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Gangster and dames will be stealing the stage when Aquinas College presents its latest production of ‘Bugsy Malone’ at Baycourt Community and Arts Centre next week.

“The audience is in for a few surprises – splurge guns and pedal cars add to the glamour and energy of this classic gangster tale,” says director Toni Henderson. With a reputation for producing

high-quality stage shows, the cast and crew of 83 students have spent the past three months rehearsing the latest singing, dancing and acting extravaganza that’s sure to stun audiences both young and old. Read more on page 5.

Bugsy Malone stars Millie Elliott and Michael Graham get into character. Photo: Tracy Hardy.

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It’s not easy to soar like an eagle, while you’re surrounded by turkeys.

So goes the old saying. It’s also difficult to soar like an eagle when you’re surrounded by wind turbine blades, researchers are finding.

While wind generation is considered a green solution to power production, it is dangerous to soaring birds such as bald and golden eagles.

The wind turbines have wingspans similar to a Boeing 747 and the blade tips spin at up to 200 miles per hour.

The solution: Hi-tech detection equipment to trigger ground movement, including figures of humans, hoping that the birds’ natural aversion to people will cause them to alter course away from the deadly spinning blades.

Incredible, that the answer to this new age problem is centuries old. A modern version of the scarecrow.

Beer for pain

A news story this week claimed two beers are more effective for pain relief than painkillers.

Over the course of 18 studies, researchers from the University of Greenwich found that consuming two pints of beer can cut discomfort by a quarter, reports the Independent. (A bald eagle struck by a spinning blade may need more than two.)

By elevating your blood alcohol content to approximately 0.08 per cent, you’ll give your body “a small elevation of pain threshold” and thus a “moderate to large reduction in pain intensity ratings”.

The researchers explained: “Findings suggest that alcohol is an effective analgesic that delivers clinically-relevant reductions in ratings of pain intensity, which could explain alcohol misuse in those with persistent pain, despite its potential consequences for long-term health.”

It’s not clear, however, whether alcohol reduces feelings of pain because it affects

brain receptors or because it just lowers anxiety, which then makes us think the pain isn’t as bad.

Tidal stairs

There’s a bit of bleating about the new Tidal Stairs on the Tauranga waterfront.

Since opening, the stairs and pontoon have been thronging with kids and families, jumping off the pier, enjoying the proximity to the water and generally doing what the Tidal Stairs project aimed to achieve....

Get us closer to our harbour. Bring some life to downtown Tauranga, and it certainly has done that.

But from the outset there have been the usual knockers… some saying it would never be used, some warning people will die. Some ironically saying both.

Now they’re being proven wrong, the knockers are wishing and hoping someone cracks their head open, just so they can be proven right.

But it’s just concrete. We manage to navigate our way around the rest of the city which is mostly concrete. It’s nothing like the danger faced by eagles trying to avoid 200mph spinning blades.

Head first

Sure, it’s only a matter of time before someone goes crocs-over-sunhat. A slip or trip or push headfirst onto the concrete.

Then the knockers will be in full force reminding us how dangerous this project is.

So following that warped logic, we might as well fence off the entire harbour. Make helmets compulsory around the coastline, just like it is for bike riders. In fact, fence off the surf beach as well. Plenty of people put their lives at risk in the surf every day.

But you don’t hear the outcry of protest the same as the Tidal Stairs Knockers are drumming up.

Close all the schools, because too many children are injured or killed on the way there. Ban anything with wheels.

They are a fast track to harm and disaster.

Stay home, but don’t do anything while you’re there, because 80 per cent of statistics happen in the home. Whatever you do, don’t take any risks, not even well calculated ones because that may lead to enjoying yourself, learning about the outside world and its hazards, or generally living life.

Learning experience

The RR view is let them go for it. There are warning signs about strong currents and other hazards at the stairs. Yes the concrete will get slippery, just like it does at those dastardly boat ramps. But we still use them at our peril. Let some blood be spilt on the Tidal Stairs, because guess what… someone will learn from it. Maybe the kid who slips over will be more careful next time. Perhaps his mates watching will learn from it.

Maybe they won’t and will continue to come repeatedly unstuck, until they have a fatal mishap. That’s called natural selection.

And sometimes bad luck.

Eventually, yes, someone may meet their demise while using this part of the harbour.

But guess what… that’s been happening for hundreds of years. Tauranga folk have been falling in the harbour for centuries.

Some of those probably had more than two beers for pain relief. Whether it be from man-made structures or the natural features, there always has, and probably always will be, casualties. We can do our best to encourage safety, but it always ends with selfresponsibility.

One thing is for sure, for every injury or close call, there will be thousands of people who enjoy and learn from this long-overdue facility on our waterfront.

For too long it’s been relegated to a shabby carpark with a user-unfriendly and threatening rock-strewn waterline. Now at least some of it has some mana.

It’s a brilliant project and thousands of families will agree. Even the ones with scars.

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3 The saviour and the scammed – Jono and Marise. Photo: Bruce Barnard.

Jono’s random act of kindness The Tauranga teenager skimped and saved for more than a year to buy a sharp set of wheels – a $6200 2008 Mazda Demio.

It was going to be a sort of birthday present to herself. But she got scammed by an Auckland car dealer and she lost the lot.

No car, no money.

“I was very disappointed,” says a philosophical 20-year-old Marise Menzies. “What he did was wrong, but it wasn’t tragic. No-one died.” She was sure it would be put right. And it was, in spectacular bright blue fashion in Judea this week.

“It was an opportunity to right someone else’s wrong,” says Jono Allen of Tauranga Cars. “It should not have happened. It’s just not fair.” And with that he tossed Marise a set of keys to a replacement car – another 2008 shiny blue Mazda Demio just like the one she’d been scammed out of, the car she never owned or drove, the one that might not even exist.

But the one she paid for.

Jono’s Mazda Demio is a gift, it’s hers, for nothing.

“Incredible,” says Marise. “I was speechless.”

“It brought tears to my eyes,” says Marise’s mum Rose. “We felt blown away and we so didn’t deserve that.” Jono thinks they did deserve it.

“I knew exactly how the family was feeling – duped.

And you look back and think why did I do that? It’s a sad day when you can’t trust someone.” And besides, says Jono, his altruism shows there are good car dealers, good people.

Marise wanted to get mobile and was looking for a car on TradeMe. She decided on a Demio. “Good car, good mileage, good price but not excellent.” And she told the dealer if the car was as described she would buy it. Of course it was in “fantastic condition” so she proceeded with the purchases.

Marise is a therapist for Tauranga Chiropractors.

She also cares for a disabled girl part-time and needed her own reliable car to take the girl for outings.

The online dealer asked for a 50 per cent deposit but to expedite delivery they paid in total. No, the Menzies never sighted the car first. No, they never met the dealer. And when they went looking for him, his address was a house in Apirana Avenue in Glen Innes, not a car yard.

“We definitely had big concerns,” says Rose. “But we also had hope because we thought he was a registered motor vehicle dealer.

“And on the phone he reassured us the car had just arrived in the country and “wasn’t available for viewing.” Rose says she’d previously conducted a similar deal and it all went very smoothly. A car bought online in Auckland had been delivered to Tauranga and it went seamlessly. “And that gave us a false sense of security. We trusted him, he presented as a director of a registered motor vehicle dealership, and we shouldn’t have trusted him.”

Marise bought the car on November 6 last year and hoped to have it in time for her birthday four days later. The birthday came and went and no car. Just excuses, explanations and delaying tactics. Read those excuses and more at www.theweekendsun.co.nz

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Fined $30K for black market paua

A Tauranga company that owns two local food outlets has been fined $30,000 for possessing paua from the black market.

The company had earlier pleaded guilty and was sentenced alongside Tauranga husband and wife duo Luana, who is sole director of D.Lish Limited, and Hira Noble and Motiti Island resident Lee Wells, who had also earlier pleaded guilty, to charges under the Fisheries Act. Luana was sentenced to 10 months’ home detention and 200 hours’ community work plus ordered to pay court costs of $5000.

Hira was sentenced to 10 months’ home detention and 200 hours’ community work and ordered to pay costs of $5000.

Wet April delays opening

Efforts to rebuild the main walking access track at Papamoa Hills Regional Park have been delayed due to the combined effects of cyclones Debbie and Cook and the wettest April in Te Puke since records began in 1973.

A late April re-opening had still been feasible a month ago, but the accumulated heavy rainfall since then has caused boggy ground conditions, slips and water damage throughout and above the logged areas of the park.

This has added to the workload and complexity of the track reinstatement work.

A park re-opening date will be announced when the track reinstatement is finished.

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Tinetti leads the Labour charge “Welcome to parliament,” said the voice on the phone. The Labour Party moderating committee which sets the party list had slotted Merivale Primary School principal Jan Tinetti in at number 14, more or less writing her own ticket to Wellington.

“I can’t remember much else about the call because I was gob smacked, blown away,” says Jan. “I know it doesn’t sound very academic but I am still fizzing at the news.”

That’s five days later.

It means that after the September 23 general election, Tauranga will have Labour Party representation in parliament. Definitely one and possibly two MPs – because if the numbers stack up there’s just a chance Angie Warren-Clark could be headed to the corridors of power too.

“Wouldn’t that be awesome?” says Angie.

“Two local Labour candidates in parliament.”

“If we get up around that 35 per cent of the vote, which is what we are aiming for because we are currently around 30 per cent, then we would almost get Angie in as well,” says an optimistic Jan Tinetti.

“That’s where the cut off would be. It’s hard to say because as soon as you lift the party vote you are starting to win some of those marginal seats as well.”

Merivale Primary School principal and Labour candidate Jan Tinetti.

The school teacher was hoping to slot in the party list up to the mid-20s. “That would have been really good. So number 14 is very surprising really.”

She says it’s exciting for her but it’s also exciting for Tauranga to have alternative representation in parliament.” And I will provide an added dimension because I come

Giving a loud voice to the Tauranga City ratepayers Are you interested in the latest developments that affect your town? Do you want to influence those making decisions on your behalf? Then look no further than your local ratepayers’ association.

The Mount Progressive, Papamoa Progressive, Matua Residents Association and the Welcome Bay Community Centre have a track record over the years of influencing decisions in the council chamber.

The largest of these groups, the Papamoa Progressive Association, meets at 7.30pm every second Monday of the month at the Papamoa Sport and Recreation centre at the Gordon Spratt Reserve. About 50 interested residents attend regularly and the format is constructive and entertaining with guest speakers on topics of local and national interest.

