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Issue 12 February 2020

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Most of the northern Waikato is currently experiencing extreme drought conditions and the City of Tauranga has moved to a Sprinkler Ban for the first time this summer.

In some areas the reservoirs are struggling to maintain a 50% minimum level for daily demand for drinking water. The Bay of Plenty has also seen some very hot days with temperatures reaching and exceeding 30˚C. However, in spite of the heat of the days, we hope you are enjoying the beautiful summer evenings we have been blessed with.

This month our magazine include articles on climate change, the corona virus and features an article from The Conversation on the origin of the continent of Zealandia!

All these, plus our regular features including Prime Walks, Prime Gardening, Recipes and Homegrown Harvest!

Sprinkler Ban Now in Place for Tauranga Following peak water usage combined with a hot, dry weather forecast, residents are urged to stop using all garden sprinklers and irrigation systems until further notice.

Our Historically Speaking page is supplied by the Tauranga Historical Society – and this month highlights images relating to the Brain Watkins House as well as an invitation to their 41st Garden Party and Fashion Show. Our prize give-away this month are double tickets to the TINA Simply the Best! tribute show.

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What the ban means • All garden sprinklers are banned.

• No hosing of hard surfaces (paths, driveways, concrete or paved surface) at any time.

• You can still water carefully by hand between 5am and 8am, and 7pm and 10pm.

Water Ban in Place for Whole Te Puke Area A water use ban, effective immediately, is in place over the greater Te Puke area (Eastern Zone) of the Western Bay District.

This is a complete ban on hand-held hosing and sprinklers due to increasing demand on Western Bay of Plenty District Council’s reservoirs. This ban also applies to all properties that irrigate crops.

Other zones in the Central and Western Zones (from Te Puna to Waihi Beach) continue to be on high alert to conserve, but restrictions are not yet in place.

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Expedition Reveals the Violent Birth of Earth’s Hidden Continent Zealandia, Forged in a Ring of Fire

By Rupert Sutherland (Professor of tectonics and geophysics, Victoria University of Wellington) and Gerald Dickens (Professor, Rice University)

Three years ago, the identification of Zealandia as a continent made global headlines. Now, newly published results from our scientific drilling expedition reveal the largely submerged Zealandia continent, which stretches across five million square kilometres beneath the southwest Pacific Ocean, was shaped by two tectonic events.

First it was ripped away from Australia and Antarctica, and then it was carved by forces that started the Pacific Ring of Fire.

Zealandia has an unusual geography for a continent. More than half the surface area of Earth’s other six continents are composed of low-lying land and shallow seas, and they have relatively narrow mountain ranges and steep continental slopes in the deep ocean.

In contrast, Zealandia is mostly hidden beneath more than one kilometre of water and could be classified as more than 90% continental slope. This makes it a challenge to explore.

The first scientific drilling expedition to sample in the area where we now know Zealandia is took place in 1972 between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. The results suggested tectonic forces stretched and thinned Zealandia’s crust until it was ripped from the ancient supercontinent Gondwana about 85 million years ago, during the time of dinosaurs. This created a deep ocean: the Tasman Sea.

The evidence remains compelling that this is at least part of the answer to how the geography of Zealandia formed. But detailed surveys during the 1990s and 2000s, carried out to establish sovereignty over the Zealandia continental mass

by New Zealand, Australia and France, suggested other contributing factors.

At about that time, two other sites became submerged into deeper water, and then the whole region subsided an additional kilometre to its present depth. These dramatic changes in northern Zealandia, an area about the size of India, coincided with buckling of rock layers (known as strata) and the formation of underwater volcanoes throughout the western Pacific.

In 2017, we led a nine-week expedition into the southwest Pacific as part of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP), with 32 scientists on board the research vessel JOIDES Resolution. Our aim was to unravel why Zealandia is so different from the other continents.

The expedition drilled for samples at six sites, marked on this map with stars. IODP, Author provided

Our newly published results have been drawn from that expedition, where we collected new samples and sought to test our hypothesis that formation of the Pacific Ring of Fire played a key role in shaping Zealandia.

We collected sediment cores from up to 864 metres beneath the seabed at six sites far away from land or shallow water. At the deepest site, the water was five kilometres deep and our drill weighed 300 tonnes. We used fossils from three of the sites to show northern Zealandia became much shallower and likely even had land areas between 50 and 35 million years ago.

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The Pacific Ring of Fire is a zone of volcanoes and earthquakes running along the west coasts of north and south America, past Alaska and Japan, and then through the western Pacific to New Zealand. The violent geological activity in this zone reflects deeper unrest at the boundaries of tectonic plates, caused by “subduction processes” – where one tectonic plate converges on another and sinks back deep into the earth.

We know the Pacific Ring of Fire formed about 50 million years ago, but the process remains a mystery. We propose a “subduction rupture event” – a process similar to a massive slow-moving earthquake – spread around the whole of the western Pacific at that time. We suggest this process resurrected ancient subduction faults, which had lain dormant for many millions of years but were primed to start moving again.

Sanny Saito (Japan), Rupert Sutherland (New Zealand), Thomas Westerhold (Germany) and Edo Dallanave (Italy) on the drill floor of the JOIDES Resolution. Michelle Drake, Author provided

This concept of “subduction resurrection” is a new idea and may help explain a range of different geological observations. The subduction rupture event included unique geological phenomena that that have no presentday comparison, and there may have been fewer than 100 such massive events since Earth formed. Our new evidence from Zealandia shows these events can dramatically alter the geography of continents.

What were the consequences of these geographic changes for plants, animals and regional climate? Can we make a computer model of the geological processes that happened at depth? We are still figuring some of this out, but we do know the event changed the direction and speed of movement of most tectonic plates on Earth.

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BRAIN WATKINS HOUSE. MRS KATE BRAIN WITH HER GIRLS AND A WOMAN VISITOR C.1892 – The earliest image of the house in the Tauranga Historical Society collection.

Kate Bishop was born in Southampton on 19 December 1844. She married Capt. Joseph Denham Brain (1841-1924) in Auckland on 25 October 1871 and they had five daughters together; Ada, Alice, Eleanor, Edith and Elva. Kate died on 8 December 1933. Image Credit: Tauranga Historical Society (Ref. 2005/0575)

Elva Brain as a young woman in dress she later wore at her wedding when she was 72. Elva Phoebe Brain was born in what is now the Brain Watkins House on 18 October 1891. The house was built by her father in 1881.

From the back fence, Elva practiced her shooting. On the death of Elva’s mother the property was shared between Elva and her sister Bessie, the two unmarried daughters.

Elva became the sole owner of the house in 1957 when Bessie and her friend Alfred Byron were struck and killed by a car outside the front gate. A few years later, on 17 August 1964, Elva, aged 72, married William George Watkins (1896-1972). By 1977 Elva would have witnessed her neighbour’s properties transformed into car yards and offices. It is easy to imagine the worry she would have felt for the home she was born in 86 years prior.

By generously bequeathing 233 Cameron Road to the local Historical Society, of which she was a member, Elva ensured that it will always remain part of Tauranga’s built heritage. The dress Elva is wearing in this photograph remains in the Tauranga Historical Society collection.

Image Credit: Tauranga City Libraries: Image Number 04-336

VICTORIANARAMA – Invitation to the Tauranga Historical Society’s first garden party held on 1 December 1979 to mark the opening of the house as a museum.

Mary Gilmore and Elva Brain.

