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Looking after our backyard Sustainable Backyards is back!
It’s that time of year again – time to muck in, learn more and do a better job of looking after our ‘backyard’. Envirohub’s annual Sustainable Backyards event is back for 2021, with a few changes. This year, there are a limited number of events per sub-region. “We had more than 230 workshops and events last year, and we found people would want to attend more than one event a day, which caused some issues,” says Envirohub’s Liesel Carnie. “This year, we’re keeping things simple and hosting one event per day.” With 31 events across three sub-regions – Western Bay of Plenty, Eastern Bay of Plenty, and Rotorua – Liesel says this should ensure most people can attend all of the events they are interested in. There are a number of events happening throughout the month of March, including the following key events. For all events and more information, visit: www.envirohub.org.nz/sustainablebackyards Friday, March ˜ Movie Night: Just Eat It Our Place, Willow St, Tauranga. 6.30–8pm We all love food. As a society, we devour countless cooking shows, culinary magazines and foodie blogs. So how could we possibly be throwing nearly 50 per cent of it in the trash? Filmmakers and food lovers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of waste and pledge to quit grocery shopping cold turkey and survive only on foods that would otherwise be thrown away. Desserts will be served by Good Neighbour for free. Contact: www.envirohub.org.nz Cost $10 Thursday, March ° BAYCHANGE Opening Wesley Centre - 100 13th Ave, Tauranga, and online. 7–9pm As climate change action becomes increasingly urgent and our Climate Change Commission recommends actions for our government and ourselves, we need to be
sorting what we are and can be doing in The Bay? This forum provides for continuing sharing and cooperation in climate change action. This combined in-person and on-line opening seminar of key speakers will initiate on-going, on-line discussion and debate and sharing of climate related activities. Contact: www.facebook.com/ taurangacarbonreductiongroup Cost: Free Sunday, March ˛˝ Underwater and Land Clean Up Festival Pilot Bay, Mount Maunganui. 12–2pm Come join us for a day on the water’s edge and underwater to thoroughly clean up our harbour, enjoy music, entertainment, educational stalls, games for the kids and help clean up the waste blowing into the ocean from our city. Divers must pre-register at: www.divezone.co.nz- limited spaces available. Free event- no need to register unless you are diving. Contact: www.envirohub.org.nz www.divezone.co.nz Cost: Free Monday, March ˛˛ Living Without a Rubbish Bin: the zero waste approach Welcome Bay Community Centre, Welcome Bay Road. 7– 9pm Join Hannah and Liam of The Rubbish Trip for an introduction into the hows and the whys of reducing household rubbish, and the different ways we can all help create a zero waste world. Hannah and Liam have
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been living without a rubbish bin since 2015 and have delivered more than 400 talks nationwide about zero waste living. Contact: www.envirohub.org.nz Cost: Free Friday, March ˛˙ Climate Change Speakers Forum: Doing the Mahi Holy Trinity Church, Devonport Road, Tauranga. 7–9pm After a series of speakers forums dedicated to educating about the many intricacies of climate change this forum will be dedicated to what we can do at an individual, community, business and government level. Speakers Include Chris Battershill of Waikato University, Marty Hoffart of the Zero Waste Network, Stacey Mareroa of T˜ho no Whenua
Horticulture LTD and other national speakers to be confirmed. Contact: www.envirohub.org.nz Cost: $10 Saturday, March ˛ˆ Harvest Festival and Long Table Lunch St Paul’s A & P showgrounds, State Highway 2, Katikati. 10am–4pm As a community, let’s showcase our efforts at gaining food security, one backyard at a time. The Long Lunch is a shared potluck, with people bringing plates to share, with veggies harvested from their garden. There will be gluten free, vegetarian, vegan and nut-free foods available. Contact: www.facebook.com/ Grow-On-KatikatiFree entry with shared plate or $5 per person
12pm - 2pm | Pilot Bay, Mount Maunganui Come join us for a day on the waters edge and underwater to thoroughly clean up our harbour, enjoy music, entertainment, educational stalls, games for the kids and help clean up the waste blowing into the ocean from our city. Divers must pre register at www.divezone.co.nz- limited spaces available. Free event- no need to register unless you are diving.
