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Harvesting country fun Always thought you were a top baker? You can prove it this weekend at Oropi School’s ‘Hottest Home Baker’ competition as part of the school’s annual harvest festival.

PTA spokesman Stu Watson says the event, which offers an oven as first prize, is a great addition to the school’s good-old-fashioned

country fair this Saturday. “The harvest festival is really a celebration of country life, bringing together some of the best local produce, homemade jams and all those things you’d expect at a country fair.�

Stu says a festival highlight will be a team sheep shearing competition that involves eating

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a meat pie, drinking a ginger beer, then shearing a sheep with the shearing machine powered by a team member pedalling a bike.

Money raised goes to upgrading the school playground, outdoor education and teaching resources.

The event runs at the school from 10am-2pm

on Saturday. Entry forms for the baking competition must be collected from the Good Food Trading Company.

Pictured: Maddison Hinga-Miller, 7, Maggie Sandford, 9, and Joseph Bacon, 9.

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Lately, however, there’s been a disturbing trend.

When we say sharks, we’re not referring to Sun Media owner/editor Brian Rogers the dodgy finance company director variety, but the ones that swim in the ocean. The were playing a bronze whaler near A Beacon difference is quite marked: The sharks in off the Tauranga entrance, when a large the ocean usually attack by mistake.

Great White with a “belly the size of a car Anyway, back to the beach and the annual boot”, ate it whole. “ooh, shark sighting” stories.

Then a surfer has been attacked off Mostly it’s a common occurrence which Taranaki. is seized upon by Now, Brendan Faulkner struggling newshas these chilling pictures papers to milk a after being followed in few more sales for an inflatable dinghy at their dwindling Whaler’s Bay at Great circulations.

Mercury…by a great white.

They figure it’s Brendan’s partner Laura the only thing took the photos. Brendan that is going to was busy rowing. Quite interest beachgoers, since they’ve come Brendan is considering a late to the beach to entry to the single sculls at the escape the usual London Olympics after his doom and gloom performance at Whaler Cove. stories. About the only thing that will pique their interest and extract some coin from their beach shorts, is the prospect of getting their beach shorts eaten.

This year, however, the shark stories have taken a more sinister turn. And oddly enough, mainstream media has missed the boat. Because the frequency and ferocity of fast, apparently. shark encounters is definitely increasing.

Every second fisherman I’ve talked to in The incidences have gone from a few recent weeks has a shark tale to tell. Tasha dorsal fin sightings, to some quite close from our office and her dad had a close encounters of the biting kind. encounter in their tinnie a few miles out.

The sharks seem to have stepped up their Now, we don’t want to sound alarmist, but operations from giving a few frights, to there seems to be something up. actually becoming quite aggressive. There Many are speculating that it’s Rena’s fault. was the case of Kerry Grant and William A huge burley bomb sitting on Astrolabe, McIntosh, first reported on SunLive, who firing up the food chain into a frenzy-like

fish and chip night at Gerry Brownlee’s.

We’ve heard rumours from salvage divers that a few “resident” great whites are hanging around the reef, where they’ve never been seen before.

And with human predators currently excluded from taking a share of the boosted reef bounty, I guess it’s a good place for a shark to get a handy feed.

The Warmies will probably try to tell us it’s something to do with changing seas and temperatures. However, I remain unconvinced that the sea level has changed in 30 years and the summer water temperatures have been disappointingly low, as we all know.

Whatever the reasons, something is afoot in Sharkesville. Watch this space, because I don’t think we’ve seen the last of it. Doo dah.

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And he wonders why…

In other news, I don’t know why this is funny, but the quote at the end made my day.

An Aussie living in England claims he was racially abused by his workmates because they made jokes about kangaroos and greeted him with “g’day sport”.

Geoff Stephen, who has lived in Britain since leaving Australia 27 years ago, went off sick with depression in 2010 after six years working for Kent County Council.

He said that even when he asked his colleagues to stop, they continued to ask if his girlfriend was called Sheila, and told him to “throw another shrimp on the Barbie”.

He even claims his former bosses listened to his private phone conversations.

“It’s a breach of my Human Rights.

“I thought ‘Strewth’, and couldn’t believe it when I realised.”

Parting shot

Thanks to Wally: A bloke in his armchair shouts to his wife: “When I die, I’m gonna leave everything to you, love.”

She shouts back: “You already do, you lazy bastard.”

Student numbers on the rise by degrees Tauranga’s popularity with university students is on the rise, with both Waikato University and Bethlehem Tertiary institute attracting more students this academic year for new degree courses.

The number of equivalent full-time students studying at Waikato University’s Tauranga campus is up by more than 100 on this time last year – a rise of 20 per cent to 592 domestic

students as of March 5.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Roy Crawford says the large increase is due to the introduction of a new science programme in Tauranga and the strong growth in interest in the arts, social sciences and education faculties.

“The introduction of science programmes in Tauranga is in direct response to demand from Bay of Plenty Polytechnic students wishing to progress to

degree-level study, and it builds on our partnership with the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic,” says Roy. A new Bachelor of Social Work course, which has a strong faithbased focus, is being offered at Bethlehem Tertiary Institute for the first time. The course has been developed during the last four years with the support of the Salvation Army, Open Home Foundation and Te Aroha Noa. The degree, which is the first

of its kind in the country, is being offered to meet the growing need for professional social workers for faith-based organisations.

BTI counsellor and social work education associate dean Richard Cook says partnerships with the agencies means students will benefit with teaching from people in the field and with practical work placement.

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Funding in jeopardy for mobile library

Friends of Tauranga City Libraries president Kate Clark and Merivale Primary school principal Jan Tinetti look at books with Room 3 students Valentine Kingi, Tony Rameka Jack-Kino, Anahera Morunga-Hikatangata and Tyshaun Delamere. Photo by Tracy Hardy. is “critically important for the left over after paying for staff. She A campaign to preserve school”, believing it plays a key says by bringing new books to the funding for Tauranga’s part in fostering pupil interest school on subjects pupils are intermobile library is gathering in reading by making available a ested in, such as trucks for boys, it helps get children interested in steam, with school principals wider range of books suited for pupils, other than what the school books and establish good reading speaking out on library library offers. habits. funding to encourage Jan says the school could not Friends of the library are also residents to have their say. afford the proposed annual charge calling on the council to expand of $3206 to cover fortnightly visits the Greerton Library by 450 by the library. She is speaking square metres, rather than the Under the Tauranga City Counabout the benefits of using the smaller 200Sqm addition it supcil draft 10-year plan, which goes library at a public talk organised ports. Group president Kate Clark out to public consultation later

by Friends of the Tauranga City says with Bethlehem and Welcome this month, the mobile library Libraries at Mount Maunganui Bay library plans delayed, it is service will close in July if alternaLibrary on Saturday, March 10 at critical to take Greerton’s larger tive funding cannot be found.

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The main options to recover “For us it’s not realistic. I hate to Funding for the mobile library some of the $250,000 in annual say it, because literacy and reading and Greerton library expansions costs for running the service is is very important, but we simply are two issues residents will have passing on charges to the low don’t have the funds to cover it.” a chance to comment on in the decile schools, kindergartens and Jan says a cut to this year’s draft 10-year plan when consultaretirement villages it visits. operating funding for the 150tion opens March 19.

Merivale School principal Jan pupil school meant nothing was Tinetti says the mobile library

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Getting local treatment They are the friendly faces of Bay of Plenty tourism, offering helpful tips and pointers to the thousands of cruise ship visitors who descend the Port of Tauranga gang-plank.

Tauranga’s Diane Bruin is among a dozen ambassadors to greet the visitors as they disembark their ships in the mornings between 7am and 11am, sharing their local insights to point them to whatever they are interested in.

The visitors are as diverse as their cruises, but they all seem to love the help and advice offered by the local hosts says Diane.

“They always ask what we recommend, so I find out what they are interested in.

“But you find that a lot are interested in the natural attractions or going for walks.”

Diane always tries to promote the Western Bay of Plenty’s offerings, often recommending walking around the Mount or the boardwalk along the main beach, learning about Tauranga’s history at the Elms or visiting the Cargo Shed craft market.

“The visitors who have been before often say they wished they had known about the walk around the Mount or some of the other attractions.

“They always say how much they love getting a local’s advice, they are so appreciative.”

While the ambassadors put a local face to the place for visitors, all the tour sales, such as to Kiwi 360 or Waimarino Adventure Park, are left to sales staff at the i-SITE.

By Hamish Carter

Local faces with local advice: cruise ambassador Diane Bruin gives out a map and helpful tips for cruise visitors.

Photo by Tracy Hardy.

Embracing song and dance performance Every time another busload of cruise boat visitors arrive for a cultural visit to Paparoa Marae, members of the young kapa haka group embrace their heritage a little closer.

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Hemi Leef and ‘Chief ’ Ray Codd from Somerset (Volendam cruise boat) hongi at the Paparoa marae.

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Tour organiser Karen Nicholas says it is great to be able to educate international visitors about Maori culture through the marae visits and on-ship performances, but for her, the biggest satisfaction is in seeing the young thrive.

“The motivation was we saw the benefits it had for our rangatahi (young), our marae and our community,” says Karen.

Asked how important it is to offer Maori cultural tourism to stop visitors leaving the Western Bay of Plenty, Karen says it is not something she is focussed on. Instead, the focus is youth development.

Karen says there was major resistance from some kaumatua who saw the tourism visits as exploiting their culture when she first approached them. This season they have performed for about 6000 cruise visitors.

After operating the visits for 18 years, some iwi members still oppose them, but Karen says the increased confidence, pride and preparation it gives the next generation of leaders is paying off.

“Hemi’s a prime example – he was very shy when he started when he was 13, but he’s now a real leader.”

The 22-year-old law student, Hemi Leef often leads the wero challenge during the traditional powhiri ritual of encounter and takes a leading role in the kapa haka performances.

Hemi, who has been taking part in the performances during his summer break, encourages other young people to get involved.

“It’s been very good for me as a rangatahi. It reminds you that there is still an important place for our culture.

“I found doing tourism here has helped me with my confidence when you are young and you’re put in front of all these people, and my confidence has grown from there.”

Hemi loves talking to visitors after the shows and learning about their cultures.

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Piping from the heart George Yardley was born to be a bagpiper – coming from a proud family of Scots, it was only a matter of time before he picked them up.

other senior members, is focussed on fostering the band’s talent so it is a future force to be reckoned with.

Together with his band members, George is excited to have the national competition in their hometown – but with only a couple of Following the tradition that saw members who have his grandfather recognised as a previously competed top piper at Scottish competiat the championtions before migrating to New ships, he is being Zealand in 1924, George realistic about their grew up surrounded by the chances. music. He still fondly recalls “I really want the listening to highland comband to do the best petitions as a boy, transfixed that they can. If we by the pipes. But despite come away afterthis initial connection, he wards feeling we put aside the pipes during have competed as his teens for a dream of well as we can, then becoming a rock and roll we will be happy.” guitarist, not returning to Despite not convinchis musical heritage fully ing his children to until he reached 30. play, he is “working on George always knew he the grandchildren”. If would return to the pipes. successful, they too may “It’s just the sound of them get to proudly play – it stirs your blood.” the family pipes that Next Friday and SaturGeorge’s grandfather day he leads Bay of Plenty got in 1924.

Pipes and Drums when George says the they compete with 60 other championship highbands from around the lights will include a country in the National Pipe street march by all the Band Championships at the bands along Durham Tauranga Domain.

Street from 9am on Since retiring and shifting Saturday, and band to the Bay from Dunedin 12 marching displays by years ago, George has had a Bay of Plenty Pipes and Drums pipe major George the 1250 members at lot more time to put into his Yardley will be leading one of the two Tauranga the Domain in the beloved pipes. He has lead bands competing at next week’s pipe band afternoon. his band as pipe major for the championships in Tauranga. Photo by Bruce Barnard. last three years, and along with

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International ‘gophers’ While visiting McLaren Falls Park is an occasional treat for most Western Bay of Plenty residents – the top regional park is going to be home for two international volunteers for the next six months.

Park ranger Gary Borman says the volunteers are an important part of the park’s operations and helped him – the sole park staff member – keep the park in prime condition.

“It’s got to the stage now that we need this help so we can maintain the park as the regional jewel that it has become.”

The latest volunteers from Costa Rica and Germany are kept busy as Gary’s “gophers” – doing a lot of general park maintenance and cleaning, along with collecting camp fees and being the general face of the park.

Volunteer Tara Harf-Drefsler, 19, was drawn to the project because it was based outdoors and she could learn about biology before returning to study the subject at university in Germany.

“It has been good – I have already learnt a little bit, but I don’t enjoy the cleaning (toilets and barbecues).”

For Costa Rican computer programmer Gary says the work by the internationals came Rolando Ovares, 34, the motivation for on top of 30,000 hours a year on track and park getting involved has been to improve his maintenance though Corrections Department English language skills while working in volunteers.

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Rolando Ovares Aguilar from Costa Rica and Tara Hanf-Dressler from Germany. Photo by Tracy Hardy.

Cycling Australia for cancer A Papamoa man is on a mission to raise money for cancer research after beating the disease himself.

Terry McDowell is planning on cycling around Australia as part of a ride for World Cancer Research.

“As part of the entry to the ride, I have to raise at least AUD$3000 for World Cancer Research,” says Terry.

So far he has raised AUD$760. Terry says he decided to take up the challenge following his own battle with cancer and at the request of a friend.

“A long-time friend (a New Zealander who now lives in Brisbane) married an Aussie girl and after Terry McDowell is planning to about two years, she died of cancer. cycle 900km to raise money for “When my friend asked me to ride with him, cancer research.

it was a bit of an honour, so I decided to join the team riding 900km.

“This ride is from Brisbane, but raises money for World Cancer Research.”

Terry says it is all for a great cause.

“Unfortunately, most people are affected by cancer in some way, whether it’s themselves, friends or family.

“Cancer research is a must towards reducing the number of people it takes. If one person can be helped by research, then a 900km ride is worth it.”

People wanting to make a donation can visit www.smiddyfundraising.co.au/Terry_Mcdowell For more information on the ride visit www.smiddyfundraising.co.au

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In the deep end – a double edge As a measure of its lack of news recently it was unsurprising that the Bay Times picked out of this year’s draft annual plan a proposal to increase water charges.

I’m not claiming water charges won’t go up, but there is a long way to go before actually proclaiming the increases.

Unless there is significant community support for the new charges I won’t be voting for them. Instead I will be promoting a stepped tariff.

More on that further on.

It’s a two edged sword – reduce consumption and council still has to meet the costs of delivering water to your door – of which about 70 per cent are fixed costs incurred by the cost of infrastructure.

Water processing plants, intake pump stations, reservoirs, meters and backflow prevention, water main pipes to your home, fire hydrants etc.

Plus the water department share of allocated costs to run city hall.

The next 30 per cent is to actually process the water and deliver it to your household.

The other side of the sword is that if water consumption had been allowed to run-on in the previously uncontrolled mode, then council would have had to spend large sums building new water supply plants and systems.

And that is presupposing that you could get a resource consent that allowed this uncontrolled and unsustainable consumption.

The finances of water are relatively simple. Council has to collect $17.289 million to run the water system.

Contrary to popular urban myth, council does NOT take money out of its various operations to sure up other operations.

Money collected from water stays in the water account.

At the moment that’s about $3million short (not $6m quoted in the Bay Times) due to the absolute success of a controlled consumption regime brought about by metering.

The present water pricing system works on a per cubic metre (1000 litres) charge of $1.58 per $1000 litres (residential). Plus a fixed charge of $26.

The $1.58 per 1000 litres is a flat rate regardless of how much you use.

Overseas it is common for there to be a stepped tariff that rewards reduced usage at the expense of those who wish to use more.

Media reports that the proposed new charges double the price of water are incorrect.

The annual fixed charge is proposed to go from $26 to $52 and the per cubic metre charge is proposed to go from $1.58 to $1.69.

This is to make up the $3 million shortfall.

Average household water consumption is 180sqm. That’s $310.21 a year currently.

Proposed new charges would be $355.99. That’s not double!

My solution, some form of stepped tariff, seems a fairer arrangement.

Step it for fairness

I have promoted a stepped tariff system for many years, but have failed to gain political support – principally I think because some elected members don’t fully understand the rationale. The way it works could be like this: of your water consumption, only about two per cent is actually consumed. So there could be a ‘free allowance’ for this in your fixed charge.

Next stage is basic consumption to run your household – showers, toilets, washing etc – sometimes referred to as a ‘grey water’, about 50 per cent. So that would be at a base rate.

Next stage would be ‘discretionary’ usage. Cleaning cars, swim pools, gardens etc can make up the balance.

The fourth stage is commercial usage where there is already separate charging methodology.

So a theoretical bill for a household might be – fixed charge includes two per cent of your usage.

Forty-eight per cent at a base rate and 50 per cent at an increased rate, say plus 50 per cent of the base rate.

This would then add incentives for households to recycle their grey water already produced, thus reducing demand on the water system.

It would incentivise household rainwater storage systems relieving some pressure on the stormwater system.

The final amount collected would be exactly the same dollar figure

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$17.289million, but those people who use less than others would be rewarded.

With the added benefit, albeit long term, of reduced capital works infrastructure on water, wastewater and stormwater.

On that subject, council will be revisiting volumetric charging on wastewater in the future.

Once again it’s a vexed question just like the water metering. In broad terms it involves charging a percentage of your water consumption as your wastewater charge.

In Auckland your wastewater charge is 80 per cent of your water consumption.

Tauranga still has a fixed wastewater charge of $330 regardless of how much wastewater you tip down the system.

Like water, wastewater is a standalone account where the actual costs are all you pay with no cross subsidisation to or from any other council activity.

User pays move to first

It does seem that with central government moving to a much more business based mode that council should move along too. Pay for what you use.

Socialist tendencies die hard, but if emotion is removed you sometimes get to see that fixed charges don’t always work the way people think.

A person living on their own with a large garden can easily eclipse the water consumption of a crammed household on a small section, just one example.

Fixing it fails

An across the board fixed charge can be very unfair as the introduction of water meters showed – at least for most.

So council should at least reconsider these charges now.

It is likely that in the event of the reorganisation of local government it will happen anyway.

It is not beyond the bounds of possibility that government may also make a grab for water. Like the tax grab on electricity.

The possibility for taxation are immense as the electricity grab has demonstrated. And here we are still delivering water and taking it away at cost.

No profit, no director’s fees, no

income or company tax, only GST. What potential for central government plundering. And like Max Bradford’s promises of the day with electricity ‘reforms’ – all for our benefit. Yeah right!

Please take the time

So this year’s draft annual plan requires serious consideration from everyone.

Please take the time to make your views known.

Clarification on last week’s item on possible local government reorganisation.

I said if it was to be, then a merger

between the City and Western Bay is a consideration.

I am not promoting that. At the moment it’s all working well. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!

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Giving back keeping boaties safe on the water For Tauranga Coastguard volunteer Calvern Sing, helping rescue boaties in trouble is more than just a nice thing to do, it is his way of giving back.

Calvern was almost lost to the sea 20 years ago after taking part in a fishing competition off Raglan with friends. The boat ran out of fuel in “horrendous” conditions 800m from shore.

The anchor was thrown out and initial hopes they would be helped by returning boats faded with time. With the radio out of action from water damage, everyone waited lashed together with plastic jerry cans.