Neighbourhood friends. Image Credit: Tauranga Historical Society (Ref. 2005/0092)

BRAIN WATKINS HOUSE ON CAMERON ROAD AND ELIZABETH STREET CORNER TAKEN FROM RC CHURCH – Built in 1881 by Joseph Brain, it is registered by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust as a Category II Historic Place. Occupied by one family for nearly 100 years and filled with original contents, the house offers an insight into the life of a middle class European family of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It has many stories to tell, from the horse given shelter in the hall during the Tarawera eruption to the young couple separated by the First World War reunited and married in their 70s. This photograph shows the built in part of verandah of Brain Watkins (since removed) and part of the stable roof behind house (also removed). Image Credit: Tauranga Historical Society (Ref. 2005/0245)

Willie Watkins and Elva Brain’s 1964 wedding.

Photo taken in parlour of house.

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TAURANGA Mike Moore “One of the

1995 - 2020 25th Anniversary U3A Tauranga will celebrate its 25th Anniversary on the 22nd May this year.

The Guest Speaker will be Mike Allsop, Airline pilot, Everest mountaineer, adventurer and extreme marathon competitor. Mike Allsop is an ordinary family man proving that anybody can accomplish extraordinary things.

The Master of Ceremonies for the event is Tom Bradley, best known for his 25 year stint as a television newsreader, pirate radio DJ, media coach and singer.

Since establishment in 1995, U3A Tauranga has grown to over 900 members with more than 100 diverse interest groups. These groups cater to members interests and cover a large variety of categories including educational, leisure, creative, computing / technological, exercise, social etc.

U3A (University of the Third Age) is an international movement whose aims are the education and stimulation of mainly retired members of the community – those in their third “age” of life. It is commonly referred to as U3A.

The purpose of U3A is to: • Encourage further learning by listening, understanding, contributing, researching and participating in discussion and relevant excursions about new topics.

• Tap the great reservoir of knowledge, skills and experience of retired men and women.

• Provide a venue for the meeting together of like-minded people to learn, contribute and to make new friends in their local community.

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Great New Zealanders” Tribute by Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Winston Peters has lauded former Prime Minister Mike Moore as “one of the great New Zealanders”.

“Mike spent every day of his life trying to make things better for New Zealand and New Zealanders,” Mr Peters said.

“From the time he was elected to Parliament at the age of 23, to his final year on this earth, he was constantly thinking about how to advance New Zealand’s interests.

“Mike will be very sorely missed by everyone who knew him.

He was a warm, passionate, funny, mischievous man, and my condolences go out to his wife Yvonne and the rest of his family.

“Mike was the rare politician whose outlook was improved by his life in politics. Mike seriously grew in the job. He took to heart the idea that it was his job to learn more about the issues, and evolve his views over time. He never stopped learning, which is rare in politics.

“Many New Zealanders will have fond memories of his political career – whether his championing of lamb burgers, his witty turn of phrase, his restless energy, or his passion for helping New Zealanders of all walks of life.

“By the time he left Parliament, Mike was a champion of the role that trade can play in lifting people out of poverty and improving living standards.

“As Foreign Minister, it’s important to acknowledge Mike’s role on the international stage: as the only New Zealander to lead the World Trade Organisation, and then as New Zealand’s Ambassador to the United States.

“Everywhere he went, people saw the passion Mike had for New Zealand and connecting it to the world,” Mr Peters said.

“The following quote which Mike loved was typical of his worldview: ‘Well it works in practice, let’s see if it works in theory!’”

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1976 Lotus Esprit Series I By the 1970s the voluptuous shapes of sports cars from the 1950s and 1960s gave way to distinctive and futuristic wedge designs. Pointy cars like the Lancia Stratos and Lamborghini Countach changed the automotive landscape.

But neither one of them were ever driven by James Bond.

In The Spy Who Loved Me, the secret agent drove the white Series I Lotus Esprit hard. Yet the moment that sticks in everyone's mind is when the car transforms into a submarine after Bond jumps the car into the water. The Lotus sprouts stabilizer fins and props, and later, it drives up onto the beach as it morphs back into a car – with beachgoers staring slack-jawed.

The legendary design house Giugiaro was tasked to create something very forward looking – they didn’t disappoint. Becoming one of the first "folded paper" designs, its wedge shape has become timeless.

The Esprit became a the flagship for Lotus – a British icon, a masterclass in lightweight engineering and a worthy successor to the Lotus Elite.

Originally, Giorgetto Giugiaro wanted it to be called Kiwi, but Lotus cars of the time all began with the letter E. Esprit was chosen and in 1975 the finished car was shown at the Paris Motor Show.

The fiberglass bodied car wowed spectators and drivers alike.

Underneath the eye-catching silhouette was a steel backbone chassis that was strong but also light. Lotus has always been known for engineering great handling cars, and the Esprit was no different offering composure and agility. Lotus' claim of acceleration from 0–97 km/h (0–60 mph) in 6.8 seconds and a top speed of 222 km/h (138 mph) may have been optimistic, as actual road tests revealed a 0-60 mph acceleration time of 8 seconds and a top speed of about 214 km/h (133 mph).

Lotus only built 894 S1s, but the Esprit became one of the longest-lived designs of all time. In 2013, SpaceX/Tesla entrepreneur Elon Musk plonked down just over a million dollars to buy ‘Wet Nellie’, the white Lotus Esprit from the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. It must amuse Musk that this car doesn’t actually have wheels and can only be driven underwater.

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Resuscitated Roads are Vitally Needed Motorists around the country will be welcoming the announcement from the Government of multiple major roading projects being resuscitated.

“New Zealand is in desperate need of more modern highways in many places and it is great news that the Government is responding to that,” says AA Principal Infrastructure Adviser Barney Irvine.

Some of the key roading projects that the AA is particularly glad to see progress are: • The Tauranga Northern Link, and SH2 between Te Puna and Omokoroa • SH1 between Otaki and Levin • SH1 between Whangarei and Marsden Point “Those three highways have been some of the highest risk roads in the country for decades.

The two stretches of SH1 and SH2 from west of Tauranga to Katikati had 35 fatal crashes and 62 serious crashes between them over five years.

“Other recent expressway projects like in Waikato and Kapiti have shown that once a new, modern highway is built the fatal crashes all but disappear and serious crashes drop significantly as well.”

The only sour note for the AA in the programme is that the extension of the Waikato Expressway from Cambridge to Piarere is not included.

“This is a missed opportunity to make the most of the investment that’s already gone into the Waikato Expressway, and to support road safety and economic growth in Waikato, and the Upper North Island as a whole.”

Meanwhile, Barney says the announcement brings muchneeded balance to transport investment, after funding for building and maintaining roads has been under pressure over the last couple of years due to more transport spending going into other areas.

“Driving is still the main way that people and goods move around in New Zealand and it’s crucial that we keep investing in upgrading the many roads around the country that aren’t up to the standard they should be.”

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Houseplants There are a wide range of houseplants available in shops or can be grown in your own gardens.

Houseplants are one of the quickest and least expensive way of brings life and interest to a room. A splash of green instantly revives a rather tired scheme, and flowering plants provide a lively range of colours. There are few design rules about where to put plants and flowers to look good almost anywhere, as long as they are not in the way of everyday activities.

You should treat large floor-level plants as focal points, making full use of your lighting to show them off to best effect.

Houseplants and flower help bring the garden indoor and add a human touch to your decorative scheme. The delicate structure of leaves and flowers also helps to soften hard outlines of modern furniture. With care, and frequent dead heading, they will last a lot longer than cut flowers, as long as they get sufficient sunlight at some time during the day. Choose plants with a variety of shapes and colors and try to include some trailing plants to break up horizontal lines.

Some houseplants need less light than others, but normal artificial lighting is no substitute for the natural daylight that all plants need. Medium-sized plants can be placed on furniture, but there are alternatives, hanging baskets, wallhung planters, stands or window shelves. Small plants, such as African violets need placing with care. They usually look and grow best grouped in a box or on a stand.

Make sure you match a plant to its growing conditions.

