The Weekend Sun 6 May 2016

6 May 2016, Issue 802

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It was VE Day, the day Nazi Germany capitulated and the day they signed their unconditional surrender to the Allied Forces of World War Two. Global peace was restored after the bloodiest enduring war in history.

The human cost was bewildering. At least 60 million people died, possibly as many as 80 million. But on Wednesday, May 7, 1945 –

exactly 70 years ago – the world rejoiced. On VE Day – Victory in Europe Day - the day the guns fell silent and calm prevailed.

They partied long and hard. Those celebrations will roll on in Tauranga this weekend when they wheel out some of the relics of that war at the Military Vehicle Show at The Historic Village.

Two days of celebration are detailed on page 39. Photo: Tracy Hardy.

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How to ruin your week and a lunch date Simon Bridges has ruined my week again. A perfectly good column was scheduled, on the woes of travelling State Highway 2. Now that has gone to the shredder, thanks to the Transport Minister’s recent announcement of a $520 million upgrade, including the long awaited $286m Northern Link.

and frustration for our most productive citizens.

Thanks Simon and your fellow MPs Scott Simpson (Coromandel) and Todd Muller (BOP) for helping push through these muchneeded projects.

Just when I had a witty, powerful and Feedback files entertaining piece ready for my readers, the Among the responses to last week’s column, Honourable Member does the dishonourable a couple here worth sharing. Thanks to all deed by rendering all of for your feedback. There’s more in the letters it useless. pages this week (40-41) So you’ll just have to settle for this: “Brian I had to write to compliment you The new Northern Link will be a seven on your piece on the stupidity of society.....as kilometre of highway that will initially regards our priority spend. connect Tauranga’s Takitimu Drive with “You laid it out so simply and cryptic Te Puna on State Highway 2. as to how stupid we are...so wasteful on The new road will be two lanes in each useless military hardware and direction, will reduce traffic manpower. Essential services need through the busy townships fundraise to fund their charitable of Bethlehem and Te services. A degree of social society Puna, and provide a more spending such as art and culture I direct drive into the city. can go along with to a degree, but Construction will start in only when we have prioritised 2018. what are essential spends. “It Brilliant! But that doesn’t drives me to distraction when help with a column this Until the SH2 project is complete, week, does it Simon?

Omokoroa commuters may have I see the stupidity of my fellow to car pool for a few years to New Zealanders....we are much All jokes aside, it’s great to reduce congestion. better than that. see the government taking “Your weekly humorous editorial gives me a road safety and efficiency seriously. laugh and helps preserve my sanity! Keep it Unfortunately this stretch of road has been up,” regards Leo. over-represented in death statistics and any improvements means you - our readers, “I liked your article in the Sun on Society spread from one end of the Bay to the other spending. You hit the nail right on the head.

- will travel safer. From what I can see, these There was one thing you failed to mention are proper fixes. and that was the $26 million that was wasted Not just tinkering with paint lines and on the flag referendum. If ever there was a posts as we’ve seen in the past – real fourlaning linking Tauranga’s Takitimu Drive Toll waste, that was.

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Things are getting ‘Dunne’ It’s just gone 8.45am, she’s taking her three-year-old to day care, she’s fending off a pesky reporter on hands free, dispelling myths, contemplating the essence of the Bay of Plenty and pondering a vision for a billion dollar industry.

It’s a busy morning and Kristin Dunne wasn’t even in the office when The Weekend Sun spoke to the new CEO of Tourism Bay of Plenty.

Kristin’s only been in the job a few days and is already right in the groove. “‘Laid back sophistication” is how she personally verbalises the one special thing about Tauranga and the BOP. “You can really go have a laid back day, you can also have wonderful coffee,

wine and food, and you don’t have to feel too formal about it.” The CEO is working on a project to nail the city’s essence, the special thing that sets Tauranga apart.

“Because all of us as citizens of Tauranga would probably struggle to verbalise it,” says Kristin.

“We need to be able to say hey! – this is the reason to come to the Bay.” That’s where Tourism BOP’s residents’ programme kicks in.

“What do locals think and feel about the Bay? What do they do with their friends and family when they come visit the Bay?”

Isn’t it great that the ideal candidate for one of region’s most crucial jobs was found right at our backdoor. “Yes, it’s quiet nice and very, very exciting.” Even though she was already 2IC at Tourism Bay of Plenty and its marketing manager, she wasn’t a shoe in. “I went through a very independent, very robust process.”

Kristin saw off some top flight contenders. She has a 90 day plan.

But the industry, the stakeholders, the funders and the board will get to hear it first.

“But we’re going to require infrastructure and new products.”

Like what? “There you go,” she remonstrates. “You want to talk specifically when we agreed to talk generally.”

Kristin is media savvy. And what of the perception that after a walk around or up the Mount there is little else for tourists?

“That is just a myth.”

To read the full story, go to www. theweekendsun.co.nz

Kristin Dunne is the new CEO of Tourism Bay of Plenty.

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Katikati glider pilot dies Katikati’s Gavin Harvey has been named as the man who died this week from injuries sustained in a glider crash at Tauranga Airport on Sunday.

The 40-year-old was critically injured in a glider crash, which happened about 3pm Sunday at the northwest end of the airport near Seawind Lane, off Jean Batten Drive.

Gavin was taken to Tauranga Hospital with critical injuries on Sunday before being flown to Waikato Hospital, where he died on Monday.

Six arrested in Tauranga raids Two women and four men are in Police custody following raids in Tauranga on Tuesday.

Search warrants were executed at addresses in Kaitemako Rd and Merivale in relation to recent commercial burglaries.

Western Bay of Plenty area commander Inspector Clifford Paxton says the warrants were targeting cigarettes as well as drug-related offending.

“Twelve search warrants were executed altogether across the Bay of Plenty, with two addresses targeted in the Western Bay.”

This October we all get to have our say on who runs our city via the local body elections – but the process of voting will not be dragged into the 21st Century this time round.

Associate Local Government Minister Louise Upston has announced an online voting trial proposed for eight councils at this year’s local body elections will not proceed. But while Tauranga didn’t put its hand up for the test-run, one councillor says the technology should replace postal voting in the under-utilised local body election system.

Tauranga City councillor Matt Cowley, who uses online platforms including social media to communicate with constituents, says online voting is the way of the future.

“It does need to happen,” says Matt, who has more than 1000 people following his Facebook page ‘Matt Cowley for Tauranga’.

“It’s a way of gauging people through polls and people are used to doing that – whether for “things like ‘X Factor’ or public shows – they are used to voting online.

“That is the way, culturally, we are heading in terms of social media,” says the 33-yearold who is TCC’s youngest in council chambers. Louise says more work required to ensure a test-run meets public and

Tauranga City councillor Matt Cowley. government expectations. “Due to timing restrictions, preparations for the proposed trial have not yet met legislative requirements and cannot guarantee public confidence in the election results.

“Security testing has been planned but hasn’t yet occurred.

“Without seeing the results we cannot be confident the systems are secure enough, and the trial could not be authorised.”

Matt agrees, saying online voting needs to be secure enough to ensure it is robust and legal “because we would be electing our local

government on that”.

But he also says “without a doubt” the way to make it easy for people to have their say would be an online voting process.

“It’s difficult for people to remember to change their address when they move house; and there’s very few people I know who actually post things these days.

“And given local government doesn’t really excite too many people it’s a barrier that is totally unnecessary.”

Matt engages with his communities on Facebook page, Twitter and via email.

And while he says technology works with the younger demographic – as would online voting – it is still up to would-be candidates to appeal to voters.

“They need to appeal to the younger demographic. The voter return for TCC’s local body elections in 2013 was about 37 per cent and that’s a downward trend.”

Matt says TCC briefly discussed joining the now-cancelled trial but didn’t think being a guinea pig was beneficial in this case.

“But I would like to think, as a council, once an online option does exist we’d back it 100 per cent,” says Matt.

TCC voter returns are decreasing, with 2013 posting 37.77 per cent, while 2010 saw 43.64 per cent, 2007 had 46.36 per cent and 2004 received 44.18 per cent.

To read the full story, go to www. theweekendsun.co.nz Merle Foster

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Woman hit by train in the Bay A woman has suffered minor leg injuries after being hit by a train in the Bay of Plenty.

The incident happened near the marae at Otamarakau on Tuesday afternoon.

“The woman had been on a small bridge around a bend in the tracks which left her unsighted from the train,” says a police statement.

“Police have been liaising with Worksafe NZ regarding the incident.”

HomeStart helps 128 buyers The HomeStart scheme has helped 128 firsthome buyers with grants worth $659,000 in the Bay of Plenty region this year.

The Government’s $435 million HomeStart scheme came to effect on April 1, 2015, replacing the KiwiSaver First Home Deposit Subsidy.

Under the scheme, couples are can apply for grants of up to $10,000 for a deposit on existing homes and up to $20,000 for new-builds.

Within its first year, the scheme has provided $55.6 million to in grants to 11,943 New Zealanders to help them buy their first home.

Ram raid at Kathmandu A ute was used to back through the door of the Kathmandu at Fraser Cove shopping centre in a smash and grab burglary on Sunday night.

A security guard at the scene told SunMedia the ram raid is believed to have happened about 11.30pm.

SunLive Comment of the Week This comment was posted on the story ‘Fisherman bitten by Mako’ by BullShtAlert.

“Any concern for the shark’s welfare?

I imagine if the brave fisherman had a hook in his mouth he might have been thrashing about on the deck too.”

The Dance-O-Mat has proved popular.

Get some mates – or not – and your dancing shoes, pop $2 in the Dance-O-Mat and bust a groove –thanks to Trustpower.

Tauranga’s the second city in the world to get its very own DanceO-Mat, which is being donated by Trustpower

as a thank you for the welcome the utility company received on its recent move to the CBD. “We’re delighted to have moved to the CBD and we wanted to do something really positive and fun to thank everyone in the city for

being so welcoming,” says Trustpower chief executive officer Vince Hawksworth.

Trustpower’s community relations manager Graeme Purches saw first-hand how much people loved the world’s first Dance-O-Mat in Christchurch.

It was installed to bring life and energy back to the Christchurch CBD post-quake, and it certainly delivered on that promise, attracting thousands of people including Prince Charles and Camilla when they visited New Zealand on their 2012 Royal Jubilee tour.

The coin-operated Dance-O-Mat can be operated by anyone.

Pop $2 in the slot of the modified laundromat machine, plug in an iPod or phone, put it on play, and dance to your own music for half an hour.

Tauranga’s Dance-OMat will be located on The Strand opposite Masonic Park, and is expected to be danceable next weekend.

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They were there at the turning of the first sod on Omokoroa’s skate path in the pouring rain, and they’ve been peeking through the fences checking on the progress ever since.

But on Saturday, May 7, the Omokoroa community can test out the new skate path at the grand opening at Omokoroa Sports Grounds.

The $230,000 project began four-and-a-half years ago, when the skate park made it to Western Bay of Plenty District Council’s proposed district plan and possible locations were put to community consultation.

In 2014, Omokoroa Point School pupils and principal Vicki Knell presented the plan to WBOPDC, crossing their fingers for approval and

allocated funding.WBOPDC granted $50,000 and Omokoroa Community Board matched the funding with another $50,000.

The Omokoroa Community Skate Group was then formed to further develop the project.

Tauranga Energy Consumer Trust donated $50,000 to the project, with BayTrust gifting $10,000 and NZ Community Trust giving $20,000.

“Many Omokoroa businesses and families have donated time, sponsored skate tricks and purchased name plaques all to help make the dream of a oneof-a-kind skate facility in their own backyard,” says Omokoroa community skate group chairperson Erin Cartwright.

Bingo nights, a fun run, sausage sizzles, raffles and door knocking also contributed to stage one costs and stage two which is nearing completion.

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“We have a final push to raise the last $20,000 for the return path and picnic areas,” says Erin.

Rich Landscapes was employed to design the project, with J Stone Skateparks contracted to construct the 188m path.

Erin says the community is excited to see and skate the new pathway. “We regularly see children peering through the fences checking on the progress.”

As the area grows, so does the need for recreational facilities for all ages, says Erin.

“We wanted an engaging outside facility, which could be used by young and old with varying challenges for the levels of abilities and a place for skateboards, scooters, bikes, and mobility scooters could all have a go.”

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She read her poetry at an Anzac Day commemoration but left “horrified and concerned”.

“It’s an important issue The Weekend Sun has raised,” says Wendy Baker, now living in another dramatic and beautiful part of the country, the Catlins in Southland. “And it’s an issue that should be pursued.”

Her beef is dog control. And The Weekend Sun story she refers to was about a family being woken in the dead of night by a pack of roaming dogs that had bailed up a family pet – a cat called Rosie.

It’s believed the dogs made off with the cat, which hasn’t been seen since. And there were other reports of the dogs behaving in a threating way around Papamoa.

“That was exactly my experience in Tauranga after Anzac Day.” Wendy, an inveterate jogger, went for a run on Papamoa Beach and there were several dogs roaming.

Wendy says the owners were unaware of where their dogs were and what they were doing.

“I also ran down the reserve by the water course and there were

more dogs not under control.

“They were not being controlled effectively. Where are the leashes?”

And she believes there should be signs advising visitors of the dog rules in that area and also advising dog owners of their responsibilities.

It’s not just Wendy’s concern it seems. She cites the results of a local Papamoa community

Wendy Baker. questionnaire. It asked if there should be stricter controls for dogs on the beach. Fifty-eight respondents said ‘Yes’, just 18 said ‘No’. Should wardens round up wandering dogs? ‘Yes’, said 71 replies, ‘No’, said just four.

And should fines be imposed?

Sixty-one respondents said ‘Yes, and eight for ‘No’.

“There needs to be better control of dogs by dogs owners.

And there especially needs to be

better education and enforcement under the Dog Control Act 1996,” says Wendy. And she uses Accident Compensation Corporation statistics to give weight to her cause. “In 2014 there were 12,655 dog biting incidents and last year there were 13,206 – that’s an increase of 551 in one year.

“Nearly two more each day. That cannot be tolerated.”

Claims lodged with ACC for dog biting incidents cost more than $3 million per year.

Wendy says those statistics must been very worrying for Papamoa, where the population and dogs numbers are soaring.

Uncontrolled dogs in public areas and the potential danger they pose is a hobby horse of this former Bay of Plenty Regional Council worker.

“I am familiar with the regulatory and compliance responsibilities of councils. And I don’t think enough is being done.”

And she is a victim herself.

Wendy has been attacked from behind by a dog while running – not in Papamoa but another North Island town – and she still suffers lasting effects from the injuries to her ankle.

She’s taken up the dog biting issue up with local Tauranga City councillor Steve Morris.

To read Steve’s response, go to www.theweekendsun.co.nz

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Nothing more in my life

Tilly’s been dancing since she was three. Now, 12 years later, she’s dancing six days a week and packs the rest of her life into the one remaining day. “There’s nothing else in my life,” beams Tilly.

“Even then, I am doing a bit of choreography on Tuesday.”

As well as all of her Mount Maunganui College homework and studies.

Tilly is Tilly Hayden-Taylor.

“Yes, it’s double barrelled.”

She’s one delightful, focused teenager, passionate about dance and even at 15 knows she wants to make dance her life, wherever, however for whoever.

And come school holidays, Tilly just keeps dancing. Last year she went to the Rotorua Competition Society’s big annual event and she came home with third place.

“I thought that was pretty good. I was quite happy.”

Tilly’s just been to Rotorua again. This time she cleaned up. She entered eight of the nine classes and came home with a fist full of

awards and rosettes and ribbons.

Jazz, impromptu jazz – which is making it up to music the candidate has never heard before – plus contemporary and contemporary impromptu, lyrical, musical theatre and hip hop. She did it all.

And when they averaged out her best six results she had won a jazz dance scholarship. “Very happy,” says Tilly.

No surprise to Hannah Robson, former professional dancer from England and now Tilly’s dance teacher in Papamoa.

Even with a tough adjudicator Tilly “did extraordinarily well” according to Hannah.

“Tilly just knows where she wants to be, what she wants to do and what she has to do to get there. She amazes me.

“She is fabulous.”

And when she makes some international comparisons “Tilly is certainly up there.”

So where’s all this leading to for Tilly.

Well first to England

and Cheltenham, her Mum’s home town in Gloucestershire to see what’s on offer for a young antipodean dancer there.

“Then perhaps the cruise ships,” says Tilly. “I could trip all around the world dancing.

“Nothing wrong with that. My teacher did it.”

And even when that teacher, Hannah, reminds Tilly the world of a professional dancer can be a difficult one she just gets “that typical Kiwi ‘whatever’ attitude.

“It’s wonderful”.

Talented and very creative is Tilly Hayden-Taylor, apparently.

And very hardworking.

“If I give Tilly something she can’t do, she just goes away and the next time I see her she has nailed it. Give her an exam and she always delivers a top mark.”

Tilly’s is a young life and career that is right on track for something, somewhere. As long Hunter Wells as it’s dancing.

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Naming the detector puppies Room 5 at Katikati Primary School is the first in the Bay of Plenty to get an entry into the Ministry of Primary Industries’ Name The Detector Dog invitation.

Room 5’s pick is Gretel, meaning precious. Schools nationwide are being asked to submit naming choices for one of six beagle puppies destined to become part of the country’s biosecurity defences.

Three male and three female floppy-eared puppies will undergo intensive training to work at New Zealand’s ports and airports where

they will sniff out food, plants and other items that could pose biosecurity risks to New Zealand.

Working biosecurity detector dog Aria gave birth to the beagle puppies in March. They are collectively called ‘G-litter’.

Before they begin training they need names beginning with the letter ‘G’, says MPI’s detection technology manager Brett Hickman.

“As a way to promote biosecurity among school children, we’re asking classrooms to send in naming ideas for one of the female puppies.

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To the beat of Lord Krsna’s drum Yasoda Dulal bangs his message out at Okere Falls. Photo: Greg Taipari.

It all looked a bit incongruous really. Given name John, John Herbison – spiritual name Yasoda Dulal – is standing in the middle of small-town New Zealand, the mist is swirling and he’s beating his drum and chanting mantras. “…hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, hare hare.” Shaven head except for that trademark tuft, draped in a traditional dhoti or robe, dripping with beads and the very materialism he’s busy renouncing is rumbling by at 100km/h.

Trucks, cars and people obsessed with “matter”. “…hare rama, rama rama, hare hare.”

Five or six hours a day, every day, beating and chanting. “Krsna Krsna, hare hare.”

He finds it uplifting and it’s fuel for the long walk.

Two thousand kilometres from somewhere called Slope Point, a point further south than Bluff, to Cape Reinga.

“We all go on a pilgrimage or a journey in this life.”

This monk’s journey on this

occasion has got him to Okere Falls en route to Tauranga.

“It’s good for my faith and obviously there’s a personal challenge here too.”

He’s not in a hurry. He’ll cut it out the 60km in a couple of days.