“Time went on and we began drifting and we were eventually located at 3am the next morning 21 miles offshore (18 hours later).

The seas were rough and I fully expected we had done our dash,” says Calvern.

“I heard an aircraft sound and flares and goodness know what else – it was an Orion. It was a

Tauranga Coastguard volunteer Calvern Sing knows personally how terrifying it can be to run into trouble boating. Photo by Bruce Barnard.

great sense of relief – most of us were reduced to tears.”

A few years later when he shifted to Tauranga, Calvern volunteer with the Coastguard to give something back and get involved in the local community. He has been a volunteer for the last 16 years.

From becoming a member of the patrol crew, then crew skipper, he has gone on to become involved in the air patrol to search for missing vessels and also helps as

tening mobile phone batteries from talking all day; flattening the boat battery by playing the stereo for

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an incident manager coordinating rescue efforts from onshore.

Given the excitement of the Coastguard work he is surprised there is not a big queue of people wanting to join up as crew.

“It can be as exciting as you want it to be. You can get a call at 2am in the morning to go out for a rescue.”

Calvern says common avoidable mistakes boaties make include; carrying insufficient fuel; flat-

Drenching DPs Bethlehem College’s primary pupils have been practising their aim to prepare for the school’s ‘wet the teacher’ event.

Today is the chance to soak the school’s two deputy principals with sponges – one of a handful of activities organised by pupils as part of a ‘summer fun’ day. The day is the first in a series of fun activities on Fridays, organised by the pupil-led school council that aim to build the school’s sense of community.

Teacher Heather Robinson says pupils are particularly looking forward to wetting the two deputy principals Nathan Martin and Jamin Lietze.

“The children are really excited about wetting the teacher and wearing their jandals to school for the ‘funky jandal competition’.

“I’m sure it’s going to be a great success.”

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WHATS ON Hey kids we have something just for you on Saturday.

Express your creativity by using the latest in liquid chalk from Doodle on the window in Red Square and see your artistic creations come alive. Downtown Tauranga Ambassadors will be in Red Square between 10am and 2pm helping make Downtown Tauranga a brighter place.

Doodle is all about encouraging kids to be creative and use their imaginations to design and decorate everyday items that they use. The liquid chalk works on windows, as a great (non permanent) way for kids to have fun and express themselves. So get mum or dad to bring you down to Red Square to try out this great product – just start doodling!

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Tauranga Boys’ College under-17 rowers are looking to win gold at the North Island Secondary School’s rowing championships at Lake Karapiro. Photo by Tracy Hardy.

After hundreds of hours of training, Tauranga Boys’ College rowers are hoping their work pays off this weekend.

Teacher in charge of rowing Richard van Dijk says the crews and coaches have high hopes ahead of this weekend’s North Island Secondary School’s rowing championships at Lake Karapiro.

They’re heading in to rebuild the school’s reputation as a leader on the water.

In the 1980s and 90s, the college was a force to be reckoned with in

rowing when late acclaimed coach Bill Eaddy helped them win the Maadi Cup (the national secondary school championships) five years running.

Fortunes have waned since the school last claimed the title in 1997, but Richard says they are well into the rebuilding phase.

He has hopes they will improve on the school’s Maadi haul of two medals last year when they return to the nationals in a fortnight.

A former rower himself, Richard has a lot of belief in his boys who put in 12 training sessions a week during the competitive summer season.

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Ever wondered what makes the perfect cup of coffee? Troy O’Rourke from The Terrace Café in Piccadilly Arcade can tell you as he has been selected to compete in the Huhtahmaki New Zealand Barista Championships 2012 to find New Zealand’s best coffee maker. So come to Downtown Tauranga and order your cup from the Tauranga barista that knows his coffee!

WHATS HOT Get a great bargain at the last of the summer sales in Downtown Tauranga. There are some amazing deals to be had so make sure that you check them out. Even the most budget conscious will find some of the offers hard to pass up.

So as summer fades into autumn make sure you’re the one congratulating yourself for picking up some great items that will compliment your autumn and winter wardrobe from the summer sales.

EVENT Tauranga Domain is hosting the New Zealand Pipe Band Championships on Friday and Saturday with spectacular music and marching from 60 Pipe Bands from throughout New Zealand and Australia. Come and watch the bands march down Harrington Street along Durham Street into Spring Street on Saturday at 9am and then from 12.30pm their will be marching displays and Mace flourishing events at the Domain.

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He describes the sport as helping set students up for success in life, by developing cast-iron discipline and commitment.

“I have always believed that rowing is a sport that turns ordinary boys into extraordinary men.”

The under-17 squad, who will compete as an under-18 eight at Maadi next year, are competing in fours and doubles this weekend.

Crew member Jackson Pettit speaks for them all when he says “it’s all about the gold medal”.

“Once you get the gold, you are on such a huge buzz.”

By Hamish Carter

Singers look for musical director The Tauranga Oriana Singers are warming up their vocal chords as they prepare for their next concert.

The 35-stong choir faced the potential of having to give up on singing if they did not find a musical director to lead them.

Spokesperson David Wall says they are now restarting the group with the musical directorship of Les Borrell.

He says Les has worked with them in the past and has stepped up to help them continue.

The only problem is, Les can only take the group until June – at which point they will be on the hunt for a new director.

“We are still having difficulties in getting a musical director, although we had some inquiries, nothing came to fruition.

“We are starting again on March 13 at the Salvation Army hall in Eversham Road.

“We are always looking for new singers or preferably a permanent musical director.”

By Letitia Atkinson

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Successful adoptions

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Tr u s t Powe r Co m m u n i t y Aw a rd s Celebrate your local volunteers and help them to increase their profile, while giving them the opportunity to win cash prizes and the honour of representing the Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty regions at the TrustPower National Community Awards.

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SPCA Tauranga operations manager Margaret Rawiri and Sun Media general manager Ross Brown. Photo by Tracy Hardy.

The Tauranga SPCA once again had a very successful adoptathon weekend last month – and the adoptions are still going.

Operations manager Margaret Rawiri says they had a great weekend, and are still doing well from their feature in The Weekend Sun, successfully finding homes for many animals.

During the weekend alone, the SPCA was able to adopt out five puppies, four adult cats and 15 kittens.

“It was a very busy weekend, lots of people coming and going,” says Margaret.

“People are still coming in and telling us about the animal that was in the spread and is it available.”

From all the businesses that bought an ad and sponsored a pet in The Weekend Sun feature, The Weekend Sun has made a donation from this revenue back to the SPCA in the form of a $500 donation.

Well done to the Tauranga SPCA and thank you for all your good work.

Pin Up Pet of the Week My name is ‘Nala’ and I am an 18 month old female cat. I am super friendly and looking for that special person who is wanting a wonderful new companion and friend to share their life and home with.

If you think you are the one I’m looking for please come into the SPCA to meet me or phone 578 0245 for more information. Ref no. 15952

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Losing hair for a good cause People are being encouraged to ‘shave their lid for a brave kid’ on March 17 to raise money and awareness for Child Cancer, and Dame Susan Devoy is amongst those getting ready to shed their locks.

The Child Cancer Foundation is aiming to reduce the impact of cancer by offering services to ensure children and their families are supported, informed and well cared for on their journey with cancer.

Susan says she is trying to think of the positive aspects of shaving her head and not about losing her hair.

“I try not to think about it really.”

She first got involved when Delwynne Hahunga, Tauranga Child Cancer Foundation coordinator, rang her and asked her to meet for a coffee to ask how she could help with the initiative.

“I generally like to help people and this seemed like the obvious thing they had coming up that I could get involved in,” says Susan.

Port of Tauranga chief executive Mark Cairns is also supporting the cause by shaving his head.

Susan and Mark had a mutual friend who died of leukaemia recently and Susan says taking part in the event is a fitting tribute to their friend.

She says shaving her head is

going to have more of an impact and will raise a greater awareness of the cause.

“I think it has a bit more impact; I could be a street collector as well, but I think given my profile, I think they could use that and raise a little bit more money.

“There are so many street appeals and collections that sometimes it’s hard not to get caught up in it all.”

She says it’s a great cause and she encourages people to donate money online and for those who can’t, to come along on the day and show their support.

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Delwynne says three children are diagnosed with cancer each week in New Zealand, and collectively undergo a total of 100,000 treatments and procedures annually.

She says for each of these treatments, they receive a Bead of Courage from the Child Cancer Foundation.

“A dedicated Child Cancer Foundation family support coordinator is available to each child and family from time of diagnosis,” says Delwynne.

“The Foundation receives no funding from the government or from any other cancer charities and relies on the generous support of New Zealanders to help fight child cancer.”

People wanting to support Susan’s fundraising efforts can make a secure online donation at www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/ SusanDevoy/ Email Delwynne for further information, dhahunga@childcancer.org.nz

By Letitia Atkinson

Susan Devoy and Port of Tauranga CEO Mark Carins get ready for the chop.

Photo by Tracy Hardy.

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A speedy recovery I’m not sure what happened to Flo on Wednesday, but it must have been one hell of a party.

Flo arrives home in the Mobile Vet taxi with Monique, after a big day out at Jorg’s surgery.

She came back to the office looking pretty worse for wear, slightly groggy, and with a lampshade on her head.

I heard the two-leggers talking about getting spayed. Assuming they needed the spade to

clean up the backyard from various deposits left there, I didn’t take a lot of notice.

However, by lunchtime there was no sign of Flo, and it’s not like a Labrador to miss lunch.

Gee, two helpings of nutritional Ziwipeak and only me. What a responsibility.

Then late in the day, she shows up with the lovely Monique, who must be a sort of dial-adriver for wayward canines.

Damn, it must have been quite a wild party

Committees due for the chop?

National and local government has been searching for ‘back office savings’ and ‘efficiency dividends’.

Government claimed immediately a saving of 3500 state sector jobs, while promising to provide a better and more efficient service.

We should also be looking at committees for further savings.

We all know the camel was a horse designed by a committee, but this weekend we have been informed by researchers that all committee members have a measurable drop in IQ of up to 30 per cent within the first hour of any committee meeting. The government obviously didn’t hear the last bit and now ‘committees, working parties, advisory

Each year, we have an annual forum and our 13th forum was held last weekend at North Shore, Auckland, with more than 100 attending, including the Prime Minister, three Cabinet Ministers and 10 MPs.

The Bluegreens believe the environment is too important for adversarial politics, and we invite participation and debate from all sides

of the political and NGO spectrum.

The Prime Minister launched ‘Building a Bluegreen Future’ – an environment policy paper reporting on the progress of the National-led Government during the last three years and setting out the next steps to be taken in this term.

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INDOOR BOWLING

Bethlehem Hall (opposite Countdown) every Monday night Indoor Bowling at 7.15pm, all ages welcome, first 3nights FREE. Phone Wendy for more information 07 578 2585

GENEALOGY

Genealogy at Arataki Community Centre. 1st Wednesday of Month. 10-12 noon.

Research with friendly group.

Phone 07 575 5820 or 07 575 6260

JUNIOR RUGBY

Tauranga Sports Junior Rugby Club (Inc).

All Children Welcome Under 7s (5yrs old) to Under 13s (12yrs old) Ages are as at 1st January 2012 – 12yr olds must present for club.

Monday 12th march 5.30pm – 7.30pm and Sunday 1st April 3pm to 5pm - Tauranga Sports Club Rooms at the Tauranga Domain on Cameron Road. Club contact details at www.sportsground. co.nz/tgasportsjuniorrugby Registration forms available on this website for new players.

Note: No eftpos available.

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come join the most active and friendly club in the district. Contact Brian 570-0074

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Come along to our Social Get Together and Prize Giving. Supper Provided. Thurs 5th April 7.30pm.

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Salsa hits key notes Put a bit of spice in your movement and learn the red-hot steps of salsa.

Salsa is a Latin dance form with origins from the Cuban Son and Afro-Cuban dance. Salsa is a popular social dance throughout Latin America as well as in North America, Europe, Australia and some countries in Asia and the Middle East.

Bay Salsa is a community-based club that promotes and fosters street Latin dance in the Bay of Plenty.

It is a group of people who enjoy salsa socially and run a number of parties through the year. Bay Salsa run classes in bachata, salsa and zouk in Tauranga and it is also

home to the Bay Salsa Festival.

Beginner and improver classes are every Monday at Otumoetai Action Centre at 6.45pm and 7.45pm, followed by an open class teaching a specific dance style at 8.45pm. Cost is $12 per class for members, $15 for non-members. New intake for next six week course is April 2.

Za Bar Pizzeria is the new venue which holds a Latin night every Thursday which is hosted by Bay Salsa from 8pm, starting with an intro to Salsa class. Everyone is welcome to come along. Social dancing is from 9pm.

Cost $2 at the door or free if you are a club member.

Hitting all the right notes If you are interested in meeting new people and love to sing, why not consider joining Keynotes?

Keynotes is a group of women who get together socially and sing in an acapella style four-part harmony. As well as getting together as a social group and enjoying the company of likeminded people, they are available for hire for special functions such as weddings and reunions.

Being a part of this group is more than just singing – it is about meeting new people, making great friends and enjoying new experiences through the functions they perform for.

If you are interested in finding out more about joining, feel free to join them 6.45pm Thursdays at the Wesley Centre, 100 13th Avenue, Tauranga. Cost is $4 per week.

Dance the night away with Bay Salsa.

An essay of achievement Prior to grading in the Mile High Karate system, all students go through

by Grant Buchanan of Mile High Karate and a prep cycle.

Youngforest Tai Chi For Black Belt, the prep cycle and Black Belt test are the most complete and exhaustive anywhere.

Part of this prep cycle is a very high level of physical and Martial ability, leadership and interpersonal skills. There is also a requirement to complete community service for a minimum time frame and a reflective essay on “What Mile High Karate has done for me”.

Here is an extract from Rachel Smith’s Essay: “Kempo Training at MHK has done so much for me and my family. It has given me the opportunity to meet new people and make new lifetime friends who helped me through these hard days in prep cycle when I thought my body would give up.

They also helped me through the last two tests if I forgot something they tried their best to help me get what I needed.

MHK has also strengthened me both mentally and physically. It has strengthened me physically by making me push my limit and do 110 per cent every time. It has strengthened me mentally by making me do something I didn’t think I could do.”

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Squash Secret club recruits new members centre rebounds and competition shooting, and leadership, where they develop the skills to lead others.

Another opportunity offered is NZQA credits for some of the training programme. Sea cadets can also gain qualifications through the coastguard courses.

Cadets on guard at ANZAC Day.

Tauranga is set to become a centre of excellence for squash, building on the city’s new state of the art squash facilities.

The Dame Susan Devoy Squash and Fitness Centre, officially opened on Thursday by Prime Minister John Key, has already proven a hit among locals with 100 new members joining the Tauranga Squash Club since the courts opened for play in November.

The new four-court centre cost $1.8m to build alongside Tauranga Boys’ College at the corner of Devonport Road and 13th Avenue.

The cost has been covered by $1m from trust grants and an interest-free loan from Bay Trust for the remainder to be repaid upon the sale of the Tauranga Squash Club’s 44-year-old rooms in Seventh Avenue.

Centre manager Karl Brown says the new centre is a great asset for the whole community and could be used by anyone interested, including schools.

The centre is staffed six days a week to offer non-members a chance to book casual court use.

Tauranga is home to three units which are Smashing success: part of New Zealand’s best kept secret club.

Former squash New Zealand Cadet Forces are an organisaworld champion tion for boys and girls aged 13 to 16 years old.

Dame Susan It comprises of No.16 Squadron Air Training Devoy and Prime Corps, TS Chatham Sea Cadets and Western Minister John Key Bay of Plenty Cadet Corps. open the The organisation is not part of the New new courts.

Zealand Defence Force, but is directed by the Photo by Tracy Hardy.

Chief of Defence Force on behalf of the Minister of Defence. The organisation is a voluntary, “Our target is to make it a high performdisciplined, uniformed youth leadership trainance centre,” says Karl. ing organisation.

“We want to leverage off having the counThe cadets meet each week night, either on try’s best squash facilities by holding training Tuesday for those with an interest in flying camps and high profile competitions and (Air Training Corp), Wednesday if you have an tournaments.” interest in sailing (T S Chatham sea cadets), or The first competition being hosted is the Thursday if you have an interest in the Army Bay Of Plenty Squash Open in May, before (WBOPCC). holding the country’s largest event – the Cadets learn drill, dress and bearing, survival New Zealand Secondary Schools Squash skills and bush craft, First Aid, general service Championships – in August, which will knowledge (which is gaining knowledge about the Royal New Zealand Navy, Army or Air attract 400 competitors.

Force, Navigation), firearms training, where “With modern design and state of the art facilities, our new location will soon become they become skilled in safe firearms handling the hub of squash in the region and well beyond,” says Karl.

The next phases of the centre’s development include another two more courts within the centre and building a new stand-alone cardiovascular suite and gym adjoining the complex. Karl says the centre has been named after Dame Susan Devoy – the world’s greatest woman player ever – in recognition for her major contribution to the sport, on and off the court.

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Fun beyond the screens Bethlehem and Omokoroa Plunkets join forces to encourage old-fashioned community spirit beyond the Playstation and Xbox generation.

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Plunket’s Tiny Tots Try is an event designed to raise awareness for Annual Appeal Week and rediscover the fun of childhood, with events such as sack races, tug-of-war and egg and spoon races.

The exciting obstacle course is aimed at children aged two to six years old. Children get to glide down a superslide, jump over hay bales, run through bubbles and walk along balance beams – a real challenge when you’re just over two foot tall.

Organiser of the Tiny Tots Try Rebecca McConnochie says both Plunket groups are excited for this event to provide a way for families to reconnect together.

“The demands of modern life mean families don’t always get the opportunity to spend as much time together as they might like,” says Rebecca.

“This event is an opportunity for families and the community to come together and enjoy some good oldfashioned fun while raising funds to support young families and local services.”

The Tiny Tots Try Adventure Course is March 11 at Kulim Park.

Get an early bird discount of $8 for one child, $15 for two or $20 for three or more children from the same family – cost is more if you register on the day.

Registrations for the event start

Plunket Tiny Tots Try organiser Kristen Retter with some competitors, from left, Sam Retter, Keenan McConnochie and Sam Hesmondhalgh. Photo by Bruce Barnard.

at 10am with races start at 10.30am. All the money collected in the community stays in the community and helps provide Plunket services.

To pre-register for the Early Bird Discount email tinytotstry@ xtra.co.nz

Running barefooted and free Do you remember the joys of running around as a child, barefoot, without

a care in the world?

Barefoot children are a wonderful sight. There are a huge number of experiences to be had with these little feet and here are a few: Sand – children love feeling sand between their toes, wet sand, dry sand, treading or trudging through it. I recently observed children on the estuary.

The expressions on their faces showed the very real experiences they were having with the sand oozing between their little toes. Jandals and shoes were quickly kicked off in favour of genuine natural feet. These made to measure ‘shoes’ do not fill up with sand, grip

much better and are easy to clean with a hose. They are less likely to get stuck in squelchy sand too.

Grass – there is nothing like the feel of the dew on your feet walking through the grass in the morning. Given the opportunity, children will relish the opportunity to feel grass in all its states – icy grass, dry grass, warm grass, wet grass, muddy grass. Yes, especially muddy grass – it’s great for sliding.

