The Weekend Sun 13 February 2015

13 February 2015, Issue 738

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White Fern fever

White ball action continues at the Bay Oval today and Sunday from 10.30am with White Ferns captain Suzie Bates and England wicketkeeper Sarah Taylor going head-to-head as the Kiwis try to snatch a much-needed series win over the world’s number one side. With vital points on offer in round two of the ICC Women’s Championship campaign, the White Ferns lead the three-match series after clinching a 67 run win on Wednesday. To learn more, see page 9. Photo by Chris Callinan.

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Super Opinionated Nell returns After last week’s resignation by the Rabbit to make way for Super Opinionated Nell, The Sun office has received all sorts of feedback – both supporting and burying burrow.

So we’ve let the rabbit out of trap and he’s back. But Super Opinionated Nell is back too – and keen as mustard. So we made her a den on page 38 this week – check out her views there.

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It happened a couple of weeks ago but it’s the story that just keeps coming. Until now I’ve resisted the urge to lay bare the details.

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After hours faxing Shame two Christchurch insurance office staff also didn’t resist the urge to lay bare their details.

However after considerable peer pressure, I have succumbed to demand, as it seems some of you do, and decided this matter needs bring to a head.

This couple must be under enormous stress right now. Filming it might have seemed like a lark when you’re half-cut in the Carlton, but posting it publicly will have caused life-long impact on these two people.

We are haunted by the events that followed the royal baby prank, when the nurse who answered a hoax call from a radio station, took her own life. Let’s hope everyone can keep this in perspective.

So to avoid identification, we’ll call them Rodney and Emily. We have selected these names at random. It is remotely possible that Rodney misheard an instruction barked from his boss regarding a missing fax from Emily: “Rod, facsimile! On my desk, before the morning.”

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Now let us deal with the moral dilemma.

Here’s the bottom line: The actions of voyeurs watching from the pub was questionable, but the filming and publishing, that was a step too far.

It’s one thing to inadvertently catch a glimpse of something not intended for view; it’s crossing the line to keep watching; and a bridge too far to video it, and in my opinion, breaking all codes of decency and humanity to share it worldwide on social media.

Would I have done it? Of course not.

Spreading that sort of marginally questionable content and private moments of a

couple, unaware of the outside attention, on social media is despicable. No, I would have shared it worldwide on SunLive.

Recently, a man was convicted of making an intimate recording without the person’s knowledge. Is there a difference between that sleazy act, and the pack mentality voyeurism at the Carlton pub that night?

Life in Christchurch must be pretty boring if that’s the best entertainment in town. You never hear of these bizarre things making the news in Tauranga. The raunchi-

est thing we’ve had lately is Hairy Mclary statue going doggy style with Muffin Mclay.

However, the damage is done. We can only wonder at the state of mind of the unfortunate lovers and hope they can swiftly move on and get their lives back into some sort of order and decency.

Columns such as this, will not help.

However, it’s not in this column’s brief to actually help. We are here to poke fun. And let’s be clear: that is all that will be poked.

Skills and attributes

We wonder if they are updating their CVs, in the prospect of having to find a new job. What sort of lessons will they have learnt? What particular new skills could be listed on a CV, after this incident?

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Marketing opportunity

And when can we expect clever companies to recognise the marketing potential here.

A Tui billboard is already doing the rounds: ‘No one can see; it’s dark outside’.

What about the window cleaners, who maintained the glass in such good condition, that the whole sordid scene was able to be viewed and captured from across the road? Surely they should be boasting of their prowess.

‘Windows so clean, it’s just like being there.’

‘Glass with class and a touch of ass.’

An enterprising curtain company could draw some mileage here. ‘Curtains from us, before you go blind.’

Someone should also point out the easy-clean benefits of Melteca top surfaces, or maybe the forestry industry should cash in on the appeal of polished wood’s subtle texture and warmth against the skin.

Surely it won’t be long before the Marsh Ltd’s photocopier appears for sale as a novelty on TradeMe. Or various collection’s of Emily’s undergarments. (If this incident had occurred in Tauranga, we’d have bits of clothing preserved in storage in our museum collection, alongside the pink dress, as an item of historical significance).

Desk makers should surely be crowing about the strength and resilience of their furniture; able to take a pounding, day and night.

‘Screwed together with passion, so you can screw together with passion.’

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Rural bus mums Steph Lyford, Tracey Came and Jenny Brennan, with their children, aren’t enjoying the rejigged school bus service in Tauranga.

Photo by Bruce Barnard.

School bus services a ‘frustrating mess’ It was one of those sickening moments of realisation for a young mum. “The school bus pulled up and my six-year-old daughter wasn’t on it.”

Tracey Came of Welcome Bay was overcome by dark thoughts.

“I panicked and screamed at the driver: ‘Have you seen my girl, where is she?’”

Marnie had been on the bus. But she became confused by a new school route and demanded to be let off. The six-year-old was left on a busy main thoroughfare. “That was dangerous in itself and should not have happened” says Tracey.

This is just one story in a litany of complaints and concerns about bad communication, timetable anomalies, reduced services, revamped services, buses not turning up or stopping, and children abandoned around urban and rural Tauranga.

“I don’t want to appear a complainer but we did not have these

problems last year when the school bus stopped at the top of the drive,” says Tracey.

Since then there’s been an overhaul of rural and urban school bus services, timetables and fares.

Ministry of Education-funded school bus services to rural homes like Tracey’s have been hit.

“It’s a mess. It’s not a school bus service for rural kids anymore.

There are business imperatives here, user-pays which may seem fair but we pay our taxes too.”

Now, every morning Tracey has to drive Marnie two kilometres down the road to meet the bus – and to pick her up in the afternoon.

Neighbour and mate Steph Lyford went to Bayline, the bus company which used to drop her six-year-old boy Matt at the top of the same a rural driveway as Marnie.

“Bayline was sympathetic, they understood.”

But it came down to dollars.

There’s a $3000 funding shortfall.

And if they wanted the old reliable

door-to-door service restored they’d have to pay. “That extra 2km will cost us $31 a day. I feel gutted because it wouldn’t cost $31 to drive that bus up the road. And we’d need to come up with an extra couple of passengers to make it work for their funding criteria,” says Steph.

And walking isn’t an option.

“Kaitemako Rd is a hazard. It’s a main road, 100km/h, there are quarry trucks and there’s no berm to walk on. I wouldn’t walk up there.

And no responsible mother would let their child walk up there.”

Education provider Multiserve, which handles rural bus services, has regional transport manager Melissa Winter saying national policy is parents have to contribute up to 2.4km of their children’s travel.

“Schools can no longer afford to provide services over and above what the Ministry is funding.”

To read the full story, go to SunLive. co.nz and search ‘Buses give rural mums the run around’.

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A 90-year-old woman fell in front of a moving vehicle on Cameron Rd on Monday.

The woman was trying to cross the road.

Western Bay of Plenty road policing manager senior sergeant Ian Campion said: “Apparently she walked across one lane and was about to walk across the second land when a vehicle screeched to a halt and tooted their horn”.

“She got a bit of a start, put her hands in front of her and looked up before falling backwards.

“It looks like she received a small gash to the back of her head.”

Broken leg in tractor accident

A man was taken to Tauranga Hospital with a broken leg after being trapped under a tractor in Whakamarama.

The man fell off the tractor while on a private property on Snodgrass Rd at about 2.25pm last Sunday.

Omokoroa Fire Brigade was at the address for about 45 minutes, before the man was taken to hospital.

The matter has been reported to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment along with Worksafe NZ.

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Fishing for normality Robert Huddy hadn’t been on a boat fishing, with salt air whipping his face and the smell of bait up his nostrils, for more than 10 years.

This week the 40-year-old Tauranga man was nearly lost for words after the experience on Monday.

“It was very, very good – it felt a lot different – but I loved it,” says Robert.

“I’d definitely head out again tomorrow if I could.”

And that’s the ultimate clinch – he can’t impulsively go on a boat without pre-planning and assisting carers, because he has an intellectual disability.

All aboard

That’s why being aboard the MG Sportfisher – thanks to the local Wish4Fish charity – was so important.

Omokoroa’s Robert Peachman, 53, also took the trip. “I liked it – thanks to Wish4Fish, which is especially good for disabled people, to get them fishing because it can be hard to get out.”

The Roberts were two of five men who got on-board as Lifestyle Choices clients and unshackled their labels of disability to fish as just men.

Lifestyle Choices service manager Mark Smith says this is his clients’ first trip after meeting Bryce Dinneen.

“I think NZers love the water and fishing – we take it for granted – but for our clients who have disabilities it can be a difficult thing,” says Mark.

Omokoroa’s Robert Peachman and Tauranga’s Robert Huddy take their first fishing trip in a long time – thanks to the local Wish4Fish charity. Photo by Chris Callinan.

Feeling normal

And while great to haul up a snapper, the fishing isn’t important. It’s all about feeling and being – well, normal.

“We all want feel we can do what anyone else can. So I think they’ll be talking about this for years to come.”

Bryce set up Wish4Fish three years ago after severe spinal injuries in 2007 left him chair-bound. Growing up fishing with his father he figured recreating childhood memories isn’t easy when you have a disability.

“And that’s what this is all about – just getting these guys out on a boat

Murder accused released on bail

One of the two men accused of murdering a man in Ohauiti last year has been released on bail.

Paul Taki, 37, appeared in the High Court in Rotorua on Monday where his bail application was granted.

Taki is jointly charged with Hiakita Eruera, 36, for the murder of Takena Tiepa-Ranapia.

Takena's body was found outside a house in Mansfield Street on Sunday, November 30 last year.

Councillor reveals mould issue

A Tauranga City councillor has taken to Twitter to lift the lid on the extent of the mould problem inside the council’s staff building.

Some two months on from the toxic black mould outbreak, councillor Steve Morris has tweeted photos and a comment after being given a look at the work being done behind the sealed areas.

“A first look inside TCC’s leaky staff building.

The latest of a few little legacies left to us by previous councils,” tweeted Steve via the social networking site.

The photos inside Tauranga City Council’s Willow St premises show patches of the black mould, or stachbotrys, along the floor and the skirting boards as well as areas of the ceiling, which is swollen from leaking.

School exit given safety tick

It’s been labelled dangerously unsafe, but a Pyes Pa school’s exit on to State Highway 36 has been given the all-clear by officials following safety concerns around the stretch of road.

Merrick Rd resident Lloyd Klee firmly believes ACG Tauranga’s exit on to SH36 is ill planned and questions why resource consent was given for this development by Western Bay of Plenty District Council. He proposes the safer option of Keenan Rd is better suited given the school is situated on the corner of SH36 and Keenan Rd. ACG Tauranga is currently in the throes of completing construction on its exit on to SH36 while all traffic enters and exits off Keenan Rd. The NZTA and WBOPDC approved the design, believing it will minimise vehicle conflict and enhance student safety when they’re picked up or dropped off at school.

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enjoying themselves.” He teamed up with MG Sportfisher charter operator Robert Garland, who altered his boat, making it disability-friendly.

Robert Garland says the relationship works both ways. “The boat gets out on the water, which is good for it, and it’s good for the people too – to get out and do some fishing.”

Water-filled memories

The trust aims for one trip a month but high demand and January’s good weather saw three taken.

“But it’s weather-dependant – we get out when we can and make hay while the sun shines,” says Bryce.

He’s got 26 people “keen as beans” to relive waterfilled memories, or pop the bubble of their dream.

But Bryce runs the charity on donations and sponsorship – and Wish4Fish’s third annual fishing competition on February 28 – open to everyone – is to raise funds. The main point is anyone can enter.

“We want people living normal lives to contribute to making these guys’ lives a little better via fishing.”

The competition is at Tauranga Sport Fishing Club, Sulphur Point Marina, with briefing/registration on February 27 at 7pm.

Entrants start fishing 6am February 28, to finish at 4pm and weigh-in is 4pm-6pm.

Prizegiving at 7.30pm features a live auction with items including a month’s free advertising on SunLive and Waterline Online. Entry costs $40 each or $120 per team, and $15 for children. Register by emailing bryce@wish4fish.co.nz, or attend on February 27.

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Holly Clark at the popular swimming spot on Poripori Rd. Behind her attened plants shows how high the water reaches when released for rafting. Photo by Chris Callinan.