Councillor Leanne Brown and I attend every meeting for

questions and feedback and I find it extremely helpful in forming my opinions. I’ve been going for seven years, two as chair and four as a councillor. If you have topic of discussion. After many an interest in serving through years of service, the chair, David local politics or an aspiration to Burnett has stood down and the lead your community, there is no association needs a new leader. better place to start.

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Trampers rescued from falls

A group of trampers will be glad to be indoors after getting lost in Omanawa Falls on Tuesday night.

A search and rescue operation was launched when Police were notified that a group of five people were lost around the falls just after 7pm.

“Two SAR teams went in and located them shortly before midnight,” says a police spokesperson.

“The group was brought out by the SAR teams and assessed by ambulance due to possible hypothermia, but all were okay.”

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Man found dead named

Police have released the name of the man found dead on Papamoa Beach last week.

Paul Charles Schiphorst’s body found on the beach near Karewa Parade on April 27.

His body was found by a local fisherman about 7am.

The 60-year-old Papamoa man’s death has been referred to the Coroner.

“Police extend their sympathies to Mr Schiphorst’s family and friends,” say police.

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Meh see, all you dames and hoodlums chasing the big score better get your crews together and head downtown for Aquinas College’s latest production next month.

Following three months of rehearsals, the 83 cast and crew are proud to present Bugsy Malone at Baycourt’s Addison Theatre which opens May 11.

Based on the 1970s musical starring Scott Biao and Jodie Foster, Bugsy Malone stars Year 11 student Michael Graham as Bugsy, head girl Millie Elliott as Blousy and Jessica Robinson as Tallulah.

The show is based on the hugely popular 1970s musical gangster film that featured only child actors.

It is set in 1920’s New York, in the Prohibition era.

Director Toni Henderson says this show is an allsinging, all-dancing, all-acting extravaganza featuring high-quality production and stunning costumes.

“It’s a big show costume-wise, with many of the cast

having up to four costume changes, all 1920s style.

The audience is in for a few surprises too – splurge guns and pedal cars add to the glamour and energy of this classic gangster tale.”

Several trained dancers showcase their skills, but for many like Isaac Jarden who plays Fizzy and dons a pair of tap shoes for his very first dance solo – Bugsy Malone has brought its challenges.

“After months of hard work, we are really pleased with what our boys in particular have achieved,” says choreographer Laura Mansell. “‘So You Wanna Be a Boxer’ is a scene set inside a gym that features 18 of the boys showcasing the skills they have learnt so far.”

Aquinas College presents Bugsy Malone at Baycourt’s Addison Theatre from May 11-13. Tickets are available from Baycourt or online via Ticketek.

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Taking on the terrain Riding a motorbike around a track is one thing – but when there’s a range of natural obstacles in the way, it becomes much more difficult.

That’s the idea of the North Island Moto Trials Championship, which involves riders from across the island negotiating courses designed to be difficult.

This weekend the Tauranga Motorcycle Club is hosting rounds five and six of the championship.

Trials coordinator Francis Sydenham says the event shifts around the main centres, and involves riders from as far away as Wellington and Auckland.

“We’re expecting 35-40 riders, across all age groups,” says Francis. “The oldest would probably be in their 60s, while the youngest is 13.”

“It’s an opportunity to gain points in the North Island series. At the end of the year, the rider who has the most points will be the winner for the North Island.” For the uninitiated, moto trials test the ability of riders to handle obstacles such as rocks and logs on lightweight, motocross-style bikes.

This weekend’s courses have been laid out over natural terrain, but the routes go over tree roots and rivers to make it a challenge.

Francis, who will be riding himself, says the biggest obstacle is often yourself.

“I liken it to golf, in the sense it is so psychological.

If you think you won’t make it past an obstacle, you probably won’t. “And as in golf, you are also competing against other people in a beautiful environment. It’s a lot of fun – man and machine against the world.”

Saturday, May 6, is at Muirs farm at the top of No 4 Rd, Te Puke from 10am and Sunday, May 7, is at Maddix Park, Ohauiti from 9.30am.

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First of the Katikati bypass celebrations Katikati Community Board chair Jenny Hobbs is ready to celebrate the bypass decision in town today.

Today’s bypass celebration at the Katikati War Memorial Hall could be the first of many similar celebrations as the project moves through its approval stages, says local community board chair Jenny Hobbs.

The 3pm-5pm celebration came about because they were originally planning an Easter protest march, but then the New Zealand Transport Agency approved the bypass.

“Someone said we should have celebration party instead, and who better to organise it than catch Katikati events and promotions?” says Jenny.

The mayor will be there, the chief executive Miriam Taris and Coromandel MP Scott Simpson.

There will be placards, but a march is not organised.

“We have got some entertainment in form of dancing groups, the ukulele group, Lions doing are doing a barbecue, there’s some other food options and hopefully some face painting,” says Jenny.

“It’s really an opportunity for the community to gather like a street party – talk, mix and mingle, have something to eat. It’s just a joyful occasion really.”

It’s also an antidote to the learned negativity from residents because a bypass was also promised in 2009, and then denied at the last minute.

“If the only thing you can do to help progress the bypass is to be positive and enthusiastic, why wouldn’t you?” says Jenny.

“Once they have got all the land we can celebrate, once they have got the final plans we can celebrate.

“When they put the first staged bit in we can celebrate. This is the first of many celebrations in my opinion.”

Looking for library and museum ideas Those passionate about a new museum or the central library and want to play a part in their future design, can apply to participate in one of the council’s interactive design workshops.

Spaces are limited, and registration is essential. Workshops are three hours long with food and will be held on May 13, 16, 17 and 19.

Alternatively, the community can share their thoughts with councillors and staff on Friday, May 5 at Tauranga Home Show at ASB Arena from 10am-2pm, and on Saturday, May 6, as part of the Heart of the City stand at the Street Food Festival and official opening of the Waterfront steps from 11am-2pm.

Last year the Tauranga community told the council it wanted a vibrant,

active and safe city centre and that it believed things like a museum, modern library and performance venue would help create that.

Tauranga City Council’s heart of the city communication and engagement advisor Amanda Weatherley they listened and are now working on defining what these facilities could be like.

“To do this, we need to understand the type of experience people expect to have and what a new museum and the central library will do for both individuals and the city.

“These facilities will be created to serve the community’s needs first and foremost, so it’s important elected members understand exactly what you want from them.”

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New principal for Pyes Pa

New Pyes Pa School principal Blake Carlin with some of his pupils. Photo: Tracy Hardy.

Blake Carlin has began his tenure as the new Pyes Pa School principal with a moving powhiri with pupils new and old.

The former Tauranga Intermediate deputy principal started teaching in 2004, and told the Year 1-8 pupils he’s looking forward to getting to know them, their names, and what makes Pyes Pa School great.

The straight-talking, humble 39-year-old says his interest in teaching first came from his parents.

“They were both teachers and I always enjoyed my schooling experiences.

“It seemed a natural progression as I spent a fair part of my childhood at school fundraisers and on the sports field. I have always seen it as an opportunity to inspire young people and help them to realise their potential.”

He’s very qualified to make that happen too, having completed a Masters in educational leadership with

first class honours from the University of Waikato.

Board of Trustees chairperson Tania Stokes, in a letter to staff and parents about Blake’s appointment, says they’re impressed with his enthusiasm and energy.

“He has a direct yet engaging communication style, intelligence, and an obvious commitment to the role of educational leader.

“He is student-centred, skilled in building positive and professional relationships, and is a highly competent and innovative leader of learning.”

Blake says he’s keen to engage with the community and find new ways to ‘drive for excellence’ in learning. Away from school Blake’s previously coached representative rugby, and now coach’s his son’s junior soccer team.

But surfing is his ‘main passion’ outside the classroom.

“I like to call it my holistic enrichment.”

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Celebrating Matariki in Tauranga Moana Tauranga Moana is about to come alive at the end of this month with a four-week programme of events to celebrate Matariki.

Matariki is the Maori name for the star cluster also known as the Pleiades.

In the last few days of May,

residents can observe Matariki rise in the north-eastern horizon just before dawn. The first new moon following the rise of Matariki is the first day of the Maori New Year.

From May 24 to June 25 the city will celebrate ‘Kai and Kites’ and the importance both play in Maori

tradition and custom.

Residents and visitors will be spoilt for choice with more than 25 Matariki-themed events, exhibitions and workshops across Tauranga Moana.

For more information visit: www.mymatariki.co.nz

Celebrating Indonesian culture, food and people in the Bay Multicultural Tauranga invites Bay of Plenty residents to an evening celebrating the culture of Indonesia.

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New tidal stairs make a splash He’s been with the project from the start – since it was a pencil sketch on a piece of paper at Tauranga City Council – now he’s going to make a splash at the official opening.

Western Bay of Plenty residents are invited to the official opening of the tidal stairs official opening tomorrow, with the first ‘bombing’ competition and the Paradox Street Food Festival.

The family-friendly, free event will feature street food, a bombing competition and live

music on Saturday, May 6 from 12noon-5pm.

And they can also enjoy the eight new street art pieces on central city walls – already completed as part of the Paradox Tauranga Street Art Festival, running to June 15.

Tauranga City Council city transformation group’s project Morgan Jones will be in the thick of it – he’s busily making a costume as he’s entering the bombing competition.

“I guess I’m a keyboard warrior in the city centre – the city centre is very serious and this adds an element of fun.

“Because you can see the water

just out my office window – and from almost every building in the CBD every day.”

There will be bombs off the pier tomorrow from about 12noon, when participants get the chance to show their talent and win prizes, with Hads Te Huia from Bomblife New Zealand on the judging panel. See: www. taurangastreetartfestival.nz Read the full story at www.theweekendsun.co.nz Merle Foster

A new way to get the news on your android Keeping up with the latest news while on the run has become even more efficient for android users.

Bay of Plenty-based SunMedia has launched a new android app for its news website SunLive – www.sunlive.co.nz The android mobile app has been rebuilt to allow readers to be better connected, as SunMedia continues its aim of leading the way in both digital and print news.

SunMedia general manager Jay Burston says the company launched the upgraded version of the app to provide android users with the same user experience as the Apple app. “It is consistent

SunMedia developer/IT support Kendra Billington. with the Apple iOS app in the way it looks. “The new benefits to SunLive readers are receiving breaking news alerts and a faster mobile experience when reading SunLive news on the go. It’s been rebuilt from the ground up.”

Jay says having the new, upgraded app means SunMedia is at the forefront in the ever-increasing

world of mobile content, delivering up-to-the-minute news to people on the move.

