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What an amazing start to our New Year. We have certainly had our fair share in the Bay of Plenty of plenty of everything... it’s been a glorious summer of long hot days, and nights, markets, gourmet food, music and so many exciting and varying events. This trend is set to continue throughout February and you will find many opportunities to get out and about and explore in the following pages. Make sure you get involved in the feedback and submission opportunities this month into the Public Art Policy being developed by Tauranga City Council... there are some fantastic Public Art Talks on around the city with a ‘drop in’ session at Baycourt on Wednesday, 11 February between 3.30-5.30pm where you can chat with Councillors and staff about any issues you have with the draft policy. Another ‘drop in’ session is scheduled at Creative Tauranga on Tuesday, 24 February from 11am-1pm. It would be great to hear what our young people have to say too, so please spread the word :)

Tarnished Frocks & Divas

07 A Midsummer Night’s Dream

“...arts and culture are what make a city fall in love with itself “ - Pier Giorgio Di Cicco

Birgitt Shannon

We have plenty to be proud of!

Tracey Rudduck-Gudsell, Chief Executive

Sundaise Festival

Miriam Ruberl Michael Staite

Josh Durning

Paula Knight

Regan Perry

Also in this issue 08 Tauranga Library 09 Waitangi Day / Nashi Festival

COVER Illustration

12 Creative Tauranga Gift Gallery

by James Stanbridge

13 16th Avenue Theatre

from Sundaise poster

15 Environmental Action

by Tara Fowler

17 Literary Trailblazers 18 Tauranga Farmers’ Market

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Festival Returns

Matt Griffiths

The Sundaise Festival is about to return and for three days in March. The hidden valley of native bush at Dickey Flat near Waihi will become a melting pot of art, culture, music and sustainability. After taking a year off to become a biannual event, Sundaise promises to be a celebration you won’t want to miss with a collection of New Zealand’s finest artists, musicians and performers alongside some of the best emerging local talents. This year Sundaise will include over sixty hours of live music with more than forty Bands, DJ’s and Producers playing across four different stages.

Located just downstream from the site of the final 1981 Nambassa Festival, the valley has a rich history of music, art and culture. There are many parallels drawn between Sundaise and the iconic Nambassa events and with each Sundaise festival another layer of history is added to the area.

The Main Stage is the focus of the central festival area and will include all of the headline artists including Trinity Roots, Opiuo, Chocolate Strings, Soul Revolution, Knights of the Dub Table, Sorceress and many more.

For those still unable to attend a Sundaise festival you are missing out. Sundaise has an old school feel without the restrictions and boundaries of most commercial events.

The Solar Stage will be powered by Sunsonics Solar Sound System and will be home to many of our best emerging local bands and DJ’s.

There are no bars with expensive drinks as the festival is located on private land, the event is BYO but please remember the land is a working farm so do not bring glass.

The Rouge Stage is a more intimate stage delicately placed in the forest and includes acoustic music, live performance and spoken word. For those wanting some more music late into the night, The Red Lounge caters for you with some of New Zealand’s best DJ’s and Producers keeping the party going until the early hours of the morning. To compliment the music lineup Sundaise has a number of installations by local artists. The festival site is naturally beautiful but comes alive with colourful installations, impromptu performers, lighting displays, projections and live art works that will take shape during the course of the festival. Local artists include The Incubator and Lipika Sen. “Our team have worked really hard over the last nine months to bring some of New Zealand’s most recognised performers to the festival, as well as creating opportunities for our local emerging artists and musicians. Sundaise is carefully crafted to ensure that the festival is full of diversity, colour, expression and offers chances for people to discover art, music and culture”, Racheal Stanway – Festival Director. Sustainability plays a leading role at the festival with Sundaise setting a new standard in waste minimisation for events.

The hidden valley of native bush at Dickey Flat near Waihi will become a melting pot of art, culture, music and sustainability. Recent finalists in the National Sustainability Network Business Awards, the festival team are looking to further reduce the impact of the festival on the land and the environnment. A number of workshops are held during the festival to show people how their actions can have a more positive impact on the environment, these include, planting, composting and recycling. “Last year’s festival saw only one wheelie bin of waste sent to landfill with 1250 people on site and we hope to increase our numbers on site while still reducing our landfill waste”, Rachel Sorley – Sustainability Manager.

Sundaise has acres of beautiful free camping and the Waitawheta River runs through the site and past the main stage. The area is surrounded by D.O.C land and there are many great short walks, old gold mining tunnels and water holes to explore. Kids and families are welcome here, there is a full programme for the younger festival community including dramatised story telling, puppetry, workshops, face painting and much more. For everything else you need to know about Sundaise including tickets go to:

www.sundaise.co.nz

A festival of music, art and sustainability

40 BANDS | 20 DJ’s | 3 DAYS

MARKETS | WORKSHOPS | KID’S SPACE

MARCH 6–8 2015 DICKEY FLAT, WAIHI Tickets on sale at

www.sundaise.co.nz

Weaving the Threads Liz French

The 2015 show, A Tangled Thread, will introduce and nurture yet more new and current talent. The production team is forever pushing the boundaries, and has already made plenty of progress towards the next show in September this year. It will be used in conjunction with the traditional elements of music in the show.”

The Dancing Queen Michelle Carabine has joined the 2015 Production team as Choreographer. Michelle, who is a lawyer in her ‘other life’, trained in Tauranga in classical ballet and modern dance with a focus on performance and examinations. “I first saw the show in 2007, was a model in the 2013 show and am super excited to be choreographing the dancers for the 2015 show.”

In a Good Place “We are in a very good place time wise,” reports Director, Marilyn CollinsSmith. “The concept, story and basic script are written and the characters have been created to weave the thread connecting the eight model walks. The character’s back stories are now being built and extended, along with their relationships with each other and connection with the theme and the model walks.” Marilyn is continuing with planning and setting each scene ready for rehearsals beginning in May.

