The Weekend Sun 7 August 2015

7 August 2015, Issue 763

Inside this issue: Free youth clinic p5

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Gallery’s new director p13 Surgeon shortage p22

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Retro-Rabbits: A flashback a few years to this classic RR column. These 10-year-olds are now teenagers, and we’re endeavouring to take another glimpse into their view of the world. We hope to bring you the 2015 update in coming weeks.

In the meantime, enjoy today’s reminiscing from 2012…

Prospect of 10-year-olds running the world...

This week the RR research team sent a couple of operatives deep into uncharted territory to assess future leadership prospects for the country.

Cosmetic Medicine

Under the guise of hosting a three-day 10th birthday party, we delved into the minds and motivations of a bunch of nine and 10-year-olds to see how well society is nurturing and challenging the thought processes of this upcoming generation.

And we have to report that the picture is not pretty.

Although in considering future leadership potential, the nine-year-olds weren’t far behind current political performance in terms of levels of debauched actions and twisted thinking.

At least they weren’t considering stooping to the lows we have witnessed lately; such as fraud, perversion, sex changes or forging documents to gain the identity of a dead baby.

Ironically, the best answers to our series of questions actually came from the six-year-old, who had a much better grasp on the issues facing the country and the world.

Probably better than most politicians and possibly more sensible than some of the adults asking the questions.

Perhaps that’s a subject matter for a future column: Why six-year-olds should run the world.

In the meantime, in case you were considering throwing the reign of power to anyone under the age of 10, here’s a few reminders of why that’s a dangerous idea.

When asked, what would you do if you were Prime Minister?

Answers: Get vodka. Give the army every holiday off. Have no school. Send teachers to the coal mines for slavery. And they don’t get vodka.

Have you ever tried vodka?

No. Yes, said one. In Fiji.

Then out of blue, one came up with this stunning observation (presumably about being the youngest-ever sloshed PM)

Is the future of civilization is in good hands? Who knows. But when you lose your ‘Survivor’ birthday-theme bandana, make a new one with Chux and an ice-cream container. Pictured: Darcy, Stan, Harrison and PJ. “I’d be the sexiest man alive.”

John Key is doing a good job, but our ideas are better.

What else is important in parliament?

Good posture.

The questions then turned to issues about the environment.

The first recommendation was that a party should be sent out to kill all the eels; and the people who drink vodka. Apes would rule the world. Every dog would not have a lead and could run around free.

What about solving the world financial crisis?

Drink vodka.

(The questioneers then banned all answers involving vodka).

There was general consensus that NZ needed to be bigger; that Tasmania should be invaded by NZ and all the Australians kicked out.

A more serious answer to the financial question was to have a national scavenger hunt to find the remains of Michael Jackson’s nose then sell it on trade me.

What is wrong with Michael Jackson?

He’s dead.

What about Justin Bieber?

Justin Bieber needs to be put into space.

So does Britney Spears. Britney can live on Mars, but Justin Bieber doesn’t even get a planet. He can have Pluto because it’s not a planet. Put him in a wormhole.

On Rena: Fix the holes with giant corks.

Vacuum up all the water and squirt it out and keep the oil.

What would improve your parents?

Tell them to eat the carrots and celery.

We’ll have the steaks. Medium-rare.

What’s wrong with vegetables?

They make you fat. Carrots can stay, but we’d nuke all the others. Oh no, except tomatoes, because we’d need tomatoes for tomato sauce.

Then in a flashback to a previous question: Britney can go to another planet, but Coldplay can come here.

Looking to the future, what will you be doing in 30 years?

I will invent the hover car. Call it the Flypad.

After I’ve been a rugby player, I’ll be a chef and really good at cooking.

I’m going to own my own monkey.

A soccer player and a zoo keeper.

Will you be married with children?

No. We don’t like them.

My children would have to pay me to be their dad.

What sort of wife do you think you’ll marry?

A hot one.

Then came probably the most sensible response from the panel.

“I think you’re going to win an award for this article.” brian@thesun.co.nz

IMPORTANT STUFF: All material is copyright and may not be reproduced without the written permission of the publisher. Sun Media makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all information and accepts no liability for errors or omissions or the subsequent use of information published. A hoverboard has been demonstrated in Spain, built by car maker Lexus. It uses magnetic levitation technology to provide a frictionless surface, riding over magnetic track. The board contains liquid nitrogen-immersed ‘cryostats’ at minus 127 degrees C. The magnetic field is “frozen” into the board’s superconductors.

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Future of 11 homes in the balance The fate of 11 Mount Maunganui homes along Maunganui Road will be decided in hearings being held next week.

The public hearings, being held at Baypark, are to determine how much land the New Zealand Transport Agency requires for the $120 million Baypark to Bayfair (B2B) road project.

If the hearing grants the NZTA resource consent for the project, the agency will then be able to obtain a notice of requirement to buy the properties.

The B2B project involves the Maunganui/Girven intersection and SH2/SH29 roundabout within the SH2 corridor, between the end of the Tauranga Eastern Link at Te Maunga and the Hewletts Road approach to the Port of Tauranga.

The SH29/Truman Lane intersection is also included in the scope of the project.

Investigations by NZTA show the intersections operate as a single intersection and any improvements need to consider both locations.

The B2B project seeks to address the congestion at both intersections, which is hindering the expected benefits, such as freeflowing traffic, of the just-opened

TEL. The competing traffic demands at these intersections also encourages unsafe The proposed changes to the Bayfair area behaviours in drivers. include a flyover and railway line realignment.

The ECMT railway running within three to five crossings on Matapihi Road and minutes of each other.

SH29 are also going to cause The proposed solution to these increasing delays to road traffic. issues is: Train numbers are expected · Two free flowing lanes along to increase by 50 per cent in SH2 (one in each direction) 10 years. The Matapihi crossing with median barrier is forecast to carry more than · SH2 grade separated from 40 trains per day and the SH29 the intersections at MGI crossing will carry nearly 20 trains and SH2/29 per day, within the next 10 years.

Trains are predicted to be running · Grade separation of SH29 from the ECMT railway every 15 minutes during 2031 · At-grade auxiliary road for local peak traffic periods. traffic running parallel to SH2 A train crossing SH29 results · Signalised intersection at MGI in significant delays and queues, and signalisation at the over which can require up to 15 bridge at SH2/29 minutes to fully dissipate. This · Relocated SH29 connection will take longer if a second train to Truman Lane passes prior to the queues clearing. · Realignment of the railway line The traffic queues can be to the existing designation west 300 to 400m, and impact on of Owens Place. the performance of SH2 and the The hearing is allowed three days recently completed $455 million from Monday August 10, and will TEL. The level crossings may be take place at the ASB Arena. closed for up to four minutes at a time in the future with trains

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Travel Safe Safer Journeys

We are asking you to pay attention at intersections Recently there has been a spate of serious and fatal crashes on the Bay of Plenty state highway network. No matter what the cause, every one of those crashes is a tragedy.

The Bay of Plenty is over-represented in crashes involving driver distraction, and the local Police and the NZ Transport Agency are committed to raising awareness about the risks.

Focussed drivers are safer drivers

A safe road system free of death and serious injury can only be achieved through safer speeds, safer vehicles, safer roads and safer road users.

Ian Campion NZ Police, Senior Sergeant, Western Bay of Plenty

We are asking you to own your road Intersections require complex driving and decision-making skills so drivers need to be alert at all times.

Not all drivers get it right...

Vehicle occupants are highly vulnerable to injury in high-speed intersection collisions, especially when turning onto a state highway, when traffic volumes tend to be higher.

Side-on collisions are one of the most likely crashes at intersections, they are usually survivable when speeds are 50km/h or less.

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Youth worker Mickel Rawiri with the mobile container clinic.

Photo by Tracy Hardy.

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Free youth clinic a well-kept secret This year marks the Youth Health Clinic’s sixth year in operation – and yet, very little is known about this mobile GP practice.

“I’m not surprised you found it on Facebook,” says Te R˜nanga o Ngai Te Rangi Iwi Trust Operations Manager Kuku Wawatai. “We don’t want to over promote it, because I don’t think we could handle it!” ° e cat’s out of the bag now, but not because ° e Weekend Sun necessarily wants to draw more users to this free health service; it’s about highlighting the work Kuku and his team are doing in suburbs that have been signiÿ cantly marginalised.

Based in a brightly decorated container, which travels on the back of a truck, the Youth Health Clinic – or HBU, How ‘Bout You? as it is known to its patients – sets up shop during twilight from 6pm-10pm in areas such as Merivale, Welcome Bay, Arataki/Papamoa and Katikati throughout the week to aid residents aged 17 to 24.

With two doctors and a nurse on the sta˝ , the clinic is designed to diagnose, treat and advise patients in a non-confrontational and easy-to-access environment, eliminating some of the fear that can be associated with attending a traditional doctor’s practice. “° ere is no shame,” says Kuku. “Elsewhere you will have to pay a fee and sit in a waiting room and pretend to be a swanky individual. We have patients who are worried their socks aren’t the same colour.

It’s clinical, but with a non-clinical environment.”

When patients arrive, a youth worker, Mickel

Rawiri, is on site to greet them and make them feel at ease before even they step foot into the clinic.

“He creates a transitional interface between the person and clinic, to make the person feel relaxed before going over the threshold,” explains Kuku.

Mickel says the feedback from the youths and their families he has spoken with is very positive, adding: “° ey can’t believe they didn’t hear about it earlier.

“A lot of people are struggling to get by, so having some sort of relief on funds can make a huge di˝ erence to them.”

With funding from the District Health Board Primary Health Organisation allowing the clinic to pay for their doctor’s services, numbers must be met and at this stage about 1200-1500 are using the services each year.

“But that doesn’t mean we operate on a turnstyle system,” adds Kuku. “A lot of our referrals are drug related or about mental unwellness. You cannot advise these patients in just 15 minutes, so we do our best to give them as much of our time and attention as is required.”

Common treatments include general colds and illnesses, as well as infectious skin diseases, pregnancy and contraception. Kuku says it’s not just about reaching out to the individual, but their extended whanau to educate as many as they can.

“Quite often the individual is an indicator of the environment they and their family live in. We’re interested in getting everyone in the conversation.

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Finding focus through mentoring

Hearing aid: Going deaf for a week “Would you rather be deaf or blind?” It’s the sort of question you occasionally ask around a family breakfast table with your kids.

Having initially thought that deafness would be an easier disability to manage, this week I took on the Silent Leadership Challenge where I undertook daily activities with a pair of very effective sound-silencing ear muffs, provided by the National Foundation for the Deaf.

I found this experience both troubling and transformational. You are a part of a community, and yet separate – you can almost comprehend but not quite, despite the concentration, always

scrambling to make sense of the quiet burbling.

When I sat down at home in front of the television with my family, once the novelty wore off, I was stabbing-in-thedark at working out what was happening. It was isolating.

The next day I went to my office and tried to lead a team meeting with my staff. Initially it was quite comical, but now my staff have lost their voices and the office has ironically never been so quiet.

My effectiveness is very limited, it has reinforced to me how much I take my hearing for granted and how hard it is for those who have lost it.

Tiki Taane with a number of the youths who came to hear him talk about his past experiences with skipping school, in an effort to correct absentee numbers. Photo by Tracy Hardy.

A new month-long initiative, aimed at keeping secondary school students in school, has a famous self-confessed former truant as their ambassador.

10.1 per cent. This was similar to previous surveys, but higher than previous years. For the Bay of Plenty, a recorded 10.5 per cent of students from schools in the region had truanted. This was down from 13.6 per cent in 2009.

Award-winning musician Tiki signed up to be the face of the Tiki Taane is fronting Everyday programme because he could relate Counts – an attendance-focused to the struggles these youths face. initiative for secondary school “Encouraging students to stay students in the Bay, designed in school and being present makes to reinforce the importance of a huge difference in their overall regular turnout at school. wellbeing,” says Tiki.

Run in conjunction with eCase “I know from my own experience Attendance Service, a series of that bunking from school leads to presentations are being held trouble and more bad decisions. in schools across the region to “If I can connect with just one explain why secondary school student who is on the path to years are crucial for young minds.

According to recent statistics from truancy and inspire them to stay in school instead of out on the Education Counts, the estimated national absence rate in 2013 was streets, then I will be stoked.

One thing I’ve learnt from speaking to youth is they will often listen and take in more advice from musicians than the authorities.”

During the presentations, Tiki uses his past as an opportunity for the students to learn from his experience of leaving school early.

“I left school because there was no support for kids like me,” he explains.

“I just wanted to play music and rock out, so I started my band and by the time I was 15 I was playing in pubs. If I had the support and options that are now available, I would’ve stayed at school much longer and wouldn’t have had to learn my craft the hard way.”

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Free wellness challenge for type 2 diabetics With 250,000 Kiwis diagnosed with type two diabetes, and four times this number at risk, a local group has decided to do something about the shocking statistics with a few simple tools and a lot of know-how.

EFK’s Leigh Elder demonstrates the stretchy band.

Eat for Keeps is launching the NZ Blood-Sugar Foundation – a new charitable trust designed to get each and every one of us desk-bound dwellers to move more, and also aid those who have been diagnosed as either pre-diabetic or diabetic.

Founder Leigh Elder says, “After a business mentoring process, we have been encouraged to set up a charitable trust to raise funds to help us develop a free national three-month wellness challenge.”

The programme is in line with EFK’s philosophy: “Our point of difference is life-changing results achieved by people with weight and diabetes issues.

No diets, fads or other restraints, just a few simple changes to their normal way of eating!”

Leigh and his team also advocate breaking up long periods of inactivity, to get people moving on a more regular basis, with the aid of stretchy bands.

Mount New World will sponsor a pilot wellness programme this September. The NZ Blood Sugar Foundation are looking for motivated people, diagnosed as either pre-diabetic or diabetic, to be considered for this three-month trial, utilising a combination of their current methods and exercise.

Other individuals or groups can also sign on to learn about Eat for Keep’s key concepts regarding healthy living and exercise.

To sign up, email leigh@eatforkeeps.com. You can also donate to the charity at www.givealittle.co.nz

Time to take control of Government expenses The Minister of Local Government, Hon Paula Bennett, gave a clear message to local government sector at its conference recently.

She thinks we should call time on the debates about how many mayors we have.

We should be focusing on doing thing

differently – the right things being done in the right way.

She feels the lack of consistency in rules, structures and funding mechanisms across the country is concerning and there needs to be a very strong focus on expenditure control.

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Playing ball with the Tall Ferns

Friday 7 August 2015 The Weekend Sun and Tauranga City Basketball has three NZ Tall Fern replica singlets and two double passes to give away to five lucky readers who can tell us where the Tall Ferns are playing on August 17.

Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competitions section.

Entries must be received before Wednesday, August 12.

Georgina Richards is a loud and boisterous sports fan, especially when the Tall Ferns are playing. That’s because she was one.

The 26-year-old still has her basketball singlet – it’s hanging in the wardrobe at her mum’s place.

So when the New Zealand women’s team take on their Australian rivals on home soil next Monday in what is arguably the most important game in the four-year Olympic cycle, Georgina won’t be able to sit still.

She’ll most likely be the loudest fan in the crowd at ASB Arena on August 17, when the world number-22 ranked Ferns go head-to-head against world number-two Australia’s Opals in a qualifier for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

“I bought tickets as soon as I knew they were coming,” says the former New Zealand small forward.

This is the second game of the Olympic Qualifying Series, with the first FIBA Oceania Series in Melbourne on August 15.

She didn’t want to admit it, but Georgina’s prediction is a victory to the Aussies based on the past series between the teams.

“It will be really tough. We’ll stay in the game for three quarters maybe, but I’m assuming they’ll get away and probably win, which is sad.

“I think we’ll give them a good run for their money. It depends who they [Opals] bring over in their team, quite often they put up a B-team against us because they’re quite confident that they’ll win.

“So if New Zealand want to win, they’re going to have to play four quarters of really good basketball.”

The Christchurch-born basketballer stands at 180cm – that’s a whole head and shoulders above this reporter.

And even at that height, Georgina’s not tall in basketball terms. For example, Australia’s Marianna Tolo is 196cm. That’s just a few centimetres shorter than All Black lock Sam Whitelock.

The FIBA U16 Championship Women’s Final will be played as the curtain raiser to the Australia versus New Zealand game at ASB Arena at 7.30pm.

Georgina says it will be a great opportunity for aspiring female basketballers to view NZ’s talent.

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Flag referenda a mere distraction If the Government is insistent on railroading these flag referenda through, they should at least include the current New Zealand flag as one of the flag design choices from which to choose, during the first of the two referenda they’re planning. This would give New Zealanders the right to make the choice of keeping our current flag.

At the moment, the Government is planning two referenda; one forcing us to choose an alternate flag design and then a second one allowing us to choose between that alternate flag

design and our current one.

The additional expense of having a second referendum, when one would suffice, is irresponsible.

It is estimated that these flag referenda will cost us $26 million. What else could we put this money towards?

For the same cost, we could upgrade 900 social houses with insulation and heating, or we could cover the costs of 1400 hip replacements! I’m sure each one of you reading this editorial can think of another handful of good uses for such a large sum of money.

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Arson investigation continuing Police are continuing to investigate an arson attack at a rental car yard on Waihi Road and are asking for information from the public.

Five vehicles were damaged when someone scaled barbed wire fences of ABC Rentals and torched the cars last Saturday morning.

ABC Rentals owners Olga and Neale Morris were notified about the fire at 2.45am.