The new android app includes push notifications, as well as the ability to zoom in on articles and play video on most devices.

Just like the original version, users can still log in, make comments on the stories that matter to them, register and update subscription preferences with the new android app.

More than 1500 people are already using the new app since it was launched on April 26.

Readers can get the app from Android 4.0.3, by going to the Google Play store, or visiting www.sunlive.co.nz on their favourite web browser.

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Have a say in where we are headed What matters to you?

Where do you want you and your district to be in the next 10 years?

The Western Bay of Plenty District Council is starting to gaze into its crystal ball for its Long Term Plan. From this week, council is hosting a number of events to meet with residents and learn about what matters to them now and in the decade to come.

The council aims at meeting the goals and aspirations of the people and chatting with the people is a tool to bring clarity to what these are.

“The Long Term Plan dictates council focus for the next 10 years,” says Mayor Garry Webber.

“We want to be sure we’re investing in the right things at the right time. We’ll only know this by listening to people and learning about what they love about living here and how they’d like to see the district progress.”

In March and April council had meetings with community groups about potential LTP conversation topics. These will be the focus of the informal events being held through May to July.

There will be three LTP phases with residents.

“The idea is to listen to our residents about the things they are concerned or passionate about,” says Garry. And later this year people will be asked to confirm council’s headed in the right direction.

“The third step is putting a draft Long Term Plan together, giving our residents options on what they want us to achieve while showing the effect this will have on rates, then consulting on this final step from March next year.”

The mayor says it’s important to get it right, starting with

the community conversations.

The WBOPDC is coming to a hall or reserve near you soon and it hopes as many people as possible will take advantage of the opportunity.

To follow the Long Term Plan process, share your Western Bay story, and sign up to receive updates visit: www.itsaboutyou.co.nz Upcoming community events include community conversations – the first will be held at the Omokoroa Boat Club tomorrow from 10am-2pm, at Kaimai School and Community Hall, Kaimai, on Thursday, May 18, from 3pm7pm, at Te Puna School on Saturday, May 27, from 11am-3pm, at Waihi Beach United Church Saturday, June 3, from 11am-3pm, at St Paul’s Presbyterian Church in Katikati on Saturday, June 24, from 11am-3pm and the Paengaroa Community Hall Tuesday, July 4, from 7pm-9pm.

Drop-in market day conversations will be held at Oropi Memorial Hall Happy Hour Event on Friday, May 12, from 5.30pm-7.30pm, at Jubilee Park alongside Te Puke Skatepark on Saturday, May 20, from 9am-1pm and the Village Green Markets at Maketu on Sunday, May 21, from 8am-12pm.

Drop-in sessions before Community Committee Meetings will be at Omokoroa Community Church Tuesday, June 6, from 4.30pm-6.30pm, Katikati Library and Service Centre on Wednesday, June 7, from 4.30pm-6.30pm, Waihi Beach Community Centre on Monday, June 12, from 4pm-6pm, the Maketu Community Centre on Tuesday, June 13, from 4.30pm-6.30pm and Te Puke Library and Service Centre on Thursday, June 15, from 4.30pm-6.30pm.

You can also go to www.itsaboutyou.co.nz to have your say online, or see a full list of events. Or join Connect: People’s Panel – our online community panel.

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Shaking it on The Strand They’ll shimmy, shake, dance, and boogie down by the waterfront next weekend.

But the dancers in the Shimmy Mob won’t be doing traditional mob dancing; these dancers will be belly dancing.

A group of Tauranga dancers will take to the waterfront on May 13 to shake and shimmy for crowds, and to raise money for the Tauranga Moana Women’s Refuge, as well as perform in Whakatane.

Tauranga organiser Raffaella Veneziano Cruickshank says dancers will be dressed up in their Shimmy Mob T-shirts and coin belts, and they’ll be part of a global phenomenon.

“The Shimmy Mob is a global event, which takes place every year all over the world.

“Shimmy Mob is a global annual belly dance event, where women and girls come together and perform a kind of belly dance flash mob in various towns across the world.

“We will let people know about World Bellydance Day on May 13, share our passion for the dance and at the same time, we will do something fun that gives back to the community.”

Funds raised from this year’s Tauranga event will be donated to Tauranga Moana Women’s Refuge.

Tauranga performances will take place near the new tidal stairs on the waterfront at about 2.15pm on May 13, then again at 2.30pm at the Dance O’Mat, on The Strand.

For more information, visit: www.shimmymob.com Raffaella Veneziano, Christina Davey and Tanya BamfordKing shimmying on the tidal stairs. Photo: Bruce Barnard.

Kicking off rugby match to raise funds for charity When the whistle blows on May 27, it will kick off a very special rugby match.

The game between Greerton Marist and Rangataua at the Greerton Marist Rugby Football Club on Oropi Rd on Saturday, May 27, at 2.45pm, will be raising funds for Homes

of Hope. The day includes Under 13, Development grade and President grade matches.

The Greerton Marist Rugby Football Club Charity Day will be the beginning of a proposed two-yearly charity rugby match and auction with proceeds going to a chosen charity.

Greerton Marist decided that a localised charity like Homes of Hope would be great beneficiaries of this event as they currently have a number of their children playing in their junior rugby programme - JMC - teams.

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designed playing jerseys auctioned off at 7pm on the evening of the match at the Greerton Marist Rugby Football Club on Saturday, May 27.

A donation at the gate is encouraged, with all proceeds going to Homes of Hope.

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Meet Katikati’s community board Katikati Community Board is holding an open afternoon this Sunday, May 7, for its residents to meet with members and chew the fat about anything that is important to them.

The afternoon will be held at

Katikati Memorial Hall, on Main St, from 1pm-4.30pm.

Western Bay of Plenty District Council’s Katikati Ward councillors and Katikati Community Board members will be present to meet and talk with.

When you’re in love with a beautiful woman Jimmy and Barbara Britton with Dennis Locorriere. Photo: Tracy Hardy.

It’s about an enduring rock star in the United Kingdom, an unshakeable fan 10,000km away here in Bay of Plenty and some classic soft rock melodies – melodies like ‘Sylvia’s Mother’, ‘Sexy Eyes’ and ‘Sharing the Night Together’. “Hey Barbara, this is Dennis,” says the caller to The Weekend Sun. Dennis is Dennis Locorriere, the voice of Dr Hook, the hard-liquor-and-two-packs-of-fags-a-day singing voice that doesn’t drink or smoke. He’s calling from Worthing, down on the south coast in England. And he’s giving a shout-out to Barbara, who’ll be at his gig at Tauranga’s Baypark Arena on May 23.

She’s excited to the point of palpitations. “Oooh yes!”

“Hey Barbara,” says Dennis. “Can you believe that this many years later, you are going to be in the same room as me?” No, Barbara cannot believe she’s going to be in the same room as Dr Hook.

Barbara is Barbara Britton, a Dr Hook acolyte going back to the 1970s when the band was Dr Hook and the Medicine Show. She lives in Whakatane, has already bought two tickets to see Dr Hook, one for her and one for husband Jimmy.

“I hope you will be having a good time Barbara,” says Dennis. “And I will see you there.” It’s a love affair that began in the green, green valleys of Wales; the Vale of Glamorgan to be precise.

“We lived in Dinas Powys and Mum would put us in the old brown Ford Escort to take us to Barry,” says Doug Britton, son of Barbara and an eminently likeable colleague of the reporter.

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A mum and son favourite. Barbara Britton bought the music, played the music and sang the music. She instilled it in her “lovely lad” Doug. And now, on the other side of the world from Dinas Powys, Barbara and Jimmy will get to see and hear the voice itself.

“Wow,” says Dennis, because that’s exactly what he’s been talking about. “When I see my audience, it’s original fans from the 1970s, their children, their children’s children and on a good night their children’s’ children’s’ children.” It helped sustain the Hook thing.

“As well as doing a good job recording whatever we were recording I hope.”

Dr Hook recently played a gig in the UK and there was a seven-year-old in the audience. “She was having a birthday treat. Don’t ask me why she liked the music but obviously some of it spoke to her.”

And therein lies a deep personal responsibility for Dennis Locorriere.

“We don’t have to sell our music any more, but we have to respect it and represent it well.” For the faithful that is, for people like Barbara and Jimmy Britton.

“We don’t have some Lithuanian dance version, we are true to the classic. True to the original. The way it’s always been.” It’s something Dennis calls “sense memory”. And the fans are looking forward to having those senses jolted at Tauranga’s ASB Arena, Baypark, on Tuesday, May 23.

The Weekend Sun has one double pass to give away to one lucky reader who can tell us where Dennis is playing. Enter at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competition section. Entries must be received by Wednesday May 10.

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Growing a flourishing student industry time work once they’ve completed studies. Some students take their qualifications home while others will stay as new migrants.

“It’s really important for us to attract skilled and talented people into our own workforce.”

The region’s lifestyle is obviously an attraction for international students.

“Other key areas are around experience, making sure international students have a good experience and a chance to connect with the local community.”

It’s also about collaborating with other industries to capitalise on the

Tauranga Boys’ College principal Robert Mangan with his international students.

How does Tauranga grow a massive export industry that has already exceeded it’s economic value targets by 35 per cent in the last three years?

At the moment more than 2700 international students inject $55 million into the local economy.

It’s a massive industry, the fourth largest export industry in New Zealand. And today the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment, Paul Goldsmith, revealed a strategy to drive the industry forward for the next five years.

“The key strategic action area is based on market development,” says Anne Young of Education Tauranga, which is the organisation representing institutions from primary to tertiary that enrol and

support international students studying in the region.

Anne says the new strategy through until 2022 will support the schools and tertiary institutes to deepen their engagement with the markets and to explore emerging markets. “We need to develop our brand – how is Education Tauranga regarded in the global market and how can we make it more competitive and desirable.”

Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty has advantages in that is has all education options from primary through to tertiary. “So there is an opportunity to pathway, something other regions can’t or don’t offer.”

There are also strategic actions areas related to work outcomes for tertiary students so they have the potential to work part-time or go into full-

Speedway action like never before Last weekend’s wet weather has created the perfect storm for Baypark Family Speedway to put on one of the most spectacular – and rare – race programmes ever at the track tomorrow night.

With last Saturday’s closing night and fireworks finale being postponed until Saturday, May 6 – Baypark Family Speedway promoter Bernie Gillon says tomorrow night’s spectators are in for a treat.

