, food. First Sat of every month at Mount Sports Centre, cnr Maunganui & Hull Rds 9am – 2pm. www.thelittlebigmarkets.co.nz or email: rachelle@thelittlebigmarkets.co.nz The Sociables Males/Females 30’s/40’s.

022 012 0376

Sunday 2 September

3:45 Live Kids Club Every Sun during

term time at Papamoa Library 3.45pm.

Games, craft & fun while learning Bible stories. Suited for ages 4-7. No charge.

Linda 572 5558. In association with Changepoint.co.nz Balmorals Marching Tea Ladies welcome to join this awesome sport for fun, fellowship & travel. First training Sept 30 at Greerton Primary 11am - 1pm. Anita 571 4096 a/hs Bay Bible Fellowship Welcome Bay Primary School Hall, Welcome Bay Rd 10am. Speaker: Tom Griffiths ‘The Book of Philemon & Forgiveness.’ All welcome.

Need a ride? Gerald 021 938 618 Bay Blokart Club Friendly club sailing at Baypark track every Sunday & race days on second Sun of month. Use second entrance 400m down Truman Lane. All welcome. Club ph 027 391 8300 or Peter 0274 721 322

Bethlehem Lions Market

Bethlehem town centre, first & third Sundays 8am - 12pm. Sites from $10. Bookings essential.

548 2977 or bethlehemmarket@ lionsclubs.org.nz

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Stories, snippets, strangeness, and general entertainment.

Bible Seminars Every Sun at Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St, Greerton 1.45pm. Title: “The Bible story of Sodom.” Interactive, Q&A. Refreshments provided. All welcome. Vic 543 0504 BOP Multiple Sclerosis Society Tour of Tauranga family bike ride. Starts at Edgewater Fan on the Strand 10am.

Registration 7.30-9.30am. 12km or 20km ride around Tauranga’s scenic cycleways.

Great spot prizes to be won. $15 pp or $35 per family (2 adults + 2 children). www.touroftauranga.co.nz Jules Riding - Live in Concert At City Life Church, 174 11th Ave, Tga 7pm.

Songs from his latest album ‘Cataclysm’ & previous albums. Free fundraising event for missions. Donations accepted on the night.

Book & CD sales also available.

Merchant Navy Day Commemorative service at Sulphur Point MN & RNZN Memorial, near Yacht Club. Assemble 1345 ceremony 1400. All welcome.

Refreshments afterward at Big Game Fishing Club. 575 4226 Mount Mainstreet Farmers Market

Every Sunday in Phoenix car park 9am 1pm. Fresh fruit & veges, breads, cheese, oils, plants & more. All home grown & home made. Downtown the Mount open 7 days. 575 9911 Petanque Every Sun, Tues & Thurs at Cliff Rd 12.45pm. Boules available, tuition given. 1st 3 visits free. Neita 572 3768 Radio Controlled Model Yachts Meet Sun & Thurs 1.30pm at pond behind 24 Montego Drive, Papamoa to race Electron class yachts. Graham 572 5419 Singles Mix & Mingle 50+ Coffee afternoon at Zaggers Cafe, Chapel St 2.30pm.

Mix & mingle with other like-minded singles in a relaxed atmosphere. Gayle 027 439 3267 Te Puke Lions Market Farmlands carpark 8am - 12pm. Stallholders welcome.

Alasdair 573 9212 Tauranga Historical Society Meet at hall behind Brain Watkins House, 233 Cameron Rd 2pm. Speaker: Trevor Bentley - ‘Siege of Otumoetai Pa in 1832”.

574 4965 Tauranga Spiritual Society Senior Citizens Hall, 14 Norris St. Doors open 6.30pm for 7pm start. Guest speaker: Candida Monkley - medium/clairvoyant.

Entry $5, members $3. All welcome.

Tauranga Theatre Organ Society Meet at Baycourt Theatre 1pm. Hear & play the mighty wurlitzer. All welcome. 552 0243 Welcome Bay Cruisers Club Meet first Sunday of month at Brewers Bar (Note change of venue) 11am for run to Paradise Valley today (Adults $30, children 5-15yrs $15). Holdens, fords, classic cars & bikes welcome. No jappers. Mark 027 699 8356

Monday 3 September

Badminton Bethlehem College Mon &

Weds. Senior 7.30-9.40pm. All grades & abilities. Sue 543 0035 or 021 194 4335 Badminton Mount Maunganui Club night tonight at Mount Sports Centre, Maunganui Rd 7-9pm. All past & new players welcome. Janice 575 2438 or 027 201 0529 Body & Soul Fun Fitness For over 50’s, social events & guest speakers. Mon & Fri, Greerton Hall Cameron Rd. Tues Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave. Weds Memorial Hall, 11th Ave. All classes 9.15-10.15am. First class free. All welcome. Dianne 576 5031 Qualified Instructor/Cardiac Care leader.

CHIP Improved Health in 30 Days

Decrease heart attack & stroke risks, lower blood cholesterol & improve your health. Free information session at Adventist Church, 25 Moffat Rd, Bethlehem Sept 10 or Sept 12, 7pm in Seminar room. Marion 552 4439 or email: southen@netsmart.co.nz Fire Brigade Indoor Bowling Club Club night at Greerton Hall, Cameron Rd 7.30pm. Anne 579 1079 Fitness League Tone & align your body, increase flexibility & stamina. First class free. Mon at Omokoroa Settlers Hall, Omokoroa Rd & Tues at St John’s Anglican Hall, Seddon St, Waihi. Both 9.30am.

