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Issue 15 - Winter 2019
About us Editor:
A most welcome back!
Antoon ( "uN-Tone" ) Moonen
Contact 7-days: 022 673 8006 editor@baywaka.nz Sub-editors:
Lisa Hickling Amber Johnsen
Photographers:
Andy Belcher Tom Ross
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What a privilege it has been to work alongside Ray Dumble and his team at Tauranga Airport, during the final stages of the incredible transformation that has taken place at the airport passenger Terminal, to bring the feature articles together for this magazine issue. Ray would like to extend a warm welcome to all to come on down and visit the new airport Terminal, admire the outstanding facilities and watch the planes come and go, while "uN-Tone" - Antoon Moonen enjoying the café with its tasty cuisine. It is also well appointed and spacious enough to carry out short business meetings while savouring the fresh coffee. Come on down and see for yourself and bring a friend! Quick, there is still time to tell the Bay of Plenty Regional Council what you think about their Annual Plan for 2019/20 (page 37). They are seeking your input on many of the matters that affect our community today and at the same time, are giving us a timely update on buses (page 33). Be sure to visit the Regional Council website (page 35) in time to make your submission count. Let us keep in mind, that this is the year for the Local Body Elections and so we have several thought-provoking opinion articles penned by local thinkers to encourage discourse amongst candidates and voters alike. At the same time, Bay Waka is preparing to deliver two exclusive Election Special Issue magazines for candidates in Western and Eastern Bay of Plenty totalling around 130,000 copies, to be delivered a few days before the voting papers arrive in mail boxes (page 26). If you didn’t know about 'Kai Aroha', you’ll find out now! How, for past three years, every Friday night on average, 50 hot meals are served to those in need in our community. They now need our support to obtain a well-appointed van and find permanent lodgings (pages 18-21). Department of Conservation (DOC) invite us to celebrate the arrival of Matariki with planned events to which you will need to book your place! They are also giving away 10 awesome Wetlands posters that we published in previous issue 14 (page 57). Finally, I would like to extend personal thanks to the 100+ people in our community who brought forward their enthusiasm and positive energy to bring this bumper issue to fruition. You may have noticed that this issue is 64-pages, up from our usual 56-pages. This is solely due to the phenomenal support that has built up around Bay Waka by writers and advertisers alike. Please support our advertising supporters because it is thanks them that we are here! Keep the magazine on hand for the timetables inside and make use of the vouchers and discounts. There are all kinds of tickets and prizes to be won which are referenced on page 2. If you want to support this magazine by writing or advertising or have any other feedback, we’d love to hear from you.
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100-YEARS
Aviation in Tauranga
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1920
The first aircraft landed at Tauranga on 20 March 1920. A Boeing One captained by George Bolt was sent to Tauranga to deliver Dr H W Clearly, Catholic Bishop of Auckland for a pastoral visit. The aircraft landed in the harbour at the strand.
1932
Hilda Hewlett was the matriarch of British and NZ aviation and was the first private and commercial female pilot in both countries. After being a partner in an aircraft factory that manufactured aircraft during WW1 she moved to Tauranga and became a founder of the Tauranga Aero and Gliding Club in 1932.
1939
Tauranga Airport was opened with commercial operations, run by Union Airways that operated a twin engine De Havilland 86. Access to the Airport from Tauranga was by ferry and taxi.
1940
Airport was converted to an Air Force training establishment and commercial operations were suspended as the aircraft were seconded to the Air Force. At the end of WW2 commercial operation with the DC3 aircraft recommenced.
1967
Airport closed for a year while a 1285m sealed runway, Air Traffic Control Tower, ground based navigation aids and a passenger terminal were constructed or installed. Fokker Friendship aircraft commenced services once the airport was reopened.
1990
The Fokker were replaced with Bandeirante, Metroliner and Saab aircraft which in turn where replaced by Beechcraft and Q 300 and over the last 5 years ATR aircraft.
1998
The 1285m runway was extended to 1825m
Now
Q 300 and ATR services operate from 0600 through to 2100hr daily with direct services to Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. There are over 2000 seats available in and out of Tauranga most days, with over 450,000 passengers using the Airport annually, this is an increase from 80,000 15 years ago. There are no operational limitations for the Airport going forward!
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Bay of Plenty Times SATURDAY, MAR 20, 1920 FIRST AIR MACHINE TO VISIT TAURANGA Journey from Auckland 2hrs 14 minutes
After receiving mails for various places, the machine, with Dr Cleary and Mr Bolt aboard, left the Queen's Wharf, Auckland, at 7:16 this morning for Port Charles, Tauranga, Whakatane and Opotiki. The weather conditions were ideal. The seaplane passed Cape Colville at 7:30, and dropped a mail at Port Charles at eight o'clock from a height of about 800ft. The machine followed the coast, and later the occupants obtained a full and clear view of Waihi and district. The seaplane turned in at the Bowentown Entrance at 9:17, and then made a wide detour over the Katikati district so as to give the residents an opportunity of viewing the machine, which at this time was flying at a height of about 800ft. About 9:25, Mr Andrews, Manager of the Northern S.S. Company received a line from Katikati that the seaplane had passed there. Almost immediately the machine was seen away to the north-east. She crossed the extremity of Waikareao, then over the Domain and over the Military Cemetery to the harbour. With water below the pilot commenced to descend, taking a wide circle towards the eastern shore near Whareroa, and thence up the harbour, taking the water perfectly about opposite Victoria Wharf, sharp at 9:30. The machine then rode quietly to the beach a little southward of the Town Wharf, just off the steps opposite the Commercial Hotel and a few yards from the breastwork, the tide being low. The first act of the Bishop was to photograph the large and interested crowd which had gathered to witness his arrival. The children swarmed round the machine, and kept the pilot busy for a while curbing their curiosity. It was a happy thought on the part of Mr. B.P. Andrews, Chairman of the Tauranga District High School, in granting the children leave from school so that they might witness the arrival of the seaplane, and the enthusiasm which they displayed was full recompose for the consideration extended by the Chairman. History compiled by Ray Dumble, Manager Tauranga Airport
Feature - Tauranga Airport
Boeing One arrives in Tauranga on 20th March 1920.
Today witnessed the first visit of a seaplane to Tauranga, the occupants being Dr H. W. Cleary, Catholic Bishop of Auckland, and Mr G. B. Bolt, one of the pilots attached to the Auckland Flying School at Kohimarama. Dr Cleary is making a pastoral visit to Tauranga, Opotiki, and Whakatane.
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The Terminal expansion "We have a real airport now"
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Feature - Tauranga Airport
auranga Airport operates according to a 20-30-year master plan which is reviewed 5-yearly. The last review in 2015 concluded that the terminal building was operating at very near capacity and may limit the ongoing growth of Air services in and out of Tauranga unless it was extended. This assessment was based on a multitude of factors including forecast population growth, international and domestic tourism demands, GDP, inbound migration, changes in aircraft size and the ever increasing use of Tauranga as an initial point of departure for International travel. The projected passenger growth in the master plan review has already been exceeded.
Consultation, planning and contracting Airport management worked with Jasmax Architects and Airbiz Airport Strategists to develop a concept for the expansion required to last 10-15 years. We consulted with operators from across the board in the Airport precinct, with local Iwi and airline operators. The consultation process proved invaluable as the input from those consulted radically changed both the design and the size of the Terminal development. Feedback included a significant desire and need to make the Terminal flow better and to ensure the high use areas were not placed in the middle of the building. After the budget, new rentals, and fees were agreed; expressions of interest were called for and five construction companies were invited to tender for the project. Naylor Love, a national
construction company was the successful tenderer and contracted to do the project. Construction started in late November 2017. The planning, consultation and tendering process prior to commencing construction took two years.
Snazzy design and construction The design of the building incorporated the construction of another building adjacent to the existing Terminal, physically joined only by a “seismic joint”. This was due to the change in design technology and to accommodate the buildings moving differently in the event of an earthquake. The existing building had to be bought up to an “importance level 3” standard, which involved drilling 20 piles to attach to rock at 27m below ground level, the purpose of the piles being to limit the potential effect of liquefaction. Construction commenced as planned, and quite extensive temporary work was required to relocate offices to allow for the uninterrupted operation of the Airport. Unfortunately, the ground conditions were worse than predicted which meant more extensive excavations, and the construction of much larger concrete ground beams underneath the new floor slab were required. A lot of work was done after hours due to its disruptive nature. Stage one which included a new Koru Lounge three times the footprint of the old one, a new departure waiting area, a new baggage arrival hall, baggage make up area, another toilet block and rental car facilities all opened in early December 2018. Continues on page 7 ...
From left, Ray Dumble (Tauranga Airport), Bill Reeves (Air NZ) and Dave Fordham (Naylor Love). Photographer: Tom Ross.
Tasty cuisine is available for travellers and visitors alike to enjoy in comfort. Photographer: Andy Belcher.
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It was very satisfying for all involved to see the amazed look on people’s faces, in particular our regular travellers and staff, when the hoardings were removed. The feature wooden ceiling panels and laminated timber beams receive particular attention.
Stage two and finishing off Stage two was commenced and involved further temporary arrangements mainly around existing check-in areas and some of the external walk ways. The new Air NZ offices were opened in March followed by an automated check-in area and bag drop conveyor. You can now check yourself in through your final domestic or international destination unassisted if you wish. The balance of the required works will be completed by early May which is mainly painting, landscaping and finishing detail.
A depiction of Mauao by local carver Jason Porter greets arrivals.
Photographer: Andy Belcher.
Tauranga Airport, new departure lounge and public viewing area.
Photographer: Andy Belcher.
Feature - Tauranga Airport
The smartest thing we did was definitely the extensive consultation and there is a general feeling from our users, that “we have a real Airport now”. The most satisfying parts of the project are two things: bringing the Terminal staff on the journey with us and comparing the artist impressions to the finished product, we built exactly what we said we would. By Ray Dumble Manager, Tauranga Airport I write for this magazine to share insight to the exciting development of Tauranga Airport completed in 2019.
Air NZ Q 300 boarding at Gate 2 bound for Wellington.
Photographer: Andy Belcher.
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A change is gonna come The great Sam Cooke once wrote a song about it. Never was there a more truthful statement. I sure did not think that the change would occur in such a short space of time... I started at the Tauranga Airport in June 2008, tasked to load the aircraft and perform the duties at the Fire station on Rescue Fire. The duties required in Rescue Fire included dealing with all issues associated with the terminal. It was a 50/50 split on the 40 hour week to ensure that the airport was kept operational. This lasted until about September 2008 when I went full time at Rescue Fire. The contract came up for tender in 2014 to which myself and wife Pam were the successful tender trading as Advanced Aviation Services culminating in a start date of April 2015. Tauranga Airport Authority
carried out a task resource analysis to ascertain whether optimum operational safety performance in an emergency would be achieved with the current 1 man fire crews. While it was just achieving this, the Airport Authority opted to provide better than the base level service and also allocated further tasks to the fire crews which resulted in the fire crews needing to be increased to two man teams covering all operational hours for Air NZ aircraft. I have seen this airport grow to become one of the busiest regional airports and can’t wait to see the journey from this point onwards.
as well as a port of departure for those on their outward journey. I love to see the interaction of those coming and going. It is a great place to work and I love to see and feel the range of emotions associated with these travellers. It’s a homecoming and an adventure all at the same time. By Chris Walters Director Advanced Aviation Services I write this article for the Bay Waka as I feel that this airport needs to be recognised as an integral part of the community that will service the needs of our wider whanau and at the same time be a great place to visit to meet or see off their loved ones.
That change that Sam talked about has now arrived. I see the airport as both a gateway and final destination to some many people
Feature - Tauranga Airport Advanced Aviation Security Services stafe from left, Clint, Luke, Steve, Kevin, Pam Walters, Steve, Levi, Chris Walters. This day, 5 other team members were rostered off.
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The 33-year-old Stryker fire truck will be used as a backup water carrying tanker when replaced on the front line with the new Rosenbauer Panther fire appliance. This Rosenbauer 6 x 6 Panther, seen here at the manufacturers factory in Linz, Austria, will be the front-line fire appliance when it arrives in September 2019. It is purpose built for Tauranga Airport under our own specifications. The truck is a 6 x 6-wheel drive, powered by an automatic 700hp Volvo engine .There are 4 methods of water based fire suppression available on the truck all of which can operate simultaneously. It has a 9000 litre water tank and 1080 litre foam tank, which can be delivered at 4750 litre per minute from the roof turret and lesser amounts from other deliveries. The truck is 11.25 metres long and weighs 39 tonne fully laden.
An Airport Terminal of which to be proud In early 2017 during the planning stages of the proposed Tauranga City Airport terminal extensions, Ray Dumble, the Manager of Tauranga Airport Authority and I discussed the need to photographically document the development. I undertook to take regular photographs in and around the development to record its progress. The first Photo book was produced in June 2018 tracing the week by week progress from the start in late October 2017. The on-site airport staff, Naylor Love staff and visiting subcontractors featured. This was important as they all played a part in the development. In the future, history recorded in the two Photo books will prove they were part of an important
part of Tauranga City development. Photo book 2 will be completed and published once the new terminal is completed right down to the landscaping and new lawns going down. The city now has a welcoming arrival area, superb Koru Lounge, excellent cafĂŠ, relaxing and comfortable departure lounge plus state of the arts check in area. I have really enjoyed the experience of recording this development and thank all participants for their enthusiasm and good work. By Tom Ross Photographer and Photo book creator I write for this magazine to share my passion for recording this historic development.
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From NAC to Air NZ
- Bill Reeves, Air New Zealand Airport Manager Tauranga
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Feature - Tauranga Airport
s a keen 10-yearold, I went with my parents to the opening of the Tauranga Airport terminal in 1967, when NAC, the National Airways Corporation, started its services to a dusty little airport in Aerodrome Road. Today, 53 years later, I am retiring from my role as Air New Zealand Manager for Tauranga as a new terminal building opens. The incredible growth of Tauranga and of the importance of air travel to our community over that time could not have been imagined back then. Likewise, when I started a short-term job in the NAC Freight Department in Anglesea Street, Hamilton, in January 1977, I could not have foreseen how my career in this industry would develop. Just a year after I joined NAC, the company was amalgamated with Air New
Zealand. Since then I have been employed by Terminal Services, Mount Cook airlines, Eagle Airways and Air New Zealand. Along with the changing subsidiary companies I came under, I have seen a big change in the aircraft we serviced. During the 28 years I spent at Hamilton Airport, we had a regular Fokker Friendship F27 service and an overnight Boeing 737 service. There were regular visits from Safe Air freighter aircraft the Bristol Freighter and Argosy. In 1994, Kiwi Air started, and I worked on the first ‘peanuts and cola’ flights to Australia. Soon after, in 1995, Air New Zealand started operating Freedom Air and this grew to 15 flights a week out of Hamilton to Australia and Fiji alone. The changes brought about by rapidly developing computer technology have
transformed travel planning for travellers. One of my earliest jobs in the travel office was hand-writing hundreds of passenger tickets. There was one price per destination and up to eight carbon copies to file. Hanging on to that precious ticket was vital and we would see panicked passengers who found they had forgotten to pack their ticket. Nowadays, the smart phone in your pocket can take care of everything. I was widowed in 2000, so when the opportunity came for me and my two young sons to return home to Tauranga as airport manager for Eagle Air, I didn’t hesitate. The incredible growth of Tauranga over the 14 years I have been here has been both challenging and exciting. Passenger numbers have grown from under 100,000 per year to around half a million this year so
the number of flights and the staff required have continued to grow faster than any other regional airport. I am retiring now after more than 42 years in the airline industry. I will miss the friendships which have developed with the job; with my staff, my fellow managers and with the many regular passengers I’ve got to know well. However, retiring in Tauranga, as many thousands of people know, has a silver lining. I am very lucky to call this my home town and to enjoy my life here with family and friends. By Bill Reeves Airport Manager Tauranga Air New Zealand (Retired, April 2019) I write for this magazine because I am proud to celebrate my home town.