“We came down at about 2.45am for about

an hour, spoke with police and tried to figure out what was going on,” says Olga.

She says this is not a nice thing to have happen.

“I feel horrible. Who would do that sort of thing? They climbed over the fence and started the fire in the cars.”

Olga is also miffed at how the perpetrators managed to climb a barbed wire fence and get into the compound.

“We just have to wait and see what the police say now.”

Police and a fire safety investigator are investigating the fire.

Anyone with information that may help find the perpetrators can contact Tauranga Police Station on 07 577 4300.

Alternatively, information can be left anonymously via the Crimestoppers line on 0800 555 111.

By Letitia Atkinson

New Zealand’s Quietest Heat Pumps

From left: Meryl Beets, Beverly Mayer, Christine Currie, Patsy Denzel, Di Forrest, Helen Hepburn, Wendy Payne, Ann McGirr, Judith Thomas and Joan Forester. Photo by Bruce Barnard.

The lioness’ share

The president and her side-kick are a bit befuddled.

“Why would you want to?” asks Christine Currie, huffily.

This reporter was being a bit provocative, perverse even, trying to get a rise out of the ladies from the Tauranga Harbour City Lions Club. I wanted to know why I couldn’t join their club, or any other bloke for that matter.

Because even though the name, Harbour Lions, suggests ‘blokey’, this club is 27 women strong and absolutely no blokes.

Christine told me earlier that “we don’t need men”, that women’s clubs “just get on with stuff and don’t sit around talking about it. We just do it”.

That’s what piqued my interest.

Isn’t gender divide in clubs and institutions an anachronism? Is there a whiff of reverse sexism?

“Well, we are not a club of silly women,” she says.

They’re not a bunch of rabid feminists either because they suppose I could come along to Harbour City Lions “if I wanted to”. But they worry about me being the only man there.

Christine is “scared about where this is headed and what I will write,” so she very effectively turns it back on me.

“You could come to Alimento café for a Lions coffee morning... or come to the pictures with us. Perhaps one of our potluck dinners. They’re very good?

“We are a very social club.

You could come away with us for a weekend – do the factory shops in Auckland. You would like that!”

Perhaps not.

To understand where the women’s club is today, you have to understand the past politics of Lions.

Christine and president Joan Forester started out in a Lioness Club in the early ‘80s – a womenonly club, with fewer rights and privileges than the men’s Lions Club which sponsored them. The Lions blurb says the relationship was one of mutual support.

Christine and Joan harrumph.

“The men thought Lionesses were only good for doing the catering at the Lions Club conventions. Yes, the men would do a project and they would expect the Lionesses to do the lunch.”

“And the dishes,” adds Joan.

The Lionesses were just pussycats, so they became a Lions Club in their own right, got some clout, voting rights and powers to make change.

Why didn’t they just join the men’s club?

Christine recalls the time she was a visitor at a Lions Club when a woman tried to organise a fundraising wood chop for a Saturday morning. Her husband caused a very public stink because they were meant to be going away that weekend. Christine rolls her eyes and titters.

“I thought, ‘Stuff that.’

I wouldn’t belong there.”

But Christine and Joan do belong at the Tauranga Harbour City Lions where we are assured there are no domestics, politics and members do not get personal.

They have done so for a combined 60 years. That’s 60 years of their own time, effort and goodwill for the benefit of others – a very noble thing.

“It costs each of us $150 a year to belong to a club so we can drive around in our own cars, using our own petrol in our own time to collect books so we can sell them and give away the money.”

That’s not begrudging; it’s by way of explanation. It’s the reality of being a Harbour City Lion, a good and giving person. And each year they distribute up to $30,000 to various causes – that’s the thick end of a million dollars during their time as Lions.

There’s good spirit here: banter, cajoling, sisterhood and lots of laughs. It feels good and stuff is getting done.

Outside it’s pouring. The girls will be having an afternoon in and make one last pitch for my membership.

“We will be getting together to play Rummikub.”

No, I won’t join them, thank you very much. But do pencil me in for the factory shops.

The Harbour City Lions meet every second and fourth Thursday of each month at the Lyceum Club in First Avenue. Or you can call president Joan Forester on

By Hunter Wells 07 281 0743.

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Young stars’ juggling act Nathan Rostron is always outside kicking a ball around. Even during this interview, the Papamoa Primary School pupil wouldn’t stand still – he was tossing a ball about.

He wasn’t being rude. In fact, he’s the most polite, well-spoken 11-year-old this reporter has ever met.

He’d just rather play football than talk about it.

“He’s never inside, he’s always outside kicking the ball,” says mum Joanne. “He’s got his goal post in the backyard and the ball’s always going over the back fence. He’s always been an outside boy.

He has since he was little.”

It’s this natural talent which has led Nathan to be selected as one of two Western Bay of Plenty boys to trial with football giants AC Milan in March next year.

Nathan and fellow footballer 10-year-old Xavier Maddox received Best Overall Player in separate AC Milan Junior Football Camps in Wellington during the school holidays.

Nathan plays for Papamoa Football

Club and also trains with All Stars Football Academy’s Martin Collins, while Xavier plays for Otumoetai Football Club and also trains with the esteemed Waipuna Coerver Academy based at Waipuna Park.

They’ll fly to Italy for an all-expenses paid trip to visit the club and participate in a tournament with the winners of other camps held internationally.

“Nothing has ever happened like this before,” says Joanne. “We just thought we’d go down and see what other talent there is in New Zealand, and where he sits within that.”

Nathan is the youngest of four Rostron children; two boys and two girls. His mother’s cautious of ‘babying him’. Now, she’s soon sending her ‘baby’ to Italy with either herself, dad Nick, or big brother Luke accompanying him.

Like Nathan, Xavier’s also got the urge to always kick a ball around.

“We always have footballs around the house inside and out,” says dad Keir.

“He’s often got a ball at his feet. He doesn’t overdo it, but he is an active kid.

So if there’s a football around he’ll be kicking it.”

Xavier’s also very good at swimming and basketball.

“He’s just one of those allround athletic kids.”

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Roses are red, capsicums are too…

If roses evoke feelings of romance and daisies loyal love, what does a cabbage say?

Can vegetables express those feelings and thoughts too special for mere words from mortal men?

Lots of questions stemming from one $6 decorative cabbage plant sitting outside a Tauranga florist recently. An inedible cabbage simply to be gazed upon.

And they’ve been selling like hot... well, hot cabbages.

“They come in and they go out,” says florist Emma Cole.

They look – and smell – like a cabbage, so they must be one. The similarity ends there, however, because if you did eat them you would probably start glowing.

“They’re sprayed with all sorts of nasty chemicals to keep the pests away and keep them alive,” says Emma.

And yes – cabbage wedding bouquets are ‘in’ – but as to why, no-one knows. Emma has a thought – “It’s about colours, I think.

They mingle well with pinks, lime greens and yellows. So they are a versatile flower.”

The Weekend Sun decided to grow this concept. What about a full vegetable bouquet, a working and living bouquet?

Not something that starts composting the moment you buy it, but something that can be admired, then eaten.

Emma whipped up a tasteful arrangement of fennel, leeks, ornamental cabbage, celery, silverbeet, apples, carrots, capsicum and grapes. Then we did the market research out on Devonport Road.

One women eyed it suspiciously, then loved it.

Florist Emma Cole presents her vegetable bouquet.

Photo by Bruce Barnard.

“That is beautiful – that has meaning for me,” said one. “My husband never buys me flowers so if he bought that home I would be thrilled,” said another. A young woman with dreads and braces would have been “stoked” to receive an edible bouquet.

“Better than spending $40 on flowers and watching them die,” she adds.

The women reacted with words such as cute, creative and considerate.

Except for a colleague in The Weekend Sun office, who suggested her partner would “wear it” if he presented her this bouquet.

As for the blokes – the vegetarian glowed, but a chap, who moments earlier bought just one lily for whatever reason, curled his lip. Vegetables, it would appear, are for soups or salads or both. “My wife would think I was trying to tell her something.”

However, he was sure the “greenies” would get excited.

And the floral industry itself is very excitable and very fickle. Flowers are fashionable, then they’re not.

For example, Emma tells us succulents are now very ‘in’ – yes, cactus wedding necklaces and bouquets. So too is sage.

Apparently Brussel sprouts make great door wreaths at Christmas (but not the ones our mothers boiled down to a vile khaki slurry).

But the power of a flower, and perhaps now vegetables, is indisputable.

Research shows flowers create instant delight, happiness and positive moods that can last for days. Would a decorative cabbage bring such enduring delight?

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New style and vision at the gallery He’s male model material – tall and lean, TV good looks and buffed to the ‘nth degree’.

Karl Chitham, the new director of the Tauranga Art Gallery, has just stepped out of a Barkers ad and descended the sweeping atrium staircase in a male model way. He commanded those stairs.

“After just five days in the job I can’t say much about the way forward, but I want to make this gallery a destination.”

He’s talking art galleries. But I am talking style because that’s the first thing that hits you. Rakish in a deep navy shirt, natty fitted grey jacket, painted-on designer jeans which are turned up cheekily over the suede shoes. He wears it well.

But isn’t a ‘real’ gallery director a muttering old man in an ill-fitting suit, plaid waistcoat, pince-nez and liberal dusting of dandruff? Not a fashion statement.

“No, it’s not a managerial look,” assures the new director, 42. “But I am certainly managerial.”

Karl adjusts his jacket and works the camera with style. “I hate getting my photograph taken,” he adds. I suspect this man will work the gallery with the same inimitable style, and it will be one this city will enjoy and be proud of.

“There’s always an element of surprise when you apply for a job and get it.”

But we perhaps shouldn’t be surprised. He’s all ticketed with a degree in visual arts and masters in fine arts.

“I was a sculptor in a previous life.” He was a curator of art in a more recent one at Rotorua Museum, but this is his first directorial post.

“What comes with that is enthusiasm and drive. Once I get my head around it there will be a really strong vision.” Aspects of that vision are already morphing and taking shape. “There’s a lot of disconnect with art, a lot of people who wouldn’t go to a gallery.”

The ones who think galleries are stuffy and static?

“Yes, those who don’t feel comfortable in a gallery and don’t see the value them.

I will show them what a gallery is and give them a feel and an experience that will make them want to come back.”

How? “Sometimes it’s the behind the scenes stuff, sometimes the interactive displays and sometimes it’s the programmes such as artists talks and live performances. It all depends on the stories we are telling.”

Those stories, he hopes, will also pull in the punters off the cruise liners, the ones who like VB, stubbies and jandals, and are leaking to Rotorua.

“We will give them local content, stuff they can’t or won’t see anywhere else.

We will give them a reason to stay in town.”

To read in full, visit Sunlive.co.nz; Search ‘Art gallery’s new direction’

By Hunter Wells

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This pool of unusually warm water upsets the normal balance of trade winds and weather in the tropics.

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“A man of honesty, straightforwardness and very high values.”

These are the words of Graeme Munro eulogising his father, Dambuster and wartime flying hero Les Munro, who died in Tauranga Hospital early on Tuesday morning.

Graeme says his dad was “an absolutely unbelievable father, grandfather and great grandfather”.

Les was part of the legendary Lancaster bomber 617 Squadron which dropped the skipping bombs on three dams in Germany’s industrial heartland in the Ruhr Valley in May 1943.

Rudd remanded on bail

AC/DC rocker Phil Rudd has been remanded on bail until November 24 after pleading not guilty to breaking his home detention conditions in Tauranga District Court on Monday.

The 61-year-old will now face a two-hour judge alone hearing, with Judge Robert Wolff setting the date despite protests from Rudd’s lawyer, Craig Tuck, who sought case management.

However, prosecution Anna Pollett insisted that the case is a straightforward one.

“The defendant admitted the charge to the police on his arrest,” says Anna. “There’s very strong evidence and the matter can proceed immediately to a judge alone hearing.”

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Following the sad news of Dambuster pilot Les Munro’s death on Tuesday, one commenter wrote:

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Moving to her own beat That British indie rock outfit ‘Florence and the Machine’ is pumping out. “... I like to keep my issues drawn,” the song goes. “It’s always darkest before the dawn.”

It’s pumping out from a living room in Murray Street, Gate Pa. “I’ve been a fool and I’ve been blind; I can never leave the past behind,” it goes on. Today, ‘Florence’ is Tara Cruickshank.

‘The Machine’ is also Tara. She’s doing it all.

She’s thrashing a drum kit and singing down British star Florence’s weighty tones to a recorded backing track.

Mum Christina is makeshift producer and watches on adoringly, as only the mother of a seriously challenged young woman making her milestones can.

“Tara is totally blind,” explains Christina.

“She doesn’t have the optic nerves which carry messages from the eyes to the brain, so she doesn’t even have light perception.”

The limitations imposed by that disability aside, it’s not Tara’s biggest issue – “I’m also autistic.”

“So there are also all the difficulties of socialising and communicating that go with that,” says Mum.

Tara Cruickshank in action.

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But “nuh!”, she wasn’t frightened and “nuh!”, she wasn’t nervous when she performed her Florence covers to a packed venue in Auckland a couple of weeks ago and won the Spectrum Care Talent Quest Showcase.

It’s held every couple of years, a show where those with disabilities demonstrate their abilities.

Tara wasn’t frightened or nervous because “I like performing and I’m good.” And not a little modest, it seems.

Spectrum Care is an independent charitable trust that provides services such as respite for people with disabilities and their families.

“They thought I was pretty cool,” says Tara. “They gave me a standing ovation.”

And Mum was confident: “When she didn’t get third or second, I knew she had nailed it.”

But why the drums? “When she was a baby I had the radio on all the time.

I noticed she was doing this beat – slapping a closed fist with her open hand in time to the music.”

Christina gave her some wooden spoons and a pots. “And away she went.”

So even as a baby her mother believed Tara had talent.

“Three years ago she would not have been sitting here talking to you,” says Christina.

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“And Adele too,” chimes in Tara. Adele being the British songstress whom in the void of her ‘own world’ Tara has befriended and idolises. Her mother reminds her to stay in “the real world”.

Adele and Florence are the reasons Tara wants to “go to England for 100 nights” – to be close to her “friends” and idols.

I am thinking it must be very pleasurable to gravitate between two worlds, to have that escape valve there if needed or wanted.

There is music all around us here. Tara’s living room is littered with instruments – guitars, drum kits, amplifiers, enough for a big band. “There’s always music in my head,” she says.

And it’s always looking to get out.

“When I climb in the shower in the morning Tara always stands there and serenades me,” says Christina.

“They’re made up songs,” explains Tara.

“I don’t know why I do it, but I like to.”

And that rhythmical beating of the hands, well, she likes doing that too.

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Building a brighter future working in them. Industries showcased include horticulture, construction and engineering, IT, The Bay is booming – so why not build science, creative, professional and health. your career here? That’s the message behind Greg Simmonds from Priority One says Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty are consistently this year’s Western Bay At Work Expo, experiencing some of the highest rates of economic held August 7 and 8. growth, a perfect reason why Kiwis looking for a The Expo is hosted by Priority One and change should start their career here.

Tauranga Rotary, and gives attendees a chance “The sub-region is coming of age due to its to talk to representatives from Universities, Bay locational advantages (proximity to Auckland and of Plenty Polytechnic, Careers NZ, Employ NZ the Waikato, large population bases, temperate and BCITO, and training providers from industry climate and natural environment); infrastructure sectors including construction, tourism, aviation, (Port of Tauranga, industrial and commercial land, hairdressing, fashion, defence forces, design, transport networks); and growing amenities (art maritime, hospitality and more. gallery, waterfront development, sporting facilities) You will also be able to meet which position the Western Bay of Plenty as some of our most innovative attractive to skilled people and their families. We businesses and the people are seeing strong business growth in the sub-region which supports strong employment growth.”

According to Trade Me Jobs, listings for Tauranga increased 41 per cent in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the same period in 2014, and jobs here are increasingly well paid – 5.6 per cent of Trade Me job listings had an advertised salary of $100,000 or more in 2014, compared with nearly four per cent in 2013.

With more than 80 exhibitors showcasing this region’s diverse and exciting career opportunities and the best training pathways to get there at ASB Arena this Friday and Saturday, it’s time to take your career into your own hands.

The Tauranga Careers and Business Expo runs from 9am to 3pm this Friday, August 7 and Saturday, August 8, at ASB Arena and entry to the event is free.

Marketing executive Adam Watson, Western Bay at Work Want more info? Visit the website ambassador Greg Simmonds and marketing assistant www.westernbayatwork.org.nz Chloe Brown. Photo by Bruce Barnard.

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Where it all began: The business of building business The Rotary Club of Tauranga began the Careers Expo at the Tauranga Racecourse about 25 years ago, and Dennis Toovey was one of the original founding members that helped get it up and running.

It was set up for local secondary schools and the wider community to come along and speak face-to-face with tertiary providers. Ironically, that hasn’t changed.

As it got bigger, it was then moved to the Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre in Eleventh Ave, were it stayed until the ASB arena opened three years ago.

The move to ASB was a result of a need to be able to showcase local businesses alongside the tertiary providers. You can talk to an employer and then talk to someone that can train you to get the qualifications you need to pursue a career that interests you.

Students want more interactive stands were they can see more about what they do and ask questions to get an idea of what courses they can do. They often ask what they can expect if they move to study

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The type of provider has changed, from mainly universities to polytechnics to industry training organisations and private sector providers.

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weights and faster repetitions.

Sharon calls it “beast mode”.

No ‘carbs’ are allowed, except for two days before the competition when she’ll have to ‘carb load’.