Designs on Divas The Design Team has had its first get together reports Robyne Dowdall, Creative Director of Design. “We enjoyed a few hours of getting to know each other over the stimulating conversation that is shared when like minded people gather.” (As shown in the smiling photo!) Robyne introduced her fellow Designers – Marilyn Cleaver, Barbara Davis, Debi Bennett, Kerry Funnell and Jo Page – to the ‘Make Team’, made up of a few ‘wonder women’ from the last show and new talent offering their skills to the 2015 show. “We have two designers working on each section (walk) and they

each have their own team of makers. The finale with all six designers’ garments hitting the catwalk promises to take your breath away.” Robyne confirms that, as always, the 2015 garments will be recreated from vintage/ retro clothing and a theme woven through the show. “I am so thankful to these women,” says Robyne.”It is their teamwork and creative contribution that enables us to step up and make the 2015 show a jaw dropper.”

The Music Man There’s no show without music and Musical Director, Aaron Saxon, has become so integral to the show it would be hard to imagine Tarnished Frocks and Divas without him. Tarnished Frocks and Divas weaves well known music into its show but this time there will also be an original theme song. Aaron, who is Director of Mauao Performing Arts, is working on something ‘cinematic’ for the 2015 show. “The tune will have themes to fit the epic adventure and scale of the show with recurring themes during the different scene dynamics to tie the show together. Writing a theme song for TF and D is a new concept.

Michelle expands on the philosophy she brings to the show, “Past shows have explored grand themes and 2015 will be no different. As in previous years there will be elements of dance set against visual design, gorgeous frocks, props, lighting and technology. The dance sections will evoke the various themes of the show and will be tailored to suit the varying skill levels of the dancers. There may also be more of a blurred line between the models and dancers than in previous years.”

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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM COME TRUE It was on one of those stunning winter’s days, a year and a half ago, when the clear blue skies and sparkling waters tease us into thinking Summer is almost here that Suzy Sampson discovered the Te Puna Quarry Park. Suzy had recently returned to New Zealand after more than two decades of living overseas and on the weekend of her housewarming party at her recently completed waterfront home in Omokoroa, she took her visiting family and friends for a walk around the quarry. Everyone was impressed with the majesty and the magic of the location and Suzy immediately felt that it was a place beyond perfect for some open air Shakespeare theatre, and so the seed was sown. Being new to the area however, and with few contacts or resources in the theatre world in the Bay, the idea sat on the back burner for a while until a weekend workshop with one of New Zealand’s best loved actresses, Jennifer Ward Leyland at 16th Avenue Theatre introduced her to some fellow thespians with a similar passion for Shakespeare. Experienced actors Nadine and Pascal Tibbits (Pascal wowed audiences last year playng Macbeth at Detour Theatre) had also recently relocated to the Bay from Auckland and were keen to collaborate. Then Suzy met with the Director of Rehab Theatre, Jez Jones, who offered to share his extensive technical knowledge behind the scenes and thus began Summer Shakespeare in the Bay. The obvious choice to launch within the beautiful setting of the Dragon’s Lawn was A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The Dragon weaves his way down the steps in the far corner of the lawn, hinting perhaps at some magical spell that might have been cast to turn him into stone.... there’s a small round tower with a castellated turret and a secret wooden door through which no one is allowed to enter and the leafy surrounds, once fairy lights are strewn through

them in February’s warm night air, could easily become an enchanted forest. A Midsummer Night’s Dream has been delighting audiences since it was first performed around 1595. The action takes place in 3 worlds that somehow weave seamlessly together - there are 2 pairs of star crossed young lovers connected to the court of Duke Theseus who is rather preoccupied with his wedding nuptials to the Amazonian princess Hippolyta - there’s a group of travelling tradesmen, known as Mechanicals who take it upon themselves to entertain the wedding guests with a very poorly written and performed play, with unintended comical results; and there’s the fairy world whose King and Queen are feuding bitterly over who should care for a little changeling boy. Thrown into the mix is the mischievous sprite Puck who messes about with his instructions from the Fairy King Oberon to sprinkle a love potion in the lovers eyes while they sleep so that they fall in love with whosoever they first see upon waking, which creates all kinds of hilarious chaos. He also casts a spell on poor old Bottom the Weaver so that he ends up wearing a donkey’s head.

Elijah Tibbits, Shirin White, Ta m a n n a Khurana and Phoebe and Amalie Watson. As well as directing and producing this production, Suzy is taking the role of Titania Queen of the Fairies. Suzy trained in London, Los Angeles and New York and has been acting, producing and directing for more than 15 years. She has appeared on stage, TV, Film and Radio in London, Sydney, Melbourne, Prague, Singapore, Hong Kong and Auckland and most recently staged her award winning one woman show “Shakespeare’s Will” at Baycourt Theatre in which she plays the role of Shakespeare’s wife Anne Hathaway. “I am absolutely delighted”, says Suzy “to be presenting this beautiful, funny, rather adorable play in such a breathtakingly lovely location. Setting it in the 1920’s has provided lots of challenges sourcing costumes but the results are well worth the effort. Everyone looks divine!”

Suzy has gathered together a very talented cast and crew to enthrall audiences, who range in age from 12 years to 79 years old! There’s Dylan Frewin, Benny Ron, Sarah Das, Lilly Ellicot, Abigail Donoghue and Nadine Tibbets as the Mechanicals Tyler Clarke as Puck, Brian Mackenzie as Theseus, Katherine Knight as Hippolyta and Bob Sampson as Egeus. The young lovers are played by Katy Lietze, David Holt, Gin Mabey and Jass Chahal while the fairies are played by Pascal Tibbits (as King Oberon),

What a wonderful evening it’s going to be, sitting under the stars on a picnic rug with delicious food provided by Food Gurus and a glass of Lake Chalice Wine in hand whilst enjoying Shakespeare’s most loved romantic comedy. Its a very small venue so don’t miss out on the opportunity to be amongst the first audience in the quarry to experience the magic of Open Air Shakespeare. Get your tickets now and pre order your picnic (or bring your own) from www.ticketek.co.nz or the Baycourt Theatre Box Office.