Dorothy 549 3378 Free Antenatal Classes Pirirakau Hauora.

Day & night classes available Sept - Dec. For dates & venues 552 4573 or email: tamarikiora@pirirakauhauora.org.nz

Friends of Tauranga City Libraries

Monthly meeting at Tauranga Library 7.30pm. Speaker: Chris Basket, Books-a-Plenty “Selecting books in today’s world.” $3 donation, supper provided. Use side entrance. All welcome.

Junior Badminton Monday’s Bethlehem College 6-7.30pm. Tues at Otumoetai Action Centre 5.15-6.45pm. All grades.

Sue 543 0035 or 021 194 4335 Lyceum Club Ladies Make great & lasting friends. Come & see what’s going on at Clubrooms, 68 1st Ave. Margaret 543 3244 Otumoetai Indoor Bowling Club Mens & Ladies Handicap singles (Hall Cup & Fay Day Cup) markers needed, Matua School Hall, Clivedene St 7.15pm. Karen 576 0443 Papamoa Patchers First & 3rd Mon of month at Arataki Community Centre, Bayfair 10am - 3pm. Bring your machine & sew all day. All welcome.

Coral 574 1499 Recycled Teenagers Gentle exercise for 50’s forwards, & injury or illness rehabilitation. Mon & Weds, 14 Norris St, Tauranga Senior Citizens Club, behind Pak n Save.

Tues at St Mary’s church hall, Girven Rd.

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

All 9am - 10.30am. Taken by Heart Foundation phase 3 cardiac instructor. First class free. Jennifer 571 1411 Relationships Aotearoa Mon - Parenting Through Separation, free course for separating parents, Tga 10am - 12pm. Parenting through separation, Katikati 9-11am. Positively Me 4 Women - self esteem course for women 12.30-2.30pm. Blended Families, course for parents in combined household 7-9pm. ManMade, self esteem course for men 7-9pm. Tues - Parenting Through Separation 7-9pm. Positively Me for Women 12.30-2.30pm. Hot Monogamy - for people in a committed relationship 7-9.30pm. Weds - Parenting for Success, parenting your 2-12yr olds 7-9pm. Sex, Drugs & Homework, parenting your teens 7-9pm. Parenting through Separation, Papamoa 10am - 12pm. Thurs - Positively Me 4 women 7-9pm. Living without Pornography. Weekend Course - Relationship Secrets, for couples. 576 8392 Sequence Dance Class Modern sequence dance tuition & revision every Mon 1-3pm St John’s Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai. $3pp. No dance tonight.

Gordon 573 4333 Spring Fashion Parade Hosted

by Rural Women NZ, clothes by “Lynettes” at The Orchard, Te Puke 7pm. $10 entry includes supper.

Fantastic raffles. Heather 573 8558

St Columba Indoor Bowling Club

Skips/Threes – Leads/Twos, St Columba Hall, 502 Otumoetai Rd. Names in by 7.15pm. New bowlers welcome. Jenny 576 3584 Taoist Tai Chi Beginners class in Pioneer Room, Te Puke Town Hall 9.30am. 573 6020 Tauranga Rock n Roll Club Every Mon at Tauranga RSA, Cameron Rd. Advanced beginners lessons start Sept 17. Club night 7.30-10pm. Colleen 544 4676 Tauranga Sequence Dance Club Have fun, get fit, enjoy friends & dance. Every Mon & Weds 7-10pm. Bring a partner.

Barbara 552 6227. Every Fri Workshop, tuition & revision 7pm. Ray 576 9332

Tauranga UFO & Paranormal Soc

Monthly meeting in hall behind Historic House cnr Cameron Rd & Elizabeth St 7.30pm. News, video clips, discussion.

Door $3 inc light supper. All welcome.

Ian 578 5373

Triple P-Positive Parenting Programme For parents with school age

children. Free, researched parenting programme with resources free to parents.

Ph/txt 027 311 2140 or 571 0144 YMCA - ALFS (Active lifestyle for seniors).

Smooth Movers class Mon 8.45-9.45am & 10-11am at Matua Community Hall, Levers Rd. Also 9-9.55am & 10-10.55am at Arataki Hall, Zambuk Way (off Grenada

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Tuesday 4 September

Altrusa Club of Tauranga For women interested in fellowship, community service, dinner meetings. 2nd & 4th Tues of month 6pm. Denise 570 3134 Badminton (Social) Every Tues at Otumoetai Baptist Hall 9.30am 12pm. Racquets available. All welcome.

Lorraine 579 3229 Bayfair Petanque Club Every Tues & Thurs at Bayfair Reserve, Russley Drive 1pm. Tuition & boules available for visitors & learners. Margaret 572 3173 BOP Linux Users Share & learn about free Open Source software & the Linux computer operating system. 1st Tues of month at Technology Wise, 195 Devonport Rd 7-9pm.

Experts & beginners welcome. Free.

578 6024. www.boplug.co.nz Conversation Cafe for Seniors

(Includes housebound) every Tues at St Andrews Church, Dee St, Mount 10am - 12pm. Morning tea, fellowship, games. $5. 575 9347 Gate Pa Indoor Bowls Mackay Shield at Papamoa. 16 players required. Kevin 543 4044 Genesis - Women’s Group Every Tues during school term at Papamoa Surf Club, Papamoa Domain. This week: Coach trip to Hamilton. Meet a surf club 8.30am. New members welcome.