Visit www.envirohub.org.nz for more details
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Lovey-dovey night of song A chat with Jackie Clarke There’s surely no better way to end a sweet Valentine’s Day than with romantic love songs, sung by no less than some of NZ’s top singing talent. The global pandemic has an ‘up’ side it seems, on chatting with pop diva Jackie Clarke, who along with internationally renowned opera tenor Simon O’Neill and musical theatre baritone Tim Beveridge, is taking to the Addison Theatre stage at Baycourt on Sunday night to bring fun, music and plenty of love. How did this unlikely trio of singers come to be performing on stage together? “This is a direct result of Covid,” says Jackie. “We’re mutual friends and one day decided to go out for yum cha. Simon’s glittering calendar of international events had come to a halt, and he’s not usually around, so we said shall we do a show together? Just for a laugh really. We’re quite an unlikely trio but that’s how it works.” It seems the steamed deep-fried dim sum dishes, a celebratory meal designed to be eaten communally, has had a wonderful flow on effect. This will be the group’s second outing. Their first show was in Christchurch in October, and the three received standing ovations. “We had far too much fun. We come from three different parts of music but we cross over and it works.” Jackie, who has a knack of making an audience feel like she’s doing music amongst friends does actually
have a passionate posse of fab friends in Tauranga after forming connections here, especially through the Tarnished Frocks and Divas shows. “It’s a network of women who are running the country secretly,” she jokes. She says it’s relatively unusual for her to work with blokes. “I tend to gravitate to working with other women. The boy-girl duet is something I’ve grown into and it’s so much fun to sing. When we are together we are quite playful.” Her free spirit and willingness to try anything that takes her fancy knows no boundaries as far as music goes. There is no barrier with Jackie, people feel connected and it’s like watching your friend on stage when she’s up there singing her heart out. Mention her name and people smile. “I just love music so much and my voice is versatile so I let it go where it takes me.” Tim, Simon and Jackie will be bringing this love of music on Sunday night with what is going to be, in my opinion, an unforgettable Valentine Day’s performance. Nessun Dorma, The Prayer, The Music of the Night, Be My Love, I Dreamed a Dream, You Are So Beautiful, Danny Boy, Night and Day are just some of the songs we can look forward to. “There’s a lot of great love songs, and I want to keep some surprises for the audience. I’m going to get a bit lovey dovey on it. There a real bromance going on with Simon and Tim so maybe they’ll propose?” Rosalie Liddle Crawford
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An outworldly feature film adventure Writing a script during lockdown, securing funding, and then casting and filming has 18-yearold producer and director Samuel Tomaszyk and Paige Jessie quickly working towards achieving their goal of being able to release their first ever feature film. The creative pair met as 16-year-olds at an aerial silks class and have spent the past year with sleepless nights, endless facetime calls and countless hours of script writing to bring their film alive from adventurous, comedic and initially “unattainable” ideas. ‘The Man She Weeps’ is an adventure, self-discovery film, telling the tale of a broken girl, Victoria, who suffers the loss of her father and enters an otherworldly adventure of self-discovery. Victoria’s mother weeps the loss of her husband, but also Victoria weeps the loss of her father. Led on a fantastical journey, she meets some oddly familiar characters including Soleil, a whimsical contortionist, Francais her awkward thick-skinned love interest, and the world-wisely ‘The Painter’. She is accompanied into this eccentric world by ‘The Commentor’ - a mysterious figure. Victoria’s arrival is soon noticed by
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the watchful wicked queen La Reine, an oppressive gatekeeper. She and her four new companions join forces and rebel against the Queen’s maniacal grip, with Victoria revealing a hidden, inner strength that she never knew she had. They stand to fight against adversity and cure the lands from oppression and even the emotionally inimical villain herself. The audience witnesses first-hand Victoria standing up against affliction and get to see her grow into an empowered young woman who is ready to embrace and reclaim her true identity. Despite the Covid-19 restrictions and the extreme personal and financial pressures Samuel and Paige had faced, they took lockdown as an opportunity to reinvent and expand their ideas, not letting the adversity of Covid-19 blockade them from their goals. During this time the film ‘The Man She Weeps’ was finalised and pre-production began. Kylie Betts who plays the leading role of Victoria, is pushing herself to overcome the pressure of taking on such a key role. “Since I was five, I have had theatre lessons and did a lot of plays,” says Kylie. “This is a very different type of acting but I love it and always wanted to do something different. I like being behind a camera, but I just have never had the opportunity until I joined the agency and
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“Over the ages there have been so many strong female actresses playing queens, and it’s a little bit scary to step into their shoes and follow in their footsteps but I’m really excited to give it my best shot.”