She’ll drink up to 5-6L of water before dehydrating herself for the big day.

“You’re dehydrated on the day of the competition so your skin is thinner so you can see the muscles more.”

Sharon heads to the national championships in October with fellow bodybuilder Ania Gratkowski, who placed first in the BOP championships.

Sharon has been invited to attend the National Amateur Body Building Association Internationals in the Philippines in November.

She hopes to “go international” with her new-found sport and is

player on Sunday.

Organised by Bay of Plenty Rugby Union and Cobb & Co Restaurant and Saloon, the Junior Open Day is at the Lakes Oval on Double Bay Rd on August 9.

From 11am-12.30pm there will be games, prizes and giveaways and a chance to have your photo taken with the team’s mascot Steamie.

Steamers’ will visit Arataki Primary, Merivale Primary, Pyes Pa Primary, Bellevue Primary, Mount Maunganui Intermediate,

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Berry nice! ‘Tis the season for Christmas strawberries Strawberries signal the beginning of summer, conjuring up thoughts of delicious desserts, picnics and being on summer holiday.

Each year as ripe red strawberries make their way into the shops, gardening stores see a spike in traffic on their websites from people searching for information and products on strawberry. However, late winter is the time to plant strawberries and get patches sorted for the next summer ahead, says Mitre 10 General Manager Marketing Dave Elliott.

“Last year, towards the end of winter and early spring we saw the number of people looking for information on planting strawberries nearly triple,” Dave says.

“When warmer weather starts to hit, people decide they want strawberries – but you have to think well ahead.

“Strawberries are easily grown in sunny spots and they’re a crop that’s quick to fruit.

The best time to plant strawberries is from June through to September in warm central and northern regions and August through to September in the cooler southern regions.

Strawberry plants grow well almost anywhere that gets plenty of sun and isn’t too wet.

“Choose a spot that has good drainage, such as a raised garden bed. Hanging baskets and containers are also suitable, particularly if space is limited.

Try to avoid planting in beds that have previously grown tomatoes and potatoes, as strawberries are susceptible to the same diseases. For the best ongoing care, make sure you water them regularly in the growing season, especially if it’s dry.

“Strawberry plants usually last for three seasons – when you replace them, use the runners grown by previous plants. And as birds are fond of the fruit, cover plants with a net during harvest.”

For more advice including specific planting instructions, view the Easy As guide at www. mitre10.co.nz/guides_and_advice/gardening_ guides/how_to_grow_strawberries/ and Mitre 10’s Garden Club tips at www.mitre10.co.nz/gardenclub/blog/ succulent_strawberries_for_summer/

How to make the cut this winter Getting out in the garden this season lacks the appeal that a warm summer’s evening holds, but like it or not, the cooler seasons are the best time for pruning.

Pruning promotes overall tree health. When trees are not maintained they can have a canopy that’s too thick or too low, or maybe it’s grown out of control and is interfering with spouting, fences, buildings or roofs.

Vuk Mijatovic, from Arborcore Tree Services, says the reason why we prune in winter is because the trees have stopped their growing process and have gone into dormancy.

“For example,” says Vuk, “deciduous trees such as oaks and plane trees lose their leaves at this time, so this is the ideal time to prune. When the pruning is done in winter there is a low chance of bacteria or fungal spores attacking the pruning wounds.”

When pruning, look for signs such as rubbing branches, broken limbs or damaged limbs, branches that are affected by disease, insect infestations, animal damage and dying or dead branches (dead wood).

Vuk from Arborcore Tree Services This is one of Vuk’s specialties, and he can help you with this.

“Thinning is about cutting out all dead, diseased, and injured parts of the tree to let in more air and light to help it grow,” he explains.

“But the most important thinning prevents confusion of a plant’s structural line and enhances its health.”

Arborcore Tree Services can give you advice on winter pruning or answer tree questions or issues that you may have. Give Vuk a call to discuss.

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Business continues to grow with Bay family Owning Pacifica Garden Centre & Café has been a dream come true for sisters Julie, Debbie, Gaye and Vicki – one that took many years to come to fruition.

Born and bred in the Bay, the family were always captivated with Pacifica, which was established in Papamoa in 2000.

So when they became owners in 2014, they finally found a place to unleash their creativity and passion, and create the family business they had been dreaming about.

More than just a garden centre, Pacifica offers a on-site café, gifts for that special someone – including

Dad for Father’s Day around the corner – as well as all your usual (and not so usual) garden aspects: a unique range of pots, water features, garden art and plants displayed in a beautiful and inspiring setting, as well as tools, seeds, soils, fertilisers and chemicals.

They also offer a landscape design and maintenance service to

help you create that perfect outdoor space.

“Daphnes, which are a highly scented plant, are disappearing out the door fast,” says Gaye of winter trends.

“So too are micro greens, which we grow for garnishes in the café and sell the seeds and seed trays. We also have all our new season roses and fruit trees in and other beautiful stock arriving all the time.

“We want the whole place to feel inspiring and really welcoming. Somewhere you can bring the whole family, especially with the kids playground, chickens for the kids to feed and collect the eggs, a dress-up box and kids menu.”

Celebrating their first birthday this September, Pacifica is also marking the start of spring – and you should be too, with the

warmer weather around the corner. Why not enjoy it in Pacifica’s courtyard with a cup of coffee (or maybe a sneaky beer or glass of wine)?

Gaye in the potting shed.

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Big clean-up full steam ahead It’s not just gardens that need a good clean-up, but also our extended local ‘gardens’.

Now Plastic Free July has come to an end, Hikoi Mount Maunganui is planning its big clean-up.

On Tuesday, August 11 at 10.30am, owner Brad Edwards and his team (and their dedicated community volunteers) are meeting at Carlson Reserve in Matua to rid the salt marshes of waste. Brad is also treating participants to a plastic-free morning tea.

During the month, Hikoi staff vowed to pick up 10 pieces of plastic/rubbish

for every strike against their name. For Brad, his tally came to 76, while his daughter’s was 35. Between them, a minimum of 1010 pieces of rubbish are to be picked up on collection day.

“Thanks for all those like-minded people who have either read my blogs, followed my challenge or shown their support in some way and especially to those who helped spread the message,” he says.

If this feel-good ‘keep your area clean’ event sounds like you, show your enthusiasm by emailing Brad, info@hikoi. co.nz or call 0800 244 564.

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The holy Trinity of fine dining The Ora King Salmon Awards end on August 31, so sadly this week was my last review for the year.

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On walking in to Halo Lounge & Dining in Trinity Wharf Hotel, I had to ask myself why I hadn’t been there for a while. It is a spectacular place, not just for hotel patrons but also casual diners to enjoy.

The lights from the bridge reflecting on the water; the restaurant, large and stylish, but with intimate corners.

Executive chef Simon Green at Trinity Wharf was on hand to greet us and explain his entry dish, 40 degree Ora King Salmon, Artichoke & Ginger Puree, which to me epitomised the absolute difference between ordinary salmon and Ora King Salmon!

The salmon was brined for 20 minutes and then cooked at 40 degrees for 10 minutes. This process ensures each portion of salmon on the plate is cooked to perfection.

The selection of baby beets and carrots worked perfectly with the salmon, with golden beetroot, beetroot jelly, pickled beetroot stalks, topped with candy beetroot crisps.

The salmon sat on a Jerusalem artichoke and ginger puree, with the ever-so-slight hint of ginger combining well with the earthiness of the artichokes.

To top it all off, braised faro (an ancient grain), olive oil caviar, crispy chicken skin and a dusting of liquorice powder set off the dish from not only a visual perspective but also adding another layer of flavour.

The complexity yet simplicity of Simon’s creation, I can only describe as a true artform.

Baking fresh from the oven You can almost smell the delicious baked goods coming from the oven at bb’s café as soon as you park the car.

Owned by Gary and Karen Brighouse, bb’s café in Fraser Cove proudly makes almost everything on site.

“Everything is made fresh, every day using fresh ingredients,” says Karen.

Pair the freshly baked goods with a cup of bb’s hot signature blend freshly brewed coffee, loose leaf teas or hot chocolate, and you’ve got a winning combination – and it’s all served with a smile.

“We provide great, friendly customer service,” says Karen.

The children can come too, with the family friendly café providing a separate play area for the little ones. There’s no

BBs cafe Fraser Cove owner Karen Brighouse. Photo by Tracy Hardy.

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Ocean’s heaven: Salmon at its best Executive chef Simon Green with his entry dish, 40 degree Ora King Salmon, Artichoke & Ginger Puree.

The dish contained so many elements that all cleverly came together to provide the perfect balance of tastes and textures. Each mouthful of soft buttery Ora King Salmon was an absolute delight. This dish is on the menu until the end of the month, so make sure you check it out.

I will definitely be heading back there soon, as Brian was none too happy he missed this dish, but also to sample the rest of the menu.

Trinity Wharf is open seven days a week from 7pm until late. Thanks again Simon – you are a food genius.

In my last reviews, I have gone into the background of how Ora King Salmon is farmed; check out the links at www.sunlive. co.nz/news/105779-catchof-day-and-year.html and www.sunlive.co.nz/ news/106402-an-ora-aboutwhitianga.html Ora King Salmon is also available locally at Mount Bistro, Phil’s Place, Mills Reef, Momo Teppan-Yaki, Elizabeth Café and Larder, and Takara Japanese Restaurant.

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‘Knee-crumbling’ good food at The Grange Same location, different name – what was once formerly Grange Road Café has undergone a radical transformation (inside and out) to become The Grange Eatery & Espresso Bar, a fresh take on homemade gourmet food.

Owner and chef Stephanie Smith has spent the last year training in Perth, where she was exposed to an array of ideas and flavours, both at her training institute and working in coffee shops.

“The food is just mouth-watering, knee-crumbling amazing,” she says of her eatery’s unique menu, which includes eggs benedict with a twist: two poached eggs sitting on a bed of house pulled pork.

Perth was also where she met now-fiancée David Bundle, a local boy from Katikati, who brought Stephanie home to the Bay of Plenty – where

they were inspired to develop The Grange.

From produce to plate, The Grange makes sure everything is fresh, which means locally produced items are used when possible. The team strive to make a unique, comfortable and most of all enjoyable experience for the customer from the moment you walk in to the moment you leave.

“Customer service is big for me,” says Stephanie.

“There’s nothing worse than going into a

café or shop and feeling like you’re not welcomed.”

The food served at The Grange is always wholesome and delicious.

From the counter cakes, such as traditional cheese and chive scones, secret recipe brownies and blueberry, oatmeal and yoghurt sweet muffins, to the divine tarts in the cabinet, which make for perfect light lunches, everything is made daily to the highest standard.

“A favourite of ours is the beetroot tart with goats curd, green beans, cherry tomatoes and torn

Owners Stephanie Smith and David Bundle.

olives – yumm!” adds Stephanie.

The Grange holds its grand opening on Monday, August 10.

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health & beauty Increasing demand for surgeons The number of people being referred to see surgeons has increased by 30,000 in the last two years.

In 2013, 108,861 people were being referred to a surgeon for a variety of issues.

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to 127,364 in 2014, and now sits at 138,700 for 2015. The demand has increased so much so, that people who are not assessed as “critical” are being turned away.

Bay of Plenty District Health Board (BOP DHB) Surgical Services team leader Bronwyn Anstis says growth in demand has been significant.

“Whilst the BOP DHB has been increasing investment in its orthopaedic resources, we also have to make sure that patients with the most significant clinical needs receive priority.”

All referrals received by the BOP DHB from local GPs are graded by clinical urgency by the respective department.

They are graded using a specific set of clinical prioritisation criteria aligned to the specialty (for example orthopaedics has specific criteria and general surgery has a different set).

“The BOP DHB has adopted the relevant national guidelines on clinical prioritisation and access to services to ensure the process is fair for all and consistent locally and nationally, based on a robust scoring methodology,” explains Bronwyn.

“There are also some referrals where it’s appropriate for the specialist to provide advice to the referring GP or, alternatively, are referred to other services such as clinical nurse specialists and newly established fracture fragility service.”

Bronwyn says demand for orthopaedic services is growing significantly.

“We have recruited a new orthopaedic consultant this year and are planning additional joint replacements and other orthopaedic procedures in the coming year, with further increases in the following two years, supported by new funding

The Bay of Plenty District Health Board has seen an increase in the number of people being referred to see a surgeon. from the Ministry of Health.”

The number of orthopaedic surgeons has increased from 14 in 2013 to 15.

In 2013, 40,245 people received first specialist appointments and now 45,122 are have been seen or are booked to be seen so far this year.

“Even though demand on our services is continually increasing, waiting times for surgery have reduced significantly over the last three years,” says Bronwyn.

“These waiting times have moved on from a point where most people received treatment within six months, to the current situation where most people receive treatment within four months.”

By Letitia Atkinson

Living with pain: The everyday struggle Fat, ugly, lazy and stupid.

These are just some of the things I have felt when not being able to do the everyday activities that other people can.

I quite often hear people talking about how lovely it is to go for a walk up the Mount or how beautiful it is to walk along the beach in the afternoon sun.

For me, this is not an option.

My knees are so badly damaged that there are days where I can’t even walk to the toilet from my desk without feeling like someone is taking a thousand sharp knives and stabbing them into my knees.

There is a technical term for my condition, but basically put, I was born with stretched ligaments and my kneecaps never stayed in place.

Over time, cartilage has worn down and now what little knee cap I have left is just rubbing on bone.

It’s like having glass shards where a cushy cartilage padding should be.

Four knee surgeries later and doctors are now telling me there is not much more they can do.

At the age of 27, my knees are too badly damaged to be repaired and I have been told that I am not old enough for a replacement. It kind of feels like being stuck in limbo.

Determined not to let this dominate my life, I do Crossfit three to five days a week, although many of the exercises have to be modified as I can’t run, jump or twist a certain way.

Painkillers are not an option.

I spent most of my life on these and it got to the point where I was being given anti-seizure

drugs to kill the pain receptors in my brain, instead of treating the pain at the source.

My story is just one of many people who have suffering from orthopaedic issues. And this is evident in the Bay of Plenty District Health Board turning people away because they simply don’t have the resources to deal with the growing demand.

Are you like Letitia and on the BOP DHB waiting list for surgery? We’d love to hear your views – email us at letters@thesun.co.nz

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health & beauty Computer Vision Syndrome: Are you suffering?

The American National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health has found up to 90 per cent of people who use a computer for three hours or more suffer from Computer Vision Syndrome.

screen, and the fact that computer-users blink at only about 30 per cent of the normal rate, which contributes to dryness.”

To prevent CVS, the American Optometric Association recommends a 20-second rest for every 20 minutes of sustained computer work.

Little and often is best.

Also known as occupational overuse syndrome, Furthermore, aim for a 15-minute rest after CVS is a form of repetitive strain injury. It’s two hours of computer work. The best way to caused by a frequent movement of the eyes within relax your eyes is to look away from the computer a constricted field of vision. For example, a screen, ideally into a far distance. This allows the computer screen. muscles inside your eye to rest and recuperate.

Tauranga Ensure the screen optometrist Anya is positioned at an Fischer says CVS optimum level – used to mainly depending on a affect people older screen size, either than 40, who opt for the top of naturally develop the screen being vision problems. level with your “But with eyes or middle of increased use of the screen falling digital devices, about 10cm-12cm CVS is found to below your eye. affect younger Sit 50cm-70cm people – mainly away from the because of the screen. Avoid reduced distance indirect glare at which we and reflection tend to hold our from the screen.

Fischer + Fischer optometrist Anya Fischer says smartphones.”

It may involve there should be ambient light which should not Anya says repositioning reflect off the screen. Photo by Tracy Hardy. symptoms include some light sources itchy or irritated eyes, neck pain, blurred vision and or adding light filtering blinds to the windows difficulty in refocusing the eyes, sudden worsening Also, keep dry eye drops handy and apply before of current eye problems, headaches and dry or tender any symptoms develop.

Anya says ensuring your glasses or contact lenses eyes. are up-to-date is important too.

“Symptoms are exacerbated by the glare of the

“You wouldn’t run a marathon in gumboots, so make sure your eyes are equipped adequately for the daily marathon of computer work too.”

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Meditation, yoga, and relaxation with imagery are recommended for routine use for common conditions, including anxiety and mood

disorders. Stress management, yoga, massage, music therapy, energy conservation, and meditation are recommended for stress reduction, anxiety, depression, fatigue, and quality of life.

In their overall findings it was found that specific integrative therapies can be recommended as evidence-based supportive care options during breast cancer treatment.

But what was highlighted was that most integrative therapies require further investigation via well-designed controlled trials with meaningful outcomes.

So it would appear that the time has come for New Zealand to consider investing research funds into Integrative Centre/Facilities that wish to undertake well-designed controlled trials so that integrative therapies can offer evidencebased support care options, not only for breast cancer but all other cancers and illnesses.

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Bridging the gap between generations The Age-Friendly City Strategy Goals 1.3 and 4.4 are very similar in their actions regarding intergenerational programmes, activities and events that can be enjoyed and/or shared with all age groups.

Goal 1, Respect and Social Inclusion, promotes intergeneration programmes in our schools and communities. Goal 4, Social Participation, goes a little further to create opportunities for intergenerational

contact with children and youth.

Many community groups and schools provide opportunities for older people to share their wisdom and experience.

The aim is to provide younger people with positive attitudes to ageing; and naturally vice-versa.

It also allows for each other to appreciate different perspectives and gain a better understanding of others.