Jennifer, Salvation Army 578 4264

Golden Kiwis Leisure Marching Team

Meet weekly at Links Soccer field, Mt Maunganui for exercise, fun & fellowship. No experience required for ladies 50+. Dorothy 579 5232 Mount Social Table Tennis Every Tues at Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way 7.30-9pm. Fun, social atmosphere for players of all levels. 575 2048

Mt Maunganui Mid-Week Ladies Tennis Every Tues at Blake Park,

Maunganui Rd 9am. Join us for some tennis & cup of tea to follow. Just turn up. Di 578 8755 Mt Maunganui Senior Citizens Cards 500 Tues & Thurs 12.45-4pm. $3 door cover. Prizes & afternoon tea.

Mavis 575 5724. Bowls Weds & Fri 12.45-4pm. $3 door cover. Prizes & afternoon tea. Nancy/Ernie 575 4650.

All welcome.

Oriana Singers Mixed 4 part choir.

Rehearsing the December concert Tuesday evenings at Mt Maunganui.

Additional choristers required. Jim 571 4044 Sequence Dancing Tauranga Social & Leisure Club, St John’s Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai 7-9.30pm. Visitors $4.

John 578 9716 Sit & Stay Fit Every Tues at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave 11-11.50am.

Fun seated exercise, social events & occasional guest speakers. First class free. Wheel chair access. Dianne Body +Soul Fitness 576 5031

Social Beginner Dancing Classes

Start Sept 11 St Columba Church Hall, 502 Otumoetai Rd 8pm. Sept 12, Tga Primary School Hall, 5th Ave 6pm. Sept 13 Greerton Hall, 1247 Cameron Rd 8pm. Supreme Dance Centre, Sonia 543 2377 or 027 322 1786. E: sonia@ supremedancecentre.co.nz South City Indoor Bowls Open Fours Tournament (plate & raffle item), Greerton Hall 7.30pm. Mary 541 0687 Table Tennis Matua Levers Rd Hall Tues 12.30-3.30pm, Thurs & Fri 9-11.30am. $2 per session. Kevin 576 3941 Tauranga Acoustic Music Club Trust Bar, Bureta Rd 7.30pm. Friendly jam sessions or open concert 4th Tues & 2nd Sun. Sing, play or just listen. Paul 579 2346 or www.tamc.org.nz

Tauranga Scrabble Club Tauranga Bridge Club, Ngatai Rd 9am. 3 games $2.50. New players welcome. 544 8372 Tauranga Toastmasters Tga Lyceum Club 1st Tues 7.15-8.45pm. Exterminate the butterflies, confidence building, improving public speaking & leadership skills. Alan 544 5989 Toastmasters Excel Club Learn to be a competent speaker & get your message across. Meetings held on 2nd, 4th & 5th Tues of the month at Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way (off Grenada St) Mt Maunganui 6.15pm. New members welcome. Tess 575 6610 YMCA Sit n Fit Class Tues at Papamoa Community Centre, Gravatt Rd, Papamoa 11.30am - 12.30pm. Weds at Greenwood Park Village, Welcome Bay Rd 11am - 12pm. Social exercise seated to music. All welcome. 578 9272

Wednesday 5 September

Alcoholics Anonymous Every Weds at St Mary’s School, 13th Ave 7.30pm.

0800 229 6757 (0800AA Works) for other AA meetings.

Badminton Mount Maunganui Social club night at Mount Sports Centre, Maunganui Rd 7.30-9.30pm. All past & new players welcome. Janice 575 2438 or 027 201 0529 Badminton Mount Juniors Club night at Mount Sports Centre, Maunganui Rd 6-7.30pm. Great coach: Nick Chambers.

All keen players aged 8-15yrs welcome.

Janice 575 2438 or 027 201 0529 Baywide Community Law Service

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

Every Tues morning at Te Puke Clinic. For appointment 573 5614.

Every Thurs morning at Katikati Clinic.

For appointment 549 0399 Bible Study Why believe in Jesus Christ?

Every Weds, Matua Area 7.30pm. Tom 022 123 7753 or email: tomg@bbf.org. nz or www.baybiblefellowship.co.nz Cribbage Tauranga RSA 1-3.30pm. $3.20 entrance. Funds, daily prizes.

Friendly group seeks new blood. Pamela 578 2055 a/hs

Fernlands Spa Water Exercise Class

Weds 10.45-11.45am. Held rain or shine, but not during school holidays.

New participants planning to attend, Jennifer 571 1411 Gate Pa Indoor Bowls Box Drawn Pairs (Norris Shield). Names in book. Greerton Hall 7.30pm. Kevin 543 4044 Global Hearts Exercise Group Weds 2pm & Fri 11am. Provides group activities combined with health education that encourages members to live a healthy & active lifestyle. Classes run by certified Phase 3 cardiac rehabilitator. Vikki 575 0470 or 0272 800 388 Healing Centre Second Weds of month at Hair Linez, old Railway Station in Te Puke 5-7pm. Book 15 mins of healing/ guidance reading. $10 donation. Elaine 573 5361

Mount Healing & Spiritual Centre

Fellowship at Omanu Bowling Club, Golf Rd, Mount 7.30pm. Sarah Bell medium. Door charge $3. All welcome.

Janet 027 264 0226

New to NZ - or Know Someone Who Is? Settlement Support Tauranga/

WBOP offer a free service to migrants & refugees to assist with any issues you, or someone you know, may be experiencing relating to settling in a new community.

Every 2nd Weds at Katikati Resource Centre, 45 Beach Rd, Katikati 10.30am – 12pm & at Omokoroa Library & Service Centre, McDonnell St, Omokoroa 1.30-3pm.