then managed to get this role.” Joining Kylie on screen are local actors Fletcher Oxford, Esraa Muse, Abigail Griffiths, Larissa Downey and Jackson Pool. Larissa, who plays the wicked queen La Reine auditioned after lockdown and comes from solid theatre acting experience. “I’m really looking forward to getting on set, which will be my debut role in a feature film,” says Larissa. “Over the ages there have been so many strong female actresses playing queens, and it’s a little bit scary to step into their shoes and follow in their footsteps but I’m really excited to give it my best shot.” The film is being produced by the local TCSC Entertainment Group. The group started as a few friends gathering, creating, and choreographing dance numbers. “TCSC Entertainment Group is an organisation established to produce highquality work that is thought-provoking, justice speaking and inspiring to the audience and the viewer and this film is no different,” says Samuel. Sam is producer of ‘The Man She Weeps’, and artistic director of the TCSC Group. “The Man She Weeps is a story of friendship, love and comedy to tackle, break down and inspire those who are in real-life situations that many of us experience,” says Samuel. The film’s primary shooting locations are
in the Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions. “Not only are these locations close to the film’s primary base of Tauranga but also because these areas hold some of New Zealand’s most beautiful scenic areas such as Blue Duck Station, a pristine 3000 hectare farm that aims to conserve the native wildlife and increase the health of the native flora and fauna,” says Paige. “The station is also surrounded by the Whanganui National Park which gives us the opportunity to create a seamless background for long shots and potential drone footage of the natural and untouched wonders of New Zealand bush. We also plan to film in Matua, with aspiration to bring more exposure to Tauranga City and the many found beautiful shooting locations around the area.” One of the most exciting and notable elements of the film’s production will be the usage of Aeroleaf wind turbines to provide electricity at remote filming locations. “The Aeroleaf ’s silent rotation does not create any noise therefore will reduce our surround sound making it easier to shoot and minimise the sound blocking for editors in post-production,” says Paige. The feature began pre-production in July 2020 with filming taking place now, and the release and distribution set for November 2021. Rosalie Liddle Crawford
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An Auckland adventure Auckland, The City of Sails, is often maligned for its congested motorways and expensive fuel, but New Zealand’s biggest city is also a beguiling place to spend a weekend. With a campaign encouraging people to “Do something new New Zealand” we decided to treat Auckland as a tourist destination rather than just heading to the airport to go somewhere else in the world. Although that’s not really an option at the moment either. With an “as long it has wheels and an engine, I’m in” husband in tow, the first stop was the Museum of Transport and Technology. We started at MOTAT’s Aviation Display Hall. When you walk in you’re greeted by a World War II Lancaster Bomber and some very enthusiastic staff who are on hand to give you all the details of each lovingly restored plane, engine and helicopter. The Tasman Empire Airways Limited Short Solent flying boat, R.M.A. Aranui is the last of its kind in the world. It flew The Coral Route around the Pacific, with a flight to Fiji taking 7.5 hours. She flew her last flight in September 1960 and it is the husband’s and aviation
team member Robin’s pick of the bunch. A short tram ride took us to MOTAT’s main site, where there are plenty of permanent exhibitions to check out including, Accelerate: Driving New Zealand, The Pumphouse, which hosts the 1877 beam engine that supplied clean water to Auckland residents, and displays for kids to get involved in. Temporary exhibition Science Fiction Science Future is an interactive experience where you can explore robotics, compete with others using brainwaves and see previous generations’ predictions of the future. MOTAT is a great place to spend a few hours with heaps to keep kids and adults entertained. Packing a picnic would make it an all day excursion. Lunch at the Wynyard Pavillion in the bustling Wynyard Quarter was a great way to people-watch, enjoy good food and hang out with well-dressed Aucklanders and their lap dogs. We were treated to the INEOS Team UK yacht returning to their headquarters after training, which attracted a small crowd of onlookers. You could sense the atmosphere this will create when the America’s Cup is in full swing in March. Our hotel for the night was the Nesuto