Long-time understanding is that we can all learn from each other. It seems more so in this day and age when technology is moving so quickly the younger generation can teach us older

folk so much more.

Take computer skills for example. The ability to Skype family members or even just to use the mobile phone or an iPod – younger family members pick this up so much quicker and easier.

To allow them to teach the older generation seems to be a positive way to help achieve an age-friendly city that is right for all of us in many aspects.

Let us all take the time to identify ways we can encourage informal connections between all people and see the real meaning of an age-friendly city.

Community Matching Fund opening for submissions Western Bay of Plenty community groups are invited to start planning applications for a new Community Matching Fund that opened this month.

Western Bay of Plenty Council is making up to $99,000 available for community and environmental projects that make a positive difference in the district.

The matching fund initiative was established to support projects led by not-for-profit community groups working for the benefit of their communities.

Community committee chairperson councillor Mike Williams says the matching fund recognises that community groups

contribute numerous resources to projects and seeks to match the dollar value of this community effort with a grant.

There are two matching funds available: a general fund for social, recreational and cultural initiatives – and an environmental fund for projects associated with the natural environment.

The general fund has a pool of $60,000 available at $20,000 for each council ward: Katikati-Waihi Beach; Kaimai; and Te Puke-Maketu. The environmental fund has a pool of $39,000 available at $13,000 for each ward. Applications may have components that apply to both funds and more than one ward.

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amount that can be applied for – for a project that brings direct public benefit to all three wards – is the full $99,000.

Grants will be matched on a 50/50 basis. Council’s half is a cash grant.

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Application guidelines and registration forms are now available on council’s website, www.westernbay.govt.nz

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From novices to pros, everyone’s welcome at BOPAROC track day No matter if you’re a newcomer to the racetrack or a seasoned driver looking to test your car pre-season, the Bay of Plenty Alfa Romeo Owners Club has the event for you.

The club is hosting a noncompetitive, Motorsport NZ sanctioned track day at the Taupo Motorsport Park on August 29, from 8am to 5pm.

BOP club member John McTavish says they the event is to encourage newcomers to get behind the wheel and have a go.

“Most of us have competed on the track at one level or another, and it’s a very stressful thing when starting out,” says John. “So we wanted to take that stress out and have a nice, non-competitive day.

“We will keep the different levels of driver experience segregated, so novices only go out on the track with other novices. Experienced race drivers will also provide track craft and training on the day.”

While the track day is hosted by the Alfa Romeo’s Owners Club, John says they will welcome most vehicles, other than drifter and open wheel race cars.

All drivers must hold a licence and cars, which will be scrutinised on the day, must hold a current WOF or have log book if it’s a race car.

Club life

The Alfa Romeo Owner’s Club of New Zealand is one of the largest Kiwi motoring clubs and was founded in Taupo back in 1974, with the BOP branch formed during the mid-1990s.

Nationwide there some 600 members scattered around the country, while in the Bay of Plenty there are about 40 members.

John says being a member of the club has been brilliant for both him and his wife Mary, who joined during the 1990s.

“It has been a wonderful thing for us, Mary and I aren’t really ‘club-type’ people but we’ve certainly embraced this one.

“The BOP branch is quite active

and we end up going to all points on the compass, it’s even taken us to some strange places that we never would have thought to have gone on our own.”

‘A little bit quirky’

John is the proud owner of three Alfa Romeos: a 1997 Alfa Romeo 164, 1988 Alfa Romeo 75, and a 1983 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV. He says they weren’t a car that he grew up with, but one he developed a passion for later in life.

“A friend of mine was quite a fan of Alfa Romeo.

He made me look closely at them and that’s how I got into them,” explains John.

“I find they’re always a little bit quirky and unusual, with engineering and motors ahead of their time.”

Of the three cars he owns it’s the GTV which is his

Bay of Plenty Alfa Romeo Owners Club member John McTavish with his 1983 Alfetta GTV 2L.

favourite to drive saying it’s “just a heap of fun, especially when he’s racing around the track”.

“The Alfetta and the 75 have got the transaxle and gearbox in the rear, so they’re quite well balanced.”

The Bay of Plenty Alfa Romeo Owners Club Track Experience Day takes place at the Taupo Motorsport Park on August 29.

For more details, entry forms, plus rules and regulations visit www.arocnz.org.nz

The parade lap during the club’s Alfa Driver Experience at Taupo in 2013.

Take a stand against bad driving Have you witnessed someone blatantly run a red light, park in a handicap zone, or drive on the wrong side of the road? Then Bay Driver wants to hear from you.

We are calling on all local motorists who have dashcam videos or photos of poor driver behaviour on Bay of Plenty roads to share their footage with us.

With the prevalence of dashcams these days it’s getting harder and harder for bad drivers to get away with their poor, and at times, reckless driving behaviour.

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“As Prime Minister, one of the best parts of my job is travelling around New Zealand, and meeting Kiwis from all walks of life along the way.

I was back in the beautiful Bay last week with local MPs Simon Bridges, Todd Muller and Anne Tolley, where we officially opened the Bay of Plenty’s biggest roading project – the $455 million Tauranga Eastern Link.

This 21km, four-lane highway is one of seven Roads of National Significance, identified by the National-led Government, as crucial to building New Zealand’s economy.

It runs between Tauranga and Paengaroa.

This is the second project to be completed, due to the high priority the Government placed on the benefits it will bring to the local region.

The Tauranga Eastern Link will cut travel times, improve safety and boost growth in the Bay of Plenty. It will shorten journey times when moving goods and services, which is key to boosting New Zealand’s exports.

The National-led Government is focused on enabling economic growth rather than responding to it, and the link will see a boost to industries and jobs in the Bay of Plenty.

The highway opened to traffic on August 3, five months ahead of schedule, and features seven bridges, the biggest roundabout in New Zealand and a 6.8km cycleway.

I’d like to thank local residents for their

patience during the four-and-a-half years of construction.

While in Tauranga, I was also able to unveil the Hairy Maclary sculptures in the new children’s play area on the Tauranga city waterfront.

The installation recognises the impact Bay of Plenty local Dame Lynley Dodd’s literary career has

had on both the residents of Tauranga, and New Zealand children for many years.

My wife Bronagh and I gave Prince George a Hairy Maclary book during the royal visit last year. I was disappointed to hear the area was vandalised shortly after my visit.

Following that I made a quick visit to Tauranga Intermediate School.

I enjoy taking time to visit schools as it gives me the opportunity to chat to teachers, listen to their ideas and concerns, and personally acknowledge their efforts, as well as those of the students.

Students took the opportunity to ask me a few questions before I left, including “how old are you?” – I asked this student how old he thought I was and was quite happy with his guess of 40. (I’m 53, but about to turn

Prime Minister John Key meets with Dame Lynley Dodd.

54 as it’s my birthday this Sunday).

The National-led Government is committed to ensuring our youngest Kiwis get the best start in life through world-class education.

That’s why Budget 2015 will see us invest more than ever before into education – $10.8 billion this year.

Budget 2015 also included funding for major expansions at two Papamoa schools – Golden Sands and Papamoa College.

We’re also ensuring we get better results from this investment and that approach is paying off.

More children than ever before are taking part in early childhood education and more students are achieving their NCEA Level 2 qualification.

National will continue to work hard for all New Zealanders and their families. I’m looking forward to visiting Tauranga and the beautiful Bay of Plenty again soon.”

Wharf Street Dining Precinct

Streets ahead: Tauranga CBD gets its revamp The long-awaited revamp to Tauranga’s Wharf Street is set to open this Saturday, August 8, with a two-month Winter Festival.

After the road has been closed this week, with contractors from Aotea Electric and Rutherford Signs, as well as Mainstreet Tauranga and Tauranga City Council teams working on the installation, Mainstreet Tauranga chairman Glenn Tuck is thrilled to see the project open to the public.

“It’s exciting to think that after months of planning next week the street will be transformed with more than 500 railway sleepers from the old Matapihi Railway bridge, 80 lanterns Urban Dance dancers Kaylee Stimpson, 12 and Annika Sinclair, 13 show imported from off their moves ahead of their performance on Saturday. Photo by Tracy Hardy.

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The Wharf Street Dining Precinct is a collaborative initiative between city centre stakeholders and the businesses and property owners on the street who saw an opportunity to transform the area to create a unique dining precinct.

Themed to complement the heritage of Wharf Street, the precinct also features story boards capturing the history of the area and of Tauranga’s city centre, as well as community seating areas outside Creative Tauranga and the Tauranga Art Gallery.

The festival runs throughout August and September with events and activities happening each week. To launch the street, the first event on Saturday is a Tapas Market and Urban Dance display from 11am-2pm, then from the following week there is live

music every Wednesday and Friday from 12-2pm and activities each weekend.

“This is what can be achieved when the right organisations and businesses work together with a common goal to achieve a beautiful space in our city centre for all to enjoy,” adds Glenn.

For more information and a full schedule of events, visit www.facebook.com/ WharfStTauranga To celebrate the new Dining Precinct, The Weekend Sun wants to see your Wharf Street ‘selfie’.

Simply take a photo of yourself in Wharf Street area – be it inside/ outside a business, with the new fixtures or even with the Hairy Maclary sculptures, then ‘Like’ our Weekend Sun Facebook page (www.facebook.com/theweekendsun) and post your picture on our Facebook wall.

We have three prizes to give away, including a Hairy Maclary-themed prize.

Entries must be received by August 31.

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Council boost events funding to attract applicants Boosting the top dollar in the Community Event Fund for the 2015/16 year to $15,000 has attracted a broader range of applications.

levels shows there is still a gap in funding events that do not meet the ‘community event’ criteria, are too small for the ‘major events’ criteria, but are events the city should be actively supporting in some way, says Michaela. This will be addressed in a separate paper.

The revised funding structure was A new selection panel for the added so that larger events, such as the 2015/16 funding round consists proposed music festival at McLaren of: TCC strategic events manager Falls Park, can apply.

While commercial events can apply Event funding supported the Papamoa Santa parade. Pip Loader, TCC event delivery co-ordinator Michaela Blackman, for the community event funding, “We have actively encouraged applications sustainability advisor Michelle Elborn, weighting is given to events with from youth-focussed events in response Sport Bay of Plenty’s Community Sport a community-based function. to feedback from this sector, and have Advisor Kate Clarke, Tracey RudduckCouncil staff received 41 applications encouraged events that fall outside of the Gudsell from Creative Tauranga and requesting a total amount of $323,732.90 November to March peak season, to look Sheldon Nesdale, Independent Marketing when applications closed on June 30. to address seasonal impact of events in Consultant from Marketing First Tauranga.

The amount is more than double what Tauranga,” says Michaela.

A new website and application form was was sought from council last year, events “For the first time, events which show a introduced to make the application process delivery co-ordinator Michaela Blackman commitment to waste minimisation and easier. A social media campaign was also told this week’s monitoring committee smoke-free/alcohol-free events have been launched to achieve a wider awareness of meeting. encouraged. This fits within the directive the fund and attract a more diverse range Twenty three of the applications applied to improve waste to landfill diversion rates of applications. for the up to $3000 small community and health and wellbeing.”

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Schools get government funding for innovative teaching approaches A total of $137,493 has been injected into trialling innovative teaching approaches at two Tauranga schools, as part of the government’s $359 million ‘Investing in Educational Success’ initiative.

St Mary’s Catholic School received $97,293, while Tauranga Girls’ College gets $40,200 for projects running for 18 months and two years respectively.

St Mary’s Catholic School on Thirteenth Ave is using the funds to have multiple teachers investigating the impact of digital conversations on teacher practices, parent engagement and student learning and achievement.

St Mary’s Catholic School principal Ben Fuller says the primary school reports their pupils’ achievement online using an E-portfolio for each child.

“Essentially the project is going to be around upskilling teachers to better use that critical conversation strategy when applying to student learning.”

Ben says the key purpose of the innovation

used to improve academic performance of is using a student-centred approach to Year 10 priority learners through pastoral assessment and reporting using an online care, connections with the students’ families environment, with a particular focus on and communities. providing access to pupils with special This current funding round is committing education needs, Maori, Pasifika and those about $2.6 million of the $10 from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. million total fund, with the next “It’s going to allow us to utilise a lot of funding round opening in experts within our school, further develop November 2015. the online platform and also give teachers some additional release time to work one-onone with students.”

Children traditionally receive a written report, which Ben says can sometimes be misplaced.

“Given that this is an online E-portfolio, in theory, it could be with the child for the rest of their lives or as long as we have internet.”

Ben says the school is thankful to the Ministry of Education for granting approval for its proposal.

“We look forward to hopefully making a contribution to the wider educational community with our outcomes and Year 5 and 6 students Jacob Pinto, Spencer Wills, findings.”

Grace Summerville and Emma Thornton using Tauranga Girls’ College’s teacher inquiry project will also see E-portfolios a netbook to look at an E-portfolio.

Generous donations to aid child support group

More than $3000 has been raised for Homes of Hope in Tauranga, thanks to Countdown Bethlehem.

During the last six weeks, Countdown Bethlehem staff have been raising funds for the charitable trust as part of its Giving Local Programme.

The six-week fundraising programme included a number of events, such as store sausage sizzles, bake sales, point of sale donation boxes and information leaflets at the counter.

Three trolleys filled with donated items including groceries, blankets, children’s toys, school items,

of abuse and neglect. clothing and sports equipment was “Play therapy utilises play, also gifted to Homes of Hope. children’s natural medium of Homes of Hope funding and expression, development to help them manager express their Vanessa feelings more Harmens says easily through the money will toys. It enables be put towards children in need child play of psychological therapy and aid to guide counselling, their own a powerful healing processes therapeutic tool Rachel Blok and Amy McGowan supported by a in helping a with the donations made to relationship with children recover Homes of Hope. their therapist,” from the trauma

Past and present collide in period performance Bethlehem College students are stepping into the 1920s era next week with their school production, based on a play written by poet Oscar Wilde.

The school is performing its version of ‘The Importance of Being Ernest... and All That Jazz’ at the college Performing Arts Centre on August 11-13.

School head of drama Linda Anderson says the play is set in the 1920s and repeatedly mocks

Victorian traditions and social customs in a very subtle but tongue-and-cheek comedy.

There will be live music from the school’s jazz band and Smokefree Rockquest national finalist Ben Mollison.

The production runs from 7pm on August 11-13 at Bethlehem College Performing Arts Centre.

Tickets cost $10 for senior citizens and students and $18 for adults from Ticketek.

says Homes of Hope CEO Hilary Price.

Homes of Hope is a community response to child abuse and neglect.

To donate, visit www. homesofhope.org.nz

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A-paw-ling excuses for unlicensed pets Let’s get this straight: Every dog over three months has to be registered. But it’s a grudge payment, much like a parking ticket, and owners put up all sorts of preposterous excuses to get out of paying the $78 fee or $109 penalty fee.

Be warned – Brent Lincoln of Animal Services at Tauranga City Council is on to you. He’s heard every excuse and says the following are not valid reasons for your dog not being registered:

• My dog is microchipped (that’s not the same as registration).

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• It’s a rescue dog, or I’m just trying the dog out, I’ve only had it for a few weeks (You are the person in possession of the dog and are required to have the dog registered).

• It’s only a small dog and it never leaves the section (It won’t wash. All dogs no matter how small must be registered).

So these are excuses that won’t work for the owner of the 8503 dogs that remain unregistered.

Now, however, The Weekend Sun has contrived and conspired to beat Brent at his own game. These excuses might be valid, but please note they are untested.

• I didn’t get my dog registered because (insert dog’s name) ate the registration form.

• Sorry, the dog still refuses to tell me his/ her real name.

• I couldn’t go out and get my dog registered because I had

(choose one of the following) bubonic plague, black plague, Ebola, smallpox, cholera, ingrown toenails or any combination of the above.

• I couldn’t get my dog registered because (insert dog’s name) has identity issues. He believes he is a person who cocks his leg to pee.

And, if he is a dog, he is not like other dogs (The three-pronged defence will seriously test any council officer).

• I am too (choose one of the following) selfish/irresponsible/ stupid to get my dog registered.

• Sorry, dog is in therapy with a behaviourist.

Please call back when he’s safe to be around children and council officers.

• I am saving up to pay my dog registration.

• On the back of that, offer a down payment and suggest council investigate a dog registration supplementary benefit.

• The dog and I are going through a rough separation at the moment.

• (Insert dog’s name) refuses to be registered because it breaches (choose one of the following) his/ her privacy, confidentiality or any other constitutional right.

• (Insert dog’s name) is at an undisclosed destination in the South Island duck shooting.

Please call back.

• The dog is an anarchist and doesn’t believe in state defined laws and rules.

• Sorry, the dog is in the process of spiritually finding itself and is currently in a Buddhist monastery in the Kaimais in a deep meditative trance.

• My dog has (choose any one or combination of the following) seizures, drop jaw, unusual aggression, excessive salivation, excessive excitability, excessive whatever.

• Sorry, my dog ate grandma.

The Weekend Sun would like to know what’s been your best excuse for trying to get out of dog registration. Email us at editorial@thesun.co.nz

By Jim Bunny

Keep ‘em clean: Take care of dental dilemmas Dental disease is one of the most common problems seen in cats and dogs, with up to 80 per cent of pets suffering from dental disease.

Spending a lot of face time with your pet is fun for both of you, until you catch a hint of their breath. Taking care of your pets teeth can do more than just freshen their breath – it could also improve their quality of life.

Most of us realise the importance of looking after our own teeth, but dental hygiene is an essential part of caring for your pet.