Bill Reeves has called Tauranga home for past 14-years and leaves the Airport in exceptional condition for future growth.
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Classic Flyers Museum Entrance
Classic Flyers NZ museum and flights Feature - Tauranga Airport
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lassic Flyers is a popular tourist museum and function venue that was first opened in May 2005 in a custom built facility of 2,300m2 located at 9 Jean Batten Drive, just five minutes’ walk from the airport terminal. The impressive building is laid out as a large hangar with a parking apron designed to capture a great view for the public. An integrated Café, bar and function rooms are also part of the facility. Entering the museum is via the AvGas café then on through the Gift Shop. Once you have purchased your tickets, you enter the large main hangar containing all manner of operational and static aircraft. Many of the static aircraft have steps leading up to them that allow visitors good close up views of the aircraft cockpits. There are also a number of aircraft that visitors can actually get inside including a Hawker Hunter jet fighter, Catalina Flying Boat and DH Heron airliner to name but a few. A wealth of information is displayed in the many purpose-built display
cabinets lining the walls, along with exciting video displays depicting the aircraft in operation. Many beautifully made models and a collection of aero engines are also proudly on display. A highlight for our youngest visitors is the opportunity to “fly” in one of our collection of pedal planes. But the visit does not end there. After viewing the aircraft displayed outside, follow a path from the main hangar to our other two hangars. One, the “Restoration Workshop and Archive Centre”, contains aircraft currently under restoration and our artefact storage and aviation library. The other hangar is our “Flight Ops” hangar which contains more aircraft from our operational fleet. During a busy summer day there are often aircraft that taxi in and out of the museum on local flights that offer the visitor the chance to view aircraft in action up close or even go for a flight in one themselves. One of our most popular activities is to take a flight in our Boeing Stearman classic biplane. You may
have seen this yellow and red beauty, or heard its distinctive engine, in the sky above Tauranga on sunny days. Visitors get to dress up in a flight suit and climb into a genuine 1940’s vintage open cockpit biplane, then take to the skies for a scenic flight over Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty. It is a unique “wind in your face” experience as you soar over the beautiful Tauranga Harbour. Ideal as a gift for someone you love and gift vouchers are available. We also sell trial Glider flight vouchers with the Tauranga Gliding Club, another resident at Tauranga Airport.
Whether you want to spend 30 minutes or 3 hours, Classic Flyers museum has something that will appeal to people of all ages and interests and you are sure to leave with a positive impression and a sense of pride in New Zealand’s part in aviation history. Visit our website to find out more about Classic Flyers Museum and its exhibits: baylive.nz/classic
Boeing Stearman Biplane
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Kids birthday parties numbers required and you only pay for the children attending. There are a great range of activities for the kids to do from riding on the pedal planes, exploring the Torpedo Park adventure playground, climbing inside some real aircraft, going for a ride on a Vintage Fire Engine and using Nerf Guns to either shoot at targets in a shooting gallery or engage in an exciting Nerf War in a special Battle Zone. Every child attending receives a special party loot bag containing agerelated party specific toys to either
Pedal Plane Squadron
play with on the day or take home after the party. Along with this, all food and drink for the kids is included in the cost. The only thing the parents have to do is bring a birthday cake along. How easy is that?! Contact the team at Classic Flyers to make your child’s birthday one to remember. To find out more about kids parties at Classic Flyers visit the website: baylive.nz/classic-party
Torpedo Park Playground
Fire Engine Ride
School visits Classic Flyers in association with Tauranga City Airport offers a unique interactive, educational experience for children aged 2 to 12 years, which enhances curriculum studies for students as well as providing a fun day out for kids and adults alike. There are several school trip options to choose from: Preschool and primary school age children like to visit the museum, explore some of our real aircraft, ride in our pedal planes and have fun in our Aviation themed Adventure Playground. The playground is a great place to bring your little ones with a safe fenced off area where they can run around and explore
the aviation themed activities while you sit in comfort with a coffee from the AvGas café. Classic Flyers offers older students an interactive educational and memorable day out. The activities are mix and matched to suit the requirements of each class from pre-school through to Intermediate Level. The Museum Fun Experience allows kids to explore the museum, ride on our vintage fire engine and play in the Torpedo Park. The Museum and Airport Explorer ties in a visit to the Tauranga Airport where kids can see real aircraft
Airport Rescue Fire Tender
take-off and land and find out how the airport works and see a demonstration of the Airport Fire Rescue Tender, followed by morning tea back at the museum and ride on a vintage fire engine. The Flight School 101 Experience is the premier activity where students take part in a classroom style experience learning about flight and airplanes then get to explore real aircraft cockpits and flight simulators plus make their own model
gliders to take home. If you want to expand your students’ learning experience while having fun at the same time then make contact with the team at Classic Flyers to book your class trip. To find out more about School trips to Classic Flyers visit the website and download our full School Education Program Brochure: baylive.nz/classicschool
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Every weekend Classic Flyers plays host to a number of Kids Birthday Parties. These are great fun for the kids and educational and fun for adults too. The parties are ideal for boys and girls aged 2 years to 10 years old and are themed around both aviation and popular kids activities such as Disney Planes, Princess and Pirates, Super Heroes, Jurassic Dinosaurs and the popular Nerf War (for the older kids). The children’s parties are excellent value for money, with no minimum
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Classic Flyers NZ Conference Centre Classic Flyers has a unique conference centre in the heart of Mount Maunganui only five minutes’ walk from Tauranga City Airport. With its café and catering facilities it’s an ideal venue for business meetings and conferences.
Armoury Room
Three rooms are adjacent to each other and include The Boeing Room which seats up to 80 people, The Rotary Room seating up to 16 people and our Armoury Room seating up to 28 people. Each room is setup with audio-visual equipment. There is also an upstairs bar and toilet facilities making these rooms self-contained and private.
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Each room has its own charm with the Boeing Room showcasing a series of fascinating photo montages in cabinet frames on the walls depicting the evolvement of Tauranga City Airport from 1917. The Rotary Room offers a smaller function space that seats 16 in a boardroom configuration. This room is themed with helicopter models and photographic displays with windows overlooking our Museum Hangar interior.
Boeing Room
Rotary Room
The walls of the Armoury Room, are lined with glass fronted cabinets containing more aeronautical memorabilia donated or loaned by friends of Classic Flyers or families including WW2 pilots log books with contemporary photos, maps and other items of historical interest. The crowning glory is the Museum Main Museum Hangar Hangar at Classic Flyers which can cater a sit down meal for up to 500 people making it a unique venue for Weddings and Birthday celebrations, school balls and private dinners. Our main hangar is adjustable and can suit any type of function. Being an operational museum, most of the planes and jets are moveable to make room for your function whatever it may be! To find out more, reach out to our website: www.baylive.nz/classic
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Lunch at Avgas Cafe as the “Shelter” which is popular with groups and for parties as it overlooks the museum flight apron where there is always plenty of activity going on to watch. This also leads to the purpose built children’s playground called “Torpedo Park” where kids can play in some exciting aviation related activities in a safe fenced off area.
Avgas Café Interior
Front entrance to Avgas Café
On site Catering from 10 to 500 people • 110 car parks • Licenced • Fully serviced • 7-day availability
There are a number of stylish and comfortable meeting rooms and facilities available at Classic Flyers that are sure to meet your needs. We can cater from 10-500 people and have a variety of rooms to suit all occasions with over 100 carparks available for use.
9 Jean Batten Drive, Mount Maunganui, NZ (5 minutes walk from Tauranga Airport Terminal)
Phone: 07 572 4000 Email: function@classicflyersnz.com
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On entering the facility you find yourself in the “Avgas Cafe” complete with full bar facilities. All the delicious food is made daily on the premises by our resident Chef. The ambience and interesting décor has instant impact. Polished propellers, superb model aircraft and all manner of other aviation collectables adorn the walls and ceiling. To add further interest a continuous silent film plays archive footage on a large TV screen, depicting the early flying exploits to modern day flight. This alone is worth a day out to visit. Off to the side of the café is a sheltered garden bar that is very popular at all times of the year. On the airside of the café is another alfresco dining area known
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The Yellow Peril: the story of a yellow Rolls Royce
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In July 2018, one Edward Summers from Germany told me that he had spent five years trying to find me because he owned a Rolls Royce which was once owned by my grandfather. In 2017 I managed to win second prize in a Men's Bake competition at Metlifecare Greenwood Park and featured in their publication "There is More to Come”. Probably by using Mr. Google, Ed found out that I lived in a Metlifecare Village somewhere in New Zealand. An email from him eventually found me and attached was a lovely photograph of the same Rolls Royce that I had ridden in over 80 years ago. The picture Ed sent me shows the Rolls Royce now painted Sage and Brewster (mixture of colours). Ed contacted me hoping that I would be able to fill a gap in the history of the owners. My grandfather purchased a yellow Rolls Royce Phantom 1, built in 1927, in 1931 for £600 and called it "The Yellow Peril". A few years later we moved to Jersey in the Channel Islands and the vehicle came with us.
good condition apart from some deterioration on the aluminium bonnet and was soon on the road again. If “The Yellow Peril” had been shipped back to England it could have been dismantled and used for the war effort in the form of materials and the chassis for an ambulance. So it’s ironic to
think that Germany looked after the car for us during WW II.
time because they were expensive to run and petrol was rationed.
In 1947 my grandfather passed away and my mother inherited the car and shipped it to England and it was sold for £300. That was quite a good price as luxury vehicles could be purchased for less than £20 at that
Ed's amazing research skills then started to fill in the history of the vehicle up to the date he purchased it in 2010. In 1953 it is believed that the company Continues on page 17 ...
“Miss Daisy” formerly known as “The Yellow Peril” in all her restored glory.
Soon after war broke out in 1939 the family moved back to England while I remained a border at Victoria College in Jersey. After France fell to the Germans my father telephoned the Principal asking him to put me on the next plane for London so I managed to leave the island before it became occupied. During the occupation our house was occupied by German officers and the Rolls Royce remained in the garage. They took good care of the house and nothing of note was missing when we returned after the war. The Rolls Royce was in
This picture was taken about 1937 at St. Ouen’s beach, Jersey. Hardy, our chauffeur is on the left and next is me aged about 10. My grandfather is standing with his brother, who is wearing a boater
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After failing to sell at a number of auctions it was eventually purchased by a gentleman who decided to drive it home. Unfortunately, he only travelled a few miles before it seized up. It was towed by the AA to a specialised vintage car restorer of Rolls Royce and Bentley cars. This is where Ed first saw the vehicle being restored and was tempted. The restoration, paid by the seller, cost £30,000 so Ed felt it was worth buying at £159,000 and he would try it for a year. Well of course he and his wife, Sabine, fell in love with it and decided to keep it and named it “Miss Daisy”. The car travels to a number of classic shows some of which are organised by Prince Michael of Kent at a venue sanctioned by the Queen e.g. Hampton Court, Windsor Castle. What a long and auspicious life this car has had!
In September, 2018 Ed won first prize at Concours d’Elegance in Belgium for Best in pre-war Class. His enjoyment and pleasure is obvious.
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which purchased the car from my mother sold it to an American for £130, according to a copy of an invoice which Ed had obtained and which showed it was shipped to Texas. In 1990 it was found on the back of a lorry in a barn, in America, by a collector of vintage Rolls Royce cars and after purchasing it some restoration took place. The owner decided to down size his collection in 2004 and contacted a dealer in the U.K. who had purchased cars from him previously, and that is how it ended up in England once more.
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Kai Aroha – feeding our hungry community: Food with compassion, kindness and equity Poverty is rooted in brokenness, broken systems, broken families and individuals, so do we all just give up? Is it too hard? I ask. Homelessness was just everywhere and not only in the news, it was right on our doorstep! My whanau and I wanted to be part of the solution to alleviate poverty in Tauranga Moana. We had the idea of feeding homeless with a cup of soup, bread roll and a cuppa tea in a thermos. This was the approach, it was manageable and it worked.
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Starting out small was the key, remaining small is still the key. My husband was a chef at a local family restaurant and worked at night. He would make the soup before he went to work in the afternoon, I was teaching during the day and still am. My mum and I visited ‘Under the Stars’ while they were still serving at the library. I wanted to see what they did, because all I wanted to do was feed soup to the people, make them feel welcome and have friendly korero, then go home. But there was more to consider than that; it was continuity and sustainability. Was I able to keep up with this weekly and on a budget of $20 per week? The answer is yes, however, there is more to it than heart. I had to be real. Friday was the chosen night, outside the ANZ bank in Greerton; a rugged sign painted in the colour pink with the words “free kai for the homeless” hinged to the window. The bank manager, Tony was a great guy, super supportive of us. The time came to advertise on social media to invite anyone who’d like to help out and slowly but surely support from the community arrived. The first couple of Friday’s we’d get one or two homeless, a man with a dog, a family from Whangarei living in their car. Each week more hungry people came out. The community wanted to help which was great! ...at first. I had a team, some of those originals are still with us today. But Kai Aroha blew out so fast that things got slightly out of control. Back to social media, this time to say I was cutting back my team of volunteers and sticking to food, no more clothing and other items. That decision made me realise the
importance of sticking to your purpose. Then Kai Aroha started to flourish. It had to, for the purpose of gaining community support in helping us feed the homeless and hungry people.
Aroha. My team are fun and a fantastic bunch of volunteers who help drive the kaupapa vision of Kai Aroha. I could not do this without them and my whanau.
Through interest and commitment the team grew. The group come from all walks of life and different backgrounds but what unites us as one is that we had the same vision, to feed our hungry community with love, compassion and kindness. My amazing husband Tawhai, our children and my mum Helen have been a great strength of support in steering Kai
Kai Aroha is a relief service to the community. We aim to alleviate the current poverty situation people are in by providing them with hot, nutritious food and grocery items one night per week. I believe that feeding nutritious food to our community is part of the Continues on page 19 ...
Tania Lewis-Rickard and husband Tawhai Rickard are a team duo.
Marcia Taikato-Whauwhau demonstrating our values to our community: ngākau aroha (compassion), atawhai (kindness) and aroha (love).
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healing process in helping people move forward in their journey to be free from poverty. We are volunteers and we love serving for our community. Kai Aroha aims to value every person that comes to our weekly meal and make them feel welcomed and respected as people, as individuals and not as poor and needy. Kai Aroha not only provides a meal on Friday nights we also celebrate local and national events such as Matariki night for the homeless and the annual World Homeless Day community cardboard Art event which Kai Aroha initiated. Kai Aroha instigated and organised the ‘Hikoi for the Homeless’ last year 18 June 2018, after we heard of the councils’ proposed bylaw to ban rough sleeping and begging. We all wanted change, we wanted solutions for our chronic homeless, particularly for single homeless women. I write for Bay Waka because the magazine provides a platform to promote compassion, love and kindness for the hungry and homeless and to acknowledge the wonderful work of volunteers in our community.