“They will see the first and possibly the only time this many Super Stocks and Stock Cars will be racing at the same event without being broken into groups or heats.

“That is 36 Super Stocks all on the track together and 50 Stock Cars all on the track together,” says Bernie.

The Super Stock Rumble will have 36 cars racing at

one time – the most ever allowed by Speedway New Zealand – with entries from Auckland to Wellington.

“And the Harry Fredrickson Stock Car Gold Cup will have 50 cars racing at one time – the most ever allowed by Speedway NZ – with entries from Auckland to Wellington too,” says Bernie.

Then there’s the Sprint Car Bay Championships, the final rounds of the La-Z-Boy Saloon Car Series, and the Super Saloons racing before the night concludes with the Fireworks Extravaganza.

“Spectators will see close to $20,000 worth of fireworks let off.”

The closing night fireworks extravaganza, Harry Fredrickson Gold Cup and Superstock Rumble is at Baypark Family Speedway on Saturday, May 6. Gates open 5pm and racing starts 6.30pm.

full potential of the industry.

“For example, people who have been international students here have gone home, been successful and are looking for investment opportunities.

“Tauranga would obviously be a place they would want to invest because they know it.”

Nationally, overseas a students are a $4.28 billion industry and it’s a rapidly growing industry.

“There’s a huge demand for students to be able to speak English, study abroad and learn skills ion the western world,” says Anne.

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A talk on macular degeneration “Will I go blind?” is a question ophthalmologist Dr Andrew Thompson is often asked when patients are newly diagnosed with macular degeneration.

Andrew will be speaking about macular degeneration at a seminar at Tauranga RSA’s Hinton Lounge from 10.30am on Tuesday, May 9.

Macular degeneration is a condition that affects one in seven people older than 50 and causes progressive loss of central vision, says Andrew.

“This can make activities of daily living such as reading, recognising faces and driving difficult.”

However, Andrew says there is treatment for the condition that, if administered early, can save sight.

“There are also several things that people can do to slow the rate of progression of vision loss but this relies on adequate public awareness of the condition.”

Andrew will also provide an update on the latest medical advances and potential future treatments for macular degeneration at his seminar.

Lynley Smith, an optometrist specialising in low vision, will give an understanding of what low vision is, its effect on daily life and what support services are available.

She will also speak about living with and managing macular degeneration and advice for friends and family supporting someone with low vision.

Age Concern seminar coordinator Angela Scott says this is a very important seminar with the latest information on eye health. To register, phone Age Concern 07 578 2631.

Andrew Thompson will be presenting on May 9.

Road closures for street food festival Tauranga City residents wanting to navigate the CBD tomorrow should be aware of the following road closures, to host the Paradox Street Food Festival and opening celebration of the tidal stairs.

From 9am-8pm on May 6, The Strand will be closed to traffic from Devonport Rd to Harington St, and Wharf St will be shut from Willow St to The Strand.

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The Bay’s future workforce in focus A free event focusing on the future of work and our workforce in the Bay of plenty is on offer his month.

Tauranga business leaders, managers and interested members of the community are invited to join the second in a series of ‘Smart Talk, Future Thinking’ events being hosted

by SmartGrowth in partnership with Priority One and the Tauranga Chamber of Commerce.

The Future of Work and our Workforce in the Western Bay is on Tuesday, May 9, from 3pm-4.30pm at Club Mount Maunganui, 45 Kawaka St. With employment in Tauranga projected to grow by almost 50 per cent by 2048 the talk will focus on how well-equipped our region is to meet this demand and what will Tauranga’s future workforce look like.

According to a report commissioned

by SmartGrowth, Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty will face serious challenges to supply and sustain a productive workforce in this period. To meet these employment projections, the region will need more workers travelling into the area and people working longer.

As a result people are encouraged to hear and participate in a discussion about what this means for Tauranga’s current and future generations.

Market Economics Ltd associate director and author of the report SmartGrowth Employment Predictions/ Projections report Lawrence McIlrat will present an overview of his conclusions.

He’ll then join a panel discussion on future-thinking of work and the workforce.

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It was the decade that gave us the Rubik’s Cube, mobile phones, Macintosh PCs, Rogernomics, and some of the greatest music ever penned.

A night of totally radical music from the 1980s will pump up the volume and get Totara Street performance venue amping when AutoMatic 80s return to Mount Maunganui as part of their Synthplicity national tour on May 20.

Formed in 2009, the five-piece features Pearl Runga, Danny McCrum, Bobby Kennedy, Clint Harris and Justin Maclaren, who are promising an unforgettable night of hits from a number of unforgettable bands.

“The 1980s were a decade where people were throwing down their guitars after the 1970s and picked up synthesisers and put together some pretty basic, but effective, music without a lot of keyboard skills. “So that’s where the tour’s name comes from,” says Justin.

“We’re really looking forward to hitting the road, it’s always exciting to get out there and play this music that we love; we never get sick of it.”

Both the band and production crew aim give crowds a truly awesome 1980s concert experience, and along with hits from bands like Human League, Simple Minds, Duran Duran, Blondie, Culture Club, and New Order, they’ll also be one of heck of a lighting show, creating an electric atmosphere.

For Justin, of the great tunes they’ll be performing

on the night there’s one which he’s particularly looking forward to playing.

“We’ll be doing ‘Blue Monday’ which we haven’t played for years. It’s such a massive anthem, it’s reached number one something like three times in three separate eras, so I think it’s a song that’ll make the hair on the back of your neck stand up.

“We’d love to see a good crowd at Totara Street. Our last show at the venue almost sold out and ticket sales for this show are going really well. We always put on a good show and we give it 110 per cent.”

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Be bright on your bike this winter With reduced daylight hours and autumn settling in, Bay of Plenty cyclists are urged to take extra care and keep safe by ensuring they and their bikes are visible on the roads.

The Katikati Maestros or on the hunt for more male singers to join their choir. From left: Steve Raymond, Denholm Crone, John Laker, Paul Parish, Sid Barker and Anne Bailey.

More Maestros needed in Katikati men’s choir

It doesn’t matter if you’re a bass, baritone, tenor or countertenor – if you can carry a tune, work well in a team, and want to share your talents with the community, then the Katikati Maestros want you.

Established by musical director Jeanette Hassell-Back, the male choir regularly performs at community events alongside their female counterparts, the Katikati Divas, as well as hosting two concerts each year.

Jeanette says there’s eight singers who currently make up the Maestros, and if she had another four singers join their ranks that would be “marvellous”.

“At the moment we have 23 singers in the ladies choir, so to balance it out, we need a few more men.

“But it can be difficult to get guys to commit to something like the Maestros, the biggest problem is most of them don’t believe they can sing. But that’s simply not true.

“So I’ll take anyone at this stage,” she says laughing. “Just as long as they can hold a tune.”

Jeanette, who previously directed the Taranaki Male Choir, says she started up the Maestros after moving to Katikati about seven years ago and discovering

the town didn’t have a men’s choir.

Both the Maestros and Divas perform songs in four-part harmony, and their repertoire include tunes like ‘New York, New York’, ‘Road to Mandalay’, ‘Fields of Gold’, ‘Till we meet Again’, ‘Tears in Heaven’, ‘My Land’, and ‘Hine Hine’.

“Our repertoire is nothing too heavy, but it’s more than just singing in unison.

We’re performing songs that lift the soul, absolutely, and part-singing does do that.

“It’s not just melody singing.”

The Maestros rehearse once a week at St Peter’s Anglican Church on Beach Rd on Tuesdays from 7pm, while joint rehearsals with the Divas happen every two to three weeks, or “when and where needed”.

Jeanette says the Divas and Maestros first concert of the year is in May, they’ll then break for a couple of months, then crack into rehearsals again for their end of year concert in November.

“This is an opportunity that’s open to everyone. We don’t urgently need singers, but the sooner people get involved the better.”

To learn more about joining the Katikati Maestros, call Jeanette HassellBack on 07 546 3668, or email: jeanettehassell@hotmail.com

To help get this message across there will be three more Be Bright checkpoints set up in Tauranga City between 4.30pm-5.30pm next week.

They will be on Monday, May 8, at the Chapel St bridge at Otumoetai end, and Tuesday, May 9, on Cameron Rd by the hospital, and on Thursday, May 11, at Matapihi bridge.

The annual Be Bright campaign, put on by Tauranga City Council, Western Bay of Plenty District Council, Travel Safe and NZ

high-visibility clothing are simple ways for cyclists to improve their visibility,” says Karen.

At the Be Bright campaign checkpoints riders who have adequate lights will be rewarded with safe reflective cycling gear such as backpack covers, cat eyes and ankle and arm bands. Cyclists who do not have adequate lights will be fitted with a set of lights.

ACC workplaces and the Toi Te Ora – Public Health Service will encourage workplaces to support active transport and physical activity through promotion of the ‘Be bright, Be safe, Be Seen – Safe cycling’ campaign as part of their WorkWell programme.

NZ Police will do a follow-up campaign encouraging cyclists to be safe and be seen.

Police, is to remind cyclists to put lights on their bikes.

Checkpoints will have Travel Safe staff assessing and providing reflective gear and lights to cyclists.

Travel Safe programme leader Karen Smith says cyclists’ visibility to other road users, especially during times of low light and poor visibility, is essential to their safety.

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No wins but Holder has lifted his game Tauranga’s David Holder didn’t place at last weekend’s International Rally of Whangarei – but he’s taken away some positives from the Hyundai i20 AP4+ rally car.

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The team will contest all six championship rounds The team is run by Paddon Rallysport with David, and now up-and-coming driver with Hayden co-manager alongside his Job Quantock sharing the steering wheel Wanaka-based father Chris Paddon. with World Rally champion and Chris says the unexpected failure fellow Kiwi, Hayden Paddon. was hugely disappointing for And while he couldn’t finish the whole team after winning last weekend’s race due to a five of the day’s eight stages damaged cambelt, David says and being within 17 he continued to learn and seconds of rally leader Matt improve during the second Summerfield after the of his two drives in the previous stage.

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“Dave was going really “At the outset of well, getting more and more Saturday, it was nice to comfortable in the car with win the opening stage,” every kilometre,” says Chris. says David, who competes “We clearly had the superior with Hamilton’s Jason Farmer car, but it’s just one of those as his co-driver and took a things and once a well-deserved win at the cambelt goes, there’s too opening New Zealand the ing rac mer Far n Jaso and lder David Ho much to repair overnight.