A Hare Krishna life on the road is all in a small backpack.

“If it doesn’t fit in the bag, I don’t take it.”

There’s a modest blanket in there, men’s things of course, his lunch and his message, a clear message.

“The message is...less is more.”

An interdenominational message and he’s spreading it out there on the highways and byways.

“Less materialism and more spiritualism.” People, says Yasoda, are absorbed in matter.

“But material problems are not solved with material answers.

Only spirit moves matter.

“A more spiritual life is a simple sound solution to the sociological problems we have, family problems we have and individual problems we have.”

He does bang on about it. But on his drum and up and down the land. And people are listening.

“People are intrigued, they are

inquisitive. Even in small towns they’re looking and listening and engaging.” And they’re engaging with a man wearing a baggy robe, beads and face paint – the tilaka or forehead marking, the reminder they’re eternal servants of Lord Krsna. That’s okay for Queen St on a Friday night but for rural Okere Falls?

“My dress is an external show of faith. It signifies I am a man who pursues spirituality and I am happy to talk about it.

“Just like if someone’s in trouble, they will go to someone dressed as a policeman.”

He’s an infectious personality this monk, deeply spiritual, deeply funny, indomitable with a constant toothy smile as big as the gates to Luna Park, possibly the Pearly Gates.

When he learns his story could go out to nearly 67,000 readers in The Weekend Sun, he’s impressed.

“That’s a mighty big drum you beat Hunter. Bigger than my drum.” He’s chuffed and assures me there’ll be credits waiting for me when I ascend.

To read the full story, go to www. theweekendsun.co.nz Hunter Wells

Western Bay of Plenty: a region on the move I was asked to give a speech recently on some of the Government’s achievements in the Bay. As I started to list them I realised how extraordinary the last few years have been.

Since 2008, Tauranga’s population has grown by the size of Oamaru and the Western Bay of Plenty has grown by a decent few thousand.

This migration to our community

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Part of the reason people come here is that our place has lots of

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We have invested in ultrafast broadband and will continue to ensure smaller rural communities are also connected.

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Rebecca Christie making sandwiches. happy and can go and play with other children. It’s about making them feel safe and secure.”

Sadly more than 5000 New Zealand children are in care due to serious neglect or abuse, according Homes of Hope. The trust’s house-parents and support staff aim to look after children who may have had a harder start in life.

For Rebecca, caring for eight foster children as well as two of her own is more of “a lifestyle” than a job.

Rebecca began fostering children after being a solo mother and wanting her son, who is now aged 10, to have a sister to play with. Today, she fosters eight children aged two to 10.

Seeing the children grow and become

more confident within themselves is the most rewarding aspect of what Rebecca does. Day-to-day Rebecca does what any stay-at-home mum would do, from the school run to preparing dinner. The older children do their bit to keep the house tidy, too.

“To learn about responsibility and the community of being in a family is important, everyone needs to help out in some way,” says Rebecca.

So her plan for Sunday? “Ah, maybe breakfast in bed,” jokes Rebecca.

She says it’s nice to be the children’s motherly figure and feels little pressure on taking on that role.

To read the full story, go to www.theweekendsun.co.nz Rachel Noon

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Making like ‘Dirty Harry’

CanTeen kids armed to the teeth – all weapons had been officially checked and declared safe for this photograph.

Inset: Freddy Van Boven.

For one moment, one glorious moment, he was ‘Dirty Harry’.

Packing big heat – a Smith & Wesson doubleaction 44 Magnum long barrel revolver, Clint Eastwood’s weapon of choice to subdue any number of vicious celluloid psychopaths.

“You see 44 Magnums in the movies and on TV but you don’t appreciate how loud they really are,” says Freddy Van Boven. “It’s a massive bang – and just how much kick they have.”

This from a man who previously hadn’t fired anything more angry than an air rifle or a BB gun.

And here he was on the Tauranga Pistol Club range making like Inspector ‘Dirty Harry’ Callahan, big screen homicide cop.

“I saw the movies but nothing could prepare you for this. It’s a massive bang and you get thrown around quite a bit.”

However, this isn’t a Hollywood action thriller, it isn’t make-believe – it’s a very real, very cathartic and very therapeutic experience for some young people who’ve been delivered an insidious curve ball.

“Before the cancer I was very sporty,” says Freddy. “That was my job – instructor in outdoor adventure.” Then he was diagnosed

with osteosarcoma or bone cancer as a 19-year-old.

Scary, dark times for a teenager. “It left me with a very compromised left leg. [I] Couldn’t run, couldn’t jump, nothing.”

He lost mobility, lost confidence, lost the will – all huge side effects of living with cancer. “You just feel like you can’t do anything.”

Then last weekend at TECT All Terrain Park, a shooting instructor thrust a .22 calibre pistol in his hand. Then a .38 revolver and a 45 calibre semiautomatic handgun. Some serious weaponry.

“Amazing experience – not so much a sense of power that you would think a gun would bring – just a feeling of excitement.”

As it was for about a dozen other members of CanTeen, the organisation which helps some special young people through the toughest times in their lives. Freddy says the immediate impact of a cancer diagnosis is one of loss. “Because they start telling you the ways in which the disease is going to limit you – you won’t be able to do the stuff you did before. You realise how much it’s going to impact your life.” And it’s not a case of being sick for a bit.

“Cancer is one of those things that’s going to stick with you forever.

To read the full story, go to www.theweekendsun.co.nz; Search for ‘Dirty Harry’

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A big boy with a big bark. It was his pride and it was also his undoing.

“It’s heart-breaking,” says Carol Gunn, owner of ‘Galagan Polaris’ or ‘Polar’ for short. Heart-breaking because Polar has been devocalised – he has been debarked.

It’s also a controversial and unpopular procedure but in Polar’s circumstances, it might have been a lifesaver.

“He could well have ended up being euthanised,” says Carol.

Now the big Maremma sheepdog which used to rattle the entire Omanawa Rd neighbourhood with his booming alarm bark now offers only a suppressed rasping version – it sounds like he has lost his voice.

“But he still has the run of the place.

He is happy.”

Polar was one of eight Maremmas at Carol Gunn’s kennels – he was the leader of the pack, the patriarch – and probably weighs the best part of 45kg and stands 70cm tall.

But after a flurry of complaints to the Western Bay of Plenty District Council about dog noise from the property, Carol was ordered to downsize her kennel – from eight to five – and Polar was fingered. He had to go.

“But Polar had a troubled history.

Polar – still proud but not so loud. Photo: Bruce Barnard.

He’s unsuitable for re-homing,” says Carol. “And his bloodline was crucial for the breed in this country.”

So when the rangers arrived at Carol’s front door to seize Polar because she had failed to act on the complaints, they struck a deal; a compromise.

“I have a personal objection to debarking,” says Carol. A lot of dog owners do.

But the other school of thought is the procedure is no more complex than spaying or neutering and it’s a myth

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dogs are emotionally damaged by debarking. It can also save the life of a dog dumped in a pound for excessive barking.

“That could easily have been Polar’s lot. He could have been seized and kept in a pound at my expense.

And if I didn’t have a solution within a timeframe, he may have been put down.”

Carol says the rangers very kindly took Polar to the vet. The same day he was debarked or devocalised for about $450 the rangers brought him home.

So Polar, the very alert, loyal, friendly and dignified Maremma, is back roaming his patch and his future relatively assured. Two other dogs have been given away and Carol hopes the problem is resolved.

Meanwhile, a litter of nine Maremma puppies has arrived at Carol’s kennels.

“They’re beautiful and all have homes. It’s very exciting. We all feel much happier.”

In response to questions, WBOPDC says there are privacy issues and it wouldn’t comment.

However, the council did say the devocalisation is the choice exclusively of the owner.

“It is not a procedure our officers would require of any owner to lessen dog barking noise.”

The New Zealand Kennel Club doesn’t agree with debarking unless the only other option is euthanasia.

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He loves swinging the bat and has big ambitions. A big one on his wish list is to make the Black Caps one day. His coach says he’s probably the best prospect in his age group in the country right now.

In the season just gone he managed to reach a batting average of well over 100 and his club recently gave him a certificate for outstanding batmanship in honour of that.

“My best score is 147 not out,” says Utsav, as he is affectionately known to his friends and team mates. He’s been playing the game since he was seven.

His proud dad, Ashok, is eager to add: “Only once this season was he bowled out”.

A member of Mount Maunganui Cricket Club, Utsav says he trains every day. “About two hours and up to

four on a day off from school,” he says.

Ashok says he loves it so much “he often doesn’t want to go home after training”. At home, in the backyard, his family has a batting cage and dad, who used to play for Himachal Pradesh University in Shimla, India, started Uti off early in the game.

“First with a tennis ball and then harder balls.”

Uti’s usually his team’s number two batsman. Of his play, Ashok says Utsav’s a confident batsman when it comes to speeds balls, but spin is a different matter. “I am still working on spin,” says Utsav, a quiet kind boy with a big smile.

Uti says his favourite cricketers are Brendan McCullum, Martin Guptil and Virat Kohli, India’s T20 vicecaptain and man of the tournament of the recent World T20.

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Victoria Fisher’s passing SunMedia would like to pass on our deepest condolences to the family of Victoria Fisher, who had been placing the weekly bible digests in The Weekend Sun for more than a decade.

Victoria passed away peacefully last week on April 24 at Tauranga Hospital, surrounded by friends and family, aged 63.

SunMedia’s Aimee-Leigh Brunsdon, who had been working closely with Victoria, says she will be sorely missed.

“Having Victoria as an advertising client I feel was a great honour; she has personally touched my heart with her strong love for Christ Jesus which was her goal for all by placing the weekly bible digest scriptures, and I will miss her cheery conversations.”

“Victoria was the loveliest, most positive person,” says Julie Commerer, who also works at SunMedia.

Victoria was a loved member of her church group and her loss will be widely felt.

Foundation increases support pooled and invested forever, with the invested income being used to support charities and community groups across the region in accordance with donors’ wishes.

About half of the money distributed has been specified by donors, and “Last year we distributed $580,000 Acorn allocates the balance based on to community groups across the priorities identified by its Vital Signs Western Bay,” says operations manager research report.

Margot McCool.

“Vital Signs provides us with “This year we expect that figure to evidence-based research to tell us be closer to $700,000, thanks to the where local people think the need is amazing generosity of our donors.” greatest,” says Margot. “It gives us a Money gifted through Acorn is really clear steer for prioritising our

The Acorn Foundation opened its annual funding round this week, with a record level of funding expected to be available later in the year.

funds.” This year’s priorities include organisations that are building stronger, safer communities and neighbourhoods; supporting children and young people to develop skills to cope with challenges in life; reducing drug and alcohol abuse and domestic violence; and programmes that address social inequalities.

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Coping with a life of relentless fatigue It’s probably one of the most misunderstood illnesses of our time.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or CFS, also known as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or ME. Can you imagine if something as simple as taking a shower was like running a marathon carrying a sack of rocks? Add to that the feeling of relentless fatigue, sometimes for months on end, affecting every aspect of what was once a normal, enjoyable, daily life.

This is the daily reality for someone diagnosed with CFS. CFS or ME are very simplistic names for what is a highly complex and misunderstood illness that affects multiple systems in the body.

Starting Sunday, May 8, is ME Awareness Week. To assist awareness and to help support, connect and educate people with ME, the ME/CFS Support Bay of Plenty group has launched a Towards Wellness programme.

It brings the best of research-based knowledge in an easy-to-understand package. The programme is intended to

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bring a relief and hope for sufferers that they are no longer a ‘mystery’.

One graduate of the programme said: “I now feel I have a future, a way forward”. “It was like all the pieces to the puzzle that I have been missing were being brought together in a way that was life-changing.”

Despite the research, a ‘magic pill’ is yet to be found. Although having lived full, active lives prior to becoming unwell, sufferers tend to fall through the mainstream medical cracks, leaving them feeling lost and hopeless.

Their isolation leads to unnecessary stress and the stress exacerbates the condition; and the vicious cycle goes round and round.

The Towards Wellness programme will assist health professionals to know where to refer when they encounter cases of CFS/FM, and most importantly, give sufferers hope and knowledge to assist them to move forward in their lives.

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The world, according to Aimee Cox She was the India ambassador to the general assembly of the United Nations. She also argued the case for Russia, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and even Ukraine.

Seventeen-year-old Aimee Cox Aimee Cox. must possess silky diplomatic Photo: Tracy Hardy. skills because there’s an impressive trophy sitting in the Bethlehem College social sciences classroom which is testament. “I enjoy the idea of debating global issues and learning about politics.”

This despite the image, because the vibrant but compassionate, fresh-faced but worldly Bethlehem College student is sitting here in a bright red bandana and her change as an example. “People tend to push it aside, like ‘It’s not about me, I don’t volley ball gear, complete with volley ball. contribute’ when in fact everyone should That’s one passion. And the volley ball own it, it involves everyone. could be a metaphor for the world as she “And it’s about everyone working together makes another deep serve on behalf of to combat the issue.” humanity. “I am particularly interested in To explain her ambassadorial roles – it human rights. The way the world is going was for the local Model United Nations, a these days is disheartening with the lack of very popular and competitive re-enactment empathy people have for one another.” of a general assembly debate which is held She makes an adult feel guilty for the state in the Tauranga City Council chamber of the world which has been bequeathed to each year. Aimee was a winner, hence that her generation. “It’s a self-centred society trophy. It also earned her an audience with one of the world’s most powerful woman, a we have created.” And she cites climate

woman who New Zealand would like to believe is a secretary-general of the UN in waiting. Helen Clark, of course.

“What she is achieving is inspirational for all young woman of my generation.”

And while Aimee is dealing with all the social sciences at the moment – history, geography, classics, English and statistics – she has half an eye to a future in world diplomacy. “I was thinking of law, political studies and international relations at Victoria University.” And beyond that, the UN. In the meantime the local United Nations Association sensed a talent.

They head-hunted Aimee for their executive along with four other local students. “Very forthright and very in charge of herself,” says the association’s president Gray Southon.

“She is going places.” And first stop is Auckland. That’s where this story should have started. Because Aimee has just won the association’s college speech competition and she’s off to Auckland for the national finals at the end of May. To read the full story, go to www.theweekendsun.co.nz

Free course to help understand life’s challenges as we age Where can you find the information to help as you or your loved ones face the challenges of declining physical and mental health?

A free seven-week evening course at Bethlehem Baptist

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Each session is run by a specialist in the field and is structured to allow time for questions and answers.

Topics covered include the physical aging process, mental health changes, resthomes and lifestyle villages, funerals, hospice and end-of-life care and legal matters. There will be professional well-informed speakers and open-

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Olympic-style training

This month’s

Teresa Iaccarino, Taliyah Carter, Sophie Summerville, India Jarden, Isobel Turner and Caitlin Fletcher. Photo: Chris Parker Photographics.

Seven artistic gymnasts from the Western Bay of Plenty region are fundraising for a two-week training event in the United States after being invited by US Olympic coach John Geddert.

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Tauranga’s Argos Gymsports Teresa Iaccarino, Taliyah Carter, Sophie Summerville, India Jarden, Isobel Turner and Caitlin Fletcher, and Amy Pilkington from Te Puke Gymsports, will attend the Twistars Gymnastics Club in Lansing, Michigan, USA. John, who owns Twistars, was the head coach of the 2012 USA Olympic Team in London and 2012 USA National Elite Coach of the Year.

Departing on July 8, the girls are looking forward to some great outcomes from the trip.

In addition to individual skill development, the trip provides an excellent training opportunity for Argos Gymsports head coach Ross Madden, plus brings some benefits to his organisation itself.

“Twistars is a success story of how to expertly run a gym club,” says Ross.

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“As well as learning new coaching techniques, we will pick up tips on how to attract new members, secure income streams and attract and retain high quality coaches.”

“Soooo lucky,” is how Caitlin feels about being part of this trip.

“Going to the United States and doing what I love to do with one of the world’s best coaches and gyms, is a fantastic opportunity. “I’m more than excited.

Thank you to everyone who is helping make this possible.”

At age nine, Isobel is the youngest athlete on the team.

“I’m competing at Step 4 and the skills are a much harder than last year. I’m hoping John can help me get better and learn how to do a giant on bar.”

The girls are busy raising the $40,000 needed to pay for their trip. Join them at Dialled Indoor Tramp Park, 13 Triton Ave, on May 29 from 3pm-7pm.

Tickets cost $10 for one hour or $15 for two hours, with all proceeds going directly to the girls. A sausage sizzle will also be available.

Anyone wishing to support the girls is encouraged to contact Greer at Argos Gymsports on 07 577 0603.

Being bright on your bike Cycling to and from work is getting more dangerous as the daylight hours shrink away.

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To remind cyclists to put lights on their bikes and wear high-visibility, reflective clothes, Bike Wise, Travel Safe, Tauranga City Council, Western Bay of Plenty District Council and NZ Police have started their annual ‘Be Bright’ campaign. Checkpoints will be at different spots until Monday, May 16,

from 4.30pm-5.30pm.

Today, a checkpoint will be set up at Matapihi Bridge, Papamoa Beach Rd near Sunrise Ave will have a checkpoint on May 9, Turret Rd on May 11, Chapel Street Bridge on the Otumoetai end will have a checkpoint on May 13, and finally Cameron Rd by the hospital will have a checkpoint on May 16.

‘Travel Safe’ teams will assess cyclists’ reflective gear and lights, and cyclists with adequate visibility will be given free reflective cycling gear such as backpack covers, cats eyes, and ankle and armbands.

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Breakfast with Jake Bailey

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“So here’s the thing, none of us get out of life alive, so be gallant, be great, be gracious, be grateful.”

They’re the powerful and truthful words of teenager Jake Bailey, whose speech at Christchurch Boys’ High School last year went viral with more than 1.6 million views.

On Wednesday, May 18, Jake will be the guest speaker at Waipuna Hospice’s Breakfast at Trinity Wharf, as part of Hospice Awareness Week.

Waipuna Hospice fundraising manager Trish Rae says Jake’s a very gutsy young man and fortunately after extensive treatment is in remission – and the hospice is excited he’s coming to Tauranga.

“His positive attitude, despite his ordeal, is quite remarkable. A very good reminder of how life is short, and you never know what might be lurking around the corner.”

Trish says the hospice’s focus is on wellness, ensuring patients have appropriate care so they can continue what brings them pleasure and make the most of the time that remains.

“In today’s hectic pace of life, it is easy to lose sight of what is really important, so we are encouraging people to support this event, enjoy a nice breakfast, hear Jake’s story – and perhaps take a moment to reflect on their own life and consider what is really important to them.”

Hospice Awareness Week is on May 16-20, and Trish says it’s a timely reminder to reflect on what’s really important in your life and to not sweat the small stuff.

“Be inspired, energised, motivated and uplifted by this gutsy young man.

What a great way to start the day.”