Tauranga Libraries

The New Year

Liz French

The New Year is here and with it comes a whole lot of self-reflection and planning. Right now, throughout this beautiful country, New Year’s resolutions are being made and broken - we all dream of big things for tomorrow but some of us make a habit of missing the alarm and sleeping through it. 2014 has been a transformative year for me; I got engaged, got married, quit a job I hated (though I loved my workmates!) and started a new job that I love and yet I failed my New Year’s Resolution (to start running regularly) spectacularly. It turns out that the best predictor of what you’ll do in 2015 isn’t what you say you’ll do on January 1. It’s what you actually did in 2014.

But succeeding, or failing, to complete a New Year’s Resolution isn’t the point. 365 days of our lives wiz by in a world that’s busier than ever and we rarely even get a chance to look around. As one year ends and another begins, what better chance do we get to take a breath and reflect on our current situation? If you don’t have goals, then what is the point of living? The intention of changing is a great thing and failing only teaches us more about ourselves. This year, I actually achieved something that I’m pretty proud of. I’ve long fancied myself as an amateur illustrator but after seeing my University peers all go on to big things (mostly Weta Workshop related) I decided it was time to go ‘pro’. So, around March, this world famous introvert started networking – what a rush! Getting paid to ‘doodle’ is a pleasure that’s indescribable. Intermediate school Daniel would have freaked if he was able to see future Daniel get paid to draw Yoda, his favourite Star Wars character, levitating shipping containers for NZL Group. I’ve designed Saturday morning cartoon inspired mascots for power companies all the way through to book covers and it has been a whole lot of fun. One of my favourite moments of the year happened at about one in the morning when, while listening to an interview

with Batman legend Neal Adams reminiscing about pre-fame, late nights illustrating ads in the ‘70s, I realised that I was up late at night illustrating ads too – “I’m just like Neal Adams!” I thought (I wished). It has occurred to me in recent months, while writing this column for Creative Beat, that there may be no better creative hub than the local library. As I’ve worked to improve my modest illustration skills, I’ve withdrawn countless graphic novels and design books for inspiration. Want to spend next year learning to play the guitar? Losing weight? Honing your photography skills? The library has books for that. Want to expand your mind with audiobooks, movies or music? The library is right down your alley. The library also runs book clubs, a business club and holds seminars and exhibitions on just about every subject there is. However ambitious your New Year’s resolutions may be, the library might just be your best chance at succeeding - It’s impossible to enter the library and not get inspired at the very least. When all is said and done ‘Enjoy life more’ should be your only New Year’s resolution. What steps you need to take to make that happen is up to you. Me? I might finally begin writing that book. Starting tomorrow.

Tauranga & the Treaty New Zealand was the only British Colony where the native people of the land (tangata whenua) were intended to be treated as equal citizens under law. The subject of the Treaty was brought before the British Parliament, and the Queen’s ministers advised a change of policy toward Maori - and people of other British colonies. But NZ was the first country colonized on this ‘new and humane system.’ June 1826 CMS Missionary Henry Williams sails to Tauranga aboard the Herald, trading with Maori for food for the mission school in the Bay of Islands. He encourages Maori leaders to seek inter-tribal peace. His correspondence with his wife Marianne and Rev Samuel Marsden confirm it was a successful and peaceful occasion. 1834 CMS missionaries William Williams and Alfred N Brown identify a site at Te Papa for a future mission station and school. April 1835 Brown is invited to Waharoa near Matamata to establish a school for Maori and seek to bring peace amongst warring tribes. January 1838 Brown and his wife Charlotte move to Tauranga to establish the CMS mission at Otamataha; he purchases land (the Te Papa Block) on behalf of the CMS mission.

6th February 1840 the Treaty is signed at Waitangi, Henry Williams plays a key role in translating and encouraging Ngapuhi leaders to sign. 1st April 1840 Journal of AN Brown, ‘Received communication from the Lieut Governor (Hobson) wishing me to procure signatures of any leading Chiefs in this neighbourhood to the treaty which has been signed at Waitangi.’ 10th April 1840 Journal of AN Brown, ‘My Brethren are assembled at Tauranga to hold a committee, gave up the day to procuring signatures of the Natives to the Government treaty.’ 21 Maori leaders sign. Despite many human failures it is still a remarkable story, and we are all part of it. Creative Tauranga have made space for a special display for Waitangi Day; please drop in and see for yourself.

WAITANGI DAY

175th ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION

Dawn Service 6am - 8am

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 6 Mt Drury, Mount Maunganui

He Iwi Kotahi

Whanau Festival Blake Park 9am-6pm

Nashi Festival A SMALL intimate festival for locals and visitors alike, family friendly with a mix of novel creative activities, including a variety of Nashi related activities! Performing arts, live music, interactive fun, passive and active ‘art stations’, produce stalls and trade tables (clothes and your excess produce) and educational workshops. All in a rural setting 10 minutes out of Tauranga.

Saturday evening brings a plethora of music, including our headline act Sweet Echo, groove masters from right here in Tauranga Moana, spilling their sweet sounds to get your hips rocking as you soak up the vibe to finish off the night. Sunday brings more live music and workshops, with special treats from Matiu Te Huki throughout the weekend. The size of this festival allows plenty of mingling with performers, presenters and stallholders through the weekend. A range of workshops align with the festival kaupapa – sharing abundance, whether this be Matiu sharing his musical

talents in an interactive workshop, or presenters sharing their knowledge around the topics of permaculture, (the Nashi orchard is the site for a future workshop on making a transition from a mono to poly-culture food forest), natural health, entrepreneurial enterprise and sustainable living, we guarantee you will be inspired to get creative, get growing and learn new things about yourself and the world.