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Kai and Kindness From London to Greerton New Zealand became my new home about three months ago. For the past few years I've been living and volunteering with homeless organisations in London, so I was keen to get involved in the local community in the same way here in Tauranga.
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One quick search of homeless-focused organisations in the area and Tania's smiling, welcoming face popped up on my Facebook, along with many posts showing the amazing work being done by Kai Aroha. I've now been volunteering with the team for a couple of months and every Friday night it warms my heart. The kindness and compassion that everyone shows towards each other - both the Kai Aroha team and those that join us to share food - truly does go a long way and it has been amazing to see. As a newcomer to the town it has made me personally feel so welcome, but also grateful to be a part of a movement for change that is reaching out to those in need with the simple but important offer of kai and kindness. In a large metropolitan capital like London, community can often only be found on a small scale, in pockets of the city that are hidden away from passers-by. So, it's refreshing to see how Kai Aroha is bringing people together each week, connecting the community, filling hungry bellies with nutritious food - and it is wonderful to be a part of. By Emma Redgrove I write for Bay Waka to spread the word of great work.
Whaea Tania In a time of such struggle, there are angels of light that extend their generosity to selflessly serve those in need. Born out of a desire to help our hungry community by providing a weekly meal, Kai Aroha has grown into a space where our community can come together and share, be respected, cared for and empowered. While the ultimate vision is a world free from poverty, each journey must begin with a single step. Although I have only been a part of the team for a short period of time, I have known Whaea Tania for fourteen years. As her former student, I was so very privileged to learn from and receive her daily wisdom and encouragement. She always provided time and a safe space for anyone who needed support. She was and has continued to be, a constant pillar of strength not only for myself but everyone she encounters. She is an inspiration, a leader, wahine toa, mana wahine and this is reflected in her whanau and those around her. All attributes of which underpin the values of and lay a strong foundation for Kai Aroha. By Ashlee Hemi I write for this magazine because I love the Bay Waka kaupapa. It is positive, and empowers community spirit with its stories and articles, while highlighting and giving continued recognition where it is due, for Tauranga Moana.
“The best way to build up - was to reach down and out to the needy” It was in September 2016 when my wife Rosalind and I embarked on an exciting journey with our three children to the beautiful Aotearoa. Coming to New Zealand all the way from Iceland we couldn't be further away from home. The purpose of the trip was to assist a struggling church fellowship. We perceived the best way to build up - was to reach down and out to the needy. Looking into the situation in Tauranga we heard about what Tania Lewis-Rickard was doing in Kai Aroha. Rather than starting something on our own, we considered that we´d be more effective supporting someone who already was working in this field. In October the same year, we began to visit Kai Aroha on a weekly basis. We were very impressed seeing what Tania and her team were doing. Her cheerful personality and genuine interest in helping the needy inspired us to volunteer. Although we were new kids on the block we kept on showing up and therefore received a warm welcome from Tania to join the Kai Aroha team. Tania is a good and effective leader who started out with one pot of soup, into running an organisation that operates on daily basis. In spite of heart-breaking circumstances in our community, Kai Aroha has been a pleasant experience and much rewarding. We have come to know some wonderful people and developed many relationships. As Pastors of Restore Church, Kai Aroha has helped us to better connect with community and to gain a deeper awareness of the need thereby. By Oskar Sigurdsson
From left Kai Aroha volunteers Oskar Sigurdsson, Ashlee Hemi, Tania Lewis-Rickard and Emma Redgrove.
I felt impelled to write in Bay Waka magazine to tell the story on how and why we joined Kai Aroha, in hopes to encourage individuals and businesses to volunteer and support this much needed work in our community.
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Kai Aroha and Awhina House One of the best parts about being on council is the exposure I get to the many amazing community groups and charities which operate in our city. Let’s be frank – many of the social ills we experience as a community should properly be addressed and funded through central government agencies. Sadly, central government often fails to meet the real needs of our most vulnerable.
up in equal proportions. Tania and her crew work very hard and should be supported in any way possible. I’m pleased to see that Good Neighbour’s Food Rescue programme is now supplying food for this worthy cause. Awhina House has only just opened and I’m sure that, like it’s Tauranga Moana Mens Night Shelter equivalent, this will be
well utilised by our single homeless women. It’s a sad reality that women are often our ‘hidden homeless’ in that they need to keep themselves out of harm’s way, so can be very wary of coming forward. It was my pleasure to attend the opening of Awhina House, and again see the huge heart of He Kaupapa Kotahitanga Trust and the Community Angels have for
our city’s most vulnerable. It’s selfless folk like these that inspire me to be a better person, and a better community leader. By Kelvin Clout Deputy Mayor Tauranga City Council I write for the Bay Waka because it helps me keep in touch with our local community, and my constituents.
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As is often said, social problems are the government’s responsibility, but the council’s problem. As a result TCC spends considerable amounts of ratepayer funds to combat these issues, and also to support the many charities which are at the front line. Two such organisations are Kai Aroha and Awhina House. Kai Aroha does a fantastic job faithfully feeding many hungry and homeless people every Friday night in Greerton. I’ve joined in occasionally and have always been impressed with the aroha and kai served
Deputy Mayor Kelvin Clout has regularly supported Kai Aroha since its inception.
How to help Kai Aroha ‘Kai Aroha – Feeding Our Hungry Community Incorporated’ turns three years old in May this year. We have served over 8,000 meals during this time, 700 voluntary hours per volunteer serving and prepping meals, not including fundraising, team meetings, planning and other mahi we do. We have come this far and the community has helped us all the way, yet we are still struggling to achieve some of our goals. We have new ideas for serving our community, but without a permanent building for every Friday night of the year, we continue to face the elements.
We are currently hiring the Greerton Community Hall for the winter months and then we will be back at the Centrepoint carpark. We need a cargo van that we can customise with shelving to pick up food, shopping and store our gear in. We have started fundraising for this but are nowhere close to the $30,000 plus we need.
tonnes of hope we will get our wish list items.
We also need new t-shirts / jackets because our current tops are nearly three years old and have worn out. Petrol vouchers are also really useful!
By Tania Lewis-Rickard
We believe that with the help from businesses and community and
If you’d like to take action too, please contact us! Email us at: kaiaroha1267@gmail.com with the subject title “call to action” so we know you are responding to these articles! facebook.com/kaiarohatauranga I write for Bay Waka because it is read by good people who want to support a good cause.
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Tauranga City Council Infrastructure department update highlights The Infrastructure Department at TCC looks after Asset Planning, Management and Information, City Water, the delivery of infrastructure projects, Sustainability and Waste and Transportation. Here are some highlights from a recent report submitted to the Projects, Services and Operations Committee.
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Sustainability & Waste The Sustainability and Waste (S&W) team are working with SLR Consultants on a report to be presented to Council in May, outlining options to provide a rates funded kerbside waste collection (rubbish, recyclables and compostables) to residential properties to start in July 2021. The glass kerbside collection service continues
to collect and recycle on average 80 tonnes of glass a week (over the Christmas and New Year period this weekly average was 100 tonnes). Between October and February, 1,625 tonnes of glass was collected.
analysis database, which contains reported crash data. Staff do this to identify overall crash trends so that they can determine sites for minor improvement projects or larger transportation safety schemes.
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Overall crash numbers by year shows a decreasing trend since 2016, however fatal and serious crashes have increased. The peak months for crashes are May/ June, August and October. Friday is the day of week that sees the most crashes and the most common type of crashes are rear end/ obstruction and intersection crashes. Those in the 20 to 24 age bracket are most likely to be involved in a crash.
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Council staff regularly monitor the NZ Police crash
Free City Centre Saturday parking came into effect
During March, and coinciding with the Sustainable Backyards month of activities, staff ran a Waste Free Parenting workshop, Food Lovers Masterclass and Worm Farming workshops and also facilitated the question panel on the Food Talks presentation.Â
on 15 December 2018 and seems to have had little impact on the number of vehicles through the two car parking buildings (Spring Street and Elizabeth Street). Additional monitoring will be put in place to be able to provide reports for on-street and off-street parking places. Matapihi Road Parking There was a large turnout at Waikari marae on 14 March for a hui to discuss the level of commuter parking occurring at the city end of Matapihi Road. Concerned residents had contacted Council about parking, which is causing damage to grass berms. In response to community concerns, a hui was arranged for the Matapihi community. Along with members of Council’s, Transportation, Strategy, and Takawaenga teams, over 80 members of the community attended on the night. The Matapihi community raised a number of opinions to address the parking issues and gave clear feedback on some ideas that had been proposed by staff to address the issue. The Transportation team now have some suggestions to investigate. The Matapihi community also agreed to meet in the future to discuss the Matapihi land use plan, which was developed in partnership with Council over nine years ago. They are looking to develop a Matapihi community plan. Continues on page 23 ...
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Welcome Bay / Hairini traffic safety improvements TCC staff are working with NZTA on a number of matters to improve the safety and efficiency of the road network in the Welcome Bay/Hairini area. These are: i.
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A ‘free left turn’ at the Welcome Bay Road/Hammond Street traffic lights: The purpose of the free left turn is to improve traffic flow at the traffic lights, particularly for those vehicles turning left at the lights when approaching from the Welcome Bay direction. Welcome Bay Lane/Welcome Bay Road (near Greenwood Park) intersection improvement: The proposal is to ‘square-up’ the intersection and control it with a standard ‘Give Way’ or ‘STOP”. These changes will improve safety for residents of Greenwood Park, who have previously been put in a perilous situation when attempting to turn left into the Park entrance.
iii. Welcome Bay Lane/Welcome Bay Road (Welcome Bay end): A design to re-open this intersection is being developed. Cycle safety is a key component of the design. iv. Cycle facilities: Various improvements will be made to cycle lanes and off-road cycleways throughout the area. v.
viii. Hairini/SH29A roundabout: NZTA are working on a redesign of the SH29A/Hairini Roundabout to improve safe access into the Hairini suburb. ix. Kaitemako Stream Bridge (access to whitebait area): Staff are working with the Regional Council on planning and consenting matters for a pedestrian/cycle bridge over the Kaitemako Stream, near Hammond Street. All going well, it is anticipated construction of the bridge will commence after 1 July. Staff (Council & NZTA) are in the process of setting up an information session with the wider community to provide people with an update on the above-mentioned matters to take place in May.
e) review the timing of the wait period for pedestrians at the Cameron Road crossing, particularly during peak times.
Bike Month The Travel Safe team completed a comprehensive cycling programme in February in partnership with Sport Bay of Plenty, including the ever-popular ‘design a helmet’ competition. Over 1,400 entries were received from students of all ages, and even some teachers. Staff did Council proud in the 2019 ‘Love to Ride Aotearoa Bike Challenge’. In the category for organisations comprised 500 - 1999 staff, Council came 1st in the Bay of Plenty and 5th place overall across New Zealand.
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c) a pedestrian overpass or underpass
The Travel Safe team recently hosted two school workshops. One was a primary/intermediate teacher workshop. NZTA and ‘Bike Ready’ senior education advisors were in attendance as well as Pam Hook, of Hook Educational Consultancy Ltd. Pam is an industry expert in learning and teaching. She is a curriculum writer for Government departments, a published author and conference speaker. Pam presented to teachers on ‘best practice’ road safety/active transport for young people. The other workshop was with secondary school students, around road safety and active travel outcomes.
d) relocating the Cameron Road pedestrian crossing further to the north
Source: TCC General Manager Infrastructure Report, Objective A9871114, 26 March 2019.
Greerton Village traffic safety improvements Staff were requested to investigate options for improving the traffic flows through Greerton, without compromising safety. The options being explored are: a) improving general traffic flow through the Greerton area b) prioritisation of emergency services and buses into and out of the Greerton area
Ohauiti Road/Welcome Bay Road: Proposed changes seek to improve pedestrian and cycling links through this intersection. An option to reinstate the right turn out of Ohauiti Road and a free left turn into Ohauiti Road from Welcome Bay Road is also being explored.
vi. Hairini Bus Lane: Safety auditors are considering the option of opening up the bus lane to general traffic outside peak hours. vii. Hairini Street Link: Serious safety concerns remain with regard to constructing a new link from Hairini Street onto the on-ramp from Maungatapu Roundabout. Over 1,400 entries were received from students in the ever-popular 'design a helmet' competition in 2019.
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Sometimes life is a bit like a golf ball As a Joyologist in my lifelong quest studying the science of joyology you get moments of intense happiness that register on one’s joy chip.
One seems to develop a sixth sense toward others who are on the same good buzz mission, as I did last Gumboot Friday down on Masonic Park. A park, we have unofficially renamed Good Buzz Park, given there was a great buzz all day watching happiness in the form of hole in one’s being scored by 20 of the 500 who had come along to support New Zealander of the Year Mike King and his good buzz kaupapa.
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Mike’s mission is to provide trained one on one counselling for youth who are struggling with selfesteem issues and there were almost 4000 last year who weren’t coping and considered taking their own lives. Sadly, 137 Kiwi Kids could not hold on to their last threads of happiness and didn’t come back from the dark place they sought solace in and 137 families have been left with the broken pieces of a puzzle they have to try and piece back together. Some of those families showed up to show support for the Gumboot Friday kaupapa and to be with those who knew firsthand how hard it is to talk about losing a loved one to suicide. One by one they stood tall for someone that couldn’t be there with them – someone who had got lost along the highway of life and ended up taking an exit on a side street where suicide seemed to be the only option. The highlight if you can call it that, was when a Mum who had never played golf before stood up for a son she had lost and sent her
first golf ball of two down the bumpy half pai pathway, toward the gumboot sitting in the middle of a roughly mown green on Good Buzz Park. None of us knew her circumstances, not until the ball trundled into the gumboot and her friend standing by her whispered to me she had recently lost her son. This made the amazing achievement by a non-golfer even more special. A hole in one! There were high fives and long hugs all around by the crowd who had gathered after hearing the good buzz of good people cheering for her. Then the second ball was on its way, bumbling and bouncing down the 20-metre track on a wing and a prayer by all of us watching. One hole in one, yes we could all fluke a hail Mary moment but doing it again with the very next ball would be off the radar. You guessed it, same result. She breaks down and cries saying it was for her son and she felt him with her. We all tear up with a good buzz of boo-hoo juice knowing we had witnessed something magic.
money and all about the kaupapa?
When you engage with families who have lost a loved one to suicide - especially those who have had a tamariki or a mokopuna end their lives at an early age, you start to get a sense of the degree of hurt they are suffering. You get to understand the importance of their needs for their tamariki to engage with an open ear of understanding. Someone who can help them reconnect back on to the highway of life, before they start looking at early exits on side streets where suicide can sometime seem to be the only option. There is a common thread to these early exit signs that a trained one on one counsellor can pick up, especially for those who are struggling with self-esteem issues - as many or most of our teenage tamariki are in this era of instant gratification via social media. Having one on one counselling is paramount as
Mike King knows well and has been banging the drum and throwing the gumboot for, if we are to bring the numbers down from almost 4000 of our kids a year who contemplate taking their own lives. For the rest of us standing on the side-line of suicide we can only offer our support with an open mind and empathetic ear, knowing sometimes an act of kindness by a group of Goodhists on a Gumboot Friday down on Good Buzz Park is enough for now. Sometimes life is a bit like a golf ball. You hit it with everything you’ve got and hope like hell it heads in the right direction. Now and then, it makes it to the hole of happiness as it will with Mike King’s mission, and when it does, it helps make sense to the mystery of suicide. By Tommy Kapai I write for this magazine because sharing the taiaha of knowledge is the way we bring our communities together.