Some common signs that your pet may have dental disease include bad breath, yellow/brown tartar on teeth, dribbling, difficulty eating, pawing or rubbing the mouth, loose teeth or toothless and bleeding gums.

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disease. Because your pet doesn’t brush their teeth like you do, plaque can cause tartar build up. The result is swelling, redness and inflammation of the gums, otherwise known as gingivitis.

If not checked, your pet can develop periodontal disease, which destroys the gums and tissue that support his teeth.

This is when things get expensive.

It takes a vet, a nurse, anaesthic and a dental machine to remove calculus and damaged teeth.

So keep on top of your pets’ dental health all year round and check teeth regularly. There are good dental pet foods available, as well as chews and treats. A pet toothbrush and toothpaste will also help, or you can see your veterinarian for a complete dental check.

It’s a simple equation: the more our animals chew, the less prone they are to periodontal disease.

Make 2015 dental year with gleaming gnashers in the Bay of Plenty.

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A weighty issue: Pets with extra ‘padding’ He’s about nine years old and his tummy sways when he runs. He weighs about 6kg and at his worst tipped the scales at 8kg, meaning he was classed as overweight.

‘He’ is Tango, Holistic Vets’ very own “sleek, black and beautiful” – and very fat – cat.

Well, to be fair, he has lost 1.5kg since he plodded into the Fraser St vets about four years ago, tummy and all.

“We don’t know where he came from,” says Holistic Vets director Liza Schneider.

The chubby cat is 1kg more than the 4kg5kg ideal weight for felines, depending on their frame. Liza says Tango is at the practice every morning and night asking for food.

“He certainly enjoys a smorgasbord of food. He’s always been a bit tubby. Food is his priority.”

But meal time is now in moderation for Tango because he’s on a diet.

“Getting his weight down has been difficult as he roams around and eats at other people’s houses,” says Liza.

Although she can’t control him snacking elsewhere, Liza feeds Tango a diet of grainfree foods and fresh meat to get him down to his 5kg goal weight.

His favourite treat is healthy biscuits and raw meat. “Basically anything he can guzzle down,” says Liza. “But he always thinks he’s starving.”

When we want to lose weight, we turn to diet and exercise. It’s a similar theory for our feline friends.

So if you see a roaming cat at your doorstep, particularly a black cat with a tummy to the ground, Liza suggests not to open that can of jelly meat.

“A lot of people think they’re doing the right thing by feeding a visiting cat, especially if it’s not owned.

But what it does, is it makes them stick around and if they’re not de-sexed then they breed more easily.”

Got a cuddly cat like Tango that needs to shift a few kilos? What about a pampered pooch with its ‘winter coat’? We’d love to see your beloved pet – send your photos to editorials@thesun.co.nz to be published in a future issue.

By Zoe Hunter

Holistic Vets director Liza Schneider with Tango. Photo by Tracy Hardy.

Think of it like this: “When cats are fed carbohydrates as kittens, it’s like kids that are fed on chocolate and junk food,” says Liza.

“They become addicted that type of food.”

But cat dieting is not just about restricting calories, says Liza.

“It’s making sure that the quality of their food is better and ideally free of carbohydrates, chemicals and preservatives, and is full of optimum nutrients such as omega 3, which can actually help the body to burn body fat.”

Liza says one of the biggest issues with animal obesity is that pet foods are bulked

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Limiting your puss’ snacks, treats and food portions is also another important tool to losing cat fat.

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NEW MURAL BLESSED

The new mural at Dave Hume Pool.

Mayor Ross Paterson at the blessing.

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Katikati has officially welcomed its newest public artwork to the town – its 59th in fact.

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Mayor Ross Paterson was among a small group who attended the blessing of the Dave Hume Pool mural last week – celebrating another stunning addition to the town, and another display of community togetherness.

The mural, created by local artist Shane Walker, has been a collaborative effort between Council, Katikati Community Board, the pool’s Trust and Katikati Open-Air Art. It has been 25 years since the first mural was painted in Katikati. Since that time almost 60 public

FLUSH THOSE TAPS! We’re encouraging Western Bay residents to flush their water taps daily before drinking or using water for cooking. Why you ask? To get rid of any heavy metals absorbed from household plumbing.

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While we are sleeping, or when we don’t use our water taps for a number of hours, heavy metals from plumbing fittings, lead, nickel, cadmium, copper and antimony, can dissolve into our water.

To ensure we are not drinking these metals, the Ministry of Health recommends you tip out the first 500ml of water from the cold tap each morning and after returning home at the end of a day away. Problem solved!

The new Te Puke Highway, formerly State Highway 2 - passed into the hands of Council on Saturday, 1 August.

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It’s just one week until the District’s pooches come out to play in the inaugural Dogs Day Out. On Saturday, 15 August from 10am-2pm families are invited to a day for the dogs at Jubilee Park in Te Puke. There’s a load of fun planned – with special dog agility displays, dog-themed competitions, balloons, sausage sizzles, prizes and adoption dogs. There will also be the chance to register your dog, get half-price microchipping and learn more from your local vets. Of course – your dog is invited – just remember to keep them on a lead at all times, and we’ll supply the poop bags!

artworks – murals, sculptures, carvings, mosaics and tapestries - have livened up the whole town earning it the proud title of New Zealand’s Mural Town. Ross also introduced this year’s Katikati Mural Contest and Open-Air Art Festival.

“I am particularly looking forward to seeing the murals painted around town during festival week.

These will be painted by six artists who have been selected to create murals on their interpretation of the festival’s theme - The National Treasures of New Zealand.”

Ownership and maintenance of the former stretch of SH2, from the Papamoa Domain Road interchange through Te Puke township to the Paengaroa roundabout, has been handed over to Council by the NZ Transport Agency.

The road takes on a new role as a free and convenient route for Te Puke residents, local industry and tradespeople and for visitors travelling south who wish to explore the town. It will also be a valuable feeder road on to the new Tauranga Eastern Link (TEL) for kiwifruit and other local export produce being transported from the Te Puke area to the Port of Tauranga.

PROTECTION AGAINST URETARA STREAM EROSION Construction of a rock structure to protect against erosion of the Uretara Stream is well underway.

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Work, carried out by Fulton Hogan, began earlier than originally planned to get the majority of work complete before the whitebait season begins on 15 August. Council staff member Scott Parker says the area along the Haiku Park footpath has been

Mayor Ross Paterson says the highway’s conversion to a local road and the consequent reduction in traffic volumes will enable Te Puke to develop a greater ‘sense of place’. “Council will manage the road to ensure it serves the Te Puke community and supports the town centre,’’ says Ross.

The NZ Transport Agency has committed approximately $10 million to a programme of works over the next 24 months to make the road “fit for purpose” as a local arterial road. This includes a key project: the new Welcome Bay Road roundabout – currently in the scoping and design phase.

blocked off with security fencing to maintain site safety and safe public access.

Work includes a temporary diversion of the stream to enable the rock foundation to be built. Rocks are being stockpiled on site and approximately 30m of the existing concrete footpath, which needs to be removed for the construction, will be replaced.

It is hoped the project will be completed before 15 August, however, this project is at the mercy of favourable weather conditions.

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Friday 7 August 2015

Volunteering out of free will The word volunteer originates from the Latin word ‘voluntas’ which means ‘free will’ and was traditionally used to describe ‘one who offers himself for military service’.

In the military sense it wasn’t always ‘free will’ as most were criminals who didn’t have any alternatives, or people that couldn’t get out of the way fast enough.

You can still volunteer for the army, but in our Volunteer Centre (situated at the Historic Village) we have noticed that there is another government department that prefers to exclude the word ‘free will,’ yet demands their clients ‘volunteer’ 30 hours a week when they walk out of line – Work and Income.

On the other side, from 1630 volunteering has been also used without the army connection, and

College students have a heart for art Papamoa College students have donated some artwork to be auctioned on Trade Me to raise funds for Heart Kids Bay of Plenty, as part of Heart Kids Awareness Week on August 3-9.

The students’ masterpieces will be on display at Bayfair Shopping Centre until Sunday, August 9.

Heart Kids BOP volunteers will be at Bayfair on August 8-9 at the

looking at New Zealand volunteering took a big leap forward in the 1960s, after our society realised the Government couldn’t meet all the needs of its people.

New volunteer groups popped up and filled the gaps, and the work done by these groups has been truly voluntary; supported by the Government and philanthropic trusts.

These are two mixed strands of history that might give some ambivalence in the negativity often experienced by volunteers. Are volunteers mugs or community heroes? Are they helping society, or are they taking somebody else’s paid job? Is volunteering about a duty to society?

In my opinion volunteering is an extremely important part of our society, where those who volunteer benefit strongly from the help that they give to others, but to be true volunteerism it should always be based on ‘free will’.

Heart Kids Awareness stand, where shoppers can check out the art or make a donation.

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Putting an end to council spend ‘TCC shaking the money tree’ (The Weekend Sun, July 24) in general terms is, in my opinion, an accurate assessment of the Bay Venues/TCC financial mess over the range of activities operated.

Advertorial type spindoctoring on how well Bay Venues is progressing looks like arrant nonsense – smoke and mirrors stuff.

Little wonder Bay Venues fantasises that it is competitive and debt neutral when TCC is always the financial backstop picking up the pieces. If that assessment is challenged then Bay Venues should disclose fully (in verifiable accounting terms) what is actually contributed by

way of TCC ratepayer subsidies annually to cover ongoing losses.

Turning to ‘Stadium Shocker’ (The Weekend Sun, July 24) the ( same TCC/BVL outfits are involved here. Tauranga already has Baypark Stadium purchased by TCC with current Mayor Stuart Crosby at the helm around September 2007.

The initial cost of $12 million, with losses, has now ballooned out to about $20 million-plus on something that was said would be self funding costing TCC ratepayers nothing! Baypark can now be easily transformed solely into a rugby stadium, just install low-rise wooden seating over the Speedway track and stopping Bay Venues regularly decimating the infield playing surface with inane jet sprinting activity costing tens of thousands each year to reinstate. A simple solution!

R Paterson, Tauranga

Give intersection development a green light I am writing to express my frustration at the ridiculous traffic lights in Brookfield, by the New World.

This set-up is the biggest joke I have seen in my life. It’s frustrating as hell to have to wait for about five sets of light before getting a green light on Millers Road, only to have

one or two cars let through.

This is the same for people turning from Bellevue Road onto Millers Road.

To try to get from one corner to the next is a flipping joke! You have to go through at least three or four sets of lights just to try to get from Otumoetai Road

to Millers Road.

Whoever designed this set-up must have thought: “How can we screw things up even more?”

They obviously don’t drive in the area. To have 11 sets of lights on one corner seems a bit overkill.

Anyway, that’s my opinion.

A Smith, Tauranga

Michael Coddington Carey Wright

1. ‘Dog’s day out’ Opening of the Hairy Maclary sculptures on the waterfront.

Carole Lane: Great to see one of our classic children’s authors honoured in a way that kids can enjoy.

Well done!

Kate Mullooly: Sara Speight and Erin Williams – we’ll have to

Pruning and Plant Growth Certificate in Horticulture Industry Practice (Level 3) Starts 1 July in Tauranga

take the kids down to the Strand to see these next time you’re here.

Hona O Denise: Stupid looking things. A new history indeed.

Amanda Giacon: Just had a visit.

Very cool!

2. ‘Lessons from a misspent youth’ Former wayward teen Sonia Taka and her 40-year journey to employment.

Fay Madden: Go girl. It shows it’s never too late. Congratulations on the beginning of your new life.

Donna Maria Gregory-Marshall: Awesome! Go girl. Love it when someone never gives up.

3. ‘Asphalt work of art’ Opening of the new TEL. Murray Guy: Was a great occasion.

Look forward to this road being replicated on the north side.

Lydia Maber: We had such a

fantastic day! Longest we waited for a bus was about 10 minutes, but we expected this. Can’t wait to drive on the new road!

4. ‘From trash to ‘fash’’ Mt Intermediate’s fashion show to raise funds for tornado damage.

Bubs Aroha Gray: Way to go kids... tumeke.

Rebecca Max: That’s my girl!

5. ‘So who’s got Malcolm’s blood?

We do’ Malcolm George makes his 200th blood donation.

Vonnie says: Well done Malcolm.

I’m sure there are many doing what you do as well. Keep up the good work and maybe after reading this article many more will follow in your footsteps. On behalf of all those you have received your blood... thank you.

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Residents judge, jury and executioner A visitor, or a new arrival to Tauranga could be forgiven, if after reading a selection of letters in the current Weekend Sun (July 31), they are now wondering if by some terrible mischance, they have stepped back in time to a previous draconian age of ignorance!

I am referring to the writers, who in this one issue have voiced the following: that a ball and chain, welded shut, is more appropriate than an electronic bracelet; that while another writer has “great respect” for the Maori language, he/she deems it both undesirable to learn it, or to greet friends in Maori; another who also

“respects” Maori culture, expresses similar views, but asserts we need to know the “real truth”, and not the “whitewashed stuff ”.

And finally, the fourth example where a family living in a caravan are berated for wanting help with decent housing.

As so often the writer blames the family, and not the poverty that they would rather not live in. This last exemplar includes the fact that the father smokes, and that the mother’s pregnancy with a second child is indicative of irresponsible behaviour. Instead of rushing to moral judgement, the writer has not paused to consider if the article cited was perhaps slanted in a particular

way to effect such a reaction, or if indeed all the facts of the matter were in the article?

We all need to be cognisant of all aspects of a situation before we make decisions on types of behaviour. I am always reminded of an occurrence during the Depression of the 1930s.

A passenger on a train between Wellington and the Waiarapa, was morally affronted when the train passed men near the tracks, leaning on their shovels, being idle.

He complained to the authorities of such lazy behaviour in a time of scarcity of work.

It was, however, pointed out to him that they were railway employees, working on the tracks, and if they hadn’t moved, they would have been hit by the train.

We rush to judge a little too quickly, I think.

S Quaddel, Tauranga

Time to stub out old habits? Let’s be smoke free

An open letter to Phil Rudd (and other smokers). I watched you on TV after the most recent of your recent court appearances. You were chugging on cigarettes and making light with the media. You were going home for a nice cup of tea after using up yet another of your ‘Get out of jail’ cards.

That remains a matter for the courts.

However, Phil, I now appeal to your better sense. When you had finished with your cigarette you flicked it in rather cavalier fashion onto the street. It’s your fag Phil, your filth – take it home with you or dispose of it appropriately. Why do smokers think they have a licence to cast their rubbish in public places? Why do they think that because they

are on the street they have the right to breathe their toxic fumes all over us?

Consideration doesn’t end when you step onto the street. And sorry Phil but being a broken-down rocker doesn’t accord you the right to litter.

Try harder and in time we may even get to like you.

That came a day or so after I been walking down Willow Street and a young female smoker flicked her butt onto the footpath right in front on me.

My suggestion that she might like to pick it up and dispose of it was as if I had trampled all over inviolable right to be a slob. Roll on 2025, a smoke free New Zealand.

W Harrison, Papamoa

Green supporters determined to keep their space I wish to thank reporter Andrew Campbell very much for that excellent report of our ‘Save the Green Spaces’ meeting that I organised with the council last Tuesday.

I did not get to meet you at this occasion but I think I was aware of a tall chap writing some notes

as I came out of the chambers. To have this welldocumented article on the third page of your Sun newspaper is fantastic as it is viewed by so many residents in Tauranga. This gives opportunity for our project to get wider publicity.

J Glausiuss, Tauranga

Friday 7 August 2015

Magical experience with Hairy Maclary The new Hairy Maclary and friends sculptures on the waterfront are absolutely stunning.

A big thanks to all of those who were involved and helped bring this magical story to life.

Those complaining about where the money might have come from should look at how many schools

helped fundraise for it and people who dug into their pocket for $5 to help contribute to it.

Moaners will always moan, but don’t put a dampener on the joy of little kids who love it. Go and see the eyes of the kids when they are playing among them.

T Jones, Tauranga

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E N T E R T A I N M E N T G U I D E The Weekend Sun’s ever popular guide to ‘What’s On’ in the Bay.

Friday 7 August

Aero Society Bay of Plenty First

meeting of aviation focus group. A branch of the NZ Division of the Royal Aeronautical Soc meet first Fri of month at Classic Flyers, 9 Jean Batten Drive 5.30pm. Featuring a keynote speaker & guest of honour. Aviation professionals & enthusiasts welcome. Des 0274 524 767 Tauranga Careers & Business Expo Aug 7 & 8 at ASB Arena, Baypark 9am - 3pm.

Free entry. Full details & events calendar at www.westernbyatwork.org.nz

Te Puke Community Care Trust

Quiz night Aug 14 at Te Puke RSA restaurant 5pm. Register your team at the Community Centre, 100 Jellicoe St Te Puke or 573 5614 by Aug 7. 10 quiz rounds plus raffles & spot prizes. $60 per table. Maximum number of people per table 6. All proceeds to the Youth Hub & Community Centre.