Hills – have you ever taken a child on a hill climb in shoes only to find they proved a hindrance. Children can grip so much better with the natural variety – proof

that they were stuck on our legs for a reason.

Health benefits – children travelling barefoot assists in using muscles needing to be strengthened by playing, thus optimising the lower limb bio-mechanics.

Now, I am not advocating a mass destruction of shoes banned forever and embodied into the laws of our land. Shoes have a very meaningful place. They are a wonderful means of protection from the cold, rough, hard and unhygienic surfaces and as our preschool children get older, they are necessary for many sports, outings and special occasions.

Let your imagination run wild Doodle is the fun new stationary shop with a twist, recently opening in Goddards Shopping Centre. The store encourages creativity by supplying you with the tools to ‘doodle’ on everything, including

shoes, umbrellas and books.

The Weekend Sun has a great Doodle prize pack to be won. To enter, simply do your best ‘doodle’ on any piece of paper – a picture of your favourite animal, some flowers, your house and family, anything! Include your name, age and phone number and drop it into the store in Goddards

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The cost of growing great kids There are no surprises or extra charges for ‘free’ childcare at Tauranga centre Kids on nineteen.

“Parents always want to find out what extras they will have to pay, says Rosie Crombie, the owner of Kids on nineteen early learning centre.

“It’s like there’s an expectation of additional education or meal charges on 20 hours early childhood education.”

But Rosie’s word is her bond.

She believes in the importance of keeping childcare accessible for families and she is committed to only offering quality care and education.

“We focus on honouring the

Since taking ownership of the Tauranga centre in September 2011, Rosie has had it renovated with the creation of a new baby area, catering to the specific needs of under two year olds.

The centre now has ample options for children to explore their interests and to extend on those interests, needs and levels of development.

“We have such a great team – staff are

dedicated and committed to ensuring our children have a strong sense of belonging and security.”

Rosie stresses the centre does not cut costs by compromising quality, maintaining teacher-child ratios to, or above, the Ministry of Education requirements.

Kids on nineteen has limited vacancies for babies and over two year olds.

By Hamish Carter

Logan, 2, owner Rosie, and Caleb, 4, Crombie in the water play area with Mackenzie, 4, and Malachi, 2, Hohaia. government’s commitment to give 20 hours per week of subsidised (free) childcare for children over three years old, and we still maintain a high level of quality care and education.”

With research showing that chil-

dren who have had access to quality care and education perform better at school and later in life, Rosie is a firm believer in making childcare accessible for everyone and ensuring children develop a love of learning.

Escape to a playland for parents For parents of young children, Lollipop’s Playland offers a dream escape – with its combination of fun, safe play for children and great coffee, meals or snacks for parents.

Last month, the Windermere-based centre returned to the control of original owners Susan and Murray Clark, who have made some changes reviving past successes.

When the couple originally set up the business five years ago, they had young children and were keenly aware of the gap in the market to offer a fun children’s play space where parents could relax over a nice cup of coffee and muffin.

“We couldn’t find a place for my antenatal group to meet with our children, so we ended up going to a member’s house, drinking their coffee and having our children run around,” says Susan.

Susan say it continues to be a leader in its field, with its large indoor play area, fun rides that adults can go on – including the tea cup ride and playframe with speed slide, dress-up area, safe baby play area, and secure wrist band system which prevents children from

leaving without their assigned adult.

On top of this, Susan and Murray have brought back some popular meal options, including nachos, wedges and chicken wraps, and great little meals for the kids.

They’ve introduced top quality locally-roasted Excelso coffee; changed the birthday party format so children can enjoy Lollipop the cat and are served by a host during the 90 minute party; and adjusted opening hours to 9.30am-5.30pm seven days a week.

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Owner Susan Clark with the tea cup ride at Lollipop’s Playland.

Photo by Bruce Barnard.

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Haircuts in support of lost locks An Otumoetai hair salon is cutting hair in support of women who have lost theirs.

Hair Cuts or

Funky salon Hair 2 Stare @ are offering $5 dry haircuts or straightening during the Multicultural Festival at the Historic Village from 10am until 4pm.

All proceeds from the hair styles/cuts are going towards Breast Cancer Support Services, a service salon owner Corina Conn says is close to the heart of her and the salon.

“I have had a few clients who have lost their hair through chemotherapy; so this is something I thought we could do to support a great cause.”

On the day, four senior hairdressers and one intermediate hairdresser will be on-site performing the cuts.

The salon is also handing out flyers on the day. If clients bring the flyer into the salon when they next visit, 15 per cent of their bill will be donated to Breast Cancer Support Services.

Intermediate stylist Niki, senior stylist Toni, senior stylist Katja and Hair 2 Stare @ owner and senior stylist Corina.

Socialites calling for new members People with mild disabilities who want an active social life are being invited to join the Socialites on Friday nights.

Hair Cuts or

The group was organised by Tauranga resident Edna Fitzgerald in a bid to get her daughter socialising with people her own age when she was getting to the age where she didn’t want to hang out with mum and dad anymore.

“Nearly 10 years ago I started this group for people with mild disabilities just to socialise.

“It’s been going really, really well,” says Edna.

“We have a number of members, but there are often people who have moved to town who don’t know about us who have people who might like to join.”

The club meets every two weeks on a Friday night.

Edna says they enjoy a variety

of activities including going to clubs to listen to bands, ten-pin bowling, pot-luck dinners and movie nights. She says the age group is “30ish”, give or take a few years.

“It’s really good. They’re all friends and they all socialise like everybody else.

“Sometimes these people miss out on normal socialisation, so this is what gives them their social life.”

Edna says they have to go out independently because she doesn’t accompany them out.

“They have to have acceptable behaviour.”

Since calling her first meeting 10 years ago, Edna says she has received nothing but positive feedback from parents.

“These people now have a social life and it’s very well worthwhile.

“Lots of families have people who just sit home. These people have a very social life.”

People wanting to get involved in the group can phone Edna 07 575 3739.

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Organic produce: how good is it?

When I first heard people raving about organic foods, I assumed the benefits were based around spray-free produce (fruit and vegetables) and that this was the limit of their health giving properties.

Thinking that I could thoroughly wash non-organically grown produce and they would be as good as the organic ones. How wrong I was!

Generally speaking, for produce to qualify for the tag ‘organic’, it needs to be grown, processed and/or stored without the use of synthetic fertiliser, chemicals, herbicides, pesticides, fungicides or genetic modification.

By eliminating these synthetic compounds, plants are able to grow as they should. The result is a slower growing, hardier plant, and it is this that causes an increase in the nutrient content of the fruits and vegetables. When growth rates are slowed, there is in an increase in fibre content, both soluble and insoluble fibre, both health giving benefits. Insoluble fibre is linked with helping fight the development of digestive cancers, in particular bowl cancer; and the soluble fibre can help lower cholesterol.

The slower plant growth, along with the organic plant’s need to develop its defence against insects, funguses, and bacteria, that stimulates the plant’s immune systems and it is this that increases the nutrient content of the produce. The increased

nutrients include more antioxidants, chlorophyll and polyphenols, which are all health-giving compounds.

It is the increase of these goodies that makes the organic produce so good for us. Some organic fruits and vegetables can have up to 30 per cent more antioxidants than non-organically grown produce.

Antioxidants combat the harmful free radicles that cause so much damage to our immune systems and have been linked to cancer, heart disease and aging. It makes so much sense to consume more antioxidants and for those trying to limit their calorie intake, eating produce that has higher levels of nutrients is advantageous.

But, I hear the cry…organic fruit and vegetables are so expensive. Not so if you are prepared to shop around at the local farmers markets or organic speciality shops for their specials. Another way to have a continuous supply of organic produce is to grow it yourself. Not only will you have a great supply of fruit and vegetables, but will also gain the benefits of exercise whilst developing your garden.

Golden ageing and independence You can’t live forever, but with exercise, you can minimise the limitations of ageing far into your senior years.

tion now that baby boomers are entering their golden years. This study of 18,766 women aged 70-81 years not only revealed exercise can increase brain power, but also reduces the risk of One of the fears of ageing cognitive decline by 20 is being unable to perform per cent in those who simple physical tasks, exercise. such as climbing stairs.

It may not be life A four year study that threatening, but monitored 6981 men incontinence can and women, found be a humiliating increased physical burden for the aged. activity fostered a sigA study of 2355 nificant improvement women aged 54-79 in mobility. years were moniEchoing the research tored for two years above, this study – they showed that focused on 349 men and chances of suffering women who were aged this affliction can be 55 years and older. After significantly reduced six years of monitoring, the with regular subjects who were fitter exercise, including demonstrated less decline walking. in mental activity.

Cognitive decline as a Older people consequence of ageing Healthy inspiration can improve is getting more attenPatricia Fox. their chances

of staying pain-free from arthritis by exercising regularly, according to a study that looked at 8750 Australian women in different age groups: 48-55 years and 72-79 years. The researchers stressed that findings showed that increased exercise led to less pain, as those who exercised two and a half hours a week reported less discomfort from arthritis than those women who exercised one hour and 15 minutes.

This six year study determined that men and women aged 65 and older dramatically lessened their chances of developing the heartbreaking conditions of dementia and Alzheimer’s by regularly exercising. Working out for as little as 15 minutes three days a week reduces the risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s by 40 per cent.

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Free radicals causing Hypertension I started working with potent antioxidants more than 15 years ago. These include nature’s most potent antioxidant OPC, which is extracted from the purple pigments on red wine grape seeds.

We soon started to get reports of people with primary hypertension noting their blood pressure had reduced and/or stabilised.

There were only two possible mechanisms for OPC to help lower blood pressure. It was either the ability to neutralise free radicals that were damaging blood vessels, or their anti-inflammatory properties.

Recent research has confirmed that free radicals play a major role in the cause of primary hypertension. A study ‘Oxidative Stress in Hypertension’ (De Champlain 2004; Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypertension) identified the role free radicals play in changes to blood vessel walls

in hypertension. It concluded free radicals damage the smooth muscle that forms the lining of blood vessels, causing narrowing of blood vessels and therefore increasing blood pressure.

The secret to effective antioxidant therapy is combining antioxidants that work together for maximum benefit and, of course, adding these at the right levels.

For hypertension, I usually build the programme around 500mg of water extracted 95 per cent concentration OPC, 500mg of hesperidin, 1000mg of combined ascorbates (vitamin C), 1000mg Acai extract, 100mg high grade Resveratrol, 100mg of Alpha Lipoic Acid, plus other supporting compounds such as Goji, Ginkgo, Green Tea and various trace minerals and vitamins.

The whole purpose of this approach is to combat free radicals damaging blood vessels. This will do several things. Firstly, it reduces constriction and secondly, it can result in better structure of the entire blood vessel.

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One of the main problems with blood vessels is free radicals damaging collagen causing over-twisting (cross-linking) of collagen fibres, which harden blood vessels resulting in increased resistance and therefore blood pressure.

This approach not only can help hypertension, it can help other circulatory problems such as fluid retention, cramps, muscle pain and in some cases, varicose and spider veins. As with any nutritional therapy, it is important to get good advice and to work to a programme that includes appropriate diet. Over time, this can mean a real improvement to the health of your blood vessels and uninterrupted blood flow is the key to good health. To join my weekly newsletter visit www.johnarts.co.nz or www.abundant.co.nz John Arts is the founder of Abundant Health. To contact John phone 07 578 9051 or 0800 423 559. To read more from John, visit www.sunlive.co.nz

Helping a community of people in need Tauranga residents are being asked to dig deep to enable New Zealand Red Cross to continue to help people in need, both in New Zealand and overseas.

From March 12 to 18, Red Cross volunteers will be collecting donations on the streets, at stalls and going door-to-door throughout New Zealand

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during the New Red Cross Annual Appeal week.

“We hope people in Tauranga will support us as well as they have in the past,” says events coordinator Heather Dabrowski.

“At home in Tauranga, Red Cross offers practical help: Delivering almost 10,000 nutritious Meals on Wheels, transporting more than 200 people from Te Puke to hospital appoint-

ments in Tauranga and Whakatane, delivering People Savers courses to intermediate students, Save A Mate (SAM) programme, maintaining flowers for patients in Tauranga Hospital, providing First Aid training, event first aid and mobility aids, and assisting in emergencies.”

During Appeal week, look out for red-themed collectors wearing official collector identification. On Friday, March 16, Red Cross asks supporters to wear something red and show their support for Red Cross.

Heather says they are also still on the lookout for volunteers to assist with the appeal.

“It might not sound like a lot, but everyone who gives a couple of hours of their time is helping to make a positive difference to people in their time of need.”

For more information, phone Heather Dabrowski or Jan Pryce 07 578 6987.

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Filling in the light Having a safe and efficient home is an important asset to home owners, but it is not until they sit down with the team from Energy Mad that they realise just how inefficient their home can be.

According to Energy Mad, only five per cent of electricity used by incandescent and halogen down lights actually lights up your home. The remaining 95 per cent becomes heat.

As a result, normal down lights get very hot. To be safety compliant, holes are required in the light fittings and ceiling insulation to stop them becoming a fire risk.

Unfortunately, these holes then act as ‘chimneys’ that cause you to lose up to three times more heat through your ceiling.

Energy Mad consultant John Cassidy says showing home owners the facts and figures of energy loss means they come to their own conclusions.

“We highlight problems in their home they never even realised –

drafts and spider webs around light fittings are a particular indicator that there are holes in the light cavity that allows air to move in and out,” says John.

“Once they realise the problem and realise the cost of the energy wasted, they want to be part of the solution.”

Energy Mad has released its new Ecobulb downlight that can be quickly installed in place of incandescent and halogen downlight fittings.

The Ecobulb downlight puts out plenty of light, uses up to 80 per cent less electricity and lasts five times longer.

Best of all, it doesn’t get hot like older style down lights. Installing Ecobulb downlights therefore means the insulation holes can be filled in.

This removes the fire risk and

cuts ceiling heat loss by up to twothirds. For a limited time, Energy Mad is offering Tauranga homeowners a free

home inspection to find out whether the new Ecobulb downlight can make your home safer.

Discover a world of new planets normal part of Curiosity’s job as ‘stunt NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope was double’ for human astronauts. launched in 2009. Since then, it has The TAS Observatory is located at the found 2326 potential planets and demClubrooms in Fergusson Park, Matua. onstrated that planets are not at all rare in Public meetings are every second and the universe. The vast majority of planets fourth Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm. to be discovered by Kepler have been For more information phone 07 543 large gaseous worlds, akin to Jupiter, with 5358. Data courtesy of Stardome, Auckland and the environments inhospitable to life, as we know it. Earlier in the month, the Kepler team announced the discovery Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand. of a pair of planets around a star not unlike the Sun – one about as big as Earth and the other marginally smaller.

During March, four of our solar system’s planets grace the early evening sky. Venus and Jupiter enliven the western twilight. They are low in the horizon and set as the sky darkens. Venus is the brighter of the two. With a telescope, Jupiter appears as a disk with its four brightest moons lined up on either side. Mars is mid-way up the northeast sky, while Saturn is in the east at dusk. A telescope with 20x magnification will show Saturn’s rings.

Its largest moon, Titan, is about four ring-diameters from the planet.

Last month the Mars Rover ‘Curiosity’, travelling en route to Mars, experienced a severe solar radiation storm.

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Quality that goes and goes SMAC owner Steve McCarthy.

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For quality water blasters and vacuum cleaners that are guaranteed to keep going and going – it’s best to talk to the team at SMAC. Steve McCarthy, who has run SMAC Electrical and Auto Air Conditioning for 25 years, loves sending customers away with Karcher’s high quality products because he knows they will love the brand’s reliability and backup.

“I want people to get the right machine so they won’t be back after a few months unhappy because it’s not doing the job they require.”

Customers can be assured replacement parts will be available for all Karcher products for a long time – with Steve often repairing 20-year-old machines.

While Steve accepts price is important, he urges those looking for cleaning equipment to remember the last time they bought something cheap that ended up costing them more.

“You talk to anyone who buys the cheap ones and then they break down and you can’t get the parts, so they end up throwing them away and you’ve wasted your dollars.

“But if you pay for a named brand such as Karcher, you know you are getting a good product. “Parts are available and you have

wonderful backup from SMAC and Karcher.”

The Karcher brand, designed in Germany, specialises in quality cleaning equipment made from high standard materials, with a range that goes from entry-level domestic, up to heavy duty commercial.

Karcher are world leaders in water blaster technology and offer a full range of accessories and products.

Visit SMAC for all your cleaning needs, from around the home, right up to heavy duty industrial units – they can supply and service them all.

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Luxurious health benefits

Get the great health benefits of a spa from the familyowned business that knows a thing or two about the right one for you.

Ford Spa Pools has been selling and servicing spa pools from their Chapel Street premises since 1990.

They have been authorised dealers for HotSpring Portable Spas since 1990.

“We stock the HotSpring range of spas exclusively as we have found they continue to be the most luxurious, reliable and energy-efficient

spa available in New Zealand,” says owner Jason Ford.

The health benefits of spas are well known and Jason says customers buy spas for many different reasons; stress relief, aches and pains, arthritis, insomnia, or just for family fun.

“My four-year-old son thinks he’s Jacques Cousteau. He wears a mask and snorkel in our spa more often than not! Kids always love spas.”

Ford Spa Pools offer a complete installation service.

All the home owner needs to supply is a solid level surface or deck to place the spa on and Ford

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Spa Pools delivery team take care of the rest.

“All our spas are completely self-contained with no plumbing connections,” says Jason. “You just fill it with a hose and plug into a normal household power point.

“Our customers are often surprised at how easily we do the installation.”

Ford Spa Pools also supply new spa or pool covers and have two experienced spa and pool servicemen, both qualified electricians, who can repair any brand of spa or pool pump, or electrical equipment quickly and efficiently.

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Pulling the best blinds in town Being able to offer the best quality and price, whilst manufacturing their products right here in Tauranga – not China – is no mean achievement, but Bay Blinds has proudly achieved just this.

Bay Blinds is a typical Kiwi humble “started in the garage” type of business.

Paul and Lyn Taylor started their blind manufacturing business 23 years ago because Paul, who had worked in the industry previously, saw an opportunity to manufacture blinds locally.

During the years, Bay Blinds moved to a series of ever larger commercial buildings and finally into their current 1000 square metre factory.

As to the Bay Blinds secret to success, well “it’s no secret really”, says Paul.

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Paul chooses only the best components and fabrics, such as North American cedar for wood blinds, expanded polystyrene (not PVC) for faux wood blinds, and fabrics from the world’s premier weavers for roller and vertical blinds.

“When buying in bulk quantities, it costs very little extra to get the best, so why not use the best!”

High grade components are transformed by skilled workers operating computer-controlled machinery into blinds that are amongst the best in the world.

Pricing is also highly competitive, so much so, that blind resellers throughout New Zealand also deal with Bay Blinds, accounting for about 75 per cent of total production.

Bay Blinds showroom is open Monday to Friday, 8am to 4.30pm at 8 Maleme Street, Greerton, Tauranga.

Rates protest goes online The protest against Tauranga City Council’s intention to raise water rates has gone online, and is rapidly gaining support.