Mike King when reading my text a few minutes later replies “ You just made me cry and now everyone is going “Are you ok?” His reply to them “never been better!” The Mum and her friend quietly slipped away with smiles soaked in tears and we didn’t expect them to come back for the finals play offs for those who had scored a hole in 1 (there were 20 including Mayor Greg Brownless out of the 500 who aced the good buzz green). And they didn’t come back for the payoffs that evening, I guess it was enough to know their prayers were answered that day for their boy and it wasn’t about the prize
Giving the good buzz of Gumboot Golf a go is Mayor Greg Brownless.
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Bureaucrats are the same all over this planet. You can tell them at any hui. The surface style of the bureaucrat may differ and depends on where they sit. In Tauranga they fancy themselves as power dressers in dark ominous colours with no ties. In Auckland they tend to wear bright colours. And in Wellington? Oh, in Wellington they love to wear beige or camel coloured trench coats similar to those worn by the MPs they adulate. Some of them are wonderful people, yet there is always the creeping sense they believe their proximity to power actually gives them power. Many of them are young and bright but with little social sense of collective responsibility and an overblown sense of themselves. They wield the power they think they have and reward those they favour. They are slow to communicate, and are quick to learn the bureaucratic technique of control of the notes of meetings; for it is the meeting notes where one can strategically structure outcomes that suit a specific purpose. Once they have mastered the techniques of bureaucratic card-play they take on the swagger of believing they are untouchable. The politician is seeable, but the bureaucrat is invisible and that creates a sense of safety; a false sense of safety. I enjoy the cut and thrust with bureaucrats because their arrogance is palpable. They actually have no power of their own, but the system they work within gives them a sense of power. They operate as if the money they get to allocate is theirs. It is not their money.
Public servants – there is irony in the name – have to operate within the confines of acting in ‘good faith’ when they interact or interface with us and require, we do the same. But ‘good faith’ is an interpretive term. Good faith can mean whatever they want it to mean. If we don’t agree with them, that is an example of us not operating in good faith. And when those paper warriors grin at us, nodding their nameless heads with a fixed shallow smile, knowing full well they have no intention of following through the issues we raise with them, that too is not showing good faith. When they fail to pass over research they have undertaken or ‘forget’ to include us in information flows that is not good faith. Good faith must be founded on intrinsic honesty and lawfulness. We must have commitment to a model that focuses on everyone acting without malice and not disadvantaging an individual or group through the actions of a bureaucracy. We at Ngāi Te Rangi Iwi argue the Crown has not acted in good faith in its dealings with Tauranga iwi over their intention to try to bring 12 Hauraki iwi into Tauranga. We argue they have used their enormous powers of control to manoeuvre us into the corral where they want us. Those of us who have interacted with Crown agencies for long periods of time understand when we are being manipulated. It is difficult when you are dealing with people who are paid to misunderstand you. I have seen the indignation many
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Paora Stanley, CEO, Ngāi Te Rangi Iwi.
government department heads and bureaucrats display when we have called them out. For us, the Crown has undermined us, initiated the Ardern Confiscations, allowed our elders to be shoved and jostled, and then played victim when we resisted. How the public servants squeal when they are held to account for their actions, claiming all manner of fouls, but they fail to understand the good faith in which we operate. Even though we operate through a process of lawfulness, as Ngāi Te Rangi we are also expected to operate by the notion of LOREfulness, of cultural norms and practices. So, what happens when those two models oppose? Our iwi is demonised.
What drives us? We lost large tracts of our land through confiscation as a response to our going to the defence of Waikato in the 1800s. We will not let the Crown go unchallenged in its attempts to act badly and allow our lands to be assimilated by other iwi. All this through the use of bureaucrats with an agenda that has deliberately enabled them to consciously mis-understand us. By Paora Stanley, CEO Ngāi Te Rangi Iwi I write for Bay Waka because it’s our channel for challenging discourse.
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Waterfront pathways enhance house values Welcome Bay and cruising past the queues of cars on Turret Road. Head down to the new pathway and pedal to work taking in the peaceful views of the inner harbour rather than breathing exhaust fumes and risking a serious collision with a vehicle. The health benefits of finding more active ways to complete our daily journeys, combined with the advantages of fewer cars on the road make it easy to see the advantages of waterfront pathways. What’s also interesting to note is that such a development could have a positive influence on property values in the area. While some residents foresee a negative effect on prices, in Mount Maunganui, the likes of Marine Parade and The Mall remain the most expensive streets in our region despite the daily presence of walkers and cyclists. I believe waterfront properties in Tauranga will also remain coveted and command a premium price. For tourists visiting our city, the coastal pathway would provide an
exciting new way to connect with and appreciate our inner harbour. The stunning views across the water to Mount Maunganui, Matapihi, Maungatapu and the hills beyond, seen from a tandem hire-bike or a gentle stroll after lunch downtown could be one of our greatest attractions. Let’s use this opportunity to boost tourism and show off our city’s natural beauty to all! A waterfront pathway is a real asset to our city! As a resident living close to the proposed pathway I believe it will facilitate a healthy alternative to access the downtown area and become a wonderful attraction for locals and visitors alike. And, as a property specialist with long experience working with the market in the Avenues, I also believe a pathway will enhance property values and attract even more buyers to this popular location. By Barry Fredheim I write for this magazine because it is the very best way to engage with our community.
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As a resident of the Avenues for many years, I’ve been watching the debate about the construction of a cycle path along our waterfront from Memorial Park to the CBD with some interest. The Avenues have long been a gentrified suburb with leafy streets and grand homes harking back to the early days of our city’s development. Recently, the area has seen a surge of activity with numerous new residents moving-in to take advantage of the lifestyle on offer. Replacing the daily grind of commuting from satellite suburbs with a short stroll to work is certainly appealing to many. As the dynamics of our neighbourhood change, so does the needs and wants of our residents. It’s easy to see how a new walkway could facilitate not only easy access to the CBD but also tangible health and lifestyle benefits. But this doesn’t just apply to those living in the Avenues. Imagine hopping on your e-bike in Maungatapu or
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Farewell Stan! E-Bike update
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E-Bikes for our special offer to Bay Waka readers are now being assembled in BizoBike's factory in China. BizoBike is Europe's largest seller of 20" e-bikes. We have worked with BizoBike to design this range of 7 e-bikes for the NZ market. This includes men's, women's and unisex city bikes, 2 mountain bikes, a fat tyred bike, and a special bike featuring American "Gates" Carbon belt drive for those that want something special, hassle free, and super quiet. All bikes have high performance mid motors, Samsung batteries, titanium fasteners, and most have easy to use hub gearboxes. If you would like to test ride one of these e bikes when they arrive in Tauranga, please email your details to us now: bizobike@baywaka.nz
After nearly four years in the role, I will be stepping down as Chamber CEO in May. It’s been an action-packed four years. Tauranga has been on a growth splurge. And in a very real way, local business has been riding the wave. The Chamber’s role in all of this has been to be the cheer-leader of business confidence and growth. We also provide support to new and fledgling businesses in all kinds of ways, from making new connections to being the doorway for upskilling and other fantastic services like business mentors. Much of what we offer is free, and open to every business in the Western Bay. Many people think we are some kind of government agency and funded accordingly but that couldn’t be further from the truth. The Chamber, like every other chamber in New Zealand, is at heart a membership organisation. Our ability to operate comes straight from the annual dues that our members pay us. For a small business membership this
Stan Gregec, CEO, Tauranga Chamber of Commerce amounts to little more than the cost of an average visit to the supermarket. For that modest investment every year Chamber members get so much back. They not only become part of a recognised international network but directly support a local organisation that represents them and can fight for the issues that are important to local business prosperity. When times are good, it’s easy to take organisations like the Chamber for granted. As I leave this role, I would like to invite every small business owner in Tauranga to take a fresh look at what the local Chamber can do for you.
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The game has changed for Landlord's
Tremains bring a completely new way of looking at the proposition of owning rental properties as an asset class. Property owners don’t just get a property manager they also get complete wrap-around services that means rental property owners have professional expertise available to find ways to create more investment value and to assist with decision-making at key moments. Tremains Rentals General Manager Suz Hall says a landlord wants to know their property manager is active, will solve issues when they arise, and has a good team of tradies on call to sort problems at reasonable cost and of good quality. They want to get a sense their property manager has regard for their assets and understands what the
long-term plan for them is. Landlords also want to know their tenants are going to be treated respectfully and that they have someone who is friendly to deal with. Most of all they want to know that when they are absent their chosen property manager has it all under control. Many landlords are edgy about legislative change and irritated at being a perceived as a target by Government. But Suz says the message to landlords around changes to legislation is that her team can work with them to plan for those changes and move incrementally to have properties compliant to new regulations. “We have time. Change is coming and rental property as an asset class is evolving a lot, but it remains a solid investment option and we have time to meet the requirements of the new regulations. Together we can set up a plan and work out a way to ensure when 2021 arrives we are in good shape.”
For landlords the breadth of the Tremains Group also creates added value. Under the Tremains umbrella an investor can find residential rental and sales expertise but also expertise in rural agricultural property through Colliers. And if an investor has a particularly special property, that can be handled through another arm of the group, New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty. The group has a range of legal, planning, and mortgage broking capabilities that can be called on and if property owners are considering subdividing or developing they should talk to their property manager to be guided to the best person within the group to provide advice.
Meet Suz Hall Suz Hall has been involved in property and property management for the best part of two decades, as an agency owner and then general manager in the Hawkes Bay and now Tauranga. She is also an accomplished musician, having sung professionally in New Zealand and in Dallas, Texas.
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A beautiful city We all want Tauranga to be a beautiful city. I will refrain from using the word ‘great’ as that has recently developed other connotations. Tauranga was, until the 1980s a naturally beautiful city. Overlooked by Mauao, the sacred mountain, “Tauranga” means “a sheltered place to anchor or shelter.”
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The worldwide trend of urbanisation, means that to remain a beautiful city, we must be a smart city. At last count there were more than 30 urban “live-ability indexes” produced worldwide. Tauranga is not alone as a city confronting issues such as housing affordability, ageing population, air pollution and congestion. These issues evolve to broader issues such as public transport, urban design, economic prosperity, gender discrimination, democratic participation, inclusion, social cohesion, public space and environmental resilience. Building a beautiful city is not easy, the ‘plumbing’ required is well beyond the skills of an average tradesman. To remain a beautiful city Tauranga must be a Smart City.
Foresight I am concerned that with huge growth in the last thirty years, Tauranga has slid down the scale of ‘beautiful’. Rate of change in Tauranga is occurring now at a much greater rate than ever before. It is important therefore that we foresee problems and manage them before they must become accepted as ‘unavoidable’.
Knowledge Loss of the factors which contribute to making Tauranga beautiful often arrive insidiously. City leaders must be able to foresee these changes and have the knowledge and courage to take action to prevent these from having an adverse effect on the beautiful city we remember, and aspire to live in.
Adverse effects Without under-rating the many serious social and health issues which exist in Tauranga, I would like to raise some of the adverse effects inflicted on Tauranga by the Port of Tauranga. In particular the increasing movement of logs through our city. Simply, log trucks increase traffic congestion and on occasions have killed pedestrians, cyclists and people in cars. Log trucks pollute our environment in multiple ways. Fumigation of logs at the port with methyl bromide, (toxic to human and soon sea life) while being outlawed, continues apace at the Port. Forestry and logging account for 1.5% of BOP’s GDP. Port costs are a major cost to forest owners. Is there an alternative which is better for to the forestry industry? Perhaps there is.
Port ownership Some will say that the financial dividends from the Port of Tauranga (POT) are good for the city. By what measure can that be said? 54% of POT is owned by Quayside Holdings Ltd (QHL) a subsidiary of our Regional
Council. Directors of POT must focus on what is good for all shareholders in POT; they must not financially disadvantage investors holding 46% of POT shares in preference to better community outcomes. POT may claim community and environmental issues are important to it, but it is principally an instrument to generate profits from goods passing over land it owns.
Conflicts Only one director of POT lives in the Bay of Plenty, that is the chairman of the Regional Council. I suggest he has an impossible conflict of interest, however even he does not have to live with the adverse effects of the Port as he lives in Opotiki. This is a structural problem resulting in significant adverse effects being inflicted on our city. While many directly involved will prefer the status quo, something must be done to rectify this problem. Recent events suggest that our Councils have failed us. The community must act now if it wants Tauranga to be a beautiful city. By Peter McArthur I write for the Bay Waka to encourage readers to continually think about how to make Tauranga a more beautiful city for everyone.
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
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Having a technology partner that is associated with a professional body, that has experience, continued qualification and development and that can ask peers and like minded people about current trends, issues and solutions can prove very valuable before times of crisis hit. Like Chartered Accountants who undertake more training and experience than just an accountant, trusted IT professionals for your home or business can offer more education, benefits, insight and long term savings for you. IT suppliers and vendors are dealing with your data, privacy and potentially your livelihood. If you have
downtime in your business, this can be very costly, it is important to note who is assisting you and your business in the technology landscape. We have come across many businesses that are limping along, have high risk, frustrations and are struggling to make technology work for them. These businesses also see technology as a cost and not an investment in their future and stability. They could be doing so much better with the right tools and solutions in place. No matter what location you work from; home, office, beach or farm there are some key items that every business across multiple industries should have to minimise risk and to ensure they have good technology practices.
Wi-Fi Management Many times we have seen a business run from home or small office and have one network that covers staff, guests, work computers and private devices. This
is a security risk especially if you are holding private information of clients and the kids are watching Netflix, while the partner is on Facebook on the mobile. Multiple devices to one connection can easily be separated and should be.
Backups Businesses that have no backup or think the data on Dropbox or Google is safe, or rotating a couple of USB external drives be warned. Those are better than no backup solution but are still not the standard option preferred. A hosted automatic backup solution that increments backup on a regular basis, is tested often is actually cost effective. The best part is you don’t have to worry about it! This can be backed up to a cloud storage provider (such as Google or Dropbox) or another office location.
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Password Management Having a password management system and with Two Factor Authentication at a minimum for key platforms (email, accounting, data storage) is recommended. IT professionals of New Zealand (ITP) is one organisation that is bringing its own regulations to the new Zealand market and there are a number of alliances that are also peer reviewing or assisting in the manner. It pays to ask what professional body your IT partner belongs to before engaging in their services.
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When counting things that matter, it matters what we count This month I want to put a real focus on investment in infrastructure for our community. The city of Tauranga has experienced phenomenal growth over the past few years which has brought with it both tremendous opportunities to grab - and huge challenges to collectively overcome. Areas of our region from Papamoa right through to Omokoroa are bursting at the seams as we experience population growth that easily outstrips all projections. This has put an increasingly noticeable strain on our roads, our schools, our medical facilities and on house prices.