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Canterbury when we’ll The pair won five have young Job Quantock behind the wheel.” stages during Saturday’s stages in Whangarei as heavy David says he’s grateful for the opportunity to contest rain added challenges for the whole field. the Otago and Whangarei rallies in the Hyundai AP4+ “Our game plan was consistency,” says David. “With rally car. the weather, we knew there’d be carnage, and then for “The calibre of our crew and the whole team’s a random stone hit the power steering line in special professionalism has lifted my game. Normally I’d be stage five, I thought to myself: ‘Rallying has lots of trying to manage lots of things myself, so to focus on challenges, let’s just get through the next stage’. my driving has been fantastic. “I’ve learnt more about “Even though we lost about a minute, I was stoked tyre choices, about car set-up, and much more.” to get through the stage without getting passed by the David says his entire focus has been doing the best competitor behind me. possible job for Paddon Rallysport and Hyundai NZ “The teamwork was so smooth during service and the car was back to 100 per cent when we headed back during the two events.

“It wasn’t a priority until now to think about what out for the afternoon, so we were keen to claw back Jase and I will do next. We’re having a debrief to work some time.” out where to from here.”

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“What we’ve done is we’ve put this new rubberised surface on four courts, which has a couple of advantages. In tennis terms it’s called a hard court but it has some absorption because of the rubber, so it’s really really kind on the body, which is good for the juniors who spend quite a lot of time practising on it. “The other big thing that we did was put LED lighting through all nine courts. The beauty of LED lighting is it’s a lot stronger than

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The new courts were opened last weekend in conjunction with their prizegiving, and Keith says there were a few very important guests.

“We had Pete Blackwell there from TECT, as well as Steve Morris from the Council turn up as well.

“TECT were the major funder, they put $170,000 into the project, and the council, while they put no money in, they assisted.

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“Our other major sponsor was New Zealand Communities Trust, which put $100,000 in, and the rest was funded by the club.”

And the club is doing well – they recently won accolades at the Western Bay of Plenty Tennis Awards. Mount Maunganui Tennis Club walked away with Club of the Year, Coach of the Year, and Volunteer of the Year, says Keith.

“This is mainly a result of Paul Arnott, our new club coach, who is introducing a number of new programmes from ‘hotshot’ junior tennis, cardio tennis and additional coach-led club nights for seniors.”

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Long Haul Race returns for fifth year The Bay of Plenty Inflatable Rescue Boat Long Haul is back for its fifth year. It’s calling upon the best IRB crews in the country to battle it out along the magnificent Bay of Plenty coastline.

The 2017 event will once again be a stage race, set over five stages, where all teams will start together in a mass start, before racing side-by-side to the next destination. Only seconds will

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As part of their visit to Tauranga, the band will be performing a special concert at Bethlehem College.

The Navy Band is a fulltime branch of the Navy that provides musical support for military and government occasions both in New Zealand and around the world.

Led by director of music Lieutenant Michael Dowrick,

the band is made up of 26 musicians including some of the finest instrumentalists in the country, many who’ve performed at the highest levels both nationally and internationally.

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The Royal New Zealand Navy Band plays at Bethlehem College this Monday, May 8 from 7pm. Tickets can be purchased at: iticket.co.nz

separate first and last when they hit the beach to start each of the physically-demanding stage challenges.

Crews will have 10 minutes to recover before the next mass start, which will send them on the way to their next stage challenge. Crews will race from Ohope Beach to Mount Maunganui Main Beach Sunday, May 7.

The race starts at Whakatane Surf Lifesaving Club at 11am, finishing at the Mount Maunganui Lifeguard Service at 4pm.

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Running – and winning – for a memory

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Anzac Day may have been and gone, but that didn’t stop Tauranga woman Wendy Baker honouring her fallen ancestors.

him since I’m running around the Auckland Domain where the cross country is, and his name is in the hall.

“In his memory, I was running for him.”

Wendy, who ran in the World Masters Games in 2009 in Sydney, came home with a wellThe Tauranga poet and athlete recently earned and emotional bronze medal hanging competed in the World Masters Games, around her neck. which was a challenge for her – not necessarily But despite the win, Wendy says the race was physically, but emotionally. memorable for other reasons.

Wendy competed in the women’s 6km cross “Firstly, I was running because of my blood country running for the 50-54 year age group, relative; my great uncle William Torode Baker which ran around the Auckland Domain. was only 20 years old when he died bravely It was a special track for Wendy, because her serving his country, therefore the medal I won uncle’s name is in the World War One Hall of will always be very special.

Memories in the Auckland War “Secondly, I have run for 35 years so being Memorial Museum. successful at the World Masters Games “I’m running in honour of my great uncle – he fought in Passchendaele in World Wendy Baker, with her bronze medal in the shows that my dedication to, and love of, World Masters beside a war memorial with running is deeply within my soul.”

War I and unfortunately he lost his life, so Cayla-Fay Saunders Passchendaele on it that she ran past.

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Second of two open days to have your supermarket say The second of two open days for Welcome Bay residents to have their say about whether they support the development of a supermarket on council-owned land is on tomorrow.

The open day on Saturday, May 6, is at Waipuna Park Pavilion, from 9am-1pm.

Tauranga City Council wants to know how the community feels about a potential supermarket on council-owned land in Welcome Bay, with TCC manager city transformation Dean Williams saying: “We will be guided by their feedback as to whether or not we progress any further”.

“If the community does support the

development, then we want to know if they have a preference between the three proposed sites – Waipuna Park, Waitaha Reserve or Owens Park.”

Dean says there are pros and cons that need to be considered for each site. One is that Welcome Bay would lose a portion of park, reserve or openspace to make way for a supermarket.

“There are sports and community facilities which may need to be relocated or redeveloped elsewhere in Welcome Bay or Tauranga to accommodate a supermarket. Council has made a commitment to ensure there would be no loss of service,” says Dean.

The community can also have their say via an online survey at: surveymonkey.com/r/ welcomebaysupermarket Copies of the survey are available at local community centres, sports centres, etc.

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Drones posing risk

Officials have claimed that increased availability of drones in the mainstream marketplace means that well-meaning but inexperienced users are flying their toys where they shouldn’t. There are also concerns that plane and helicopter pilots are at particular risk.

Civil Aviation Authority regulations require drone operators to obtain the consent from the owner of the land they are flying over. In the Fiordland National Park, that means obtaining a permit from the Department of Conservation.

Yet many recreational users, it seems, might not be getting the message.

Expensive cold and flu remedies

Expensive over-the-counter cold and flu remedies are often no more effective than paracetamol, honey and putting your feet up for a few days, says Consumer NZ. Consumer NZ looked at more than 50 cold and flu products, from decongestants and antihistamines through to cough drops, to see which offer the most effective relief.

It reviewed research on typical ingredients in cold and flu remedies and found many products had unconvincing scientific evidence to back up their claims. Despite the lack of evidence, these products can be expensive – with some costing up to $30.

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City library carpark closure

Helpers needed to weed wandering willie

Tauranga’s city library carpark will be closed this weekend so preparation work can be undertaken for the forthcoming deconstruction and demolition of the council administration building.

The Aongatete Forest Project group is hosting a weeding day this month – and it needs helpers.

The carpark will be closed on May 6-7, but the library itself will be open as usual both days.

A temporary after-hours book drop-off will be available at the main entrance. The library carpark will open again at 7am on Monday, May 8.

As an alternative, the Spring St and Elizabeth St parking buildings are open 24/7 and are free of charge on weekends.

The job on May 23 from 9.30am-12.30pm is to tackle the tradecantia – also known as wandering willie – in the Aongatete Lodge carpark surrounds. The plan is to rake, gather and collect it for

appropriate disposal. Cleared patches will be treated with herbicide in spring.

Participants will need to wear gumboots and gloves, bring rakes and gardening tools, and enjoy a scrumptious morning tea and great company.

Who can resist a weeding assignment with tui, robin and fantails for company? Indicate your availability by phoning Mary 07 576 5933.

Suppression orders have not been breached if information is disseminated to persons with a genuine need to know, the Supreme Court has ruled. The court dismissed an appeal by an Otago University security guard over a personal grievance brought against the vice-chancellor, Professor Harlene Hayne.

The Employment Relations Authority, in assessing the claim, took the view that the university had breached the suppression order.

The Employment Court overturned the finding, deciding that there had been no breach, and the Court of Appeal agreed.

The court said the case illustrated uncertainty over the issue and some legislative clarification could be considered.

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Mothers’ Day is not just another commercial day Mothers’ Day celebrations have their pagan origins with the ancient Greeks who celebrated their annual spring festival in honour of Rhea, the daughter of Uranus and the earth goddess Gaia.

Rhea was known as the mother of gods and was therefore strongly associated with Gaia and the Roman Cybele, who had similar functions. The classical Greeks saw Rhea as the mother of the Olympian gods and goddesses.

The Romans celebrated a spring festival by the name of Hilaria in honour of Cybele, from at least 250BC. Today Mothers’ Day is celebrated

in more than 46 countries around the world mostly during the month of May. In some countries it is celebrated at entirely different times of the year.

Mothers’ Day has come to be recognised internationally as the day to honour all mothers and thank them for the services they impart for the benefit of their individual children and consequently to the development of mankind.

In the UK, Mother’s Day started as Mothering Sunday in the 17th Century. The children of poor families were sent to work as apprentice and domestic servants with the rich. The children were allowed to visit their ‘Mother Church’ or the Cathedral of their home town annually in the middle of the fasting

month of Lent. They were able to meet their mothers after church and presented them with flowers and special Mothering Cakes.

That custom faded with the lifestyle changes brought about by the industrial revolution.

The story of Mothers’ Day in US began in 1870 when writer Julia Ward Howe wrote a Mothers’ Day Proclamation and demanded declaration of an official holiday and celebrations on Mothers’ Day. The idea gained popularity but she could not get it implemented.

In 1905 Anna Jarvis and supporters began lobbying for an official Mothers’ Day holiday by writing letters to the people in power. Anna began to send her mother’s favourite flowers, carnations, to her local church requesting people to wear them in honour of their mothers. The idea gained popularity and in 1910, West Virginia became the first state to recognise Mothers’ Day. The second Sunday in May was designated Mother’s Day in 1914 by President Woodrow Wilson.

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“It’s a great night out for the whole family, and kids even have the opportunity to make their very own DIY creation to give on Mother’s Day.” There will also be light refreshments available and a free gift-wrapping station to assist kids with wrapping their specially-made gifts.

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Treat her to a run and a laugh Spending this Mothers’ Day outside and active While many Mums will be tucked up in bed receiving breakfast on Mothers’ Day, many will be out hitting the pavement hard for a fun run in the annual Jennian Homes BOP Mothers’ Day 5km walk/run.