The Breakfast with Jake Bailey is at Trinity Wharf, Dive Crescent, on May Jake Bailey is the guest 18 from 7am-8.30am. Tickets cost $30 from Waipuna Hospice or online at speaker at Waipuna www.waipuna-hospice.co.nz Hospice’s fundraising breakfast on May 18.

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Get-together with Tauranga City Council Do you want to know more about the Omokoroa to Tauranga Cycle Trail?

The Mobile Library?

Do you have a plan in place for your family in case of emergency? Do you need funding to assist with a local community project?

All topics are on the cards with elected members, council staff and local community groups at Tauranga City Council’s next Community Connections gettogether on Tuesday in Otumoetai.

Community Development Committee Chair Steve Morris says residents will be able to talk to councillors

and council staff, plus community organisation representatives at the meeting.

“The get-together is a great way to find out more about local projects such as the Omokoroa to Tauranga Cycle Trail. We’ll also have representatives from the Emergency Management Response Unit, as well as staff from our Mobile Library and Customer Service Centre to help you with any queries.”

“We’ve got another great line-up of representatives from local groups, who will have stands that people can visit to ask questions, get information or simply have a chat. The get-together is on May 10 from 6.30pm-8pm at Otumoetai Baptist Church Hall.

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New market to pop up in Papamoa A Te Puke mother is bringing Papamoa a new market on May 15, which will offer handmade items for sale from home décor, artwork, things for the garden to clothes for children up to age 12.

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Rebekah West started Boutique Mummy Markets as an offering of boutique baby gear when she lived in Pukekohe – but today it has expanded to include all sorts of items and will have its run in the Bay. The name came from Rebekah’s initial desire to find ‘mums’ products but since its rise in popularity in Pukekohe, the market is not just for mothers.

While the stalls are generally run by mothers, fathers are also a part of the business, says Rebekah.

With expansion, more interesting and innovative products have emerged including concrete Lego figurines, which Rebekah says: “My husband is very excited about”.

Most of the items sold at the market are handmade, with a few commercial products sold. Items include hand-painted lap trays, perfect for delivering breakfast in bed to parents, knitted clothing items and children’s toys and plenty more.

Rebekah says the market is incredibly family-friendly. “It’s really a family event, there will be four food trucks, a bouncy castle and face painting, a little bit of everything which makes it fun for the whole family.”

The market is Sunday, May 15 from 10am-2pm at Papamoa College, 151 Doncaster Drive.

Entry is free.

Rebekah says this market is a success she hopes to run it every seven weeks.

For more information, see www.facebook.com/ boutiquemummymarkets or email: bmm_papamoa@ yahoo.co.nz

Concrete Lego figures by stall holder The Concrete Chick.

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Aiming to simplify tax and compliance costs The Government’s new business-friendly tax package proposes to simplify tax and compliance costs for small businesses.

And with Small and Mediumsized Enterprises, or SMEs, making up about 97 per cent of NZ businesses, this is typical of Tauranga’s business landscape.

The changes are part of a wider business transformation programme which will support the use of new technology and make it easier to deal with Inland Revenue.

The Government has signalled it intends to fast-track these changes with an implementation date of April 1, 2017, for the majority.

The balance is intended to be implemented by April 1, 2018, so watch this space.

While the proposals will not suit all taxpayers, many have been well received and will help business owners reduce their compliance costs and make the process of paying tax easier.

Here are some positive changes many Tauranga businesses will welcome.

An increase of the current safe harbour threshold to $60,000 for Use Of Money Interest for individuals and an extension of the threshold to include companies and trusts. This will benefit many Tauranga small businesses that, in the past, may have been subject to UOMI charged by the IRD in excess of nine per cent.

Removing the UOMI for the first two provisional tax instalments for all taxpayers who use the standard uplift option, as long as payments required under

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that option are made by the due date. Introducing the accounting income method of calculating provisional tax – by using the information generated in a taxpayer’s accounting system, such as Xero, to determine how much provisional tax you owe.

As more Tauranga businesses adopt cloud accounting technology, this method is bound to win favour among Bay business locals.

There is nothing more constant than change – especially in business. Talk to us to learn more about upcoming tax changes affecting your business and how you can make the most of them.

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Selling cars on the corner for nearly four decades Brian Roderick remembers the very first car he sold.

“It was in 1972.

I worked for the local Holden dealer and it was a brand new Holden Belmont. The price was $3422. I remember that really well.”

Brian’s car yard, Brian Roderick Motors, sits on the corner of Cameron Rd and Sixteenth Ave since 1982 – but he’s been selling his own cars since 1978.

Brian Roderick ready to help you find your dream car.

“I think I am pretty much the only dealer left in town from the 1970s, it’s been great fun all the way.”

Brian says the corner yard works really well for him. “I do a lot of repeat business, I sell to the grandchildren of customers.

“I like to look after people when they buy a car off me; I like to think I go the extra mile.”

And look after people Brian does.

All of his imported cars have a standard sixmonth warranty, with verified and certified mileage, a full service and Brian says he will fix any problems with his cars.

“I believe I offer some of the best value

Requests during the Annual Plan process Last week elected members listened to submitters during the Annual Plan process.

We had some submissions from small food businesses that were concerned about the hike in their fees, with one submitter saying he currently pays $450 per annum and the new rate consulted on is $650 per annum.

One submitter suggested better intergration of planning to make our city more accessible for all people. Some examples of inappropriate placement of a power pole and sloping footpaths

into shops were highlighted as concerns. Another submitter said we should give “a hand up – not a hand out” which is good advice.

An anomaly with rates charged on industrial land, using the Mount as an example, was highlighted as part of one submission.

There was a variety of suggestions including that the Matapihi Rail Bridge could be lit up with coloured lights.

Different sporting codes made requests for funding, including hockey and cricket.

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What I have noticed during the last nine years of being a councillor is more and more people are expecting council to assist them with a wider range of requests than ever before.

Some difficult decisions will need to be made at the end of this month when it comes time to deliberate on submissions.

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for money you can get anywhere in the country.”

One of the first people to go up to Japan in the mid-1980s when importing Japanese cars were just emerging on the used cars market, Brian believes the

Japanese cars are good value for money.

“I just believe that they’re the best value for money you can buy on the used car market; and that’s what I’ve specialised in since 1988 when I first recognised that.”

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Comfort food for pre-winter As a chef, you know winter is approaching when you’ve done the last wedding of the season.

For me that was two weeks ago, so we’re now well into that seasonal no-man’s-land where we can feel winter is just around the corner but it’s not cold enough to light a fire.

Our bodies are starting to crave the winter comfort

foods but our gardens still have some salads growing. So here are two recipes that have the hot autumn day and the cold pre-winter day covered – and both with the same basic ingredient.

It’s so important to tailor our food to what we actually need instead of just following the latest media fad.

This all got me thinking about food and food television.

What we eat is supposed to be fun and happy – not scary and the competitive sport that it is being portrayed as on our television screens. Delving into our food roots has reminded me at the end of the day it really is all about flavour. Take simple good product, treat it well and enjoy the flavours.

We all now live in a world of instant decisions and instant results, where time is a precious commodity not to be wasted lightly.

And I guess one of the biggest casualties of this is our food habits.

Good flavour is the Holy Grail of cooking and takes time to search for and develop.

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Ingredients 4 nashi pears 1 split Heilala vanilla pod 1/2 bottle Squawking Magpie Syrah 120g sugar 1 pinch saffron

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Ingredients

Add all ingredients except the butter and the pears to a small casserole pan. Bring to the boil, then turn down to a gentle simmer and add the nashi pears. Simmer for about 35 minutes or until tender.

Remove the pears and reduce the liquid by half. Away from the heat, add the butter and agitate for a while. Put the pears back in and leave until ready to serve. Warm is the best temperature to serve this dish.

Nashi pears hold their shape really well, as long as you don’t allow the liquor to boil once the pears have been added.

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Method

Red wine and Earl Grey poached nashi pears

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1 ripe nashi pear 3 Tbsp walnut oil 1 tsp Comvita Honeygar – a honey-cider vinegar mix Freshly ground black pepper 2 handfuls mixed salad leaves 2 Tbsp walnut pieces, toasted 100g Mount Eliza blue cheese 2 slices sourdough bread – try Flaveur bread from the Mount 1 tsp freshly chopped parsley

Method Heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Toss walnut halves in half a tablespoon of walnut oil and toast on a baking tray until golden and crunchy. Allow to cool.

Peel and halve pear, removing core. Slice thickly into a bowl with two tablespoons of walnut oil and vinegar.

Grind over black pepper and leave for half an hour to marinate.

Wash and dry salad leaves.

Using a hot knife, cut cheese into cubes and leave to soften slightly.

Brush bread with remaining walnut oil and toast under a hot grill.

Gently toss salad leaves, walnuts, cheese and parsley with pear and juices.

Serve on plates with warm artisan Flaveur bread.

Eating the memories of our childhoods At this time of year we all crave the sort of comfort food that reminds us of our childhood – and for me that means sticky toffee pudding with a butterscotch sauce.

I first tasted this sublime dessert at the Sharrow Bay Hotel in the English Lake District more than 30 years ago.

The owners, Brian Sacks and Francis Coulson, ran this iconic hotel for more than 50 years and are, quite rightly, credited with inventing the country lodge – of which there are now several hundred in Britain. And they epitomise the characteristics which made their hotel perhaps the best known of its kind in the world.

It was a different time then, a time when the major goal of every chef was to make the food as rich as possible, so much so the famous quote was one

doctor’s jest that dining at Sharrow Bay was “the quickest and most pleasurable way to a coronary I know”. Now times have changed and we all worry about what is in our food – how much animal fat or sugar? So it is the role of us chefs to be at the forefront of the fight for good food? We are right to recognise the fact that what we eat is the single most important decision that we make every day.

On the basis that we are what we eat, today I’m cold and in need of comfort. So as a treat I’m going back in time to sit in that chintzy dining room surrounded by bazaar cherubs where Coulson was dedicated to his kitchen, championing local food and cooking, while Sacks cosseted and entertained their many devotees.

Ah, nostalgia is a wonderful thing.

See Peter Blakeway’s recipe for sticky toffee pudding online at www.theweekendsun.co.nz

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Welcoming brand new exhibitors Get along to The Tauranga Home Show to see some of our first-time exhibitors!

These brand new vendors are offering a range of products and services to help you bring your ideas to life.

Cambridge Homes is a long-standing family-owned business, which will help you build your dream home, offering custom builds and home and land packages tailored to your needs.

Using your imagination

If your outdoor area could use a bit of imagination, pop over and see DECKHQ, the local outdoor design and build professionals, who specialise in creating amazing outdoor spaces you can enjoy for years to come.

Hamish Brooks Landscapes can also give you a hand, offering creative and professional landscape and garden design and development services. And add some of the stunning outdoor furniture by Post Creations, who create attractive handcrafted 100 per cent recycled furniture and garden accessories.

Bring some special touches to your décor with Harmony Home Furniture and Urbano

Interiors, who will help you create the perfect look with stunning furniture collections to help you express your own unique style in your living space.

Get your hot water flowing all-year-round with Logicor, who will show you their modern heating systems that ensure continuous hot water supply that is energy-efficient to save you money.

And the Bathroom Centre can ensure your fabulous new hot water is being maximised with wonderful new fittings, including baths and spas.

New players

And then make sure you’re feeling healthy and taken care of by Niagra Healthcare, who can offer you in-home products and solutions with life-changing results. Triton Hearing is another one of our new players, who are offering free hearing checks at their stand.

If you’re new to town, don’t worry – The Financial Migration Group has more than 20 years’ experience helping UK expats sort out their money.

Take advantage of these brand new exhibitors at the Tauranga Home Show by visiting ASB Baypark Arena on May 6, 7 and 8.

You’ll find lots of exciting things, along with information on our new website and Facebook page for The Weekend Sun. Check the website and Facebook page out and LIKE to be in the

draw to WIN one of the 4 CPG Hotel Gift Certificates for $200 which can be used anywhere in NZ The perfect opportunity to treat yourself to a weekend away before winter arrives.

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Building your dream home If you’re looking to build your dream home, The Tauranga Home Show is the perfect place to start.

The Bay of Plenty is one of the most highly sought-after locations to live and is experiencing a housing boom like never before, bringing about a frenzy of new builds and subdivisions that you want to be a part of!

Whether you’re wanting an expansive luxury location with top of the line fittings, or you’re working to a modest budget, 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 gain the keys to your brand new dream home.

Take the worry out of building by dealing with the most knowledgeable developers and builders in the business.

They can help you with confusing permits and reports, help you design the perfect layout and choose the perfect fittings. Your new home will be customised perfectly to your own lifestyle and needs!

You can also enjoy browsing through the additional home options we have on offer for your new build.

You can start dreaming about your perfect outdoor area, complete with decking and pool, interior decorating in style with professionals on hand to talk to, and modern appliances to match your budget.

Talk to a range of suppliers and get inspired – we’ve got them all under one roof for your convenience!

Make your wishes come true and get started on the home you’ve always wanted. Visit the Tauranga Home Show on May 6, 7 and 8 at ASB Baypark Arena.

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Listening to customers Understanding your hearing problems Hearing loss can happen at any age and for a very wide range of reasons – but a good hearing solution can make all the difference to someone’s life, and the lives of their family and friends, says Triton Hearing managing director James Whittaker.

and Holly Wiles work closely with audiometrist Diane Boonen and ear nurse Heather Trask to offer Bay of Plenty residents a full range of hearing services from gentle ear wax removal to hearing aid fittings.

Part of the Triton Hearing network of 56 clinics throughout New Zealand, the clinic provides free hearing tests and free hearing aid trials. It’s all part of their vision to make hearing health accessible for everyone.

Triton Hearing is very proud of receiving a recent Consumer Trusted status which means their clients can be 100 per cent confident they’re getting top-quality service, products and genuinely honest advice.

James says Triton Hearing is the only hearing healthcare company in NZ with this accreditation.

“Our team is passionate Triton Hearing Clinic doctor of audiology Holly Wiles and about enhancing and administrators Jan Gill, Jo Marsh and Jill McClenaghan. improving the quality of life “It’s our job to listen carefully to our for customers. customers and gain as much understanding as “There’s no need for people to struggle with possible, then use our expertise to find the best their hearing. solution for them, personally.

“If they haven’t met our friendly team, it’s “That’s why we offer a wide range of hearing about time they did.” aids,” says James.

Triton Hearing will be giving away vouchers The team at Triton Hearing Tauranga on for free ear wax removal and free hearing health screening at the Tauranga Home Show at ASB Fraser St are your local experts for hearing Arena, Baypark, on May 6, 7 and 8. healthcare. Audiologists Melanie Vanderpol

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Transforming your home See us at booth 522!

For the first time The Tauranga Home Show is proud to feature Urbano Interiors, suppliers of unique furniture designs, which will help to transform your home into a warm and welcoming space.

Urbano Interiors sources carefully hand-picked furniture from around the globe which team up with an exciting collection of artwork and trendy accessories. Known for its high quality boutique furniture, you will find a classic and chic selection as well as eclectic conversationstarter pieces in an affordable price range. If you’re after a

more of an industrial feel, there is a wide range of options that can be mixed and matched to create a sense of beauty with a utilitarian edge.

Also on offer is a range of locally crafted New Zealand made furniture, where each piece can be specifically made to order to suit your requirements. There is so much to play around with to create a visual juxtaposition of unique elegance and style!

Keeping up with the Joneses of the interior design world has never been easier.

With two stores in Auckland and one in Christchurch, this is a fantastic opportunity

The Tauranga Home Show is featuring Urbano Interiors for the first time. to see the iconic style of Urbano Interiors in your own backyard. Visit them at stand 413 at The Tauranga Home Show on May 6, 7 and 8 at ASB Arena Baypark.

Getting a better quality night’s sleep If your quality of sleep has been worsening, or you’ve experienced a better night’s sleep in a bed other than your own, perhaps it’s time to look at buying a replacement.

Buying a bed can be a daunting task, and before making the investment it’s worth doing your homework! You spend one-third of your life in bed, so it’s vital you make the right choice. The Tauranga Home Show brings together leading suppliers in quality beds and mattresses, and is a fantastic opportunity to browse and compare your options. These knowledgeable vendors will be able to help you choose the correct mattress for your

needs, the right look and structure, and work with you to fit it into your budget.

You already know there are many options in mattresses – firm or soft, spring types, pillow tops, fabrics and materials used – but there’s also a lot to consider when it comes to price, storage, bedroom access, height and overall size. A bed is a mattress, base, pillows and linen working together and need to be considered as a whole.

Your bed professional will be able to advise you on all of these considerations!

Try a selection of beds before you buy. Visit the Tauranga Home Show on May 6, 7 and 8 at ASB Baypark Arena, and get ready for the best sleep of your life!

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Making your home snug for the winter Coming home to a warm home is one of the best parts of winter, and Green Sheep is ready to help make your home snug for the colder months.

Owner Kane Burton-Brown with a sample of Green Sheep’s 100 per cent New Zealand wool insulation.

Their business might focus largely on sheep’s wool insulation, but owner Kane Burton-Brown says that doesn’t stop them from helping people make a cosier home in the little details.

“Essentially what we do is we go into a home and assess the home in what we call a free insulation and home comfort assessment.”

Kane says this is assessing a home and finding where the heat is escaping from.

Green Sheep focuses on the family’s needs, and makes sure to ask them where they think their home is losing its warmth.

“A lot of that is talking to the customer and finding out where they think the problem areas are.”

Specialising in sheep’s wool insulation, Green Sheep also

replace old incandescent lights with LED light fittings, and can easily install insulation specially designed to fit into sectional garage doors and ceilings to help you achieve a warmer garage.

The wool is sustainably farmed in the North Island, and is a mix of pure white wool and recycled wool.

Kane guarantees families will be able to feel

the difference this winter.

“With sheep’s wool, it’s the most proven insulation there is. It’s been around for more than 5000 years.

“The difference will depend on how much insulation they already have, whether we’re topping up and depending on how much of a difference they want we can just put more and more in.”

From concept to final design Signature Homes has been building homes for New Zealanders for more than 30 years.

“We understand that once a decision is made by clients to build a new home, sometimes people wish to accelerate what is a very detailed process.”

By working through the proven process and Sales manager for the Bay of Plenty region steps Signature employ, these ensure accuracy Dave Rudd says the Bay of Plenty franchise in pricing, transparency in what is included is New Zealand’s leading Signature franchise, and elimination and the brand is of unnecessary, built on a reputation unexpected and based on providing unwanted cost a consultative overruns. design service and The Bay of the highest levels Plenty franchise of workmanship to has won deliver clients with the national exceptional value.

Customer “Building a home Satisfaction is an exciting and Award for eight rewarding project consecutive years, and it is our job Signature Homes sales manager Dave Rudd. “an achievement to take our clients we are very proud through a process that allows them to have maximum input into of and intend to continue to build on”.