Orange City Square & Round Dance

Club Weds advanced, Thurs club night & new dancers. Frontiersmen’s Hall 7.30pm. 543 1063 Otumoetai Lions Club Hotel Armitage, cnr Willow & Park Sts. Business meeting. Fellowship from 5.45pm & dinner 6.30pm. Visiting Lions or potential members welcome. Alan 570 2630 Salvation Army Meeting For all women every Weds 10am morning tea, 10.30am meeting at Salvation Army cnr Cameron Rd & 5th Ave,

Tauranga. This week: Musical Soiree - a morning of nostalgia. New members welcome. Jennifer 578 4264 Scottish Country Dancing Weds at Senior Citizens Hall, Maunganui Rd. Fri at Papamoa Primary School Hall, Dickson Rd. Both 7.30pm. 544 0839

Shakti Ethnic Women Support Group

Meet 1st Weds of month at Tauranga Plunket, 471 Devonport Rd 11am – 12pm. For Asian, Middle Eastern, Indian, Fiji Indian & South African women only. Programmes: Zumba, self defence classes, relaxation, self esteem etc. Rupal 021 0533 548 or 579 0532 Tauranga South Garden Club Central Baptist Church, 13th Ave, Tauranga 1.30pm. Speaker: Peter Huggins, TCC – “Conservation.” Bring written questions for Garden Panel in October. 578 1017 Teenagers…How to Bring Up Your Parents Sept 12 & 13 at City Church, 252 Otumoetai Rd, Tauranga 7.30-9.15pm.

Sept 12, drugs sex & technology (for parents & teens). Sept 13, flirting dating & sexting (for teens). Parenting teenagers (for parents). Single ticket $15 per night or $25 both nights.

Double ticket $20 per night or $35 both nights (includes parent & teenager or two parents). Family $30 per night or $55 both nights (includes both parents & teenagers. Tickets from www. theparentingplace.com & City Church office. Sharon 576 5387 extn 206

Toastmasters - City Early Start

Improve communication, leadership & teamwork skills. Join the motivated & enthusiastic group every Weds at Classic Flyers Avgas Cafe 6.45-8.15am. Email: LaniDTM@kol.co.nz or 571 1545.

Website: http://cityearlystart.toastmastersclubs.org

Toastmasters Tauranga South Area

Leadership skills, speaking skills. Weds at St George’s Church Hall cnr Cameron Rd & Church St 7.15pm. All welcome.

Alan 544 5989 Walking Group Age Concern walking group meet at Bob Owens Ryman Village main entrance 10am. All welcome.

578 2631 Welcome Bay Craft Group Every Weds at Light House Church on the hill 1-3pm. Teaching mosaics & card making.

Tutors for other crafts welcome. Colleen 544 1500

Thursday 6 September

Bay Salsa - Salsa on the Strand Intro class 8pm followed by social dancing.

Every Thurs upstairs at Za Bar. Social, no partner required. $2 entry (members free). All welcome. www.baysalsa.co.nz Citizens Advice Bureau Every Thurs at Arataki Community Centre 11am - 2pm. Free service for everyone.

Don’t know? Ask us! No appointment necessary.

Community Bible Study International

Join us at 14th Ave Gospel Centre until Sept 27 10am - 12pm for a non denominational in depth study of Isaiah.

Joan 576 9065 Fitness League Safe, effective, low impact exercise to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed for females.

All ages & abilities, first class free, every Thurs Central Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave & Cameron Rd 9.30am & Weds at Katikati Memorial Hall 10am.

Pam 549 4799 or 021 117 170 Happiness & Our Mind Drop in meditation classes. Beginners welcome. Classes are self contained, start any date. Cost $14 per class.

Otumoetai Plunket, 59 Otumoetai Rd. Monthly classes.

Next class Sept 13 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 Mount Underwater Club Club night at Mount Ocean Sports Clubrooms (cnr The Mall & Salisbury Ave, Mt Maunganui) 7.30pm. Chris Battershill: University of Waikato Marine Sciences “Toxic Effects of Rena.” New members welcome. Gail 570 1935

Pleasant Point Garden Club Friendly group

meet in homes or venue 1st Thurs of month at 1.30pm. Garden visits & speakers. Wynn 543 2118 Tauranga Heart Support Group Phase 3 rehab exercise, social events & guest speakers for those with or at risk of heart disease.

Every Thurs at City Church Hall, Otumoetai Rd/Sherwood St 9.30-10.45am. All welcome. Dianne 576 5031 Qualified instructor/Cardiac Care leader.

Tauranga Te Papa Probus Club Meet first Thurs of month at Daniels in the Park, 11th Ave 9.30am. Friendly club with great activities for seniors & interesting speakers.

David 543 2012 or email: david.beverley@ paradise.net.nz Tennis Senior’s Over 35 Thursday club at Tauranga Tennis Club, Cameron Rd opp District Court 9am start. Sylvia 0274 362 926 The Great Read 2012 Join & celebrate International Literacy Day. Pop into any of the Tauranga City Libraries anytime between 12-2pm & spend 10 minutes reading. Bring your own reading material or choose something from the library. All readers go into the draw to win one of the $20 Books a Plenty Vouchers. 577 7177 Mon - Fri.

Friday 7 September

Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting

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

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

Gay/Bi Mens Support Group Do you need a trusting person to talk to? Discretion assured. For meetings & locations ph/text Alex 027 358 5934 Greerton Indoor Bowling Club Box Drawn Pairs in Band Hall, Yatton St 7pm.