Jennian BOP owners Shane Lye and Matt MacKay say they are proud to team up with the Heart Foundation to support Go Red for Women, which is a great cause, aiming to stop our women dying prematurely of heart disease.

The souvenir T-shirt that entrants receive is designed by Dick Frizzell – an iconic Kiwi artist in About 500 people will the contemporary arts. be competing in the 5km Jennian Homes also loop course that will start proudly supports women at Kulim Park, Otumoetai.

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Hamblin, Kayla Whitelock and Among other initiatives that Natalie Rooney Jennian Homes BOP support So why not hit the streets and locally, they hold the Jennian One of the Olympic ambassadors – run, walk or have a leisurely Homes Mother’s Day fun run/ Kayla Whitelock with an adoring fan. stroll with your mum, daughter, walk, in order to help the Heart sister or a group of girlfriends this Mothers’ Day? Foundation fight heart disease.

It will be a wonderful way to start the day and This event is a nationwide event that began back in you’ll be doing your bit to beat heart disease and 2009, and Jennian Homes is proud sponsors of this keep more families together. event along with the Heart Foundation, and its Go General admission is $20 per person, $15 each for Red for Women campaign. a mother-child combo, and $14 each for a group of The event is open to women of all ages and fitness 10-plus. levels and is for a great cause. Heart disease is the There are also a lot of prizes in many categories, single biggest killer of New Zealand women, claiming including some awesome spot prizes worth more the lives of more than 3000 ladies each year. than $25,000.

It’s the thought that counts Whatever you buy Mum this Mothers’ Day, say it with love.

While she is bound to appreciate a nice bottle of perfume, a large bunch of flowers or a pretty piece of jewellery – sometimes the best presents are the ones that touch her heart. Something unique, a gift that no other mother will have as it’s been carefully crafted by those who know and love her the most.

How about a photo of the family printed on canvas or a hand-made

card, soaps, or picture frames from the children?

Breakfast in bed is a good way to start the day. Get the children up early to make mum her favourite morning meal, so she wakes up to the smell of coffee and a breakfast made with love. The most important thing to remember is to let her sleep-in.

Whatever you do for mum this Mothers’ Day – remember, it’s the thought that counts.

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This three-day event, returning to ASB Arena, Baypark, on May 5-7, features more than 200 exhibitors to browse, compare, and draw inspiration from. From top of the line to budget-conscious, there is a huge range of options to help you bring your dreams to life, says organiser Dana McCurdy.

“If you’re looking to modernise or renovate your home, it can be hard to know where to start. “Don’t miss out on the opportunity to talk to a range of knowledgeable builders and trades, interior decorators, home heating and insulation installers, kitchen specialists and roofing, decking and glass services.

“We have also brought together the most experienced new build vendors in the area, so if you want to be handed the keys to your fully completed dream home, this is a great place to scout around for options.”

There will also be finance specialists on-site for visitors to the Tauranga Home Show to discuss their loan options and get it all done on the same day.

Browse around the home show for the perfect finishing touches, take a look at the new appliances and cookware on offer – find the comfiest bed, the

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Take a minute to daydream – what would you do with $10k of travel at your fingertips? A tropical island paradise escape? Take in the sights of Europe? An African safari adventure? Would you go shopping in London, Paris or New York?

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Visit the vibrant cooking theatre at the Tauranga Home Show this weekend, where chefs Sam Watherston and Peter Blakeway will be hosting three days of cooking sensations.

On Friday, May 5, chef Sam Watherston will be wooing audiences with colours and aromas, showing off exciting breakfast recipes based around his popular Just Blend smoothies, interlinked with healthy, nutritious meal ideas based around the use of Middle Eastern spice.

On Saturday and Sunday, May 6-7, Bay of Plenty food personality Chef Peter Blakeway will be experimenting with molecular gastronomy live on-stage, blending physics

and chemistry to transform the tastes and textures of food.

With liquid nitrogen, gels and oils, and meals smoked at the table, this is a collision of food and science not to be missed!

Appliances at the Live Cooking Theatre are supplied by Appliance Plus Tauranga. See them in action, then browse their products that will be on offer at the show so you can get creative in the kitchen at home.

The Live Cooking Theatre runs its demonstrations on the hour, every hour between 11am and 3pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Tauranga Home Show, ASB Arena, Baypark.

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Make your house warm and snug The countdown to winter is on, which means the nights are getting colder – and Green Sheep is ready and waiting to help make your home warm and snug during those freezing nights.

Visitors to the Tauranga Home Show at ASB Arena, Baypark, on May 5-7 can check out Green Sheep’s range of products including sheep’s wool insulation for ceilings, walls and floors.

The Green Sheep team is happy to visit your home and provide a free insulation and home comfort assessment. Then there’s the option to install the insulation yourself, or bring in Green Sheep’s team of professional installers to do it for you.

Owner Ben Small says a home comfort assessment includes an in-home valuation to find out where the heat is escaping from and where they believe the problem areas are.

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“The average home loses 42 per cent of its heat through the ceiling.”

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“Underfloor insulation is a great way to keep your feet warm. The insulation acts as a thermal barrier and stops draughts.”

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Warm right up at the home show The nights are getting colder and it’s the perfect time to think about proper insulation before winter really sets in.

While previous generations may have been satisfied with cold, draughty houses, you don’t need to be. The right insulation system saves money by reducing the amount of energy used to heat your home effectively and economically, creating comfort and reducing condensation and mould for a healthier,

happier home. If the memory of summer is still with you, insulation doesn’t just keep you warm in winter – it will keep you cool in summer too. Browse a range of air conditioning options for that extra cool air comfort at the Tauranga Home Show this weekend.

Browse the latest technology and developments and speak to knowledgeable, credible suppliers and installers who will help you with your budget and provide recommendations to fit your situation.

It’s all under one roof at the Tauranga Home Show on May 5-7 at ASB Arena, Baypark.

We’ve got you covered As well as creating amazing deck areas DeckHQ has now added another component to their successful offering.

Visitors to this year’s Tauranga Home Show at ASB Arena, Baypark, on May 5-7 will be able to check out all of the company’s latest products.

When Ben Lythe and John Weatherley got together, they quickly decided that DeckHQ had to offer the full outdoor solution. They are very pleased to now be able to offer the Sunvue covered pergola system.

“We are now able to allow our customers to enjoy their wonderful outdoor areas come rain or shine,” says Ben. “Maximising your time outdoors is always a big consideration.”

The Sunvue system consists of aluminium framing with 6mm polycarbonate sheets that block out 99 per cent of the sun’s UV rays, says Ben. “The framing can be powder-coated to almost any colour required, offering a contemporary look with beautiful styling.”

The Sunvue designs are extensions to your home, providing a pathway to the outdoors.

“Every house is different with clients that have wide-ranging needs, so rather than offer a catalogue of designs each and every Sunvue covered pergola is bespoke design.”

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multiple suppliers on their building project. “Our goal at DeckHQ is to offer our customers a one-stop shop for all their outdoor requirements. The Sunvue system goes a long way to completing that picture.”

Deck HQ will be at stand 230 at the Tauranga Home Show at ASB Arena, Baypark, on May 5-7.

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Introducing ‘The Drive’ Following 133 sales in the nearly sold-out Fairview Estate and 38 sales in the completely sold-out Fairview Park, Fairview is proud to introduce ‘The Drive’.

The Drive is Fairview’s premium offering, it is centrally located and framed by three fairways of the Fairview Golf Course. Comprising 24 golf course frontage and 11 internal sections, these generously sized properties offer a spectacular setting and outlook.

“With a variety of aspects and views of the golf course, the clubhouse and the Kaimai Ranges, these properties all offer purchasers the opportunity to build a home that maximises their indoor and outdoor living,” says Nick Wilkinson of Fairview Estate.

The subdivision, which is currently under construction and due for completion towards the end of 2017, will be accessed via a private

road off the existing carpark, beautifully framed by ponds and stone walls either side to create a real sense of entry. The lots range from 527m2 to 1091m2 allowing for homes of a larger size.

“Our design guidelines incorporate premium materials and features that allow for a modern build and colour,” says Nick.

Concrete keystone retaining will be used between the properties further adding to the aesthetics and quality of The Drive.

“There is also a comprehensive subdivision planting plan that has been carefully put together to create a sense of privacy for residents while still maintaining their views and enhancing their outlook.”

All properties in ‘The Drive’ come complete with Country Club membership and access to all the incredible facilities.

“Come and see us at the Tauranga Home Show and learn more about the fantastic lifestyle at Fairview.”

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Let the building renovations begin Building or renovating? The Tauranga Home Show is the perfect place to start!

Organiser Dana McCurdy says the expanding population in Tauranga has led to a housing boom, bringing about a frenzy of new builds and subdivisions which has overflowed into outlying areas. The resulting progress in roading and infrastructure, combined with our beautiful surroundings, means the Bay of Plenty is one of the most highly sought-after, progressive places to live

in New Zealand. “We have brought together some of the most experienced vendors in the area, offering home and land packages and custom builds in every option you can think of to help you become a part of these exciting developments,” says Dana.

If you’re looking to modernise your existing home, it can be hard to know where to start. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to browse and compare a range of suppliers all under one roof.

Visit the Tauranga Home Show on May 5-7 at ASB Arena, Baypark.

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Buffet dining at a new level Would you like to dine on an entrée, main and dessert for only $39.90, or just $35.90 if you are a member?

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50 different dishes to choose from, covering a huge variety of different ethnicities. Being seafood lovers, our family were all pretty excited to see the beautiful display of prawns, mussels, raw fish and a selection of other seafoods, so that was our starting point in our gastronomical journey for the evening. We moved on to the soup, seafood chowder, and an extremely tasty Asian style soup.

While buffets can conjure up thoughts of overeating, for me the selection of dishes meant that it appealed to my natural way of eating, i.e. small plates of delicious food. So I got to try lots of wonderful dishes, and still had room to fit in a selection of dishes from the absolutely jawdropping dessert selection.

The standouts for me were the tasty and very tender beef stroganoff, plus the dumplings with dipping sauces. The other members of the party declared the seafood as their favourite, with the crème brulee also rating right up there.

No buffet would be complete without leg ham, with a good selection of condiments, and plenty of vegetables to choose from. If you are looking

Left: Restaurant supervisor Donn’e Joseph. for more variety to add to your main selection, then try a steak cooked for you right there in the dining room. The lamb chops and the pork belly were pretty damn good too. The cold deli selection with an array of olives, pickles, cured meat and a selection of salads tasted as good as it looked.