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It’s rated number ďŹ ve in the country’s top 10 swim holes.

And it’s raved about – “the sweetest summer swim spot�, “gushing fresh waterfalls� and a “diamond in the rough� brags an online brochure.

The pond with the big rep is the Poripori Rd waterhole at the foot of the Kaimai Range – it’s chocka every weekend during summer with hundreds of cars and even more people.

But the Wairoa River cradling this oasis has a dark and moody side and there are fears someone could die. “It looks very harmless, but it changes from very harmless to very dangerous in a very short time,� warns a local, Graham Clark, from his own piece of paradise high above the river.

That’s because every Sunday at 11am during summer Trustpower oods the river for the adventure seekers – the rafters and the kayakers. “And they release the dam at McLaren Falls so you and I can have electricity,â€? says Graham.

But it also means in just 20 minutes the river goes

from a trickle to a torrent and the unwary and unfamiliar – who don’t seem to see the warning signs, read the signs, or hear the siren – are vulnerable. Very vulnerable. “I didn’t hear the siren this week, or last week,â€? says Graham. “Mind you it’s noisy with the trafďŹ c on the bridge and the water.â€?

The vulnerable are the unwitting people who visit the area and cross the river to get to the famous waterhole and get caught. One minute people are playfully negotiating stepping stones up to their calves to the waterhole, the next it’s ‘grade ďŹ ve’ on the international whitewater rafting rapid system. That means “powerful rapids with very confused and broken water, violent and fast currents, abrupt turns, fast boiling eddies; with numerous obstacles in the main current.â€?

Trustpower has been ooding the river on Sundays for years but for some reason people this summer are getting caught in “life threatening situationsâ€?.

Graham and his wife Holly can vouch – they’ve had to make three rescues so far this summer.

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Sevens strive for shining silverware Twelve teams, 25 matches, one day.

In an exciting mix of power, pace and precision the nation’s best provincial Sevens sides descend on Rangataua Rugby Club tomorrow for a tilt at the top prize in club rugby Sevens, the Middlesex Cup. An event steeped in history, the cup was donated to New Zealand by the Middlesex County in 1951 and has been awarded to the top

club Sevens team nationwide almost every year since then.

Rangataua, the 2014 champions will be joined by local clubs Mount Maunganui and Te Puna – the club champions and runners up from this year’s Bay of Plenty club Sevens championships – while remaining teams span the length of the North Island from Awanui in Northland to Wainuiomata in Wellington.

Rangataua created history last year when they outclassed defending champions Pakuranga and become the first Bay side to win the Middlesex Sevens.

Middlesex Sevens tournament director Rapata Ririnui says it’s dis-

appointing no South Island teams have made the trek north, given the tournament spent many a year in the south, but the Sevens talent on show will be top drawer.

“These would be the best clubs in New Zealand. I look at these clubs and there is past and present Sevens players.

“Rangataua has Matt Clutterbuck and Kia Toa have Jordan Bunce and George Tilsley – all three are fringe All Black Sevens players.”

Rangataua Sevens coach Matua Parkinson and player Matt Clutterbuck with the Middlesex Cup, which will be played for by 12 teams this weekend. Photo by Chris Callinan.

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Split into four pools of three, teams play two matches with the bottomplaced side dropping out of the title race and cup quarter-finals.

In pool play Rangataua face a stiff challenge in Kia Toa and Wainuiomata, while Mount Maunganui will clash with Ardmore Marist and Awanui. Te Puna is grouped with Hutt Old Boys Marist and Manukau Rovers.

Rangataua will be buoyed, given their success at last weekend’s annual Vaughan Kuka Memorial 10-aside rugby tournament.

There, Rangataua edged past Wha-

karewarewa 28-26 thanks to a perfect kicking record by Jacob Cross enabling his team to sneak home 28-26.

Ririnui admits there is no easy pool, producing a cut throat day’s play, an event the club has been excitedly preparing to host.

“We are a small whanau communitybased club; we are hosting this, and it’s wonderful for us.

“Winning the tile was wonderful but to host it – that’s a feat in itself.”

The Middlesex Sevens starts 10am when Rangataua take on Kia Toa. The final is at 6.30pm.

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White Ferns’ British battle Cover story

The White Ferns are bracing for a world class England backlash at the Bay Oval this weekend, as they look to secure a vital series win over the world’s number one side.

All eyes may be turning to various grounds in New Zealand and Australia for the ICC Cricket World Cup, but rest assured the two women’s sides are fiercely battling it out here in Mount Maunganui.

With vital points on offer in the final pairing of round two for the ICC Women's Championship campaign, the White Ferns hold the early upper hand having dispatched the visitors by 67 runs in Wednesday’s opening fixture.

But White Ferns captain Suzie Bates is wary of a much-improved English side for today’s second fixture, given they weren’t up to their usual “professional standards”.

At the same the Kiwis need to lift to another level if they are to wrap up the series and put themselves back in contention for the ICC Women’s Championship.

“I think it’s the best we have fielded as a unit in a long time and that was helped by the way our bowlers bowled.

“But we talked about putting our body on the line and the work we’ve done in the 10 days leading up, I think, helped us field like that.

“And we know they’re going to come back even better. They’re not going to play like that again in game two, so we’re just going to have to improve in certain areas as well.”

The ICC Women’s Championship has been introduced as a preliminary qualifying stage for 2017’s Women’s World Cup. The White Ferns currently prop up the

England fast bowler Katherine Brunt in full flight against the White Ferns this week.

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bottom of the championship table, having lost their opening round clash in St Kitts to the West Indies last September.

A series win would give the Kiwis a chance to overtake India and Sri Lanka.

In Wednesday’s opening ODI, Bates lead from the front with a composed century, off 108 balls, as her and fellow opener Rachel Priest notched up a new record opening stand against England of 157.

Reaching a defendable 240 from their 50 overs, the Kiwis then skittled England for 173 putting on a polished display and quickly piled on the pressure when it was their turn with the ball.

The White Ferns versus England match two is at Bay Oval today, with the final fixture on Sunday. Both matches start at 10.30am with free entry. By Luke Balvert

Chiefs are champing at the bit The early season favourite tags are already being pinned to the Chiefs to add to their Super Rugby championship haul.

But if you ask Chiefs and All Black flanker Liam Messam it’s news they’re keen to avoid.

Five months of poring over game footage and a hot summer preseason come to fruition in varying degrees for teams in coming weeks as Super Rugby 2015 kicks into gear.

The Waratahs might have edged out the Crusaders in last year’s final, for their first crown, but a blockbuster season is ahead.

Nestled away in their home base of Ruakura, Hamilton, the Chiefs are plotting their assault on a third Super Rugby title in four years, having bowed out in last year’s finals to the Brumbies 32-20.

“We took some massive learnings out of last season, but we should be there or there abouts come the end of the season,” says Messam, who is heading into his 10th campaign with the Chiefs.

“The boys are already close like always and they have worked hard. The skill level is where it should be for the start of the season and the boys are chomping at the bit to get back out there.”

An impressive offseason of recruiting sees the Chiefs boast yet another stacked team, yet perhaps not quite as stacked as the one which won back-to-back championships, with Sonny Bill Williams and Hosea Gear.

But Messam concedes the hard yards need to be put in up front, to unleash the big

names out wide – where Bay of Plenty’s Sam Cane, Brodie Retallick, Johan Bardoul and Nathan Harris come into the spotlight.

“I know everyone is going to be talking about our backline which is good. But at the end of the day our forwards need to step up and take it to another level this season so we can unleash our backs.

“It’s no good having a star-studded backline if we can’t give them the ball they need.”

This season the Chiefs play eight matches at home – five in Hamilton, two in New Plymouth and one in Rotorua – and will be looking to bank as many points in their three back-to-back matches. The Chiefs open their season against Blues 7.30pm tomrrow at QBE Stadium, North Harbour.

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Western BOP road reseals start

Comodore Dean McDougall, with Petty Officer Cadet Nathaniele Ellingham. Photo by Cameron Avery.

Motorists are urged to take care on the roads and allow extra time when travelling in the Western Bay of Plenty during mid-February to early-March as a major road reseal programme gets underway.

The New Zealand Transport Agency’s Bay of Plenty journey manager Nigel D’Ath says the reseal programme begins February 18 and will wind up about March 6.

“Summer is the best time to reseal our roads as warmer temperatures and dry air helps new seal to stick to the road surface.

“We try to minimise the impacts of the work but people can expect short delays due to speed restrictions and stop/ go

traffic control. Our contractors will do their utmost to minimise the delays.

Nigel says it’s critical motorists slow down and keep to the speed limit through work sites.

“Resealing and reconstruction work involves heavy machinery, loose metal, hot bitumen and a lot of workers, often on foot - that’s why speed restrictions are needed.”

Work starts February 18 in the Western BOP, with three sites being resealed on State Highway 2 between Tauranga and Whakatane, two sites on SH33 between Paeangaroa and Rotorua and one site on SH36 between Tauranga and Rotorua.

Sea Cadet’s top honour He loves the ocean and everything related to the deep sea. He’s a sea cadet, part of the TS Chatham Sea Cadet Unit in Tauranga.

Now his love for the marine life has been noticed by one of the Navy’s top men – Chief of Navy Rear Admiral Jack Steer, who’s selected Petty Officer Cadet Nathaniele Ellingham as this year’s recipient of the $6000 Chief of Navy Scholarship.

It’s a very prestigious award for sea cadets – only one is awarded in New Zealand each year.

“I was stoked when I heard about it,” says Nathaniele. “It still hasn’t really sunk in really.”

Commodore Dean McDougall this week presented the 18-year-old with the award, which supports serving Sea Cadets in their first year of tertiary study – and demonstrates the Navy’s commitment to the Sea Cadet Corps as an integral and valued part of the Navy family.

Eleven serving Sea Cadets have received the scholarship since it was established in 2001.

Nathaniele graduated from Otumoetai College in 2014 and has decided to use the scholarship to fund a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic.

The plan is to see where that takes him. In two years’ time he’ll decide whether to take a job in engineering or to join the Navy.

The teen claims he’s always wanted to join the Navy. Five years ago, in June 2010, Nathaniele visited the Defence Force office in Tauranga determined to sign up.

He was told he was too young and was handed a Sea Cadet brochure.

“So I went down one night and didn’t leave,” says Nathaniele.

But it was watching ‘Sea Patrol’ on TV that got him hooked. “It’s just amazing, the opportunities that we get,” says Nathaniele, who enjoys the ship visits, learning seamanship and navigation skills and leadership courses.

He finds it interesting. What part exactly does he

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Life in the Bay – the Rotary way years ago”. She picked God’s Own as her first of three countries to travel via Rotary after a Kiwi visited her home.

She’s made the most seeing Aotearoa from top to Bottom.

“I was amazed with the country – it’s so beautiful.

“I went to the South Island for three weeks with 12 Rotary exchange students, we went up to Northland to Cape Reinga two weeks ago – and I’ve been trawling around the other parts.

When 17-year-old Agustina Ledesma LLovell arrived in Tauranga on February 21, 2014, despite already having learned English she couldn’t understand a word we Kiwis were saying. “I would smile and nod.”

But in 11 months she’s learned and experienced a humongous amount of activities and skills – and now tells me in plain English how much she loves New Zealand and its Kiwiana culture.

“I like the lifestyle – what they say online about NZ is true – the landscapes are beautiful and it’s small enough that you can travel most of it in one year.”

Agustina, nicknamed Agus by her Kiwi friends, is at the end of a 12-month student exchange with the Tauranga Sunrise Rotary Club.

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She’s made Kiwi friends while attending Tauranga Girls’ College, lived with four host families, attended Rotary meetings and helped at fundraisers.

“So you get to know the Kiwi culture,” says Agustina, who has tried everything from surfing to ski-biscuiting.

“I’ve tried pretty much everything but no bungy jumping – I was really scared.

I went to Queenstown and I was like ‘nah, I could die in eight seconds’.”

Hailing from Cordoba, a city centrally located within Argentina, Agustina says Kiwis are a lot more organised time-wise and school is much easier.

Argentina exchange student Agustina Ledesma LLovell with her Matua host mum Julia Banks.

“Back home 5pm means 5.30pm is okay, but 6pm is better.”