Houseplants bring a fresh, lively look to a bathroom and ferns, ivies, bromeliads and epiphytes thrive in low light levels. Maidenhair ferns are delicate and are unsuitable for draughty windows. You can also buy plastic hanging baskets with drip trays attached. Cacti and succulents need plenty of direct sunlight; ferns and palms survive in the shade. To avoid drips, stand plants in saucers or on shallow, gravel-filled plastic trays and keep permanently moist.

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Auckland Broke Dry Spell Record Auckland broke a climate record for the region’s longest dry spell on Saturday February 15, as predicted by NIWA forecasters.

A dry spell is defined as 15 consecutive days with less than 1mm of rain and the current record for the greater Auckland area stood at 39 days. With no rain forecast before then, it was almost certain to become more than 40 days in midFebruary NIWA forecaster Ben Noll says.

The summer of 2012-13 featured one of the worst droughts in decades for parts of Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Hawke’s Bay, and the western South Island.

Other recent dry spells across the country include (by 15 February):

Mr Noll says the drought has been caused by a blocking ridge of high pressure near the North Island that has helped steer dry, westerly quarter winds from Australia for much of the summer.

• Whangarei – 30 days (since 15 Jan), the third longest on record and still ongoing

“Soil moisture deficit levels during early 2020 are quite similar to 2013, with Northland’s deficits even more severe this year.”

End in sight?

The drought will end when soil moisture levels return to normal. However, impacts of drought can continue for some time after that.

NIWA’s climate projections indicate that drought is likely to become more frequent and severe in eastern and northern parts of New Zealand in the coming decades.

(NIWA)

• Whitianga – 30 days (since 15 Jan), the third longest on record and still ongoing • Blenheim – 56 days (since 20 Dec), longest on record and still ongoing • Cheviot – 50 days (21 Dec-7 Feb), longest on record • Rangiora – 46 days (21 Dec-3 Feb), 2nd longest on record The New Zealand Drought Index shows severe drought conditions are widespread across Northland, Auckland, and northern Waikato. Droughts have also emerged in northern Gisborne and northern Canterbury. Much of the rest of the country is unusually dry, except for the western and lower South Island.

Mr Noll says the permanent wilting point, or minimum amount of water in the soil that a plant requires not to wilt or die, is being approached in Northland, Auckland, and Waikato.

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Valentine's Day 14 February Every year on 14 February people celebrate this day by sending messages of love and affection to partners, family and friends. Couples send Valentine's Day cards and flowers and spend special time together to honour their love for each other.

Valentine's Day is named after Saint Valentine, a Catholic priest who lived in Rome in the 3rd Century. There are many stories about St Valentine and over time these stories grew into the legend we know today.

At the time of Valentine's life, many Romans were converting to Christianity, but the Emperor Claudius II was a pagan and created strict laws about what Christians were allowed to do. Claudius believed that Roman soldiers should be completely devoted to Rome and therefore passed a law preventing them from marrying. St Valentine began to marry these soldiers in secret Christian ceremonies and this was the beginning of his reputation for believing in the importance of love.

Eventually, Valentine was found out and jailed for his crimes against Claudius. While imprisoned, Valentine cared for his fellow prisoners and also his jailor's blind daughter.

Legend has it that Valentine cured the girl's blindness and that his final act before being executed was to write her a love message signed ‘from your Valentine'. Valentine was executed on 14 February in the year 270.

It wasn't until more than 200 years later that 14 February was proclaimed St Valentine's Day.

By this time Rome had become Christian and the Catholic Church was determined to stamp out any remaining paganism.

A pagan fertility ritual was held in February each year and the Pope abolished this festival and proclaimed 14 February Saint Valentine's Day, thus establishing this feast day on the Catholic Calendar of Saints.

The poet Chaucer in the Middle Ages was the first to link St Valentine with romantic love. This was the beginning of the tradition of courtly love, a ritual of expressing love and admiration, usually in secret. This custom spread throughout Europe and the practice of sending love messages developed into people sending special cards expressing their affection. These cards were beautiful creations handmade by the sender and individually designed to show how much they loved the recipient.

Cards would usually contain sentimental verse, proclaiming the beauty of the receiver and how much they were loved.

Saint Valentine's Day cards were decorated with pictures of cupid, hearts and flowers and trimmed with lace and ribbon. These images are still used today to symbolise love and are recognised all over the world.

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March

Autumn is natures planting time as the ground is still warm and the first of the rain helps new plants, trees and lawns get established.

Bulbs

IN YOUR GARDEN

All of your favourite spring flowering bulbs are now in store.

Anemones and Ranunculus are great value and easy to grow. With very little effort they can reward you with up to 6 months flowering by stagger planting.

Daffodils can be planted any time from late February to the end of May. Early planting gets them off to a great start, as they will begin to develop their roots and settle in ready for spring growth. Daffodils need full sun and well drained soil.

Prepare winter flower beds for planting with Garden X Compost, Palmers Sheep Pellets and Palmers General Garden Fertiliser.

Edible Garden

Feed ornamental trees, garden shrubs and plants with Palmers Blood & Bone Fertiliser.

Prepare the soil for your winter edible patch with Garden X Compost, Palmers Sheep Pellets and Palmers General Garden Fertiliser.

Citrus are heavy feeders. Feed with Palmers Citrus Fertiliser for healthy green leaves and better growth, flower and fruits.

In warmer areas some bulbs need a ‘chilling period’ of at least six weeks, which provides close to a natural dormant climate and improves growth. Place your bulbs in a paper bag and chill in the fridge. Bring to room temperature before planting.

Plant your favourite winter flower seedlings like pansy, viola, primula, polyanthus, calendula, cineraria, lobelia, poppies, alyssum, stock and snapdragon.

Herbs to plant in autumn: parsley, chives, rosemary and mint.

Pull out any summer herbs and vegetables that have finished producing and add to your compost bin.

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Hyacinths are the essence of spring. The heavily scented trusses are a most welcome sight after a long winter. Best planted in March/April in a cool spot.

Slugs and snails are the main pest of bulbs especially when the leaves are just emerging from the ground. Use Quash Slug and Snail Pellets to control this problem.

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Plant seedlings of cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, beetroot, winter lettuce, brussel sprouts, spinach, carrots, leeks, silverbeet and winter herbs.

Giving your vege patch a rest over winter? Add nutrients back in to the soil by sowing a crop of blue lupin or mustard seed which adds nitrogen and improves soil structure.

Grow a smoothie garden in pots on your deck – plant kale, spinach, pak choi and beetroot for green energy!

Protect new plantings against slugs and snails with Quash Snail & Slug Pellets and give them a good start by watering them in and liquid feeding with Tui Organic Seaweed Plant Tonic.

Around the Yard Cooler temperatures are the ideal time to plant a hedge. If you want flower and fragrance, plant Fairy Magnolia Michelia’s or for something hardier try the Aussie Westringia varieties.

Apply a layer of Tui Lawn Force Fertiliser to encourage healthy growth and to help sustain everyday wear and tear.

Autumn is the ideal time to sow or repair your lawn so it can establish over the winter months.

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Hello Readers From Mike Holwerda – Kiwi Pickers

With the middle of summer being very hot, it is really hard to get motivated working with antiques and so much easier to be distracted and to go to the beach or laze around for the day. However, my thoughts turn to what lies ahead in the short term.

The Tamahere market in Hamilton is a good, regular market that is packed with collectables of all sorts at very reasonable prices. The market is held on the third Saturday of every month. This market has the pros – to the garage sale guys who like to make a few bucks on the side. This market has a few characters too: one chap who sells a lot of collectables always finds the weird and sometimes bizarre items like old taxidermy lots, and old rusty items that at times has you guessing what the heck were they made for! He is always good fun and a nice old chap who likes to do deals.