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As your local MP I am concerned that service delivery is not keeping pace with population growth and the Government’s bungled Census isn’t giving me great confidence that the issue will be rectified any time soon. It is simply not good enough that one-in-seven, or about 700,000 people, didn’t fully complete the Census. This has devastating flow on impacts for regional government
funding allocation – in health services and education allocation – which are regionally stratified. We don’t know what our population is, how many older people we have, or how many younger people we have. This has real impacts on the Government’s ability to plan for building schools, roads, or aged care facilities. Instead of making informed investments they are making assumptions and guesses. How can you make an informed decision about where to build a new school, or how many hip operations to fund, if you don’t have reliable data? Our community has been fantastic keeping the pressure on the Government with petitions for roads, schools and medical facilities. As your local MP it’s been a real privilege to help facilitate this and to guide constituents through the bureaucracy of government. We are sending a clear message from the grass roots that we
expect investment to keep pace with growth. We need to keep our voice strong because the growth in New Zealand is largely occurring in our community. Development must go hand in hand with services and infrastructure or we are putting our quality of life and community experience in jeopardy. The Bay is a special place to live and we need to ensure it stays that way. I look forward to connecting with you out in the community sometime soon. By Todd Muller, MP for Bay of Plenty I write for this magazine because it is a real asset for our community.
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Public Transport Update Hi, I’m Namouta Poutasi, the General Manager of Strategy and Science at Bay of Plenty Regional Council Toi Moana, and I am the senior manager responsible for the delivery of public transport services. The new Western Bay Tauranga bus network, launched on 10th December last year, represented a significant change in the delivery of public transport in the Western Bay of Plenty sub-region – with the aim of providing a high performance network which is frequent, reliable and direct now, and for our city of the future. As many readers will be aware, a key challenge at the start of the new contract was the large amount of missed trips due to the shortage of bus drivers, particularly in February. We acknowledge this was unacceptable, and we responded by bringing on additional resources. Regional Council is using all of the remedies available under our NZBus service contract to address performance issues. We agreed with NZBus to
contract two external operators to cover the school network and these are in place until the end of this year. We have also responded to feedback from the community about some route changes, and are working with NZ Bus to make some changes as soon as is practically possible. These include reinstating Route 36 from Pāpāmoa and Maungatapu to the CBD during peak hours, and a 5km extension to east Pāpāmoa. In the inter and off-peak period, a new route will be introduced between Maungatapu and the CBD, including an extension to include Te Hono Street and Maihi Crescent. The former Route 70 service in Matua will be re-introduced during off peak hours, and twice during peak hours, while the current peak service route will remain. As a result of all of these changes, the reliability and performance of our public transport service has improved significantly in recent weeks, with 98.8% trips operating during March. We are looking for
further improvements in the coming months. Our Public Transport Committee receives regular updates from NZBus, and these are available to everyone through our website, along with a number of presentations and papers. The minutes from our most recent Public Transport Committee meeting, including questions and responses, are also all available on our website. A legal review of the procurement process used to appoint NZBus was also undertaken. For those who would like more detail, the review and findings can be found on page 107 of this report. In summary, the report has determined that a thorough recruitment process was undertaken, including external legal advice, ensuring integrity and due process was followed. All necessary approvals were obtained by NZTA. The Western Bay of Plenty Blueprint was developed and agreed to by partners to help address congestion challenges in
the city now, but just as importantly, it is focused on ensuring our public transport network can support the city of the future. The congestion that our city is experiencing has developed over many years, and it cannot be fixed overnight. We are working closely with all of our public transport partners, including Tauranga City Council (who are responsible for infrastructure, such as bus stops and shelters), NZBus (who operate our buses) and others to implement the new network and contract. We remain confident that the Blueprint will ultimately contribute to a more efficient network – now and for the future. By Namouta Poutasi, General Manager of Strategy and Science Bay of Plenty Regional Council I write for the Bay Waka because it’s important to keep our community informed about our services.
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A chat with his worship the Mayor With elections looming I was keen to know more about Mayor Greg Brownless who has been rather quiet on many matters since being elected, so invited him for a chat which I could share with readers.
Looking at bus lanes in other places, but there are also people in those places who do not want bus lanes because it will take away parking.
Brownless is quite the gentleman. At ease chatting about many issues in an open and friendly manner, perhaps putting him head and shoulders above many other Councillors. He has the experience of a long standing Councillor, ran his own funeral business (now Legacy Funerals) and is a reputed thespian. No doubt these all contribute to his confident manner.
I asked if he believed Council had sufficient expertise to make quality decisions about public transport, roading, housing and infrastructure. For public transport and roads perhaps we are a bit understaffed he said. For housing infrastructure we are just waiting for Government to do its bit, we can then press on with new housing developments. But we do have people who tell me every day they don’t want any more houses. It’s a bit unfair when they have just arrived here themselves.
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Brownless says key issues here are housing and transport. Increasing numbers of people want to move here and Government want cheaper housing, but until the roading issues are sorted, building more houses is putting the cart before the horse.
Roading Brownless reiterates Council is responsible only for local roads. Government, through NZTA, for state highways. Transport pinch points are on state highways and that work has stalled he says. The northern arterial was about to go out to tender but is now deferred. Brownless’s line is that this and other similar projects must go ahead.
Infrastructure for housing Brownless says that infrastructure for brown-field housing developments (intensification in existing urban areas) is much cheaper. Infrastructure for green-field development (beyond existing urban areas) is difficult and it costs. It costs a lot more, and existing ratepayers have to front for that cost.
Public transport Brownless said we finally need to embrace public transport. Council are required to provide infrastructure for this but says the problems with roll out of Regional Council’s new bus service is not through lack of infrastructure but it’s routes and frequency.
Can you make buses more appealing? We are trialing bus lanes in Links Ave, just a trial; it may or may not work.
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Adverse effects arising from the port Brownless agrees the Port imposes many adverse effects on the City. These will be covered by Consents issued by Regional Council, which owns a major chunk of the Port. They will say they deal with these issues just like they deal with everyone else. Brownless reiterates Government owns the highways to the Port. The only thing we could do is ban heavy vehicles from our roads like Cameron Road but they generally aren’t going there anyway. There is an argument Regional Council should be contributing more to solve problems created by the Port. It would require people to take a more active interest in what the Regional Council does. It does seem crazy to have 2 councils in the city, one of which people don’t know much about he says.
Has Brownless Succeeded as Mayor? Campaigning in the last election, Brownless advocated for; • Using rates efficiently to get better value for money and achieve results • Getting Council spending and staffing levels under control • Looking for sensible traffic congestion solutions • Retaining direct ownership of our assets including water supply • Support for heritage, sport & arts at an affordable cost • Encouraging recycling
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• More open decision-making The majority of current Councillors have previously stood against Brownless for Mayor. Does Brownless enjoy the support of his Council? Perhaps they are not a cohesive unit after all? Against this difficult backdrop has his Mayor been able to deliver on the goals he?
My conclusion Our Mayor is well acquainted with local body politics, and well able to converse and display confidence. My impression is that Brownless does not have a passion for any particular goal for the city, but sees himself rather as the elder statesman chairing the board. From what is evident to the public, and from our chat I worry that Brownless wants to please all of the people all of the time. This is perhaps not the style of leadership which is and has been needed for more than the current term to address the issues which are threatening the quality of life residents wish to enjoy. I hope that in this year’s election for mayor the field will not be cluttered as it has been with many of ‘alsorans’. That a small number of quality candidates, including Brownless, will campaign by outlining clearly to voters what their goals are, and how they will achieve them. It will be important for the future of Tauranga that candidates for mayor are well understood, and that residents do take the time to consider these and what they want for the City, and then to exercise their vote. By Peter McArthur I write for Bay Waka to encourage open governance of our city.
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Opinion: Bring our free school buses back!
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Dear BOP Regional Council, Just to let you know, we want our free school bus service back! When do we want it? Now! Have to tell you, I’m a bit surprised and disappointed when you keep trotting out the old, stale and sadly too often used politicians answer, “(Sigh), Yes, fine, but who’s going to pay for it?”, Muttered response, when pesky constituents like me start asking for things – like bringing back our complete free school bus network. You want to talk about payment, so let’s talk about payment then, and who pays the price for what? Our city is already paying the price for losing the free school bus service 1000x over every day, through congested roads and the impact of this on our local economy in a myriad of ways from increased goods delivery times, to loss of productivity due to increased travel time, not to mention impacts on health and the environment. I’m sure there are some pointy head economists somewhere nearby, who could quantify and monetarise those costs to you. Ask Cr Lyall Thurston who so rightly pointed out that the "Rolls Royce" (free) school bus network stopped, and the roads became immediately flooded with cars. It’s a bit of a no-brainer isn’t it? – Like smoking and cancer – even to a simple man like myself there seems to be a fairly high correlation between losing that bus service and increased car traffic. One would think then, that the solution would also be fairly obvious. Granted, it’s probably not the magic pill solution to all transportation woes, but it would be a big kick in the pants in the ‘right direction’. So here’s the thing. Nearly 3-years of 'Regional Transport Committee meetings' trying to solve a congestion problem, have largely failed, due to the stubborn refusal to address one of its main causes; that being the cessation of the 'free school bus network'. Due to increased congestion, the public bus network has also become degraded. In turn, due to this, we are on the slippery slope where bus patronage is dropping and more people are using their cars. And so, the spiral descends. So, how did you tackle this issue? Well, it seems your response was to spend vast sums of money on committee meetings, and Consultants, ultimately concluding that the solution was - 'to modify the bus routes to attract
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more patronage'. Yeah, nah, probably not your best idea mate; we all know how that one worked out. We should simply return the original 'free school bus network', full stop. Personally, I don't care if it is free, and I pay for it in my rates – what’s that likely to be, really? An extra $20 a year, per household? The flow-on positive economic, health and environmental impacts for our city would be worth it – wouldn’t you say? And hey, even if we don’t have kids, we would all benefit from less cars on the road, right? If it helps, we don’t look at it as paying for school buses, we see it as removing obstacles from within our 'stifled' transport network. Return the school bus network to its former glory, and we can all breathe a sigh of relief, as the roads clear again, 'like when it’s school holidays'... then, we can focus on improving the public bus networks 'actual concerns' going forward. And you, Cr Crosby (Chair or the Regional Transport Committee), I know you believe there is more opportunity to get students safely to school via buses, walking, cycling and scootering with appropriate funding and infrastructure, and that this will assist the current congestion on our roads – because that’s exactly what you wrote to me. You also told me that in your personal view there can be a re-prioritisation of the existing ratepayer contribution from other activities to increase safe student and commuter travel options – Bravo! And, you also quite rightly point out that rate-payers are not an endless pit of money. But, I say to you, priority issues require priority investment. Be the responsive and responsible Council that is prepared to reinstate free school buses in order to address real and immediate issues, that will also reap longer term benefits and positive flow-on effects. BOPRC, step-up and do the right thing! I know you can do it. Be 'that' Council. By Antoon Moonen I write for this magazine because Councillors need support right now to make sensible decisions for our community without any further delaying tactics.
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Opinion: Is our regional transport plan any good?
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ransport Minister Phil Twyford announced the new Government Policy Statement on land transport (GPS) in March 2018. Applications to NZTA for funding for transport projects managed by the Tauranga Regional Transport Committee must comply with the GPS if it wishes to receive NZTA funding.
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In April 2018, Minister of Transport Phil Twyford visited Tauranga to discuss issues with local councils. In July Associate Minister of Transport Julie Anne Genter also visited to meet the BOP Regional Transport Committee (RTC), chaired by Cr Stuart Crosby, giving it a ‘heads up’ on types of projects Government would fund. Genter stated clearly that funding would not be forthcoming if our Regional Transport Plan did not align with NZTA’s new priorities. Genter also met other interested parties working with the Sustainable Business Network (SBN) to discuss alternatives.
Sustainable business network and greater Tauranga I asked SBN local manager Glen Crowther about what had led to the follow up visit from Genter; “SBN partnered with business and community organizations including Greater Tauranga (GT) to advocate for a safer, more sustainable, more accessible transport system. Transport Minister Twyford met with key stakeholders here in April 2018. It was obvious Tauranga’s Regional Transport Plan was not aligned with central government’s transport plans, so the Minister suggested we liaise with the Associate Minister and work with councils to develop something better. In May 2018, twenty Western Bay organisations, and GT released a proposal to better align the regions transport plans with government funding. Sadly this group’s proposal, the ‘Tauranga Transport Alignment Project’ was not included in Council’s Regional Transport Plan. So in July, Julie Ann Genter came to again convey government’s views to the Council’s Transport Committee, and to discuss our proposal with us. In spite of this ‘heads up’ from Genter, Councils still did not listen, did not change its Transport Plan, and … the rest is history.”
Advice ignored Yes, Crosby and his BOP Regional Transport Committee ignored the ‘heads up’ (the new GPS) and continued to request funding from NZTA to fix our transport problems their way. The old way. Regional Council staged a public consultation process in respect of its Regional Transport Plan. The Greater Tauranga organisation was advised that if its submission was signed by its 1,000 members it would be given weight of 1,000 individual submissions. GT’s submission with 1,000 names and signatures was subsequently undermined and considered as a submission from just one person.
Requests declined Requests to NZTA by the RTC for funding were then declined or put on hold. Our local bodies have complained bitterly for the last few months that NZTA is being noncommittal and not providing funds for roading infrastructure to open up new greenfield housing developments. Blaming NZTA is a sad move by Councillors. It is not entirely true.
Council requests - out of line At a recent RTC meeting NZTA advised the committee that the some of the projects it requested funding for were so out of line with the GPS that they were not even presented to NZTA’s Board for consideration. A better transport plan is necessary for Tauranga not just to relieve congestion. Decreasing reliance on motor cars and making walking, cycling, and buses attractive options for commuters will quickly address productivity, pollution, health, high costs of private vehicle ownership, parking problems, and social inequity. Why are the members of our Regional Transport Committee blind to these opportunities? What is driving it’s resistance to changing direction when both the Government’s position and the communities desire for change have been clearly conveyed to it?
Government’s position In light of council complaints about NZTA I asked Twyford and local MP Jan Tinetti for comment They replied: • More funding available. “Government will invest more than
ever before in transport projects in the Bay to ease congestion. We will invest $665 million over the next three years – $70 million more than former government, including increases for public transport and safer walking and cycling. • Providing choices. We want to provide choices, free up roads for those that have to drive. • Change is required. We know that continuing to build more motorways will not work here. Congestion has increased while the former government spent 40% of the transport budget on a few highways that only carry 4 percent of vehicle journeys. Rebalancing spending towards safety and improving local and regional roads is an immediate priority us. • State highways Under our GPS Bay of Plenty state highways will still receive the largest share of funding, with over $300 million allocated for maintenance and improvements. Pouring scarce resources into a few costly expressways at the expense of the rest of the network is not the answer. • Timeliness. We want improvements rolled out as quickly as possible. Minister Phil Twyford is aware of long standing concerns from local government about the time it takes for transport projects to come to fruition. He has instructed NZTA’s board to work more closely with councils in Tauranga, to eliminate obstacles to rolling out our transport programme. The question is, why did our Regional Transport Committee ignore Government’s transport goals, resulting in its request for funding being so out of line that it was not even presented to NZTA’s Board for approval? By Peter McArthur I write for Bay Waka in the hope that our community will see that a better transport network is possible.
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Opinion: T he Regional Council were ‘all at sea’ – Now they’ve hit a rock! In my article ‘Regional Council all at Sea' published on our community news website 'BayOnline.co.nz' in its Dealings with NZ Bus’, I outlined significant failings of the BOP Regional Council’s new bus service. Council now claim to be ‘taking a hard line’ with its contractor NZ Bus but is not prepared to disclose details of the arrangements it has with NZ Bus. The bus service has now hit a rock, the City Council has revealed it has no plans to provide the necessary infrastructure for the bus service to work well until it is sure it will not change again.