Tickets for the weekend (Sat 12-midnight, Sun 7am -12.00 noon) cost $35 per adult or $70 per family (2 adults and 2 children over 5yrs), which includes basic camping for those wishing to bring a tent or a motorhome to stay overnight on the Saturday. If you just want to come for Saturday evening’s music, the cost is $10 in advance. NO GATE SALES so please get your tickets through the website www.nashifest.net.nz or via TradeMe (browse for ‘nashi’) or pick up from The Arty House, or Creative Tauranga.

NASHI FESTIVAL

21-22 FEB 2015 Arty House & Nashi Orchard

372 Wairoa Road

5mins from Bethlehem, Tauranga

Circles of Life By Birgitt Shannon

First it’s circles that one sees Then the shapes begin to tease What is hidden there Delve deeper, yes stare And take as long as you please

Floating in a sea of hues Reds, oranges, greens and blues Features distorted Torsos contorted Playing with planets and moons

But can you see them at all Among the spheres large and small People existing

I have for a very long time had a fascination with the human body… especially the female form because of its curves. I love the way bodies can be twisted and contorted into countless interesting positions. I also love abstract and surreal art and recently have found myself wanting to draw circles so it seemed only natural to combine these things.

Dreaming and resting Swimming with translucent balls

Some seem to float in the air Without a worry or care Adrift in a stream Or magical dream Let them take you somewhere

Here there’s no trouble or strife Only peace and quiet is rife In this land of paint That nothing can taint Living in circles of life

My art is continually changing, evolving. As I paint the work before me takes on a life of its own and I never know exactly what it’s going to look like when it’s finished. This is the thing about painting that thrills me. I start with an idea like circles and bodies and something inside me runs with it. The result an exhibition called Circles of Life.

Seeds of Papatūānuku 4 February – 2 March

Exhibitions Miriam Ruberl, of Jewish descent and a refugee from Hitler’s Germany considers herself an experimental artist. “My passion is to create nonrepresentational works often using everyday materials in unexpected ways. My conversations with Sumi Ink and locally harvested Kokowai (red ochre) and other geothermal clays have occupied several years now. My desire though is to invite the viewer to relate to the work via their own experience. Certainly my life-journey’s experience influences my marks. Jewish descent being matrilineal, my work often evolves amid circles of conception, gestation, fullness. My conscious connection with planet earth / Papatūānuku and all-that-is again brings forward symbols associated with balance and endurance.” Michael Staite is a Mixed Media Artist of Te Arawa descent (Ngāti Hurunga Te Rangi, Ngāti Tumatawera, Ngāti Whakaue). “I link wairua (spirit) with mind to create art pieces which bring about healing, consciousness and empowerment. My art is based on my journey through life and my link to wairua. It’s a map of my life with each piece representing my timeline and how I whakapapa into the circle of life whilst advancing my personal evolution. When you follow your heart, you honor your truth, and when you honour your truth, you honour your soul. My art is my truth and through it, I honour my soul.” Together, Miriam and Michael, who exhibited their individual work jointly in 2013 in Rotorua, have engaged in the seeds of a dialogue with Papatūānuku, between Kokowai and Koru, combining the focus of each of their work, finding much common inner ground.

Creative Tauranga Simpson Grierson Gallery corner Wharf & Willow Streets opposite Tauranga Art Gallery Toi Tauranga

Please join us in the Creative Tauranga Simpson Grierson Gallery from 4 February – 2 March to enjoy the collaborative exhibition of Miriam Ruberl and Michael Staite as well as ‘Circles of Life’ by Birgitt Shannon.

Creative Tauranga Gift Gallery

My name is Caitlin van Zwol. I am a young married Mum, of a beautiful wee monkey named Mason, who has just turned one and is very hyperactively crazy! He keeps me very busy and on my toes at all times! I’m also pregnant with #2 and due in July this year! When I was pregnant with Mason and we discovered we were having a boy, I found the boys’ clothing so boring and not very exciting to shop for! That’s when the idea of creating a cool and unique kids clothing line came about. Initially I imported everything from overseas but after throwing a few ideas around and

getting in touch with an amazing local seamstress - Hayley Moyle - Little PEPE went NZ Made in October 2014! This was a really positive change for us, as people really appreciate handmade goods and along with that we are now not only NZ Made but also 100% locally made in Tauranga too! My sister, Rebecca Balmer, does all my online Facebook correspondence and helps me out at The Little Big Markets. So whenever you’re messaging online and ordering products etc, it’s her you are dealing with! She is Mum to 4 gorgeous kidlets - Max (6), Luke (4), Kate (2 1/2) and

Jake (11 months). With three boys’ she knows how boring clothes shopping can be for them - so now we’ve taken that hassle away from her! I am always looking for new and exciting ideas to keep things fresh and on trend. I design everything myself and Hayley whips it all up to such a fantastic quality and standard. We are trying to keep our prices as reasonable as possible so that average every-day Mums can dress their kids in cool, comfy and affordable NZ Made clothing, without sacrificing on quality.