8. In what countries a man can not marry his widow’s sister?

9. Mary’s father has 4 children. Their names are April, May, June and ????

10. The day before yesterday, I was 50 years old, and next year I will turn 53. How is it possible?

In Tauranga we are so lucky, as the major 45th National Bottle and Collectables Show will be held on the 14th and 15th of March at the QE Centre, on the corner of Devonport Road and 11th Avenue. This is going to be huge, the centre they are using is massive and the best displays of bottles. A contingent of people like myself will have our own little stores to sell to the public and, hopefully, other dealers. I think there will be an auction there as well, but I’m not so sure. I have real soft spot for old bottles.

As a kid a couple of mates and I would ride on our pushbikes until we found an old house, or evidence of an old homestead and then build up the courage to knock on the door. Somehow it always turned out to be me and thankfully we always were welcomed to fossick around – usually by crawling under the old houses. I still have a few treasured bottles that I dug up in my youth. Such fond memories of treasure hunting where we made our own fun (not a mobile phone in sight).

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For Caroline Borole, music has been a major influence in her life. The South African-born songstress credits her family for saturating her childhood with various genres and artists; many of which helped shape Caroline’s own personal musical style.

At the tender age of 10, Caroline’s father introduced her to “The Soul of Ike & Tina Turner”, a record that sparked interest in the Jazz and Blues genres. After numerous weekends of the record on repeat, Caroline began to idolise the iconic female musician; taking note of Tina’s outrageous confidence and high energy.

Throughout Caroline’s schooling she took every opportunity to perform and steadily developed a lust for the spotlight. After taking home first prize at her first talent show Caroline set her sights on a musical career, eventually studying musical theatre at a tertiary level.

After her three years at university, Caroline ventured into the entertainment industry, landing notable roles on television shows and musical productions, including appearances in Generations, On The Couch, Under African Skies & a starring role as Effie White in the South African national production of the musical Dreamgirls.

After becoming aware that Showtime Australia was bring out a new show, TINA Simply The Best, Caroline knew it was her chance to take the spotlight.

With hours of study and repetition of the TINA Simply The Best set list, Caroline used her bold personality and knowledge of various musical genres to conquer Tina’s iconic growls, grunts and raspy vocals.

As well as this, Caroline become acquainted with the highly intense dancing Turner performed on stage for her audiences. Borole explained that although a challenge at first, her passion is performing and she will happily endure the painful workout to leave her heart on the stage for the audiences of TINA Simply The Best.

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Eventually, Caroline found her way to becoming a member of Showtime Australia. The singer began touring as a backup singing for two of the company’s largest productions; The Greatest Love of All: Whitney Houston Show & the Michael Jackson History Show.

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Prime Walks Just off Mount Maunganui’s Main Beach is Moturiki Island (Leisure Island). This small island is just a short 500m walk long with stunning views looking back across to the Mount. This iconic landmark is actually connected to Mount Maunganui’s Main Beach by a man-made land bridge and has had a long and colourful history.

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It was originally inhabited by early Maori settlers who built a terraced pa on the island. The Crown later took ownership of Moturiki and established a quarry in 1911 to source the loose stone foundations required to build railway lines around the Bay of Plenty.

Now it’s a protected reserve and a great place to enjoy a walk.

Leisure Island (Moturiki)

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“Stay Alert” Call to Business as Coronavirus Impacts Spread Across NZ Economy Importers and exporters should talk to their shippers – both sea and air – and keep informed as knock-on effects of China’s coronavirus hit New Zealand.

Auckland Business Chamber head Michael Barnett said the plight of the education sector and its impact on many NZ communities was acknowledged. With around 6500 Chinese students enrolled to study here still in China, the flow through will have a wide impact on many small and medium businesses in New Zealand.

“Other than the education sector the Chamber has seen mixed outcomes to date where in some cases there are significant reductions in volumes but in others there has been an almost panic buy and distribution where access is still available,” said Barnett.

Staying alert and flexible to the shifts was important: • Perishable goods export orders had been affected and some airfreight flights had been cancelled.

• On the China side there are less people working so there are delays in processing imports at the border and delays in distribution.

• Shipping congestion at the Chinese ports is a reality – which may impose a cost on NZ exporters. However, some shipping companies were offering destination changes at no cost in order to assist exporters.

• For NZ importers, supplies are being delayed out of China which may have an impact on local manufacturers.

• For those associated with medical products there is an increase in demand but a difficulty in distribution on the China side.

Barnett noted comments of Finance Minister Grant Robertson that agencies were assessing the potential economic impacts of the coronavirus outbreak.

“We are taking this very seriously,” Robertson told the expenditure select committee.

“We are in a very strong position to respond.”

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Questions & Answers The New Zealand Ministry of Health is closely monitoring the situation concerning COVID-19 (also known as novel coronavirus) and following guidance from the World Health Organization. While the likelihood of an imported case in New Zealand is high, the likelihood of a widespread outbreak is low–moderate. China reported the first confirmed case of the coronavirus infection originating in Wuhan in December 2019. There is currently no vaccine for COVID-19 as it is a new virus. Researchers are in the early stages of developing one.

The vast majority of cases are still found in mainland China where more than 70,000 people have been infected and more than 1700 people have died.

The World Health Organisation has confirmed 505 cases of Covid-19 in 25 countries outside of China in mid-February.

Q: What is a coronavirus?

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family of viruses found in both animals and humans. Some infect people and are known to cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). A novel coronavirus (CoV) is a new strain of coronavirus that has not been previously identified in humans.

The new, or “novel” coronavirus, now called 2019-nCoV, was first reported in Wuhan, China in December 2019.

Q: Is the new virus the same as SARS? A: No, 2019-nCoV is from the same family of viruses as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV) but it is not the same virus.

Q: How dangerous is it?

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infection with 2019-nCoV can cause mild symptoms including a runny nose, sore throat, cough, and fever. It can be more severe for some persons and can lead to pneumonia or breathing difficulties.

More rarely, the disease can be fatal.

Older people, and people with pre-existing medical conditions (such as, diabetes and heart disease) appear to be more vulnerable to becoming severely ill with the virus.

A reminder that COVID-19 is spread by people coughing or sneezing, close personal contact and coming into contact with an object or surface with viral particles on it (then touching your mouth, nose or eyes). So practicing good hygiene, regularly washing your hands, and practicing good cough etiquette (maintaining distance, covering coughs and sneezes with disposable tissues or clothing and washing hands) is really important in keeping yourself and the community safe.

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Arrogance is Equal to Stupidity Ministry of Transport officials stopped at a farm and talked with an old farmer. The man in charge told the farmer, ‘We need to inspect your farm for a possible new road.’

The old farmer said, ‘OK, but don’t get out in that pasture over there.’

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So the old farmer went about his chores. It wasn’t too much later when the farmer heard loud screams and yelling.

He looked over and saw several officials running for their lives and right behind was the farmer’s huge prize bull. The bull was madder than a hornet’s nest and was gaining on the men from the Ministry at every step.

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ZUCCHINI

These summer squash are very popular in our summer gardens for their abundance and the relative ease in which they grow. Harvested while their skin is soft during the warmer months, they make a great addition to our kiwi summer table in sweet and savoury recipes.

Huge thanks to our European forefathers from where this now wide spread (in every sense) vegetable was first developed. Being relatively easy to grow from seed or seedling, in composted and nutrient dense soil, even the beginner gardener can see a good harvest for their efforts.

POLLINATION When it comes to pollination there can be Zucchini produce male and female flowers, with the female flowers producing fruit.

Once the male flowers open and release their pollen, they fall off. Female flowers (which grow into zucchini) need to be pollinated by male flowers. If bees aren't in abundance you can do this by hand by rubbing the pollen from the male flower onto the female flower.

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Garden Harvesting

For the first time ever in my garden I’ve planted a second round of tomato seedlings. (Partly because some of my first ones have just not survived in the dry heat.) I think there’s an opportunity for an autumn harvest. You could also put in more cucumber and zucchini seedlings. Now is also a good time to sow a later set of leek seedlings and spring onions for a late winter harvest.