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It’s a secret Regional Council’s Chief Executive Fiona McTavish is refusing our request for details of the service it has purchased in a nine-year contract worth some $130 million. McTavish has cited the reason for this is her ‘right to exclude public from a meeting which would result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding would exist.’ McTavish has also refused requests from BOP Times for details of contractual consequences of what we understand are significant breaches of that Agreement.
When it suits Suggesting that the secret may be more to do with face saving of councillors and it’s executive team McTavish then said to BOP Times that she ‘might release details in the nearfuture’. Could we assume then that Council’s ‘good reason for withholding’ is a short-term reason, and rather than of commercial importance, maybe simply for its own benefit and to avoid embarrassment?
A joint effort Provision of our public transport service has been a fractured arrangement under which Regional Council provide buses funded jointly from Government, rates paid by ratepayers to BOPRC, and from passenger fares. Tauranga City Council is responsible for provision of infrastructure to assist making the bus service an attractive option for commuters. This includes bus interchanges, bus stops in safe and convenient locations, bus shelters, bus lanes for efficient movement of buses across the city, real time information sign boards and other features such as ‘park and ride’. NZTA is responsible for bus lanes and bus stops on roads within the city designated as state highways. Tauranga City Council has put a rock on the road. It has not provided the infrastructure to support a good bus service for commuters. Perhaps deviously, Tauranga City Council’s Mayor is claiming that 'people are telling me that it is not the lack of infrastructure which has led to the failure of the bus service’. There appears to be disharmony between our two Councils.
Service hits a rock This became obvious at the Regional Transport Committee meeting on 28th March when Christine Jones, General Manager Strategy and Growth at Tauranga City Council reported on the status of the infrastructure for the bus service. Jones explained that TCC has committed to funding interchanges
and is progressing their planning. TCC wish to wait for a review of the bus service and routes before interchange plans are finalized. Investment in bus priority measures and bus shelters are continuing. It is noted that the new Farm St interchanges, costing, in excess of $1 million is only a temporary facility. The fractured relationship between these two Council’s means that the current service cannot be expected to perform well at the moment, and City Council is not going to even finalise plans for its contribution until the current service is reviewed.
Benefit of hindsight Perhaps what appear to be the City Council’s failing may, in hindsight, have some positives. Aspects of the ‘hub and spoke’ format and lengthy transfers between services at interchanges, merging of school bus services with commuter services, often dangerous location of bus stops and interchanges are not working and may have to be abandoned or significantly re-designed. Well done Tauranga City Council, just a shame for those who do currently rely on buses, and those who perhaps would otherwise be the using buses.
Transport committee members Paula Thompson, an experienced, no-nonsense Regional Councillor has previously admonished her own staff and councillors for the failure of this bus service and apologized to the public.
At the RTC meeting Thompson was disgusted by the City Councils failure to provide good infrastructure for the new bus service. Councillor Jane Nees said it was ‘time for a stake to be put in the ground’. Disappointingly few others on the Transport Committee, Regional Councillors Crosby, Cronin, and Love, and City Councillors Molloy and Curach appeared to do so much as stir.
No planning? I thought that perhaps our Regional Council might have sent our City Council some guidelines on the infrastructure it required and timing for this to optimise the performance of its new bus service. Namouta Poutasi, General Manager, Strategy and Science at Regional Council says this information was passed on to City Council. Until such time as our Regional Council and our City Council, with head offices less than 800 metres from each other as a pigeon would fly, can work together in a cooperative and constructive manner, boldly applying what is international best practice Tauranga’s bus service will never be a popular choice for commuters. To solutions for many of our City's challenges, too many Councillors use excuses like ‘it won’t work here, we are different’. Yes, we are different, everywhere is different. We need better leadership to make us a better place. By Peter McArthur I write for Bay Waka to express my belief that Tauranga need not many of the problems it currently faces.
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Have you heard? Floorball is coming! Floorball (aka Uni-hockey) is a version of indoor hockey that is growing in popularity across the world and now our community has the opportunity to get in on the action with this fun sport at the Trustpower Arena, Baypark. Shane Gillum, Programmes Manager at BayActive says, “This sport is easy to learn and is fast paced but safe. I’m really excited to get the leagues going here in the Bay at the same level it is in Wellington and other centres across the country.”
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Floorball is played indoors, within a 50cm-high boarded rink, and with a specific type of hockey stick and ball. The game is quick with 2 x 10-minute halves for Juniors and 2 x 15-minute halves for Adults. All equipment is provided including sticks, balls, goalie equipment, and bibs. Umpires are also provided as part of the game. “We know as a new sport that many will want to experience it before signing up to a league, so we have two free ‘Have a Go’ days for the community to check it out. I’m sure once they give it a
go, they’ll be hooked. It really is a fun game” says Shane. The FREE Have a Go days are on Sunday 12th May and Sunday 26th May between 1.30pm and 3.30pm at the Trustpower Arena. Everyone is invited to give it a go and enjoy a fun afternoon. The Primary School Aged Floorball League (Year 2-6) will start on Thursday 9th May, running from 3.00pm to 5.00pm. These teams only require four players in the rink at any one time, including the goalie but you can have up to four substitutes too. The teams can be mixed gender, all girls or all boys. Shane notes that “this league will be Free for the first term, so give it a go and register now”.
Adult Floorball League will commence on Sunday 16th June 2019.
The Adult/Family Floorball League will start on Sunday 16th June and will be an 8-game league. There are five players in the rink including the goalie and the team can have up to five reserves. To register for either league visit www.bayactive.co.nz or email shane.gillum@ bayvenues.co.nz for more information.
Primary School Aged Floorball League will start on Thursday 9th May 2019.
Help TEPS to stop Transpower! Help STOP Transpower erecting an 11-storey pole and a 14-storey pole with three 110,000-volt cables across OUR beautiful Tauranga harbour! Tauranga’s inner harbour is under threat from continued land development and other commercial activities. The seabed is being damaged, the water is polluted, and sea life disappearing. From afar, our large tranquil harbour remains a place of beauty, but that is also about to change. Tauranga City Council and BOP Regional Council have granted our state-owned enterprise TRANSPOWER consent to relocate a major power line, which we
believe will further damage this beautiful scene. Transpower have two 110,000volt lines running through Maungatapu which link the Hairini and Mt Maunganui substations. In an act Crown Law has confirmed was placed illegally, in 1959. If you wish to add your name to name to the list of people who oppose Transpower’s proposal by joining the Tauranga Environmental Protection Society Incorporated (TEPS), please simply email your contact details to peter@teps.co.nz. If you wish to help fund the fight against Transpower or to find out more, please visit our Givealittle page where we will raise $20,000 for the case: baylive.nz/teps. Every little bit helps a lot! QR code to Givealittle:
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Preparation is simple Pork belly (serves 4) or two with enough left over for some primo sandwiches the next day, and maybe the odd late-night fridge raid!
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Pork Belly Perfect Sunday delight. Comfort food at its best. Bonjour everyone... well winter is creeping up on us and the days are getting colder so now's the time to light up a fire and enjoy slow cooked cuisine. Here is a cracker of a recipe that will definitely get you salivating and wanting more. This is such a simple recipe......but tastes so good, really succulent, and the crackling literally melts in your mouth. A cheap, easy and forgiving cut, pork belly is at its best when cooked lazily in the
oven, the fat allowed to melt away, the skin to crisp and the delicious meat to gently cook. You may feel a little nervous cooking pork belly thinking you'll either overcook it or the crackling won’t work but with very little effort, as you follow this simple recipe you'll end up with that wondrous contrast of meltingly delicious meat and salty crunchy crackling. Voila voila! Let's do it!
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I have done several pork belly recipes over the years using different methods of cooking from the traditional Italian way in a bath of milk and bay leaves (yes milk!... actually very delicious) or cooked in oil - the confit method not to mention the quite fiddly way using all manner of spices, brines, sauces and seasonings sometimes making a heck of a mess but this is by far the simplest, easiest and truly the tastiest.
The Pork Belly is OK if it has bones in it... more flavour! Free range from the butcher is the best otherwise very easy to find at your local supermarket. Just make sure you take it out of the packaging and leave to air and dry overnight. This will help to get a good crisp crackling explained further on. Now this is important: If the butcher hasn’t done it already, score the skin: Carefully slice lines right across the belly using a sharp craft knife, about 1cm apart. You want to pierce through the tough skin and just go into the fat layer, not cut into the meat underneath. Scoring helps the crackling puff up later. This is vital if you want crackling, and there is no point cooking a pork belly if you don’t. A razor blade or craft knife is necessary. Even Continues on page 47 ...
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Now put the pork belly skin side up in a hot oven, at least 225°C, and immediately turn the heat right down to 140°C. This initial blast of heat is for the skin, and helps the crackling crackle. Cook gently for three hours, then turn the heat down further to 130°C and cook
A slow roasted pork belly needs little attention, but it does need a lot of time. I would happily devote my morning to slow roasting a pork belly. The kitchen will be filled with the irresistible smell of roasting pork teasing the appetites of those around and yes even your neighbours! Serve with something simple and straightforward, some steamed winter vegetables with roast potatoes and kumera. Nothing too fancy. This is a frugal dish, and the meat deserves to speak for itself. PS It's fabulous for a keto diet Bon Appetit!
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t was one of those autumn nights. You know, one that can’t make up its mind whether its winter or autumn. But it’s cold and bleak outside and the rain is pounding the windows of the small Tauranga maternity ward room we’re in. From the pain the mother is in— now my ex-partner—two things are certain: our little taonga is on her way and something is wrong. She’s coming too early and is way too small. I’m praying she’ll make it. I hadn’t bothered praying while watching others pass into the spirit world - my brothers, father and mother, and too many friends; too many whānau. But this time, I am in full-blown Catholic prayer mode. Please God, let this happen. The clinical staff are working differently to what I remember when
my other children were born. The looks on their faces and their scarce presence are sending clear messages to me. I overhear a whispered conversation that we’re giving the baby up for adoption because we don’t want it. But I’m in no state to educate Anglo-centric pacifiers about the process of whāngai. We’re actually having a baby for my sister who can’t have children herself – an act of pure love. The pain is bad—like really bad. So is the prognosis from the doctor. They usually give you the worst scenario, so when things do work out you hug them instead of punching them for saying something so horrible. But this ... our baby, says the doctor, will not survive her birth. I sit there believing I should be strong—and I am—but only on the outside. Internally
Paora Stanley, carries Te Ua Mairangi with him always.
I have nothing to grab onto. I really wanted to give this baby to my sister. A gift to her for the gift she was to our family. But I’ve failed. In the words of the millennial vernacular: FML. And so our baby is born on the floor of the birthing room without any oooohhhs or aaaaahhhhs or doting nurses and a Tihei Mauri Ora. She is struggling to breathe in a mindless uncaring world. I’m calling for help, but the words aren’t coming out of my mouth. Then I’m screaming for help, but still nothing comes out. And it can’t be helped. I can taste that bloody bitter irony too. Our baby is dying. Other babies will live, and they will have all the care and attention they need from hospital staff. They will live and my baby will die. She can’t cry or speak, her mouth just gasps for air. And no one can help. We’re sitting there among her blood and agony, watching her slip away. Slowly and endlessly. Her arms reach out to me as she gulps for air, as if I can do something. Those breathless moments still fill my head after 18 years and every time I mention her name, Te Ua Mairangi. I failed to save my girl. I let her down. I didn’t challenge the world. I let the medical staff think we didn’t care about her. She reached for me, and I didn’t move to protect my child. I let grief win. I left the hospital in the early hours of a misty rain-morning. That’s why she was named Te Ua Mairangi – she was like gentle falling rain that no one could catch. She was laid to rest in our urupā, dressed in extra small, knitted clothes and her frail exhausted body tiny within that small coffin. Her Daddy couldn’t save her because he didn’t know how. But it would be the only time I would be in that situation. Ever. I have the strength and the words now, the analytics, the belief and determination. My girl always remains with me; we have a covenant. Continues on page 49 ...
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The learnings did not end there. I held no ill will towards that doctor, opaque in my memory, who called for the end to my child’s life. It was my learning and I needed to resolve that within my own grief. A few years later I formed a friendship with a doctor and only after some time I realized it was the same man – a man of deep compassion, with love for his family, and commitment to the health of others. I don’t think he has made the connection in the years I have known him, and I have never raised it. After I took my baby back to lay in my house the world threw more at me. The power company had sent their representative to disconnect my power. Deep within my grief I pleaded with the power company guy to please wait till I had buried my girl. He was Māori and conflicted, he understood the importance of death, but he had no choice, it was out of his hands, the company wanted it done immediately. Fortunately, a quick round by friends meant I had the electricity kept on for my girl. I learned what friends do, and that Maori man from the power company and I find we are also friends, bound together by the shared experience of a near tragedy many years later. And there was yet more. When I returned to work after we buried my little girl, I was told I had not formally advised my work where I was. My senior manager set in motion a process to dismiss me for abandonment of employment. Obviously it was never going to be upheld, but it added force to the dark hurricane going on inside me. A little later that manager was exited by the organisation whose rules she had tried to serve, and I worked alongside her within the past couple of years. What all of those people had in common was that they all lacked the power and knowledge to act; just like me really. So from that day on I decided to re-invent myself. To use my knowledge, increase my influence and dream the big dreams. I decided to make myself capable so I could use what I know to support children and young people; anyone in fact. That personal pledge has taken me the length of the country and the breadth of the world. And it has centred on one crucial grouping – the
preciousness of whānau. My own and others. A similar covenant must be instilled in our people because the care and wellbeing of our babies is critical to the future prosperity of our communities. If we can transform our pain and experience of adversity into a positive vision of non-occurrence then we all win. There are nights when I roll down my sleeves and unpack my pain, to figure out which ache goes with what memory and whether new wounds are self-inflicted or superficial. I think it reconnects me with the reality of our people. With empathy comes a torch beam to better see what confronts us. It’s an emotional intelligence that allows leaders of our people to build trust and grow the influence we need for a future we want for ourselves and our people. We are rangatira—ranga, bringing together; tira, people. That’s where our focus must remain. As a parent, I had a right to the pain my daughter’s death brought me. But as a man, I believed I had no right to show it or share it, something many men feel even today. But you can’t bring people together with that
kind of default reaction. On reflection I understand that emotion is ok. It’s transformative and healing. It can provide a vision for positive choices in the lives of our whānau. We’re just one decision away from a totally different life. By Paora Stanley I write for Bay Waka because in this case, it heals me. Footnote: Since that time in 2001, Paora Stanley has focused on being the best father and grandfather he can be. He is a former university lecturer in social work and a leader of indigenous organisations in Aotearoa-New Zealand and North America. He has specialised in men’s wellbeing, which is often neglected, and established a free youth health clinic nearly a decade ago that still operates within vulnerable communities in Tauranga. He has been an advocate for Māori whānau and set a legal precedent in 2009 when he negotiated one iwi, rather than the Government, managing the fate of some of its children in state care. He thinks of himself as someone who made a series of right decisions during the wrong times in his life.
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Overcoming Stress and Anxiety (Part 1) In a world of increasing stress and anxiety here is some practical advice that may help overcome stress and anxiety.