Signature Homes will have a large presence their home design while also managing their at this weekend’s Home Show held at ASB investment level,” says Dave.

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The Tauranga Home Show is bringing back the Cooking Theatre, where Tauranga chef Peter Blakeway will be hosting three days of cooking sensations, showing you easy recipes you’ll be able to go home and try yourself.

With 25 years’ experience in the hospitality industry – running the Good Hotel Guide’s Hotel of the Year Kilcamb Lodge in the Scottish Highlands, and working at Michelinstarred establishments in Europe and the USA – award-winning chef Peter Blakeway opened the Deli on Devonport & Plenti Cookschool in Tauranga in May 2005.

Peter has since made several TV appearances on Paul Henry’s TV1 ‘Breakfast’ programme as well as joining British actor Robson Green on his ‘Extreme Fishing’ programme, screened in the UK and New Zealand.

He also hosted the Bay of Plenty episode of ‘New Zealand on a Plate’, screened on TV1 and the Food Channel.

Peter has taught both the Bay of Plenty Steamers and Waikato/BOP Chiefs rugby teams to cook, filmed by Sky Rugby’s ‘Rugby Centre’ programme. Peter has written and published a regional New Zealand cookbook, and continues to write newspaper and magazine articles.

Appliances in the Cooking Theatre are supplied by Appliance Plus – a New Zealand owned and operated appliance store throughout the country with a local branch in Tauranga. Their reputation in the community

The Tauranga Home Show is bringing back the Cooking Theatre. is extremely important, which means you, the customer, gets the best advice and service available.

They’re more than just another store selling appliances – they are a part of the community.

When you’re next in the market for new appliances, think of Appliance Plus, your local appliance experts!

Make sure you catch the action at the Tauranga Home Show on May 6, 7 and 8 at ASB Baypark Arena – if you’re quick, you may even get to taste a sample after each show!

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Like the sound of a luxury bathroom?

Feeling stressed? Enjoy the relaxed life in a luxury bathroom, or feel like you’re on holiday all year round with a Moana Spa. Catering for the whole bathroom, Bathroom Centre offers a wide range of products to turn your bathroom from drab to fab.

“We cater for the luxury market and the general DIY markets in baths, vanities, shower fixtures, taps and toilets,” says Bathroom Centre owner Clair Liu. And Bathroom Centre has a foamy

surprise for those ready for a treat at this weekend’s Tauranga Home Show.

Moana Spas will be making their big debut at the Home Show through Bathroom Centre.

“Moana, meaning ‘ocean, a wide expanse of water, deep blue sea’ in Hawaiian & Maori,” says Clair.

With deals for everyone, Moana Spas will have selected spa pools available from $6000.

The latest bathroom centre in Mount Maunganui and Tauranga, Bathroom Centre is strong supporters of local business.

“Come and support Tauranga businesses and see the new range of imported spas for our Tauranga and Bay of Plenty customers.”

Bathroom Centre is now conveniently located in their own building at 20c Owens Place, Mount Maunganui.

Their showroom is open from Monday to Saturday 9am to 4.30 pm, and they will have a stand to impress at this weekend’s Home Show.

“So come and see us at the Tauranga Home Show this weekend. Site 5, in the big white tent at the carpark entrance.”

Saving money with the right insulation 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, there’s no reason why you need to put up with this too.

The right insulation system can save you money by reducing the amount of energy you use to heat your home, effectively and economically making your home more comfortable and reducing nasty condensation and mould growth for a healthier, happier home.

If the memory of the hot summer hasn’t quite left you yet, insulation doesn’t just keep you warm in winter – it will keep you cool in

summer too! There is also a huge range of air conditioning options for that extra cool air comfort. The Tauranga Home Show brings together the Bay of Plenty’s most experienced home heating and insulation specialists under one roof.

You can browse your options in 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.

Nowhere else in the Bay of Plenty will you find such a wide range of products, knowledge and experience all in the same place. Be prepared for the cold months ahead – visit the Tauranga Home Show on May 6, 7 and 8 at ASB Baypark Arena.

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TAURANGA CITY COUNCIL: CIVIC SPACE OPTIONS PROJECT

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The Civic Space Options Project was formed in July 2015, following the discovery of toxic mould in Council’s Willow Street buildings in November 2014.

The aim of the first community engagement stage was to talk to people about what a Civic Heart means to them and what we need to do to develop our identity and invoke pride in our city centre, and to raise awareness of the project in the community. This is being used to guide and reinforce the scope of the project. Here’s a snapshot:

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Taking a walk with Mum There’s more than 138,000 females living in Bay of Plenty, according to the latest Census.

And this Sunday, all of the region’s women – including grandmothers, mothers and daughters – are invited to tie their shoelaces and join in the Jennian Homes Mothers’ Day Fun Run/Walk.

Beginning at Kulim Park at 10am on May 8, the 5km walk is part of a nationwide initiative to support the Heart Foundation’s ‘Go Red for Women’ campaign, which aims to improve the Grandmothers, mums and daughters are invited to the heart health of Kiwi females.

Jennian Homes Mothers’ Day Fun Run/Walk on May 8.

Heart Foundation medical director Gerry Jennian Homes BOP is hoping to beat last year’s Devlin says heart disease is often thought to attendance, where an impressive 250 women took part be a male problem, but it’s the number-one killer of in the Bay event. women both in New Zealand and globally.

This year’s entrants will receive the Jennian Homes “In fact, Kiwi women are four times more likely Mothers’ Day Fun Run/Walk official T-shirts to die of heart disease than breast cancer, a largely featuring a design by NZ artist Dick Frizzell. unknown fact.

Also this year, BOP primary schools will have the “Jennian Homes is a loyal, longstanding partner of chance to win $2500 worth of Rebel Sport vouchers to the Heart Foundation, helping to raise much-needed purchase sporting equipment to promote exercise and funds for heart health research. healthy hearts to their students.

“Since the Heart Foundation began, it has invested Entrants can nominate a school when registering for more than $55m into research and cardiology training, the event online. which has a direct impact on saving lives.”

After registrations have closed, the primary school As a proud supporter of ‘Go Red for Women’, with the most nominations in the region wins.

Jennian Homes will be giving $20,000 to the charity To register for the event, visit: www. to support women’s heart health, as a result of the jennianmothersday.com. Registrations close May 3.

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A business brimming with beads A beading shop like no other, Uncle Black Beetle’s Beads is a great shopping destination woven into a family’s life.

When you enter, you might find yourself overwhelmed by colour, creativity and charm.

And beads. Lots and lots of beads.

Amidst the business of creative chaos you will find Niki Gorman, the

“As a stay-at-home mum I wanted to contribute to the household income.

“Uncle Black Beetle’s Beads was conceived with other mums in mind. I now have several wonderful nanas who pop in for magnetic catches on their jewellery and a good chat.”

With space for customers to sit and create, Uncle Black Beetle’s Beads has become something of a focal point for the Otumoetai community.

“Strangers sit, chat and share in the fun. It is a reasonably priced outing and a really great party venue.”

Niki runs private group bookings out of shop hours.

“I love little girl’s birthdays and ums on a night out are hilarious to host.”

Niki says beading isn’t just for the ladies either.

“It is most definitely not limited to the fairer sex. We cater to fly fishermen, ‘blokey blokes’ and budding pirates.

“It’s a fun and relaxed Uncle Black Beetle’s Beads Shop owner environment, and you leave with something uniquely personal.”

Niki Gorman. Photo: Tracy Hardy.

calm and unflappable engineer of all things beady.

The Gormans – Kevin, Niki and their four children – have been living life somewhat in front of an audience for the last 10 years.

The shop, which is in one half of their home, is open five days a week and operates “just like a real business, with Eftpos and everything,” says Niki.

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Revealing motherhood surprises Tauranga mums have revealed the things they found most surprising after giving birth to their first child.

Becoming a mother is one of the biggest changes a woman can experience in her lifetime – and Bethlehem Birthing Centre

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asked mothers to complete the sentence: “Before I became a mum, no one ever told me…” The answers were surprising, heartwarming and sometimes funny.

Bethlehem Birthing Centre founder and director Chloe Wright says the answers reflect the life-changing transformation of the transition into motherhood.

“Becoming a mother is a transformation on so many levels, and many women say they were unprepared for the huge emotions, love and attachment, as well as the physical challenges such as breastfeeding, not enough sleep, and no personal space or time out.

“The simple pleasures of a shower on your own, to eat a meal using both hands, or a full night’s sleep, become magical.”

Some mums spoke of practical matters, such as not realising how difficult it is to “wind” a baby, or accepting that “your house has to look like a tip”.

Others spoke of the overwhelming love they felt for their baby – something they were unprepared for.

“Before I became a mum to four boys, no one ever told me how much love you could hold in your heart until you experience it

for yourself,” one mum wrote. Mother’s intuition and being “in sync” with their baby was also a theme, as were challenges, anxiety, lack of support and lack of time: “Before I became a mum no one told me how difficult feeding was, or that it takes time for your milk to come in,” one mum said. There were also plenty of humorous responses – lots of talk of baby poo and “how much you talk about your boobs”.

Chloe, who is currently collecting anthropological research on women’s choices, says the answers are an indication that women could greatly benefit from a more comprehensive antenatal preparation.

“This could enable a smoother pathway to the postnatal reality.

“My research will tell women’s stories – what they, in truth, want as their birthing experience.”

Bethlehem Birthing Centre opened in November 2014 and offers Tauranga mums another choice of how to birth.

The primary birthing centre is for women having natural, non-complicated births, and is free for New Zealand residents to birth at and receive three nights of post-natal care.

Breaking in a new breakfast menu Muffin Break is expanding their delicious menu to include a selection of great morning pick-me-ups.

“We have a variety of tasty new products on the menu; a bacon and egg roll, a bacon and egg and vegetarian breakfast scroll, vegetarian breakfast burrito, a breakfast smoothie and Danish pastries,” says Muffin Break Bayfair supervisor Kendra Green.

“There is a lot of things on there, there’s something for everyone.”

Muffin Break Bayfair supervisor Kendra The menu, which has been Green with food from the breakfast menu. available for about a month, now offer them a variety of breakfast is now giving their on-the-go options,” says Kendra. customers a range of delicious and She says customers have made it wholesome breakfast options from clear what their favourite items are on 9am-11am. the menu.

“I think it’s a great idea, we had so “The favourites so far are the Danish many people coming in and buying pastries, the Danish pastries are going muffins for breakfast, so it’s great to

crazy, and the egg and bacon scrolls.

“We have done various product promotions in the past and then added the most popular products as permanent menu items.

“However, our new breakfast range is here to stay,” says Kendra.

On top of their wide range of delicious food options, Muffin Break Bayfair is proud of their freshly-brewed barista-made coffee and great service.

“Just come to Muffin Break, you’ll have a great time,” says Kendra.

“We get a lot of people who come in the morning just for a cup of coffee. Sometimes we’re not even open but we’ll still make it for them!”

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More trees for botanical park Tauranga Girls’ College pupils are planting trees across the wetland area of the Sydenham Botanic Park this afternoon as part of the park’s ongoing development.

The Trees For Survival group has been working with the college students growing on the native

plants which are being planted out at the rear of the park on May 6.

Karne Robertson from Trees for Survival has been working with students from Tauranga Girls’ College growing on some native plants which are now ready to be planted out by these students.

The Sydenham Botanic Park Advisory Group has been developing the wetland at the rear of the park, which includes a series of springs of great significance to local Iwi Ngai Tamarawaho, says secretary Maureen Chaytor.

“The development of the wetland will ultimately open up these springs, enabling them to be accessed safely,” says Maureen.

The wetland is in the process of being developed into an ecological area with the assistance funding by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s Environmental Enhancement Fund.

Karne Robertson from Trees for Survival.

The land was donated by Frank Sydenham, and was once a thriving horticultural business and then an educational facility.

Activities of community members and the TCC have over the years opened up the neglected space to make it useable and safe. The recent addition of park benches and picnic tables has further

enhanced the usability of the land.

This planting is one of the many components of the park’s ongoing development that will ultimately result in a Botanic Park that will be the pride of Tauranga, an asset that will become a key horticultural educational facility and also a place for the community to rest and recreate.

Answer to produce problem

Is your tree groaning or your backyard drowning in feijoas as the fruit’s short, sharp season produces an onslaught of the distinctive-smelling green delicacy?

Or are you in need of more of the juicy-fleshed, eggshaped, sweet-tasting treat, which only fruit in a small window between March and June?

Both sides of this fruit-filled conundrum are being answered with the creation of a new online forum called the Katikati Fruit & Vege Swap page.

Katikati couple Tomo Hay and Erin Cooper created a Facebook page on Facebook on April 13.

“And we were getting ‘adds’ by the minute. Now it’s got 129 members.”

Erin says the idea of the page is people can make posts offering local produce for free or to swap with other residents – ensuring everyone enjoys fresh, tasty fruit and vegetables. “We’re just hoping if it can keep rolling until summer, when all the fruit is ripening – we are kind of in the down season now for everything apart from feijoas – then it will be great.”

Visit Facebook and type in ‘Katikati Fruit & Vege Swap’.

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The path to youthful beauty Many people are reluctant to accept not so much the inevitability but the speed in which their face changes with age, says Rejuvenation Cosmetic Medicine’s Sharon Melrose.

Sharon Melrose ready to help any way she can.

“Shrinking facial fat pads, thinning facial skin and a reduction in muscle and bone are responsible for changes to our unique facial identity, causing our appearance to look typically ‘aged’.

“Exposure to the harsh sun in this region of the world causes our skin to age prematurely.”

Sharon says people aim to prolong their physical and

mental wellbeing and shine in their best ‘light’ for as long as is reasonably possible.

“There are some safe and increasingly popular treatments that soften some of the effects of facial ageing and help to restore a youthful appearance.

“Non-surgical treatments using dermal fillers for example Restylane, and facial muscle relaxants, namely Dysport and Botox, can help your gradually ageing face to age gracefully in a harmonious, flattering and natural-looking way.”

Sharon Melrose is a professional cosmetic medicine practitioner, who has more than 18 years’ experience in providing treatments tailored to refresh and revitalise each

clients’ unique brand of beauty. Sharon keeps up-to-date with the latest techniques and products and strives to give her clients realistic and achievable outcomes.

She suggests people try a few small treatments at a pace they are comfortable with.

For more information, or to book in a complimentary confidential consultation, phone Sharon on 021502525.

Up-to-date hair techniques and trends Experienced hairdresser Debz Lee-Mouque has made the move to the Hair For You salon at Top Shops Bureta.

Debz, who has worked in the Otumoetai-Matua area for a few years is now welcoming all new and existing clients to her new hairdressing home.

Hair For You is a small friendly salon with a great atmosphere and with senior stylists committed to hair and quality service to clients with up-to-date

Debz Lee-Mouque with Hair For You salon owner Karen Knedler.

techniques and trends.

Hair For You is offering a great deal to celebrate Debz joining them.

Clients can get five to eight top foils, a block colour, a cut and blow wave or straightening all for $130.

Salon owner Karen Knedler says Debz is a great all-round hairdresser to add to their team.

“She’s well known in the area, she specialises in all aspects of hairdressing, but colouring and men’s [styling] certainly is her forte.”

Hair For You is also welcoming Fay Hannaford as a ‘rent a chair’ stylist.

Hear Better, Live Better

With recent research showing a link between untreated hearing loss and poor mental functions, many hearing professionals are recommending hearing aids be fitted as soon as possible.

Applied Hearing can suggest suitable affordable solutions to your hearing problems. We can supply, adjust and repair all makes of hearing aids. We provide government funding advice and assistance and with over 55 years in the business you can be assured of our continued support.

Our friendly and professional team will always go that ‘extra mile’ to assist you.

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Sugar-bashing doesn’t solve dilemma Raising taxes on, or getting rid of, sugary drinks – and sugarbashing in general – is a hot topic in our daily news fare.

While reducing sugar in our diet to acceptable levels makes complete common sense, widespread condemnation of sugar does not. Our approach has always been to accept that all biologically safe food has its place and our job has been to help people be as well informed as possible to make the right choices.

This demonising of sugar is a case in point and just too simplistic as a principle. Let’s have a look at why.

People go looking for food which has low-sugar levels on the labels.

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after you digest any food containing carbohydrate it will produce glucose, which is the highest-ranked sugar for raising bloodsugar levels. And believe me, carbs are omnipresent in all our lives; and apart from meat, fish, seafood and most nuts and seeds, most other foods contain some carbohydrates. And foods that contain the most include fruit, vegetables, bread, breakfast cereals, rice, pasta, legumes such as chickpeas, lentils, milk, yoghurt and sugar. The Glycaemic Load, or GL, principle allows us to compare how different types of food affect our blood-sugar levels – this is highly relevant in our world where diabetes looms large.

Protecting starts at pregnancy It’s Immunisation Week and the theme is ‘protecting baby starts in pregnancy’. Expectant mums are encouraged to be immunised against whooping cough and influenza during pregnancy, immunise baby on time and enrol early with a midwife and GP. Western Bay of Plenty PHO’s immunisation coordinator Diane Newland says Whooping cough can cause babies to become seriously ill, and can sometimes be deadly.

“Immunisation against whooping cough during pregnancy helps protects babies in their first few weeks of life, until they have their own immunisations.”

Diane says expectant mothers should also get the seasonal flu immunisation. “Getting the flu while pregnant can be serious for the mother – and baby. In fact, pregnant women are five times more likely to be

admitted to hospital when suffering from influenza-related complications than women who are not pregnant.”

Both immunisations are recommended and free when pregnant. Diane asks that pregnant women talk to their midwife or GP about these immunisations that protect themself and their unborn baby.

Sarah Dove knows that by protecting herself from flu and whooping cough while pregnant she is protecting her baby in the first six weeks of life.

Sarah advises pregnant mums to talk to their midwives early about immunisations, make sure you’re enrolled with a GP and your Midwife has told your GP you are pregnant. Being enrolled with a GP gives you reassurance that someone knows your history and is looking out for your healt.

For more information please Sarah knows the importance of contact your midwife, GP immunisations for herself and or practice nurse. baby while pregnant.

Assess the skin you’re in this autumn Autumn is a stressful time for our skin as the weather begins to cool and the wear and tear of summer’s sun is evident as our tans fade.

It is the perfect time to get into your favourite salon and get your skincare reassessed. Some salons are equipped

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with electronic skin scanners which provide a really accurate picture of your skin’s condition.

This will allow your therapist to choose the perfect treatment regime for you in the salon as well as adjust your home care routine to cope with the change in weather and deal with issues such as sun damage pigmentation.

Vitamin C serums and creams are ideal to give your skin additional protection with powerful antioxidants and the ability to diminish the signs of sun damage, leaving your skin with a far more even complexion.