Compared to last month my harvest is telling a completely different story. The very dry conditions are taking a huge toll on my tomatoes with some just curling up on me. How are yours faring? The dwarf beans I sowed from seed are now beginning to flower which is promising, and I’m still picking zucchini, cucumber and the last of my summer kohlrabi and spring onions.

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Summer Fruit and Zucchini Ice Cream Sorbet Anyone with zucchini in the garden will relate to the struggle to use them as fast as they grow. Even with cooking them every night, passing them on to the neighbours, we still have more than we can deal with. Here’s an ice cream sorbet recipe featuring zucchini. Perfect in this hot dry weather, and a good one to keep up your sleeve for those times of over-abundance. In season zucchini adds a silky, almost sorbet like texture. Best when using smaller zucchini and peeled first, for a milder flavour.

Ingredients 1 cup frozen berries (any mix you have to hand will do) 1 cup frozen peach or plum slices ½ cup frozen zucchini slices

2-3 Tablespoons honey or maple syrup cup cream or coconut cream 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Method 1. Place the berries, peach, plum and zucchini slices in a food processor and leave for 10 or so minutes to soften slightly.

2. Add the honey, cream and vanilla and blend until smooth. QUICK TIP: If the fruit initially jumps around the machine, leave a little longer to soften more before blending.

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3. Scoop soft serve ice cream straight into bowls to enjoy.

4. If you want to store ice cream for later, pour into a sealable container and freeze. Allow to soften a little before serving. For larger settings the recipe also doubles well.

These Boomers Are A-OK Successful Breeding Season With a triumphant career spanning five decades, it’d be easy for New Zealand’s most successful playwright, Sir Roger Hall, to just sit back and relax. Thankfully, the Kiwi theatre legend is not one to rest on his laurels!

Auckland Theatre Company (ATC) presents Hall’s brand new comedy Winding Up, starring celebrated actors Mark Hadlow ONZM and Alison Quigan QSM, for three-shows only at Baycourt Community & Arts Centre in Tauranga, from March 25-26.

The upcoming Baycourt season follows Winding Up’s world premiere at Auckland’s ASB Theatre in February and is part of ATC’s four-centre North Island tour to Hastings, Hamilton, New Plymouth and Tauranga next month.

“The team is thrilled Tauranga audiences have an opportunity to see this brand new Roger Hall work, fresh from its premiere season in Auckland,” says Baycourt manager James Wilson.

“We’re also excited to bring Auckland Theatre Company to Tauranga, now our audiences can experience a leading Aotearoa theatre company without having to travel!”

Winding Up not only revisits Hall’s brilliance for comedy, but also beloved characters Barry and Gen from his smash-hit play Conjugal Rites which later became a popular British TV series in the 1990s.

Now in their seventies, Barry and Gen are coping with failing health, death of friends, estranged family, the need to downsize and (God help everyone) planning their funerals.

ATC Artistic Director Colin McColl says the show’s stars are each superb actors on their own, but together they are “comic dynamite”.

“Alison and Mark are great friends and known each other since their drama school days. They have years of experience with Hall’s work and an innate understanding of how his characters are comical but honest.

“I’m looking forward to working with them on this great new Hall script – and to sharing the fun as we tour the North Island.”

For more information & tickets visit www.baycourt.co.nz or call the Baycourt Box Office 07 577 7188.

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One of New Zealand’s rarest bird, the tara-iti/New Zealand fairy tern has had a successful summer breeding season, with seven chicks expected to fledge.

With fewer than 40 adult birds, the tara iti/fairy tern is critically endangered and despite intensive management has teetered on the brink of extinction since the 1970s.

Tara iti/fairy tern’s nest on shell and sandbanks above high tide, which leaves them vulnerable to predators, disturbance by people, 4WD vehicles and dogs.

“Seven chicks is a great season – last year (2018-2019 season) we only had two chicks fledge, so this is a big improvement, but more of what we would hope to call an average season,” says DOC Biodiversity Ranger Ayla Wiles.

A dedicated team of six fairy tern DOC rangers and numerous community volunteers have been busy since September trapping for predators near nesting sites, fencing off nesting sites and preventing nesting birds from being disturbed by humans. These rangers and volunteers will finish the intensive stage of work shortly.

“We have also had higher incidences of compliance issues causing disturbance to the birds. Common problems have been dogs in DOC administered reserves and wildlife refuges and Auckland Council land where they are not allowed by law, horses in areas they shouldn’t be, vehicles, drones, low flying paragliders, jet skis, fizz boats, and aircraft causing disturbance as well as small fires threatening the nest sites. These causes of disturbance are common to most of our shorebirds, not just the tara iti,” says Ayla.

Once widespread around the North Island and on the eastern South Island, the New Zealand fairy tern now breeds at only four main nesting sites, found at Papakanui Spit, Pakiri Beach and Waipu and Mangawhai sandspits, as well as a fifth site at Te Arai this year.

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PORT OF TAURANGA CRUISE SHIP SCHEDULE

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Ruby Princess

19 February

06:15

17:45

Viking Orion

04 March

08:00

16:45

Golden Princess

20 February

05:30

19:00

Spirit of New Zealand**

06 March

07:03

Crystal Serenity

20 February

06:15

23:15

Azamara Journey**

06 March

Europa**

21 February

17:00

18:00

Ovation of the Seas

Seabourn Encore

22 February

07:00

19:00

Seven Seas Mariner

24 February

05:00

Costa Deliziosa

26 February

05:00

Maasdam

28 February

Ruby Princess Sea Princess

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Noordam

13 March

06:30

18:30

07:03

Le Laperouse

13 March

08:03

18:03

07:15

15:00

Spirit of Enderby

13 March

08:30

16:00

07 March

07:03

18:03

Bremen

16 March

00:15

18:00

Viking Orion

08 March

06:00

15:45

Ruby Princess

16 March

07:15

19:15

18:15

MSC Magnifica

08 March

06:45

18:30

Silver Muse

18 March

08:45

21:00

17:45

Celebrity Solstice

09 March

07:45

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Golden Princess

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Noordam

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Noordam

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Seven Seas Navigator

11 March

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Radiance Of The Seas

22 March

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Celebrity Solstice

11 March

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20 March 06:45 16:45 Image courtesy of of Port of Tauranga

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Support can be for as little as two hours through to 24-hour care. Carers are trained to help with medication management and Registered Nurses are available for oversight of specialised nursing care needs.

Miranda Smith Homecare can also provide a wide range of products, including continence supplies, mobility equipment and bathroom and kitchen aids.

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Who’s Your Hero?

Walking or running to honour, remember and celebrate the hero’s in our life.

Super heroes from all over the Bay will dust off their masks and capes to answer the beckoning call from Waipuna Hospice. Calling all super heroes in the community to walk in honour, remember and celebrate the hero’s in our lives, past and present. By signing up to register for the Waipuna Hospice Super Hero Walk/Run you will be a hero yourself, as you help raise much-needed funds to care for people in our community facing a life-limiting illness and support for their families.

Chris Conn registered for the Waipuna Hospice Super Hero Walk/Run last year in memory of her husband Martin. Martin was diagnosed with cancer in 2013 and after two years of care and support from Waipuna Hospice he died in 2015. Chris says, “If it hadn’t been for Waipuna Hospice I wouldn’t have got through it, that’s why my Super Hero was the one I chose – Waipuna Hospice doctors, nurses and staff, they’re absolutely amazing.” The part that Chris enjoyed the most was knowing that she was walking in memory of Martin and everyone else. “I would recommend people to register if they are looking for a fun day out and wanting to walk for a purpose.”