• Accept that we can’t control everything: In reality we have much less control over our lives than we think. Our partner, success in our job, whether people like us can be influenced by us to a certain extent but mostly they are out of our control. If we contemplate this deeply we can understand this from our own experience. Then we can begin to let go of our worries and self-concerns and let life play out more, rather than exhausting ourselves trying to control everything.
on the things we can control, our mind and our intentions towards others.
• Stop comparing ourselves to others: We just can’t help but compare our life to other peoples. If we feel that other people’s lives are better we can become depressed and anxious. Social media is making things worse as it paints an unrealistic picture of what our life should be like. People post the highlights of their life, which make them look awesome and fun. If we are constantly comparing ourselves to this unrealistic world, then we are bound to end up feeling inadequate.
This does not mean we cease to care about life, quite the opposite. We just start to focus our attention
Comparing ourselves to others is of no benefit to us, it is a pointless habit that only leads to mental suffering. Instead we should learn
to feel joy for others good fortune, realising it brings them happiness. This article will continue in the next edition of Bay Waka. By Mathew Stuart I write for Bay Waka because I want to help people find a happiness. If you are interested in Buddhism or meditation, regardless of experience, you are welcome to attend a weekly drop-in class at Greerton Library (every Thursday at 7pm). Classes cost $15 per person, all proceeds go to spreading Buddhist teachings. Everyone is welcome! www.meditateintauranga.org/
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tests used for food allergies and food sensitivities assess a wide variety of foods and possible reactions to identify foods you may be allergic to, (so must avoid completely) and foods sensitivities (where certain foods need to be avoided short term, or decreased in frequency). A more economical option is a test for food sensitivities which tests foods which people are most likely to be sensitive to. Hormones and Adrenal Tests. Other tests involve taking urine samples
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that can help reflect hormonal cycles and cortisol levels . This can show how well the adrenal glands might be working123 the adrenal glands can get affected at times of stress. New Tests Live blood analysis which helps assess nutrition, immunity, inflammation and oxidative stress. Body composition test showing muscle mass, fat mass, hydration status and cellular health. Consultation Important too It is important to remember that any sort of test does not tell the whole story about your health. We include a consultation and may use Herbal medicine, Nutrients and Body Work to help you build great health naturally. Contact us today. By Jaine Kirtley Naturopath, Bay Health Clinic I write for this magazine because it’s a great way to help a whole community communicate to become happier and healthier.
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KIDD, Malcom Bruce Beresford (1932 – 2019, aged 86)
Malcolm knew I was going to write this column and he briefed me well. There is no space here to list his life achievements and in particular to NZ Bowls, despite umpteen achievements; just to say, 'He was instrumental in helping merge Men’s and Woman’s Bowls in NZ'. When I came to Tauranga 4 ½ years ago, we didn’t know anyone at all and my wife suggested I join the Freemasons. I didn’t wait to be asked EMATION CARE PROOF twice and headed off toTIME make 21/11/2017 friends. 3:37:06 p.m. RUN:when 12/21/17 Malcom explained LAST to me, he 12.4X3 was a young farmer,SIZE: the dogs were his constant companions, so he was delighted to join a local Lodge and meet men that he looked up to. Over 50 years later, he remains a man of model character to younger Freemasons, even in his passing. Malcolm Kidd was an honourable man, a humble man and a good man. Thank you for being our friend and brother, and for leading by example every step of the way. You will always be with us. By Antoon Moonen The Gate Pa Lodge No 407
Caring for Tauranga Born in Lower Hutt in 1953, and travelling with his family to Taihape, Gisborne and then Te Puke, Mike Savage finally moving to Tauranga in 1972. Mike and Dorothy married in 1975, after which daughters, Erana and Taina were born. They are now grandparents to five delightful grandchildren. He began an on-call career in the funeral industry in 1991 until a full-time position opened for him and his ministry to service Tauranga and the wider community. Mike believes strongly in serving the community and is a10801478AA senior soldier in the Salvation Army, a Rotarian, a JP, a volunteer with Riding for the Disabled, volunteer tutor with remedial reading at a Tauranga College, former rugby player and rugby referee, amateur athlete in Tauranga,. With Mike’s faith and trust in God, he believes Tauranga is where he has been called to serve as a funeral celebrant and director, although there is no provincial boundary where he cannot go and minister. Services are available for all and are conducted in chapels, churches, community halls, homes, sports stadiums, marae, cemetery gravesides and ashes plots are all inclusive of his ministry, including house and pounamu blessings. By Mike Savage, Celebrant and Funeral Care I write for this magazine to connect to the people of Tauranga Moana.
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Maungatapu chippie changes hands Some of you might know George Davies from the Maungatapu Fish and Fries shop – he’s a bit of an icon in the area. George has had a varied career but almost always related to food; from running a farm and orchard 20-years
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ago, to a restaurant in Pahia for 8 years and owner of a bread shop in Katikati. Arriving in Tauranga to work in the fish and chip shop for six months, 12 years later George finally decided to sell the shop to another local Diane who has worked for George for the last 5 years. Spending a little longer than expected working in the shop has meant that George’s house has not been worked on for the pa 11 years, so he’s looking forward to doing a bit of repairs when he stops work. Also on the cards is joining the RSA, because George, well, likes playing cards!
George Davies hands over the reigns to local Diane Jackman in Maungatapu.
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‘Scene’ on Cameron Road Hello, my name is Shane Joseph Taylor, which is also the name of my YouTube channel. Originally from Tauranga, as my father was also, I've never travelled outside of New Zealand though, if things work out in the future, I do hope to. When younger, I did travel around most of the cities in the North, and South islands. During my travels I've had the odd adventure, and made many friends both local to New Zealand, and some from abroad. Sticking with the outlook of hoping for the best, I hope you enjoy my YouTube channel if you get a chance to have a look. It touches on many topics from religion, science, politics, and just a few thoughts. A good one to start with out of the collection would have to be our national anthem video. Enjoy. By Shane Joesph Taylor, also known as Skiwi.
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Crafty Greerton gears up for Bombing When Greerton’s blossoming cherry trees drop their colour and stand stark naked on the sidewalk, in steps Carol Power. For the past three years it has been her role as Coordinator of Greerton Village Yarn Bombing to encourage teams of knitters to cover the trees according to an annual theme.
What was originally a small event with 16 decorated trees has grown to over 60 trees with yarn bombers from Rotorua to Raglan willingly clutching needles and knitting meters and meters of boldly colored textile art. When complete, segments will be stitched onto the trees, surrounding trunks and branches and where they will stay for up to six weeks, or, until those trees begin to clothe themselves in new growth. The 2019 theme is Children’s Books, and while there is sure to be plenty of Hungry Caterpillars, Hairy McLeary’s and traditional tales, Te Puke Kiwi Coast Lions have chosen “The Farmyard Idol” by local author Angie Belcher and illustrated by Maungatapu based Debbie Tipuna. “Think American Idol in the farmyard” Angie says. “Complete with all the ego and insecurities of the competitors.” Creating the menagerie of animals is Te Puke’s creative genius Michelle Cliff, well-known throughout the community for her ability to take on tough challenges, involve members of the community and raise money for good causes. “I just love this sort of project” she says, “I get a picture in my head, pick up the needles and start knitting.” Her enthusiasm is infectious and all 35 other members in the club arrive at meetings with needles in hand ready to knit colourful triangles for bunting and patchwork for the background. Those who can’t knit or crochet are delegated with making pom poms and tassels. Like designing a new dress, a pattern needs to be created, trees measured and the logistics of hanging the textile considered. Trees will be decorated on 25th June (30th if wet) and is sure to be just as a spectacular event as the colour and vibrancy of Greerton’s Cherry Blossom Festival.
Michelle Cliff (left) and Joan Shand with the growing pile of knitting.
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“It’s all for a great cause,” Carol bubbles infectiously. “The event creates a comradery between different clubs who all nominate a not-for-profit organization to receive the prize money.” There are two categories; people’s choice which highlights the different groups and charities and is chosen via Facebook advertising, and the Judges Choice. “
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Capture life’s “special moments” with your camera Life is an ongoing series of “moments”, each blending imperceptibly into the next. Your job as a photographer [and we’re all photographers now] is to capture “the special moments”. Here’s one special, fleeting moment captured by my camera recently [the main photo]. When I took these photos, Sara was a week shy of her second birthday.
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Andy [Sara’s dad] and I were standing outside the Tauranga mosque, eight days after the Christchurch shootings. There had been perhaps 600 or more people there the day before [including armed police] but on Saturday afternoon it was just me and Sara’s family, looking at the flowers and tributes - and pondering. Andy and I talked for a while. Then: “Andy, your daughter looks great up on your shoulders. Can I take her photo? I’ll email it to you”. “Sure,” said Andy. My first few photos show Sara as a guarded almost-two-yearold, suspicious of this man [me]
Sara was naturally relaxed with this photographer after he had enjoyed a nice conservation with her Dad. Photo by Kim Westerskov
she’d never seen before. Quite understandable. Andy and I chatted some more. When I looked at Sara next, something had changed. There was now a connection between us. Trust. Warmth. Magic. I could easily have missed that moment, but I didn’t.
So, are there any “secrets” for capturing “special moments”? Not really, just obvious things like having empathy, being ready and working quickly. The second photo was taken in a matter of seconds, while the magic was fresh.
"I don't know who you are. Why are you pointing a camera at me?" Photo by Kim Westerskov
Other than a willingness to connect with people, the main thing about capturing special moments is being prepared. If you’re using a cell phone, that may just mean having it in your hand, “on”, and in camera mode. I have a DSLR [a big “real” camera] so in my case, it was a matter of power on, the right lens attached, focal length set appropriately for what
may happen, Aperture Priority mode, ISO set to the circumstances [ISO 500 was used in this photo though anything from 200-800 or even 1600 would have worked fine], Autofocus on, Image Stabilizer on, Motor Drive on, and so on. Ready. Ready for anything. Your mission statement from today onwards: capture with your camera as many ”special moments” in your life as you can, particularly those of family and friends. You’ll be glad you did. So will they.
This is the first in a series of articles by Kim on helping you become a better photographer. An internationallyawarded professional photographer, Kim has taught and mentored many hundreds of photographers over the last 12 years. If you’d like to find out more about workshops run by Kim, go to: kimwesterskov.com/taurangaphoto-workshops. Kim also runs “Photos & Coffee” evenings for keen photographers on the first Tuesday of every month. Free. Supper. Email to book: kimsworkshops@gmail.com By Kim Westerskov I write for Bay Waka because I want to help everyone become better photographers.
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(Dark Comedy) Matinees on Sundays: 16 June 2019 and 23 June 2019 A pub bistro on a Friday night. Three office workers - Dymphie, who needs to control everything, Paula, who lets her, and the recently widowed Monika, are desperately seeking a good night out. At an adjoining table sit Gordon, recently abandoned by his wife, and Stephen, looking for something more than the usual one night stand. As the night proceeds, inhibitions and social restraint are abandoned, exposing the foibles, pain and humour of the characters inner lives. It is an acutely observed but tender-hearted account of relationships and behaviour.
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The Tauranga Society of Artists was established in 1962 as the Sketch Club and now has a membership of 200 artists. The Society is once again proud to present to the public the annual June Art Expo and Supreme Awards. You are cordially invited to take this opportunity to view innovative art works of great quality. This Expo has been very popular throughout the years with a large number of paintings having been purchased, hanging in homes to be admired and enjoyed. A painting is a great gift, a timeless acquisition to be handed down the generations. Come, chat to our artists, admire the skills and talents our artists have in producing beautiful paintings, ranging from traditional to abstract and impressionism. From Oil to Acrylic, Pen and Ink, Pastel, Watercolour, Mixed Media and Encaustic. So please come along to enjoy, perhaps purchase a piece of art at very affordable prices, you will find something to suit all tastes and styles. It’s Cash and Carry, art works may be purchased on the day. The Expo will be held at the Elizabeth Street Community Centre, Tauranga and runs from Wednesday 19th to Sunday 23rd of June (opening times Wednesday 2pm to 5pm, Thurs. to Saturday 9:30am to 5pm, Sunday 9:30am to 4pm). We would like to thank our sponsors Trust Power, Cooney Lees and Morgan, TECT, Ultimate Motor Group, New World, The Warehouse.
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The lunisolar reality of Matariki
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Matariki is the Māori name for the Pleiades constellation, and according to Alan Gilmore, recently retired Superintendent of Mt. John University Observatory, Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Canterbury, the Matariki/Pleiades cluster is visible on a ‘dawn sea horizon’ from June 14 each year, or a few days later if clouds, moonlight or haze make it less visible on that actual date.
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beginning of the new Māori lunar bodies are for movement and children school under your own ‘steam’ TheOur arrival ofmade Matariki is not, as it is Getting toactual calendar, for that coming year. The first are happiest when they’re physically active. Our can be a great social opportunity to catch up sometimes suggested, the specific role as their parents and caregivers is to ensure with friends. It also encourages children toyear be is named Pipiri. month of each lunar beginning of the new Māori ‘calendar’ more independent while at the same time we provide protected and attractive environments year,sobut simply heraldsandthe new 2019, Pipiri commences on 3rd June, children can be themselves safely explore nurturingIn a level of freedom. their surroundings. to driving kids time season arriving,One at alternative about the same meaning that when you list the lunar schoolMāori for parents is to walk, bikecommences. or scooter the tonew lunar year months for the 2019/20 lunar year, with their children, at least occasionally. This gives there are 13 lunar months! However, in Phil Shoemack and their in children timeof being active For parents the tribes thesome East Aotearoa MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH 2020 Pipiri will commence on 21 June, and exploring new things together. (Land of the long white cloud, or New and then 12 lunar months will follow, Zealand), observation of Matariki rising until Pipiri starts once again on 10 June over a period of a week or two, from 2021 and 12 lunar months will follow, 14 June onwards, provides additional with 13 lunar months again in Healthier more active 1. Pre-planonce visual information (conditional on thechildren 2022/23 commencing that our It is great2022. on 30 May e to be students are abl rney haze, or clarity), on whichIncreased to further independence the on ir jou ive act your out k Chec • ps for children predict the coming years’ potential Thirteen months in a year tom schheaool.lthyThandis keereduc es safest route the school. outcomes regarding foraging, harvests, our d oun ar Safer and closer communities tify safe congestion Iden • Lunisolar calendars are problematic in hunting and fishing. That is the Damien Harris ARY crossings L MOUNT PRIM PRINCIPA that the time from ‘new moon’ (Whiro) Opportunities for children to , purpose for observing Matariki over • Check bike interact with the road environment rd to new moonscoo is ter, 29.53 days while a skateboa that period. in a safe and active way solar year is 365.24 days long, so there TO WALK, CYCLE, AsSCOOTER tribes in OR West Aotearoa have noand traffic are 12.37 3. lunar months in a solar year. JOIN Reduced chaos Kids on Feet around school gatesTherefore, an extra lunar month has visibility the easterncongestion sea horizon, A KIDSof ON FEET BUS theyWALKING cannot observe the rising of • Join to be added every two orl bus three years, a walkin g schoo Providing companionship and fun • Walk Matariki, but instead, they seek toparents with months to keep the lunar in time with a friend for both and children • Scoot observe Puanga, or ‘Rigel’ in the teboard to school the sun and theer/ska seasons. • Drop the kids off away from school constellation of ‘Orion’Antoenvironmentally herald the and walk/ friendly formThe name of that speacial thirteenth scooter/skateboard the rest of transport to and coming of the new Māori lunar year. Māori month for some tribes is from school ‘Whiringa- kerekere’ (or ‘HiringaThe sun and moon working Children arrive at school fresh and kerekere’) and when it occurs, is ready to learn together slotted in between the months Supported with fun incentive ‘Whiringa-ā-rangi’ and ‘Hakihea’, and The solstice marks the beginning resources usually expected during November. of the new solar season (winter or Reduced travel summer), but the actual start date ofcost Folklore the Māori lunar year depends on the phase of the moon. Lunar phases and night-time have
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Matariki marks the change in season “Whanau, hapu and iwi are able to practice their responsibilities as kaitiaki of natural and cultural resources on public conservation lands and waters”
DOC Events Matariki guided walks with the Department of Conservation Matariki night walk at Aongatete Forest Project: Address: 854 Wright Rd, Aongatete 3178 Date: Friday, June 14th Time: 7:00pm Bring a torch or headlight and learn about tamariki o Tane that are still awake under the Matariki night sky in the Ngahere o Aongatete. Confirm your place, email: events@aongateteforest.org, or phone: (07) 578 7677.