Sally 571 8914 Katikati Folk Club Mike Harding & Gumboot Tango, performing Kiwi songs from rustic roots to big-smoke blues at Katikati Bowling Club, Park Rd 7.30pm. Tickets at door, $20 or members $15. www.katikatifolkclub.co.nz Kowhai Probus of Bethlehem Meet 1st Fri of the month in the Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd, Bethlehem 10am.

Guest speaker/10 minute speaker. Morning tea.

New members welcome.

Joan 579 2336 Mums, Bums, Prams & Tums Every Fri at Papamoa Sports & Recreation Centre 9am.

Join other mums for a walk. 542 0180 Youth on the Coast Christian. Fridays 6pm Years 6-8. 7.30 years 9+ at Evans Road Community Church, Papamoa. $2.

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Dave Roy’s latest musical offering, a new acoustic set from usually hard-driving R&B purveyors Brilleaux, and another laid-back collection from The Self-Righteous Brothers called Social Fretwork.

First up there’s Sometimes from Leilani.

Leilani Taula is a remarkable singer. Part of the praise she has been getting is down to her age – she won the Best Vocalist Award at the National Youth Jazz Competition here in Tauranga and recorded this album when she was 15 - but, bottom line, she really sings well.

A couple of years ago she hooked up musically with Tim Julian at the Colourfield Studio in Welcome Bay and they have been working on Sometimes ever since, combining a handful of Leilani’s original songs with a couple of Tim’s and a smattering of favourites from her live performances. And it’s a terrific piece of work.

The core band for the album is drummer Jed Dawkins, Abbie Smith on acoustic guitar and Tim himself, providing the drums and keyboards throughout as well as the odd guitar and bits of percussion.

He has also brought in some of Tauranga’s finest to round things off and there are

appearances by guitarists Derek Toner (9 Mile Stone), Trevor Collings, Sean Bodley, as well as a cameo from Marion Arts on ukulele.

There are two first impressions: Leilani sings – as I’ve mentioned – really well and Tim has done a superb job of the music. The sound throughout is rich and full, with almost a retro-eighties vibe coming through, which I’m told is very fashionable. Frankly I’ve lost track of which decade it is currently fashionable to be reviving but friends tell me the sound is very current in the mainstream. I tend not to swim in that particular stream but it’s good to know.

More exactly it’s a big sound, solid drums and a warm wall of instruments, all beautifully recorded.

The cover gives a good feel for the generally uplifting and youthful feel of the songs which kick off with Leilani’s ‘The Journey’ where she declares herself ready (for life, the future). It could also be a song of faith but the lyric is nicely ambiguous. From there it’s straight into one of the albums covers, Sarah McLachlan’s ‘Angel’, a song that Leilani has sung with success in competitions. It’s a big rock ballad, oft-covered, that she handles with aplomb and without over-singing or falling into American Idol excesses.

Tim’s two songs are also good to hear, the first, ‘17 To Me’ a very catchy little tune with a touch of Paul McCartney in its detailed domestic lyric. With the sixties name-checked in the words it’s a bit of a shock to realise that Leilani’s singing about times nearly 40 years before she was born.

This really is a first album to be proud of, and one that sounds more accomplished than any first

Leilani Taula from Tauranga has her first album, Sometimes, out now. outing has any right to be. If there is a slight disconnect it comes from the choice of cover songs (‘I Can’t Stand The Rain’, ‘Killing Me Softly’, ‘I Got the Music in Me’) which seem a little odd, and old, against the flow of the originals. But that is a minor quibble. They certainly give Leilani a chance to show off different aspects of her vocal style.

I don’t know what plans Leilani has for her musical future (and I’m not sure if she does either), but on the strength of songs like her own ‘Strong’ and ‘Cheesy, I Know’ and the maturity and control of her singing, along with the warmth and range of her voice and her ability to express subtle emotions I hope she pursues whatever musical dreams she may have.

You can check out Sometimes at www.fragilecolours.com

South best from above The rugged beauty of southernmost tip of New Zealand is perhaps best revealed from above, which is exactly why South Coast Productions has created the DVD `Murihiku, The Southern Land’.

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The 30-minute video includes stunning aerial footage woven together in a scenic journey through the mountains of Fiordland to the fertile Southland Plains, along the Catlins Coast to the remote shores of Stewart Island.

It is accompanied by a booklet giving a brief history of each sequence because the video has no commentary, just a music sound track.

It is just one of a series of DVDs produced by the Riverton company which includes The Wapiti Wars, Nolan Country - about back country mustering, The Last Great Adventure; live deer capture by helicopter and the ANZACs in Vietnam.

The Weekend Sun has a copy of Murihiku The Southern Land to give away to a lucky reader who can tell us which production company made this video.

Enter online at www. sunlive.co.nz under the Competitions section.

Entries must be received before Wednesday, September 5.

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THE AVENGERS Dir: Joss Weedon - Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Mark Ruffalo, Samuel L Jackson The road that Marvel has been travelling these past few years has finally reached its end. No more origin stories, the gang have been assembled: Thor, Iron Man, the Hulk and Captain America unite (along with lesser types such as Black Widow and Hawkeye) for screen-adapted comic books’ most ambitious project yet.

And, in baseball terms, they knock it out of the park.

With the obligatory backstories in place (twice in the case of the Hulk) the big question was always how all these characters would fit into one movie. Writer/director Joss Weedon balances it with immense skill, building a script that allows each superhero their own space and arc while answering many comic book geeks’ biggest questions (“who would win a

fight between Iron Man and Thor?” etc). What sustains it is the genuinely witty interplay between the characters and the absolutely convincing effects.