Walk or run to honour, remember or cele

brate a hero in your life.

Sunday 22 March Registration open from 9am

Coronation Park | Mt Maunganui SIGN UP AND BE OUR HERO!

$10 for members | $15 for an individual over 18 yrs $60 for group of five | young persons FREE with paying individual A fun day out with entertainment, food truck s & spot prizes events@waipunahospice.org.nz | (07) 552 438 www.waipunahospice.org.nz/superhero 0 With thanks to our partners:

PRIZES for best dressed!

Everyone knows Chris as the “dress-up queen” as she donned her most regal attire and dressed up as the queen for Waipuna Hospice movie fundraiser Downton Abbey. What whacky creation will she have for the Super Hero Walk/Run this year? “I thought about dressing up as the queen, but no – she’s not my hero! I now have some photos of Waipuna Hospice staff so they may find themselves on my t-shirt as well… who knows?” said Chris.

In our lives, each of us has that someone who holds a special place in our hearts and is looked to as a ‘hero’.

The Waipuna Hospice Super Hero Walk/ Run encourages people to embrace their “Super Hero” by celebrating and acknowledging the heroes in their lives, and walking or running in celebration and remembrance of them. Sunday 22 March will be an eventful day and a meaningful and fun way to celebrate life and make the most of every day!

In the words of Batman “you only have your thoughts and dreams ahead of you. You are someone. You mean something.” Life is special.

Register for the Waipuna Hospice Super Hero Walk/Run before Monday 24 February and receive a free Super Hero t-shirt! Please note t-shirts only available with paid tickets and subject to availability. Tickets are $15 for an individual (over 18years), $10 for members, or come as a group of five individuals for the discounted price of $60. Children (under 18yrs) – Remember it’s FREE for you to participant with a paying individual (18 years or over).

A family fun event for all ages.

Register now at www. waipunahopsice.org.nz/superhero 24

This fresh, easy pasta salad recipe comes together in under 30 minutes! With a tangy salad dressing tossed in and filled with veggies, it’s a sure summer hit!

Prime Recipe

The dressing is easy to make with this magical formula: 1 part vinegar to 3 parts oil and then salt and pepper to taste. For further flavour you can experiment by adding a little bit of finely grated garlic, mustard, chilli flakes, finely minced onion and herbs like dill, parsley, mint, or thyme (dried herbs work as well). You can mix it all together in a blender or whisk it in a bowl. I cheat a little by putting it all in a glass jar and just shake it until blended. In this way I save on cleaning and it is already in a container.

INGREDIENTS • • • • •

3 cups uncooked pasta (spirals or elbows) 2 cups halved cherry tomatoes 1½ cups cooked chickpeas, drained and rinsed 2 cups chopped spinach leaves 1 cup cucumbers, sliced into thin half moons

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Easy Pasta Salad

1 cup crumbled feta cheese 1 cup basil leaves, torn ½ cup minced parsley ½ cup chopped mint ¼ cup toasted pine nuts

METHOD Making this recipe is a breeze! Just follow these simple steps: Cook your pasta in a large pot of salted boiling water. Drain it, toss it with some olive oil, and set it aside to cool. Chop your cherry tomatoes and cucumbers, mince the parsley, and crumble the feta. Whisk together the dressing ingredients. And toss everything together in a big bowl! Season to taste and dig in.

BEST PASTA SALAD TIPS Cook your pasta a little longer than normal.

It should be just a tad past al dente (but not mushy) so that the pasta stays soft when it cools. I find that the higher time range listed on box instructions is usually just about right for pasta salad.

Save some herbs for garnish! This pasta salad recipe is a great one to make ahead, but if you do, save some of the herbs and pine nuts for garnish. The pine nuts will keep their crunchy texture and the herbs will be extra fresh, pretty, and flavorful.

Let your pasta cool completely before tossing it with the other ingredients. If it’s still warm, the hot pasta will start to cook and wilt the veggies. No one’s a fan of warm cucumber, so make sure you’re tossing cold pasta into this dish.

Taste and adjust. Like most salad recipes, this one is super flexible, so be sure to taste and adjust it to your liking before serving. Add some lemon juice if you prefer a tangier salad, toss in more greens if you’re all about the veggies, and always, always salt to taste.

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RECLAIM YOUR LEGS If your legs are restless, heavy or aching, you could have varicose veins, and we can help.

74 Tenth Avenue, Tauranga www.cosmeticandveins.nz with DR ANUYA DESHPANDE 26

0800 DR ANUYA (0800 372 689)

Summer in Shorts A medical condition can be a heavy burden, and when people get them sorted they often realise how hard it was to bear, and how good it is to finally be free.

Natalie (37) has a family history of varicose veins, and had them treated last September, having had had the last of her four children.

While there was the usual heaviness and aching from her ropey leg veins, the main discomfort she suffered was heat as she wore winter clothes at the height of summer to hide her legs.

“My veins got worse with each child. I used to wear jeans and tights all year round I was embarrassed for anyone to see my legs.” This embarrassment extended to her own children. “If our three year old ever saw them she would put her hand on them to rub them better. She thought they were painful.”

For Karen (38), her veins were more a medical problem than a cosmetic one. “Mine weren’t as dramatic as many people’s. There was just one vein on my leg that would embarrass me, poking through my jeans, but I’m a real fluid retention person. I had bad cellulite, I always had restless legs and they would be swollen at the end of the day. Once I had kids they got even worse.”

When her doctor suggested many of her problems could be due to underlying varicose veins she made an appointment to see a Tauranga-based phlebologist. An ultrasound scan in the initial consultation revealed large underlying varicose veins from her groin to her ankle.

“It’s quite a personal thing to say to someone: ‘I don’t like the way my legs look’, but she was so real and I just felt she wanted to help me solve the problem.”

“The treatment didn’t feel invasive or even particularly painful. Although the compression stockings were a bit of a hassle, I wore them and followed all the instructions like exercising and not sitting with my legs crossed because I want the best possible result.”

Like Karen, Natalie found exercise was the best way to relieve any discomfort after the procedure.

This summer both women bought new swimsuits and headed to the beach. For Karen, this meant a tropical holiday with less cellulite and fluid retention, and a more even skin tone.

Naomi enjoyed joining her kids in the water after years sweating on the beach in jeans.

“This summer I had a totally different experience it was great to feel cooler.”

With my Dad, he's a 63 year-old South Island farmer and they don’t get help until it’s falling off they’re stubborn. He’s definitely selfconscious about them, he’s always apologising to the kids about his veins when he wears shorts, but he wouldn’t pay the money to get them done.

I wanted to get them treated, but I was told to wait til I had all my children and so my husband said to me “Go and get it done. He’s always felt sorry for me about my veins.”

You can find out more on her website dranuya.nz, or call 0800 Dr Anuya.

Leg Ulcers An ulcer is a full-thickness break in the skin, which can be either “acute” which heals normally, or “chronic”, which can last for months or even years without healing. About one percent of people will get chronic leg ulcers in their lifetime, and the most common cause (up to 80 percent) is underlying vein disease. These ulcers most commonly appear on the inner leg near the ankle. Other causes of chronic ulcers are arterial disease, often due to atherosclerosis, and diabetes, often due to nerve damage. Diabetic ulcers and arterial ulcers are most common on the pressure points of the feet, heels or toes.

Because of the risk of infection, New Zealand’s health system spends a lot of money on nurse care of leg ulcers twice a week, but this is money spent on symptoms rather than the cause. Arterial ulcers need urgent treatment by a vascular surgeon, and diabetic ulcers are a signal to improve control of diabetes.

Vascular ulcers are often associated with aching, swollen lower legs that feel more comfortable when elevated, and may start off with mottled brown or black staining and/or dry, itchy and reddened skin (varicose eczema) and sometimes “lipodermatosclerosis”, in which the lower part of the leg is hardened.