“And we go to school from 7.30am5.30pm and study 18 subjects – and we don’t have very long breaks like you guys.”

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Agustina’s had four host families in the Bay, at Te Puna, Bethlehem, the Mount and Matua.

But she also credits the Tauranga Sunrise Rotary Club for teaching her how to take on another country and culture and showing her the amazing community work they do. Under Rotary she’s fundraised for projects, including Shelter Box, and enjoyed weekend events.

“People have this perception it’s only old people sitting in their houses with nothing to do that go to Rotary – but this is wrong.

“They actually go because they want to be there – not because they have to.”

Agustina departs for home with more memories, experiences, new friends and cultural awareness than she can fit in her suitcase on February 16.

Tauranga Sunrise Rotary Club is hunting for new members.

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Friday the 13th - and all the claptrap around it Should we be overcome with a fear of pending doom? Should we pull the thermal pencil pleats, hunker down and wait for Friday the 13th to pass?

Put it down to ‘friggatriskaidekaphobia’ or call it ‘paraskevidekatriaphobia’ – the fear of Friday the 13th.

Absurd words, unpronounceable and as irrational as any reason to be ‘freaked’ on a day that is just like any other.

So where did all this claptrap nonsense – I beg your pardon – superstition start?

Strange stuff

After all you can pull any day in history and you will find a litany of disasters, debacles and cataclysms that occurred.

But do we go into paroxysms on Monday, July 6 or Wednesday, September 16, simply

because strange stuff happened on those days in history? Of course not!

Regardless, Friday the 13th is held to be unlucky and anything weird that happens on that day is blamed on it being Friday the 13th. And that’s weird in itself.

Superstition

That impeccable source Google tells us it was only in the 19th Century people openly declared their superstition about Friday the 13th.

But folk were fragile and vulnerable back then and they had lots of time on their hands to go from village to hamlet unsettling each other.

Apparently, some Johnny Hayseed told some bumpkin who told some yokel who told a whole lot of smock-wearing hicks that 12 was a complete number – 12 signs of the Zodiac, 12 tribes of Israel – so 13, one over, is unlucky. And they were immediately begat

or begotten with fear and uncertainty.

If they had Googled they could have got a lay explanation for ‘irrational fear’ and Friday the 13th would have been sorted three centuries ago.

It could have been a long lunch, leave work early and no worries...just as it is for most of us now.

Some even believed if 13 people sat down to dinner, one would die.

Omens and fear

From the omens of course, out of fear… not from the more likely culprits like campylobacter, botulism or black plague. Doesn’t help the table was set for 13 at the Last Supper and Jesus was crucified on a Friday.

And today fickle and spooked souls continue to fuel the myth…especially in

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America, where apparently $900 million is lost every Friday the 13th because people are scared to work, travel or marry on this date. I wonder if that excuse would prop up a claim in the Employment Court today?

Downright dire

But we cannot dispute – waggish, dramatic and downright dire things have happened on Friday the 13th.

The Nazis blitzed Buckingham Palace on Friday the 13th. The tea-taking Royal family survived but as we now know, other calamities would befall them.

The Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan was born on Friday the 13th, so was Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense thriller ‘Psycho’.

On Friday, October 13, 1972, a plane crashed in the Andes. Twelve people died instantly and the survivors ate each other. That’s real Freaky Friday stuff.

A cyclone killed 500,000 people in Bangladesh on Friday, November 13, 1970, one of the most catastrophic natural events the world had ever seen.

On other Friday the 13ths the stock exchange suffered the second-most damaging crash in market history at the time. I’m starting to believe. And the Costa Concordia partially sank, and 30 people died.

I put this down to a philandering inattentive captain.

Nice things

To make further nonsense of the Friday the 13th thing, good things, nice things have happened.

In I967 President Johnson signed an executive order outlawing gender discrimination against federal jobseekers, the awful piano accordion was patented January 13, 1854, and the sororal sisters Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen were born. Yay! I remain an unbeliever. But this Friday 13 I may propose marriage, take a plane trip, walk under a ladder and kick a black cat, if only to satisfy my cynical side.

By Hunter Wells

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Pushing pause on alcohol Bay of Plenty residents are encouraged to push pause on consuming alcohol during February as part of a national charity campaign – Febfast.

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Getting a taste for Europe Want to know where to buy the freshest croissant in Paris? Or where to find the best Pinot Grigio in Italy?

Keen travellers are invited to hear about these travel secrets at Harvey World Travel Bayfair’s A Taste of Europe one-day only event at Arataki Community Centre on February 14.

From 2pm-5pm, hear about airline specials to Europe, where to stopover on the way, how to get the best of your holiday and the must dos.

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Matua’s the place for me “I can do what I like, where I like, when I like. It’s a wonderful place to live; I’m very happy.”

Those are the words of Matua Village resident Jean Carter.

Jean visited quite a few places before deciding on Matua Village but says when she first walked in, she knew this was the place for her.

“There was such a relaxed friendly feeling about the place. It was lovely. So many of the other places seemed superficial.

“But everyone here was so friendly, and it made me feel wonderful.”

Jean loves gardening and is enjoying her first summer crop.

“They put raised beds in for me, so I’ve got my tomatoes and cucumbers right outside my door.”

She plays bowls now, which is a game she’s never played until she came to Matua Village. “Now I wonder why I never played it before because it’s wonderful,” says Jean. “We have such a lot of fun.”

Jean’s sentiments are shared by resident joker Norman King, who says the service and the food is excellent and the residents are friendly.

“I’m quite a newcomer. Some residents have been here for years and they really seem to enjoy it.”

Matua Village sales manager Sue Denham says they treat all of their residents as people, not numbers.

She says 2015 will see the village development of new apartments brought on by the overwhelming demand in 2014.

“Let us assure you that this is the right decision and direction. Come in and have a chat and you’ll see why Jean Carter loves her Matua Village home. we’re over the moon.”

Making the right decisions for assisted living Choosing the right assisted living facility for an elderly loved one can be one of the most important decisions. So The Weekend Sun has gathered some top tips on what to look for when looking for the perfect assisted living community to suit you and your loved one.

Firstly, consider what factors are

important to you and your family to give you peace of mind your loved one is well cared for.

Observe the level of cleanliness of the facility and pay attention to how friendly and caring the staff are.

Make sure you’re introduced to the management team and the

people who will be caring for your loved one, to ensure you leave with confidence. Ask questions, honest opinions and feedback from residents and families who use the facility. Most of all – trust your instincts. If you have a funny feeling about the place, then it’s highly likely your loved one will too.

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‘Premier’ 60-plus lifestyle village on display The wonder of Copper Crest Village Estate will be on display this month, with the public invited to come and see what all the fuss is about.

The retirement estate’s recently opened Meridian Centre is expected to be a shining star at the official open day on Sunday, February 15, between 11am and 4pm.

Copper Crest Village Estate manager Astrid Martin says the public will have the opportunity to inspect a selection of open homes and enjoy a site tour, which

will include the village’s much-enjoyed hub – the Meridian Centre.

Astrid says the centre features a whole host of attributes designed to enhance all that is appealing at this premier 60-plus lifestyle village.

A library, gym, indoor heated swimming pool, cinema, indoor bowls, snooker and table tennis tables, hair salon, bar and dining area, and a luxurious common area with gas fireplace are all on offer.

“The site tour will also take in the communal vegetable garden, bowling greens, hobby room and campervan parking,” says Astrid. “Outdoor seating areas enjoy Mount Maunganui and

Good times aplenty are on offer at Copper Crest.

Marching to the beat at Pacific Guards’ display day Adorned in matching outfits, 14 teams, aged 30 to 50-plus, will march in unison at the Links Ave soccer grounds on Sunday for the Pacific Guards leisure marching display day.

Pacific Guards leisure marching team secretary Marlene Marx says the teams will do a march past at 10.30am, followed by marching displays to showcase their choreographed steps until about 2pm.

Marching teams from Tauranga, Auckland and Hamilton have been invited to attend.

Marlene says the aim of the display meet is to introduce people to the hobby.

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Tauranga Harbour views.”

She says those attractions, plus the homes on display, will give visitors an idea of the quality living enjoyed by Copper Crest residents.

Various housing options are available with prices starting at $399,000. All

homes are built on elevated sites with a northerly aspect.

Visitors to the Copper Crest open day will get to enjoy complimentary scones and tea and will go in the draw to win dinner for two at Somerset Cottage, valued at $200.

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Scandinavian living with an industrial twist For the past 15 years, G.J. Gardner Homes has built more homes in NZ than any other group home builders, making them the favoured choice by New Zealanders.

Western Bay of Plenty franchise director Kirsty McConnell says this gives their customers the confidence to know they’re going to get consistency through the company’s great reputation.

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“There’s many features in this home that have been considered for easy, minimalist, ‘hide the clutter’ living, including a media hub, homework clutter cupboard, walk in scullery and discreet computer hub,” says Kirsty.

From the entry to the master bedroom, Kirsty says you’ll love the styling of this three-bedroom home, complete with fantastic space and flow through all living and sleeping areas.

“It’s large enough for two separate

G.J. Gardner Homes Western Bay of Plenty franchise director Kirsty McConnell outside the showhome in Papamoa. living spaces and boasts a beautiful master bedroom complete with large walk in ‘yours and mine’ wardrobe and ensuite that’ll be the envy of your friends.”

Three separate outdoor patios feature European styled tiling using modern hues to match the washed oak, mixed black and white and bright colour schemes of the home.

There’s never a better time to build than today, according to the

team at G.J. Gardner Homes, who offer a free architectural consult onsite, free levels shooting on-site and access to their combined expertise.

Call G.J. Gardner Homes today and talk to one of their friendly home consultants, or owners Shane and Kirsty McConnell.

“We would love to meet you and hear about your dreams for your upcoming new home.”

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Dressing the windows made easy Whether it’s just one window you’d like dressed, you’re planning a new home, or you’re furnishing large corporate premises – Dion Townsend and Joanne Hill say their expertise and attention to detail is what sets them apart.

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Ven Lu Ree has been New Zealand’s specialist manufacturer and supplier of quality products for more than 45 years, says Dion.

Dion has excellent knowledge of their product range and having renovated and built a number of houses himself – he’s well placed to help customers put together a window furnishing plan to meet their needs.

He says blinds are one of their most popular product lines. “They’re a cost-effective option providing a streamlined, modern look.”

Shutters are also increasingly popular and highly functional, says Dion.

“They really add value to your home and are high quality, beautiful window furnishings.”

According to Dion, awnings are another product line which Ven Lu Ree cover and during summer months are extremely popular.

“Awnings are a great way to extend outdoor use of the home. Imported European componentry and a wonderful range of fabrics makes for a stylish additional to your outdoor living.”

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No renovation or maintenance job too small Whether it’s a rental or family home – your property is in safe hands when it comes to renovation or maintenance solutions thanks to family team Sue, Tony and Russell Grubner.

No job is too small for the team at Renovations and Maintenance Solutions, who specialise in top quality service.

The trio aims to offer the best building help and professional advice they can, as well as professional solutions to home renovation.

Combining their gender-driven speci-

alities, licensed builder Tony takes care of the construction side of things, while Russell brings his professional painting and wallpapering skills to the business.

For a lady-like touch, Sue takes care of the feminine side of building and renovating.

Maintenance of rental properties both short and long term is also available.

Sue says general maintenance of rentals can be completed every six or 12 months for a small fee to take the pressure off renters or busy landlords. By Zoe Hunter

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Building expo for the trades Certified Builders Association is excited to bring to the tradesmen of the city – Build IT Tauranga.

This is an expo dedicated to the building professional or those who’ve got what it takes.

Certified Builders is putting on a smorgasbord of building products, tools, apprentice training and tradie’s vehicles – all under one roof.

For the design and build sector this is a unique opportunity to engage with many trade manufactures and suppliers at a technical level.

Our construction industry has seen rapid change recently with new best practice and building law requirements.

This has been our motivation to put together an opportunity for local building professionals to fur-

ther their knowledge and skill base, thus keeping them at the top of their game.

For the licensed building practitioner, this event is the perfect opportunity to further your Skills Maintenance Points, as an attendance certificate will be awarded for this.