A Facebook Page protesting the decision to double the water charge gained 168 new members since it appeared on SunLive earlier this week. By Wednesday, there were 241 members of the Facebook group ‘STOP fixed water charging DOUBLING IN TAURANGA’.

“We were just going to let it run for a couple of weeks and see how many people we have got and then either visit red square, or start a petition,” says the Facebook group organiser Colleen Gourlay. “We don’t know yet, but we are going to do something.”

It’s a hot topic with Tauranga ratepayers, given the issue’s history. A previous city council held a referendum on water meters, the vote was ‘no’, but the council went ahead anyway says Colleen.

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Interior character and style Guthrie Bowron Tauranga is hosting ‘An evening of interior design and decorating’ on March 28 from 7pm.

Learn about the latest home trends, ask burning home decorating questions and get advice from the experts that know the key to interior design bliss.

The showcase features Guthrie Bowron representatives from all fields of interior design, including fabric trends and painting ‘dos and don’ts’.

Each with experiences in his/her field, the consultants are demonstrating handy tips, featuring the seasonal trends and answering questions.

Interior designer

Angela Cook and curtain design consultant Anna Given are two of the consultants featuring in the showcase. Anna’s role at GB Tauranga is to “access people’s homes and, with the client, design

ideas that will enhance the room” .

“Every home is different,” says Anna. “Curtain trends depend very much on the size and shape of the window and room. These are the things that together we discuss to get the right look for the room as well as making it look fresh, modern and with a look that surpasses time.”

Anna adds that the linen look is particularly fashionable at the moment, as well as patterns, which are making a comeback.

Angela says her role as an interior designer is to “listen and interpret your personality, so that a space is created that reflects who you are”.

“I aim to translate a

vision into reality, to create a space with excitement and harmony, and provide financial solutions for your lifestyle.

“Good design means combing the beautiful and the practical, whilst creat-

ing a home that has soul character and style.”

Pre-registration for the night is essential. Phone Guthrie Bowron to book your place.

Interior designer Angela Cook and curtain design consultant Anna Given from Guthrie Bowron.

Social media takes a stand on rates “Now they want to double the water rate. We are paying enough in water rates for that sort of thing.”

Colleen says it’s amazing what you can do on Facebook.

“If you use it the right way, you can reach quite a few people.”

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Guy is a group member who says social media are becoming more involved in community/council issues.

“It’s a sign of a changing medium for voicing protest. I think one of the reasons people are attracted to it is it is unedited.

“It provides an opportunity to

express an opinion without a third party, be it a meeting chairman or newspaper editing, abbreviating it, cutting off.

“It’s going to require people in public office, and staff, to re-think their whole approach.”

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Building licences affect many trades Building regulations are now in place as to who can lawfully undertake critical building work on residential construction and, in some cases, maintenance/ alterations.

This work is called restricted building work; it commonly covers weathertightness and structural works requiring a building consent.

This work needs to be done right first time for a building to perform throughout its life cycle. A Licensed Certified Builder offering a 10 year Homefirst building guarantee is the best person to take on such risk.

DIY and homeowner provisions are on their way, in the meantime, there is still plenty of scope for the DIY community. Replacing plaster board and walls that are not structural, or exterior works that do not compromise the exterior envelop of a residential building.

For the tradesman, many will be affected

– most will not achieve a licence to sign their work off and will need to work in with their main contractor to be supervised.

Structural and weathertightness implicates on exterior painters to plaster board installers –bracing/ diaphragm. There are stiff penalties for getting it wrong, for practitioners, homeowners and developers.

To clarify the confusion on what can and can’t be done and by who; WBOP Certified Builders Association is hosting a two hour workshop with speakers from the Department of Building and Housing, clarifying restricted building work, memoranda, builders and homeowners obligations. The workshop if free and open to anyone wishing to be better informed about these areas of building work.

The workshop is at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic Windermere Campus on March 29.

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No more ‘she’ll be right’ attitude Building industry rules aimed at eradicating the ‘cowboy’ buildings who are blamed for a lot of building industry gaffes came into effect this week.

From March 1, any structural or weather tightness work has to be performed by a Licensed Building Practitioner.

It’s a government change that ratepayers and the public will end up paying for says Tauranga City Council building services manager Rob Wickman. Rob was reporting on the change to the council’s projects and monitoring committee meeting this week.

“There’s going to be quite a lot of extra paper work and administration for us,” says Rob. “Nobody really saw that, but it’s coming.”

House repairs or alterations that are structural or affect the building’s weather tightness may, from March 1, be required to be undertaken by a Licensed Build-

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ing Practitioner. It means an LBP must design or carry out the work.

The council will be checking the licences of the designers and builders and associated trades.

As well as checking the people involved are licensed, the council is also tasked with checking the design is by a licensed practitioner and assigning the design a licence number.

This week, all Rob’s available staff were working on the last minute flood of building certificate applications under the existing legislation.

The change affects anything not under schedule one of the Building Act says Rob, which means there is still room for some DIY work about the house. The new rules also don’t apply to anything over 10 metres tall.

“Commercial or industrial buildings don’t have to have a licence,” says Rob. “I will let you think about that.”

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Cleaning’s a breeze online Tauranga business Sea Breeze is excited to announce it has expanded its operation into the digital medium.

The family-owned organisation has expanded to include the sale of their popular cleaning brands, as

Sea Breeze team Logan and Dave Brewer. Photo by Ross Brown.

used in their treatments, through an online shop.

“This is an exciting time,” says Dave.

“It’s been a long time coming now, we can finally offer our cleaning products to the public at wholesale prices.

House Wash and Windows service which will have your house sparkling clean, the Spider Man Pest Control which can quickly and easily get rid of spiders, flies, cockroaches, ants and rodents, the Moss N Mould treatment, ideal for roofs, driveways and paths, and the Water Stain Doctor which restores

shower glass – which can also be protected using the NanoCoat technology.

Whilst only starting with minimal key lines, Sea Breeze will add products extensively to the lines they stock.

The online shop joins the other brands from the Sea Breeze group in which are great for all-over house treatments.

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“It makes sense to sell cleaning products – we are in the cleaning business, we deal with the public and we know what products work well in different situations.”

The online shop includes the Sea Breeze brand of eco-friendly, everyday cleaning products such as the citrus spray and wipe, dishwash, concrete cleaners, as well as with a DIY range of products including house wash, roof treatment, mould kill, concrete cleaner, to name a few.

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Only clever landlords are getting rent increases It’s a misconception in Tauranga that rents are rising; my intensive database indicates that rentals available now are being advertised for rent for the same price that the very same rental was advertised one year ago – and in some instances, the same price as two years ago (tenancies average about 10 months in Tauranga).

So why are the so called ‘market experts’ saying rents are rising?

Why would they be?

The employment rate is going down, so why would people want to relocate to Tauranga? Plus pay rates are not moving up, so how can existing tenants afford more

rent?

There is an answer. Property Investment Owners has to give existing and new tenants a very good reason why their rent should be higher.

Subsidies

For example, by taking advantage of the government-backed Insulation Subsidy Scheme for houses older than 10 years. Make the house warmer for the benefit of the tenants’ health and it will

be cheaper to heat in the winter.

The house will also be better for it without mildew growing in damp conditions. Also provide cheap heating for your tenant; heat pumps can be subsidised by the government and are a very efficient way of heating a house.

Keep them happy

If you have a woodburner provide your tenant with a free load of firewood each year, if you are getting higher rent it will be worth it to keep them happy and to stay.

Dan Lusby is the principal of Tauranga Rentals Ltd – a Property Management Company in Tauranga since 1995. Dan started in real estate in 1992 selling houses and helping with holiday rentals at Waihi Beach.

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Fixed interest investments There is a wide variety of fixed interest investments in the market today, containing many different features. It may be helpful to look at some of the different types of fixed interest investments available.

Firstly, bond issues are similar to bank term deposits.

They are generally at a fixed rate and over a specified term, with interest paid half-yearly or quarterly. The main difference is that unlike term deposits, bonds are tradable in whole or in part through the New Zealand Exchange (NZX).

This allows investors to sell down the bond at the

prevailing market price should the need arise.

Some bonds are perpetual, mostly designated as preference shares, and the interest rate is reset annually or often five-yearly at a margin over a prevailing market rate. Debt securities pay interest, whereas preference shares pay dividends and the Residents Withholding Tax does not apply to dividends.

Some debt securities are Capital Notes and these are a different type of debt security.

Although they have some similar features, such as fixed interest rate and term, the Issuer has the right to repay at maturity (election date) by way of an equivalent number of shares in the company. For this reason, Capital Notes are often regarded as semi-equity, as the debt can convert on maturity.

The security for investors is that the instruments rank ahead of equity, or ordinary shareholders. This is similar to bank deposits which are essentially unsecured and the depositors take comfort in the reputation of the bank and perhaps its credit rating. With bond issues, generally the interest rate will be higher than bank rates, and this extra return is balanced by the perceived extra risk. Some

bond issues also have credit ratings, which may provide comfort to investors.

Fixed interest investments are available in the primary issue (direct from the Issuer) or on the secondary market. Secondary market purchases will incur a brokerage charge, but it is still a useful way of diversifying investment capital across a number of different issuers, maturity dates, interest payment dates and interest rates. New issues must have an Investment Statement with statutory information for investors.

Interested investors should contact their Authorised Financial Adviser in the first place, if they are seeking more information or if they wish to have an Investment Statement for any new issues forwarded to them.

Russell Garland is an authorised financial adviser with Forsyth Barr in Tauranga.

Phone Russell on 0800 367 227 or email russell.garland@forsythbarr.co.nz. This column is general in nature and should not be regarded as personalised investment advice. Disclosure Statements are available on request and free of charge.

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The next meeting of the Franchise Association of New Zealand Bay of Plenty Chapter is on March 15.

NEWS David Foster.

Harris Tate is bringing in Alan Grant who is a franchisor, having had more than 20 years in franchising, to talk. Alan started his career with KFC and before becoming a franchisor was a franchisee of Payless Shoes.

Alan has created and is most known in New Zealand for the Lollipops Playland and Cafe Franchise, the Lollipops Educare Franchise and the Lollipops Childcare Franchise. More recently, Alan has focused his energies

in Australia and has created the Explore and Develop Franchise.

This Franchise already has 18 sites, provides care to 2000-plus families and employs about 350 staff, with a turnover of approximately AUS$20,000,000 per annum.

Alan has a fascinating story to tell that is of interest to franchisors, franchisees and budding franchisors alike.

As a part-time Australian and part-time Hamilton resident, we are fortunate to have Alan share his amazing experiences with us here in Tauranga. If you wish to come to the meeting, please contact Larissa at Harris Tate.

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Experience on hand to get best results Having worked in large law firms both in New Zealand and Australia, litigation specialist Genevieve Denize’s advocacy skills are an asset to Tauranga law firm Keam and Associates.

Litigation specialist Genevieve Denize.

As a litigation specialist, Genevieve deals with disputes often involving employment conflicts, family law (particularly surrounding separation) and commercial disputes. She also appears in the criminal court, representing clients who have been charged with various criminal matters including drink driving and other driving related offences.

Genevieve has had experience in commercial disputes involving high profile issues such as leaky home claims, as well as Construction Contract Act claims. During

her time as a litigation specialist, she has appeared in the District, High and Employment Courts.

Not only is she experienced in the court process, but Genevieve understands and has extensive experience in mediation and arbitration, to avoid clients going through the legal process of the court system. She can also provide advice on contracts, including employment and construction contracts, to help avoid potential litigation problems in the future.

Originally from Taranaki, Genevieve moved to Tauranga nine years ago with her husband. They now have two small children. She is enjoying living in the Bay of Plenty, being closer to extended family, and sees it as a great place to raise her children.

Genevieve is really delighted to be part

Downtown Tauranga’s independent voice Mainstreet Tauranga has flatly rejected that it is in the pockets of Tauranga City Council and Priority One.

By Hamish Carter

The statement follows criticism by downtown businesses that the CBD area is struggling to retain businesses following a series of business closures.

Bill Campbell, owner of Devonport Road retailer Fancy That, says retailers have found out the hard way that Mainstreet was not independent from Tauranga Council and council organisations. His concerns were detailed in a letter to the editor in The Weekend Sun’s previous issue.

“Mainstreet take directions from Priority One which is another councilcontrolled organisation so the businesses have no say in how the CBD should be run,” says Bill.

Mainstreet manager Kirby Weis says the organisation, however, which represents businesses in the downtown area, protects its independence whilst working closely together with other organisations “to gain the most benefit for its members”.

“Fortunately, all of the key organisations in the city do work collaboratively, but no one organisation has any more ability to give directions to another, all have their own constituents and must report to them.”

Priority One chief executive Andrew Coker says the agency is not councilcontrolled and got half of its funding from businesses and individuals.

He says the organisation is in full support of Mainstreet’s aim of creating and promoting a vibrant city centre, but Priority One has no more say than any of the other 13 Mainstreet board members.

Both Mainstreet and Priority One reject the retailer’s criticism that the waterfront redevelopment will compound challenges for downtown retailers, with increased competition with areas for new shops and markets.

Kirby says the redevelopment will attract more people to the CBD and differentiate the area from other shopping zones, while Andrew also says a vibrant waterfront will boost confidence in the city centre and make it more attractive for office developments.

But Kirby rejects a call to offer free three-hour parking in the CBD as the best, only way to stop declining customer numbers to the CBD – saying a working party had explored every option to address the issue, but was limited by the council’s commitment to keep metered parking.

Meanwhile concerns that downtown business rents are unaffordable is prompting Mainstreet Tauranga to consider focusing on rents and business closures as a key issue over the next year.

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of the team at Keam and Associates. They are a highly professional firm that really does value its clients. The team is wonderfully supportive, and Genevieve says of all the places she has worked, these are the features that have impressed her most.

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Peach Melba revisited Peach Michell Cake Ingredients

For the base 200g flour 80g sugar 100g cubed butter 1 egg For the vanilla custard 1 split vanilla pod 4 egg yokes 3 cups milk 1/4 cup sugar 6 golden queen peaches 2 punets of raspberries 150g white chocolate buttons For the poaching syrup 3 cups water 1 cup sugar 1 split vanilla pod For the sponge mix 6 whole eggs 150g sugar 150g cornflour Method Prepare the peaches by making up the syrup and gently poaching them for about 20 minutes, plunge peaches briefly in chilled water which will help in the removal of the skin.

Carefully, cut out the stones from the peaches and submerge in poaching liquid. Leave for about 8-12 hours.

Make the base by putting flour and sugar in food processor, gradually add the butter till the mixture resembles fine crumbs, then add the beaten egg. Press into a lined cake tin and bake in oven on

180 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

While the base is cooking, make up the vanilla custard by heating the milk, half the sugar and the split and scraped vanilla pod.

Place the remaining sugar in a bowl, whisk in the egg yolks then add the warmed milk stirring all the time.

Return this to the saucepan and heat slowly while scraping the bottom of the saucepan to prevent turning into scrambled eggs.

As the custard will thicken quickly, remove from heat and constantly stir – strain thru a sieve to remove vanilla pod and allow cooling.

Melt white chocolate on low in microwave, then stir into custard mix.

Once the base is cooked, cut peaches into chunks and place all over base and sprinkle raspberries over.

With an electric egg beater, whip up eggs and sugar till very thick and fluffy, sieve in the cornflour and then fold in with vanilla custard and white chocolate.

Pour over the prepared filling and place in the middle shelf of preheated oven at 170-180 degrees for about 40-45 minutes. Remove from oven when mixture is wobbly, but firm and chill in fridge till well set (about four hours). Serve with whipped cream and or vanilla ice cream, this stylish cake or tart/sponge will delight the eye as well as the taste buds.

Enjoy. Makes one 26cm tin

Don’t know what it is about the sensual characters of a peach?

Maybe because I am an old punk rocker whose favourite band was The Stranglers, whose lyrics “walking on the beaches looking at the peaches” were words I used to stage dive too.

Whatever the reason, there is an amazing summertime culinary match – much like tomato and basil – when fresh peaches come accompanied by fresh raspberries. Invented in 1892 by the legendary French chef Auguste Escoffier at the Savoy Hotel London to honour the Australian soprano Nellie Melba, his recipe combined peaches, vanilla ice cream and fresh raspberry puree.

These days, flavours of the tartness of the raspberries and the sweet peach combined with vanilla ice cream still hold up. I’ve reinvented the recipe recently and have come up with a kind of sponge/custard cake which adds white chocolate to the flavour mix.

The peaches I used for this cake were golden queen which taste much better poached than eaten raw and are my favourite peach for making chutney. By adding only a small amount of sugar and split vanilla pods to the poaching liquid and steeping in the same liquid for a day, the whole flavour takes on an extra dimension.

This cake is more of a Masterchef-type recipe, but unlike Auguste Esacoffier, I wasn't thinking of opera when I created it.

Sun-dried tomato and cream cheese wraps

Ingredients 1 pkt Sun-Dried Tomato Wraps and Green Wraps (Spinach Garlic and Pesto) Lettuce leaves Cream cheese 1 jar or pkt of sun-dried tomatoes Parmesan cheese Zest of one lemon

Method Cover the wrap with cream cheese, place salad leaves and a row of sundried tomatoes. Roll so it is firm.

Cut into little circles, lay on a tray on its side. Grate with Parmesan cheese before serving and sprinkle the lemon zest.

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Katikati residents enjoying new walkway Katikati residents at the Radius Lexham Park are enjoying the freedom of their new walkway built in the memory of one of their former residents.

The 140 metre walkway about to be opened on March 16, offers residents at the facility on Binnie Road a safe outdoor walking environment amongst gardens and trees.

The idea for the walkway arose from resident feedback in 2011, in which residents identified more outdoor seating and walkways as their key requirements.

Facility manager Julie Turnball thought this would be an ideal project to compliment the 2011 internal upgrade to the facility, that included new paint, lighting, modern decor and artworks by local and New Zealand artists.

Julie says during a conversation with the family of former resident Gertie Williams, who were looking to make a donation in memory of their mother and grandmother, the outdoor walkway came up and Gertie’s son David thought it would be the perfect idea.

“David said ‘why don’t we help with that’. Plans were made and quotations were gathered to

Residents Alma Kelly and Janet Slee with facility manager Julie Turnball on the new walkway. develop a walkway linking the established outdoor paved areas,” says Julie.

“It is wide enough to allow wheelchairs to manoeuvre safely around the facility.”

In early February, construction began on the walkway, which now stretches through established trees

and gardens and features two large boulders, donated by a local firm.

Julie says residents are thrilled with the new walkway and it is a fitting way to remember Gertie.

The walkway is officially opened in a dedication ceremony at the Radius Lexham Park facility on March 16.

Senior computer courses may close A Katikati computer training programme for seniors will close if student numbers continue to fall.

A drop-off in the number of over 50 year olds doing taking part in Katikati SeniorNet’s courses for the last three years has prompted the community-based group to consider closure.

SeniorNet Club chairman Jack Riley says they believe demand for its introductory courses had dropped off as more people are using computers now.

“They have already learnt the basics, so they don’t need to do these courses – that seems to be the obvious reason for why less people want to do the courses.”

He says they will probably close if numbers for its next courses in April remain low. The group offers courses in computer basics, excel, digital photography and the Internet. To register contact Jack, phone 07 549 2894.

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Huge debts from reckless spending

Farm leasing should be considered With regard to Prime Minister Key and his National Party’s Crafar farm selloff, here are some facts.