Leg ulcers generally heal by themselves within three months if the underlying varicose veins are treated, greatly increasing the quality of life of those affected.

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Where To Walk Your Dog The Tauranga City Council has determined suitable areas for you to walk your dog. When walking your dog, make sure you have a lead with you and attach it if you are approaching another dog, animal or person. It's your responsibility to ensure you have control of your dog at all times. Please remember to always take a plastic bag with you and pick up after your dog.

Prohibited Areas No Dogs Allowed

On Leash Areas

Assistance Dogs

There are some areas in Tauranga where you are not allowed to take your dog, either because of ecological sensitivities or because the area is used intensively by the public. These areas include:

Your dog should be on a leash on any footpath, road reserve (road, berm and grassed area) or state highway, and must be on a leash at all times in these areas:

Some dogs do not have to be leashed in public and can be taken into areas normally prohibited to dogs. These dogs are:

• Matua Salt Marsh

• Hearing dogs

• Papamoa Dune Wilderness Area between Papamoa Domain and Taylors Road

• Mobility assistance dogs

Beaches

Parks and Reserves

• Mount Maunganui Main Beach, from Moturiki (Leisure Island) to Mauao (Mount Maunganui)

• Mauao (Mount Maunganui) including the base track

• Pilot Bay from Mauao to Salisbury Avenue

• Moturiki (Leisure Island)

• Beach in front of Omanu Surf Club, between beach access markers 0003 and 0004 (exception: dogs on leash can transit through this area) • Beach in front of Papamoa Domain (exception: dogs on leash can transit through this area) Beach means any land on or adjacent to the seacoast and includes any walkway, boardwalk, the foreshore and dunes. This means that dogs are not allowed on the dunes, grass or boardwalk at Mount Maunganui Main Beach.

This also means dogs are not allowed on the grassed area or broadwalk between the road and beach at Pilot Bay.

• McLaren Falls Park (within Western Bay of Plenty District Council) • Papamoa Hills Park (within Western Bay of Plenty District Council) • Within 10 metres from any public play equipment • Within 10 metres of any exercise equipment in reserves • Otumoetai Pa Historic Reserve at 29 Levers Rd

• When transiting the beach and foreshore in front of Omanu Surf Club/ Papamoa Domain car parks • When transiting the beach and foreshore in front of Papamoa Domain • From Motoriki (Leisure Island) to the rock outcrop heading towards Papamoa • Motiti Reserve, and the beach in front of Motiti Reserve (only applies 15 December to 15 February 10am to 5pm)

For full details of our on leash areas, you can access the Tauranga City Council website.

Offering a written record of Your Life Story It’s often not until someone dies that families realise there’s a great deal about the deceased that few people know. Family members sometimes know only part of the story – and even they sometimes get it wrong!

As Dennis Trotter quips, “it is easier to talk to them, and get the facts, while they are still alive!” Fortunately many people agree and have taken the opportunity for him to write their Life Story.

Dennis, a former newspaper editor, has been writing life stories for several years now and Dennis Trotter has a list of satisfied customers.

Often assignments are requested by family members who realise that once Mum or Dad have passed away, some historical information is lost forever.

Other times, older people wish to record their life’s story to pass on to children and grand-children.

With good interviewing skills, Dennis spends time with his subject and encourages them to talk about their life, starting from their earliest memories up to the present. Photographs from various stages of their life, and of significant events, are included to make each publication unique to the individual.

Cost is based on time, the length of the script and the number of photos included – plus a nominal amount for travel, if required. Following a free preliminary discussion, Dennis is able to give an estimate of cost prior to starting.

To avoid confusing one subject with another, he writes only one Life Story at a time. It is usually written over a 2-3 week period with the finished article provided a few days later.

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• Omanu Surf Club car park

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Prime Events WALKING ON SUNSHINE Mondays, 9.30am-12pm Nga Tapuwae o Toi Track Gorge Road, Whakatane, Bay of Plenty

TAURANGA FARMERS MARKET Saturdays, 7.45am-12pm Tauranga Primary School, 31 Fifth Avenue

KIDS GO WILD – FAMILY CARNIVAL Sunday 23 February, 4-6pm Omokoroa Sports Grounds, Western Ave, Omokoroa

Fun walking group for moderate fitness levels, walking Nga Tapuwae O Toi Track. Meet at the Birdwalk carpark, depending on weather.

Contact: 027 255 5027.

Come meet the local producers. The freshest of produce including Certified organic, healthiest of foods with a dash of flowers and plants.

Free carnival rides, pony rides, animal farm, face painting, lollies, under 5’s zone and so much more! Come run away with the circus at our have-a-go circus area or win tickets at the free carnival games to exchange for great prizes at our prize tent. Entry: Free.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT DISC GOLF Wednesdays, 5-7.15pm Fraser Cove Shopping Centre, 229245 Fraser Street The flat terrain and (mostly) short holes make this location ideal for beginners and people with mobility issues. The weekly changes to the course give people a chance to try out different shots and skills, and keeps it entertaining for experienced players.

Admission: Free

WAIHI BEACH SUNDAY MARKET Sundays, 9am-1pm Broadlands Reserve Wilson Road, Waihi Beach A nice little market with a good mix of produce, arts, crafts, clothing, food and happy summer vibes.

MOUNT FARMERS MARKET Sundays, 9am-1pm Te Papa O Nga Manu Porotakataka, 137-141 Maunganui Road, Mt Maunganui A diverse range of local artisans and purveyors present some of the finest fresh produce, breads, pastries, cheese, oils, chutneys, relishes, plants, honey, fresh cut flowers and other delicious edibles from the region.

VR ESPORTS DEATHMATCH EXHIBITION Wednesdays, 8-11pm The Cave Papamoa 7/16, Ashley Pl Deathmatch Exhibition. Virtual Reality Esports tournament nights.

Spectators: $20. Players: $60.

Contact: 027 533 2970.

NEWCOMERS MORNING TEA & TOPICS Thursdays, 10.30-11.30am Pāpāmoa Library – Te Ao Mārama ki Papamoa, 15 Gravatt Rd, Papamoa Making the big decision to move to a new city is not easy! It can be even harder to meet people and to learn about what is happening in your new community. Come along for a cup of tea, meet new people and learn about different groups, organisations, and places that make up our wonderful city.

DINNER IN THE DOMAIN Thursdays, 5.30-8.30pm Papamoa Beach Domain, Papamoa Beach Road

SOAK N SOUNDS SUNDAYS Sundays, 7-8.30pm Mount Hot Pools, 9 Adams Ave, Mt Maunganui 23 February – Camila Lanhart 1 March – Josh Pow 8 March – Jon E.B 15 March – Melissa Cox 22 March – Brendan McCarthy 29 March – Tim Armstrong Unwind and finish your week in style with a relaxing soak and live music poolside at the Mount Hot Pools!

Door Sales: 07 577 8551.

WEEKEND BAY OF PLENTY SEASCAPES 21-23 February Pacific Palms Resort, 21 Gravatt Road

GO BY BIKE DAY Wednesday 26 February, 7.45-9am Sport Bay Of Plenty Offices, 406 Devonport Road Ride to work or school on February 26 and you could win an iPad as part of Go By Bike Day! Stop by a pit stop to enter and grab a free refreshment.

Website: www.sportbop.co.nz

HOLI COLOUR SPLASH Saturday 29 February, 12-4pm Memorial Park, Devonport Road Holi is one of India’s most cheered jubilees of light and love. Appreciated worldwide across age and race, this ancient-cum-modern fest of love and open hearts toasts the sublime play of Śrī Śrī Rādhā and K a.

Admission: Free.

RUSTY MANNEQUIN SALE 29 February & 28 March, 9am-12pm The Historic Village, Seventeenth Ave West Fantastic women's pre-loved clothing, shoes and accessories sale.