There are plenty of prize giveaways and an opportunity to win one of three hotlaps at Hampton Downs Drive Experience, drawn at 8pm.

Entry is only $5, with Eftpos available, which will give you access to 32 trade stands. Light refreshments are available.

I look forward to seeing you at the Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club on Thursday, February 26, from 4pm-8.30pm. For further details, please visit www.taurangabuildit.co.nz

Water safety at home - inside and out

Here’s some tips on how to avoid a water-related tragedy at home this summer.

Flotation aids such as arm bands or water rings do not keep your child safe.

Teach your child water safety rules such as waiting until an adult can get in the water with them and not to run around pools.

Swimming pools

Garden risks

With summer in full swing and youngsters making the most of the home’s outdoors – it’s a time for parents and caregivers to exercise some extra care.

All swimming and spa pools must be securely fenced and comply with the Fencing of Swimming Pools Act 1987.

Do not leave buckets or other large containers of water where a young child can reach them.

Keep bathroom and laundry doors shut.

Little children are not safe in paddling pools unless they are supervised.

Always empty a paddling pool after the children have finished playing in it.

Fish ponds and other ornamental containers of water are a risk to children as are stock troughs and drinking ponds.

Turn anything that could collect water upside down to prevent water collection.

Bath safety

Children must have a responsible person with them at all times until they are at least five years of age.

When young children are in the bath, don’t be distracted and never leave them alone.

If you have to leave the bathroom for some reason, take the baby or young child with you.

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Pulling 2015â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best curtains and blinds

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To view the consultation booklet and make a submission, see: www.tauranga.govt.nz Submissions close 4pm on March 2.

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Ex-Navy woman swims 12km for mum She’s tough, focused and competitive – and ex-Navy. She knows how to push herself – she competes in ultra-marathons.

That’s not the usual 42km – it’s 60km more.

But Mariana Morrison’s next challenge will be driven by love and memories of her late mother, as much as determination.

The 29-year-old will be swimming from Motiti Island to Maketu on Valentine’s Day to raise funds and awareness for Rotorua Community Hospice in remembrance of

her mother who passed away last September.

And she’s had confirmation from Maketu Surf Lifesaving Club chairman Mike Hickson that if successful, she’ll be the first woman to complete the open water swim solo without fins.

“I’ll probably be an emotional wreck at the end of it,” admits Mariana. “It’s been a bit of a journey because it’s only been four months since mum died.”

It’s an estimated 12km swim and every stroke will be for her mother and the organisation that’s been there for her family.

“I never actually knew anything about the

hospice until my mum got diagnosed with cancer,” says Mariana.

“It wasn’t until hospice came in and was caring for her in her later stages that I realised those guys are amazing.”

Mariana’s support crew includes her fellow Navy friends, who will follow beside her in a boat and kayak – and will be checking her vitals at every kilometre.

She plans to begin her challenge from Maketu Beach at 8.30am on February 14.

There will be donation buckets on the day, or people can donate via the Motiti Island 2 Maketu swim for Hospice Rotorua

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The simple pleasure of a bicycle ride I enjoyed getting back on my bike during the summer break.

It’s a simple pleasure I’d forgotten about in my busy schedule.

I jumped back on the bike to avoid the traffic congestion in the Mount resulting from the influx of holidaymakers.

And I certainly was not alone.

We can expect the demand for cycling to only increase with the Ministry of Education removing its school bus subsidies for most students within Tauranga City.

More students also want to cycle to school due to the success of Tauranga City Council's Travel Safe and Kids Can Ride programmes, which continue to grow in more schools thanks to sponsorship by PowerCo

through ‘Project Tauranga’. I’m also keen to remove barriers for getting more adults on bikes if they are just travelling directly between home and work.

Mobility scooters are also becoming a reliable way for our growing elderly population to get around.

These will also put pressure on our footpaths and cycle routes.

However, the current council – myself included – collectively agreed to save a million dollars from our transportation budget last year.

The savings included $100,000 for the city’s cycle network.

I want the council to complete the urban cycle network within six years.

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At the end of January I announced $37 million of urban cycleway projects to be rolled out across the country, as part of a $100 million programme we announced in the lead up to the General Election.

These projects are designed to make safe, user-friendly cycleways, encouraging uptake and resulting in health and environmental benefits. I’ll be announcing more projects at a later date, and I’m hopeful Tauranga will be included in the future.

Last week I had the honour of attending Waitangi Day commemorations with the Prime Minister and other MPs at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds.

It’s a very special part of New Zealand

and anyone who has the chance should take the opportunity to see where the Treaty was first signed back in 1840.

Parliament has had its first sitting week for the year this, which means MPs are back in Wellington.

Each year begins with the Prime Minister’s statement, which outlines the Government’s plans for the year ahead.

Some of the things we will be focusing on as a Government are promoting economic growth, social housing and child poverty.

Our commitment to build a more competitive and productive economy is paying off.

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Upskilling with computer aided design training Learning to upskill in a vast array of industries and careers, with the option of flexible study or on-campus tutorials, is the main focus of Computer Aided Design Training courses in Mount Maunganui.

CAD Training is an NZQA-accredited private training establishment, approved to deliver computer aided design training programmes.

Education manager Angela Williams says the unique CAD Training programme is for people who wish to extend their trade skills, establish new career paths, or for people who may be rehabilitating from an injury.

Distance learning programmes allow students the flexibility of studying at home, anywhere in New Zealand – with an on-campus tutorial at the Owens Place classroom, which is completed during six months.

CAD Training class sizes are small, which means highly experienced tutors can spend time with each student to ensure each student is getting maximum value from the programme.

“The programmes are individualised to student

needs, with qualified tutors developing individual learning plans to meet students’ goals.

“Our small classes and ability to teach to individual student interests adds real value to the student.”

Angela says the programme provides a fantastic foundation for a wide range of CAD industries, including civil and mechanical engineering, architecture – as well as interior design, boat building,

landscaping and more.

“Students complete six projects and develop an impressive portfolio of work that can be used to show prospective employers or customers.”

Courses have been developed to

deliver two NZQA-accredited certificates in CAD, and student loans are available for assistance with course fees.

For more information, visit the CAD Training website or contact the student

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CAD Training teacher Peter Elliot with Certificate in CAD Training student Abraham Wilson.

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Millie Freeman of Career ReStyle Millie works with participants to has developed a new style of help them figure out what really workshop for women who want to motivates them, what skills they rediscover their talents and restyle love using and what their values their careers. are.

Several years ago Millie was “We build a clear picture of re-evaluating her own pathway, folour individual selves and can lowing time at home with children then use this information to and a career in communications.

She’s now a qualified career guidance practitioner and began Career ReStyle when she realised many others were contemplating career changes as well.

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Each two-hour session covers a different aspect of the career planning process, including understanding ourselves, our personality type and the current work environment, and developing an action plan to take those next steps.

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The best way into the creative industries Blending art, fashion and graphic design in an interdisciplinary setting – Bay of Plenty Polytechnic’s creative industries programme aims to teach students a diverse range of skills required by the creative workplace.

Enrolments are now open for the Bachelor of Creative Industries programme, which is made up of three majors: visual arts, graphic design and fashion design.

Media, arts and design group leader Mary Stewart says the hands-on course allows students to develop a concept, generate an idea, and create a product, with real-world outcomes that ensure graduates are what industry demands.

“We have very strong industry connections, with a creative advisory group giving input into our pro-

gramme to ensure it’s completely current with what’s happening in the industry.”

Mary says throughout the year, students learn to be able to communicate, collaborate and provide excellent outcomes across a wide range of creative industries.

Taught in connected learning spaces and supporting creativity and collaboration, the programme is taught by some of New Zealand’s most talented artists, fashion designers and leading industry experts.

“There’s a creative core where all the students work together. It’s about developing your ability to think creatively, think critically, solve problems – and to understand the influences of your thinking.”

Applications are still open for 2015.

For more information, contact BOP Polytechnic on 0800 BOPPOLY or visit

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Enrolments are now open for Bay of Plenty Polytechnic’s Bachelor of Creative Industries programme.

A radio course tuning you into broadcasting media with audiences on various online is delivered and received via social Whether it’s radio announcing, platforms. media, a huge emphasis is placed running a promotion, or editing Polytechnic tutor and Mediaon equipping students with the a video – the Certificate in Radio works senior account manager skills to manage and interact Broadcasting at Bay of Plenty Brent Ireland believes Polytechnic is focused social media is a crucial on helping students part of any business. gain the diverse skills “Social media required for a career in provides the opportuthe media industry. nity to connect with A big focus of this current and future one-year programme is customers on a level its practical, handsthat has never been on nature; students available before. get work experience “It gives specific running the polytechradio show segments nic’s own radio station a chance to connect SUBFM, managing with listeners outside the SUBFM Facebook of their scheduled page, and developairtime, and it gives ing key skills and overall brands the techniques of video scope to become true production. multimedia entertainDue to the nature Radio broadcasting graduates on the airwaves. ment sources with the of how information

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Adding fun and challenge to maths

Molly Cachemaille passes her Level’s Test at NumberWorks’nWords.

What do athletics, swimming, jump-jam, netball, basketball and mathematics tuition have in common?

They’re the activities 10-year-old Molly Cachemaille loves to do and manages to fit into her week.

You’d think being busy, there’d be some resistance to extra maths on top of school – but Molly looks forward to it at NumberWorks’nWords.

“It’s fun and challenging. I like my tutors, they don’t tell you the answer but they help you work it out – and they’re young.”

Molly has moved up a level in maths at school and now it’s one of her favourite subjects.

Molly’s teenage sister has been attending NumberWorks’nWords for three years and has got some great NCEA results too, with the maths and English programmes aligned to the New Zealand curriculum.

Business owner Jill Swan brought her daughters to NumberWorks’nWords when they had fallen behind at school.

“I’m really pleased with the progress both girls have made,” says Jill. “It didn’t take either of them long to start feeling positive again and neither of them ever complained about going.

“The most valuable element has been the regain of the girls’ confidence.

Both of them love the computer-based programme.”

For Molly, getting regular recognition and certificates for achieving the next level has been instrumental in keeping her motivated and challenged, says Jill.

Centre owner/manager Leanne Rhodes-Robinson says it’s been great to see Molly and her sister achieving their potential – which is why they say: “Your children are amazing already. “We just help them prove it”.

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Salt chief shaves head Shane Dufaur will shave his head in support of the Child Cancer Foundation next month.

Mount Beach Bald - Sign Up Now! Saturday 7th March, 11am Main Beach, Mt Maunganui Sign up at childcancer.org.nz

The last time Shane Dufaur shaved his head he’d lost a bet on the 1995 Rugby World Cup’s All Blacks versus South Africa game.

He bet on the All Blacks.

But when the chief executive officer of Dominion Salt walks into the office next month without hair, he won’t feel defeated – he’ll know the loss will have been for a worthy cause.

Shane is this year’s Tauranga businessman shedding his hair in the annual Mount Beach Bald 2015 Funrazor event in support of Child

Cancer Foundation on March 7.

He claims he’s no Samson – a biblical figure who was given supernatural strength by God but powerless without his long locks.

But a head full of hair or not – temporarily losing his locks for a smile on a child’s face “is everything”.

Although Shane and wife Glenda’s daughters, aged seven and nine, are happy and healthy – the big ‘C’ has made an impact on their family.

They’ve lost Glenda’s mother to acute myeloid leukaemia and father to a brain tumour. Shane’s brother and Glenda’s sister experienced the battle too.

“We’re not unique by any measure, but everyone knows someone who’s been touched by this insidious disease,” says Shane.

“I feel privileged that my position in the business world in this area means I can make a difference – and that’s what I intend to do.”

To donate to Shane, visit mountbeachbald2015.everydayhero.com/ nz/shane The Mount Beach Bald 2015 Funrazor event is at Mount Main Beach at 11am on March 7. To help raise funds for child cancer, register to Shave Your Lid for a Brave Kid at childcancerfundraising.org.nz/event/ mountbeachbald2015

Engaging imagination in children’s play Providing activities for children to use their imagination and engage in adventure play can be easily set up in a home environment.

Materials such as blankets, cardboard boxes, dress-up clothes, driftwood, material remnants and any other natural or recyclable materials found in and around the home can provide children with the resources to use their imagination and be creative.