The Motor Camp is showing from 4th21st March at 16th Avenue Theatre. A hilarious Kiwi play written by award winning playwright Dave Armstrong. Explore the glory of those summer camping holidays, the squeaky PA camping systems that repeat obvious requests. The endless frustration of pitching the tent or caravan awning. Then you meet the neighbours - only a few metres away! Unlikely friendships blossom in this risqué look at kiwi family holidays, trying to become happy campers! The first in a series of social events, Quiz Night is planned for this year at 16th Avenue Theatre. Come along and get to know your local theatre even better! Free event open to members and nonmembers. Spot and booby prizes to be won throughout the night. Dress code: Clothes - a must, socks optional. Prizes for best dressed!Teams of up to 8 players. Register by team or if you’re feeling lucky be put in a team. Limited numbers so please register by emailing 16thplaygroup@gmail.com to avoid missing out. Provide a contact and number of participants.

16th Avenue Theatre 07 578 5068

www.taurangatheatre.co.nz

16thplaygroup@gmail.com

174 16th Avenue, Tauranga

“My aim has always been to have ARTbop provide the widest forum for all aspects of creativity in the Bay of Plenty”, says Rosemary Balu, ARTbop’s Editor. In 2015, ARTbop is expanding with the addition of the new section ARTbop alternative focusing on all creativity that falls outside the general arts dialogue of the Bay. ARTbop, the free arts newsletter for Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty has been around since 2009. First as a black and white paper handout, and since 2014 (with help from Akari Design) online at www.artbop.co.nz as a fully-fledged magazine covering everything from music, performance, literature, design, environmental and political art.

Leading this initiative is Dhaivat Mehta, local writer and film-maker, and one of the organizers of the ‘Caught In The Act’ for 2014’s National Poetry Day. “I believe that ARTbop and the alternative creative community have been lucky that Dhaivat has agreed to come on board and develop ARTbop alternative,” adds Rosemary.

ARTbop alternative has started gathering momentum and contributors including local Hard Rocker Kingsley Smith, Photographer Baz Mantis, Hip-Hopper Tom Lancaster, and others. ARTbop alternative plans to kick it all off with an exclusive launch event on the 20th of February. Dhaivat says, “We want to highlight and promote, those who have been working on the fringes of the creative scene here in the Bay,” Want more info about ARTbop alternative alternative@artbop.co.nz artbop.co.nz

Artist Paula Knight

Artist Paula Knight lives in a bright blue bach overlooking the turquoise sea of Papamoa Beach. Her love of colour is everywhere from her coloured glass collection inside her beachside home and studio to the vibrant oranges, reds and pinks of her eclectic garden. So it’s hardly surprising the artists paintings featuring mostly New Zealand coastal landscapes are full of vibrant shades of blue, green, orange, red and purple. Paula describes her style as contemporary - ‘realism with a twist’ with the colour turned up. “We live on an island, there is water all around us, I love the space between land and sea…the coast.” Her recent paintings feature shifting shades of blue turquoise and green. “Im into tranquillity in my work at the moment.” “In my paintings I love a horizon which allows the eye to drift off into the distance, I love open space filled with tranquil colour and then bringing the eye into the foreground to explore the detail and intense colours of the featured costal botanicals such as flax, pohutukawa, cabbage trees and beach grasses.” “Summer for me is a time when the coast is at its most beautiful. The colours are vivid, the grasses dry and golden, the sea stunning shades of blues and greens and of course the majestic pohutukawas adding their impossibly rich shades of red. This is a time when I’m always out in the wilderness gaining inspiration and taking photographs. I love the natural environment and conserving every last peace of it is vital to every living thing. I hope I can inspire and celebrate the purity and joy of it through my paintings and hopefully remind people of how precious and rare it is.”

Paula recently showcased her latest collection of paintings and her beach garden in the 2014 Garden and Artfest which she has exhibited in since it began in 1997. This was the forth time in her own garden. “Its so lovely to meet everyone and a great way for people to see what I do and discuss future commissions.” Paula and her husband Antony have recently completed an exciting renovation and landscaping project at their creative home/work space in Papamoa . A lovely new gallery space which has fantastic light and sea views great for painting, and a fabulous environment for visitors to view her work. Visitors are welcome to visit Paula and view her paintings by appointment. Paula shares this creative hub with her husband Antony who has a hair cutting & colouring room with ocean views, and her 20 year old daughter Harriet who is an architecture student and also an artist. Harriet is currently working on a large commissioned nude in oils. It is in this relaxed creative space that Paula teaches both children and adults to draw and paint. “I believe I can teach anyone to paint especially challenging are those who don’t think they can do it…that is simply never the case.” Paula holds afterschool classes and holiday workshops for children. For adults three classes per week year round, along with group workshops both here in her studio and at art societies and painting groups around the country.

“This is where I get my people time. I absolutely adore teaching children and teenagers alike. I certainly wish I could have had the opportunity when I was a child. Its important for everyone to do something creative. I watch my kids tune out of their busy lives and into a lovely relaxed creative head space. I often hear from parents that my art classes are their kids favourite time of the week. Watching children/teens, especially ‘creative’s and sensitives’, blossom and gain confidence through their painting is really rewarding. Equally as important is creativity in adults. I enjoy watching the progression from an excited but slightly nervous beginner to an excited confident painter producing work they (and their families) are really proud of. Again I see a growth in confidence and a new way of looking at things in many students.

You can keep in touch with Paula’s creative world on her Facebook page ‘Paula Knight Artist’. Contact Paula regarding commission work, tuition, or to visit her gallery.

Paula Knight 07 542 3455 029 602 4108 paula@paulaknight.co.nz www.paulaknight.co.nz

Soulful

Youth challenged use their Melody to creativity to take environmental action by Millie Newitt

At age 15, Josh Durning is already making his mark in New Zealand as an accomplished musician.

His country, jazz, ragtime sound has been sought after by many establishments including popular blues group ‘Kokomo’, Brew Bar in Rotorua, Hamilton Blues Club, and Mount Summer Series at Coronation Park in Mount Maunganui on 2 February 2015. It is no wonder Josh is in high demand. His technical skill, rhythm and tone as a guitarist is outstanding and would certainly make his influences Chet Atkins, Tommy Manne, Danny Gallon and his own Grandfather Keith proud to know that some of the greatest guitar music is being re-discovered and played with passion and skill.