Visit us for quirky and up-market recycled clothing at a fraction of the price. Prices start at $2. Cash only.

Admission: Free.

SHINY SIDE UP BIKE FEST Sunday 1 March, 10am-4pm Classic Flyers Museum, 8 Jean Batten Drive, Omanu, Mt Maunganui A fun day out where we bring the motorbike community and fans alike together for informative and interesting presentations, lectures and demonstrations. The aim is to end up with you going away with a piece of knowledge you didn't know before. Admission: Free.

A weekly artisan food market held in the idyllic Papamoa Domain. This event promises to offer the best street food the Bay has to offer.

Dogs welcome. No BYO alcohol.

Licensed bar situated onsite.

Join Ken Wright for a weekend seascape photography workshop to improve your landscape photography.

You will learn to shoot a diverse range of subject matter including classic landscapes, dynamic seascapes and long exposure seascapes. Cost: $880.

Contact: 021 0845 7322.

GOURMET NIGHT MARKET Fridays, 5-9pm Coronation Park, Maunganui Road, Mt Maunganui

GENERATION HOMES WOMENS TRIATHLON Sunday 23 February, 8-11.55am Pilot Bay, Mount Maunganui

HONEST LIARS IMPROV COMEDY JAM Sunday 1 March, 7-8.30pm The Jam Factory, 17th Avenue, Historic Village

Join us for a dining experience where you can choose from over 20 food trucks and cuisines. Bring a picnic blanket and sit and relax with the sounds of local musicians and enjoy the sunshine with friends and family.

With a 400m swim, a 10km cycle and a 4km run/walk it is designed to encourage the ‘have a go’ philosophy and participation will be made up of women of all ages and fitness levels.

Website: www.trichicks.co.nz

Hilarious Comedy Improvisation like "Whose Line is it Anyway." Nothing scripted, suggestions from the audience inspire scenes for the show.

Spontaneous, entertaining and fun.

Tickets: Visit The Jam Factory website.

BAY RAINS Concert 1: Sunday 1 March, The Barrel Room Tauranga Concert 2: Saturday 7 March, Waihi Beach Hotel Concert 3: Saturday 14 March, The Black Sheep Whakamarama Over 30 musicians/bands donating their time and talent with all proceeds from ticket sales going to Australia’s Bush Fire appeals. For more info on acts and dates please check out Bay Rains Facebook page. Admission: $23.

Contact: 0800 BUY TIX (289 849).

THE LITTLE BIG MARKETS Saturday 7 March, 9am-2pm Coronation Park, Maunganui Road, Mt Maunganui Enjoy great music, good food and have the opportunity to buy only the best products from a select range of artisans and producers A free market that all ages can enjoy.

TAURANGA CITY COUNCIL – WORM FARMING WORKSHOP Saturday 7 March, 1-3pm The Historic Village, Seventeenth Ave West Take home your own worm farm bin, worms, lime and compost so you can get started straight away. The workshop is subsidised by Council with a nominal fee charged. You must pre-purchase a ticket to attend to take home the materials, observers must purchase a free ticket to attend. No walk-ins will be accepted. Tickets: $43, 0800 BUY TIX (289 849).

QUEEN & BEE GEES TRIBUTE Saturday 7 March, 4.30-10pm Western Ave Reserve, Western Ave, Omokoroa Omok Rocks presents Queen and Bee Gees as our main acts, with Tauranga Boys College and Otumoetai College taking part in the Battle of the Bands and CoupdeVille prior to main act.

Tickets: 0800 BUY TIX (289 849).

TE PUKE COMMUNITY MARKET Saturday 21 March, 9am-1pm Jubilee Park, Commerce Lane, Te Puke Somewhere you can find everything from soap to buckets, seedlings to palm trees and lots in-between. Great coffee, different food, entertainment as well and smiles all around.

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Last Month Was World's Hottest January on Record The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in early February announced that last month was the hottest January ever recorded, the Guardian reported that Brazilian scientists logged a new record-breaking temperature of 20.75°C, at Seymour Island in Antarctica on February 9.

News of the Brazilian scientists' finding came as experts at NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information revealed that "in the span of 141 years of climate records, there has never been a warmer January than last month."

Along with one logged on February 6 by Argentina's Esperanza research station at the northern tip of the Antarctic peninsula, "will need to be confirmed by the World Meteorological Organization, but they are consistent with a broader trend on the peninsula and nearby islands, which have warmed by almost 3°C since the preindustrial era – one of the fastest rates on the planet."

Scientists working for Terrantar, a Brazilian government climate monitoring project in the Antarctic, described the latest record as "incredible and abnormal," according to the Guardian. As scientist Carlos Schaefer put it: "We are seeing the warming trend in many of the sites we are monitoring, but we have never seen anything like this."

Beyond the United States, NOAA repor ted that "recordwarm temperatures were seen across parts of: Scandinavia, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the central and western Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, and Central and South America. No land or ocean areas had record-cold January temperatures."

The January 2020 report came about a month after NOAA, WMO, and other agencies across the globe reported that 2019 was the second-hottest year on record. University of Illinois climate scientist Don Wuebbles told the Associated Press Thursday that that series of findings "is one of those indications that things are warming dramatically."

(Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams CC)

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In the United States last month was the fifth warmest January in the 126-year record, with an average temperature of 35.5°F (1.9°C), 5.4°F above the 20th-century average. NOAA's report highlighted "significant climate anomalies and events" from January 2020, including below average Great Lakes ice cover, a record high temperature in Boston, and a "strong, spring-like storm system" in the South and Southeast.

Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean all experienced their second-warmest Januaries, according to NOAA. The Arctic sea ice extent was the eight smallest since satellite records began in 1979, while the Antarctic sea ice extent tied with January 2011 for the 10th smallest ever recorded.

Prime Brain Teaser Answers 1. The baby fell from the first floor.

2. It was still Mount Everest (even though not yet discovered).

3. They were a son, his father and his grandfather – 3 people in total 4. Bruce and Tony are standing back to back.

5. Throw it straight up in the air.

6. You finish 2nd. Before passing the runner you were at 3rd place.

7. Cross out every other letter starting with the first one – N I N E L E T T E R S. The remaining letters are – A S I N G L E W O R D. 8. In no country, a man can marry his widow’s sister, because he would be dead.

9. Mary.

New Year, Old Scams At this time of the year the Police are reminding New Zealanders to be extra vigilant when receiving unsolicited phone calls, especially when the caller asks for personal details or money.

A number of scams are operating nationwide at any one time and, while some of the details vary, the general premise is often the same.

In one recent case, a man lost $57,000 to a caller claiming to be from Spark. The man was told his internet would be disconnected unless he logged onto his computer and followed their instructions.

In another well-tested scam, a woman narrowly escaped losing more than $12,000 after receiving a call about suspicious bank transactions. The woman was told she had been over paid by the bank when it reimbursed her for purchases she hadn’t made. Fortunately, the bank was able to put a stop to the transfer.

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While it’s a new year, these scams – and our advice – remains the same: • Never automatically trust someone over the phone or online who you haven’t met in person.

• If you are receiving a call from someone purporting to be from a business, ask them for credentials and never hand over personal details such as computer passwords or bank account details. If the caller is legitimate they won’t mind verifying their identify.

• If you think a call may be suspicious, hang up immediately and do not engage with the caller.

Look after your personal details in the same way you would your wallet and other possessions.

And remember, if something looks or sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

Anyone who believes they are a victim of a scam is advised to contact Police on 105.

(NZ Police)

10. If today is 1st January and if my birthday is on 31st December then it is possible.

Because day before yesterday that is 30th December I was 50 years old. Yesterday, that is 31st December I became 51.

On this year’s 31st December I will become 52 and in the next year’s 31st December I will be 53.

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