Peels and microdermabrasion can also be a wonderful way of refreshing your look by abrading away dead skin cells, revealing fresh new plumper looking

skin. When done by an experienced therapist most peels can hydrate as well as smooth your skin instantly without leaving you looking red or feeling sore.

They are best completed in a series for amazingly smooth skin.

Don’t forget Mothers’ Day is just around the corner and a gift voucher from her favourite salon for a superb massage, pedicure, facial or body wrap could be a fabulous surprise and is as easy to organise as a phone call. Most good salons have terrific packages as well, if you really want to pamper Mum. Remember to choose a salon that offers a professional skin analysis and has specialised equipment to provide the very best results for your skin.

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Think now, before the cold bites As winter settles in, pharmacist Michelle Barbour says now is the best time to think about your health and boost that immune system.

Pharmacist Michelle Barbour.

Michelle encourages families to consider a flu injection and a course of buccaline to protect against those real nasties of winter.

“Both are available at Greerton Pharmacy so come in and talk to the pharmacist, see if it’s right for you.”

“When you think about the cost of a flu jab and Buccaline; it is only a fraction of the cost of really getting sick.

“Consider a doctor’s visit, prescription fees, cold and flu remedies, not to mention days off work and childcare. And don’t even get us started on the advantages on

your mental and physical wellbeing by not getting sick. Prevention is key, it’s a no-brainer.”

Michelle says we cannot forget about those more annoying bugs that still lurk around and burden us with coughs and colds.

On May 9-13, Greerton Pharmacy has a massive week in-store, packed full of natural winter wellness, including free zinc testing and super food tasting, with free samples and recipe ideas and delicious ways to boost vitamin intake for the whole family. There’ll also be yummy samples of vitamins kids can try in-store.

Talk to the pharmacist about other medication you are taking to find the best option for you, or take advantage of specials and opportunities to win generous gift baskets from leading natural health brands.

Honouring Maori Battalion A new education research scholarship worth $15,000 a year for up to two years is to be awarded in honour of the 28th Maori Battalion.

The new scholarship will be awarded to a student undertaking research relevant to major education policies and in particular the impact on Maori achieving education success as Maori.

Plus the winner will secure a paid internship with the Ministry of Education for up to six weeks for each year of study.

Applications close September 30, 2016.

See www.education.govt.nz

Good idea to get your sore throat checked A child’s sore throat could be more serious than most people realise. Something so seemingly simple can lead to rheumatic fever left untreated.

fever, according to Toi Te Ora. Reducing the rates of rheumatic fever is a priority for the Government. Figures released in March by the Ministry of Health show rates have dropped by 45 per cent since 2012.

A national rheumatic fever awareness campaign has launched this month.

In the Bay of Plenty, a local campaign is also underway which includes online promotion and newspaper and radio advertising.

Dr Miller says there are three key messages they want to get through to the public.

“Every time your child has a sore throat it could be serious.

“Rheumatic fever is very serious “Take them to a doctor or nurse and could turn into rheumatic or take them to a local heart disease, which sore throat clinic to could damage your get checked. child’s heart for life,” “If your child is says Dr Jim Miller, who given antibiotics, it’s is medical officer of important they finish health for Toi Te Ora – the whole course, Public Health Service. even if they feel “It may even require better, to stop the sore major heart surgery,” throat turning into says Dr Miller. rheumatic fever.

Maori and Pacific “Children with children aged four-19 A national rheumatic fever awareness campaign has rheumatic fever years are much more launched this month. may need months likely to get rheumatic

off school and require monthly injections for at least 10 years.

“Rheumatic fever can be prevented, if sore throats are dealt with early,” says Dr Miller.

For more information, visit www.ttophs.govt. nz/rheumatic_fever

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An untreated sore throat can lead to Rheumatic Fever and heart damage. If your child has a sore throat take them to a free Sore Throat Clinic or see a doctor or nurse.

For more info visit: health.govt.nz/rheumaticfever

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Arthritis in our senior pets: The signs to look for Lameness and joint pain are one of the most common reasons pets are brought into our vet clinic. tauranga papamoa village katikati te puna

The causes are varied, but in our senior pets lameness is often secondary to a recent injury or to arthritis, also known as Degenerative Joint Disease.

DJD occurs when the cartilage within one or more joints is worn away, leading to inflammation, pain and reduced quality of life.

This is usually due to wear and

tear during the pet’s lifetime, but can also occur secondary to an earlier injury, genetics. For example, hip dysplasia, infection or obesity.

In dogs, joint pain is usually quite obvious. They show lameness, are slow or reluctant to go for walks and have trouble getting up and lying down.

However in cats, the signs can be subtle as most hide their pain, so it is often left untreated. Up to 90 per cent of cats aged 12-plus have arthritis, but only seven per cent are lucky enough to get treatment.

Often cats with arthritis show gradual changes in lifestyle and behaviour, rather than lameness, so it appears as just ‘old age’. Signs to look for are reluctance to jump up or down, avoiding previously favoured elevated spots, sleeping more, irritability with owners, toileting issues

and reduced grooming or matted coats.

The good news is there are a variety of treatment options for our elderly pets.

Obesity is a major factor affecting arthritis and vets have special diets to reduce weight effectively and safely.

Anti-inflammatory medications now come in liquid and tablet form for dogs and cats, and make a huge difference for painful pets.

Please note, human medications are not a safe option.

Omega 3s and green lipped mussel have been shown to have an antiinflammatory effect and we have special prescription diets with these incorporated. There is also a course of injectable chondroprotective agents, namely Pentosan, which protect and improve arthritic joints.

If you think your elderly furry family member is showing any of these signs, please act now and call your vet for a full check-up.

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Eva the everyday superhero in the Avenues Not everybody can be a like a comic book hero with super powers, but everybody can be an everyday superhero.

Tauranga’s Eva Tate is one of these everyday heroes working from her home on the Avenues – at least she is to the pets that she rescues.

“I take whatever comes my way if I’m able to at the time, get them checked by a behaviourist and a vet, make sure they’re put in a [suitable] home, fix them, do whatever medical needs they need, get them to a healthy weight; and send them off to a new family.”

In one sentence, Eva sums up exactly what a hero she can be – paying for all these vet bills and expenses from her own pocket, even if she doesn’t know exactly how much that has added up to over the years.

“I haven’t sat down to look at it because I

don’t really want to know. It’s a pretty big thing,” says Eva. With estimates that each dog costs up to $400 for food, training and medical expenses, Eva gets “about $250 of that back for the adoption fee” to put towards the next rescue animal.

Eva estimates she’s rescued up to 100 dogs and up to 48 cats since starting her own rescue operation three years ago.

“I have to remind myself that what I’m doing is good, but it’s pretty difficult when everywhere you look there’s another one that needs it that you have to say ‘No’ to.

“For every one dog I’ve rescued, unfortunately I’ve said ‘No’ to three.”

Eva says she gets updates from the adopted parents to let her know how their rescue pet is going.

“That might be my favourite part of all of it. You look a year later and you see this little itty bitty puppy that you’ve nursed back to health; and a year later they [the owners]

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Eva Tate with Phoenix, 5, Ava Haslett, 7, Rylee, 9, and Paige, 6, van Dijk, meeting for a walk on the beach. Photo: Tracy Hardy.

Sherry Heavey’s cats Marble and Tito.

Pet Perfect is a monthly feature in The Weekend Sun and we want to see your pets.

Send your cute animal snaps to editorials@thesun.co.nz or post them on our Facebook page, facebook.com/theweekendsun.co.nz for a chance to be published and win a prize.

Gail Paskin’s cat Gus.

Healthy kittens looking for loving To meet these gorgeous kittens and A litter of kittens was found at just three days old in an industrial area.

They were lovingly hand-reared by an experienced foster carer for ARRC. And now nine weeks old, these happy, healthy and mischievous kittens need their loving, forever homes.

are sending you a photo of this dog chewing on all their shoes.”

For more information, visit www.facebook.com/ evas.animal.resq

discuss their adoption, phone Teena 07 552 5028 to make an appointment.

They have all been vet-checked, wormed, flea-treated, de-sexed, had their first vaccination, microchipped and registered and cost $115 each.

Although having a pet is very rewarding, it’s a big responsibility and not to be taken lightly. Having a pet is a commitment for their whole life and it’s important to make sure you have enough time to devote to their care as well as a budget planned to make sure they’re fed with good food and receive any veterinary attention they may need during their lifetime.

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A touch of autumn in winter Te Puke Primary School is bringing a touch of winter to autumn by turning their nearby high school’s gymnasium on Tui St into an ice skating rink this weekend.

The cool event is a fundraiser for the primary school, which is sending 18 of its Year five and six sports academy pupils to Mount Ruapehu for a leadership camp.

For safety, the rink consists of an inflatable wall which pads the sides of the gym in case anyone takes a tumble. The floor will be made up of slabs of artificial ice which acts exactly like real ice.

Te Puke Primary School sports co-ordinator Julie Marriner says she saw the artificial ice last summer and thought it would be a perfect way to avoid trying to turn the gym into a freezer.

“It looks like ice, it feels like ice, but it’s actually some sort of high tech resin tile.

“It’s not quite as slippery and it’s not quite as hard but you still skate with proper ice skates.”

Julie says if the fundraiser is successful the pupils head to the camp in August for two days.

Te Puke Primary School students Daemon Stewart, Talia Wright and Junior Taumata. Photo: Bruce Barnard. Photo: Bruce Barnard.

Because the camp focuses on team and one from each will take turns building exercises and leadership, being the tactician, planning the Te Puke ice skating rink is not and co-ordinating their side’s being planned solely by adults movements. the children will help put the rink Te Puke Primary School’s ice together and take it down. rink fundraiser is at Te Puke Julie says none of the students High School on May 7-8 from have been to the snow before – so 10am-5pm. Door entry for the 30 getting to Mount Ruapehu will be minute skating sessions costs $7 for a big deal. On their trip they will children under 16, $13 per adult learn skiing, and there will also be and a family of two adults and two a snowball fight – but won’t be the children costs $35. usual free-for-all every-child-forGloves and ice skates will be themselves kind of event. provided.

Pupils will be broken into teams Gina Carline

Kindergarten celebrates one year community hub than a kindergarten. “They’re opening Wairakei Kindergarten celebrated its first birthday up the opportunity to be part of this community.” this week – and aren’t just celebrating a fantastic year The Whanau Room is a community space within with the children, but their involvement with the the kindergarten that hosts play groups, local midwife wider community too. clinics, hip hop classes and The Papamoa East-based guitar lessons for Golden kindergarten is an Early Sands School children.

Childhood Education “You have to give a huge service in an area which is amount of thanks and praise currently undergoing huge to the teachers and staff developments. Papamoa East because they’re everything to is becoming increasingly this place,” says Alanna. popular with young families Wairakei Kindergarten so early childhood education has a fundraising event on and care is in demand.

June 13, which is sponsored Wairakei Kindergarten

by Papamoa Pak’n Save. opened with 15 children and during the last year has Caitlyn Taylor, 3, Billy Dow, 4, and past pupil Nigel Latta is bringing his Parenting Guide: The First quickly increased to full Enzo Waters, 5, in the kindergarten’s Decade’ event to Baycourt capacity with an ever-growing vegetable garden.

Community and Arts Centre. waiting list.

Tickets cost $30 from Ticketek, with event proceeds Parent and Whanau of Wairakei member Alanna going to Wairakei Kindergarten.

Taylor says Wairakei is trying to be more of a Rachel Noon

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The boy who ‘gave it’ to Jerry The army recruiter probably saved George Alexander Wootton’s butt.

He was young and reckless and wanted to teach “those bloody Germans” a lesson.

“I am not going to suffer this,” he said.

“The Germans had been bombing the hell out of us in London. And I thought as soon as I can, I am going to get in there and have a go at those buggers.”

So a sassy 16-year-old, hell-bent on adventure and revenge, told the recruiter he was an eligible 18. “But he said: ‘Bugger off ’. I thought that’s nice.” George ‘buggered off ’, but only as far as the recruiting office next door where he joined the Marines. You only had to be 17 and they bought into George’s lesser lie.

So off he went to “give it to those buggers”.

Operation Neptune on D-Day saw 2700 ships carrying landing craft and 176,000 troops across the English Channel storm ashore on a

The Historic Village on 17th custodian Vinnie Wiersma on the 1942 Dodge WC57 command car.

100km front at Normandy on Northern France.

And amongst them, was George Alexander Wootton.

George was the stoker driver at the helm of a 230hp landing craft, chugging at 18-20 knots, ferrying his cargo of humanity to the beachhead. Drop the ramp and into the tide they would go, into the bullet swarm, into the murderous mortar and artillery fire; into hell.

“You couldn’t think about what lay ahead for them. But the guys who landed first – well, half of them got knocked off.”

Then George would head back to the carrier Invicta and do it all again. And again and again through the maelstrom.

“I wasn’t frightened. You didn’t think about it. You were trained and you just got on with it.”But he did think about. And he would again think about the gruff army recruiter, who snubbed him – and he would think very kindly of the man. “I was lucky because if he had let me join the army I probably would have been one of the poor buggers on the beach.”

And the scale of ‘poor’ is staggering.

More than 425,000 Allied and German troops were killed, wounded or missing during the Battle of Normandy. And here’s George, 72 years later, very alive and very well, sitting in the sun at Mount Maunganui, near another beach which hasn’t seen anything more violent than a storm. And he’s reminiscing. “It never really affected me,” he says. But it did. And still does.

“Big bloody heaps of bodies on the beach.”

It’s an 18-year-old’s enduring memory of war.

His personal torment.

“The burial parties would have to pile the bodies up on the beach so they could get the vehicles and soldiers ashore. Poor devils. Just piled up.” He stops and thoughtfully strokes a lined brow. “Thank God I didn’t join that lot.

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Worse for the despot though. Hitler suddenly found himself engaged in two major campaigns on two major and different fronts. Neither of which he had the resources nor the appetite for.

Beginning of the end for the Reich.

Operation Neptune, The Normandy Landings, on D-Day on June 6, 1944, had a major impact on the Allied drive towards Berlin and would bring World War II to an earlier close. Then 74 years later an official-looking package would arrive at George’s front door in Ranch Rd, a world away from Normandy, in Mount Maunganui.

“Dear Mr Wootton. This is part of an important campaign launched by the President recognising those who fought for the liberation of France and her people.”

A personal note from the Ambassador of France to New Zealand, Mrs Florence Jeanblanc-Risler.

It was the ‘Order national de la Legion d’honneur’ – the Legion of Honour – a medal founded by Bonaparte in 1802 and awarded by the French president himself. The highest French order rewarding military and civil service to France. And this one bearing the name George Alexander Wooton.

On May 7-8, ex-marine George Alexander Wootton, will officially receive his Legion of Honour medal at a special ceremony at the BOP Military Vehicle Show and VE Day Celebration at The Historic Village.

That weekend marks the anniversary of VE Day. And 72 years after the event, the French are celebrating that George Alexander Wootton, in his own special way, made a significant and brave contribution to that victory and the freedom of a people. To read the full story, go to www.theweekendsun.co.nz

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Studying the Kiwi art of misinterpreting reality...

Where do Kiwis go to study the art of misinterpreting reality? Here we have Building and Housing Minister Dr Nick Smith and Prime Minister John Key saying there isn’t a housing crisis in NZ when there is. Nicky said: “The cost of buying a house today is lower than it has ever been”.

Well Nicky, I built my first house in 1962 I was earning 18 quid a week and my mortgage – at five per cent – was three pound ten a week. I had plenty of money left in my pocket after paying the mortgage and my wife was working too; we were well off.

I would like to see anyone on the minimum wage have the ability to pay off an $800,000 mortgage on the minimum wage. Can you show us how?

Then we have a Greenie saying NZ should match Holland in doing away with petrol and diesel cars. Holland is about the size

of Otago and villages and towns are yards apart over there compared to here. For Goodness sake there is only one hill in Holland unlike here where there are only a couple of flat roads. An electric car would only be of any use NZ in places like our three major cities.

It would be impossible to situate enough charging stations across NZ to keep the NZ fleet running as it is today. They could do well to promote them in Auckland Wellington and Christchurch but certainly not for say Eketahuna. How would a farmer from way out in the back blocks get home in time to milk the cows when his battery ran out? One needs to bear in mind that telling fact Holland is flat, there is only one hill in the whole country, so not much power is wasted on climbing hills like here in NZ. More thought is needed here I think.

What are they smoking in the Beehive one wonders? A Bourne, Bethlehem.

Put fluoride in the Coca Cola!

Do you have a leaky home?

The Financial Assistance Package, which helps people with a contribution to repair leaky homes, is closing to new claims on 23 July 2016.

To give time for an assessment to be undertaken, applications should be with MBIE by 27 June 2016.

Re: ‘Fluroridation calls switched from councils to DHBS’ (The Weekend Sun, April 22). The issue of adding fluoride to our drinking water was again in the news. The city council is obliged to provide residents with safe potable drinking water. This may necessitate adding certain purifying agents to ensure there are no impurities in the water which could make us sick.

There is no obligation for adding medication, whether it be painkillers, folic acid or fluoride.

Fluoride is a poison which has been banned in several countries and many states in the United States. It has been said fluoride is slightly less poisonous than arsenic and more poisonous than lead; that nothing in the human body benefited from fluoride and almost all our internal organs, our bones and our teeth were at great risk from fluoride.

And that the effects were cumulative.

This was written by Peter Daniel, an expert on fluoridation. Back in 2013,

I wrote a letter to the Dominion Post which asked: Why stop at fluoride?

There has been a lot of support for adding fluoride to our water to protect children’s teeth. I too am concerned that our children’s teeth need extra protection. I was then a resident in Kapiti but now live in Tauranga, where there are many older people suffering from arthritis, osteoporosis and other ailments which affect us as we age.

While we are into additives in our water, why not inflict the whole of the population with glucosamine, chondroitin, coecalciferol and iron supplements and maybe even epsom salts? That should keep us all in tiptop condition. We could just put the fluoride into Coca Cola and ensure the kids actually drink it – they don’t seem to drink tap-water.

Perhaps they could even stretch to a little addition of G&T around 4pm to keep us oldies happy!

A Reynolds, Pyes Pa.

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people to drink’. Not only that, but whenever you get held up and it seems to be happening more and more, you’re watching the fuel gauge going south like a runaway train on some wonder drug. And, joy of joys, the politicians are creating another road to “cure” the congestion, by transferring the congestion to somewhere else. But not starting until 2018!

We see these exact problems in Auckland and you’d think we’d learn.

But no, so whatever you do, hang in there, as it’s not going to get better anytime soon.

R McGuinness, Tauranga City.

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Another costly highway to nowhere The three National ‘Magis’ Messrs Bridges, Simpson and Muller are clearly highway window dressing for the 2017 elections.

Nothing of any consequence is going to happen right now, it will take 10 years-plus before it all eventuates. Maybe $520 million in today’s money but probably a $1 billion in the end analysis.