For the first time the Hulk works as an on-screen presence, because Ruffalo nails a mixture of fear and self-loathing but also because the Big Green One finally looks convincing as he leaps from building to building smashing everything in his path.

The 3D at the movies was terrible but this looks great on 2D at home, the only possible downside being that Loki is a slightly inconsistent villain. But with so much other fun going on, and continually eye-popping visuals, you hardly notice. Recommended, obviously. never mentioned) as part of a class project.

It’s a study of a generation in the thrall of voyeuristic culture, shot to emphasise the disconnection, with characters often filmed out of frame or out of focus. Intentionally uncomfortable viewing, thought-provoking if somewhat impenetrable.

From writer/director Michael Chapman comes The Ledge , an intriguing little low budget thriller in which a cop (Terence Howard) with marital problems is called to talk down a jumper. Turns out the potential suicide (Charlie Hunnam) is not on the ledge through choice. A twisted tale involving his odd neighbours (Patrick Wilson, Liv Tyler) emerges, slowly revealing layers in the characters. It’s shot in a measured minimalist style – this is not a film for bells and whistles - with subtle plotting that stirs together sexual jealousies and religious philosophising.

A nurse goes to work the nightshift at a creepy abandoned soon-to-be-closed hospital; there is a serial killer called the Nighthawk on the prowl. So Psych 9 isn’t the most original of premises. Cue creepy husband, creepy doctor, creepy cop and you have a

Say what you like about Roman Polanski (and I have said some very harsh things over the years) he certainly knows how to direct actors. Every so often he works with a play (Death and the Maiden, etc) and Carnage is exactly that: four people in a room. Luckily those people are Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster, John C Reilly and Christopher Waltz.

One couple’s son has assaulted the other couple’s son, they are there to work out some sort of rapprochement. What follows is delightfully bitchy and often very funny as the two couples spar and irritate each other, fail completely to bond, and reveal various layers of insecurity and prejudice.

Afterschool is an obliquelymade film delving into issues of high school alienation in an original and unsettling manner. Central is young Robert (We Need To Talk About Kevin’s Ezra Miller), a porn-watching loner who accidentally videos the death of twin sisters (not, as the DVD cover states, suicides – contrary to the blurb there are no teen suicides here and the topic is

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Moonrise Kingdom (PG13)

Wes Anderson (The Royal Tenenbaums, Fantastic Mr Fox) directs this comedy drama set in the summer of 1965 where two 12-year-old lovebirds run away together into the wilderness. The all-star cast includes Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Frances McDormand and Bill Murray.

A peaceful community resides on an island off the coast of New England.

When news breaks that two kids have gone missing, the district starts to flip. With the local sheriff (Willis),

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Dancing the year away ‘2012 – Year of the Dancer’ is this year’s annual show put on by Dance Avenue – showcasing their 200 talented dancers across three stunning performances on September 8 at Baycourt.

The show celebrates some of the year’s biggest days, including New Year’s Eve, Valentine’s Day, Halloween and Christmas, performed in jazz, contemporary, hip hop and acro – a style of dance similar to gymnastics.

Owner Amy Yorke says the performance is not just for family.

“The level of dance is really good,” says Amy. “Any dance enthusiast will enjoy it. There are a few surprises along the way – I think people will be impressed.”

The dancers will perform three two-hour shows throughout the day, at 10am, 2pm and 6.30pm.

Amy says it is a family-friendly, fun and impressive show, with her dad adding a hint of comedy as this year’s Santa.

“This is the first time he’s going to be on stage; he’s going to be my dancing Santa.”

Dance Avenue is different from other studios, in that students do not participate in exams.

Emily Thomas, Katie Goodwin, Nicole Fraser, Kaitlyn Bengston and Ayva McOnie test out their costumes for this year’s show. Photo by Tracy Hardy.

Amy says this way her students are not restricted in what they can learn and they are able to relax and enjoy their dance.

“I find that by positive feedback the kids work so much harder and I can extend them further. I teach all the stuff

you need to learn, but we have a heap of fun. The kids go home happy and buzzing.”

Check out the awesome talent at this year’s show – tickets are on sale now.

By Corrie Taylor

Obscene, courageous rehearsals underway A ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ is set to inhabit the Historic Village’s Detour Theatre in early spring.

The play, believed to have been written by William Shakespeare between 1590 and 1596, portrays the events surrounding the marriage

of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta.

Interwoven are the stories of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors, who are manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set.

Director Devon Williamson urges all theatre-goers not to miss the iconic show running from September 12-29.

“This year we’re very excited to be bringing Shakespeare’s much loved magical romantic comedy to the stage,” says Devon.

“It’s jam-packed with sparkling romantic comedy, infused with hilarious comic capers and topped off with madcap shenanigans.”

Rachel Somerville as Titania.

The production will be dripping in history, in every respect.

“There is something special about a 400-yearold play being staged in a 100-year-old theatre,” says Devon.

“The Detour Theatre started its life in 1911 as Tauranga’s original Baptist Church. In 2008 the Detour Theatre Trust

embarked on an ambitious project of turning the dilapidated building into an intimate 80 seat theatre.”

The 12 shows begin at 7.30pm and run from Wednesday to Saturday, with the exception of the performance on Sunday, September 23, which begins at 2pm. There will not be a show on

The Weekend Sun has two double passes to Detour Theatre’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ opening night to give away to lucky readers who can tell us in which century the play was written.

Enter online at www. sunlive.co.nz under the Competitions section.

Entries must be received before September 5.