In order to be as creative and expressive as children want, adventure play works best when the materials are available in a clear space, providing room for the play to grow and expand.

Adventure play encourages children to ask questions, use their imagination, problem-solve, and work through the process of developing their own ideas through their play.

As children play with and alongside each other, they engage in conversations to share their thoughts and ideas, make decisions about their play, turn-take and negotiate.

Through the use of different resources they’re learning about mathematical concepts such as fitting equipment together and moving in spaces they have created such as in, around, under and over the objects.

Adventure play doesn’t necessarily have to take place indoors – taking the equipment and resources outdoors on a fine day provides a natural environment for play to develop.

As adults, we can support children by creating a clear and safe environment, listening to their thoughts and ideas, supporting children to put their own ideas into practice and allowing them to explore at their own pace.

For more activity ideas, visit Nurtured at Home’s Facebook page.

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Shaping up Bay dancers’ talents A dedication to improving dancers’ technique, performance, strength and flexibility is the focus of a variety of classes at Mount Maunganui Dance Academy.

Mount Maunganui Dance Academy senior students Lucy Tustin and Niamh Priest.

Qualified dance instructor Natasha McKenzie has been educating and shaping Bay of Plenty dancers into talented performers in the area for more than 20 years.

The academy offers jazz, contemporary, acrobatics, musical theatre, pre-school classes – as well as stretch and conditioning classes to improve dancers’ abilities.

Classes are all taught by highly experienced and qualified teachers who share a love for dance at their studio based at Mount Maunganui College.

Students also have the opportunity to work alongside expert gymnast Annette O’Connor, who began her gymnastic career in an acrobatic club at age four and has been teaching gym for more than 10 years. As a competitive gymnast, Annette has won two New Zealand gymnastic titles and was once been ranked sixth in NZ. Throughout the year students are technically trained to prepare them for examination and performance work, with an annual end-of-year performance to showcase their talents.

Registrations are open now open. For a free trail lesson, or to enrol, contact Natasha today.

Natasha wants to remind everyone the dance school’s name is Mount Maunganui Dance Academy – not Mount Maunganui

By Zoe Hunter Dance Company.

New gallery’s interim manager has a ‘can-do’ attitude Impressionism is his favourite art period and he admires the work of John Blackburn, recently exhibited here in Tauranga.

This is a small insight into Mark Trufitt, who is newly-appointed interim manager of the Tauranga Art Gallery.

Originally hired as exhibition designer, he took on the interim role following former gallery director Penelope Jackson’s resignation.

“I can’t stress enough the great job Penelope did,” says Mark.

“From a curatorial view I think she’s exceptional and she led the team remarkably.

“The role I’ve taken on is a little bit of problem solving and keeping everything running. “I quite like that as I’m a can-do person who like challenges.”

Originally from Catherham, England, Mark shifted to New Zealand in 1994 with his family.

He’s held positions at Wellington’s Te Papa Museum

and Tairawhiti Polytechnic. Mark was also exhibition project manager at the Auckland War Museum before moving to Tauranga.

“My goals for the gallery will develop as I develop in my role, but really I’m a team player; it’s not all about me, it’s about what the team wants to achieve.”

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43 Alach Street, Greerton Phone 07 578 0245

Kindle a relationship and adopt a kitten This weekend Tauranga SPCA is encouraging families to head to their Greerton headquarters tomorrow and get up close and friendly with the animals up for adoption.

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Operations manager Margaret Rawiri says animals often pick their new owners – and with kitten season in full swing there’s heaps of opportunity to take home a new family member.

“We like to say cats will choose their owners and you often see them come up to people when they come in and literally choose them by being affectionate.”

Margaret would love to see all of her kittens and adult cats find a new forever home and be adopted out this weekend – following this edition’s SPCA Adopt-a-thon.

“We have about 50 kittens in the shelter and another 60 kittens in foster care at the moment.

“People can adopt a kitten to grow up with their children and family.

We adopt them from eight weeks old, so families can get them settled into their property from a young age.”

The SPCA has all colours, shapes, sizes and breeds – and if you’re not interested in kittens, there’s adult cats, dogs, puppies and rabbits too.

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the animal’s pen and spend time with them.

This can be crucial for families in choosing the right pet for their family.”

“They’ve all got very different personalities, so we see think it’s appropriate for families to mingle with their potential new pets first.”

Tomorrow from 10.30am-2pm the SPCA, at 43 Alach St, Greerton, is hosting Second Chance For Love adoption specials and family fun day for the public to come along and give animals a second chance at love.

There will be 20 per cent off every adoption during the day.

“We’ll have a bouncy castle and face painting for children, sausage sizzle, spot prizes and prizes for adoptions so families can see the animals and enjoy the activities.”

All animals up for adoption at Tauranga SPCA – including the ones featured in this special – have been de-sexed, micro-chipped, vaccinated, treated for fleas, worms and checked to ensure they do not have any injuries or illnesses that require continuing treatment.

“They are basically just sitting here ready to go, waiting for some new owners.”

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Let a rabbit grow on you Tauranga SPCA isn’t only raining cat and dogs this summer – rabbits are another furry friend turning up homeless at the Greerton shelter.

“We have got lots of rabbits to adopt – we’ve just been inundated with them,” says SPCA operations manager Margaret Rawiri.

She says rabbits are becoming more and more popular as family pets because they’re relatively easy to care for. “And all we require families to have is a hutch to keep them in.”

Margaret says all rabbits up for adoption at Tauranga SPCA have been vet-checked, de-sexed, vaccinated and microchipped

“and we’ll register them on the NZ Animal Companion Register”.

With rabbits growing in popularity as pets, Margaret says people lose them as much as they lose cats, “so it makes sense to microchip them”.

Adoption fee is $50 per rabbit, to help with costs, but this Saturday at Tauranga SPCA’s Second Chance For Love adoption specials and family fun day there will be 20 per cent off.

How to help SPCA’s animal shelter Do you want to help Tauranga SPCA’s homeless friends, but have no space for another pet?

If so, don’t worry – there’s another way you can make a difference for the furry and homeless.

SPCA operations manager Margaret Rawiri realises not everyone can commit to offering a long-term home for her homeless animals, but says there are other ways to help.

She says one way is to volunteer your time to work at the centre, “to help bring a little more love to the many cats and dogs under the SPCA’s care – as volunteers need to have a compassionate nature with a willingness to give”.

Tauranga SPCA offers different types of volunteer options, from cat and dog care to becoming a member of the Dog Squad – a group of people out and about with their

dogs visiting resthomes and to help raise money and the profile of the centre.

Those able to accommodate an animal can help with short-term foster care for kittens and puppies so they reach the required age, weight or level of health before they can be adopted out.

Occasionally, volunteers with trade skills in areas such as building, plumbing, electrical work or plumbing are also needed.

And there’s an even simpler way to give back – donate food, kitty litter, money or blankets.

The SPCA uses a large amount of food daily and donations are taken on-site or in SPCA bins at supermarkets.

“We go through huge amounts of kitty litter and food each week.”

For more information of ways you can help or become involved, call Tauranga SPCA 07 578 0245.

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Training and sticking together for triathlon The gals are out in force this month as they train together for the 2015 Generation Homes Women’s Triathlon next weekend.

Women of all ages and fitness abilities are encouraged to sign up to the female-only triathlon on February 22.

Event director Miranda Clark has made it easy for women of all ages to prepare for the 400m swim, 10km cycle and 4km run or walk, with free Tri Chicks Novice Triathlete training sessions.

Miranda says the free sessions – which invite women to join in some fun, non-competitive training with

other novice women triathletes – have been a success.

“We’ve had six sessions to date with amazing attendance. We had 80 women at the first one, then averaging 100 women for the rest of the swim/ run sessions.”

She says entries are coming in steadily, with this year’s event looking to be as popular as 2014.

“Close to 500 women took part in last year’s event,” says Miranda, who says there’s plenty of spot prizes up for grabs too.

“We have some amazing sponsors on board, with some pretty fantastic spot prizes including, a bike and helmet, two Jetts Fitness 12-month member-

As many as 100 women are attending the free training sessions for the 2015 generation Homes Women’s Triathlon next weekend.

Generation Homes Women’s Triathlon as individuals, ships and TSB Bank accounts.” Road closures are in in a team, as mother and daughter, or a three-generplace from 5am to midday on Sunday, February 22, ation entry. along The Mall, Adams Ave To register, visit www.trichicks.co.nz By Zoe Hunter and Marine Parade. Women can register for the 2015

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Big Mount climbs will help local surf clubs Running gear and sturdy footwear replaces togs and IRB’s this week as people prepare to take on the community-spirited challenge of walking up the Mount 38 times in 50 days, raising vital funds for surf lifesaving.

Starting this Friday, 93.4 MORE FM Tauranga, in collaboration with Bay of Plenty surf clubs, is running The ‘Mount’ Everest challenge, which asks people More FM general manager Belinda to hike the equivalent of Francis, with chairmen the three surf conquering Earth’s highest clubs, Omanu’ Paul Read, Papamoa’s mountain in Asia – Mount Andrew Hitchfield and Mount Everest.

Maunganui’s Paul Treanor.

The challenge of 38 suming clubs. mits in 50 days is to be Climbing the Mount, at 232m, completed between today and April 38 times equates to scaling the 3. Funds raised will be divided height of Mount Everest (8848m), between Mount Maunganui, albeit without altitude sickness and Omanu and Papamoa surf lifesav-

oxygen deprivation.

To raise funds, individuals or teams of four who can combine their climbs need to get sponsors to make a donation to the cause.

SLSNZ Eastern Region manager Chris Emmett says any funds raised will be welcomed and they’ve already been set aside for supporting the volunteer lifeguard services.

“I think it’s a fantastic iconic initiative, to raise funds for the club and actually add a bit of spirit and fun in the community as well using an iconic area,” says Chris.

The person who raises the most sponsorship money will win a return airfare for one to Kathmandu, thanks to the team of House of Travel Mount Maunganui.

By Luke Balvert

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SPORT & RECREATION Tauranga City Council cycling evangelist Bruce Galloway loves showing riders Tauranga’s offroad trails.

Take a dip in Oceanblue’s pool after your workout.

Getting the mojo back

How about leading city’s cycle paths?

Sport BOP recreation adviser Jen is looking for enthusiastic cyclists to get involved in the new Ride Leader programme, which is being set up to encourage more cycling in the community.

“We are looking for all levels of riders, it’s not just for the serious road riders,” says Jen, who also wants to hear from people who just cycle around their suburb or like to follow the off-road trails.

“The key thing is that you need to enjoy riding and that you want to share that love with others,” says Jen, who wants the new programme to be like Tauranga’s City on Its Feet which runs about 50 walking groups around the region encouraging people to get out together.

Jen envisages groups being set up in different suburbs and for different types of riders from serious road riders to weekend trail cyclists, or even just as a

Calling all gals embarking on bicycle riding – there’s a perfect workshop for you.

Sport Bay of Plenty’s New to Biking Workshop for Women is on this Monday, February 16 from 5.30pm7pm at Edgewater Fan, The Strand, Tauranga.

Bring your bike and learn basic maintenance skills, such as how to change a tube, use a pump and bike set-up.

To register interest with Jen Riley, Sport Bop call 07 578 0016, extn: 829 or email jenr@sportbop.co.nz

Sue and the team at Oceanblue in Papamoa recommend a week off at least every six to 10 weeks.

“This is a good opportunity for your body to recover and to come back stronger and more motivated.

“However, the long six to eight week break that we’re often forced to take during the summer holidays can make it very difficult to return, especially if you have over indulged during that festive time.”

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Schedule in your workout. Put it in your diary with enough allocated time, so you can’t use the excuse of: “I got too busy”.

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Start with 20-30 minutes maximum.

Get a workout buddy. This can make it fun, motivating and sometimes a little competitive.

Commit to a termed membership. This way you’ve made the financial commitment, which will encourage you to make the exercise commitment.

Most importantly – add variety.

At Oceanblue you can do cardio, weight training – play squash, swim, or attend one of the 42 group fitness classes on offer each week.

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Workshops, running from 9am-1pm, are being held at the Papamoa Sport and Recreation Centre on February 21, at Tauranga Coastguard, Sulphur Point, on February 22 and The Historic Village on February 25. For details, contact Jen on 07 578 0016 extn: 829.