Josh will travel abroad to Nashville, USA in July 2015 to play at a number of conventions. We wish him the best of luck and hope to have him back in the Bay to play for us at Creative Tauranga. It has been a joy for everyone to experience his soulful melodies and humble character.

The challenge is set for youth throughout Tauranga City and the Western Bay of Plenty to put their summer holiday to good use – and get serious about the environment. But this isn’t your average tree planting or estuary clean-up exercise. The Enspire Challenge is encouraging youth to ‘use their power to make change a reality’. How? By getting creative, and designing a five minute, TEDx-style video presentation inspiring people to think about what their natural environment means to them. Organisers from the three local councils running the competition are hoping to receive entries that inspire, delight, innovate, and entertain. The competition is open to Tauranga and Western Bay locals aged 1224. Presentations can be created by individuals or teams and can be filmed simply on a smartphone or home video-camera. Top entries will be screened at the Earth Hour event on 28 March and the winning video will earn its creator the opportunity to present at TEDx Tauranga 2015 in July, and receive training from the event’s speaking coaches.

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There are also $500, $300 and $200 Prezzy cards for the top three entrants. In addition to the video presentation, entrants are also invited to submit a project proposal to turn an idea for environmental action, into reality. This could be anything from purchasing a rain tank for your school to learn from, restoring a local stream or using technology to design a new benefit for the environment. Six $2000 grants, three in Tauranga City and three in the Western Bay, are up for grabs. Young people bring so much innovation, energy and fresh thinking to the way they communicate, so the project team can’t wait to see what ideas for video’s and projects come through. The competition is open until 13 March. For full information on the challenge and how to enter visit these websites www.facebook.com/EnspireBOP www.boprc.govt.nz/enspire

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Last profiled in Creative Beat back in July 2013, a lot has has changed for local musician Regan Perry in the intervening 18 months Then again, a lot has stayed the same, and in a good way. At that time, Regan was just about to release his second solo album, Maui, as follow-up to 2009’s acclaimed Wiser, and he was about to ‘go to work’, as he nonchalantly put it, embarking on a solo American tour. Yes, a humble singer-songwriter from Arataki had picked up phone and laptop and parlayed his significant overseas popularity and marketability into a lengthy and productive stateside visit. No government funding, no media hoopla, no cookie-cutter industry hype: just a man and his songs reaching out to fans and collaborators that were more than happy to help.

To backtrack a little, for those still unfamiliar with his work, Regan Perry is something of an unheralded NZ musical treasure to those ‘in the know’, as an enigmatic performer and writer, and as a prolific sideman. He has performed with practically everybody, and has been praised widely for his prodigious musicality and versatility across genre from Reggae to Latin to Jazz and Flamenco. However, it is beyond borders, in the online world, that Regan is increasingly making a far wider impression. According to independent music charts, and heatmaps of where his music is being played, while Regan is unknown to many in New Zealand, he is popular in South Africa, Curitiba and Puerto Alegre in Brazil, Japan, Germany,.and in the U.S.A., Washington, D.C., and Kansas. And, thus, the impetus for the US tour – a natural step considering his management and production relationships built during the recording and release of Maui, and the many notable, heavyweight collaborators he had on the album. Organising and undertaking such a lengthy tour is no mean feat for anybody, let alone such a self-described ‘quiet man’ from a small country at the bottom of the world. Indeed, the disparate challenges of bold self-promotion, on the one hand, and staying humble and true to your artistic vision, have tripped up many an artist before now. But those who know Regan will attest that his outer calm belies a well-honed music business head, and a smouldering drive to keep finding new ways to live the life that he has been given, and to pull off the universal artistic balancing

by Derrin Richards act of dancing with the industry devil while juggling the day-to-day business of maintaining a modicum of artistic integrity, amongst a dizzying gig schedule, all while supporting a family, and being there for his son, Maui. And, so, perhaps it wasn’t so strange after all, for Regan Perry to find himself in northern Kansas being given full run of a studio to compile some new musical sketches, on the road as always. That he was almost bemused at the enthusiastic reception of his new sounds speaks both to the quality of his work, and to his rare humility. As his touring party would have learned, to watch Regan in action is to see a calm and unhurried seasoned performer in his natural environment. The battered, welltravelled guitar case and the small gig bag hide a wealth of talent within. In turn, as Regan describes it, the US tour, in a personal sense, was all about ‘pushing through walls’ of what seemed possible, to do what needed to be done. And he did it. And he will continue to do it: as always, with as little fuss as possible, In a musical world of one-shot attempts at the big time, Regan Perry will be out there with his multi-pronged approach of constant gigs, numerous collaborations, and endless remixes and singles, in what might look like a calculated marketing strategy, but what is in reality just a quiet man from Arataki doing what he ultimately has to do. I wish him well. Check out Regan’s website for updates, and to get your own copy of Maui. www.reganperrylive.com

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Learning by doing in the picture book world