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Stadium, a 10 minute drive from the Wynyard Quarter, and its proximity to the Spark Arena makes it an ideal place to stay for events. Nesuto Stadium has recently undergone a $13 million refurbishment and has a mix of hotel rooms and one and two bedroom apartments. Staff are friendly and attentive and the wine, chocolate and personalised note in the room on arrival was a nice touch. We had dinner at the hotel’s restaurant NOOK, where the portions are generous and the quality ingredients are served without too much pomp. The entrée of pork belly with carrot puree and raisin ketchup, oddly came out at the same time as the mains, but the flavour combination more than made up for it. My beef eye fillet served with pumpkin puree, potato gallette, silver beet, glazed carrots and red wine jus was satisfying and cooked exactly as requested. The husband was equally happy with the fish of the day accompanied by chipotle baby potatoes, kale and pickled heirloom tomatoes. It was back to the viaduct for drinks and to watch the rugby. We settled into The Fox Sporting Bar and avoided the bars full of 20 somethings imbibing excessively because as fun as it used to be, I no longer have the patience Quietly Superior Air Conditioners Quietly for crowds. Quietly Superior Superior Air Air Conditioners Conditioners The CBD is not without its pitfalls. There are
extensive roadworks bringing traffic down some streets to a standstill and with some of them now one-way, navigating can be confusing. Our Uber driver joked it’s no longer the City of Sails but the city of road cones, given these comments and the queue of cars down Quay Street at midnight we walked back to our digs. Coffee, eggs benedict and a full breakfast at NOOK gave us ample fuel for the drive home. A little over 24 hours in Auckland has given me a fresh perspective on a city that cops a lot of flak. We packed a lot in but never felt rushed and soaked up the atmosphere that only a big city can give you. Alisha Evans
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News from Bay of Plenty Regional Council February 2021
Participate in our work Keep an eye on our website over the next few weeks as we’ll be seeking your feedback on a number of different areas of our work, including our Long Term Plan, Regional Land Transport Plan, Rotorua bus network changes and our Fees and Charges Policy. Making it easier for you to stay connected to us, we’ve launched a new online engagement platform – make sure you check it out! Visit www.participate.boprc.govt.nz and register your details, and you’ll be among the first to find out when things go live.
Kaituna Mole upgrade Bay of Plenty Regional Council will be starting major maintenance on the Kaituna Mole in April 2021. The maintenance is required so the structure can continue to be fit-for-purpose and safe for public use. The structure hasn’t undergone any major maintenance since it was first built in 1958. It will involve installing 50 metres of new sheet pile facing around the existing sheet piles. The sheet piles will be capped by a new concrete deck, which will also lead into the carpark area. There will be new handrails and some concrete benches/tables to improve public use of the structure. The works are aimed to be completed before the peak summer period.
Enter your summer snaps now! It’s the last month to enter the Rotorua Te Arawa Lakes Programme photo competition and to go into the draw to win a paddle board.
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Boat ramp users must self-certify New rules to stop the spread of aquatic pests across the Bay of Plenty came into force this summer with boat ramp users now required to self-certify that their vessels and trailers are free from freshwater fish and plant pests. As well as ensuring that vessels and trailers are free from freshwater pest fish and pest plants, occupiers of vessels must ensure that no ballast water is transported between locations and that trailers are not left in the water other than for launching or retrieval. Visit www.boprc.govt.nz/check-clean-dry for more info.
Bay of Plenty Regional Council Toi Moana works to ensure our region’s environment and its people thrive. Find out about the work we do at www.boprc.govt.nz