Interestingly, it leads nowhere in particular, we still have to negotiate the dreadful Karangahake Gorge and Whangamata nightmarish winding road to get out.

It is just another eastern arterial highway to nowhere. By all means do the safety improvements now for Katikati and Omokoroa to Tauranga to improve traffic flow and address safety concerns on SH2 but the rest is nonsense.

The New Zealand Transport Agency and Tauranga City Council should be urgently addressing Bayfair roundabout, Elizabeth St/ Takatimu Drive gridlock, pushing through Grenada St to Papamoa, dealing with Te Maunga and Tauriko blockages – all with the easy, cheap, short-term options available to alleviate traffic mayhem within the Tauranga City precincts.

Even Thompson’s Track to Te Aroha may be a better investment than the Tauranga Northern Link.

This nebulous thing has got Northland bridges and the Welcome Bay tunnel/Turret Rd widening written all over it.

R Paterson, Matapihi.

We need commonsense decisions for roading Re: Council roadworks between the expressway and Bethlehem.

I find it cynical of the council to have put a second lane in for traffic leaving Tauranga between the expressway and Bethlehem but have left one lane for traffic entering Tauranga.

Look and you will see that there is room for second lane but this has deliberately been left as a choke point.

We can have a new highway to nowhere and the old road to Te Puke can be done but we cannot have 0.75km of road for the seven-10km of traffic piled up every morning.

The council has been aware Te Puna Station Rd brings State Highway 2 to a halt every morning – and during the last year this has gone from a few cars to now one kilometre of cars that turn off at Te Puna Rd so they can jump the queue.

It would seem too hard for the council put a ‘No exit’ sign from Te Puna Station Rd between 7am and 9am, put a second lane in to the expressway and alleviate the traffic woes for the medium term.

Also be sure the new roundabout in Te Puna is going to slow down SH2 more as Minden residents will now be able to turn right into town, rather than left, then through the BP to get into the town bound lane.

Council need to make some commonsense decisions.

R Allen, Te Puna.

Name and shame them

Bottom-up spending solution

As burglary and other forms of theft are the permanent occupation of a large number of criminals, starting at an early age, serious remedies are required.

The media often reports cases of defendants in court having more than 100 previous convictions, yet these people walk amongst us unnamed and unknown.

The stocks were used in previous times not just as a punishment and deterrent but to alert the public as to whom they were.

Surely after 10 convictions for crimes of this kind their names, photographs and possibly addresses should be widely published. Knowing their addresses may put pressure on their families and possibly alert the Police and public to the hub of such B Johnson, Omokoroa. activities.

We’ve been horrified by scenes of animal cruelty to bobby calves on TV and our media, big business and politicians have ripped apart the messenger – SAFE – and dumbed the public down on the matter.

Dairy in this country has a dirty tail, just like the Democratic Westernised Capitalist system we live in with some young people being brought up in Third World conditions, no matter how hard the agencies and voluntary organisations work.

The answer in my mind is to ringfence the $1-2 billion proposed in the next two-three years for tax cuts – a hard call by our National Government – and price index it annually to use it exclusively for bottom-up spending. For example, community services on housing, health, education and organised jobs – so no able male at home during the working day –and be the first to solve a problem dogging our Western society.

Capitalism with true social responsibility – perfect.

D Morris, Te Puna.

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The Weekend Sun’s ever popular guide to ‘What’s On’ in the Bay. Pg46

Toe-tapping music to delight the soul It’ll be an intimate concert featuring toe-tappingly great music when Australian band Forbidden Road hits Te Puna next month.

Hosted by Waipuna Hospice, the country rock trio will perform at Te Puna Hall on Tuesday, May 17, to raise funds for the organisation.

Waipuna fundraising manager Trish Rae says the upcoming concert promises to be an awesome night, featuring a mix of popular songs and originals from the band. “Forbidden Road is heading to New Zealand to play at several festivals this month, and with two of the members having family and friends here they were really keen to perform in Tauranga.

“They’ve told me how excited they are to be able to perform in front of a number of their loved ones, and the

Waipuna Hospice presents Forbidden Road at Te Puna Hall on May 17.

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Tauranga Citz Club Wednesday 11 – “A Taste of Sunday 8 May – The Your Music”. Come along Entertainers Club. Ruby with chord sheets and sing Lyon – songs from the with the band. 7.30pm start. shows 5-8pm. Mother’s Day Welcome Bay Bar special.

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hospice is certainly looking forward to the concert because they play great music,” says Trish.

Each year the hospice needs to raise $2.5 million to fund their extensive range of services it provides to the community.

Trish says Tauranga’s growing and ageing population and ever-increasing patient numbers puts a lot of pressure on the hospice.

“This is such a nice way to raise money because people can come and have a great night and know they’re raising valuable funds for Waipuna at the same time.”

Waipuna Hospice’s Forbidden Road fundraiser concert is at Te Puna Hall on May 17, from 7pm.

Tickets cost $25 from Waipuna Hospice reception or at www.waipuna-hospice.co.nz David Tauranga

Celebrate NZ Music Month at hot pools In celebration of NZ Music Month, the Mount Hot Pools is offering live acoustic music as part of its Soak ‘n’ Sunday Sounds programme in May. Bay Venues Hot Pools manager Matthew Strange says the event not only offers patrons live music to enjoy while relaxing in the pools but also celebrates up-and-coming young, local musicians.

The music line-up for the remaining Sundays of May include solo acoustic artist Josh Durning, solo acoustic singer Josh Pow, The Native Poms acoustic duo Tara and Jon, and folk rock and looping artist Melissa Cox. Soak ‘n’ Sunday Sounds is held between 7pm and 9pm.

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A month of New Zealand music Turn your back for a second and it sneaks up on you – yes, it’s time again for New Zealand Music Month.

The song receiving the video treatment – courtesy of Shane Davies at Whakamarama’s Soundtree Productions – is what I thought was the stand-out moment of jaw-dropping fun from that EP ‘Go Go Girl’, a song that would have been a surefire worldwide smash had it been sung by Neil Diamond in 1972.

so if a band wants a “playing in the studio” video it’s even less expensive. I’m happy to give someone a plug here who does such great deals and is a real music enthusiast and I’d strongly suggest any bands who want to get ahead give it a thought and at the very least go and check out Shane’s excellent set-up.

Of course, every month is New Zealand Music Month here at the Watusi Country Club, though we do Batten Down the Hatches occasionally take time out for Bob Meanwhile, one last gig to mention, Dylan Week. How could it not be? also not especially NZMM-connected.

Even if I only wrote about upcoming Tauranga favourite Kokomo is gigs in the Bay launching their new there’d be more than 2-CD collection enough to make celebrating 25 years every month of music-making. It’s New Zealand called ‘Batten Down Music Month.

The Hatches’ and After all, Tauranga they’re doing it by way has an increasing of a special free show population and the at Brew Bar on The growing number Strand next Sunday of Aucklanders afternoon, May 15. here need things to The band’ll be playing, do. No wonder it’s John Michaelz will be a getting busier. special guest and there’s But I do wonder no charge. about New Zealand Sounds like a good Music Month. I deal to me. It’s all on wonder what it at 2pm. really means for watusi@thesun.co.nz Anthony Coulter and his band Sonic Surfer. the majority of Kiwi bands. I know Doors open 7.30pm, there’s a $10 it means that some very polite and How to solve door charge and Soundtree will be enthusiastic people who represent No.1831 Sudoku!

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Tauranga to host Moto trials on Sunday Tauranga is hosting the third and fourth rounds of the North Island Moto Trials Championship this Saturday and Sunday.

Being offered via Tauranga Motor Cycle Club, the championship’s third round on May 7 is at the Muirs property at the top of No 4 Rd, Te Puke. And the championship’s fourth round will be at Graylings property, Hereford Rd, Oropi, on May 8.

Signs will be posted from the state

highway for people to find the venues.

Everyone is welcome but leave your canines at home.

In moto trials, riders on specialised motorbikes are required to navigate a range of obstacles and their feet are not allowed to touch the ground.

The more skilled a rider is, the more obstacles he or she needs to navigate.

For enquiries contact Francis Sydenham on 027 495 6236 or email: Francis.sydenham@gmail.com

Uniting to kick it up a notch It’s been a hard slog for Tauranga City United in the Northern Region Football League Premier Division – and it’s not likely to get any easier in their next hit out this weekend.

Tauranga United, which sit 10th on the premier table, will host East Coast Bays in their round eight clash at Links Avenue Reserve on Sunday.

East Coast currently sit third equal with Bay Olympic, Central United and Three Kings United – all with 10 points.

Unfortunately for Tauranga United, they are on a three-game losing streak with a disappointing 3-0 loss to Forrest Hill Milford last weekend.

East Coast is well rested after having the bye in the last round, so it will take a mammoth effort from the

home side to turn the losing streak around.

Although it’s not an impossible task for the boys in blue, who have often punched above their weight in previous seasons.

If there is one thing United can be sure of, it’s their coach Duncan Lowry will use all his footballing knowledge to have his side prepared for a team with a two-win, one-draw and one-loss record so far this season.

In the other match-ups in the round, league leaders Eastern Suburbs take on Melville United. Hamilton Wanderers face Three Kings United, Onehunga Sports play Western Springs, Central United go up against Forrest Hill Milford and Glenfield Rovers battle it out against Bay Olympic. Birkenhead has a bye.

Tauranga United versus East Coast Bays kicks off at 2.45pm this Sunday at Links Avenue Greg Taipari Reserve, Tauranga.

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Friday 6 May

Tauranga Home Show May 6, 7 & 8 10am – 5pm daily at ASB Arena, Baypark, Tauranga. Entry $10 adults, children 13 & under free.

Friday entry special: 2 for One Friday.

Saturday 7 May

Alcoholics Anonymous Women’s meeting at St Andrews, Dee St 10-11am, children welcome. 0800 229 6757 Come Dance the Night Away Sequence & old time dancing, Greerton Hall 7.3011pm. Great music & supper. Entry $7.

Run by Tauranga Social Dance. Garry 543 0051 Gala Day Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Otepou at 759 Welcome Bay Rd 10am - 2pm. White elephant, cake stall, rides, clothing, raffles & more.

Gate Pa Car Boot Sale Car boot market next to Tauranga Girls’ College, 934 Cameron Road.

First Saturday of every month.

To book your $10 car space, Wiki 578 3321. A community initiative of Chirp. www.chirp.org.nz LOL Laughter Wellness Laugh away life’s troubles. May 14 at Sandpiper Room, Arataki Community Centre, Mt Maunganui 11-11.45am. $3 door charge.

Trish 022 036 6768 email: lollaughterwellness@gmail.com Market In the Pioneer Lounge, War Memorial Hall, Te Puke 9am - 12pm.

Herbs, plants, natural products, homemade gifts, educational products, books & more including reiki & readings.

Kerry 552 6768 Messianic Meetings Every Sat at Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui 10am. Seek to unite together in our walk to put truth into action on a daily basis. All ages welcome. 544 7424 or 0210 226 3515 Military Vehicle Show May 7 & 8 at Tauranga Historic Village, 17th Ave West 9.30am – 3pm. To celebrate VE day.

Vehicle parade, historic films, children’s jeep rides, vintage cars & more. Arrive in 1940’s costume (2 day judging – prize each day) Free entry. www. bopmilitaryvehicleshow.org Nana Joan’s Op Shop First Sat of month 7 Oak Lane, off Waihi Rd 9am – 12pm.

Record Fair At The Art Lounge, Goddard’s Shopping Centre, 21 Devonport Rd 10am – 2pm. Entry $2. Early pickers (9.30am) $6. www.theartloungenz.com Taiko to Tango Presented by BOP Symphonia at Baycourt Addison Theatre 7pm.

Prices from $12. www.baycourt.co.nz Tango Workshops Held May 7-8. www.

TangoInTauranga.com or FB “tango in Tauranga” or Alex 022 444 4501 Tauranga Airsoft Club Inc Interested in Airsoft? Play games twice a month at TECT All Terrain Park. www.taurangaairsoftclub.co.nz Tauranga Home Show May 7 & 8 10am – 5pm daily at ASB Arena, Baypark, Tauranga. Entry $10 adults,

children 13 & under free.

The Rusty Mannequin Sale Historic Village, 17th Ave 9am – 12pm. Top quality high fashion preloved women’s clothing sizes 8-22, Everything $5 plus huge range of accessories. Cash only. All proceeds to Turning Point Trust.

Sunday 8 May A Course in Miracles Study & support group meet in meeting room of Tauranga Central Library 1pm. Topic: Fear - how to eliminate it forever. You can also join us via Skype. Txt 021 0274 2502 Bay Bible Fellowship/Lord’s Day Worship service at Welcome Bay Primary School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Rd 10am.

Breathtaking Grace - Judges Series.

“How low can we go?” Tom Griffiths. www.bbf.net.nz Bay of Plenty Tree Crops Field Day Leading walnut growers, Nick & Pauline Nelson Parker, 1314 Wainui Rd, Opotiki 10am. Growing, picking & processing walnuts. 12pm picnic lunch & 1pm field day at Greg Reid & Olia Alpetskaya, 244 Stanley Rd, Opotiki.

Main crop olives - made into olive oil.

Also herbal teas, Tour of garden & herb garden. Isabel 549 5517 Bible Seminars Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St, Greerton 1.45pm.

Title: “What the Bible teaches about the Devil.” Interactive, Q&A. Refreshments provided. Vic 543 0504 City on its Feet Walking Group Every Sunday at the new shopping centre, 83 Pyes Pa Rd 9am. Medium & fast pace.

Mike 543 4733 or email: mikemell@ kinect.co.nz Croquet Every Sun, Tues & Fri at Tauranga Domain, Cameron Rd 12.45pm. Peter 571 0633 Jennian Homes Mother’s Day Fun Run/Walk Kulim Park, Kulim Ave, Otumoetai 10am – 12.30pm. Single $20. Mother child combo $15, senior (age 65+) $15.

A nationwide fun run/walk. A non refundable event with donations made to the Heart Foundation. For tickets: http://www.jennianmothersday.com/ Milonga Regular free El Tango Milonga, dancing social Argentine Tango at Tauranga Citizens Club, cnr Cameron Rd/13th Ave 5.45-8pm. Free. Carl 021 280 4464 Papamoa Lions Club Market Gordon Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd, Papamoa.

Gates open 7am for stall holder entry.

Quakers in Tauranga In hall behind Brain Watkins House, cnr Elizabeth St/Cameron Rd 10am for an hour of mainly silent worship followed by tea/ coffee & talk. 544 0448 www.quaker. org.nz Radio Controlled Model Yachts Meet Sun & Thurs at pond behind 24 Montego Drive, Papamoa 1.30pm to sail Electron & similar 3ft long yachts, for fun.

Beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419

Soak ‘n Sunday Sounds Come down to the Mount Hot Pools every Sunday in May to support some talented, local musicians during NZ Music Month 7-9pm.

Sunday Cyclists Meet at old ‘Fruitlands’ store, by big roundabout at Paengaroa 9am. All levels catered for. Jenny 0274 353 669 or 578 8937 Tauranga Friendship & Social Club Walks, dinners & outings for over 50’s.

Barbara 544 7461 Tauranga Home Show May 8 10am – 5pm daily at ASB Arena, Baypark, Tauranga.

Entry $10 adults, children 13 & under free.

Tauranga Theosophical Society Geometry & the coincidence of numbers & sound. Tauranga Yoga Centre 2pm.

Entry by donation. 577 6042 Tauranga Underwater Hockey Club Juniors up to year 10 students 5-6.15pm. Seniors Year 11 to Adult 6-7.45pm. Every Sunday (except school holidays) Baywave Aquatic Centre. Lane 027 287 4731 or 578 7573

Monday 9 May

Achieve Toastmasters Keep speaking, keep helping, keep succeeding. 1st, 3rd & 5th Mon of month. Open meeting May 16. St Stephens Church Hall, Brookfield, Tauranga 7.30-9.30pm.

Craig 027 587 5115 After Suicide Support Group Meet second Mon of month 5.30-7.30pm. Grief Support Services 578 4480 email: support@ griefsupport.org.nz Alanon Family Group Meet every Mon at St George’s Anglican Church, Gate pa & Cameron Rd 7-8pm. 0508 425 266 An Optimal Emotional Free Technique Practice group meets via Skype Mondays 7pm. “Put away your scepticism.

This really works.” Dr Wayne Dyer. Txt 021 0274 2502 ANZ Championship Netball WBOP Magic vs West Coast Fever at ASB Baypark 8-10pm.

Badminton Club: Seniors & Juniors Juniors: Mon 6-7.30pm. Seniors: Mon & Weds 7.30-9.30pm. Bethlehem College Events Centre, Elder Lane. All levels of players welcome. Sue 021 194 4335 or www.taurangabadmintonclub.co.nz Bethlehem Bowls Every Monday at Bethlehem Hall 7.15pm. First 3 nights free. Wendy 578 2585 Body & Soul Fun Fitness For over 50’s, social events & guest speakers. Mon (guest speaker: Nicola Ward, DBH Fracture Prevention Coordinator 10.15am after class May 9) & Fri Greerton Hall Cameron Rd. Tues Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave. Weds City Church cnr Otumoetai Rd/Sherwood St. Thurs at Tauranga Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St behind Pak n Save. All classes 9.15-10.15am. First class free.

For men & women. Dianne 576 5031 ‘Qualified Sport & Physical recreation instructor’.

Chess Mt Maunganui Mount RSA Chess Club every Mon at Mount RSA, 544 Maunganui Rd. Early program 6-7.30pm during school term. Late program 7.30pm onwards. Incl casual games. Noel 579 5412 Chess, The Mount Club Every Mon at St Thomas More Church, 17 Gloucester Rd 1-4pm. The only place you play standard chess in Tga. $3 a session.

Sets, boards, clocks & refreshments provided. Bob/Viv 575 5845 or 0274 786 282 Citizens Advice Bureau For free, confidential information and advice about anything call in Monday-Friday 9am-5pm 38 Hamilton Street, Tauranga or Freephone 0800 367 222 or 578 1592. JP Service every Mon 1-4pm, Weds & Thurs 9am-11.30am. Migrant Clinics Tues - Fri 1pm-4pm. – All welcome no appointment necessary.

Civic Choir Tauranga Wesley Church, 13th Ave, Tga 7.30pm. New members welcome. Heather 575 9092 www. taurangacivicchoir.org.nz Dancing@Te Puke Sequence dance group meet at St Pats Hall, Beatty Ave, Te Puke 6.30-8.30pm. For learners & improvers, waltz, foxtrot, tango, cha cha & more. Partners required. $3pp. Gordon 572 0060 or email: gordoncadman@gmail.com Fitness League Ladies 50 plus exercise with dance to music. Improve posture, energy, toned body, increase strength & fun. Every Mon at Greerton Senior Citizens Hall, 39 Maitland St 9.3010.30am. Gloria 573 4429 Fitness League Safe effective, low impact fun exercise set to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed for women of all ages & abilities. First class free. Every Mon at Settlers Hall Omokoroa 9.30am & Tues St Johns Anglican Church Waihi 9.30am.