There is no chance of us buying land in China, so the “Free Trade Agreement” is nonsense. National talk about the Overseas Investment Office as if it has nothing to do with Government.

If that is true, then why is leasing the land not being considered? Could it be that the people who wish to be our

masters and not our servants, don’t want that option?

Can we as a nation, seriously believe that John Key is here for the good of the country? Or could it be that he is actually here to assist the moneyed men of the world, who seem to have ultimate global power in their sights?

While this may sound farfetched, here is a rich man; so rich that he donates his PM’s salary to charity. He tells us he is

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there for the good of the country and then sells us out to a rising power that is going to send all the profits and expertise back to its own land.

This is a man who could be earning far in excess of anything New Zealand could provide, and who has already told us that if we cast him off, it won’t worry him.

Rest assured New Zealand, this is not somebody who will need to care about what happens to us and he is now telling us so, in no uncertain terms.

In view of the above, I have to say that I no longer trust him and I suggest to the rest of my countrymen and women, that they should give the matter some serious consideration. We have been made fools of by some of our politicians before this, but we have never been betrayed so blatantly as this man appears to be doing.

R McGuinness, Tauranga.

Lawless shows dedication Ms Lawless has made it halfway up one of the hardest professions in the world.

This takes courage, dedication and spirit. The real world will have been with her every inch of the way.

She will have well and truly earned her right to a sincerely felt protest.

Mr Rogers, you went way over the top, and I think maybe you should wonder why, and read less glossy magazines.

Julian Dickon, Katikati.

To propose that the water rates are to be doubled, from this humbug council that cannot understand the needs of the people in these difficult times, is dumfounding. They have come up with another way of covering their huge debts from their reckless spending, and their continuation of borrowing money.

This latest proposal proves beyond doubt that they are out of touch with how it feels to live from week to week paying their mortgages, rates, water rates, power, food, school fees and school related costs, petrol and other car running costs (which are taxed to the hilt) and trying to keep up with inflation and rising food costs, on a weekly wage that is rarely enough to cover these costs and price rises weekly making it even harder to survive, is utterly disgusting and obscene. Where do these arrogant people think the money is coming from?

How much more can you squeeze from the ratepayer?

How much longer are the ratepayers going to be squashed before they say “enough”? Are council so out of touch with the lower income earners? Something is wrong with our society.

Our rates are first and foremost for the benefit of ALL the people, and needs should be met before wants....

Let’s get this lot out and get some grassroots people in who understand priorities. When these are met, then we can spend on frivolities.

A. Taylor, Avenues.

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Thanks to helpers Bollicky on beach What is it with the over sixty five year old men that makes them want to shuck their clothes off in public?

I go for a walk along the beach from SunBrae Cres heading towards Papamoa and, instead of enjoying the spectacle of seabirds, waves and the islands, whats there hobbling along on arthritic knees? Bloated bellied, droopy assed, butt naked old men, for goodness sake!

Some have the decency to scramble up the sanddunes (now theres a sight not suitable for children or the faint hearted) to their driftwood nests that dot the ridge along the top of the sand-dunes. For the life of me I am flummoxed to find a word that describes the sight of old heads furtively peering at you over the top of driftwood screens.

And why is it only old men, one sees staggering around in the bollicky? Wheres Grandma with all her wobbly bits and pieces?

No wheres to be seen. Perhaps they have a shred more decency not to appear naked on the beach so close to when school is about to close for the day and kids hit the beaches. Is it really necessary to be naked in public guys? To saunter down the the water just when a woman is passing? Or is it the thrill of doing something that is so close to being illegal sexually and getting away with it in the name of “Health”.

Wayne C Jessop, Mt Maunganui.

Rates sustainability

Re Faulkner’s corner (Sun 17 Feb) is Cr. Bill Faulkner seriously suggesting that a viable alternative to the current rating system “could” be that rates be levied as a percentage of individual ratepayers income being similar to the charging of the ACC Levy?

I can only assume from this that he is proposing that every resident, whether they own a property or not would be affected by such a levy in other words similar to the Poll Tax introduced some years ago in the UK that following disastrous ramifications was subsequently abolished.

The fundamental flaw with what he is potentially proposing is that not everyone pays an ACC levy and exactly the same could occur if rates were levied against income. Currently I understand that approximately 25% of taxpayers pay approximately 75% of the tax received by the Government and whilst I certainly agree that the current rating system is unsustainable into the future, it is obviously illogical to replace one unfair rating system with another even more unfair rating system.

We currently operate a full user pays system in respect to the supply of water in the city so is it not more sensible to consider expanding this so the largest users of services, provided by the city, are the major contributors to the cost of providing those services?

Mike Baker, Bethlehem.

On Saturday 4 Feb approx 1030 I had exited Papamoa Beach on Motiti St. after a walk. I began to feel ill and collapsed off the seat onto the ground. A man walking his dog came to my help and called my husband and the ambulance.

Another man who I think lived in a brown house by the walkthrough on Papamoa Beach Rd also comforted and reassured me. I am writing this letter as I have been unable to get in touch with either of these men and I want to pass on my sincere thanks for their help that day. I was having a heart attack and I shudder to think what could have happened if they had not come to my aid.

I am now fully recovered and hope that they are able to read this letter. Thank you Lorraine, Papamoa.

Black day for the game The Commonwealth Cricket Series between Australia and India, live on 26 February this year was another black day for the game. I have always considered cricket to be a team/gentleman’s game. (My apologies to the women’s teams of late which I enjoy watching, on the rare occasions television coverage allows us to: another gripe I have.) However, this view had a serious knockback several years ago when the Australian Eleven opted to bowl an underarm ball on the last delivery to prevent the New Zealand team from having any chance of levelling/winning the game. I have now just witnessed David Hussey, quite deliberately reaching out, and blocking a throw to his stumps with his gloved hand while trying to complete a run. The issue, as stated by the Australian commentator, was not whether the run out could have been achieved, but rather the legality of a running batsman deliberately interfering with the trajectory of a fielded ball heading pretty directly to his stumps.

How the Third Umpire could reach a “Not Out” decision is utterly beyond comprehension.

Barry H Walker, Mt Maunganui.

Obscene salaries action Alastair Bourne’s excellent letter prompts one to ask what can be done about these obscene salaries. One suggestion is to get rid of the Higher Salaries Commission, whose only function seems to be to keep ramping up the incomes of the highest paid bureaucrats.

By their very nature bureaucrats are impelled to build empires, so they appoint middle management, all adding to the cost of the operation they are supposed to run. This is meant to be controlled by our elected councillors and mayor but are they competent to do so and do they have the bottle to stand up to bullying employees?

Unfortunately it seems that too many citizens vote on face or name recognition but is being a superannuated TV presenter or sports star a qualification for election?

John Wightman, Avenues.

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News, reviews and opinionated raving on the music scene.

Reviews of DVDs, old and new, as well as other bits and bobs.

Stories, snippets, strangeness, and general entertainment.

GUIDE The ever popular guide to ‘What’s On’ in the Bay.

Saturday 10 March

25th Easter Book Sale Rotary

Club of Tauranga need your books. Sale held April 7, 8, 9 9am - 5pm daily at Seeka Coolstore, Totara St, Mount. Please deliver unwanted books, magazines, sheet music, records, cassette tapes, CD’s, videos, DVDs & jigsaw puzzles to Caltex Welcome Bay, Bayfair, Greerton, 14th Ave, Katikati or for collection Ross 544 0817

Alcoholics Anonymous Public Meeting

“There is a solution”. Hear from professionals working in the field of alcoholism along with speakers recovering from the disease, at 252 Otumoetai Rd City Church, Tauranga 7-8.30pm. Refreshments provided.

All welcome.

Arataki Market St Mary’s Church carpark, opp Baywave, Girven Rd, Bayfair 9am 12pm. Eftpos on site. Craft stalls, plants, fresh seasonal produce etc. Sausage sizzle & Devonshire teas available. New stallholders welcome. Clare 575 3238 BOP Christian Singles Born Again Church going over 40’s group who meet 1st Sat of every month socially. 575 5556 Bryce Brown Recent Works Presented by Creative Tauranga Gallery until March 27 at 112 Willow St, Tga. Cactus & Succulent Society NZ BOP Branch meeting in Craft Building, Elizabeth St West, Tga 1.30pm. Articles for the sales & raffle please. Speaker: Carnivorous plants.

Sheila 544 4043

Contentment: Half Day Meditation Course

March 24 at Mount Senior Citizens Hall, 345 Maunganui Rd 12.45-4pm. Learn practical methods to let go of attachment & find peace in our circumstances. Enjoy the natural stillness & learn to keep a happy mind in all situations. Suitable for beginners. Cost $30, includes afternoon tea. Bookings essential.

All welcome. www.meditateintauranga.org or 09 846 5829 Crackerjack Bowls Matua Bowls, Levers Rd 1-4pm. Be there 12.45pm. Make up a team of four or we will fit you into a team. Cost $5pp. Wear flat soled shoes. Bowls available.

All welcome. 576 9980 or www.sportsground.co.nz/matuabowls Friends of the Libraries Monthly meeting Mount Library 2pm. Jan Tenetti, Principal of Merivale School & some of her pupils, discussing the joy & benefits of using the mobile library. Afternoon tea provided. No entry fee.

The Mobile Bus will be open for tours & book issues. All welcome.

Genealogy Informal Group Did you meet

any new relatives over the holidays. Patricia’s house, 316 St Andrews Drive 1.30pm.

579 1538 Historic Village Bazaar & Market 17th Ave 9am - 2pm. Crafts, car boot sales etc.

All shops open.

Maketu Kaimoana Festival A celebration of seafood at Maketu Sports Ground 12-6pm.

Featuring Madsen Bros, tributes to Eagles, Bee Gees & The Beatles. Tickets at BOP PaperPlus stores & www.ticketdirect.co.nz Messianic Weekly Meetings The Way meet in the Kingfisher Room, Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Mt Maunganui 10am.

All welcome. 570 1438 Moggies Market Memorial Hall, Katikati 8am – 12pm. Amazing selection of plants.

Spray-free home produce, unique local crafts, home baking, recyclables & knick knacks.

Come & find a bargain. Facebook Moggies Katikati NZ or John 0274 534 050 Mount Music Club Afternoon of shared music 1-4.30pm. All genres, band provided.

Plate for afternoon tea appreciated. $2 entry.

Peter 572 3853 Mount Sequence Dance Theme: Shades of Autumn, at Mount Sports Centre, cnr Hull & Maunganui Rds. Live band, good supper.

Entrance $8, members $7. Organised by Mount Scottish Society. Elizabeth 544 5633 Music of the Passion Presented by Scholars Pro Musica at St Peters Church, Victoria Rd, Mount March 31 7.30pm & April 1 2.30pm.

A musical journey through Lent leading to agony of Crucifixion with works from Allegri, Victoria, Lotti & others.

Practising the Power of Now Those interested ph 022 611 0483

Presentation on Buddhism

Are you happy? Find out how Nichiren Buddhism can help attain indestructible happiness. Free presentation, Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Mount 2-4pm. Ngaire 574 3571 Produce & Craft Market At Browny’s Cafe, Lockington Rd cnr SH2, 6km south of Katikati 9am. Live music from 11am.

Tangata Whenua Band 3pm. All free.

Shirley Club March 17 1st birthday celebration at Greenwood Park with lunch 12pm.

All Shirley’s welcome. 544 3259 Tauranga Farmers Market Tauranga Primary School cnr 5th Ave & Cameron Rd every Sat 7.45am - 12pm. Fresh & artisian produced food. Trixie 552 5278 or www.taurangafarmersmarket.co.nz Tauranga Woodcrafters Club Every third Sat at club rooms, Yatton St, Greerton 1pm.

Radio Controlled Model Yachts Meet Sun

Visitors & interested people welcome.

Geoff 579 3637

Thames Country Music Festival Held today

at 3 venues: Thames Civic Centre, Imperial Hotel, Salutation Hotel. Artists: Blue Highway Country Showband & special guest “The Blind Stoned Cowboy”, Muddy River Band & many other artists. Line Dancers welcome. $39 per ticket. Email: thamescountrymusicfestival@gmail.com or 07 868 6085 The Sociables Males/Females 30’s/40’s.

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Sunday 11 March

Bethlehem Plunket Tiny Tots Try Exciting obstacle course for children 2-6yrs. With superslide, bouncy castle & fun adventure course at Kulim Park. Entry on day $10 - 1 child, $20 - 2, $25 - 3 children. Registrations: 10-10.30am, races start 10.30am.

Email: tinytotstry@xtra.co.nz Bible Seminars Every Sun at Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St 1.45pm. Title: The Kingdom of God on Earth. Interactive, Q&A. Refreshments provided. All welcome.

Vic 543 0504 BOP Tree Crops Field day at 408 Galatea Rd, Te Teko 1pm. Walnuts plus range of other cropping trees like gingkos & chestnuts.

Elizabeth 549 2795 Holistic Community Centre Legion of Frontiersmens Hall, Elizabeth St 7-9pm. Guest speaker: Elaine Sollit - “Energy pathway clearing.” $5pp. All welcome. Leigh 218 0330 Kids Club ‘3.45 Live’ Games, craft & bible stories. Papamoa Library 3.45-4.45pm.

For ages 4-7yrs. In association with changepoint.co.nz. Linda 572 5558 Omokoroa Lions Market Western Ave car park, Omokoroa 9am - 12pm. All stall holders & car boot sales welcome. Produce, crafts, anything. Only $5/5m space. Keith 548 2117 Otumoetai Hockey Club Pre-season club muster at Tauranga Hockey Centre 4-5.30pm for new & existing players. Social & competitive players welcome. Caroline 027 283 2153 Palm Beach Plaza Lions Market 7.30am 12.30pm. Stalls must be set up by 7.30am.

Great range of goods for sale including fruit & vege, arts & crafts. $10 per car space.

0272 593 120. Next market March 25.

Papamoa Outdoor Bowling Club Twilight bowls 5pm start, names in before 4.45pm.

Bowlers & non bowlers welcome.

Joy 574 8334 Petanque Every Sun, Tues & Thurs at Cliff Rd 12.45pm. Boules available, tuition given.

1st 3 visits free. Neita 572 3768

1.30pm & Thurs 5.30pm at pond behind 24 Montego Drive, Papamoa to race Electron class yachts. Graham 572 5419 Singles Mix & Mingle 50+ Coffee afternoon at Zaggers Cafe, Chapel St 2.30pm. Mix & mingle with other like-minded singles in a relaxed atmosphere. Gayle 027 439 3267 Sprint Triathlon March 25 at Pilot Bay, Mt Maunganui. Starts 8am. Distance: Swim 750m, cycle 20km, run 5km. Race briefing 7.15am. Prize giving 15 mins after last finisher has crossed the line. Prize money: 1st male & female $250, 2nd male & female $150, 3rd male & female $100.

Sundays Friends Meet Meet 10am for an hour of mostly silent meditation, at the Annex, behind Brian Watkins Historic House cnr of Elizabeth St & Cameron Rd, followed by tea/coffee & biscuits & a chat.

Tauranga Country Music Club Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St 1pm. Celebrate our 43rd birthday. Murray & Ruth Arden from Australia, Life Members, invited. Members a plate please. All welcome. Practice night March 9 7pm. Merv 543 4400 Te Rerenga Track Guided loop walk that takes in a diversity of settings. Meet a Visitor Centre, TECT All Terrain Park. Walks at 10.30am & $12.30pm. Cost $5.

Doug 0274 773 343 Theosophical Society Ted Harper will present “Ancient Knowledge of the Cosmos for Living in the One: Message of the Ancient Ones,” at Tauranga Yoga Centre, Elizabeth St West 2pm. Entry by donation to cover expenses. All welcome. June 576 6106 U Can 2 Triathlon Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui 7.30am. Triathlon, duathlon & 5.5km run/walk options. Cost from $20. www.enteronline.co.nz

Monday 12 March

Badminton Club - Bethlehem College Mon & Weds 7.30-9.30pm. Members & casual players welcome. Ph/text Sue 543 0035 or 0211 944 335 Bay Midwifery Centre Has recently changed status to BOP Midwifery Charitable Trust, which means we are now eligible for community funding. We offer free midwifery service to all women & their families. Open Mon - Fri at 559 Fraser St, Greerton 9am - 3pm. The name remains Bay Midwifery Centre.

Body & Soul Fun Fitness For over 50’s, social events & guest speakers. Mon & Fri, Greerton Hall Cameron Rd. Tues Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave. Weds Memorial Hall, 11th Ave. All classes 9.15-10.15am.

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First class free. All welcome.

Dianne 576 5031 Qualified Instructor/ Cardiac Care leader.

BOP Tree Society (Inc) AGM March 26 at McLarens Falls Par, Upper Hostel 2pm.

543 2152 Fire Brigade Indoor Bowling Club Club night 7pm at Greerton Hall, Cameron Rd. Anne 579 1079 Fitness League Tone & align your body, increase flexibility & stamina. First class free.

Mon at Omokoroa Settlers Hall, Omokoroa Rd & Tues at St Johns Anglican Hall, Seddon St, Waihi. Both 9.30am.

Dorothy 549 3378

Harmony a Plenty Barbershop Chorus

Every Mon at Bethlehem Community Church, Moffat Rd 7pm. New members welcome. 542 4191 or www.harmonyaplenty.co.nz

Junction Coffee & Chat Group

For people with an experience of mental illness. Junction office, 4 Roys Rd, Greerton 10am – 12pm. 579 9890 Katikati Art Group Memorial Hall Bldg, Main St, Katikati Mon - Thurs 10am-4pm.

Lyceum Club Ladies For 2012 check activities available at Clubrooms, 68 1st Ave. Jan 576 2550 Mah Jong Interested in playing or learning to play? Every Mon at Papamoa Sports Centre, Parton Rd 12.30-4pm. Entry $2.

Sue 542 3073 Matua Bowls Twilight Mondays Levers Rd, Matua 5.30pm. Make up a team of 4, or we will fit you in a team. $5pp per game, one game per evening. Sausage sizzle $1 at end of play. Raffles. Register, Geoff 513 1202 by midday on day of play. Wear flat soled shoes. Bowls available. www.sportsground.co.nz/matuabowls Meditation Free classes Mondays 10am & 7.30pm. Find peace, success & a new awareness. David/Trish 576 9764 Mount Badminton Club Club night tonight at Mount Sports Centre, Maunganui Rd 7-9pm. All past & new players welcome.

Janice 575 2438 or 027 201 0529

Otumoetai Indoor Bowling Club

Box Drawn Rinks (Len Laurie Trophy), Matua School Hall, Clivedene St 7.15pm.

Karen 576 0443

Papamoa Branch NZ Soc Genealogists

Every 2nd Mon of month in Tohora Room, Papamoa Library 9.30am - 2.30pm.

Modest door charge. BYO lunch, tea/coffee provided. Speakers & research material available. New members welcome.

Mark 542 0204

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Janis 574 7377 Recycled Teenagers Gentle exercise for 50’s forwards, & injury or illness rehabilitation. Mon & Weds, 14 Norris St, Tauranga Senior Citizens Club, behind Pak n Save. Tues at St Mary’s church hall, Girven Rd. All 9am - 10.30am.

Taken by Heart Foundation phase 3 cardiac instructor. First class free.