Saturday 8 August

Alcoholics Anonymous Women’s

meeting at St Andrews, Dee St 10-11am, children welcome. 0800 229 6757 Andre Rieu Friendship Group BOP For lovers of music of Andre Rieu, monthly weekend gatherings in each other’s homes, annual garden party & cele-brations at local cafes all to the music of Andre. Pete/ Jennifer 574 4238 Bayfair Night Market Arts, crafts, jewellery, fresh produce, food stalls & more. Bayfair Shopping Centre, cnr Maunganui Rd & Girven Rd, Mt Maunganui 6-11pm. Free entry. 022 588 2282 or email: tauranganightmarket@hotmail.com Books Wanted For Tauranga Harbour City Lions November Book Sale. CDs, DVDs & Jigsaws also wanted. Drop off points: Living Quarters, Bethlehem Town Centre; Payless Plastics, 414 Cameron Rd; Liquor King 140 Otumoetai Rd, Brookfield. 576 7105 Genealogy Informal Group Kinship: it’s all relative! Met at 849 SH29, Tauriko 1.30pm. Visitors welcome. $2pp to cover refreshments. Bernice 576 4368

Ha Derech/The Way Messianic Kehilat

Now at Hillier Centre, Bayfair Shabbat/ Saturday 10am. A one new man community & welcome all seekers of the truth. 544 7424 or 021 0226 3515 Katikati Tramping Club Karangahake Heights, moderate. Ian 07 863 7927

Let’s Dance Ballroom & Latin Dance

Club. Second Sat of month at Bethlehem Hall 7-10.30pm. Live dance tempo music. Bruce 576 5598 Mount Sequence Dance Autumn ‘Red’ theme. Good company, live band, quality supper. At Arataki Community Centre, off Girven Rd, Arataki (note change of venue) 7.30pm.

Entrance $7. Organised by Mount Scottish Soc. Elizabeth 544 5633 Piccadilly Arcade Sale Day Celebrating Tauranga’s unique & historical retail establishment 10am - 3pm.

MUSIC

SPECIAL EVENTS

News, reviews and opinionated raving on the music scene. Pg42 Sailing (IOM) International One Meter Radio Controlled Yachts - The fastest growing sailing class of today. Come for a sail & get hooked. Every Sat & Weds at Landing Drive, The Lakes 1-4pm. Pat 0274 731 765 Social Dance Greerton Hall, 1247 Cameron Rd 7.30pm. BYO drinks & nibbles. All welcome. Supreme Dance Centre 544 2337 or 027 322 1786. Just come on the night.

Taichi Qigong Every Sat at Memorial Park between mini golf & playground 10am. Free to join. All welcome.

Tauranga Farmers Market Fresh & artisian produced food. Tauranga Primary School cnr 5th Ave & Cameron Rd every Sat 7.45am - 12pm. Taste sampling Aug 15. Trixie 552 5278 or www. taurangafarmersmarket.co.nz

Community events and occasions across the Bay. Pg43 Radio Controlled Model Yachts Meet Sun & Thurs 1.30pm at pond behind 24 Montego Drive, Papamoa, to sail electron & similar 3ft long yachts for fun.

Beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419

Tauranga Leisure Marching Display

Aug 15 at QE Youth Centre, 11th Ave, Tauranga. March past 10.30am, marching 11am - 2pm approx. Come & enjoy the colourful displays. Free admission.

Village Radio Community radio broadcasting from Tauranga Historic Village 1368 kHz AM. Music of 1920’s - 80’s weekends 9am - 5pm, weekdays 10am - 5pm. Specialty programmes. www.villageradio.co.nz or 571 3710

Sunday 9 August

Bay Bible Fellowship/Lord’s Day

Worship service & communion. Welcome Bay Primary School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Rd 10am. “To Live is Christ” series in Philippians. Lincoln Forlong. www.bbf.net.nz Bible Seminars Every Sun at Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St 1.45pm. Title: “Our involvement at Jesus Return.”

Interactive, Q&A. Refreshments provided. Vic 543 0504 Children’s Dance Club 7 weeks, starts Aug 9 at Tauranga Primary School Hall, 5th Ave. Learn Latin American, Rock & Roll, Cha Cha & more. Sonia, Supreme Dance Centre 544 2337 or 027 322 1786 Hidden Treasure Market Find your treasure at the hidden treasure market today Cherrywood shopping carpark 8.30am. Sausage sizzle fundraiser also needed. Phone 022 099 8528 Papamoa Lions Club Market Held second & fourth Sunday of month at Simpson Reserve, cnr Dickson & Parton Rd 7.30-12.30pm.

Peace Vigil Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki at Tauranga Domain inside the main gate 2pm. Coming together to remember, reflect & recommit to peaceful means of resolving conflict. Free & open to the public.

Petanque Tga/BOP Club Every Sun & Thurs at Cliff Rd 12.45pm. Boules available, tuition given. 578 3606 Quakers in Tauranga Mainly silent worship, hour long meeting followed by tea & talk. Every Sunday in hall behind Brain Watkins Historic House 10am.

544 0448

Spiritual Fellowship the Psychic Cafe Greerton Community Hall 7pm start.

Tauranga’s best spiritual & healing practitioners there for you to meet & greet. Door charge $10, everything else free. 578 7205

Tauranga Friendship & Social Club

Walks, dinners & outings for over 50’s.

Barbara 544 7461 Theosophical Society “Freethinkiers” free-for-all. Are our religious & spiritual ideas based on assumption, observation or logic?

Tauranga Yoga Centre, Elizabeth St West 2pm. Entry by donation.

June 576 6106 Underwater Hockey Every Sunday at Baywave. Gear & coaching available for beginners. New members welcome.

Juniors (under 15) 5-6.15pm. Seniors (over 15) 6-7.40pm. Lance 027 287 4731 or lancepotaka@orcon.net.nz

Weekend Activities for the Over 60’s

Walks, dinners, day trips & good times.

Gloria 544 1834

Monday 10 August

Achieve Toastmasters Making it on

Mondays. 1st, 3rd & 5th Mon at St Stephen’s Church Hall, Brookfield, Tga 7.30pm. Chrissy 543 9493 Badminton Tauranga Badminton Club every Mon & Weds at Bethlehem College Events Centre 7.30-9.30pm. All players welcome. Sue 021 194 4335 Badminton Junior Club Bethlehem College Events Centre every Mon 6-7.30pm. Racquets available. Sue 021 194 4335 www.taurangabadmintonclub. co.nz Bay of Plenty Vintage Car Club Meet every 2nd Mon of month at clubrooms in Cliff Rd. New members welcome. www. bayofplentyvintagecarclub.com Bethlehem Bowls Every Mon 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 & 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. Juniors 6.15-7.15pm during school term. Open club 6pm & 7.30pm onwards. Noel 579 5412 Citizens Advice Bureau Free, confidential info & advice about anything call in Mon - Fri at 38 Hamilton St, Tauranga 9am - 5pm or free-phone 0800 367 222 or 578 1592. Justice of

OUT THERE Stories, snippets, strangeness, and general entertainment. Pg45 Peace service every Mon 1-4pm, Weds & Thurs 9-11.30am & Weds CAB Service at Welcome Bay Community Centre 9.30am - 12.30pm. Migrant clinics Tues Fri 1-4pm. No appointment necessary.

Civic Choir Tauranga At Wesley Church, 13th Ave, Tauranga 7.30pm. New members welcome. Heather 575 9092 Dance NZmade An inter-school dance competition that enables students from years 3-13 to celebrate the diversity & passion of dance in NZ. Held at Baycourt Theatre 6pm. Tickets from $9. www. baycourtboxoffice@tauranga.govt. nz or 577 7189 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 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 Free Antenatal Classes Te Ha Ora. Day & night classes. Kaupapa Maori - but open to all cultures. TeRina 552 4573 or info@pirirakauhauora.org.nz

Free Mindfulness for Change Course Every Mon in Te Puke 6pm. 027 502 1188

Harmony a Plenty Barbershop Chorus

Every Mon at Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd 7pm. New members welcome. Alan 579 3177 or www.harmonyaplenty.co.nz Hei Tiki Pumau A Free antenatal & parenting programme designed to foster & preserve traditional Maori birthing practices within the modern context of birthing in hospital & home. 5 day programme. Consecutive days. Held at Matapihi 10am – 12pm.

For information/referral details 578 7838 or txt 027 324 8487 or email: heitikipumau@huriatrust.co.nz Learn to Dance St Pats Hall, Beatty Ave Te Puke with sequence dancers.

New vogue & sequence dancing for learners & people wishing to improve. More lady dancers required. Learners 6.30pm, followed by sequence dancing until 8.30pm approx. $3pp. Gordon 572 0060 Leisure Marching For exercise, fun & fellowship for ladies 55+, no experienced required. Coreen 570 0172 Meditation Group Free classes Mon 10am & Weds 7.30pm. Find peace, spiritual awareness & the meaning of your life.

David 576 9764 Marlin Probus Club Meet 2nd Mon of month at Club Mt Maunganui, Kawaka St 9.45am. Liz 572 1794 Otumoetai Indoor Bowls Champion Fours &/or Club night, Matua Primary School Hall, Clivedene St, 7.15pm. New members welcome. Karen 576 0443

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

Papamoa Genealogy Branch NZSG meet in the Tohora Room, Papamoa Community Centre 9.30am - 12.30pm.

Small door charge. Coffee/tea provided, bring your own lunch. Daphne 575 4674 Papamoa Progressive Assn 2nd Mon of month at Dune Room, Parton Rd, Gordon Spratt Reserve. Ken 574 2332 Tauranga Rock n Roll Club Inc Club night every Mon at Tauranga RSA, Cameron Rd 8pm. A relaxed, social evening of dancing. Members $3, non $5.

Visitors welcome. Checkout FB. Trina 575 7461 after 5pm.

Tauranga Brass Practice every Mon at Elizabeth St West Community Hall 7-9pm.

New players welcome. Alex 571 8720 Tauranga City Silver Band Meet every Mon at their band room, Yatton St. Brass & percussion players welcome. www. taurangacitysilver.tk Tauranga Creative Fibre Every Mon at Arts Centre, Elizabeth St from 9.30am.

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

The Writing Project Meet fourth Mon of month 7pm. Positive, supportive group for people who are working on a piece of writing or would like to be. Kaye 07 218 1411 or kaye.mclaren@gmail.com Tiny House Theatre A variety of thought provoking documentaries screening second Mon of month 7pm. For info & to be added to email list Kim 576 9427 or 027 285 9611

Triple P-Positive Parenting Program

For parents, whanau or caregivers with children aged from birth to 12yrs to manage common parenting challenges.

Free, with resources. Ardell 571 0144 or 027 311 2140 Volunteer WBOP Looking for a place to volunteer? Free advice Mon - Thur at Historic Village, 17th Ave 10am - 2pm.

571 3714 or volunteerwbop.com Welcome Bay Art Group Meet every Mon at Lighthouse Church 9.30am 12pm. Bob 544 4499 YMCA - ALFS Active Lifestyles For Seniors. First class free. Open to both men & women. Mon: Matua Community Hall, Levers Rd 9am & 10.15am. Arataki Hall, Zambuk Way (off Grenada St) 9am. Tues: Papamoa Community Centre, Gravatt Rd 9am & 10.30am. Sit & Be Fit at Papamoa Community Centre 11.30am. Smooth Movers Weds Welcome Bay Hall, Welcome Bay Rd 9.15am. Sit & Be Fit Greenwood Park Village, Welcome Bay 11am.

Thurs: Otumoetai Action Centre, Windsor Rd 9am. Bethlehem Hall, Bethlehem Rd 10.30am. Fri: Papamoa Community Centre, Gravatt Rd 9am & 10.15am. 578 9272 www.ymcatauranga.org.nz

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The Weekend Sun Zonta International Tauranga Meet 2nd Mon of month at Tauranga Club, Devonport Rd 5.30pm. Visitors & new members welcome. Gail 021 038 5105

Tuesday 11 August

ABC - Avenues Badminton Club

Every Tues at Tauranga Intermediate School Sports Centre. Juniors 6-7.30pm (term time). Seniors (Adults) 7.309.30pm. Club racquets & coaching available. Delwyn 027 212 4720 Alcoholics Anonymous Mt Maunganui. Open meeting every Tues at St Peters Hall, 11 Victoria Rd 7.30pm. Ph 0800 229 6757 for more meetings or assistance.

Altrusa Club of Tauranga Women’s community service group. Dinner & business meeting 2nd Tues. Social programme 4th Tues, monthly.

Interested? Denise 570 3134

An Evening with Modern Maori Quartet At Baycourt 7.30pm. Tickets

from $20. www.baycourt.co.nz Badminton (Social) Every Tues at Otumoetai Baptist Hall 9.30am 12pm. Racquets available. All welcome.

Lorraine 579 3229 Balmoral Kilties Masters grade marching team. Ladies aged 30-60yrs welcome to join this awesome sport for fun, friendship & travel. Experience preferred but not essential. Anita 571 4096 or 021 0257 6094 Bayfair Petanque Club Tuition & boules available for learners & visitors.

Every Tues & Thurs at Bayfair Reserve, Russley Drive 1pm. Margaret 572 3173

Does a loved one have an Addiction?

Do you wonder what you can do? How to help? Hanmer Clinic Tauranga ‘Significant Other’ programme for spouses, partners etc of people who have an addiction. Free. 8 weekly sessions. Starts Sept 15 at 1234 Cameron Rd, Tauranga 1-3pm.

579 6460 or 0800 842 426 Excel Toastmasters Meet every 2nd, 4th & 5th Tues of the month at Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Bayfair 6.15-8.30pm. Learn leadership & public speaking skills.

Kaaren 572 5988 Falun Dafa Ancient practice for modern times. Easy to learn & free.

Exercises & meditation classes at Hillier Centre 7pm. Judy 021 0425 398 Google: Falun Dafa, Mt Maunganui Fire & Grace Nights Worship, prayer, healing, presence, fellowship. Every Tues at Bethlehem Town Centre, above Metro Pharmacy 7pm. FB: The Father’s House Aotearoa NZ Ministry School.

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

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 email: inachordchorus@ gmail.com Leisure Marching Team Seeking new members aged 30-50+ for friendly leisure marching. Practice Tues 6-8pm.

Ph/txt Ardell 027 937 4248 Mount Morning Badminton Social, competitive, all ages, beginners welcome. Racquets available. Visitors $5 per session. Every Tues at Mount Sports Centre, Blake Park 9am - 12pm.

Maxeen 575 0162 Oriana Singers Community choir meet every Tues at St Andrew’s Church Hall, Dee St, Mount 7-9pm. Ladies Altos please & Men - Tenors or Basses.

Terry 578 5937 Otumoetai Toastmasters Leadership skills, speaking skills. At Lyceum Club rooms, 68 1st Ave 7.15-9.30pm. Alan 544 5989

Play in the Bay Sport BOP

Body+Soul fitness for over 50’s free class for new comers to try out. Aug 11 at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave 9.15-10.15am.

Dianne 576 5031 Recreational Cycle Groups Every Tues meet at Palmers, Ohauiti 9.30am. Pam/Andrew 544 3272.

Every Weds meet at Sulphur Pt, near Nautilus, off Cross Rd 9am. Cam 552 4513. Every Sunday meet at Papamoa Sports & Recreation Centre, Parton Rd 9.30am. Heinz 574 1543

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 month 3.30-6pm. John 578 9716 South City Bowling Club Club night at Greerton Hall 7.30pm. New members welcome. Mary 541 0687 Taoist Tai Chi Exercise your body, challenge your mind. New class at 15 Koromiko St, Judea 7pm. Wade 021 606 133 Tauranga Acoustic Music Club Jam sessions. Sing, play or just listen & enjoy. Greerton RSA 7.30-10pm. Sheryl 552 5906

Tauranga Astronomical Society

Constellations: the patterns that navigated ancient sailors now guide astronomers to uncover the mysteries that lay within the constellations.

Fergusson Park Observatory 7.30pm.

Telescope viewing if weather permits.

Tauranga Patchwork & Quilters

Group. Meet every 1st & 3rd Tues 7pm & 2nd & 4th Fri 10am at Tauranga Art Centre, 177 Elizabeth St, Tauranga.

Helen 0274 177 581 Tauranga Scrabble Club Every Tues at Tauranga Bridge Club, Ngatai Rd 9am. 3 games $3. New players welcome. 544 8372 Tauranga Toastmasters Tga Lyceum Club 7.15-9.30pm. Confidence building, speaking skills, leadership skills. Alan 544 5989 Te Puke Lyceum Club Coffee morning 10.30am. Committee meeting 12.30pm. 8 Palmer Place, Te Puke.

Choral Festival Morrinsville. Margaret 573 5355

Wednesday 12 August

Age Concern Walking Group Meet at

7th Ave, off Edgecumbe Rd 10am. All welcome. 578 2631 ArtsFest Tauranga Girls’ College Aug 12 - Sept 7. This show will include a range of mediums from a variety of students within the Tauranga Girls’ College Art Department.

Baywide Community Law Service

Drop in clinic every Weds at 63 Willow St 5-6.30pm. No appointment necessary. Free legal assistance. 571 6812.

Every Tues morning at Te Puke Clinic.

For appointment 573 5614. Every 1st & 3rd Thurs morning at Katikati Clinic. For appointment 549 0399 Bolivia If you enjoy the game, join us every Weds at the Te Puke Senior Citz Club, Jocelyn St 1pm. Marie 573 9219 Bromeliad Meeting Tauranga Yacht Club 12.30-2.30pm. Plant of the month: Tillandsia. Speaker: Peter Waters - ‘his trip to Brazil’. Excellent sales table, visitors welcome.

Cards Do you play cribbage or would like to learn the game? Every Weds at Tauranga RSA 1pm. New members welcome. Rona 578 7939

Club Mt Maunganui Indoor Bowls

Every Weds night. Jim 572 1983 Dance, Modern Sequence Every Mon 7.30-10pm & Weds 7-10pm Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St. Tauranga Sequence Dance Club. Partners required. Owen 574 2714 Gate Pa Indoor Bowls Club Night Visit from Oropi Greerton Hall 7.30pm. Small plate for supper please.