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Woodskills highlight Giving peace a chance Bethlehem Te Puna Lions Club president Martin Buchanan, Potaia Marsh and Anne Linehan. cash award of US$5000, 1 School, was awarded An Omokoroa plus a trip for the winner rst place for her school Point School pupil’s fiagain, but this year it will and two family members steady hand has seen be Potaia’s entry which to the awards ceremony at Lions Day with the him advance to the will advance to the next United Nations. The 23 of judging. next stage in an art round Bethlehem and Te Puna merit award winners will competition entered Lions Club president each receive a certificate and a cash award of Martin Buchanan says by more than US$500. View internahe is impressed by the 375,000 worldwide. expression and creativity tional grand prize and merit award winners at of the students.

Potaia Ellison Marsh, www.lionsclubs.org “It is obvious that these who is in Year Seven, has

By Ben Guild young people have strong won the local section of ideas about what peace the 25th annual Lions International Peace Poster means to them. I’m so Contest sponsored by the proud that we are able to provide them with the Bethlehem and Te Puna opportunity to share their Lions Club.

Judges Kerry Rombouts, visions.

“Potaia’s poster will Jan McFarlane and Sue advance to face stiff Askham selected his competition through poster for its originalthe district and multiple ity, artistic merit and district and international portrayal of the contest rounds of competition if theme, ‘Imagine Peace’. he is to be declared the All posters were exhibinternational grand prize ited at the Bethlehem winner.”

Lions Market on Sunday, One grand prize winner August 19. and 23 merit award winLast year’s district level ners will be selected. The winner, Holly Richards grand prize includes a from Omokoroa No.

Woodskills, the exhibition and demonstration of all facets of wood crafting, is the cornerstone of the Kawerau Woodfest, attracting entries from around the country.

This year is no different, with a range of categories designed to entertain both competitors and viewers.

The public vote category, Anything Goes, gives competitors the opportunity to put themselves up against the viewing public and win further cash prizes. Everyone who visits the exhibition will receive a voting paper when they pay their entry and can simply vote for their favourite piece.

In recent years the number of furniture pieces has increased with handcrafted tables, chairs and sideboards all up for judging, display and sale.

But chairman Doug Logan says the competition is about anything crafted from wood – and the range is huge.

The novice category is open to newer woodcrafters wanting to enter the judging arena.

Winners will be announced on opening night - Thursday, September 6 from 7pm. The general public is invited along for the first viewing of the works, and an early chance to buy a piece. Tickets to the formal evening cost $15, which includes New Zealand wine/beer/soft drink, cheese and nibbles courtesy of Kawerau New World.

On Saturday and Sunday, outside the hall and across the town, there will be a huge variety of events, from chainsaw carving and chainsaw racing to axemen, a family fun fair and arts and crafts.

See the ad on this page for ticket information and exhibit dates.

Young dance pair ready for nationals A pair of young Tauranga dancers has set the stage for success ahead of a national dance competition in Auckland in October.

Bradley Debnam and Keryn Lusby, both 15, have been dancing as a couple for the last three years and plan to represent Supreme Dance in the Ballroom and Latin dance nationals in Auckland on October 21.

Recent private tuition from Zlatin Kostov and Jonny Williams of Dancing with the Stars fame is sure to put them in good stead, as will their persistent practices on Thursday and Sunday nights.

The pair has been fundraising, in the form of sausage sizzles, raffles and selling jewellery since January, and wish to thank all those who bought tickets and businesses which donated prizes.

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Shower Clean Services restores shower glass to as new condition. People frustrated by dirty shower glass can have it professionally cleaned to wipe away their worry, says owner Roly Wray.

He can clean glass professionally at a fraction of the cost it is to replace it. Additionally, when restored to its original form, the glass will last indefinitely.

Roly says shower glass can get dirty for many reasons. “It’s an eyesore when you walk in and see dirty showers.”

He recommends after having glass professionally cleaned it is important for people to clean it regularly to keep it in pristine condition.

This is easily done by cleaning the glass every two weeks with a shower ball on a string, scrubbing some dishwashing liquid on the glass, rinsing it off and then letting it dry.

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Shower Clean Services also cleans acrylic backs, ceramic tiles, balustrades and marine. Give him a call today for a shower the whole neighbourhood will want.

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30yrs experience working in the B.O.P. Ph 022 121 3356 or a/h 575 8869 CARPET LAYING Affordable Rates, reliable, 20 years experience. For all your carpet needs from laying of new and 2nd hand carpet, restretching or repairs. Free measure & quote. Ph Scott 027 203 9974 or 544 6582 ELECTRICIAN A professional and affordable registered electrician. New builds alterations repairs. Ph Steve 578 0555 or 027 848 6042 GORSE SPRAYING Do you have a gorse problem? Ph today for a free quote for all gorse control.

Ph Scott 027 462 4769 GUTTERING CLEAN and repairs moss removal.

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HANDYMAN BUILDING & property maintenance. Repairs, Waterblasting, house washing, roof painting. Ph Mark 543 3670 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.

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Ph Mike a/h 576 5501 or 027 473 7482 PAINTER PROMPT reliable service, at reasonable rates.

12yrs experience. Interior or Exterior. Free quotes. Ph Richard, 576 9964 or 027 621 9993 RETAINING WALL SPECIALIST Pole wall crib walls tilt slab concrete walls. Excavation and levelling. The best in the business. Ph Mike 0274 942 966 a/h 07 548 1985 ROOFING & SPOUTING Metal fascia, gutter and rainwater systems. Long run corrugate.

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DRIVING MISS DAISY need to get to an appointment or want an outing? But don’t drive? Call us for safe friendly and reliable service.