Dorothy 549 3378 Free Budget Course May 16, 23 & 30 at Holy Trinity Church, 3rd Ave, Tauranga 7pm. Learn how to budget, save & spend wisely. Supper provided. 578 7718 or cap@holytrinitytauranga.com Free Meditation Classes Mon 10am & Weds 7.30pm in Bellevue, Tauranga.

Gain a new awareness. David/Trisha 570 1204 Harmony a Plenty Barbershop Chorus Every Mon at Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd 7pm. New members welcome. Wilf 571 5576 or www.harmonyaplenty.co.nz Mount Chess Club Every Mon at St Thomas More Church, 17 Gloucester Rd 1-4pm.

The only place you can play standard length chess in Tauranga. $3 a session. Sets, boards, clocks & refreshments provided. Bob/ Viv 575 5845 or 0274 786 282 Omokoroa Indoor Bowling Club Meet at Settler’s Hall, Omokoroa Rd every Mon 1.30pm & Tues 7.30pm. $3 mat fee. New players free first 3 weeks.

Anne 548 1636

Otumoetai Indoor Bowls Champion Singles & Club Night 7pm. Club night for the rest 7.30pm. Matua Primary School Hall, Clivedene St 7.15pm. New members welcome. Karen 576 0443 Papamoa Genealogy Branch NZSG meet in the Tohora Room, Papamoa Community Centre 9.30am - 2pm. Small door charge.

Coffee/tea provided, bring own lunch. Daphne 575 4674 Papamoa Progressive Assn 2nd Mon of month at Dune Room, Parton Rd, Gordon Spratt Reserve. Ken 574 2332 Plant Based Cooking Seminar May 30 Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Mt Maunganui 6.30-8.30pm.

Talk, teach, taste presented by local Mount chef, Arna Buckley. Entry $10.

Book now 574 1107 or 021 0232 9895 Recycled Teenagers Gentle exercise for 50’s forwards, & injury or illness rehabilitation. Mon & Weds, 14 Norris St, Tauranga Senior Citizens Club, behind Pak n Save. Tues at St Mary’s Church Hall, Girven Rd. All 9 - 10.30am.

Classes taken by qualified instructor.

First class free. Jennifer 571 1411 Silver Singers Choir Practice every Mon at St Stephens Church, Brookfield Tce 1-3pm. Tenors, bases & contraltos needed for our 35 voice choir. Pat 579 1036 St Columba Indoor Bowling Club Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood. Names in by 7.15pm, 7.30pm start. All playing levels welcome. Paul 576 6324 Tai Chi & Taoist Qi Gong At Arataki Community Centre 9-10am. Warren 574 2464 or 0274 745 389 Tauranga Brass Practice every Mon at Community Hall, Elizabeth St West 7-9pm. All players welcome. Alex 0274 920 185 or 571 8720 Tauranga Creative Fibre Every Mon at Arts Centre, Elizabeth St from 9.30am.

Spinning, weaving, felting, knitting, crochet & more. Also on Thurs evening twice a month. Shirley 577 0188 Tauranga Gem & Mineral Club Meet 2nd Mon of month 6pm juniors, 7.30pm seniors in club rooms, shop, museum & workshop, Historic Village, 17th Ave. Tauranga Rock n Roll Club Inc Club night every Mon at Tauranga RSA, Cameron Rd, Greerton 8pm. A relaxed, social evening of dancing. Members $3, nonmembers $5. Visitors welcome. Check the Facebook pages. Trina 575 7461 a/h Tauranga Senior Citizens Club Cards, 500 & Bridge Mon & Thurs. Indoor Bowls Tues, Weds & Sat at 14 Norris St, behind Pak n Save 1-4pm. Register by 12.45pm. $2 includes afternoon tea.

New members welcome.

Tiny House Theatre A small group of Documentary lovers get together every second Mon of month to share wide ranging & thought provoking topics.

Kim 576 9427 or 027 285 9611 Women’s Art Group Every Mon at Lyceum Club Rooms, 68 1st Ave 9am - 12pm. New members welcome.

Margaret 543 3244

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Tuesday 10 May ABC - Avenues Badminton Club Every Tues at Tauranga Intermediate School Sports Centre. Juniors 6-7.30pm (term time). Seniors (Adults) 7.30-9.30pm.

Club racquets & coaching available. Delwyn 027 212 4720 Badminton (Social) Every Tues & Fri at Otumoetai Baptist Hall 9.30am - 12pm. Racquets available. All welcome. Lorraine 579 3229 Baby Classes Learn how to settle your baby in 3 months with former Karitane nurse Lyndsay Morgan. Every Tues at Arataki Community Centre 10am.

577 1355 Bayfair Petanque Club Tuition & boules available for learners & visitors. Every Tues & Thurs at Bayfair Reserve, Russley Drive 1pm. Margaret 572 3173 Cards 500 Every Tues & Thurs Mount Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd. Names in by 12.45pm. 575 4650 CV Writing Clinics (Free Service) Need help to create a basic CV? Complete the CV form, available at your local library & bring it to one of the CV writing clinics. Tauranga Library Tues 10am. Weds 10am. Papamoa Library Fri 12.30pm.

Greerton Library Mon 12.30pm & Thurs 12.30pm. Times are subject to the availability of Volunteers.

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

Judy 021 0425 398 Fitness League Ladies 50 plus exercise with dance to music. Improve posture, energy, toned body, increased strength.

Every Tues at St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood 9.3010.30am. Gloria 573 4429 Forbidden Roads May 17 at Te Puna Hall, SH2, Tauranga 7pm.

Performing a huge range of Country Blues & Rock n Roll.

Tickets $25 available from Waipuna Hospice & www.waipunahospice.co.nz Inachord Chorus Womens 4 Part Harmony every Tues at Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd 6.55pm. Enjoy the challenge of singing & performing varied repertoire. Cathy 579 2040 Junction Mental Health Peer support & advocacy: Coffee & chat at St James’ Hall, Greerton 10am - 12pm. 543 3010 Learn Self Defence And get fit, a Chinese style martial art training every Tues & Thurs at Tauranga Boys College Gym 6-7.30pm.

Mon & Thurs at Tahatai Coast School 6.15-7.45pm. Free lesson first time. Brian 021 241 7059 Mahjong Every Tues at Gate Pa Bowling Club 1-4pm. Beginners welcome. Pearl 578 6556 Matua Otumoetai City on its Feet Meet every Tues at Kulim Park 9am. 576 7339 Meridian Daylight Lodge Meet at the Masonic Centre, 33 Hairini St, Tauranga. Visiting members welcome from 11am. Keith 544 4109 Mount Morning Badminton Every Tues at Mount Sports Centre, Blake Park 9am - 12pm. Social, competitive, all ages, beginners welcome. Racquets available.

Visitors $5 per session. Maxeen 575 0162 Nonviolence & Conscious Living Want to speak more compassionately to yourself & others? Learn non violent communication Tues or Weds at Historic Village 7pm. 021 0238 0340 RhondaLAPowers@gmail.com

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Overeaters Anonymous Do you or a family member or friend have a problem with over or under eating? Overeaters Anonymous can help - meetings Tues & Fri. 544 1213 or 022 0642 186 Petanque Tauranga/BOP Club every Tues & Sun at Blake Park 1pm. Equip available, coaching given. Jo Ann 578 3606 Pop Goes the Easel Art of Deco pop up art Exhibition with Tauranga based artist, Rosie Harper at The Goddards Centre, 21 Devonport Rd, Tauranga Tues - Sat 10am - 4pm. www.artbyrosie.com Sequence Dancing Tauranga Social & Leisure Club. St John’s Anglican Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai every Tues 7-9.30pm except second Tues of the month 3.30-6pm. Visitors welcome.

John 578 9716 South City Indoor Bowls Championship Singles (McKinley Cup) – markers please at Greerton Hall 7pm. Keith 577 1116 Tauranga Astronomical Society A Von Karmen video lecture - birth of planets around our sun & other stars. Telescope viewing weather dependent. Fergusson Park observatory 7.30pm.

Tauranga Opera Forum Presents Norma, Bellini’s tragic opera from Roman Gaul.

At Tauranga Club, 72 Devonport Rd 5.30pm. Tickets $20, includes entry to the film, preliminary glass of wine, finger food & Lucky Ticket spot prize draw.

Tickets available from Bureta Pharmacy, 76 Bureta Rd, or Creative Tauranga, 95 Willow St. Tauranga Society of Artists Tuesday evening group meet at 171a Elizabeth St West 7-9pm.

Friendly & supportive, any level of ability welcome. 576 9592 Tauranga Scrabble Club Every Tues at Tauranga Bridge Club, Ngatai Rd 8.50am. 3 games $2.50. New players welcome. 544 8372 Tauranga Target Rifle Club Club night every Tues at Elizabeth St West 7pm.

Casual shooters $7.50 per 13 shot card.

All equipment & coaching supplied.

Tauranga Target Rifle Club Inc .

Te Puke Lyceum Club Meet every Tues.

Also have readers & garden groups. Mah Jong meet every Thurs & Sun. Singing every Fri. 8 Palmer Court. Jenny 573 7487 Welcome Bay Wheelers Recreational cycle group meet every Tues at Palmers, Ohauiti Rd 9am. Pam/Andrew 544 3272

Wednesday 11 May Age Concern Walking Group Meet at McLarens Falls 10am. 578 2631 Alcoholics Anonymous Reflections at Te Puke, Te Puke Baptist Church cnr Malyon St/Station Rd 7.30-8.30pm.

0800 229 6757 Bowls Indoor Every Weds & Fri at Mount Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd 12.45pm. Beginners welcome. 575 4650 Breakfast with Jake Bailey May 18 at Trinity Wharf, Tauranga 7-8.30am. Christchurch Boys High Heat Prefect who inspired the world with a speech that went viral. Tickets $30, available from Waipuna Hospice & www.waipuna-hospice.co.nz Bromeliad Meeting At Tauranga Yacht Club 12.30-2.30pm. Plant of month: Red tipped bromeliads in any genera.

Speaker: Lynley Breeze - Her visit to the Lost Gardens of Heligan. Good sales table. Visitors welcome. Jo 576 6626 Cards Do you play crib or would like to learn? Every Weds at Greerton RSA 1pm.

Rona 578 7939 Community Bible Study International Every Weds at City Church, 252 Otumoetai Rd 7-9pm.

Bible study on Galatians. Julie 552 4068

Dance Fitness Getaway fun for mums & others. Get your grove fix, disco, hip hop, Latin & more. Free trials & discounts. Every Weds at Matua Hall 9.30-10.30am. Helen 022 882 0237 Diabetes Help Tauranga Diabetes network group meet at St Andrew’s Church, Te Puke 2pm. www.diabeteshelp.org.nz Fernland Spa Water Exercise Class Every Weds 10.45-11.45am. Held rain or shine but not during school holidays. Classes taken by qualified instructor & lifeguard.

New participants ph Jennifer 571 1411 Gate Pa Indoor Bowls Club night at Greerton Hall 7.30pm. Kevin 543 4044 Healing Rooms Experience God’s healing touch at Bethlehem Town Centre, cnr shop behind PO/Bookstore, open Wednesday’s 1-3pm. All inquiries 021 110 0878. And at Papamoa Healing Rooms, Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd May 18 2.30-3.30pm. No appointment necessary, no charge, all ages welcome.

022 120 5406 www.healingrooms.co.nz Heath Franklin’s Chopper Live from Anzakistan, at Baycourt Addison Theatre 7.30pm. Prices from $40. www.baycourt.co.nz Kiwi Toasters Building communication & confidence 1st, 3rd & 5th Weds at 3 Palm Springs Blvd (same building as Palm Springs Pharmacy) 5.30-7pm.

Chrissy 027 296 7939 Lyon O’Neale Arnold Library Law Series Free legal advice seminar on buying or selling a business & leasing premises. Tauranga City Library 5.30-6.30pm. 577 7177 or email: library@tauranga.govt.nz to register.

Micosoft Word Working with clipart, shapes, images & screenshots 1.302.30pm or 5.30-6.30pm. $8. Tauranga Library Learning Centre, Bookings essential. 577 7085 Mount Maunganui Badminton Club Every Weds 6.30pm for 2 hrs. $8 to play. All skills welcome. Eve 021 906 481 Mount RSA 8 Ball Club Every Weds at Mount RSA 6.30pm. Enjoy a game of pool or learn to play. Come along. Gail 022 647 5314 National Speakers Assn NZ, Tga “Building a Speaking Business” at Devonport Hotel, 5th Floor, 72 Devonport Rd, Tauranga 7-9pm. Topic: Development to Meet Client’s Needs. Visitors welcome. www.nsanz.org.nz/events. Roberta 576 0922 or 27 685 4229 Papamoa Outdoor Bowls Roll-ups every Weds & Sun, Gordon Spratt Reserve 1pm. 574 8334 Scottish Country Dancing Every Weds at Senior Citizens Hall, Maunganui Rd. Step practice & formation revision 7pm, regular class 7.30pm. Lynne 573 5055 Single Coffee Club 60+ Mixed company for singles 60+ that meet once a week for coffee, enjoy socialising & making new friends. Email: mixandmingle@xtra.co.nz or 027 439 4267 Stephen K Amos (UK) The Laughter Master, presented by Mary Tobin at Baycourt Addison Theatre 8pm. Prices from $38. www.baycourt.co.nz Tauranga Badminton Club Weds at Bethlehem College 7.30-9.30pm. Some racquets available, casual players welcome.

Sue 0211 944 335 www.taurangabadmintonclub.co.nz Tauranga Embroiderers’ Guild Every Weds at Tauranga Rowing Club rooms, Memorial Park 10am - 2.30pm & 7.309.30pm. Juniors 4-5.30pm. Beginners & experienced stitchers welcome. Nancy 544 4778 Tauranga Mid-Week Tramping Group Woodland Rd to Franklin Rd via Ananui Falls. Grade mod, approx. 5.0hrs. Garry 578 3083

Te Puke Spiritual & Healing Centre Meditation development & learning night in the Board Room at War Memorial Hall, Te Puke. Guest speaker: Maggie - Aurasoma. Doors open 6.45pm for 7.15pm. $5 entry. Kerry 552 6768 Toastmasters Build your confidence, find your voice & open doors of opportunity in 2016. Join the happy bunch at City Early Start.

Every Weds at Avgas Cafe, Classic Flyers 7-8.15am. 021 044 5654 or www.cityearlystart.co.nz Weds Evening Mountain Bike Ride Meet at RideBikes, 393 Cameron Rd 6.15pm.

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

Helen 579 1947

Thursday 12 May Argentine Tango Social dancing for men & women. Classes starting soon, please express your interest. Especially looking for men to teach. Want to learn to dance?

Why not have a go? Phillip 027 309 1355 or goldenaxistango@yahoo.com Awesome Clothing Sale Good quality, all sizes & styles men’s, women’s, children’s, shoes, sheets, duvets etc. Only $5 a bag.

You pick. Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga 9.30-10.30am. Organised by Turning Point Trust 578 6934 Bay City Rockers Social Rock n Roll dancing every Thurs at Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St 7.30-9.30pm. Gavin 027 643 6222 Club Mt Maunganui Social games club.

Play indoor bowls, 500, bolivia & 5 crowns every Thurs 12.45pm. Prizes & visits to other clubs. John 575 2422 Community Bible Study International Every Thurs at 14th Ave Gospel Centre 10am - 12pm. Bible study on “Return to Jerusalem.” Jack/Betty 544 3809 Craft Club - Ladies Every Thurs at Arataki Community Centre, Bayfair 9am - 2pm.

All crafts welcome. Social day. Jenny 574 7401 Fitness League Safe, effective, low impact exercise to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed to help with posture, balance & stamina, combination of exercise, movement & dance. All ages & abilities. Complementary 1st class.

Thurs: Central Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave/Cameron Rd 9.30am. Weds: Katikati Memorial Hall 10am. Pam 549 4799 or 021 117 7170 Forest & Bird Tauranga Branch AGM St John’s Church Hall, Bureta Rd. Wine & cheese 7pm. Speaker: Michele Elborn, Tauranga City Council Sustainability Advisor 7.30pm. Followed by AGM. Free Mediation Classes Every Thurs at Papamoa Sports & Rec Centre, 80 Alice Way, off Parton Rd 7pm. Find peace, love & joy & make your life rewarding.

Ian 576 2032 Keynotes 4 Part Harmony Women’s chorus every Thurs at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave 6.45pm. For fun & health. Nora 544 2714 Leisure Marching Requires new ladies for non competitive marching. No experience required. Every Weds at Moreland Fox Park, Greerton 8-9.30am. Tricia 543 4581 Mah-Jong Every Thurs at Bowls Matua Bowling Club, 108 Levers Rd, Matua 1-4pm. Beginners welcome. Julia 576 4127 Mount/Papamoa Coffee & Chat From 1-2pm. Transport available if required. Junction Mental Health Peer Support & Advocacy 543 3010

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

Weds Plus, Thurs club night & new dancers 7.30pm. Frontiersmen’s Hall. 543 1063 Otumoetai Golf Men & women 9 hole competition 8-9am start. Free coaching offered for new members. Graeme 576 2436 Papamoa 500 Card Club Every Thurs at Gordon Spratt Reserve 12.45pm. Dave 575 5887 Positively Me For Women Build selfesteem, confidence, overcome fears of rejection, criticism or failure. Course starts May 19 for 6 weeks at St Mary’s Church 12.30-2.30pm or 6-8pm.

Course costs $55. To book, 575 9945 email: naudeen@mountanglican.org.nz Sunshine Dance Group Learn sequence dancing at a friendly club. Meet every Thurs at Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave & Cameron Rd 7-8.30pm, followed by dancing till 10pm. $2pp, entrance includes supper. Jan 544 4379 Tai Chi Que Gong Every Thurs at Ohauiti Hall 11am - 12pm. Eric 577 1988 Tai Chi & Taoist Qigoing Every Thurs morning at Elizabeth St Community Centre. Warren 574 2464 or 0274 745 389 Tauranga Heart Support Group Low impact group exercise class for those with or at risk of heart disease. Every Mon at St Enoch’s Church Hall, 16th Ave & every Thurs at City Church, Otumoetai. Both 9.30-10.30am. $4pp.