Matariki Kauri walk at Tuahu Track: Meeting point: Tuahu Track entrance at the end of Hot Springs Rd off SH2 Date: Sunday, June 16th Time: 10:30am and 1:00pm Kauri is a taonga species. Reduced by the ever-changing landscape and now threatened by Kauri die back disease. Confirm your place, email: taurangainfo@doc.govt.nz, or phone: (07) 578 7677.
Other Events Te Puna I Rangiriri Trust presents Matariki ki Mauao 2019 A weeklong event from June 10th - June 15th 2019 at the base of Mauao that involves • Early morning walks with waka navigator Jack Thatcher • Workshops for schools • Evening archival screenings • Matariki market day for all members of the family! The theme this year is Tuituia a Matariki – binding together the threads of Matariki. Visit www.tpirt.co.nz
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Matariki marks a change in season. For me, it’s a time to reflect and seek new challenges. This year, in support of the Matariki festival theme ‘Tuituia o Matariki’, the Tauranga Department of Conservation is guided by the whakataukī (proverb):
Tuia te rangi e tu iho nei Tuia te papa e takoto nei Tuia te nākau o te tangata (Bind the sky the earth and the people together and everything between) This whakataukī sums up what we do in the Department of Conservation. The protection work we do, in support of native endangered fauna and flora, is about binding the people to the native birds, plants and other creatures of land and sea. The role I have in the Department allows me to follow my personal passion to revive, empower and strengthen cultural identity of Hapū, Iwi and Whanau I engage with. Come along for a walk on Sunday, 16th of June, to the Twin Kauri at the end of Hot Springs Road and hear how the mighty Kauri binds the sky, the earth and the people together. By Gavin Smith
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Don’t Snag the Shags! Shags are native residents of New Zealand most frequently seen near water often spreading their wings and basking in the sunshine. There are 36 species of Shag in the world, 12 are found in New Zealand, and 8 of them are endemic here. ARRC commonly attends to shags with leg and wing injuries or occasionally poisoning and these birds are hardy and usually successfully rehabilitated. Shags are real characters and quickly get used to being fed and cared for during rehabilitation. They have very sharp beaks though and can inflict serious injuries so they need to be handled with care.
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Unfortunately ARRC often has to provide medical care for these beautiful birds when they have fishing line wrapped around their wings, occasionally with heavy sinkers attached and hooks that are either embedded in their flesh or have been swallowed. Some of these birds have been in this condition for at least a few days and are in a poor way. Fishing tackle can easily cause severe injury to our native wildlife (and our pets as well) and sadly many of these birds suffer terribly and need to be euthanised. There are a few however that we anesthetise, remove the fishing tackle, treat their wounds and eventually release them back into the wild. Here’s what you can do to help prevent injury to our seabirds and pets with fishing tackle: • When fishing, look after your fishing gear making sure it is not left unattended • Dispose of unwanted fishing tackle responsibly • If you see a bird with fishing line attached, it will most likely need to be caught and attended to. For guidelines on how to do this have a look at www.arrc.org.nz or give DOC or ARRC a ring on 579 9115.
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There have been four recent instances of cats being attacked by two or three roaming dogs in the Maungatapu area. The attacks happened in the middle of the night or at 5am on Maungatapu Road properties within a few hundred meters of each other. Three of the cats sadly died soon after being attacked, the other made a full recovery. Charlie had many bite marks and his leg was wrenched with enough force to pull the hip out of its socket. Thankfully, a neighbour had interrupted the very noisy attack before more fatal damage could occur. Charlies hip was put back in place and he made a full recovery, though he was very weak for a few days.
Charlie the cat, relaxing at home after using up one of his nine lives.
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If anyone knows of roaming dogs, they should contact the Tauranga City Council when they are seen. It’s important to remember that these dogs could potentially pose a risk to people as well. Not all roaming dogs of course are out to maim and kill and the Council will always make every effort to ensure the best possible outcome for dogs and owners. Be cautious of any dog involved in a fight or during attack and definitely don’t reach in with your hands to try and break it up; We see a lot of pet owners injured doing just that. As in Charlies case, a sudden very loud YELL may be sufficient to stop the attack. Often, when an owner and pet have been injured, they will choose to take their pet for veterinary attention before they take themselves for medical attention; even if their injuries are worse than the dog or cat! Interesting how people will frequently put their pet before themselves! By the Welcome Bay Vet Team We write for the Bay Waka to sharing interesting and important veterinary stories and information with our community. Editor’s note: Witnesses to the dog attacks in Maungatapu have described three dogs, two being Pit Bull size and appearance (one larger dark colour and one lighter or tan) and a larger dog again; whose colour was not identified. If you want to anonymously report these dogs, feel free to phone Bay Waka in Tauranga on 262-1000, or email editor@baywaka.nz.
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Thanks to all those Riddler’s who sent in an answer to go into the draw to win the pretty cool remote-controlled cockroach prize. The answer to the question, “What colour are the stairs in a one story redwood house”, There are no stairs! Congratulations to our issue 14 winner, Luke (9) who took that nasty creepy crawly off our hands!
Telephone conversation... “Hello, is this the police?” “Yes it is. How can we help you?” “I’m calling to report about my neighbour, Wazza. He’s hiding cocaine inside his firewood!” The police take Wazza’s details. “Thank you very much for the call.” The next day... Police officers descend on Wazza’s house in great numbers. They search the house and then go out to the shed where the firewood is kept. Using axes, they bust open every piece of firewood but they find no cocaine. After they leave, the phone rings at Wazza’s house. “Hey, Wazz. Did the cops come?” ...... “Yeah!” “Did they chop up your firewood?” ...... Yep.” “Happy Birthday, maaaaaate”. A woman walked into the kitchen to find her husband stalking around with a fly swatter. “What are you doing?” She asked. “Hunting flies.” “Oh. Killing any?” she asked. “Yep, three males, two females,” he replied. Intrigued, she asked, “How can you tell them apart?” He responded, “Three were on a beer can, two were on the phone.”
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FREEMASONRY Composed of men of character with high ideals and worthwhile values who strive to make a difference in themselves and our community. Learn more about one of the world’s oldest and largest fraternal organisations. Phone, or text Glen 027 918 9096
TAURANGA CREATIVE FIBRE learn spinning, weaving, dyeing, crochet, knitting, felting, 9am Monday's, 2nd & 4th Thursday, 7pm, Elizabeth St. Arts Centre, phone Margaret 571 3483.
COMMUNITY SPACES & VENUES Arataki Comm. Centre 577 8565 Merivale Comm. Centre 578 6450 Ohauiti Settlers Hall 0800 042 848 Oropi Comm. Hall 0800 146 767 Papamoa Comm. Centre 577 8566 Papamoa Sport & Rec. 577 8556 Rangataua Club 021 0261 6996 W.Bay Comm. Centre: 544 9774 COMMUNITY HALLS (Bay Venues) Bethlehem Cliff Road Building Elizabeth St. Comm. & Arts Centre Greerton Matua Tauriko Welcome Bay Waipuna Park Pavilion CONTACT: Aleesha - 027 839 2789
AquaFit Aqua Aerobics also available at Baywave, Greerton & Mount Hot Pools.
These facilities are proudly operated by Bay Venues Limited, a Tauranga City Council organisation.
Recommended Services COMPUTER REPAIR & HELP, Windows or MAC, synchronising all devices together. We can get you up and running again. We come to you, 7-day support, 9am - 9pm. Phone: (07) 262 1000, or (022) 673 8006. www.silverservice.co.nz. CELEBRANT AND FUNERAL CARE with Mike Savage, 28 years caring for Tauranga, 022 155 7204, mikes53@outlook.co.nz GUIDANCE READINGS by Reader with over 50 years experience. Call Marie for your appointment: 021 103 0009. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Mike Savage, Tauranga, phone: 022 155 7204 HYPNOTHERAPY, MAKE THAT CHANGE Anxiety, Smoking, weight gain, phobia - Help is at hand. Call Hypnotherapist Shirley Wells, 0274 406 403 for a chat. www.hypnotherapytauranga.co.nz. ORTHO-BIONOMY, for pain, tension, soreness, headaches, by appointment 7-days, Wed. clinic 777 Cameron Road, home visits call Adelaide 027 261 1919.
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Bay Waka
Welcome aboard OUR Mobile Library The Tauranga mobile library visits locations throughout the city six days a week. You’ll find us near shopping centres, on residential estates, by Primary schools and at several retirement homes. Check out the timetable below to locate a convenient stop near you! You can check out the full timetable details on the library website at: www.library.tauranga.govt.nz
2019 Mobile Library bus stops
Week ONE
Maungatapu Shops Change Point Church, Poike Road, Ohauiti
Monday
Time
May
June
July
August
9.15 – 10.30 10.45 – 11.30
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13 13
27 27
– –
17 17
1 1
15 15
29 29
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12 12
26 26
11.40 – 12.15
–
13
27
–
17
1
15
29
–
12
26
2.15 – 2.45
–
13
27
–
17
1
15
29
–
12
26
2.50 – 4.00
–
13
27
–
17
1
15
29
–
12
26
9.20 – 9.50
–
14
28
4
18
2
16
30
–
13
27
Matua Lifecare Village
10.15 – 11.00
–
14
28
4
18
2
16
30
–
13
27
Promotional (Pillans Point area)
11.15 – 11.45
–
14
28
4
18
2
16
30
–
13
27
1.30 – 4.10
–
14
28
4
18
2
16
30
–
13
27
10.00 – 12.15
1
15
29
5
3
17
31
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14
28
Greenwood Park Village
1.45 – 2.20
1
15
29
5
19 19
3
17
31
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14
28
77 Victory Street, Welcome Bay
2.30 – 3.45
1
15
29
5
19
3
17
31
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14
28
9.30 – 12.00 1.30 – 2.00
2 2
16 16
30 30
6 6
20 20
4 4
18 18
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1 1
15 15
29 29
Monowai Street (opp. Monowai Village)
2.05 – 3.25
2
16
30
6
20
4
18
–
1
15
29
14 Russley Drive, Mount Maunganui
3.35 – 4.10
2
16
30
6
20
4
18
–
1
15
29
11.40 – 12.30 2.15 – 2.45
3 3
17 17
31 31
7 7
21 21
5 5
19 19
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2 2
16 16
30 30
2.50 – 3.15
3
17
31
7
21
5
19
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2
16
30
3.20 – 3.50
3
17
31
7
21
5
19
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2
16
30
9.30 – 9.50 10.00 – 10.50
4 4
18 18
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8 8
22 22
6 6
20 20
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3 3
17 17
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11.00 – 11.45
4
18
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8
22
6
20
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3
17
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129 Haukore Street, Hairini Bethlehem shops car park (opp. ANZ Bank) 62 Westmoreland Rise (Mayfield Estate) The Avenues, Tenth Ave
Tuesday
Levers Road (opposite dairy) Welcome Bay Primary School
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Cherrywood shops Bernadette House, 25 Taupo Avenue
Brookfield shops, New World 250 Lakes Boulevard (opp. Above & Beyond)
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Lakes Boulevard (opp. Caslani shops) Ngakumama Reserve (Landing Drive) 137 Gloucester Road, Mount Maunganui 203 Grenada Street, Mount Maunganui
Saturday
Ocean Shores Retirement Village
No service on Public holidays: 3 June 2019 Mobile Library bus Queen’s stops Birthday, Mon Week TWO Time May June July August No service to school stops during holidays: Mon 8 Jul – Fri 19 Jul. Active Explorers Cambridge Road) stops butMonday 2.00 2.30 10classes 24 must 8 be 22 – 5of service. 19 – NB: All patrons are(510 welcome to visit school please note that these are–very busy 6stops20 where–school given priority 6 20 – 273 St Andrews Drive, Bethlehem 2.40 – 3.10 10 24 8 22 – 5 19 – Welcome Aboard the Mobile Library: The Tauranga mobile library visits locations throughout the city six days a week. You’ll find us near shopping centres, on residential estates, 6 20stop near – you! by schools at several retirement homes. Check out the timetable below to locate 46Primary Sterling Gateand Drive, Bethlehem 3.15 – 4.15a convenient 10 24 8 22 – 5 19 – 11.30 – 12.00 1.30 – 4.10
7 7
21 21
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11 11
25 25
9 9
23 23
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6 6
20 20
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1.30 – 1.50 1.55 – 2.20
8 8
22 22
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12 12
26 26
10 10
24 24
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7 7
21 21
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2 Palm Springs Boulevard, Papamoa
2.30 – 3.00
8
22
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12
26
10
24
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7
21
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Short Place (off Karewa Pde – E. Papamoa)
3.15 – 3.45
8
22
–
12
26
10
24
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7
21
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9.30 – 12.00 12.10 – 12.35
9 9
23 23
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13 13
27 27
11 11
25 25
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8 8
22 22
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2.15 – 3.45
9
23
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13
27
11
25
–
8
22
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All day
10
24
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14
28
12
26
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9
23
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9.20 – 10.00 10.10 – 10.45
11 11
25 25
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15 15
29 29
13 13
27 27
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10 10
24 24
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11.00 – 11.40
11
25
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15
29
13
27
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10
24
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80 Fourteenth Avenue Matua shops (Tilby Drive)
Tuesday
Bloom Early Learning, 193 Parton Road Beginnings, Papamoa Beach Road shops
Wednesday
Cherrywood shops Countdown car park, Vale Street, Bureta
Thursday
54 Osprey Drive (Welcome Bay) Maintenance / Stock day
Friday
Cedar Manor Village 101 Edgecumbe Road
Saturday
Bayview Village
NoBirthday serviceMon on3Public No service on Public holidays: Queen’s June holidays: Queen’s Birthday, Mon 3 June. service school stops No service to school stops during No holidays: Monto 8 Jul – Fri 19 Jul during holidays: Mon 8 Jul – Fri 19 Jul NB: All patrons are welcome to visit school stops but please note that these very busy stops where school classes must given priority service. NB: All patrons are welcome to visit school stops but please note that these areare very busy stops where school classes must bebe given priority of of service. Welcome Aboard the Mobile Library The Tauranga mobile library visits locations throughout the city six days a week. You’ll find us near shopping centres, on residential estates, by Primary schools and at several
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