Other activities for Bike Month next week include the Frocks on Bikes Night Owl Cinema ride from Mount Drury this Saturday, for details call Charlotte 027 316 3595; a 10km Bowentown beach ride on Sunday from 10am, for details call Jacqui 027 242 2005; and a chance to discover the 13km mostly offroad loop linking up parks and reserves in southern Tauranga, for details call Bruce Galloway 07 577 7000. Download a copy of the programme at www.sportbop.co.nz/playinthebay By Hamish Carter

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How to look after your thumbs high doses of fish oil and other anti-inflammatory nutrients including grape seed extract and many others.

After three months the fluid build-up in my hand decreased.

After another three months my once useless hand started to improve.

The gains were slow but significant. Now I have no evidence of the problem. My right hand is completely normal.

As a bonus, my thumbs became much more comfortable.

The worn thumbs remain but the inflammation is gone.

As long as I maintain healthy eating and beneficial supplements my thumbs are only slightly annoying.

Yes, the body can heal but only if we give it what it really needs.

Give me a call if you need more information.

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The thumb joint at the base of the wrist allows an amazing range of movement.

This also makes it highly susceptible to damage – even more so for those like me, who have loose ligaments that allow abnormal joint movement.

When I was a teen I liked to impress people with all the weird things I could do with my thumbs. Unfortunately, by age 40 they had become badly worn and painful.

This was the least of my problems having also developed tendonitis in my right hand to the point where a hand specialist recommended radical surgery that would leave me with 50 per cent use.

This was better than the 10 per cent I had.

Every two months I had fluid drained from my hand, which was swollen, stiff and sore. My specialist offered no suggestion as to why they were so inflamed.

At this stage my studies lead me to the nutritional links between unwanted inflammation and nutrition. I started on an anti-inflammatory diet and took

Happy Valentines?

Perhaps not if you have erection problems.

John Arts is a qualified nutritional medicine practitioner and founder of Abundant Health. Contact John on 0800 423 559 or email john@abundant. co.nz. To read more go to www.sunlive.co.nz

“We become what we habitually contemplate.”

– GEORGE RUSSELL. The idea that what you think affects how you operate can bring a feeling either of control or a lack of it into your life – it depends on the choices you make.

Whatever you choose for yourself in your day is what will evolve…are you enjoying your day or will it be a relief when it’s over?

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one of these outcomes? When you’re aware of the expectations – both positive and negative – you bring to your day, you create choices on how you will mould it.

For example, if your expectation is you will meet kind, caring, supportive people today that’s generally who you will meet.

What would you like your first expectation for tomorrow to be, in order to have more control in your life?

If you’d like to know more about coaching phone Mary Parker on 07 577 1200, or visit www.coachingtheattitude.co.nz

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Michelle Steer is shrinking A Tauranga mother-of-four’s inspiration for losing 62.9kg is her children.

Michelle Steer weighed 164.4kg before she started her weight loss journey, and now she’s 101.5kg.

“I was quite big,” she admits. Michelle is aiming to drop another 25kg.

“When people see me, they expect me to weigh less,” says Michelle, who adds that being six foot helps to make her look leaner.

Michelle says she wants to see her children grow up and have youngsters of their own.

“I wanted to be able to do more with my kids,” she says. “It’s a lot easier to chase them around now.

“I started [losing weight] before I had my daughter, who’s now 18 months. Then I got pregnant with her and put the weight back on.

Michelle hasn’t lost the weight through any fad diets, weight loss pills or shakes “I got a gym deal in September off GrabOne and since then I’ve lost 40kg.”

She says it’s just about being more active and clean eating.

“I don't eat breads or pasta or anything like that.

The only carbohydrates I get is in fruits. I watch what I eat. I do eat chocolates but I don’t binge eat like I used to.”

Michelle is sharing her story with others via a Facebook page set up to document her progress.

Steering to success – My Shrinking Transformation has been launched to try and help motivate other people, through their weight loss journey.

Michelle, dubbed the incredible shrinking lady by a group of ladies who inspired her to set up the page, says once she’s reached her desired goal weight she’ll work on toning up.

“I will eventually head to Thailand to have surgery

Michelle Steer with her 18-month-old daughter. for excess skin,” she says. “People don't really notice it but I do; especially on my arms.”

Michelle’s working on this through another woman who had the same procedure, saying she trusts her.

“She wouldn’t put me in danger.” By Letitia Atkinson

Pat’s aiming for a healthy heart fizzy drinks and convenient comfort foods for lots of protein – fish and chicken – with vegetables and fruits.

“I feel great,” says Pat. “I’m a happy man.”

In regards to exercise, he’s gone “from zero to 100”.

“I was doing nothing and now I train five days a week at boxing – and three times On January 1, 2015, Moana a week at the gym before Radio’s Pat Spellman promised to make a positive change Pat Spellman, happy with his health progress. work.”

Pat says it’s important to his health. He’s sharing his for people to take their heart and story as part of Heart Week 2015 do, I thought it was about time I health seriously. on February 9-15. started becoming more of a role “One Kiwi dies from heart “It was getting to a point where model for younger Maori people disease every 90 minutes I’m told, it was starting to become quite – and leading a healthier lifestyle obvious that I needed to make so they could see I was more of an so it’s important that we go get a check-up and make small steps some changes around my weight,” example as opposed to somebody towards a better lifestyle. says Pat. who just spoke about it.”

“Small steps make all the “With the amount of publicity The 24-year-old’s made two difference.”

By Zoe Hunter that surrounds the work that I major changes. He’s swapped the

He’s tried three times to keep to a New Year’s resolution to no avail – but this year he’s putting his heart and soul into making a serious lifestyle change.

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Passionate fruit wins hearts The time of the year has come when the sun starts to ripen passionfruit, as it competes with the grape vine to smother the chicken compound fence.

This year again there’s hardly any grapes, but there’s heaps of passionfruit – and a lot of us just love them.

The exotic smell and taste of passionfruit is something which triggers memories, and the wait for the fruit to

begin to darken and eventually wrinkle for an intensified sweet flavour.

On Valentines Day inspired chefs often create a dish for it, with the restaurant fully booked, with passion on the diner’s mind.

Somehow passionfruit is aptly named – and besides wanting to make a perfume from the fruit or flowers, there’s a simple dessert you can make for your valentine to show your passion.

Making something for your partner or valentine is a great way to show you care – the combination of a heart-shaped shortbread and sublime passionfruit mousse will win their heart.

Passionfruit mousse with macadamia shortbread Ingredients ½ cup passionfruit pulp 50g sugar 3 egg yolks 80g unsalted butter 300ml whipped cream 230g icing sugar Gluten-free shortbread 100g ground almonds 100g finely chopped macadamia nuts 175g gluten-free custard powder 200g fine polenta 220g icing sugar 300g softened semi-melted butter A few drops of water and lemon juice Method In a large bowl, mix the dry ingredients for the shortbread then stir in the half-melted butter. Add a few drops of water to form a stiff dough and roll out between some greaseproof paper.

Cut or stamp out some heart-shaped pieces about 2-3cm thick bake at 170 degrees Celsius for 25 minutes until just golden, then cool on a wire rack. To make the mouse place the first four ingredients in a heavy glass mixing bowl over boiling water and whisk until thick allow to cool completely. Then fold in the just-beaten whipped cream in two batches – one to lighten and one to finish the mousse – then allow to chill well for two-three hours before serving with the shortbread and some freshly-squeezed passionfruit.

The trick to Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load The concepts of Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load are great tools to help us achieve normal bloodsugar levels and eat slow-digesting meals and snacks.

Although these concepts have attracted strong interest worldwide, they often cause confusion; the trick is in being able to clearly understand the difference to use them effectively.

The first step is to understand it is only the carbohydrate which makes the glucose and affects blood-sugar levels. Protein and fat do not have a GI or GL. The GI goes from 0-100 and only ranks the quality of the carbohydrate – this is the relative effect different foods have on blood-sugar levels.

We prefer using GL as it measures both the quality and the quantity of the carbohydrate. Consider this

example of two different foods with the same GI. Watermelon and white bread both have a high GI of 70 – the quality of their carbohydrate is the same.

Two slices of white bread contain 30g of carbohydrate, whereas the same weight of watermelon only contains three grams. Although they have the same GI, the white bread has a high GL of 21 and the watermelon a very low GL of 2.

The white bread has 10 times the potential to affect blood-sugar levels. The crucial point is we don’t need to avoid food with a high GL. Quite simply, we should combine it with low GL food and eat in smaller quantities. Protein is the slowest digesting food category and like fat has no effect on blood-

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sugar levels. Making sure there is some protein-rich food and fat in all meals and snacks is key.

Despite cornflakes being fast-digesting, I have them every morning with my breakfast.

A bowl of natural muesli, fruit, and a good serving of protein-rich yoghurt, all mixed up with milk and some crunchy cornflakes added on top.

It tastes great and is an excellent and sustaining, low GL breakfast.

The bottom line for us, is all biologically safe food has its place.

It is really a matter of how much is eaten and what it is combined with.

If you’d like to know more email leigh@eatforkeeps.com or call 027 294 1980.

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Planning our transport future By the time you read this, submissions will have closed on the draft Regional Land Transport Plan prepared by the Bay of Plenty Land Transport Committee, of which I’m chair.

The plan is a statutory requirement and sets out the transport direction, priorities and activities for the Bay for the next 30 years.

The plan is the way the region seeks central government funding for activities like road safety, walking and cycling, public transport and road improvements.

Hearings on submissions will occur in February and final decisions will result in our ‘what we want to do’ list with the ultimate allocation of funds determined by the NZ Transport Agency.

Our vision is for “the best transport systems for a growing economy and a safe and vibrant Bay lifestyle”.

There are many challenges.

Total freight volumes by road, rail and coastal shipping are expected to increase by up to 42 per cent by 2042. Port volumes are expected to increase by up to 3.1 per cent per annum for the next 30 years. Bay of Plenty roads already carry more freight per kilometre of road than any other region and forecast freight growth will see even more trucks on our roads in the future.

This has a significant impact on maintenance costs and with affordability a huge issue, we need to consider trade-offs with the rail

network with regards to freight.

Our population is expected to grow, especially in the west, and transport infrastructure needs to be carefully planned so that transport stays cost effective and accessible for all while meeting the demand for greater urbanisation and economic growth.

Safety is a huge issue in the Bay of Plenty, with road accidents costing an estimated $197 million in 2013.

Our region compares poorly with others across New Zealand on a wide range of safety measures. Some of our busiest roads have no alternative routes, so road closures can cause big disruptions.

The growing frequency and severity of extreme weather events

Time for decisions with fairness and equity tune the draft before going to the auditors and then back to council to be adopted in March.

The proposed closing of the tropical flower house Decisions were made on what projects and has raised a lot of feedback and I’m not surfinancials would go into our Long Term Plan. prised. Elected members have requested a This is by no means set in concrete as the breakdown of costs to understand what community will have opportunity to make makes up the $95,000 per annum costs. submissions between March and April.

Noel Petersen is interested in co-ordinating Elected members will deliberate during the a group of volunteers. If any club, organisafirst week of June. tion or individual wishes to come up with ideas It’s always best to spend as much time at or offer assistance, either contact Noel the front end of the discussions to go out Petersen 027 223 0103 or make your own with the best plan prior to consultation. submission to council in March/April.

In this regard, elected members have I’d be disappointed if this iconic facility requested an extra council meeting to finewas closed down.

Read this column in full at www.sunlive.co.nz

Elected members continued Long Term Plan discussions and decisions this week.

will certainly make this a more significant issue in the future. Planning our transport future is a serious business. Fortunately, we have a good collaborative model in the Bay which has developed a strong business case for transport funding.

If you have any views on this or any other issue, please contact me on neesj@xtra.co.nz or ring me on 07 579 5150.

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Lost opportunities in our hot house

This week, it seems what one person would cast aside, another will take up and treasure. That cute little albino hedgehog, for example, I didn’t think twice about standing in the way when it was carefully picked up and moved into a neighbouring driveway’s hedge.

I stood on and watched, thinking ‘no I haven’t seen one of them before’. I didn’t realise they were rare.