Hannah (Clinical Exercise Physiologist) 0508 227 342 Toastmasters - Kickstart Every Thurs at Alimento Cafe, First Ave, Tauranga 7am. Guests welcome. Helen 571 6181 Ukulele Lessons For primary age children. Every Thurs at Otumoetai Baptist Chapel 3.30-4.30pm. Enquires Linkt Community Trust email: learn@ lead.co.nz

Friday 13 May A World Class Performance Will Martin & Rebecca Nelson in concert June 17 at Holy Trinity Tauranga 8pm. Joined by LBD, Tauranga Girls College 12 voice choir & 3 piece band. Adults $45, students $25. Tickets available from Waipuna Hospice, Hospice Shops & www. waipuna-hospice.co.nz Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting every Fri at Hamner Clinic, 1235 Cameron Rd, Greerton (behind Bridgestone) 7.30pm. For more meetings or assistance 0800 229 6757 Chess Tauranga At Tauranga RSA, Greerton 5-7pm, for the whole family. Longer if necessary for longer games. Incl casual games. Werner 548 1111 http://www. westernbopchess.weebly.com/ Greerton Indoor Bowling Club Championship Pairs. Tauranga City Silver Band Hall, Yatton St. Names in by 7.15pm.

Sally 571 8914 Newspapers as a Research Tool Learn to use online newspapers to cover the secrets of your ancestors. Tauranga Library Learning Centre 10-11am, plus an extra hour to give it a go. Bookings essential $6. 577 7085 Tauranga Lyceum Club Women’s friendship club. Catered lunch first Fri of month & dinner third Weds with varied & interesting speakers. Other activities include; painting, mah jong, music appreciation, bridge & book club. 68 1st Ave. Wendy 543 1146 The Sociables A 30’s/40’s age group of males & females that meet up once a week to socialise by dining out or participating in local activities & events.

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What do you choose to believe?

There’s a school of thought called the behavior school, which basically says what we are is the result of our past conditioning. “That we are nothing more than what the forces of our yesterdays have molded us into being.” I don’t believe that.

I believe what has happened to you, where you’ve come from, what is going on around you, is not as important as what you choose to become.

That is true personally, for your family, for businesses, for the church! That’s the good news of the Gospel. So what do you choose to become? What do you choose to believe?

The good news of the Gospel deals with both our past, and

our future. It heals us from the pain of our past, and gives us an expectation of things being good in the future.

The fact is we are more molded by the future than the past. That’s what makes us superior to animals. Animals are conditioned by their breeding, their environment, their past.

But humans are able to imagine and dream and think and believe about the future. Someone once said: “Dreams and visions are the language of the Holy Spirit. They’re also the language of the hope filled.

For the Christian, we have sure rock solid promises about our future. The present may be painful, but the future beckons where there is immense hope, in this world, and, beyond it.

Someone once said: “Life with Christ is an endless hope, without Him a hopeless end”.

Pastor Stephen Whitwell, Tauranga Elim Church

It takes faith to trust in God’s timing Timing is everything. There’s a number of ways a statement like that can be seen to be applied in life. It’s a statement that’s about waiting for the right moment, of being at the right place at the right time in order to receive the right thing.

say: ‘You are my God’. My times are in your hands” (Psalm 31v14-15).

Are you waiting for something, or someone? I pray you will have strength to be patient, to know faith rather than frustration; trust that your times are in God’s hands.

It helps to look back and remember

We’re one week away from remembering and celebrating Pentecost, and it’s good to remember that before Pentecost the disciples were told to wait, where to wait, and who to wait for – but not how long they may have to wait.

You see, as with all things in our lives and in God’s acts in history, timing is everything.

It takes faith to trust in God’s timing, to be patient, to believe He has perfect timing and our best interests at heart.

King David wrote: “But I trust in you, O Lord, I

the occasions where you have received the right thing, at the right time, when you were in the right place – As the first followers of Jesus did. In the meantime, wait!

Reverend Ian Pittendreigh, Bethlehem Community

WESLEY CHURCH 9.30am MORNING WORSHIP - MOTHER’S DAY Led by Rev Leigh Sundberg 4.00pm FIJIAN LANGUAGE WORSHIP Minister: Rev Leigh Sundberg 100, 13th Avenue, Tauranga ph: 578-8493 http://www.wesley.co.nz

ST STEPHENS CHURCH 9.30am MORNING WORSHIP - MOTHER’S DAY Led by Margaret Birtles 1.00pm TONGAN LANGUAGE WORSHIP Led by Fononga Niu Deacon: Margaret Birtles Brookfield Terrace, Otumoetai ph: 576-4961

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10.00am MORNING WORSHIP Starts with a cuppa at 9.30am Minister: Rev Simon Cornwall Cnr Devon & Pooles Road, Greerton ph: 541-2182

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Known to be the brightest skylights available, these are made in New Zealand and are an affordable solution to bring light into any room of your home, business or commercial building, says owner Kim Buchan.

“All skylight tops are made specifically to the roof profiles

As the warmer months come to a close, now is the time to deal with an unsightly issue that may cause your house to look less-thanperfect: moss and mould.

Suntrenz salesman Jim Stevenson. that we have in New Zealand, this eliminate any chance of leaks.

“The ceiling diffusers have been designed to look appealing to the eye, while bringing in as much light as possible from the roof skylight.”

Look for Suntrenz Skylights at the Tauranga Homeshow at ASB Arena, Baypark, on March 6, 7 and 8.

“We will be more than happy to help you with any lighting solution you need.”

Bay of Plenty E Wash owner Mark Gordon has got it covered, and with regular rain the Bay is currently experiencing, it’s the perfect time for a clean-up as the chemicals in his products work best in wet conditions.

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“Cleaning a building helps prolong the life of paintwork and building materials,” says Mark.

“We also clean buildings as part of the preparation for a re-paint.”

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Some of BayCom Construction’s work.

BayCom Construction has quietly worked on housing projects including 34 apartments in Ngongataha and houses in Rotorua, Hamilton, Te Awamutu and throughout the Bay. These include new builds and extensive alteration to minor maintenance.

BayCom’s ‘Specilised Projects’ division brings this combined expertise to your project and is led by licensed building practitioner and shareholder David Long. David is an extremely experienced carpenter who can work with you to solve any building problem.

He has a team of carpenters, wall board stoppers and painters for your project. With BayCom’s joinery shop producing quality kitchens, BayCom provides a one stop shop for your building needs and a quick responsive value for money service.

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We Want You! The Bay is flat out and we are needing a hand, so if you’re looking for work, we’re looking for you!

We have the following roles up for grabs; • Roading labourers • Carpenters/Hammer hands • General Labourers • Mower Operators • Machine operators • Painters • Construction Labourers Or just give the office a call and we can help you out.

You’ll need to bring in your CV & a reference and be able to pass a pre-employment drug test.

If you have reliable transport, are motivated to work and want to receive a competitive pay rate, please call us today on 0508 40 40 40 for free.

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mP For BAY oF PLenTY Simon Bridges MP and Todd Muller MP will meet with constituents most Fridays in their electorate offices. Appointments necessary.

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RUN ON LISTINGS THIS WEEKS GARAGE SALES! greerton GBC CHURCH Cnr Chadwick and Oropi Rds Saturday 7 May 7.30am. Massive Garage Sale

papamoa 11 HAVANA KEY Saturday 7 May 8am. Outdoor furniture, garden tools, including shredder, chainsaw. Household items, crockery, silver etc. Bedding, linen etc. Artworks, books, DVD’s. Toys, shoes, clothes, vacuum cleaner, TV’s, oil heater.

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accounting PS & R ACCOUNTING – Contact us for a free quote to have your Annual Accounts and Tax Returns completed. We have 16 years experience and are based at Mount Maunganui.

Phone Peter 0221366012. Email trefusis@ihug.co.nz

arts & crafts GLASS CUTTING WORKSHOP Sat 14th May 1-3 pm. Two hours of learning the tricks and techniques to cutting glass.

Perfect for stained glass, mosaics and fused glass. All material supplied and you get to keep your glass cutter. Booking essential. Phone Lynn 571.3726 Leadlight Expressions, Historic Village, 17th Avenue.

business for sale LAWN MOWING - 30 lawns for sale, $5,000. Selling due to ill health. Incoming $300 - $350 for two days per week. $10km’s start to finish. All long term clients and good payers. Ph 022 162 2116 after 4pm.

cars for sale CAR FAIR – buy or sell any vehicle every Sunday at 11th Avenue Car park opposite Mad Butcher 8am-noon. Ph for more information 027 733 9686 or www.taurangacarfair.co.nz

computers COMPUTER GETTING you down? Problems, viruses, upgrades, internet, new or refurb PC’s tuition, or advice. Ph Bruce for a no obligation chat or quote 576 7940 or 021 260 9183 FREE ON SITE DIAGNOSIS & quote. We come to you & don’t charge extra for travel. Pensioner discounts. Ph Kyle at Tech Solutions 027 828 7078

curriculum vitae NEED A C.V.? Don’t let your C.V. get lost amongst all the others. I can help you stand out on paper. A C.V. For You can provide you with a personal and professional touch. From scratch or updating existing ones. Check out samples on www.facebook. com/acvforyou or call/text on 021 27 27 912

entertainment TAURANGA TANDEM SKYDIVING best buzz in the Bay! Gift vouchers available.

Ph 574 8533 today

flatmate wanted

BROOKFIELD AREA - Male or female professional to share small 3 bedroom home with female in late 20’s. Must be tidy & reliable. Two rooms available, $130pw or $175pw, including most expenses (power shared).

Call or text Leah on 021 557 445

for sale KITCHEN AND TABLEWARE, pot holders, oven gloves, serviettes, placemats, small table runners. Gifts for mum for mothers day. Ph 571 4452

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BAY OF PLENTY GENTLEMAN 1944 model 5’6” 70kgs. Lives on lifestyle farmlet. Widowed Christian. Looking to meet nice Christian lady to share life with view to marriage. Single or widowed lady. Code Henry 036670262 or 027 879 7008

PAINTING & DECORATING Exterior & Interior Painting Gurus, Roof Painting, High quality workmanship, prompt service, fully insured, satisfaction guaranteed, get the A Team @ Fresh Coats Painting. Call 022 421 4261

FREEMASONRY, welcoming all races and religions as brothers. Over 600 years of companionable friendship based on ancient mysteries and ceremony. Make new friends.

Interested? Phone/text 027 918 9096

PLASTERER Interior 30+years.

Skimming walls, make good ceilings, walls, cornice cove. plasterboard stopping, new builds, small jobs. Free quote Contact Stan 021 130 2621

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ABLE GARDENER, experienced, efficient, knowledgeable, highly qualified.

Maintenance, pruning, hedges, shrubs, roses; disease/pest control, lifestyle blocks, garden renovations; design & plant. Ph Tita 027 654 8781 or a/h 542 0120

health & beauty NATURAL NEW ZEALAND Health Products & Clinic.

Something for everyone. NZ Registered Natural Therapies & Natural Medicine Practitioners.

Opposite BP Te Puke. Ph 573 5533 www.naturaltherapiesnz. com and www.kiwikitz.com

housesitters DO YOU WANT PEACE OF MIND that your treasured home is in trustworthy hands while you are away on holiday?

Professional house minder available all of June 2016.

Excellent references. Ph Cathie 022 162 8301 TRUSTED FREE HOUSESITTERS available 25 October - 21 December 2016. 15 years housesitting experience in Tauranga, excellent references.

Ph 027 302 8328

livestock AC PETFOODS collect injured & unwanted cows & horses. Ph 0800 369 6269

lost & found

FOUND KITTENS, Various areas, Various colours Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found white and grey rabbit, Cherrywood area, Ref: 23863 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found oriental female grey cat, Otumoetai area, Ref: 23862 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found two cats, cameo and white and black and white, Bethlehem area, Ref: 23858 23859 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found medium haired male tabby and white cat, Maungatapu area, Ref: 23819 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found grey tortoiseshell medium haired female adult cat, Tauranga area, Ref: 23834 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found black and white male adult cat, Maungatapu area, Ref: 23835 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found young adult ginger tabby, Papamoa area, Ref:23838 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found female black and white adult cat, Bethlehem area, Ref: 23839 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found male ginger medium haired cat, Te Puke area, Ref: 23843 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found female Tortoiseshell cat, Merivale area, Ref: 23847 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found male brindle puppy, Ref: 23849 Papamoa area, Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found female tabby cat, Ref: 23844, Merivale area, Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 LOST SMALL GINGER FLUFFY POODLE, answers to Mimi, from Turret Road/Fraser Street area.

Reward. Ph 577 9636 or 027 532 9168 or 021 261 2998

situations vacant REGISTERED ELECTRICIAN Required for Installing and Servicing Heat pumps. Full time position available. Experience preferred but not essential. Must be reliable with good work ethic.

Call Paul today on 07 577 6267 or 021 368 519

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SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE & counselling. Need some direction? Confused, not sure where you’re heading?

Readings, Healings and Counselling by experienced therapist. Ph Kerry 021 607 797 or 07 552 6768

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AFFORDABLE BUILDING MAINTENANCE House Painting, house repairs, spouting/roofing repairs, general maintenance. 20 years experience. Ph Andy 022 350 0600 ALL ABOUT QUALITY Tradesman interior plasterer.

Small jobs okay. Plus home fix-it building repairs. Ph Murray 027 266 5657 APPLIANCE REPAIRS For service of all Fisher & Paykel, Haier and Elba appliances, Ph 0800 372 273 for your local technician.

BOAT BUILDING repairs and maintenance. Timber & fibreglass trade qualified, boat builder. Ph Shaun 021 992 491 or 07 552 0277 BRYCE DECORATING Interior & exterior painting, wallpapering.

Quality work. Ph Wayne 579 5588 or 021 162 7052 ELECTRICIAN, 18+ years experience, NZ registered.

Residential & commercial, maintenance & service, new builds, renovations. Fast, friendly service. Ph Andrew 022 354 1960 HANDYMAN BUILDING and section maintenance, decks, fencing, pergolas, painting, water blasting, odd jobs. Free quotes Ph Rossco 027 270 3313 or 544 5911 INSECT SCREENS Measure.

Make. Mend. Ph Rob at Magic Seal 543 4940 LANDSCAPE BUILDER/ HANDYMAN 20 year’s experience, free quotes, no job too big or too small. Ph Rhys today 0210 844 4920 PAINTER/DECORATOR Interior and Exterior, quality workmanship friendly services.

Over 20 years specialising in residential and more. Quality paint at trade prices. For your best advice in all areas.

Ph Shane Mount/Tauranga Decorators 07 544 6495 or 021 575 3071

ROOF REPAIRS free quotes for all maintenance of leaking roofs, gutter cleaning & repairs.

Chimney maintenance & repairs.

Registered roofer, 30yrs exp. Ph Peter 542 4291 or 027 436 7740

STUMPINATOR STUMP Grinding free quotes & prompt service. Narrow machine to access rear yards. Ph 576 4245 or 022 076 4245 TILER 30 years + experience, qualified in all aspects of tiling.

Available now! Ph 0204 0864 211 TREE SHRUB and hedges trimming, topping removal, rubbish removal, palm pruning or removal, satisfaction guaranteed free quote. Ph Steve Hockly 571 5958 or 027 498 1857 WINDOW CLEANING Home, business, rural. Tauranga, The Mount, Papamoa, Te Puke.

Clearly Windows, Freephone 0800 40 55 88 or call Nicky on 021 148 6467

transport DRIVING MISS DAISY – available for all! Special needs are catered for including assistance with a walker or wheelchair. Ask for us if you have an injury and have ACC subsidized transportation needs.

Safe, friendly, reliable service. Ph Jackie from Driving Miss Daisy 552 6614

travel & tours ”A A A” - WAIHEKE ISLAND Tour 2: - Northern Explorer Train Journey - Tour 3: - Molesworth Station & Marlborough Sounds.

- Tour 4: - Stewart Island Holiday - Tour 5: - Coromandel & Whitianga Regions - Tour 6: - East Cape & Gisborne BackCountry. Contact The Hinterland

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Ensign Michael Brown, an officer from Fiji with Maddison Clarke, 5.

Tours Team for more information about our memorable holidays & entertaining shows. Door to Door Service & Free Newsletters. Ph; 07 575 8118 or 027 235 7714.

ANOTHER GREAT TRAIN RIDE – have you ridden the train through middle earth NZ? Climb aboard and enjoy the vista of the Northern Explorer all the way to National Park and beyond. Sat 28th May, fantastic day trip - still have a few seats left. Maybe interested in the Ghan – middle Australia’s great train journey?

I have limited seats/carriages available for this tour in Sept.

Urgent enquiry if interested.

Ph Zealandier Tours 575 6425 – email emma@zealandiertours. com JOIN NO.8 FULLY ESCORTED TOURS – (1) June16th Waitomo Hotel Lunch Day Trip. (2) June 23rd 2 days Grand Chateau & Raurimu Spiral. (3) June 29th Mystery Day Trip. (4) August 7th Evita Matinee Show. (5) August 20th 5 days Coastlines, Castles Dunedin to Oamaru. (6) Sept 3rd 4 days Trans-Alpine & Wild West Coast. (7) Sept 10th 4 days Farewell Spit & Takaka. (8) Sept 26th 14 days Tasmania. (9) Sept 29th 4 days World of Wearable Arts. (10) Nov 1st 2 days Andre Rieu. Book Now seats are limited - free Door to Door service & free colour catalogue: Ph: No 8 Tours team on 579 3981 or Email info@no8tours.co.nz

Auryn Symonds, 15, with leading seaman combat specialist Chris Wise.

Roman Steele, 9, with the 50 calibre machine gun.

The Naval cadets stand as a guard of honour at the Battle of Gate Pa commemoration.

venues FOR WEDDINGS, FUNCTIONS OR MEETINGS+ check out No.1 The Strand, a beautiful historic setting. Email: kim@ no1thestrand.co.nz or www.no1thestrand.co.nz WEDDINGS, PARTIES, MEETINGS etc - The perfect venue. With stunning Harbour views, fully licensed bar & kitchen onsite. Restaurant open every Friday from 5pm & Sunday from 4.30pm, kids under 12 years dine free with every paying adult. Tauranga Fish & Dive Club, 60 Cross Rd, Sulphur Point. Ph 571 8450

St George’s Anglican Church Reverend John Hebenton and Deacon Kevin Taylor who read Hori Ngatai’s account of the battle at the Battle of Gate Pa commemoration.

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SPACE? Ideal as an extra bedroom or home office Three convenient sizes: standard 3.6m x 2.4m - $70pw large 4.2m x 2.4m - $85pw xtra-large 4.8m x 2.4m - $100pw Fully insulated with lockable ranchslider, large window, power, security lights, curtains, carpet, smoke alarm & even a small deck.

Minimum 6 month rental period.

Visit our display cabin at: 17 Plummers Point Road, WHAKAMARAMA or 159 Jellicoe Road, TE PUKE or call for a free brochure.

Former Katikati resident and well-known New Zealand war poet Mike Subritzsky reads his poem which is engraved on a plaque in memorial square during Katikati Anzac Day Dawn Service.

The painting of Corporal JW Cahill, reproduced from the original by George Butler by Katikati artist Steve Graveson drew a lot of attention at the end of Katikati Anzac Day Dawn Service.

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