Literary Trailblazers

Some years ago, Tauranga was named ‘a centre of excellence for the literary arts’ by Creative New Zealand. That reputation, especially when it comes to writing for children, rested not only on the work of individual writers, but the fostering of talent by writing groups such as Tauranga Writers (estd. 1967); Bookrapt and Tauranga Writers for Children. Tauranga is the home of world-famous author Dame Lynley Dodd, creator of Hairy Maclary and friends – both canine and feline - who’ll soon be gambolling down on The Strand to the delight of residents and visitors alike. And, to name a few others, past and present, what about Joyce West, Susan Brocker, Avis Acres, Tommy Kapai Wilson, Debbie McCauley, Phil Smith, Phyllis Johnston, Lee Murray, Jean Bennett and Sherryl Jordan? Our public library service is one of the best, a major plus. Libraries support writers by buying books for readers and through New Zealand Book Month. Libraries host ‘local author’ events and ensure they’ve got plenty of titles in

stock on what to write and how to write if, from beginner to best-selling status. In Grey Street staff at Books a Plenty are ready, willing and able to help customers find exactly the right book for grownups and younger readers, including those enticing picturebooks that start our young ‘uns on the road to literacy, learning and literature. Parents, teachers and librarians know good reading starts with good writing, especially in books for preschoolers and primary school kids. (0 – 11 years max.) That’s why Words & Pictures has been set up to build on example and theory with practice and production. A subgroup of Tauranga Writers, it’s breaking new ground for writers and illustrators of picture books and chapter books by building on the theory with practical interaction. The desired outcome is as many quality books ready to be launched by mid-November this year. Just in time to buy to help fill that Christmas stocking!

Words & Pictures will meet monthly in The New Zealand Room, Tauranga City Library on Sundays 2-4pm between 8th February and 13th September. First you must join Tauranga Writers ($30pa) – the only ‘course fee’ because we learn and teach together under guidance. Next you submit the writing project you have in mind – one only – as a written proposal and bring it to that first meeting. For example, Linda Elliott is planning a fundraising picturebook, Speedy Sprat, to raise funds for Surf Lifesaving New Zealand that seems set to be a winner. Each session will focus on the individual aspects of putting together a picture book and on what skills you must acquire to end up with a print-ready book to a quality standard. It can be done, surely? Then we start planning for a group launch! O frabjous day! Calloo callay!

Come & join us if you want to write and/or illustrate storybooks for young children! SUNDAY FEBRUARY 8TH What makes a good children’s picture book? What kind of picture book writer are you? What resources can help you succeed? The Joy Cowley Award – aim for the sky!

SUNDAY JUNE 14th Working towards your finished ms. – text & artwork. What is ‘print ready copy’? Working with a printer. Preparing the ‘dummy’. Q&A.

SUNDAY MARCH 8th Where do ideas come from? What age &/or reading levels are you writing for? Content and format. Layouts for text and pictures.

SUNDAY JULY 12th Becoming a print-on-demand &/ or eBook writer. How Amazon/ CreateSpace works. Other online options. Converting your ms. to an eBook. ISBNs & PRL.

SUNDAY APRIL 12th Creating your template. Presenting your story idea. Doing your own illustrations or working with an illustrator. Critique & feedback.

SUNDAY AUGUST 9th PR & Promotion – writing the press release. The back cover blurb & author bio. Metadata tags. ‘Getting your book out there’ – your action checklist.

SUNDAY MAY 10th Work in progress. Detailed critique & feedback. Specific queries & problems addressed

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 13th How much and how many to print? Unit costs, distribution costs, profit & return.Uploading your eBook. Your author’s webpage. Your author interview (video). Organising your launch – individual or group? What venue?

You can request a copy of the programme and details on how to register and how to write your book proposal from our co-ordinator.

Jenny Argante 07 576 9212 022 053 48 68 wordwizard41@xtra.co.nz

Every Saturday 7.45am - 12noon Tauranga Primary School Coming up: Jazz at the Market for Easter Saturday 4th April For further up dates as they unfold visit http://www.taurangafarmersmarket.co.nz/ and facebook or just visit the Market and follow the blackboard information.

Summer is in full swing now. The children have gone back to school and we can start thinking about freezing and preserving all those summer harvests. Do ask our producers if you are looking for larger amounts of product to work with. Despite the late arrival in the blueberry season, supplies are now excellent with 3 producers. As nature has it one season ends and another starts. Delicate figs start to appear with different varieties bringing different sizes and flavours. Biggest trick is for our producers to win the harvest against the hungry birds. The large yellow flecked Luisa plums will also hopefully arrive. The dry weather hasn’t helped the plum season. Our growers love to work with the heritage varieties of produce which bring different colours, unusual sizes and of course the full flavours. The outdoor tomatoes are rolling in and there are still plenty of different varieties of beans around. Apple cucumbers are producing well. For those of you who are into preserves – gherkins will be available at Riverside Growers. Trailer loads of sweet corn are a sure sign that we are in the midst of summer harvests. The first of the apple harvest will begin around the 21st February at Divine Fruits and Spring Valley Orchard. Garlic, both standard and elephant garlic are still available at various producers including our organic growers. Store garlic in a cool dark place to see you through till next December’s new season. The recipe for this issue is ‘Crunchy Market Salad’. It has all the flavours and textures of fresh Market product and the talents of our artisan producers in the aioli, chutney’s and oils. With this hot weather, fresh, crisp salads are ideal.

Crunchy Market Salad 1/2 head cauliflower 1/2 head broccoli 1 bunch spring onions

All our producers including the artisan producer’s, have seasonal options on their tables, that range from meat concepts, to refreshing summer drinks such as ice coffees or iced chai tea, to the baking range topped with fresh fruits.

4 carrots A hand full of toasted sunflower seeds ( or a mix of seeds or any toasted nuts) Fresh herbs 2 tblsp Tomato Kasundi (or your favourite chutney) 2 tblsp aioli / yoghurt 2 tblsp olive/macadamia or avocado oil

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1 lemon Cut the cauliflower and broccoli into tiny florets. Julienne the carrots and chop the spring onions. Toast the seeds and toss through the veggies. For the dressing combine the chutney, aioli and oil with a little lemon to taste. Toss through the veggies and roughly chop over fresh herbs. This keeps really well and is even better the next day. Again the credit for this recipe goes to our local chef, Siobhan Fitzgerald (pronounced ‘Shivon’ – she is Irish). The list of where you can find these items are below*, but do wander around the Market to see the seasonal surprises.