I suppose not being native to New Zealand, they should be. Or are the tireless efforts of the volunteer Omokoroa pest control group working? Good on ARRC for taking an interest.

I visited the Tropical Plant House just last week and no, we did not take time to sign the Visitor’s Book.

We didn’t think we were that important, and our attendance to view it was such an economic issue.

If I’d known, I would have.

As for paying a gold coin donation for the privilege, no I don’t think I would have gone in.

If there are council-provided benefits to enjoying this beautiful city, then I will make the effort at every opportunity to use and appreciate them.

It seems our local MP is of the opinion that he was able to enjoy the benefits of freely using the Waitangi grounds when he visited the area.

Alas, this is no longer the case.

The photograph of the outside of the Tropical Plant House building on SunLive.co.nz looks well, now you mention it, rather poor and I do think the attached conveniences could do with a bit of improvement.

Although perhaps not of quite the same architectural grandeur as the Town Hall may have been.

If the council does knock the building down, will they take out the conveniences too?

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I’d be rather inconvenienced if they did. Does the operating costs of the building include the maintenance of the toilets too?

I’ve been impressed, when walking by, at the lawn-mowing crew when they arrive to tend the rose gardens. Those trucks pull up and in a blitz the lawns are mowed, clipped and trimmed in a beehive of activity.

Then they’re all packed up and gone, leaving it quiet and pristine for us to enjoy; and me wistfully thinking I wish they would do that at my place.

Robbins Park may be the closest Tauranga has to a botanic garden.

Yatton Park enthusiasts may not agree, and those wanting to get involved with developing the largely empty, three hectare site at Sydenham Botanic Park in Brookfield may decide after all to persevere with that.

Robbins Park is small, but I agree it is an integral part of the historic walkway through to the Elms Historic Mission House and across to the Mission Cemetery. The views over Tauranga and the harbour are great. Perhaps this northern end could be classified as an extension to the Tauranga Waterfront Master Plan and be included in its upgrade?

After all, I would hate the area to be turned into more carparking. We could possibly be losing out on an opportunity here. A new Tropical Plant House with amenities could be like the Hundertwasser public toilets in Kawakawa – but without the sinking part and in Tauranga.

We could build a flash, new, ecofriendly and energy efficient tropical plant house with some of that $12m.

We could even recycle some waste for compost to reduce operating costs.

Then we could make it into a tourist attraction, attract world famous in NZ attention and take the awesome credit for it.

The people who live here too will then know about it and while they are there, might take a look at the rose gardens, which have previously been nominated as one of the best in NZ, then walk along past the other pay and display carpark to the Mission House.

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Flags of connotation: misrepresentation The timely column by Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller speaks for most of us when he comments on his memories of Waitangi Day - the tears of the elders as they weep for the loss of prestige caused by the ugly actions of the radical Harawira clan and their followers.

It is the reason many bridle when they see the protest flag.

Connotations of radical Maori are raised every time that flag is raised.

The shame is that what we see, can show untrue perceptions of Maori in general.

Most Maori families are decent hard-working people, who simply want to buy a home and educate and raise

Entry to Treaty grounds not free anymore I was really interested in reading Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller column ‘Tomorrow is our national day’ (The Weekend Sun, February 5).

In it he describes how you can “run through our history without a gate, or barb(sic) wire to be seen”.

We have recently moved from Paihia to Tauranga. In fact we lived very close to the Waitangi Treaty grounds for several years.

Todd should check his statements closer, as since September 29, 2014, both overseas visitors and NZ residents are charged entry to the Treaty grounds; overseas tourists $25 and NZ residents $15 with only children free.

Even his leader, the Prime Minister has criticised the new charge for New Zealanders to visit the Waitangi Treaty Grounds.

And Labour MP for Tai Tokerau Kelvin Davis MP says: “If there is any place in NZ that should be free access to all New Zealanders, it should be the birthplace of the nation”.

I can well remember when every visitor had free access, then overseas visitors and non-locals were charged, and now all visitors are charged.

Todd should check his news reports better than he obviously does.

W Blight, Bethlehem.

Todd Muller replies: W Blight raises a fair point regarding the accessibility of the Waitangi grounds. The grounds are free to the public on Waitangi weekend, but for the remainder of the year the Waitangi Trust Board has made a decision to re-introduce a charge to broaden their revenue base and ensure its financial sustainability. I hope they can see the benefit of returning to a free entry for NZs all year round. On a personal note, when I did go for my run after hours, there was no restrictions at all!

Make tunnel more than a pipe dream What a breath of fresh air Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller is, supporting the tunnel through the Kaimai Range.

We’re blessed to have the NZ Transport Agency here in Tauranga and they’re doing the study to look at the access through Tauriko, and that involves not only SH29, SH22, and the northern access which makes it a challenging study, but has to be done.

Our Port of Tauranga is the economic powerhouse for our region, and as we are part of this golden triangle - from Auckland to Hamilton to Tauranga it is vital that we drive for those infrastructure assets

Thanks a million:

My husband and I want like to thank all the people and emergency teams that assisted us in the Waioweka Gorge following a headon collision on January 8, 2015, which was reported on SunLive.co.nz We’d like to say a special thank you to the off-duty St John’s ambulance man who was passing and assisted, and passing motorists who

which will benefit everyone.

The northern access and the tunnel are not pipe dreams - much land has been bought already, and we have a government interested in developing decent infrastructure, and Members of Parliament who’ll strive to achieve such sensible developments.

Getting product to market, letting people live along SH2 which is restricted at the moment because traffic cannot get onto SH2, we are clearly at a crossroad.

Todd Muller, I’m with you all the way, push as hard as you know how.

Margaret Murray-Benge, Western BOP District councillor.

stopped to help. With no phone signal in the gorge, one kindly drove back to Opotiki to call the emergency services.

Our thanks also extend to the workmen, Police and fire engine staff that attended, and St John’s ambulance crew which took us to Whakatane Hospital, plus the hospital staff.

Thanks go to the transfer nurse and St John’s ambu-

lance driver who came from Auckland to collect us for the five-hour journey back to the North Shore. Also, thanks to the nurses who took care of me at North Shore Hospital. We both really appreciate the help and support we received from all at a very traumatic and stressful time.

Hazel Davis & Simon Fletcher, Waitoki, Auckland

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good children. They vote for Todd Muller, Tauranga MP Simon Bridges, and NZ First leader Winston Peters instead of former Mana Party leader Hone Harawira.

I remember the delightful old Maori people of days gone by. I think of the fine Morrison family of Rotorua.

These old people interviewed in chat-type shows on Maori TV were courteous, gently-spoken, and absolute pillars of society.

Maori leaders are surely aware they must work hard to erase the damage caused by those who affected by the radical views of the fevered few!

R Bishop, Pyes Pa.

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( 1 7 ( 5 7 $ , 1 0 ( 1 7 G U I D E MUSIC

SPECIAL EVENTS

OUT THERE

News, reviews and opinionated raving on the music scene. pg42

Community events and occasions across the Bay. pg43

Stories, snippets, strangeness, and general entertainment. pg43

5pm. Specialty programmes. www.villageradio.co.nz or 571 3710

At Omanu Beach, Mt Maunganui 9.30am. Offering a chance for participants to try surfing in a safe & fun environment. No experience needed, just bring a towel, wetsuit or togs. Sign up at www.disabledsurfers. co.nz or FB. Dirk 021 707 984 Genealogy Informal Group We try to answer your family history questions & enjoy hearing about your progress.

Meet at 9 Lydbrook Place, Otumoetai 1.30pm. Visitors welcome. Lennie 570 2500

family & friends & enjoy an afternoon in the sun with refreshments & music.

Tickets from Maketu Landing & Te Puke Paper Plus, or eventfinda.co.nz adults $20, under 17 years $10.

Middlesex Sevens (Rugby) National club sevens tournament. Hosted by Rangataua, (current reigning champs) at Rangataua Rugby Club, 450 Maungatapu Rd 10am, with final at 6.30pm.

Mount Sequence Dance Summer barbecue at Mt Sports Centre, cnr Hull & Maunganui Rds. Sequence dance with live band. Entrance $7, organised by Mount Scottish Soc. Elizabeth 544 5633 NZ Blues Brothers At Haiku Reserve, Main Rd Katikati. Gates open 5pm, music 6pm. Adults $20, children 15 & under free with an adult. www.katikaticoncerts.co.nz Soweto Gospel Choir One of the world’s most renowned vocal groups coming to Tauranga for the 1st time. Proudly presented

by Tauranga Jazz Society, at Baycourt 8pm. www.baycourt.co.nz Taichi Qingong Every Sat at Memorial Park between mini golf & playground 10am. Free to join in.

Taoist Tai Chi Renovate your body, challenge your mind- the perfect way to start your weekend. New class starts Feb 21 at 15 Koromiko St, Judea 9-10.30am. John 576 9836 Tauranga Farmers Market Tauranga Primary School cnr 5th Ave & Cameron Rd every Sat 7.45am - 12pm. Fresh & artisian produced food. Trixie 552 5278 or www.taurangafarmersmarket.co.nz Tauranga Floral Art Group Meet at Baptist hall cnr 13th Ave & Cameron Rd 9.30-11.30am. Interested in learning? Come along. New members welcome.

Shabbat/Saturday 10am. A one new man community & welcome all seekers of the truth. 544 7424 or 021 0226 3515 Katikati Twilight Concert NZ Blues Brothers, supporting acts NZ Academy of Steel Pan, Tenneille Davies, Harmony Robinson & Louie Campbell. Held at Haiku Reserve, Main Rd, Katikati.

Gates open 5pm for 6pm start. Adult $20, children 15 & under free with an adult. Tickets at gate. www.katikaticoncerts.co.nz Maketu Kaimoana Festival At Maketu Sports Ground, Maketu 12-6pm. Bring a blanket or chairs,

Feb 21 at Te Puke Memorial Hall, Jellicoe St 7.30pm. Old time & sequence dancing, great supper.

Entrance $7. Valerie 573 7093 The Power of Love Afternoon mediation course. Learn through mediation & beneficial thinking to unlock potential for a loving heart & bring happiness & joy to ourselves & others. Cost $36, bookings essential.

At Tga City Plunket Rooms, 471 Devonport Rd 12.45-4pm. www. meditateintauranga.org or 09 846 5829 Village Radio Community radio broadcasting from Tauranga Historic Village 1368 kHz AM. Music of 1920’s - 80’s weekends 9am - 5pm, weekdays 10am -

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

Friday 13 February

Masonic Park Outdoor Movie Night The Friday’s Night Horrors & a Nightmare on Elm Street 8.30pm start. Come dressed in your best horror outfit for some awesome giveaways!

Saturday 14 February

Art in the Park Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui 8.30am – 5pm, weather permitting. Tauranga Society of Artists offer for sale a variety of art to suit all tastes.

Battle of Gate Pa Exhibition At Tauranga Moana Maori Trust Board Hall, No 3 The Strand. Open every Fri, Sat & Sun & on cruise ship days 10am - 4pm. Adults gold coin donation, children free entry.

Baypark Family Speedway Wide Tyre Salute – Round 3 Top Half Midget Championship – Six Shooter Stampede – Sprint Cars – Super Saloons - Saloons. www.bayparkspeedway.co.nz Big Produce Share Table At the Nashi Festival Feb 21 & 22 at the Arty House, 372 Wairoa Rd, Te Puna. Bring along produce to share, or plants, seedlings, seeds. Festival tickets & info www. nashifest.net.nz www.ooooby.ning.com/ group/tauranga or Carina 021 064 9814

Disabled Surfers Assn Have-A-Go Day

Ha Derech/The Way Messianic Kehilat Now at Hillier Centre, Bayfair

Te Puke Scottish Soc Dance

Sunday 15 February

Bay Bible Fellowship/Lord’s Day Welcome Bay Primary School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Rd 10am.

Join us for worship. God’s character on display: Colossians 1:24-29 “God uncovers the mystery.” Lincoln Forlong. www.bbf.net.nz Bethlehem Lions Market 1st & 3rd Sun of month at Bethlehem Town Centre 8am - 12pm.