Jennifer 571 1411 Relationships Aotearoa Mon - Parenting Through Separation, free course for separating parents 10am - 12pm.

Positively Me 4 Women - self esteem course for women 12.30-2.30pm.

Blended Families, course for parents in combined household 7-9pm. ManMade, self esteem course for men 7-9pm. Tues - Parenting Through Separation 7-9pm.

Positively Me for Women 12.30-2.30pm.

Weds - Parenting for Success, parenting your 2-12yr olds 7-9pm. Sex, Drugs & Homework, course for parents of teenagers 7-9pm. Parenting through Separation, Papamoa 10am - 12pm.

Thurs - Positively Me 4 women 7-9pm.

Living without Pornography (new course) Weekend Course - relationship secrets, for couples. 576 8392 Sequence Dance Class Modern sequence dance tuition & revision every Mon 1-3pm St Johns Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai. $3pp.

Gordon 573 4333 Sit and Be Fit Class Seated down class.

Focused on balance, stability, aerobic, flexibility & strength. Tues 11.3012.30pm at Papamoa Community Centre, Gravatt Rd. Weds 11am-12pm at Greenwood Park Village, Welcome Bay. 578 9272 St Columba Indoor Bowling Club

Progressive, St Columba Hall, 502 Otumoetai Rd. Names in by 7.15pm. New bowlers welcome. Jenny 576 3584 Taekwon-Do Kids Otumoetai Action Centre, Windsor Rd. Ages 4-10yrs 4.15-5.15pm. New entrants welcome.

Enrolments Ms Young 021 980 878 or email: ce_young@hotmail.com

Tauranga Bureta Park Probus Club Meets 3rd Mon of every month upstairs at Citizens Club, 13th Ave 1.30pm.

New members welcome. Brian 570 0074 Te Puna Indoor Bowls Every Mon at Te Puna Hall 7.15pm. New members of all ages welcome. Gwen 548 0055 YMCA - ALFS (Active lifestyle for seniors). Smooth Movers class Mon 8.45-9.45am & 10-11am at Matua Community Hall, Levers Rd. Also 9-9.55am & 10-10.55am at Arataki Hall, Zambuk Way (off Grenada St). Tues 9.1510.15am & 10.30-11.30am at Papamoa Community Centre, Gravatt Rd. Weds 9.15-10.15am Welcome Bay Hall, Welcome Bay Rd. Thurs 8.45-9.45am at Otumoetai Action Centre, Windsor Rd. Also 10.30-11.30am at Bethlehem Hall, Bethlehem Rd. Fri 9.15-10.15am at Papamoa Community Centre, Gravatt Rd. 578 9272

Tuesday 13 March

Alcoholics Anonymous Mount Maunganui meet every Tues at St Peters Hall, 11 Victoria St 7.30pm. 0800 229 6757 (0800 AA Works) for other AA meetings.

Bereaved Parents Support Group Have you lost a child? Do you wish to meet other bereaved parents/ Come & join us at 106 College Place, Poike 7.30pm.

All welcome. Mary 544 3778 Conversation Cafe for Seniors Every Tues at St Andrews Church, Dee St, Mount 10am - 12pm. Morning tea, fellowship, games. $5. 575 9347 Excel Toastmasters Club Learn to be a competent communicator & get your message across. Meet 2nd, 4th & 5th Tues of month at Senior Citizen’s Centre, 345 Maunganui Rd, Mount 6.15pm.

New members welcome. Tess 575 6610

Genesis - Women’s Group

Every Tues during school term. 10am morning tea at Papamoa Surf Club, Papamoa Domain. Guest speaker: Amanda Martin - Rwanda. New members welcome. Jennifer, Salvation Army 578 4264 Inachord Chorus Ladies 4 part harmony every Tues at Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd 6.45pm.

Enjoy singing & meet new friends.

Irene 549 5115 Katikati Mah Jong Encourages hard hands, restricts easy hands. Resource Centre, Beach Rd Katikati 1-4pm.

549 5954 Katikati Support Group Coffee & chat for people with an experience of mental illness. Katikati Resource Centre, Beach Rd 10am – 12pm. 579 9890 Mount Morning Badminton Every Tues at Mount Sports Centre, Blake Park 9am - 12pm. Social, competitive, all ages, beginners welcome. Racquets available.

Visitors $5 per session, students $2.

First day free. Margaret 575 9792 South City Indoor Bowls Club night, Greerton Hall 7.30pm. Mary 541 0687 Tauranga Acoustic Music Club Trust Bar, Bureta Rd 7.30pm. Friendly jam sessions or open concert 4th Tues & 2nd Sun. Sing, play or just listen.

Paul 579 2346 or www.tamc.org.nz

Tauranga Astronomical Society

Observatory & hall at Fergusson Park open at 7.30pm. DVD showing, entitled “400 years of the telescope”.

Telescope viewing if weather permits.

Public welcome. 576 5389 Tauranga City Line Dancers Every Tuesday, different levels. Fun & friendship.

New members welcome. Fay 578 4081 Tauranga Indoor Bowling Club Club night, Senior Citizens Hall, 14 Norris St, Names in by 7.15pm. New bowlers welcome. Ken 579 9789.

Tauranga Morning Badminton Club

QEII Youth Centre, cnr 11th Ave & Devonport Rd, Tauranga every Tues & Thurs 9-11.30am. All welcome.

Heather 574 0976 Tauranga Toastmasters Tga Lyceum Club, 1st Tues 7.15-8.45pm. Exterminate the butterflies, confidence building, improving public speaking & leadership skills. Alan 544 5989

Wednesday 14 March

Arataki Care & Craft St Mary’s Church

Hall, Marlin St every Weds during school term 9.30am - 12.30pm. Kath 575 4396

Assn of Administrative Professionals

AAPNZ meeting at Sebel Trinity Wharf Hotel, Dive Cres. Trudi Peet, Convention Bureau & Events Manger, BOP Tourism, will show how she can assist us when arranging events. All welcome.

Email: tauranga@aapnz.org.nz Bridge Lessons Tauranga Bridge Club, 252 Ngatai Rd, Otumoetai. Starts March 21 at 7.15pm. To register, Norm 576 5022 or www.taurangabridge.co.nz Bromeliad Club Meeting Yacht Club, Sulphur Pt 12.30-2.30pm. AGM followed by fun auction of plants, garden tools, garden produce etc. Bring all sorts of items & cash.

Funds for the club. No plant of the month or usual sales table. Visitors welcome.

Lynley 576 7711 City Early Start Toastmasters Improve communication, leadership & teamwork skills. Make it happen. Join the motivated & enthusiastic group every Weds at Zaggers Cafe 6.45-8.15am.

Email: LaniDTM@kol.co.nz or 571 1545.

Website: cityearlystart.toastmastersclubs.org Country Music Nights Every Weds at Crown & Badger, The Strand, Tga 8-10.30pm. Pre-selected programme of country singers. Free entry.

Fernlands Spa Water Exercise Class

Weds 10.45-11.45am. Held rain or shine, but not during school holidays. New participants planning to attend, Jennifer 571 1411 ’Pool maintenance planned from Monday 12th, ring Jennifer to confirm pool availability....571 1411’.

Fun Run Walk Every Weds 6pm start.

Meet outside Crown & Badger Pub. Walk or run for approx 1 hr. Spot prizes. Cost $8 includes one drink & finger food.

Rosie 021 020 20718

Gate Pa Indoor Bowls Club night 7.30pm. Super Liquor Ladder 7pm.

Greerton Hall. Kevin 543 4044 Global Hearts Exercise Group Weds 2pm & Fri 11am. Provides group activities combined with health education that encourages members to live a healthy & active lifestyle. Classes run by certified Phase 3 cardiac rehabilitator.

Vikki 575 0470 or 0272 800 388 Historic City Walk Guided tour to the end of the Strand & up to Monmouth Redoubt & Robbbins Park 12-1pm. Meet at bottom of Wharf St by the rail line.

Ned 577 7205 Katikati Herb Society Meeting

St Paul’s Presbyterian Church Lounge, cnr SH2 & Mulgan St 7pm. Speaker: Rob Somerfield, renowned rose breeder. All welcome. Ph Jenny 552 0697 or www.herbs.org.nz/katikati/ ME/CFS Support Group Chadwick House, 250 Chadwick Rd, Greerton 10.30am.

Speaker topic: “A holistic journey to health.” All welcome. 578 7804 Mount Badminton Club Social club night Weds 7-9.30pm at Mount Sports Centre, Maunganui Rd. All past & new players welcome. Janice 575 2438 or 027 201 0529

Omokoroa Children’s Dance Classes

Settlers Hall, pre-schoolers to pre-teens.

Gaye 577 1753 or www.christinaproductions.co.nz

Orange City Square & Round Dance Club Weds advanced, Thurs club night,

Frontiersmen’s Hall 7.30pm.

New dancer class in April. 543 1063 Otumoetai Toy Box Toy Library 94 Bureta Rd. Open Weds 6.30-8.30pm, Thurs & Fri 9.30-11.30am. A number of membership options available.

576 9923 or 027 857 7452 Salvation Army Meeting For all women every Weds 10am morning tea, 10.30am meeting at Salvation Army, cnr Cameron Rd & 5th Ave, Tga. Theme: St Patrick’s Day. New members welcome.

Jennifer 578 4264 Scottish Country Dancing Every Weds, Senior Citizens’ Hall, Maunganui Rd & every Fri, Papamoa Primary School Hall, Dickson Rd. Both 7.30pm. 544 0839 Taekwon-Do Family Class Otumoetai Action Centre, Windsor Rd 5.30-6.30pm.

Come along & have a go.

Enrolments Ms Young 021 980 878 or email: ce_young@hotmail.com Tauranga Floral Art Group Baptist Hall, cnr 13th Ave & Cameron Rd 1pm & also 7pm. New members & visitors welcome.

Dawn 544 2828 T.S. Chatham (Sea Cadets) Every Weds at TYPBC, Keith Allan Drive, Sulphur Point 6.40-9pm. Lee 542 5377 or 027 291 6151 or email: leew.lynnc@xtra.co.nz

Toastmasters Tauranga South Area Leadership skills, speaking skills.

Weds at St George’s Church Hall, cnr Cameron Rd & Church St 7.15pm. All welcome.

Alan 544 5989

Wednesday Night at Faith Bible College Public meeting, 749 Welcome Bay Rd 7.15pm. Variety of guest speakers.

Supper to follow. All welcome. 544 2463

Thursday 15 March

A Trilogy of Documentaries “Blessings,

Curses or Coincidence? - Israel the Womb of the Kingdom of God on Earth” - narrated by Lance Lambert at Lifechurch, 934 Cameron Rd 7.30pm. All welcome.

Awesome Clothing Sale Good used clothing, all ages, sizes & styles. Fill a bag for $2.

Village on 17th Ave, Tga 9.30am - 12pm.

All welcome. Organised by Turning Point Trust.

Bethlehem Walking Group Meet at Decor Garden Centre 9am for a walk around Bethlehem area. Cam 552 4513 Bowls Matua School bowls for intermediate year 9 & college students every Thurs, Levers Rd, Matua 4-5.30pm. You will need flat soled footwear - bowls supplied. www.sportsground.co.nz/matuabowls

Community Bible Study International

Join us at 14th Ave Gospel Centre 10am - 12pm for a non denominational in depth study of Amos/Isaiah until April 5.

Joan 576 9065

Fitness League Safe, effective, low impact exercise to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed for females.

All ages & abilities, first class free, every Thurs 9.30am Central Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave & Cameron Rd & Wed 10am at Katikati Memorial Hall Pam 549 4799 or 021 117 170 Happiness & Our Mind Drop-in meditation classes. Beginners welcome. Classes are self-contained, start any date. Cost $12 per class. Otumoetai Plunket, 59 Otumoetai Rd. Monthly classes. Next class today 7-8.30pm. www.meditateintauranga.org Hwa-Rang Taekwon-Do Club Regular classes for fitness, fun, focused martial art training.

Pillans Point school 5.40-7.10pm. Beginners welcome 5.40-6.40pm. Ms Young 021 980 878 or ce_young@hotmail.com Keynotes 4 Part Harmony Women’s chorus meet every Thurs at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave 6.45pm. Sing for fun & health.

Pam 578 3757 Mount Art Group Every Thurs at St Peter’s Parish Hall, 11 Victoria Rd, Mount 9am - 2pm. New & casual members welcome. Merilyn 575 6777 Mt Maunganui Creative Fibre Group Every Thurs at the Arataki Community Centre, 9-1pm. All welcome. Sandy 575 6357 Otumoetai Indoor Bowling Club Duty Club at Memorial Hall. Karen 576 0443 Simplee Cre8ive Creativity group for women.

Scrap booking, sewing, knitting/crochet & more. Papamoa Community Centre 9.30am 2.30pm. $7 covers room hire & tea/coffee.

Lyn 572 0423 Social Bridge Tauranga Bridge Club, 252 Ngatai Rd, Otumoetai 1pm.

No partners required.

Tai Chi & Shibashi Beginners class every Thurs at St Enochs Church Hall, 16th Ave, Tga 9-10am. Warren 574 2464

Tauranga Heart Support Group Phase 3 rehab

exercise, social events & guest speakers for those with or at risk of heart disease. Every Thurs at City Church Hall, Otumoetai Rd/Sherwood St 9.30-10.45am. All welcome. Dianne 576 5031 Qualified instructor/Cardiac Care leader.

Tauranga Social Dancers Authentic Rock n Roll music, every Thurs, Senior Citizens Hall, 14 Norris St, Tauranga 7.30-9.30pm. $3 entry.

All welcome. Maria 576 7326

Friday 16 March

Gay/Bi Men’s Support Group Do you need a

trusting person to talk to? Discretion assured.

For meetings & locations ph/txt Alex 027 358 5934 Glow Worm Walk Te Reranga tunnel. Meet at Visitor Centre, TECT All Terrain Park for a guided one hour walk through pines & bush to the tunnel to check out glow worms. Free.

Julie 579 6732

U3A Tauranga Wesley Church, 13th Ave Tauranga 10am - 12pm. This month: a speaker from one of our groups, also providing public transport in Tauranga. $3 at door.

All welcome.

Greerton Indoor Bowls Every Fri in Band Hall, Yatton St 7pm. Sally 571 8914 Youth On the Coast Fridays Years 6-8 at 6-7.30pm, & Years 9-13+ at 7.15-9pm at the Evans Rd Community Church Papamoa, $2.

Nerene 027 4377 868 “What’s On” in the Weekend Sun is a free service for non-profit clubs and organisations. email julie@thesun. co.nz or fax 571 1116 or post to PO Box 240, Tauranga. Deadline 3pm Tuesday. Contributions should be less than 20 words.

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

respectively, New Zealand and the UK. Concerts take place at the Katikati Bowling Club on Park Road. This one starts at 7.30pm, tickets are $20.

The following day the pair host a songwriting/guitar workshop from 12.30pm till 5pm in the Katikati Memorial Lounge.

43: It’s time for passionfruit!

Passionfruit are cool. Now in season and black and increasingly wrinkly. I like to eat them by the bucketload while watching television, and the glistening orange pulp 45: The Almighty Johnsons are back! and sexy little seeds are a thing of beauty spooned across Admittedly, some people find the premise of bowl of ice cream. Yum. They’re from Brazil don’t cha this a little hard to swallow but I just love it. know?

The idea is that the Norse gods, Odin, Loki and all those other dudes from the recent Thor 44: Katikati Folk Club! movie (no connection) are actually alive and The KFC continue to go from strength to strength. well and living in New Zealand.

Next concert is March 16 and features David Shanhun The delightfully barmy bunch spend their and Simon Smaize, two rising singer/songwriters from, time trying to reconcile living ordinary lives with having godly powers, while searching for the elusive queen who will make them all-powerful. It’s very funny and deserves a shout-out to Tim Balme for another fine turn.

The second series has just started on TV3 – join the fun!

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46: Tauranga Film Society!

The dedicated folk of the Tauranga Film Society have just released their 2012 programme, and for those wanting the chance to see old classics or modern films from around the world on a big screen, it’s loaded with treasure. There’s the likes of Anthony Quinn in Fellini’s La Strada, and English director Nic Roeg’s transcendent Australian dreamscape Walkabout; newer films include some great

documentaries from round the world – Last Train Home (China) is mindboggling.

Films are shown at the Rialto on Wednesday nights and later in the year there is a series of German films and a couple of classics from France. Programmes can be picked up at the cinema.

47: It’s Party Time with Richard O’Brien!

Richard O’Brien big bash at the Founder’s Theatre in Hamilton is rapidly approaching. March 17. With a full gang of Tauranga musicians behind him along with Auckland keyboard maestro Grant Winterburn and four backing singers the man with the fabulous legs is planning to raise a pile of money for Starship Hospital.

Tickets are $40 – all the money goes to Starship, so it’s like you’re making a $40 donation and getting a full night of fun for free!

48: Drama on Soho!

Yes I know we all bitched and moaned when Sky’s new drama channel turned out to be a pay one. But the shows… It really is a reaffirmation that we are (and have been for a while) in a golden age of television drama.

There are the old shows to catch up on if you missed them before, the likes of The Sopranos and The West Wing. But it’s all the new stuff that seriously eats into leisure time: In Treatment, The Hour, Game of Thrones,

Camelot The Shadow Line, Hell On Wheels, Camelot, Luck, Mildred Pierce, Boss, Bored To Death…

49: Soundtree!

Out in the wilds of Whakamarama wonderful things are happening. At his audio and video studio, Shane Davies, along with the intrepid Mr B and host Dorkus McManus, has been producing a weekly internet TV show featuring Tauranga music. It started as a two-hour extravaganza, but has now settled into onehour episodes. They’re broadcast each Saturday night and then archived online so they can be watched any time.

The latest show (#14) features a new innovation in the form of a South Park-style animation called SouthTree, which delightfully lays into our dear Prime Minister (it’s very funny!).

There’s also brilliant music, with an artist each week playing live in the studio.

Key picks: The Elements, Jessica Ross, Shirley Rider, Kelsi Bullot, John Michaelz.

Next week is all about Soundtree in more detail.

In the meantime, check them out at www. soundtreeproductions.com/live or at their Soundtree1 YouTube channel. watusi@thesun.co.nz

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With the annual Paeroa Wine and Food Festival falling on St Patrick’s Day this year, there is a special Irish twist to the day of fine food, wine and great entertainment.

Some of the mouth-watering food on the menu is authentic French crepes and savoury galettes, wood fired pizzas, and tortilla baskets with a choice of barbecue chicken and salad or nachos as fillings.

These delicious meals can be washed down with some Irish style stout or one of their lighter Manuka or Artesian beers from Mata. If wine is more your preference, there are various

and is bringing his new chef with his homemade German sausages served with his own bread and special mustard.

As always, there is plenty The main act at this year’s Paeroa Wine and to entertain Food Festival is Auckland band Spiral. the children so the adults can spend a relaxboutique wineries being repreing day listening to the music sented, including the Sparkling and browsing the craft stalls for Feijoa wine that was so popular something to take home. There last year. will be plenty of seating or you Horst from the Ohinemuri Winery is a stalwart of the event can bring your picnic blanket

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and fold out chairs and settle in under the shade of the large trees.