Potato Power & other producers – Spring Onions Amberdale Eggs – Carrots Harbourside Macadamias – Macadamia nuts Liberty Growers – Fresh herb range Milly’s Fine Foods – Kasundi or other chutneys Deli Chicks – Aioli Katikati Frantoio – Olive Oil or Riverside Growers – Avocado Oil

Harbourside Macadamias – Macadamia Oil Guys Gourmet Produce - Lemons

Take a moment to rest a while and listen to our range of talented musicians who bring a wide variety of vocal styles and instrumental sounds.

Tauranga What’s Up FEBRUARY 2015 MONDAY

TUESDAY

PUBLIC ART TALKS

SATURDAY

24 Public Art Policy ‘Drop In’ Session 11am-1pm Creative Tauranga Corner Willow & Wharf Streets

Jazz In The Garden The Silvertones Brain Watkin’s House 233 Cameron Road Mount Farmers’ Market Phoenix Carpark 8.30am Tauranga Night Market Bayfair underground carpark 5.30-11pm

Exhibitions by Miriam Ruberl and Michael Staite. With Birgitt Shannon in The Alcove Gallery. Creative Tauranga corner Wharf and Willow St. 4 February - 2 March

Brilliant beautiful Scots/Kiwi duo Emily Smith & Jamie McClennan Historic Village 7.30pm Dinner in the Domain Papamoa Beach Domain 5.30-9pm

A Midsummer Nights Dream Te Puna Quarry Park 7.30-10pm

Public Art Policy ‘Drop In’ Session 3.30-5.30pm Baycourt

Public Art Talks The Incubator Historic Village 6pm Dinner in the Domain Papamoa Beach Domain 5.30-9pm Raymond Crowe – The Unusualist Baycourt 7pm

Bar 5.30pm Mount Farmers’ Tauranga Farmers’ Market Phoenix Dawn Service Market 7.45am 6 - 8am Mt Drury Carpark 8.30am 12noon Tauranga Family Festival Lazy Sunday JazzPrimary School 10.30am - 3pm Extraordinary Greerton School Little Big Markets Machine Comida Zespri Field 9am He Iwi Kotahi on the Strand 3pm Whanau Festival Rata Trio - Pictures TGA Night Market Blake Park 9am-6pm St Peters Church Bayfair underground Gourmet Night 7.30pm carpark 5.30-11pm Market Coronation Park 5-9pm TGA Farmers’ Market 7.45am Les DeMerle Jazz Mount Farmers’ Drum Clinic Frocks on Bikes Market Phoenix Mauao Performing Night Owl Cinema Carpark 8.30am Arts Centre 1.30-4pm Mount Drury 6.30pm Lazy Sunday Jazz Katikati Haiku – Extraordinary Pathway Twilight Machine Comida Concert 6-9pm Bike Gang on the Strand 3pm Night Market Soweto Gospel Tauranga Night Coronation Park Choir Baycourt 8pm Market Bayfair 5-9pm Maketu Kaimoana underground Tattletale Saints Festival 12-6pm carpark 5.30-11pm Baycourt 8pm

Dinner in the Domain Papamoa Beach Domain 5.30-9pm

Public Art Talks Tauranga Art Gallery 108 Willow Street 5.30pm

Tauranga Farmers’ Mount Farmers’ Market Tauranga Market Phoenix Carpark 8.30am Primary School 7.45am Tauranga Night Keynote presentation Market Bayfair Public Art Talks by Deborah McCorBaycourt X-Space underground mick, Director SCAPE carpark 5.30-11pm Public Art, Christchurch 38 Durham Street Tauranga Gourmet Night Market Coronation 9.30am-5.30pm Visit website for more. Park 5-9pm Nashi Festival 372 Wairoa Rd, Te Puna

26 Sol3 Mio ASB Arena Baypark 8pm Dinner in the Domain Papamoa Beach Domain 5.30-9pm

Waitangi Day

SUNDAY

Richard Adams and Nigel Gavin at Te Puna Quarry Park Amphitheatre with Tauranga Big Band to follow. Late afternoon $25 a carload.

FRIDAY

11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20 Feb Tickets – Baycourt Box Office

THURSDAY

info www.publicarttalkstauranga.co.nz contact publicarttalkstauranga@gmail.com

Tauranga City Council has drafted a Public Art Policy. From the 2nd until the 27th February the draft policy is open for public feedback. See 11th & 24th for ‘Drop In’ Session times.

WEDNESDAY

One Love Festival Tauranga Domain

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Memories Are Made Of This – Choir Holy Trinity Church 11am Gourmet Night Market Coronation Park 5-9pm

Aongatete Music Festival Under the Figs.10am-9.30pm Eco Works, Work Road, Aongatete $20

Tauranga Farmers’ Market Tauranga Primary School.

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Make a 5 minute TED* style video presentation, get it posted online and share it with your friends and family.

Only 12-24 year olds that live in Tauranga City or Western Bay of Plenty District can enter.

Your video should inspire people to: › think about what the natural environment means to their work, life or play › take action to care for your local land, air, water or wildlife

There’s a couple of other things you need to know. See full competition including entry details at www.facebook.com/EnspireBOP

PRIZES › $500, $300, $200 & $100 Prezzy cards for winning presenters › Six $2000 project grants to help turn your action idea into reality › Video screening at Earth Hour March 2015 and other local events

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

Visit www.facebook.com/EnspireBOP, call Denise Robertson phone 0800 884 881 ext 8474 or email enspire@boprc.govt.nz to find out more.

› Online fame and fabulousness › A healthier environment and a better future

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All you need is a smartphone or home video camera and a great idea. Get started! Competition closes 13 March 2015.

› The chance to present live at TEDxTauranga in July 2015 and input from their speaker coaches