Ok, so it would appear I did manage to get to every part of the buffet selection (with my small plates)!

The staff are lovely, friendly and helpful, the new revamp is modern, sleek and inviting. The drinks menu is excellent, and those prices coupled with the dining price, certainly make it an excellent value for money venue for your next family night out.

Oak Tree Restaurant is located at The Tauranga RSA 1237 Cameron Road. Open to the public daily for lunch and dinner.

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Early treatment key for prevention Therapeutic optometrist Alex Petty is getting an increasing number of referrals from other eye care professionals for his myopia control treatments.

Alex set up Bay Eye Care in January and focuses on specialty optometry care, rather than selling glasses.

One of his specialties is orthokeratology corneal reshaping, or OrthoK, a modern therapy that involves wearing a customised contact lens only while you sleep.

He’s one of three New Zealand fellows of the

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International Academy of Orthokeratology – a group of worldwide OrthoK experts.

“The lenses gently remodel the front surface of the eye while you sleep, so you can see well throughout the day without glasses or contacts,” says Alex.

“It is especially beneficial for younger people because it can help slow the progression to severe short-sightedness, which can in some cases cause severe ocular diseases and complications in later life.”

A 2015 study predicts by 2050 half the world’s population could be myopic and one billion people at significant risk of blindness through related diseases if action is not taken to address the problem.

“The greater the degree of myopia, the more the eye ball is stretched, which can cause retinal tears, damage to the central macular area of the retina, and increase the chances of cataract and glaucoma in later life.”

He’s made a significant $200,000 investment in high tech optometric equipment, including a retinal imaging machine costing $60,000 and the first Intense Pulsed Light device designed for eye care in Tauranga, which cost $45,000.

The IPL device is used for treating dry eye problems and is another care speciality where he’s getting an increasing number of referrals from opthamologists and other eye care professionals in the region.

The importance of a healthy mouth A healthy mouth is important to all of us, to make us feel good and keep healthy. All mouths and teeth need to be looked after to keep them healthy – and, this means regular brushing.

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It is recommended to reduce the amount of sweet biscuits, ice cream and cakes eaten.

Plain tap water is the best drink for your teeth, try to avoid soft drinks, energy drinks, flavoured milk and cordial and to limit

juices. Check the sugar content on the containers of these foods because the amount of sugar they have may surprise you.

Also, it is important to actually limit how often you have sugary food and drink.

Chewing sugar-free gum between meals stimulates saliva and helps protect teeth from tooth decay.

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“We’re delighted to also be able to offer additional services where our patients can benefit from the knowledge of our GPs with a special interest in particular areas of family medicine.”

Having served the community for almost 70 years, the practice recently opened a second clinic, Fifth Avenue on Tenth, at Promed House.

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“Dad hasn’t smoked for four days!” A child reports her parent’s smoking habits to Candy Blackwell.

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The six-week report is Dad is fully smoke-free and feels positive he will be for life. “He’s amazed at the fact that they still have money in the bank after all of their weekly household expenses have been paid,” says Candy, who notes someone who smokes one pack a day on average can save $175 per week and more than $9000 a year.

“Mum has decided she also needs to quit and has already reduced to just one or two smokes a day.

“She is aiming to be fully smoke-free by her next appointment.”

Candy says both parents are glad they contacted Hapainga about their free stop smoking service for support.

Hapainga is the local free stop smoking service covering the Bay of Plenty. Stop smoking practitioners work with individuals or groups to develop quit plans that suits each individual’s needs.

Stop smoking practitioners can visit a client’s home, work, marae, or wherever is most convenient.

“We provide free gum, patches and lozenges, which ease cravings and double your chance of quitting,” says Candy.

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Should I take Co Enzyme Q10? (Part 1) Co Enzyme Q10 – also known as CoQ10 – is a vitamin-like substance essential for life.

While we normally make all of the CoQ10 we need, some people because of age, health problems or medications can benefit from taking extra good quality CoQ10.

CoQ10 is essential to make the energy our bodies need. The final stage of making energy needs CoQ10 to shuttle the hydrogen needed to generate energy. If your levels of CoQ10 are low this can be felt as low energy, weak muscles and general fatigue.

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body. This is a critical part in our natural defences against blockages in heart arteries and other blood vessels.

Possibly the most common reason for CoQ10 supplementation is for those using cholesterol-lowering statin medication. The side effects of statins are so common they are a diagnosable disease called statin myopathy. The most common side effects are muscle stiffness, pain and weakness. This can also cause general fatigue, which often feels like a lack of motivation.

Statins effectively inhibit the enzyme needed to make cholesterol. Unfortunately, this enzyme – called HMG-CoA

reductase – is also needed to make CoQ10. Blocking this enzyme reduces cholesterol but also CoQ10 by as much as 50 per cent.

Drug companies are well aware of this problem and hold patents for combining CoQ10 with statins. Until such drugs are available I recommend those on statins supplement with 100mg-200mg of naturally fermented CoQ10 such as the patented US product CoQsol.

Be aware that the market is now flooded with low cost semi-synthetic CoQ10 made from tobacco waste. For more information give me a call or email: john@abundant.co.nz.

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Get ready for Pink Shirt Day The global anti-bullying initiative Pink Shirt Day is coming up this month – and Bay of plenty residents are asked to celebrate diversity, promote positive relationships and raise awareness and understanding of bullying.

Schools, workplaces and communities can show their support by wearing pink and organising activities on Friday, May 26, to celebrate Pink Shirt Day and Speak Up, Stand Together and

Stop Bullying. So far more than 600 organisations and groups have registered, making 2017 a record year – with more than 300 schools, workplaces, community groups and well-known Kiwis participating in the campaign in 2016 – the largest since 2009 when Pink Shirt Day was launched in NZ. Any school, workplace or community group can register for Pink Shirt Day 2017 at www.pinkshirtday.org.nz

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Finding the correct heating methods for your home It’s nearly winter and home heating is on the lips of many household dwellers. Especially when high power bills start arriving in the letterbox.

And with heating making up about 30 per cent of your power bill in winter, making the right choice about which heater you use can save you a lot during the cooler months.

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Massey University construction professor Robyn Phipps says any house built before 1970 which hasn’t been significantly renovated will probably not suit a heat pump.

“If you are trying to heat the air, you have to heat a lot more because it’s being replaced with air from outside all the time. You’re better to have a radiant heater that heats surfaces.”

Robyn says many people don’t understand how to use a heat pump thermostat properly. They often turn the heat pump on high as soon as they got home, then turn it off when it got hot. “That’s where you can get $600 power bills.”

A cheaper and better option is to set the thermostat to 18 degrees Celsius on a timer, so the house was the right temperature to arrive home to.

It’s important to get a heat pump that is the right size for the room. A smaller heat pump won’t be cheaper to run if it was battling to heat a large area. One too big will also work out dearer than it needed to.

Electric heaters

A plug-in electric heater is the cheapest option when it comes to upfront cost. While all heaters have the same level of efficiency – they convert all electricity they use into heat – the size and type of heater makes a difference to how well they will work in your house.

Heaters with work best in living areas because they distribute heat evenly.

The ‘Consumer’ magazine recommends a fan-equipped convector or oscillating tower heater for a modern insulated house.

But oil column heaters are good in bedrooms where you want to take the chill off.

Radiant heaters can work well if you have a poorly insulated house or very high ceilings and just want to

keep yourself warm watching television.

But Robyn says there’s a lot of variation between heaters. “Some heaters are better to run than others, even different brands.” The best guide to efficiency is the star rating displayed on packaging.

And it’s worth paying a bit more to get a heater that will come with a reliable thermostat, a timer, and will heat efficiently.

A plug-in heater will be a good, cheap option for a small household that doesn’t need heat much of the time.

Panel heaters

Low-wattage electric panel heaters are advertised as cheap options but don’t provide a lot of heat.

Energywise warns they usually don’t give off enough heat to bring a room to comfortable and healthy temperatures.

Some only produce as much heat as a couple of lightbulbs.

A test by Consumer showed a panel heater took 21 minutes to raise an insulated room’s eight degrees Celsius temperature by two degrees Celsius. An oil column heater took just 8.2 minutes.

Panel heaters are fine if all you want to do is take the chill off an already warm-ish room. If you want real heat, you’re better to look at other options.

Woodburners and fireplaces

No one should think of a traditional fireplace as a heating source. They might seem romantic but most of the heat goes out the chimney. It might make you feel warm but it does not really heat the room. A modern woodburner or pellet burner is a better option but you’ll need a building consent to install one. The radiant heat suits older houses and if properly sized, a woodburner can heat the whole house.

A heat transfer kit can help move heat from a woodburner around the house.

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Safety checking all of your winter warmers first Yes, winter has finally bitten us with some cool weather this week. But before you plug in the heating gadgets and light the fire, there are some safety checks you must do first.

But actually, the first device I would check is your smoke alarms – the NZ Fire Service reckon they are your only voice when a fire takes hold in your home.

Replace all smoke alarm batteries at least once a year – and check them regularly. The alarms themselves will also need to be replaced after a while, with long-life ones typically lasting up to 10 years. The NZ Fire Service recommend long-life photoelectric type smoke alarms.

Then move onto your heating gadgets.

Electric blankets – check them for damage or wear and

tear. The Energy Safety website run by Worksafe NZ say to check them, turn the blanket on for 15 minutes at the highest setting – don’t leave the room – and then turn it off.

Run your hand over the blanket and feel for hot spots. A hot spot means the heating coil has been kinked or damaged. This could lead to fire or electric shock. Take it to a licenced electrical worker for repair or replace it with a new one.

And if you have any concern about heaters, air conditioners or fans, have them checked by a qualified electrician.

Also – do not overload multiboards with double adaptors – one appliance per wall or multiboard socket. Ensure leads on appliances are in good condition and not frayed and never put extension cords under carpets or mats or use them while they are tightly coiled.

If you have a fireplace, it is best to get the chimney swept annually.

And if you have a fire extinguisher – they are

Check every night before you turn out the light With winter calling and the time to light fireplaces and flick on heaters looming, here’s a nightly safety checklist you can do to keep your home safe.

House fires are common in winter with many heating appliances used to warm homes.

So be careful by practising the following nightly.

The NZ Fire Service recommends this fire check every night before you turn out the light.