Entertainment highlights include Beccy & Brian, a folkstyle duo crooning the crowd with their beautiful harmonies, Ukumania from Coromandel, followed by Mark Taipari playing popular covers for all music tastes.

The day finishes with main act Spiral, an exciting band from Auckland whose fusion of Funk Soul and Samba, Jazz and Blues grooves, along with fresh improvisation and spontaneous interplay, creates live music at its best.

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Fantastic Not bad at all Dreadful

Dir: Richard Ayoade. Starring: Craig Roberts, Noah Taylor, Sally Hawkins The similarity of Craig Roberts to Bud Cort on the DVD cover, coupled with an opening wherein his introverted 15-year-old Welsh schoolboy Oliver imagines his own death – a very funny, almost Princess Di scale outpouring of grief and tributes – brings to mind Hal Ashby’s Harold and Maude (1973) and indeed both films are ultimately sweetly subversive coming of age tales. But equally close in spirit is Adrian Mole.

Running on Oliver’s hilariously self-involved voice-over, Submarine charts both his attempt to woo pyromaniac classmate Jordana and his misguided approach to adding sparks to his parents’ lacklustre marriage.

I must confess to being a big fan of John Carpenter’s 1982 version (itself a remake of ‘50s classic The Thing From Another Planet).

Not only was it a brilliant exploration of suspicion and fear but it also showcased Rob Bottin’s groundbreaking creature effects work. So I was kinda fearing the worst from the new remake of The Thing .

It’s actually a prequel, taking place on the Norwegian Antarctic base (referenced at the start of Carpenter’s film) that first discovers a buried UFO and then its deadly shapeshifting occupant. And it’s okay. There are a few scares (but no surprises) and the creature

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Taylor and Hawkins are both delightfully deadpan as Oliver’s parents; Taylor using his native accent because the director thought there was something funny about a depressed Australian in Wales. He’s right. Complications arrive in the form of Paddy Considine, sporting the year’s worst mullet as the exotic new neighbour, a leather clad new-age mystic who, to Oliver’s alarm, used to date his mother.

As well as looking good and displaying considerable smarts, Submarine is a film with real heart; never letting itself get so quirky that you lose the characters’ humanity. Add on a soundtrack of acoustic songs by Arctic Monkey’s Alex Turner and you have a true gem.

is suitably disgusting, but the extended finale drags and there is little wit or intelligence.

Just as City of God and Elite Squad opened up the violent world of Rio’s favellas, so Viva Riva plunges us into Kinshasa in the Congo, showing the same eye for local detail and colour, picking up when the titular Riva returns home after 10 years. He has a stack of money from selling stolen petrol and quickly starts the dangerous pursuit of a gangster’s moll, unaware that his ruthless ex-boss from Angola is on his trail, bent on extracting bloody revenge. Strong stuff, with Kinshasa vividly evoked as a seething web of

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dysfunctional decay. In French with English subtitles.

Win Win is a rather wonderful slice-of-life comedy, starring Paul Giamatti, who plays the same sort of likeable loser that he portrayed in Sideways. He plays a stressed-out wrestling coach who resorts to mild deception to try and help himself and those around him when a hot young contender comes into his life (and the team).

Giamatti is – as ever – effortlessly good, and the kind-hearted screenplay and sympathetic cast make for the most enjoyable of rides.

Highly recommended, obviously.

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My week with Marilyn (M) contains offensive language Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine) stars as film icon Marilyn Monroe in this drama based on her time making The Prince and the Showgirl, and the week she spent being escorted around Britain by a production assistant while her husband left the country.

The Prince and the Showgirl (1956) unites Sir Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) and Monroe, and also doubles as Monroe’s honeymoon with her new husband, playwright great Arthur Miller (Dougray Scott).

Working on the movie is lowly assistant, 23-yearold Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne) to whom Monroe takes a shine.

Based on Clark’s two

memoirs written many years later, My Week with Marilyn focuses on the idylic week when Miller left England and Clark showed Monroe – desperate to get away from the her hangers-on and the pressures of Hollywood – the pleasures of the English countryside. with

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SUN: 11:15. MON & TUE: 9:45, SUN: 8:00. MON & TUE: 4:15.

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Club Mt Maunganui Friday 9 – Road Runner.

Sunday 11- Helen Riley 4.307.30pm.

Mount RSA Friday 9 – Higher Ground.

Saturday 10 – Double Trouble.

Rose and Thistle Friday 9 – Dog Box. Saturday 10 – 80’s Night.

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Playing a perfect dinner party Justin and Julie-Ann have planned the perfect dinner party for their respective parents to meet each other.

What could go wrong?

The ingredients are about to be stirred.

RolePlay, written by Alan Ayckbourn, directed

by Denis Smith, is about an engaged couple,

Julie-Ann Jobson and Justin Lazenby whose engagement party is interrupted by unexpected intrusions. RolePlay draws inspiration from the London Docklands – where Justin Lazenby has a flat – and people often do not know each other well.

As with most Ayckbourn plays, it was originally performed in the round for its original production at the Stephen Joseph Theatre. It was, however,

adapted for the proscenium for subsequent performances elsewhere. The play is performed in two acts – the first act is divided into two scenes, and the second act is one continuous scene.

Catch RolePlay at 16th Avenue Theatre, opening March 14 until March 31.

Cast, clockwise from top left: Barry Brett plays Derek Jobson; Maggie Ebbett – Arabella Lazenby; Louise Bradshaw – Julie-Ann Jobson; Leon Gray-Lockart – Justin Lazenby; Penny Guy – Dee Jobson; Nicola Van Hout – Paige Petite; Liam Hagan – Micky Rale.

Building a strong relationship The Alpha Marriage Course starts Monday, April 16 at Holy Trinity Tauranga from 7pm.

This course runs for seven weeks and is a big screen DVD presentation during coffee and dessert. The Marriage Course was started in London at Holy Trinity Brompton in 1996

by Nicky and Sila Lee. Since then, thousands of other courses have started around the world and it is run in New Zealand in more than 80 venues.

and in-laws, good sex, making time for each other and having fun together.

Privacy as a couple is always respected.

There is no group discussion and no requirement to disclose anything about your relationship to anyone else.

What is the Marriage Course?

The Marriage Course is very practical – giving any married couple the tools to build a strong and healthy marriage that lasts a lifetime. During seven evenings spent together, couples talk about important issues that can get swept under the carpet in the rush of daily life. Topics covered include: Recognising each others needs, learning to communicate effectively, resolving conflict, healing past hurt, knowing how to make each other feel loved, relating to parents

Who is it for?

The Marriage Course is for any couple married or in a long-term relationship who want to build a strong and lasting relationship, especially: • Those who want to enhance their marriage.

• Those in the first five years of marriage.

• Those at a challenging stage in their marriage e.g. the birth of a child, a career change, teenagers at home, the empty nest.

• Those struggling with issues in their marriage.

The course, while based on Christian principles, is very helpful for any couple with or without a Christian faith or church background.

All enquiries to Holy Trinity Tauranga on the corner of Devonport Road and Third Avenue or give the office a call, phone 07 578 7718 or email marriage@holytrinitytauranga.com The course costs $50 per couple and registration is a must as there are limited numbers available.

Culture and fun to hit Historic Village with

Chris Powell, one of the UK’s premier entertainment organists, is returning to Tauranga on March 18 at 1.30pm for Powell on Pipes.

Chris spent an entire year in the late 1990s as a Resident Organist at Baycourt Theatre. Tauranga’s Organ Society is thrilled to invite Chris back. Tickets from Baycourt on 5777188 or 0800 484 2538 The Weekend Sun has a double pass to give away to the lucky readers who can tell us the title of Chris Powell’s show?

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

Entries must be received by March 13.

Preparations are in place for the13th annual Tauranga Regional Ethnic Festival with a variety of cultural experiences planned for the day.

Organisers are still to confirm a few acts, but say there will be a variety of cultural groups including some from Holland, France, Brazil and Nepal.

“Tauranga Samba will beat their drums and I’m sure the audience will again participate enthusiastically in the Zumba display,” says organiser Ewa Fenn.

“The cultural performances will be run nonstop until 4pm or so, hopefully with a raga muffin group performing as a closing act,” says Ewa. A multinational costume parade with national flags accompanied by a Scottish piper will add to the day’s entertainment.

There will also be stilt walkers, fire

blowers and magicians to entertain the children.

“We are inviting general public to come in their traditional costumes and join the parade.

“We have many flags in our centre people can borrow for the parade, but if anyone has their own, to please bring it with you.”

There will also be a range of food stalls with authentic dishes from the Philippines, Bangladesh, India, Chile, the Netherlands, Nepal, as well as some Kiwi and Maori food, plus coffee carts and ice creams says Ewa. “There will be about 25 stalls with fresh, authentic food cooked by ethnic groups to their traditional recipes.”

The festival is scheduled to get under way at 10am at the Historic Village in 17th Avenue on March 17.

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Winning the national award for New Zealand’s Most Outstanding Park was a fantastic finale to 2011 and a fitting tribute to the work that so many people have contributed to the Park during the past few years.

that also reflects our duty to protect landscapes and natural to preserve our rich culture a sub-regional on scale.’’

Mayor Paterson said the award Peter is also a proud achievement Watso for all n& with the award Cheryl Steine the two councils those individuals within from NZRA r who had the vision to find, buy and stamp the land as a permanent playground for so many diverse activities. people from “The vision and Western support for the Taupo and Waikato Bay, Tauranga, Rotorua, of this Park by development can come and the late Western play.’’

Bay Mayor Graeme Weld, Tauranga City the two Mayor Maureen Anderson former mayors, acknowledgement Stuart Crosby said and of the Park’s Joan Kehely ex-district councillor on a national excellence and level is a great Sam Dunlop be acknowle achievement must also speaks volumes dged. This has and for the efforts been one of greatest ideas of everyone involved in developin the that Council g the Park. has come up with.’’

The award lays “This award down the challenge is great news for the sub-regio Park project and can only for the team and n enhance the Park’s national continue developin all user groups to significance and its ability g facilities and to bring economic sites for the activity benefit to the region.’’ enjoyment of clubs and the “Without TECT’s wider public. shared vision TECT Trust Chairman and support, we would not Michael Cooney have achieved Reflecting determin this success. on the Park’s says the all share the ation of communi We original choice commitment suitable area ty groups to a permanen to create an as a space that can secure where sports t home for their open such as motorspo be enjoyed by and shooting recreational pursuits and everyone and rt could the commitm ent of local with urban interests,be enjoyed free of conflict authorities to support that Mayor Paterson endeavour have been at the says the Park has expanded The award lays down the heart of the Park’s success. its horizon to serve as a He also credited multi-purpose challenge for the Park project the success asset for passive of the Park to collaborative recreation, the partnership team and all user groups to active sports, of the two councils to work in the educational interests of the opportunities continue developing facilities community to provide a and cultural recreational, and educational environmental sporting and and activity sites for the platform. protection.

“This is the largest Entrants in the enjoyment of clubs and the adventure Outstanding Park of its kind Park award were assessed in the North on innovatio wider public.

Island and is n, communi engagement, a place where ty excellenc efficiency, effectiven e, achievement, ess and sustainab ility.

Western Bay of Plenty District Council and Tauranga City Council staff accepted the award from the New Zealand Recreation Association (NZRA) at a gala evening in Dunedin last November.

Western Bay Mayor prestigious award Ross Paterson said the recognised seven hard work, challenge years of s and opportun ities.

“This is a huge credit to the combined resources of Western Bay District and Tauranga City Councils, user groups, volunteers, local businesses, the and our lead Bay Trust sponsor the Tauranga Energy Consumer Trust.

Rates are Council's main source of income for providing and maintaining essential services for residents throughout the District. Our rating system is designed to provide for both District-wide and localised activities. Localised activities are typically defined by an area of benefit. This generally includes those properties that could benefit from the services being provided.

every property owner pays the following rates and charges - collectively these make up District-wide rates: general Rate

The District Rate is based on capital value and is used to cover costs associated with the day-to-day running of Council operations. uniform annual general Charge (uagC) For every rateable property, owners are required to pay a UAGC - for 2011/2012 this is $175.00. This money is used for the same purposes as District Rates.

District Library Charge Every property owner pays this charge, which is used to fund library services throughout the District.

Roading Every property owner pays a Roading Rate and a Roading Charge. Rural property owners are also required to pay a Rural Works Charge, which is used to fund roading projects in rural areas.

Environmental Protection Charge This is a fixed charge per property. The income is used to pay for Council initiatives to protect the environment and community health, including a proportion of wastewater and solid waste costs and environmental planning.

Depending on where your property is situated, you may also be required to pay one or more of the following: Community board Rate You are required to pay this rate if your property is located in a Community Board area. It is a fixed charge on each rating unit within that Community Board area.

Community hall If you live in the vicinity of a community hall, this is the amount you pay to cover ongoing operating and maintenance costs.

focus Te Puke All separately rateable properties in the Te Puke and Maketu wards pay this charge (commercially-zoned properties in the Te Puke Community Board area are required to pay an additional rate) which is used to fund the promotion of Te Puke. gibraltar Water Scheme This charge is paid by all properties receiving water from the scheme as identified by the scheme's directors. katikati Promotion

All separate rateable properties in the Katikati Ward pay this charge (commercially-zoned properties in the Katikati Community Board area are required to pay an additional rate) which is used to fund the promotion of Katikati. katikati Resource Centre Charge Properties in the Katikati and Waihi Beach wards are required to pay this charge to fund the operation of this community facility. katikati Town Centre Development Property owners in Katikati Ward are required to pay this charge to fund town centre activities.

Omokoroa greenwaste This is a fixed charge per property in the Omokoroa Community Board area to fund the greenwaste disposal facility.

Omokoroa Town Centre Property owners in the Omokoroa Community Board area are required to pay this charge to fund town centre activities.

Pukehina beach Protection Charge Pukehina property owners are required to pay this charge to fund Pukehina Beach protection works.

Pukehina Development fund Pukehina property owners are required to pay this charge for the development of infrastructure.

Recreation If your property is located in Katikati, Te Puke or Maketu ward, you are required to pay this charge to cover costs of swimming pools in your area.

Resort Pacifica Capital Sewerage Charge Every separate rateable property within Resort Pacifica is required to pay this charge to enable connection to Council's sewerage reticulation system.

Solid Waste This is a fixed charge per property, based on location. It covers costs for solid waste facilities across the District, including transfer stations and ongoing remedial work at closed refuse tip sites.

Stormwater You are required to pay a stormwater charge if your property is situated in a defined stormwater catchment.

people • plan • progress

Subdivision Charge This is a fixed charge on properties in the process of being subdivided, as at 30 June each year. For information on financial contributions associated with subdivision, please refer to fees and charges information available on Council’s website or at any of Council’s offices.

Talisman Drive Development Charge Property owners in Katikati Ward are required to pay this charge to cover works associated with the development of Talisman Drive.

Te Puna Library All properties in the Te Puna school catchment area are required to pay this charge, which contributes to operating costs of the Te Puna library.

Waihi beach Coastal Protection Charge Depending on the location of a property in the Waihi Beach Ward, property owners will be required to pay the following charges: • Beach front behind the rock revetment, in the defined area of benefit: $1,376.00.

2011 2012

• In the defined area of benefit for dune work: $648.00.

• In the defined area of benefit for dune works and Three Mile Creek works: $641.00.

• Beyond the defined areas of benefit: $10.00.

For more information on these charges please refer to Council’s website: www.westernbay.govt.nz/Major-Projects/

about your rates

Waihi Land Drainage Properties in the Little Waihi area, which benefit from drainage works, pay this charge.

Water and Wastewater

If your property receives Council water and/or wastewater services, or is located in an area where these services are available, you are required to pay a service/availability charge.

Wilson Road upgrade This is a charge on all properties in the Waihi Beach Ward and an additional charge on commercial properties in the Wilson Road area.

neW rate: maketu/little Waihi Wastewater

Property owners in the area of benefit will be required to pay a capital charge based on a 50% charge for the first year (2011/2012).

if you require further information or have any questions about your rates please phone our customer services team on:

07 571 8008

or visit your nearest library and service centre:

te puke library & service Centre, Jellicoe street, te puke omokoroa library & service Centre, mcDonnell street, omokoroa Katikati library & service Centre, main road, Katikati Waihi beach library & service Centre, Waihi beach road, Waihi beach

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rates anD CHarges What do they all mean and which ones am i required to pay?

yOu CaN Pay yOuR RaTES ONLiNE aT: www.westernbay.govt.nz/rates/payments-online/

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They say goodbye is the hardest word.

So to help you with your goodbyes, we’d like to say ‘hello’.

Because we’ve been around for over 100 years, many Bay of Plenty families already know us. Generations have relied on us to bring family and friends together, to celebrate lives, to share treasured memories and to care for recently departed loved ones.

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Chris Andrews & David McMahon Registered Funeral Directors

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financial

situations vacant Industrial Staff Required We are looking for general and skilled labourers for immediate assignments.

You must have a ‘can do’ attitude, be motivated, punctual and reliable. You will need to be available to work at short notice and be willing to do a variety of jobs.

Work varies from construction labouring, general labouring, devanning containers, landscaping, timber mill work, furniture removal, traffic control, warehousing etc.

To be successful in this application you MUST provide: • A current Driver’s Licence (Restricted or Full) • Your own reliable transport • Two recent work verbal reference contact details.

Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work permit.

Candidates, don’t delay. Call the Tradestaff team on 0508 40 40 40 (Freephone) to register your interest between 9am - 3pm, Monday - Friday.

1 Hour Approval No Broker Fees Same Day cash Unsecured loans up to $1000 Secured loans from $1000

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KIWIFRUIT JOBS

PH 0800 733 525 VISIT www.kiwifruitjobs.co.nz

Seeka operates leading post harvest facilities within the BOP region. We are a team that is committed to providing quality and service to our growers whilst maintaining a positive, healthy and safe work environment. We are looking for skilled and enthusiastic people to join our team for the 2012 kiwifruit season. We have positions available for both day and night shifts at our sites.

Packhouse

Location

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KKP Transpack

Cnr SH2 and Maketu Rd Young Rd, Maketu

07 533 2313 07 573 6586

8am - 7pm 8am - 7pm

8pm - 7am 8pm - 7am

Oakside Huka Pak

Rangiuru Road, Te Puke Totara Street, Mt Maunganui

07 573 8108 07 572 6043

8am - 7pm 7am – 6pm

8pm - 7am 7pm – 6am

Katikati Peninsula

Cnr Main Rd & Wharawhara Rd 1416 SH 25, Whenuakite

07 549 3061 07 866 3519

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We have two key seasonal positions available for Line Shift Supervisors at Oakside Packhouse, Te Puke.

Reporting to the Line Manager, you will be responsible and accountable for the people management, safety and general operation of the shift on one of the packing lines.

Key tasks and responsibilities include: • Managing, leading and guiding supervisors and line staff.

• Assisting in liaising with the human resources team to ensure the line is adequately resourced and trained.

• Ensuring fruit quality specifications are met and the Zespri/market grade standards are adhered to.

• Ensuring the Company’s Health and Safety Policy is implemented and communicated to all line staff.

• Ensuring pack plan instructions are adhered to.

Please apply to: Susan Wood, 242 Rangiuru Rd, Te Puke.

Email: susanw@seeka.co.nz.

Ph 07 573-8108 ext 7601

APPLY NOW!