Kevin 543 4044 Gate Pa Tennis Every Weds 9am 12pm. Come along & join in, make new friends. The aim is to introduce tennis on a social level, beginners welcome. No commitment 3 free trials Weds. Geoff 570 1168 or 021 474 807 Healing Rooms Experience God’s healing touch at Bethlehem Town Centre cnr shop behind PO/Bookstore every Weds 1-3pm. 021 110 0878 or at Papamoa Fashion Island, 42 Gravatt Rd, next to Esquires every Weds 3-4pm. 022 120 5406. No appointment necessary, no charge. www.healingrooms.co.nz

ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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

Speaker to be confirmed. Tina 281 1480 or email: tina@mebop.org.nz Omanu Probus club Fellowship, new friends, interest groups, fun. Meet at Mount Club 2nd Weds of month.

Margaret 575 8975 Scottish Country Dancing Every Weds at Senior Citizens Hall, Maunganui Rd, Mt Maunganui. Beginners class 6pm, regular class 7.30pm. Lynne 573 5055

Single Coffee Club 60+ Mixed company of singles 60+ that meet up once a week for coffee, enjoy socialising & meeting new friends.

Email: mixandmingle@xtra.co.nz or 027 439 3267 Table Tennis Tauranga At Memorial Hall, QEYC every Weds 1-3pm & 7-9pm & every Fri 7-9pm. Bill 578 1662 www.sportsground.co.nz/ tabletennistauranga Tauranga Embroiderers’ Guild Every Weds at Wesley Church Hall, 100 13th Ave 10am - 2.30pm & 7.30-9.30pm.

Juniors 4-5.30pm. Beginners & experienced stitchers welcome. Nancy 544 4778 Tauranga Mid-Week Tramping Group Lindeman Rd to Woodland Rd. Grade mod, approx. 5.5 hrs. Garry 578 3083

Te Puke Spiritual & Development Grp

Kevin reed on meditation & development. Constables Gallery, Commerce Lane, Te Puke 7pm. $5 entry. All welcome.

Toastmasters City Early Start The 6 F’s Club - Fast, focused, flexible, feedback, friendly & fun. Confidence & leadership building. Every Weds at Avgas Cafe, Classic Flyers 6.50-8.15am.

021 044 5654 LaniDTM@gmail.com or www.cityearlystart.co.nz

University of Auckland Tauranga

Parents Information Seminar at ASB Arena, Baypark, 81 Truman Lane, Mt Maunganui 6.45-9pm.

Email: s.crook@auckland.ac.nz

Wednesday Mountain Bike Group

Meet at RideBikes, 393 Cameron Rd 6.15pm. Jen 578 0016

Thursday 13 August

Aqua Aerobics Every Thurs at Ocean Shores Village, Maranui St, Arataki 9.15-10.15am. Exercise to music indoor pool. Men & women welcome, all abilities. Cost $7. Lynda 574 0457 or 029 230 0162 Christian Services Held every Thurs 7.30-8.30pm & Sun 3.30-4.30pm at Welcome Bay Hall, Welcome Bay Rd. 021 026 86421 Club Mt Maunganui Social games club. Every Thurs 12.45pm play indoor bowls, 500 & Bolivia. John 575 2422 Community Bible Study International

Join us at 14th Ave Gospel Centre 10am - 12pm for a non denominational Bible Study on Deuteronomy. Jack/ Betty 544 3809. And at City Church, 252 Otumoetai Rd 7-9pm on 1` & 2 Thessalonians. Charmaine 576 0467 Divorce Care Weekly seminar/support group featuring biblical principals for healing from a marriage breakup.

Every Thurs until Oct 29 7-9pm. Holy Trinity 578 7718. Register online www. holytrinitytauranga.com 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 Free Course on Budgeting 4 week course starts today at Lifezone, 7 Oak Lane, Judea 10am or 7.15pm. Practical course that teaches people how to take control of their finances through simple budgeting systems. To book 571 6525 or www.capmoney.org French Connection For lovers of all things French.

Come & meet like-minded people over a relaxed drink.

Meet every second Thurs at La Mexica, the Strand between 4.30-6.30pm.

Andrea - agohns@yahoo.co.nz

Katikati Greyhounds Cycle Group

Waihi Railway Station, ready to ride 9am. Either Hauraki Rail Trail to Karangahake Tunnel & return or a circuit. Leader appointed on the day.

Keynotes 4 Part Harmony Women’s chorus meet every Thurs at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave 6.45pm. Sing for fun & health. Nora 544 2714 La Leche League Tauranga Supporting your breastfeeding goals – mothers & babies meet second Weds of month at Wesley Community Centre 10am – 12pm. Topics will revolve around Preparing to Breastfeed, First 6 weeks, Overcoming difficulties & Introducing solids. Joanna 577 6892 Mainly Music Every Thurs at St Enoch’s Church, 134 16th Ave

Friday 7 August 2015 9.30am. $3 per family. New members welcome. 578 3040

Orange City Square & Round Dance Club

Tues, morning class 10am - 12pm. Weds Plus, Thurs club night & new dancers 7.30pm. Frontiersmen’s Hall. 543 1063 Papamoa 500 Card Club Every Thurs at Gordon Spratt Reserve 12.45pm.

Dave 575 5887 Papamoa Table Tennis Every Thurs at Papamoa College Gym 7-9pm. New members welcome.

John 572 0129 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 Qingong Every Thurs at Ohauiti Rd Settlers Hall 11am. Class takes approx 1hr. $1pp. All welcome. Eric 577 1988 Tauranga Citizens’ Bureau AGM Aug 13 at St Stephen’s Methodist Church, Otumoetai 10am.

Tauranga Heart Support Group Low impact group exercise class for those with or at risk of heart disease. Every Thurs at City Church, Otumoetai, & every Mon at St Enoch’s Church Hall, 16th Ave. Both 9.30-10.30am. $4pp includes light refreshment. Hannah (Clinical Exercise Physiologist) 0508 227 342 Tauranga Model Railway Club Every Thurs 7.30pm. Ed 543 1108 www. taurangamodelrailwayclub.co.nz Tauranga Rock n Roll Social Dancers Every Thurs at Snr Citizens Club, 14 Norris St (behind Pak n Save) 7.30-9.30pm. $3pp.

Maria 576 7326 Tennis Seniors WBOP Players 35+, Tauranga Lawn Tennis Club, Wharepai Domain 9am - 12pm. $3 ball fee. New members welcome. Lynda 575 0627 or tswbop@gmail.com The Night is Young Secondary students showcase talent from their Performing Arts Department. Held at Baycourt Theatre 7.30pm. Tickets from $9.50. www.baycourtboxoffice@tauranga.govt.nz or 577 7189

Toastmasters - Kickstart Breakfast Club

Speak confidently in a fun environment.

Alimento Cafe 7am, guests welcome. Helen 571 6181

“What’s On” is a FREE service for non-profit clubs & organisations.

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

Friday 14 August

A Wheelie Good Bingo Night Fun bingo

night raising money for Omokoroa Skatepath & Georgie’s assistance dog. At Omokoroa Settlers Hall, round start 6.30pm but join in any time. Entry by donation, $2 per card.

Cash bar & nibbles. Prizes each round.

Catherine 548 1662 Adult Learner’s Week Awards Are you an adult student? An education provider? An adult taking a community class...we want your nominations. Nominations close Aug 21. Email: alw@communityedbop.co.nz for forms & info. Check out FB - Community Ed-ucation Bay of Plenty.

Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting every Fri at Hamner Clinic, 1235 Cameron Rd, Greerton (behind Bridgestone) 7.30pm.

0800 229 6757 for more meetings or assistance.

Chess Tauranga Every Fri at Tauranga RSA, Greerton 6pm onwards for the whole family. Werner 548 1111 http://www. westernbopchess.weebly.com/ Free Immigration Clinic Every Fri - legal advice & information on immigration issues.

For appointment, Baywide Community Law 571 6812 ITM Cup – BOP v North Harbour ASB Baypark Stadium, 81 Truman Lane, Mt Maunganui 8.05-10.05pm.

ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Support BOP EasiYoga upstairs 14b Hocking St, Mt Maunganui Aug 14 & 28 11am 12pm. Gentle exercises. Bring your own mat. All welcome. Tina 281 1480 or email: tina@mebop.org.nz Mobile Phone Workshop Not sure how to use your technology devices? Book now for your lessons & learn the basics. Gayle 0274 393 267 NZ Family History Month Meet every Fri during August in the NZ Room of Tauranga Public Library 11am - 4pm a genealogist from the Tau-ranga Branch will be available. www.genealogy.org.nz The Sociables 30’s/40’s age group of males & females that meet up once a week to socialise by dining out or participating in local activities & event.

022 0120 376

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

Deadline 3pm Tuesdays.

Contributions should be less than 20 words.

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By Winston Watusi

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doing just that, but it was also an absolutely unforgettable experience, something you really had to sit through to appreciate.

(I’ve since rewatched it on DVD and, striking though it is, the impact pales when viewing is so easily ‘interruptible’.)

I say all this because the Tauranga Film Society is holding a special film screening of a masterpiece of German cinema, 2013’s ‘Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision’, at the Mauao Performing Arts Centre, Mount Maunganui, this Sunday afternoon (August 9).

voyagers searching for new horizons – this The screening of ‘Home from Home’, one’s for you (You can find the trailer at made possible by the Goethe Institute, is www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5AFlhyrylM) open to the general public and entry is by koha. It is in – you guessed it – German, is predominantly black and white and runs for International talent four hours. Film buffs assemble! It starts at And, speaking of films, the International 1pm, with an intermission half way through Film Festival is about to roll for nibbles and into town, kicking off at drinks. Bringing The Rialto on Thursday 20 a cushion sounds August. The programme is like a good idea... online and the easiest way The film is from I’ve discovered to find it is director Edgar to go to www.nziff.co.nz Reitz, best known and use the drop-down in Germany for menu at the top to choose his extraordinary ‘Tauranga’. Then there’s a series ‘Heimat’, full programme pdf. which dramatised Tauranga has more than 20th-century life in 40 films coming here, along a German town over with a host of short films 50 hours of riveting in various categories. It’s television. hard not to notice that the The film is set in similarly-timed Palmerston that same country North and Hamilton town but immerses us festivals get a bunch in the affairs of 1844, a more movies. And it’s time when rural life was hard not to be slightly harsh and feudal order disappointed that many still prevailed. Reviews The German film ‘Home from Home’ of the more interesting is screening in the Mount. worldwide have been films from the Auckland rapturous. line-up have disappeared along the way.

TimeOut said “... a magnificent, careerWhat we are left with are the more capping achievement from one of the great ‘mainstream’ of the arty films, some of storytellers of our era.” which, Belfast-set army thriller ‘‘71’ That was the general tone of all the critics. and artificial intelligence sci-fi outing It has an 8.1 rating on IMDB. ‘Ex-Machina’ should have had general Fortunately, the leap back in time requires release rather than rare festival showings. no prior acquaintance with any of ‘Heimat’.

Elsewhere there is Oliver Assayas’ ‘Clouds Bill Gosden, from the NZ International Film of Silas Maria’, French post WW2 film Festival describes ‘Home From Home’ as ‘Phoenix’ – a Vertigo-like psychological “shot with razor-sharp clarity in black-andthriller – and Kiwi schlocker ‘Deathgasm’. white digital CinemaScope, with occasional The other notable feature is the sheer graphic incursions of colour, this is cinema number of documentaries, including the both gloriously panoramic and intimately Amy Winehouse film and the Scientology interior.” exposé ‘Going Clear’. Sadly, the most It’s cinema I’m looking forward to like interesting one, Joshua Oppenheime’s Christmas. I realise this is not an experience ‘The Look of Silence’, isn’t coming here. for everyone, but for those hardy cinematic watusi@thesun.co.nz

Build your bank account with focus Ready to get control of your finances, reach your savings goals and do more with your money? Then it’s time to get on a Christians Against Poverty money course.

The free CAP course aims to help local residents gain more financial freedom, as it is never too late to start budgeting and managing your money better.

Tauranga resident Lynda Hawke attended after seeing an ad in the Weekend Sun and was pleased she did.

“Since becoming involved with CAP I have taken control of my finances, but I have also noticed a

rippling effect with all areas of my life benefiting in a positive way.

“After my partner died eight years ago things spiralled out of control for me, and now I feel like I’m gaining control back. Upon completion of the course my mind was ticking, full of new ideas on how to scrimp and save with a baby on the way and a four-year-old.

“I have since spring cleaned my house, organised an immediate to-do list and planned some long-term life goals for myself and family.

“I found the course, tutors and support people to be of great value with non-judgemental attitudes and felt I could really open up to them.”

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Lights, colour and art action!

Western Bay of Plenty residents are being offered the unique experience of entering a 1000m2 inflatable sculpture that plays with light – with tickets on sale now for the October event.

The ‘luminarium’ will be erected on The Strand waterfront between the playground and the Edgewater Fan as part of the Tauranga Arts Festival.

It will open on October 16, six days before the festival begins, and close the last day of the festival, on November 1.

Tickets are for $12 each plus a booking fee, with discounted prices for families and TECT card-holders – half the tickets available will be pre-sold with the rest available as door sales.

Entry will be limited to 80 people every 30 minutes to create as magical an experience as possible.

Exxopolis is one of several ‘luminarium’ made by UK company Architects of Air, who say it holds light like an aquarium holds water.

Made of coloured PVC, Exxopolis was created in 2012 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Architects of Air. The main dome was inspired by an English cathedral and features 10 ‘stained-glass windows’, their designs based on Penrose tiling discovered by English mathematician and physicist Roger Penrose.

Tunnels connect the domes and the construction includes pods where visitors may sit and pause. The shoe-free Exxopolis is designed to be accessible to all ages and abilities.

Since 1992 various luminaria have been shown in more than 500 exhibitions in 38 countries enchanting more than

two million people.

Exxopolis tickets are available from Baycourt and Ticketek.

Featuring performers from around the world, the Tauranga Arts Festival is on October 22 to November 1.

Tickets for festival performances go on sale August 13.

Visit the website for more details: www.taurangafestival.co.nz

EUROPEAN SCANDINAVIAN CRUISE JUNE 2016 PLUS San Francisco - New York - London & Shanghai with Ireland (optional)

Exploring Exxopolis. Photo: Alan Parkinson.

for our clothing?’

Tickets are $15 (including popcorn and refreshments on arrival), with all ticket sales and proceeds donated towards the Cambodia Charitable Trust, a local organisation making a difference in the Southeast Asian nation.

Doors open at 5.30pm at 145 The Strand on Wednesday, August 12, with Tias Tacos available for dinner. Screening starts at 6.30pm.

Please email thetruecostnz@gmail.com to secure your tickets.

Star attractions set to take over The Strand What an awesome turnout for the Hairy Maclary community day last Saturday! The Strand had a fantastic atmosphere with loads of smiling kids covered in face paint, clutching their balloons, their parents laughing and enjoying the day with their families, and many international visitors taking photos – which shows what a wonderful addition those characters make.

Imagine the potential effects if we could host markets, artistic and cultural performances, car meets and other crowd-pulling events here on The Strand.

Perhaps we need to look at the much bigger picture because what is Tauranga known for on a national and international level? ‘$10 Tauranga’ and ‘The Over 60s Retirement Destination’ springs to mind.

The Weekend Sun has a $50 The Phoenix voucher to give away to a lucky reader who can tell us which Strand restaurant recently acquired a new operator?

Enter online at www. sunlive.co.nz under the competitions section.

Entries must be received before Wednesday, August 12.

Amazing Journeys Escorted Tours Tuesday 18 August, 7.00pm

The true price of fashion After the popularity of the first screening last month, Night Owl Cinema is re-screening ‘The True Cost’, a documentary centred on the clothes we wear and the impact it has on those who made them.

The price of clothing has been decreasing for years, while the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically. ‘The True Cost’ is a documentary that pulls back the curtain on the untold story and asks us to consider, ‘Who really pays the price

Information Evening

PHONE TO REGISTER YOUR SPOT TODAY! Call Debra at House of Travel 07 577 3079 (Business Hours) or Bruce and Irene at Amazing Journeys 07 572 1277 (Anytime)

House of Travel Tauranga Cnr Willow and Spring Streets 07 577 0235 | tauranga@hot.co.nz

Papamoa has The City Night Markets, New Plymouth has Americana, Whitianga has The Scallop Festival, Paeroa has Street Racing, Matamata has Hobbiton so let’s create Tauranga has ‘…’. Suggestions?

With a new operator at La Mexica and Luigi’s Cibo (Pronounced ‘chee-bow’) open, there is hospitality confidence in The Strand development, so let’s start the momentum.

On a lighter note, have you seen the YouTube video of ‘Helium Infused Beer’? Only the Germans, the creators of craft beers, could have pulled that off.

It’s worth a look and the laughs.

This month we should see lambs jumping, daffodils growing and the best thing, those tasty little wriggling critters hitting the stream and river mouths. Hopefully we may get some this season as last year was really quiet.

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An evening of waiata and laughs with the Modern Maori Quartet The Crown and Badger Saturday 8 – Blaze 7.30pm.

Greer’s Gastro Bar Friday 7 – Planet of 3.

Sunday 9 – Selwyn and Debbie Sunday 9 – Blaze – classic rock Saturday 8 – Celsius.