Discount offered to Total Mobility card holders. Phone Jackie from Driving Miss Daisy, 552 6614

CURTISY TOURS Travel Club Day Trips, Katikati $55, Te Awamutu $60, Mamauku Rail Cruising $95 (include all venues, morning tea, lunch) Away Trips, 3 Days Corromandel $495, Wanganui Christmas Away and much more Ph 543 9205

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Door to Door Hinterland Tours Ph Kae & Rick 07 575 8118

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ARE YOU looking for a day out or maybe a tour? Ph us for a copy of our weekly travel calendar.

Outings include shows shopping markets luncheons mystery tours, scenic drives industry tours and even overnight tours. Ph Zealandier Tours 07 575 6425 admin@zealandiertours.com BAYLINE COACHES Day trips, away trips or sight seeing & tours! Call for a free quote today Ph 578 3113

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Ohauiti hall, Sat 10-2pm.

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Praying with the Divine Praying is the most common human practice for communicating with the Divine.

Prayer occurs through all kinds of situations, experiences, and locations; one of them is at churches. Not just in churches, but at churches. You can go to a church and pray, if it’s open.

You can go to weekly scheduled church services and participate through the liturgy’s prayers.

You don’t have to go to church to pray, but you can pray there with others.

I, and maybe you, have heard a statement like “you don’t have to go to church to pray; you can pray anywhere.” True. Yet praying is both personal and communal engagement of God by humans. The possible values of prayer are both instinctive within us, and inspired beyond us; the bible and human history abound with accounts of prayer and praying; think about it. In

the stories of the bible people pray personally, collectively, constantly, and commonly. Personally we speak to and listen for God. Collectively our prayers are made for Divine intervention, and daily wisdom in life’s many challenging situations. Praying constantly isn’t quitting our work and life-responsibility to “just pray”, it’s not quitting on praying as a normative practice; remember while God who is not late, from our perspective often seems to miss an opportunity

to be early! Keep praying. Both the bible and historical stories of nations and whanau say, “Prayer is commonly practiced”.

Bear in mind you can pray without going to a church, but you won’t go to a church or its services without praying. That’s the norm of Christian faith.

Praying is a normal human practice for communicating with the Divine.

By Rev. John Douglas, associate pastor Bethlehem Baptist Church

Tricky themes for teens and parents Sex, dating and relating: three scary words for teens and parents

Tauranga City Elim Church presents Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage, a four-week DVD series by Mark Gungor for teens and anyone who is single and interested in dating.

The series starts Sunday September 2, 6.30pm Unless you have been living under a

rock in this country, it is very obvious how highly sexualised our society has become. Everywhere the eye can look from TV, magazines, internet and movies, to advertising, billboards and even texting on cell phones, we are living in a sex-saturated society. The ramifications and consequences to our culture – especially the youth – have yet to play out entirely.

Mark Gungor has put together basic information that every teen needs to know

when it comes to the subjects of sex, dating and relating. After years of working with married couples who were struggling in their relationships,he discovered that so often the troubles were rooted in mistakes that people made during their teen years.

These messages will help teens and their families make wise decisions enabling the next generation to build strong and successful marriages and families… without all the physical and emotional baggage.

Common passage often misunderstood sunday at 10 10am am thursday at 7pm 146 devonport Rd

You'll love it! www.equipperschurch.com

Sunday Services 9:30am & 6:00pm Come along!

07 576 5387 252 Otumoetai Road www.citychurchtauranga.org.nz

1 Corinthians 13, the ‘love chapter’, 1 Corinthians 13 is possibly the most well known chapter in the Bible. It is often read at weddings.

gospel in the Bible describes Jesus in this way: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life”.

Jesus spent the last three or so years of His life teaching about the Kingdom of God. He said the measure of love is that someone would be prepared to lay down his or her life for another.

He demonstrated this love in His death by crucifixion, and then being raised from the dead.

Where we should be punished for the things we do wrong, out of love for us He took our punishment on Himself, when He died on the cross.

Now we can ask forgiveness of God, turn from the things we do wrong, and sincerely believe in Jesus as the Son of God. If we choose to do this and follow Him, we can be certain of eternal life with the God who created us and loves us beyond measure.

The happy couple are usually confident that their relationship will last for a lifetime.

But this chapter is about more than marriage relationships, it’s about how to live we should live life in general.

If we are really honest about how we view love, tends to be viewed it is often about; what’s in this for me?

But true love is found in giving without expecting or seeking anything in return. True love is found in laying aside your own wants and desires to bless others.

Can you imagine what the world would be like if we all lived this way?

Advert 4:00 PM Page 1 The greatest example we have of Tga 20/07/12_Layout 1 27/08/12 Kevin Connole, such a love is Jesus Christ. John’s Grace Community Church

Exalt God • Worship Jesus NO SERVICE HERE IN TAURANGA THIS SUNDAY AS WE ARE JOINING WITH THE NORTH SHORE CHURCH IN AUCKLAND Phone: 579 2729 www.jesusfirst.org.nz

Live & Serve in the Power of the Holy Spirit

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63 Memorial Park in Tauranga was overflowing with bubbles last week with many children making the most of the fine weather and mountains of bubbles.

Olivia Bird, 2, from Katikati.

Maddison Bird, 2, from Katikati.

Members of the Arataki U12 rugby team living it up and supporting the All Blacks at Eden Park on Saturday at the Bledisloe Cup. Luke Kennard, 3, and Lachlan Jones, 3.

Bethlehem Montessori had a visit last week from Gus and his owner teaching the children about how to look after dogs.

Sam Verran, 2.

Tom Verran, 3.

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