HukaPak, Mount Maunganui

- night shift • Tray Prep and Packing Supervisors - night shift Email: dianneh@seeka.co.nz

• Line Manager - night shift • Quality Controllers - ZIL Approved - day and night shifts • Trainee Quality Controllers - day and night shifts Email: lancet@seeka.co.nz

Transpack, Maketu

Other Seasonal Positions

• QC’s and Trainee QC’s

• Packing Supervisor - night and day shift Email: lancet@seeka.co.nz

Oakside, Te Puke

Day and Night Shift • Forklift Drivers (Te Puke and Mount Coolstores) • Sizer Operator - Compac Machine (Invision experience preferred) • Bin Dump Operators • Tray Prep and Packing Supervisors • Tally Clerks • Packhouse EDI Operator - night shift • Coolstore EDI Operator - day shift Email: susanw@seeka.co.nz

As part of our commitment to Seeka’s Workplace Drug and Alcohol Policy you will be required to undergo pre-employment drug screening if working in a safety sensitive area.

Supports a Drug & Alcohol Free Workplace

KKP, Maketu

Apply now for seasonal roles • Packers • Stackers • Strappers • Graders • Tray Preparation

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Corporate Angels Escort Agency. Ladies and Gay Males welcome for our extremely busy season.

Apply in confidence to Allan 021 606 180

art & craft

GLASS FUSING introducion workshop perfect for the beginner. 2 1/2 hours of fun & info while creating your own unique piece which is fired overnight. $46 + materials.

Sat 1.30 - 4.00pm 26th March.

Clay Art Studio, Historic Village, 17th ave. Ph 571 3726 MOSAIC WAREHOUSE want to decorate your home & garden, make gifts for family & friends. Whether you’re a beginner or an expert, all your mosaic supplies in one shop. Huge selection available. Making mosaics is easy & so much fun. Give it a go, you’ll love it. Unit 29, 23 Tukorako Drive, Mount (off Hull Rd) Tues to Sat 10am2pm eftpos Ph 572 3866 www.mosaicwarehouse.co.nz

bible digest

“WHEN A WICKED man dies, his hope perishes; all he expected from his power comes to nothing.” “A generous man will prosper; he who refeshes others will himself be refreshed.”

Proverbs 11:7 Proverbs 11:25 business opportunity OWN A COMPUTER? Then put it to work! Up to $850-$5000+ mth PT/FT 08 329 3428

cars for sale

CAR FAIR – BUY OR SELL ANY VEHICLE, Every Sunday at 11th Avenue Car park opposite Mad Butcher 8am-noon. Vehicle Finance available from Heartland Finance. Phone for more information 0277339686 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 VIRUS & SPYWARE REMOVAL Upgrades, servicing and repairs Free call out and quotation New power supply $70 fitted Motherboards From $100 fitted.

All work has 12 month warranty.

Laptops from $300, Desktops from $125. Wanted - faulty pc & laptops. Call Crystal Computing Tel: 07 579 5860 or 021 156 0055

entertainment

FISHING TRIPS FOR EVERYONE, no oil or debris, just fresh fish and good fun! Rod hire & bait combos available www.taurangamarinecharters. co.nz Ph 07 552 6283.

flatmate wanted

TO SHARE 3 BEDROOM house in Tuihana location Papamoa. Own bedroom and bathroom. $150 pw plus expenses. Phone Caro 027 391 6321

for sale

CONCRETE SLEEPERS everlasting and realistic, from $9.00 each. Village Stone, 53 Hull Rd. Mt Maunganui.

Ph 575 4887 EXCELLENT FISHING BOAT Wooden 32.8ft launch with 170hp inboard. Nice stable fishing boat, handles well in rough seas, cooking area, toilet, bait boards and mooring down town Tauranga.

Fly bridge controls yet to be hooked up. Comes with aluminium row boat with oars. $30,000 ono. Contact James 022 038 2508 FIREWOOD FOR SALE 4 cubic meters, dry pine. $220 Phone 579 2096/027 727 8106 FIREWOOD (Genko) Some sizes ready most need spiltting. $50 a standard 6 x 4 trailer. Self collection. Phone 576 3672 OVEN UNIT includes Stainless Panasonic Microwave and Fisher & Paykel oven, approx 10 years old, excellent condition, plus range hood. $450 ono on the lot.

Ph Claire 0274 827200.

PAVERS Factory seconds, half price. 53 Hull Rd Mt Maunganui. Ph 575 4887 JACKRUSSELL, MALES. 8 weeks old on 31st March.

We have six males for sale all have beautiful markings, brown heads and some with spots. Wonderful pets for a family. We own mum and dad.

To view photos see TradeMe listing #454206381 $600.00 each. Phone Sarah between working hours 027 307 4686

cars wanted

0800 382 828

computer services

computer services

health & beauty

LOSE WEIGHT FEEL GREAT! Join a ‘New Look’ clinic in your area. Healthy eating with real food. Ph Bernice NOW 576 4848 NATURAL NEW ZEALAND Health Products. Something for everyone. NZ Chartered Natural Therapies and Natural Medicine Practitioners.

Opposite BP Te Puke. Ph 573 5533 www.naturaltherapiesltd.co.nz and www.kiwikitz.com SHUZI INCREDIBLE SPACE age nano technology to improve your health embedded in stylish jewellery.

Now available at Hardy’s Bayfair & Hardy’s Organic Papamoa. 0800 833 333.

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house for sale

A PERFECT 3 bedroom home, warm and dry for winter with fireplace and full insulation.

Absolutely gorgeous outlook and cool breezes for Summer!

Fantastic family home or for first home buyers - ideal location in Brookfield. Fully fenced on a 716m2 section situated within easy walking distance to Brookfield shops, Schools, PreSchools & parks.

Separate single garage with power. Located in a quiet cul-de sac in a great neighbourhood, this home is a must see to see the potential.

View some photos on TradeMe #BZV 603 or phone Daphne 027 552 6283 today! Price Slashed to Sell was $330 now only $295,000 FANTASTIC LIFESTYLE BLOCK AT PIKOWAI Within easy commuting to Tauranga, Te Puke and Whakatane this 4 bedroom brick home is in paradise!

Beautiful sea and rural views 6 acres grazing land, horse pens, heaps of shedding, butchery and chiller for own use single garage with sleepout/office big games room or can be converted to extra double garage, chook house, drenching race for the cattle.

11.5 x 4.5 metre in ground swimming pool which is fully decked and fenced. This is a beautiful home and comes with a share in the community woolshed, tennis courts and cattle yards. Own water scheme. Fantastic community to belong to - be in quick! Price of house has been slashed! to $520,000 - urgent sale.

Ph 027 281 7427 today.

lifestyle coaching

C A R E E R RESTRUCTURING? Creating opportunity from Change. Ph Chris at Balanced Success Coaching 027 548 2548 chris@balancedsuccess.co.nz www.balancedsuccess.co.nz

mobility

MOBILITY SCOOTERS WHEELCHAIRS Walkers & more.Visit our showrom, 29 Burrows St, Tauranga, ph 578 1213. MES “Supporting your Independence”

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STAIRLIFTS – Make life easy with a stairlift, enjoy the home you love by installing an Acorn Stairlift. Call us now TOLL FREE 0800782475 or www. acornstairlifts.co.nz

removal

FREE REMOVAL unwanted steel, ovens, dishwashers, washing machines, fridge/ freezers, car batteries, etc.

Phone Brendon 021 608 129 or 544 6560

situation vacant

“A HOME BASED opportunity.

For $500 you can become financially independent.

Phone me now and i’ll show you how. Not M.L.M. - Denise Bird ph 574 2261

to let

3 BEDROOM MODERNIZED character home in Sixteenth Ave. Fully insulated, good outdoor area, low maintenance section, close to hospital, supermarket and schools. Available 20th March, $370 per week. Phone Merv 578 3499 or 027 562 3854 at beHome Realty REAA 2008

trades & services

AIRCONDITIONING HEATPUMPS LG 5.2kw installed for just $2700*.

All electrical services also available at low rates. 027 547 3831 or 543 0062 for details.

ALLAN HOLMES FOR ALL your carpentry, lockfitting & Handyman jobs around the home. Big or Small. Free quotes. Reasonable rates. Call 021 992 678 or after hours on 07 576 3543 BUILDER 30 YEARS experience in BOP. Specialised in outdoor areas, decks, pergolas, retaining walls, fences etc.

Reasonable rates.Free quotes. Ph Keith today on 578 6869 or 021 377 387 BUILDER AVAILABLE NOW New homes, renovations, bricklaying, quality rates, quality work. No job too big or small. Call me now for a quote. DK Builders - Dieter 021 474 299 or 574 2139 a/h BUILDER AVAILABLE, Qualified labour only, hourly rate. Phone Brian Bridge 021 136 3742 or 576 2835 BUILDER EXPERIENCED, New homes, repairs & alterations. Bathrooms, decks, fences. Trade qualified. Ph Warren 543 2040 or 021 021 98 196 BUILDER / HANDYMAN 45yrs experience, no job too small.

Ph Bryan on 027 408 3905 CEILING CLEANED. Our new technology eliminates flyspots & mould uses no chemicals, leaves no rubmarks, now 20% off. Ph 579 2643 www. cleaningup.co.nz ELECTRICIAN A professional and affordable registered electrician.

New builds, alterations, repairs. Ph Steve 578 0555 & 027 848 6042 GORSE SPRAYING Do you have a gorse problem?

Ph today for a FREE quote for all gorse control. Scott 0274 624 769

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GUTTERING CLEAN and repairs, moss removal.

Experienced Certified Roofer.

Free quotes. Ph Peter now 542 4291 or 0274 367 740 HANDYMAN BUILDING and section maintenance, decks, fencing, pergolas, painting, water blasting, odd jobs. Free quotes Ph Rossco 027 270 3313 or 544 5911 HOUSE CLEANERS AVAILABLE Husband & Wife team, 12 yrs experience within Tauranga, weekly or fortnightly basic house clean Ph 027 302 8328.

INSECT SCREENS Measure.

Make. Mend. Contact Rob at Magic Seal 543 4940 LICENSED BUILDER straight up builders specicalised in new housing, renovations, additions, extensions, decks, etc. Free quotes. Ph Jason 021 424 900 PAINTER / A1 DECORATOR available. All interior and exterior work.

Prompt, reliable, excellent references.

Ph Paul 576 4793, 027 689 6252 PAINTER AVAILABLE, Water blasting, Free quotes.

Experienced.

Reasonable rates. Ph Warren 543 2040 or 021 021 98 196 PAINTER / DECORATOR Interior & 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 544 6495 or 021 575 307 PLUMBING WORKS no job too big or small, blocked drains, plumbing, spouting & roof repairs.

Ph 571 5558 RETAINING WALL SPECIALIST Pole walls, crib walls, tilt slab concrete walls.

Excavation and levelling.

The best in the business.

Ph Mike 0274 942 966 a/h 576 0941 ROOFING & SPOUTING Metal fascia, gutter and rainwater systems. Long run corrugate. Maintenance, repairs or replacement.

Free no obligation quotes.

PROFIX 0274 965 375 profixltd@xtra.co.nz ROOFING New roofs, re-roofs, spouting & repairs.

Free quotes. Ph Chris 027 276 6348 or 572 3237 ROOF REPAIRS metal or onduline, gutters & down pipes, clean or replacement, chimney repairs. Certified Roofer over 30yrs experience Free quote. Ph Peter 542 4291 or 0274 367 740 ROTARY HOEING Lawn preparation & sowing. Loader & blade work. Tractor mowing.

Quality work & friendly service. Mini Tractor Service.

Ph Murray 543 4538 or 027 200 7480

trades & services

SAY GOODBYE TO GORSE! Do you have a gorse problem? We are experts for gorse control and can spray it all goodbye. Ph us today for a FREE quote for all gorse control. Ph Scott 0274 624 769.

SAVE ON WATER RATES have a home bore put in by me for all your Garden & lawn irrigation. Workmanship guaranteed. Phone Grant 07 575 9633 or 027 575 9633 STOVE REPAIRS, SALES & PARTS, Excellent service, great prices & a good supply of 2ndhand parts. Ph 2P’s Appliance Service 07 579 6416 STUMPINATOR STUMP Grinding free quotes & prompt service.

Narrow machine to access rear yards. Ph 576 4245 or 0220 764 245 TAURANGA TANDEM SKYDIVING Best Buzz in the Bay, Gift Vouchers. Ph 576 7990 TILER, QUALIFIED tiler, references available, free quotes, all types of work done from kitchen splashbacks to full tiled bathrooms. Contact Nelson 021 609 289 TREE FELLING, PRUNING & removal/chipping. No job to big or small. Ph Scott 0274 624 769 TREE SHRUB AND HEDGES Trimming, topping, removal, rubbish removal, satisfaction guaranteed, free quote. Steve Hockly 571 5958

transport

DRIVING MISS DAISY, need to get to an appointment or want an outing? But don’t drive? Call us for safe friendly, and relible service. Discount offered to Total Mobility card holders. Phone Jackie from Driving Miss Daisy, 552 6614

travel & tours

A DAY OR SEVERAL DAYS away with John’s door to door Trips & Tours. Jersey Boys show concession tickets & transport. Another Waiheke Island Tour. Phone 576 9305 A HOLIDAY OR DAY-OUT. Every week. Small Group Tours. Door to Door Hinterland Tours Ph Kae & Rick 07 575 8118 CURTIS COACHES, for all your coach travel needs!

Curtisy Tours. Come join the fun. Day and away trips phone 07 5439205 for quotes or newsletter.

SCOTTSDALE SENIOR TOURS, fully escorted owner/operated since 1978. Ph free for colour brochure today 0800 664 414.

Also see www.scottsdaletours. co.nz

wanted to rent

CLEAN, TIDY, PROFESSIONAL couple seeking house to rent/housesit in Mount; Great Tenants.

2-3 bedroom. Non-smokers, no pets. Phone 021 239 1633

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Exalt God • Worship Jesus TAURANGA PRIMARY SCHOOL HALL, 31 Fifth Ave

The Christian hope The Christian hope is poised between past and future.

The journey of faith is sustained by memory on the one hand, and anticipation on the other.

Christians can look back to the once-forall deliverance from sin that Christ achieved through his cross and resurrection, and also look forward to finally being with Christ in heaven – when suffering, pain, sin and death are things of the past. The old order will finally have been abolished.

In the meantime, we who are Christians must live out our lives on earth – but we

can do so in hope, trusting in both what God has done, and what he will do. The Christian hope rests securely on the total reliability of God, and his complete faithfulness to his promises.

The resurrection hope of believers is of importance because it proclaims the unique divinity of Christ. This hope is also of importance to the future of believers because those who believe in Christ will share in his resurrection. The theme of hope is central importance in human history. Despair drives people and societies into all kinds of disasters. A faith, which offers the world no hope, is irrelevant; a faith which offers

Harp in my heart The rhythms of our heart are inspired by the rawness of the Father’s love to us.

dream that has died. You still have many more songs to dream and melodies to write. Don’t stop singing.

There is still one more person for you to tell, never give up, just keep on dreaming. God so knows your pain.

Out of that pain can come a sound that can only come forth when heaven comes down and meets you on earth.

The harp in your heart crafted and healed by the master craftsman will begin to permeate a beautiful love song.

A song of the Father’s unconditional love and healing that can change your life and that of our nation forever.

Who can understand God’s reckless mercy or the depth of His love made manifest in His son Jesus Christ; that he would make His habitation in the hearts of His imperfect creation through the precious Holy Spirit.

Our overwhelmed hearts have to question, what kind of love is this? It’s a love that is pure, unconditional and freely given. John 3:16. Aotearoa cries out for the ointment of love to heal the pain. God alone knows

By Pastor Janet Johansen your pain and all you have been going through. There is a harp in every heart and all of us can play it. A song is in every broken soul to be sung just waiting to be released. Even though life may seem so upside down and many are weeping, as you call out to the Father, He will just keep on 252 Otumoetai Road, Tauranga coming to you. He keeps on loving even when we let Him down.

A harp is a beautiful musical instrument that arrests the hearts of man when a melody is played.

The heavenly Father’s heart pours out a beautiful love song to the world. It is a melody of forgiveness, acceptance and healing. As you listen for the rains of grace and mercy, let them wash over your heart and See website for more info release the harp and song that has been silenced, the www.citychurchtauranga.org.nz

Sunday Services

9:30am & 6:00pm All welcome!

the world a false hope is fraudulent. One of the greatest wonders of the gospel is that it offers the world a real hope, grounded in history, and guaranteed by the presence and power of the risen Lord Jesus.

Jesus chose to suffer and die, so that those who put their trust in him might suffer and die in hope. Hope is one of the characteristics of human life today. With faith and love it will also be a characteristic of human life on a higher plane in heaven.

By Graeme Johnstone, Tauranga Central Baptist Church

10am: Worship & Communion Service Speaker: David Otway Phone: 579 2729 www.jesusfirst.org.nz COME & MEET WITH THE LORD

Live & Serve in the Power of the Holy Spirit

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The wine isn’t the only thing you’ll appreciate amongst such spectacular scenery Experience our breathtaking landscapes this autumn. With heaps of accommodation, dining and activity deals Queenstown has plenty of opportunities for relaxation, indulgence and adventure.

Lake Hayes, Queenstown

Hurry... great autumn deals online now!

www.queenstownNZ.co.nz VISIT OUR MOBILE SITE

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Picture perfect European tour Imagine travelling to Europe with a small group of like-minded companions to take in handpicked top spots on a tour through France, Switzerland and Italy.

This is just what Susan HarrisonTustain is offering.

The Tauranga-based internationally renowned artist has designed a 29-day tour ‘Portrait of Europe: An Artist’s Mediterranean Odyssey’ with her husband Richard.

The trip incorporates many of their favourite haunts says Susan.

Spectacular

For those who would like to try their hand at painting – there is the opportunity to receive painting guidance from Susan.

Imagine sitting in an ancient village street or in a meadow of wildflowers, surrounded by the Swiss Alps – perfect subjects for painting!

Knowledge

Richard will share his expertise in photography to help guests create fantastic travel shots and learn how to make the most of their digital cameras. Fifteen years in the wine industry has given Richard a wealth of knowledge which he also shares in two wine appreciation tastings on the trip.

Susan describes the tour as “the

best of the best of Europe”.

Just some of the highlights include, visiting Loire Valley Chateaux, travelling the spectacular Swiss mountain railway through the Eiger to the ‘Top of Europe’ Jungfraujoch, a cook school in beautiful Bellagio, magical Venice and a superb 11-day five star cruise on the Azamara Journey that begins in Monaco and takes in the French and Italian Rivieras, with stops including St Tropez, Portofino, Cinque Terre, Sorrento, Amalfi, Capri and finishing in Rome – the Eternal City.

By Hamish Carter

“It’s a leisurely paced, unique and tailor-made tour. The main focus of this ‘trip of a lifetime’ is sight-seeing spectacular destinations and excursions in the security of a small group and with experienced and well-travelled tour leaders.”

United Travel at Bethlehem

United Travel at the Mount United Travel at Te Puke United Travel at Katikati

Bethlehem Town Centre

Maunganui Road

Jellicoe Street

Main Road

(07) 579 3431

(07) 575 3068

(07) 573 7805

(07) 549 1711

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