4.30pm duo 5-8pm.

Latitude 37 Restaurant & Bar The Matua Tauranga Citz Club (upstairs) Sunday 9 – Alice Sea 4-9pm. Solo Sunday 9 – The Entertainers Club. Sunday 9 – Graeme Hardaker artist. World music/folk/pop. and Neil Pepper 3-6pm.

Gray Bartlett & friends 5-8pm.

Legendary guitarist Gray Bartlett, Wednesday 12 – A Taste of Mount RSA Country Night 7.30-10pm.

Friday 7 – Andy Bowman 7.30pm. one showing!

Aedan Smart, 3, on Muffin McLay.

Photos: Tracy Hardy.

Furry fun with Hairy Fury, family fun was on the cards on Saturday as the community was invited to an open day at the bronze Hairy Maclary statues on The Strand.

The Modern Maori Quartet will be on stage at the Baycourt Community and Arts Centre next Tuesday, August 11. Photo by Josh Griggs.

What do you get when you take four Maori they interpret them in a more contemporary way to it appealing to a wider audience. boys with big voices, dress them to the nines make “With contemporary songs we interpret them in a and tuck a terrible dad joke up their sleeves? classic way, like, we do a version of Pharell’s ‘Happy’ The one, the only, Modern Maori Quartet. and have done a cover of Lorde’s ‘Royals’ in the past too,” he explains. “There’s a lot of artistic licence to As part of their national tour the quartet featuring switch things up in a lot of ways and it helps satisfy James Tito, Matariki Whatarau, Francis Kora and our creative needs too.”

Maaka Pohatu will be on stage at the Baycourt Humour is also a huge feature of the quartet’s show, Community and Arts Theatre next Tuesday. with Maaka quickly admitting that all of the members “We’ve played Baycourt I think once in the past share a “pretty dry sense of humour”. and it was a great gig,” says Maaka, “the whole crowd “We’ve all got this terrible ‘Dad humour’, a lot of were lovely and singing away, and it was choice man. it’s off the cuff and we use heaps of puns and the like.

“We’ve got eight shows in Aotearoa first and then “All those guys in the old showbands were very head off to Singapore and Malaysia for shows, and funny and play up a lot of things, so we try to inject then we fly to Uzbekistan for the Sharq Taronalari our kind of humour and caricatures. We’ve got it World Music Festival.” down now.”

While influenced by the likes of the Howard The Modern Māori Quartet perform at Baycourt Morrison Quartet, Billy T James, Dalvanius Prime Community and Arts Theatre on Tuesday, August 11, and Prince Tui Teka, don’t you go thinking an MMQ doors open 7pm. Tickets start from $20 and can be show is merely a meander through nostalgia.

Maaka says with the older songs in their repertoire purchased online through Ticketek. By David Tauranga

A brain-busting quiz to test your grey matter Another opportunity to test your knowledge and have a great night out supporting Alzheimer’s Tauranga (WBOP) is here with the Brain Buster’s Quiz Night.

Asher, 4, and Jude, 5, Putty with Hairy Maclary.

Liz Grant with her dog Monty meeting Cleo Putty, 8, and Ella McIvor, 8.

A ballin’ good time A total of $65,000 was raised at Tauranga LandSAR’s charity ball.

People enjoying the LandSAR charity ball.

Photos: Alana Dresner.

Dancing the night away More than 100 residents and guests of Melrose and Elmswood retirement villages came together for the third annual ball.

This year’s theme was ‘black and white’.

Nikki and Brendon from MoreFM share a dance.

Right: Jemima King and Norma Grice.

have a number of weekend away trips in fabulous boutique venues.”

“Every second person I talk to has a family member or friend who has experience with dementia.

“Dementia is the wider family of the disease and Alzheimer’s is just one of several types.”

We’ve got three reasons why this is the best Alzheimer’s Tauranga needs funding way to spend a Friday evening. to help support families to live Number one: It’s a great environment with and manage their family at the Sir Tristram Lounge at the member in their own home Racecourse (with plenty of parking). for as long as possible.

Secondly, it’s a tricky activity – a Education and support are quiz designed to challenge – and key tools. What better way lastly it will be lots of fun with of raising funds than running celebrity guest Ben Hurley a healthy brain function straight from ‘7 Days’ to put activity such as a quiz? a stop to all serious activity.

So teammates, bust your “We’re expecting a lot of brains over this one. interest from the business and There’s an opportunity pub quiz community, and we’re to dress your team and table hoping to reach 50 teams,” said to a theme. So challenge Kathy Webb, the event manager.

“The community has really your colleagues and other Ben Hurley is the special celebrity put their hands up to support businesses – there are lots through prizes as well and we of prizes to be won. guest at the quiz.

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The Story - The Kingdoms Fall Ben Devery

Defined by God, the Church or society?

At one time, Biblical values and Biblical standards governed our societies and ruled our consciences. Now, we think that we know better than God. The world is not a better place now than it was previously. What was once right is now wrong, what was once wrong is now right. What was once unacceptable is now acceptable, what was once unacceptable is now acceptable. That’s not progress – that’s regression and lawlessness is the ongoing consequence.

Let the Church in our nation hold fast to God’s Word as the full and final authority on matters of life and faith and let it be that we are not persuaded away from that by society’s deceptions.

By Peter Whitcombe, Jesus First Church

What or who determines our values, morals and standards, and what is acceptable and what is not? It seems that ultimately it is society or ourselves!

A newspaper article spoke of an entertainer’s lifestyle choice and the acceptance of that choice by others in that industry.

One music producer said of this acceptance: “It speaks to the advancements of our culture.

It feels like the culture is moving forward and he’s a representative of the new acceptance in the world for different ideas, which just broadens our experience, makes the world a better place.”

According to this commonly held view, the world is a better place now than it was previously because society now embraces values, standards, morals and ethics which we once understood and accepted as being wrong, indecent and false, as well as morally and ethically wretched.

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• Repairs & Leaks

Shane says, “If you’re getting a quote to have your roof recoated, it is a legal requirement for contractors to install edge protection around the roof.

“I believe no-one should be injured while at work. I want my team to be safe so I go to great lengths to make

sure my employees and the home owner are safe at all times.

“Since we have all our own scaffolding, we can get in and get the job done safely and what’s more it is cheaper for our customers,” he adds.

Shane has been working on roofs for the past 20 years. He specialises in roof painting, general roof repairs and maintenance, including de-nailing and re-screwing, replacing damaged or rusted sheets, repairs to flashings – including chimney flashings and repointing.

Tile replacement on concrete tile roofs, moss treatments and gutter cleaning are other services that Shane provides.

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Windows by Jeff: the name says it all – if you’ve got glass that needs cleaning, Jeff Botherway is your man. So what makes owner Jeff ’s business different?

It’s his pure water system. With a solution filtered down from 0.15 to 0.1 parts per million litres of pure water, this ensures your windows can be left to dry naturally with no

risk of spots or streaky marks left on the glass. It’s also good to maintain the longevity of your rubber seals, without any ageing chemicals.

“And it’s environmentally friendly,” adds Jeff. “Nothing nasty goes in the drain.”

With cleaning poles that extend between 15-17m, Jeff has the ability to clean windows two-storeys high (or more) without hiring costly lifting equipment, which could potentially add dollars to your bill.

Jeff is new to the business, but with 25 years in the navy, his discipline and attention to detail is second to none.

“I know what a good job is,” he says.

Contact Jeff today for a free quote and see the difference in his window work.

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situations vacant THIS WEEKS GARAGE SALES! cambridge heights

1 TWICKENHAM COURT 8am start.

Ornaments, puppets, homemade pickles & jams, toffee apples, clothing, bric-a-brac & more.

omokoroa 12 HADEN PLACE Saturday & Sunday 8-11am. No earlybirds thanks. Girls clothing - birth to 5/6 years.

Books - fiction, craft etc. Kitchen gear. Household items and more. papamoa

6 CARIBBEAN PLACE, Pacific Cove Aug 8 8am - 12pm. Linen, tools, household items, furniture, downsizing.

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ABORCORE TREE SERVICES - Qualified Arborist. 10 yrs exp.

Confined Space Tree Removal; Winter Pruning; Tree Felling; Tree Maintenance. Affordable, professional tree services.

Free no obligation quote. www.arborcoretreeservices.co.nz Ph Vuk 021 024 52485

arts & crafts CLAY ART STUDIO Open 10am - 4pm Tues - Saturday for mosaic and stained glass workshops and supplies, ceramic painting classes and fused glass supplies. Ph: 571.3726 Historic Village, 17th Ave

bible digest “THOSE WHO KNOW your name will trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.” Psalm 9:10

cars for sale A NO DEPOSIT DEAL from $50 p/w. Cars, vans, & 4x4s. To find out more txt ‘NEWCAR’ and your name to 9090. Learner licence welcome, with good guarantor.

CAR FAIR – buy or sell any vehicle every Sunday at 11th Avenue Car park opposite Mad Butcher 8am-noon. Ph for more information 027 733 9686 or www.taurangacarfair.co.nz

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

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Hon Simon BridgeS mP For TAUrAngA

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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.

Hon Simon Bridges MP Todd Muller MP A: 35A Third Avenue, Tauranga 3110 | P: 07 579 9016 A: 3/9 Domain Road, Papamoa | P: (07) 542 0505 E: taurangamp@parliament.govt.nz E: Todd.MullerMP@parliament.govt.nz Authorised by Hon Simon Bridges (35A Third Avenue, Tauranga) and Todd Muller (3/9 Domain Road, Papamoa)

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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

MOBILITY SCOOTERS wheelchairs, walkers & more.

Visit our showroom 29 Burrows St, Tauranga. Ph 578 1213 MES ‘Supporting your independence’

PAINTERS AVAILABLE for immediate start. Interior/exterior.

Guaranteed workmanship. For free quotes, Ph Graeme today 022 0466 776 or 07 544 5234

STUMPINATOR STUMP Grinding free quotes & prompt service. Narrow machine to access rear yards. Ph 576 4245 or 022 076 4245

PAINTING & DECORATING Interior Painting Gurus, High quality workmanship, prompt service, fully insured satisfaction, guaranteed get the A Team @ Fresh Coats Painting. Call 022 421 4261

TIMBER RETAINING WALLS decks and all types of fencing.

Excellent work at a competitive price. Ph Clive 021 048 2833 or 552 6510

curriculum vitae NEED A C.V.? A C.V. For You can provide you with the professional touch. From scratch or alterations.

“Get the interview….Land the job” Contact via www.facebook.com/ acvforyou or 0204 037 6034

entertainment TAURANGA TANDEM SKYDIVING best buzz in the Bay! Gift vouchers available.

Ph 574 8533 today

gardening 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 BE READY for Winter! Lawns mowed, trees/hedges trimmed, palm trees pruned, general tidy ups, rubbish removal. Quality work. Ph Steve 571 2295 or 021 0264 8265 LAWNMOWING HONEST reliable operator. Mulch or catch + edges done from only $15. Ph/txt Hayden 021 488 219 or 575 9903 PEAVINE, LUCERNE AND MEADOW HAY convectional bales available. Can also be purchased for $10 by the sack full.

Barley straw also available. Ph 533 1922 or www.billwebb.co.nz

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

home dog training DOG BEHAVIOUR TRAINING in your home. Problems on lead, barking, aggression any other unwanted behaviours. 20 +yrs exp. Call 021 478 202

housesitters PROFESSIONAL HOUSE MINDER available from November. Do you want peace of mind that your treasured home is in trustworthy hands while you are away on holiday?

Excellent references. Ph Cathie 022 162 8301 TRUSTED HOUSESITTERS available from 17 Oct - 11 Dec. 14 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 BLACK and Tan female adult dog, Pongakawa area,Ref:22029 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found Ginger and white male adult cat, Gate Pa area Ref:22031 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245

market FIND YOUR TREASURE at the hidden treasure market, Sunday 9th August 8.30am, Cherrywood shopping carpark. Sausage sizzle fundraiser also needed.

Phone 022 099 8528.

personal GARDENER 0221 294 939

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spiritual guidance 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

storage available BUILDING OR GOING OVERSEAS? Long term available at Paengaroa. 46sq/m approx... plus attached carport. $50 week.

Ph 0274 749 728

trades & services AFFORDABLE BUILDING MAINTENANCE House repairs, spouting/roofing repairs, house painting, general maintenance.

20 years experience. Ph Andy 022 350 0600 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 BOBCAT SERVICES Specialising in driveways, landscaping, topsoil finishing, base fills, metal supplies, back filling, section clearing, rubbish removal, concrete removal & much more. For all your landscaping & earthmoving requirements.

Its Earthmoving Ltd. Ph Paul 027 274 7414 BRYCE DECORATING Interior & exterior painting, wallpapering.

Quality work. Ph Wayne 579 5588 or 021 162 7052 BUILDER LICENSED, new work, renovations, decks, pergolas, roofing & more. Ph 022 121 3356 ELECTRICIAN, 18+ years experience, NZ registered.

Residential & commercial, maintenance & service, new builds, renovations.

Fast, friendly service. Ph Andrew 022 354 1960 FLOOR & WALL TILER. Over 35 years experience. All tiles, stone & slate. Ph 027 317 9031 HANDYMAN BUILDING and section maintenance, decks, fencing, pergolas, painting, water blasting, odd jobs. Free quotes Ph Rossco 027 270 3313 or 544 5911 HANDYMAN BUILDING MAINTENANCE complete bathroom renovations & repairs, decks pergolas, small stopping and painting jobs. Ian - the Fixit Man. 40 yrs tradesman. Free quotes. Ph 021 670 770 HOUSEWORK WANTED by professional lady, Tauranga area.

References available. Ph Penny 544 4856 INSECT SCREENS Measure.

Make. Mend. Ph Rob at Magic Seal 543 4940 PAINTER/DECORATOR Interior and Exterior, quality workmanship friendly services. Over 20 years specialising in residential and more. Quality paint at trade prices. For your best advice in all areas. Ph Shane Mount/Tauranga Decorators 07 544 6495 or 021 575 307

ROOF PAINTING and maintenance. Roofs rescrewed.

Waterblasting, moss removal.

Free quotes! Ph Mark 543 3670 or 021 0273 8840 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 ROOFING AND SPOUTING. Repairs, maintenance and re-coating, growth control & leaf guard, by people who know. Roof Restoration Services. Ph 027 247 7273 or 577 1098 a/hs

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 18570

transport DRIVING MISS DAISY relief for busy families. Let us take care of the transportation of your parents/ children to appointments, outings, afterschool groups. Safe, friendly, reliable service. Ph Jackie from Driving Miss Daisy 552 6614

travel & tours “AA” TOUR 1 = The 2015 South Island BY RAIL Tour (many highlights included in the South Island); Tour 2 = “Neil Diamond

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Show LIVE, with Tickets, Auckland. Tour 3 = The Australian Outback Tour (2015...this is going to be a great tour). Tour 4 = We are off to Wairarapa, including Stonehenge, Cape Pallister & Historic Country Homesteads.

Tour 5 = The World of Wearable Art Tour (WOW), Wellington. Tour 6 = Discover Stewart Island & Ulva Island. Door to Door Service.

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Contact The Hinterland Tours Team on 575 8118 or 027 235 7714 AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK TOUR - Door to Door Service, Return Flights, All accommodation, Visit 2 outback Stations, River Cruises, Shows, smokos, dinners, and much, much more. See the Australian Outback....this will be a trip of a life time!! Contact The Hinterland Tours Team on 575 8118 or 027 235 7714 to book & full details A BIRDS EYE VIEW. Spectacular scenery and fabulous feast.

Pamper the senses with Lunch and Gondola Ride - Rotorua this Monday. Ph Zealandier Tours 575 6425

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ANOTHER SPRINGTIME TOUR to the Taranaki Rhododendron Festival. Book now for New Zealand’s premier Spring Garden Festival. Best garden selection, best price. John’s popular Tours 576 9305

Flights back to Tauranga, and we drop you home again. All dinners included. A great trip. Contact The Hinterland Tours Team on 575 8118 or 027 235 7714 to book & full details

NO.8 TOURS TRAVEL CLUB. Specialists in fully escorted day, extended tours and shows.

August-Historical Bay of Islands.

September - Tranz Alpine Express or Cats Musical (Tickets Limited). October -World of Wearable Arts (Tickets Limited) or Rhododendron Festival.

November - Stewart Island or Mackenzie Country - Free Door to door service, Free Colour Brochure. Ph the No 8 Tours team on 579 3981 or Email info@no8tours.co.nz

FOR WEDDINGS, FUNCTIONS OR MEETINGS+ check out No.1 The Strand, a beautiful historic setting.

Email: bookings@no1thestrand.co.nz or www.no1thestrand.co.nz

THE NORTH ISLAND TRAIN TRIP - A must do includes door to door service, Auckland to Wellington train trip (so many great sights), top accommodation in both Auckland and Wellington, private Te Papa museum guided tour (Te Papa like you haven’t seen before),

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WEDDINGS, PARTIES, MEETINGS etc. With stunning Harbour views, fully licensed bar & kitchen onsite. Restaurant open every Friday from 5pm & Sunday from 4.30pm. Tauranga Fish & Dive Club, 60 Cross Rd, Sulphur Point. Ph 571 8450 or text 027 318 5760 www.tfdc.co.nz

wanted FREE GREEN WASTE dump wanted by lawn contractor in exchange for ??? Tauranga area. Ph Steve 021 0264 8265 or 571 2295

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