Are the kitchen appliances

turned off and safe? Are the heaters turned off and the furniture and clothes at least one metre in distance from the fireplace? Are your electric blankets turned off? You should only use these to warm your bed before sleep-time.

Has the ashtray been emptied into a metal bin outside? Has the

TV been switched off using the power switch on the set and not the remote control ‘standby’?

Are all candles out?

Are kitchen and living room doors closed to slow a fire spreading to bedrooms? Is the house secure with keys in the deadlocks? And are passageways clear for a quick escape?

Ticking off this checklist could save your life and that of your family.

handy – make sure it is full and ready to go.

You can also get fire blankets – they are useful for covering cooking-related fires, for wrapping around a person to smother a clothing fire, or using as a cover to escape through flames.

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What you didn’t need to know Who would have thought?

I was fossicking around in online stuff that I never really needed to know about and came across some gardening tips that I will never get to use.

It doesn’t make them any the less interesting though – and I share them for the benefit of others equally devoid of any passion for growing things.

Fingernails – I don’t like sweaty rubber gardening gloves but don’t like black finger nails either. Here’s a solution to both problems. Before serious gardening scrape your fingernails over a cake of soap. Plug those nails – soap comes out easier than soil.

Fresh flowers – add a few drops of vodka and a teaspoon of white sugar to the flowers to keep the blooms blooming.

Then pour yourself one too.

It might assist the appreciation of the flowers.

Slugs and snails – if beer is your poison put out a small bowl and invite the slugs and snails.

They enjoy a drop but it has a terminal effect on them.

Seeding trays – save your take-out coffee holder and four toilet rolls for the complete biodegrable seedling tray. Also ideal for anally retentive Virgos, who even like to keep their seedlings

nice and tidy. Minefield – no limbs will be lost but it will deter animal intruders apparently. Take a fist full of plastic forks and plant them strategically, handle first, around your small plants. Animals seem to find the prongs intimidating.

Identification – a use for the leftover plastic forks. Write lettuce, tomato, cabbage, whatever on the handle of the fork and thrust it into the ground prongs first beside the appropriate plant.

Nappy nurture – sounds weird but a disposable nappy laid on the bottom of a pot, absorbent side up of course, will keep potting mix or soil moist for days. Unused diapers perhaps?

And a two litre Toyota drying rack – lay a sheet of newspaper on an oven tray and then lay out whatever herb you are drying in a single layer. Stick it in the trunk. Roll the windows up, close the doors and let the herbs dry out. As long as you don’t mind your car reeking of sage or basil or chicory, dill or cilantro then all good. Or you abandon this idea and go straight to aisle five at the supermarket.

Thousands of uses for orange peel – well, just one. Hull out a lemon, lime, grapefruit or orange half, sprinkle in some potting mix or soil and a seedling.

When ready the whole shebang can be transplanted into the garden and the fruit

will compost. Completely biodegradable and does away with peat moss or little soil pots. The seedlings too cute to boot.

Style killers – do not paint car tyres and create small garden features in the middle.

And do not use upturned wine bottles as creative garden borders.

Scallywags with scallions – buy a bunch of spring onions, cut the bottoms off and lay them out to dry. Then you can plant them a few days later and they will sprout. Or to save all the bother, you can spend $2.50 at the supermarket when you need some more.

Another style killer – do not think that a coffee pot terrarium is cute.

Gumboot garden – spray three sets of varying size of gumboots the colour of your choice. Punch three or four holes in the bottom of each gumboot, fill them potting mix and a plant of your choice and attach them to the wall or fence.

Eat your heart out Taihape.

Cheap and easy – take a two-litre plastic milk container, punch holes in the top and voila! A cheap, easy and water thrifty watering can.

Babylon in the backyard – use a shower caddy to create your own hanging garden.

Palatable pallets – take an ugly old shipping pallet. Prop it upright with the slats horizontal. Fill each slot with a durable fabric. Stable or attach. Fill the fabric with peat moss and potting mix and you now have a hanging garden. It is a surprisingly good rustic look.

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Do you fancy a walk through the forest this month?

The people behind the Aongatete Forest Project are hosting three walks around the forest this month – but people need to register to participate.

GARDEN CENTRE

There are two night walks coming up on May 12-13 where participants will join entomologist Peter Maddison on a night walk around the Nature Loop. Participants need suitable clothing, footwear and a torch. Children must be accompanied by an adult. And with a maximum number of 20 per walk, registration is essential, by phoning Mary on 07 576 5933. Donations towards the event are appreciated.

The third walk is on May 19 from 9.15am to 2pm, walking the Long Loop at a good pace.

Join Barbara McGillivray and a few younger parents to walk the loop and learn about the opportunities available for parents assisting with groups staying in the Aongatete Lodge. Numbers will be restricted, but the walk will be repeated if there is sufficient interest.

To register, email your name and contact details to: wilsonbarb@kinect.co.nz

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Forty years of keeping the Bay on the roads

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For bookings call Neale on 07 The team at Enterprise Workshop windscreens in winter. Call the 578 9503 or 022 021 8118, or can pick you up or drop you off for team for a booking or a free air conditioning system test. call in for your free air conditioning your car’s appointment.

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Helping to keep things moving at the Port Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology business graduates Sam Mannix and Jamie Regan are helping to keep things moving at the Port of Tauranga, New Zealand’s largest and busiest port.

The young men both won the hotly contested Port of Tauranga cadetships during their studies, which helped launch them into their current roles.

Sam started with the NZ Diploma in Business in 2013, recently completing his Bachelor of Management Studies with the University of Waikato. He was awarded the cadetship in 2014, gaining exposure to a wide variety of Port-related roles and functions and is currently based in the rail planning team.

“My current role involves planning import cargo to trains destined for MetroPort Auckland,” says Sam. “It’s a relatively complex role involving coordinating the operators, physically handling the containers, import customer priority, location in the yard and cargo specifics such as temperature controlled and hazardous cargo.”

Jamie is the current Port of Tauranga cadet and is working in the container receipt and dispatch area.

“I didn’t have a background in logistics but I heard about the cadetship and set my sights on it,” says Jamie.

“I’m glad I did – it has given me an inside look into an alternative career.”

During the cadetship Sam and Jamie had the chance to visit most areas of the Port, including vessel operations, crane straddle carriers, rail and yard operations, stevedores, customs, Ministry for Primary industries and depot operations.

Tauranga container terminal rail and road services supervisor Alan Kirkpatrick says on completion of the cadetship the Port has access to a high quality candidate with a relatively high level of skill and industry exposure, which is of significant benefit as the Port continues to grow.

“The association between Toi Ohomai and the Port of Tauranga has provided us with a very high calibre of candidates for the cadetship. It makes selection very difficult, but that’s a great problem to have.”

The Port of Tauranga cadetship is open to second year students studying towards the NZ Diploma in Business at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology. Enrolments for the July intake are open now.

Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology business graduates Jamie Regan and Sam Mannix.

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2017 TECHNOLOGY FOR SMARTER BUSINESS TAURANGA EXPO

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The free technology expo is at Baycourt Exhibition Hall on Wednesday, May 10.

Facilitated by economic development organisation Priority One on behalf of the Western Bay ICT Cluster, the free expo provides a one-stop-shop for business people to discover new technology that can reduce overheads, increase productivity, lift company profiles and help build staff knowledge.

“This is the sixth time we have held the expo, which is specifically focused on technology to support business growth,” says Priority One’s project manager Annie Hill.

“Technology has long been recognised as having the ability to lift productivity and enable businesses to work smarter, not harder.”

Twenty companies will be exhibiting at the expo, with all stands having a strong focus on products and services to maximise business potential.

This includes the latest solutions to manage information, enable better decision making, streamline business processes and work remotely.

The flexibility offered by open source software will also be covered, as well as business graphics to make brands look good and maximising business and sales opportunities through savvy websites and digital marketing.

“A number of exhibitors will be showcasing the latest Cloud computing solutions and demonstrating how to integrate different systems,” says Annie.

“In addition to disaster recovery, Cloud solutions are particularly relevant for small businesses owners that want to keep their capital costs down, as well as tradespeople that need to communicate with staff on the road.”

The expo also provides an opportunity for local ICT companies to showcase their products and services to businesses in the Bay of Plenty.

In particular, it is to encourage small and medium sized businesses that currently access ICT goods and services from outside the region to give local suppliers a chance to provide the same. In addition, the support of the region’s larger businesses will increase the opportunities for local ICT businesses to grow.

The free expo will be open to the public from 12pm-5pm on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at Baycourt Exhibition Hall, Durham St, Tauranga.

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2017 TECHNOLOGY FOR SMARTER BUSINESS TAURANGA EXPO

Building business capability through technology Meeting potential clients and networking with other Bay of Plenty businesses are some of the benefits of attending the Technology for Smarter Business Expo this May. This year’s free technology expo is at Baycourt Exhibition Hall on Wednesday, May 10.

Think Ltd director Adam Hughes has exhibited at the last two technology expos.

“The bottom line is we won business directly from being at the IT expo. It was a fantastic opportunity for us to meet potential clients that we just would not have met otherwise. “Businesses came along with problems to solve. It was a great experience for both the exhibitors and expo visitors.”

Adam says the expo is a great opportunity for local companies to know what resources are available.

“It’s also an opportunity to build business relationships and get advice. This expo offers the full range of IT resources from

infrastructure through to computer systems.

“It captures broadly what’s available in the technology sector within the Bay of Plenty.”

Adam says IT systems allow better communication, improves efficiency and enables business growth.

“It’s about building business capability through technology innovation.”

2017 TECHNOLOGY FOR SMARTER BUSINESS TAURANGA EXPO

Maximising business growth through ICT The information and communications technology sector is a key enabler for business and driver of productivity, as well as providing links in global value chains, says Priority One’s project manager Annie Hill.

“It has been identified as a key sector in New Zealand’s wellbeing because of its ability to improve the performance of companies and create high value revenue opportunities.

“In today’s global marketplace, a large part of this is through understanding digital marketing.”

Annie says a report commissioned in 2014 by Internet NZ and Google estimated the New Zealand

economy could get a $34 billion productivity boost if businesses used the internet to its full potential.

“Ironically, the worst-performing sector was the retail industry, where only one in 12 retailers were identified as doing a good job of integrating online and offline stores.”

Some of the exhibitors at the free Technology for Smarter Business Expo at Baycourt Exhibition Hall on Wednesday, May 10, have expertise in how businesses should be set up to take advantage of the digital age and how digital technology can enable a company’s business strategy.

This includes looking at the technology side as well as the impact on customers and staff.

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