Bible Seminars Every Sun at Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St 1.45pm. Title: “Are you ready for Jesus return?” Interactive, Q&A. Refreshments provided. Vic 543 0504 Car Wash At Papamoa Plaza from 10am to raise funds for Leukaemia & Blood Cancer NZ. Maketu Rotary Club Market 3rd & 5th Sunday at Village Green, Park Rd, Maketu. Stalls $10. Maureen 533 2340

Tauranga Theatre Organ Society Baycourt Theatre 1.30pm. Please use the stage door on Wharf St if the main door is closed. Hear & play the mighty wurlitzer.

552 0243 Te Puke Country Music Club day at St Pats Hall 1pm.

Te Puke Forest & Bird Walk Sunmmerhill Farm Park, Papamoa. A guided tour of this innovative farm/forestry property. Cathy 573 9566 Unity of Tauranga A metaphysical study & meditation group meet today (normally 2nd Sunday) at Matua Community Hall, Levers Rd 3pm. Visitors welcome. 576 0165

Weekend Activities for the Over 60’s

Walks, dinners, day trips & good times.

Gloria 544 1834

Monday 16 February

Tauranga Friendship & Social Club

Bethlehem Bowls Every Mon at Bethlehem Hall, Main highway 7.15pm.

First 3 nights free. Young or old welcome. Wendy 578 2585 Body & Soul Fun Fitness For over 50’s, social events & guest speakers.

Mon & Fri Greerton Hall Cameron Rd. Tues Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave. Weds City Church cnr Otumoetai Rd/ Sherwood St. Thurs at Tauranga Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St behind Pak n Save. All classes 9.15-10.15am. First class free. For men & women. Dianne 576 5031 Qualified Instructor/Cardiac Care leader.

Cancer Society Mix & match open talks at 111 Cameron Rd, Tauranga 10-11.30am. 571 2035 Cherrywood Probus Meet 2nd Mon of month at Tauranga Citizens Club, 13th Ave 10am. New members welcome.

Pam 578 3757 Chess Mt Maunganui Mount RSA Chess Club every Mon at Mount RSA, 544 Maunganui Rd. Juniors 6.157.15pm during school term.

Open club 6pm & 7.30pm onwards. Noel 579 5412

Walks, dinners & outings for over 50’s.

Richard 578 3894 Tauranga Night Market Bayfair Shopping Centre, cnr Maunganui Rd & Girven Rd 5.30-11pm. Arts, crafts, jewellery, fresh produce, food stalls & more. Free entry. 022 588 2282 or email: tauranganightmarket@hotmail.com Tauranga Spiritual Society Senior Citizens Hall, 14 Norris St. Doors open 6.30pm for 7pm. Clairvoyant: Colleen Teal. Members $3, non $5. 022 0670 467

Free, confidential info & advice about anything call in Mon - Fri at 38 Hamilton St, Tauranga 9am - 5pm or free-phone 0800 367 222 or 578 1592. JP service every Mon 1-4pm, Weds & Thurs 9am - 11.30am. Weds CAB service at Welcome Bay Community Centre 9.30am - 12.30pm, Fri at Mount Library 11.30am - 1.30pm.

Migrant Clinics Tues - Fri 1-4pm.

Civic Choir Tauranga Every Mon at Wesley Church, 13th Ave, Tauranga

Mount Mainstreet Farmers Market

Every Sun in Phoenix car park 9am - 1pm. Fresh fruit & veges, breads, cheese, oils, plants & more. All home grown & home made. 575 9911 mountmaunganui.org.nz Petanque Every Sun & Thurs at Cliff Rd 12.45pm. Boules available, tuition given. 1st 3 visits free. 578 3606 Quakers in Tauranga Every Sunday in hall behind Brain Watkins Historic House 10am. Mainly silent worship, hour long meeting followed by tea & talk. 544 0448 Radio Controlled Model Yachts Meet Sun 1.30pm & Thurs 5.30pm at pond behind 24 Montego Drive, Papamoa, to sail electron & similar 3ft long yachts for fun. Graham 572 5419 Riverboat Ramble Otunui Paddleboat, 2hrs on the Wairoa River from Waimarino Adventure Park 6-8pm.

Bookings from $25pp 0274 183 930 www.paddleboat.co.nz

Citizens Advice Bureau

GUIDE The Weekend Sun’s guide to who’s playing and where.

7.30pm. New members welcome.

Heather 575 9092

Concert Mt Maunganui Senior

Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd 1.30pm.

Entertainers back Porch followed by afternoon tea. $3 door cover.

Fitness League Safe effective, low impact fun exercise set to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed for women of all ages & abilities. First class free. Every Mon at Settlers Hall Omokoroa 9.30am & Tues St Johns Anglican Church Waihi 9.30am.

Dorothy 549 3378 Junction Mental Health Peer support & advocacy: coffee & chat 10am – 12pm. 579 9890 Learn to Dance With the Monday night dancers at St Pats Hall, Beatty Ave, Te Puke. Dance tuition from 6.30pm then sequence dancing until 8.30pm approx. Sequence dancing for beginners & improvers. $3pp. Gordon 572 0060 Meditation Group Free classes Mon 10am & Weds 7.30pm. Find peace, spiritual awareness & the meaning of your life. David 576 9764

Mt Maunganui RSA Indoor Bowls

Restarts Feb 23. Names in by6.45pm.

New members welcome. Diane 575 3480

New to Biking Workshop for Women

Bring your bike & learn basic maintenance skills such as how to change a tube, use a pump & bike set up.

At Edgewater Fan, 120 The Strand, Tauranga 5.30-7pm. Free. Register with Jen, Sport BOP 578 0016 ext 829 or email: jenr@sportbop.co.nz Omanu Bowling Club Twilight bowls every Mon 6-8pm. Flat shoes essential.

Recycled Teenagers Gentle exercise for 50’s forwards, & injury or illness rehabilitation. Mon & Weds at 14 Norris St, Tauranga Citizen’s Club behind Pak n Save. Tues at St Mary’s Church Hall cnr Girven Rd & Marlin St, all classes 9-10.30am. Classes taken by qualified instructor. First class free.

Jennifer 571 1411 Snooker At Mt Maunganui RSA every Mon 12.15pm & Weds 6.15pm. New members welcome, tuition available. Keith 021 170 2394

St Columba Indoor Bowling Club Every Mon at Church Hall, 502

Otumoetai Rd. Names in by 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Entry $3. New members welcome. Paul 576 6324 Tauranga Creative Fibre Every Mon at Arts Centre, Elizabeth St from 9.30am.

Spinning, weaving, felting, knitting,

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2nd Mon of month at Cancer Society Rooms, 111 Cameron Rd, Tauranga 1.30-3pm. 571 2035

Tauranga Senior Citizens Club

Cards, 500 & Bridge Mon & Thurs.

Indoor Bowls Tues, Weds & Sat at 14 Norris St, behind Pak n Save 1-4pm. Register by 12.45pm. $2 includes afternoon tea. .

Tauranga Senior Citizens Club Indoor Bowls Every Mon at St Columba Church Hall, 502 Otumoetai Rd 1-4pm. Names in by 12.45pm. $3 entry includes after-noon tea. New members welcome. 571 6663 Te Puke Forest & Bird Evening meeting – a talk on Tuhua (Mayor Island) by Keith Gregor, with emphasis on the Marine Reserve & Carole Long. At Masonic Lodge, Oxford St, Te Puke 7.30pm.

Tiny House Theatre Small group of documentary lovers getting together fortnightly to share wide ranging & thought provoking topics. Kim 576 9427 or 027 285 9611

Toughlove Parent Support Group

Evert Mon at Totara House, 1428 Cameron Rd, Greerton 7-9pm. No need to register. 0800toughlove.

Twilight Bowls Every Mon at Bowls Matua, 108 Levers Rd 5.30pm start.

Bowls & tuition available. Flat shoes please, bare feet or jandals. $5 per evening. 576 9980 Water for the Soul Do you feel spiritually isolated? Study Genesis to Revelation in a way that comes alive.

Join us for evening study, relationship & social times. Vivienne 571 5188 or 021 264 6002 Yoga with HanneHatha Every Mon & Weds 9.30am & 5.30pm.

Gentle hatha yoga, peaceful studio in Bethlehem. Hanne 027 244 6710

Tuesday 17 February

5K Run for Beginners/Slow Runners Every Tues, Thurs & Fri Cheyne Rd neighbourhood 6am start. Run & fitness. No sunburn. Free. Svetlana 027 616 2124

Alcoholics Anonymous Mt Maun-

ganui. Open meeting every Tues 11 Victoria Road St Peters Hall 7:30pm.

0800 229 6757 for more meetings or assistance.

Altrusa Club of Tauranga Women’s community service group. Dinner & business meeting 2nd Tues. Social programme 4th Tues - monthly. Interested? Denise 570 3134 Anxiety Support Group Support for people with an experience of anxiety 1-2pm. Junction 579 9890 for info or if you need a ride.

Badminton (Social) Every Tues at Otumoetai Baptist Hall 9.30am 12pm. Racquets available. Lorraine 579 3229 Bayfair Petanque Club Every Tues & Thurs at Bayfair Reserve, Russley Drive 1pm. Tuition & boules available for learners & visitors. Margaret 572 3173 Bike Set Up & Injury Prevention

An evening with a physio discussing bike set up & injury prevention at Bureta Physiotherapy, 90 Bureta Rd 7-8.30pm. Free.

Brookfield Walking Group Meet every Tues & Fri at St Stephens Church, Brookfield Tce, Otumoetai 9am. New members welcome. Judy 576 6443 Cards 500 Every Tues & Thurs at Mt Maunganui Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd 1pm. 575 4650 Chen Wu Kuan Kung Fu Traditional Chinese shaolin Kung Fu developing strength, stamina & flexibility.

Term 1 Juniors Tues/Thurs at the Martial Arts Academy, 154 First Ave West 5-6pm. Ray 022 0776 484, info@tmaa.co.nz Children’s Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Under the Gracie anti bullying programme.

Term 1 Kids classes Tues/Thurs at the

Martial Arts Academy, 154 First Ave West 578 5344, info@tmaa.co.nz Creative Fibre Meet every 1st, 3rd & 5th Tues at Omokoroa Settlers Hall, Omokoroa Rd 9.30am - 2pm. Marie 579 1230

Does Your Loved One have an Addiction? Do you wonder what

you can do? How to help? Hanmer Clinic Tauranga ‘Significant Other’ programme for spouses, partners etc of people who have an addiction. 7 weekly sessions starts March 24 - May 5 1-3pm at 1234 Cameron Rd, Tga. Free. 579 6470 or 0800 842 426 Diamond Fellowship - 60+ 3rd Tues of month at Salvation Army, cnr 5th Ave & Cameron Rd, Tauranga 10am morning tea - lunch provided $3. Speaker: Eddie Savill “On the buses.” Jennifer, Salvation Army 021 141 4267 Excel Toastmasters Meet every 2nd, 4th & 5th Tues of the month at Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Bayfair 6.15-8.30pm. Learn leadership & public speaking skills.

Kaaren 572 5988 Free Course on Budgeting Free 4 week course starts Feb 17 & 24, March 3 & 10 10am or 7.15pm at Lifezone, 7 Oak Lane, Judea. To book 571 6525 or www.capmoney.org

Home Instead Senior Care

Community music event on March 3 is cancelled. Apologies.

Hwa Rang Tae Kwon Do Dynamic martial art suitable for the family ages 4 & up. Term 1 kids/beginners classes 7 days from 4pm/Sat 9.30am. New class for 4-6yr olds Tues 3.45pm. The Martial Arts Academy, 154 First Ave West. Christine 021 980 878, info@ tmaa.co.nz

Inachord Chorus Womens 4 Part Harmony Every Tues at Bethlehem

Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd 6.55pm. Enjoy the challenge of singing & performing varied repertoire. Cathy 579 2040 email: inachordchorus@gmail.com Israeli Dancing Beginners class every Tues at Gate Pa Primary School, Cameron Rd 7-8pm. All ages welcome, no partner required. Maria 544 1680 or 022 165 2114 Junction Mental Health Peer support & advocacy: coffee & chat at Papamoa Community Centre (Papamoa Library), 15 Gravatt Rd, Papamoa 10am – 12pm.

579 9890 Mt Maunganui Hockey Club AGM at Tauranga Hockey Pavilion, 42 Kawaka St 6.30pm. All members invited & new members welcome.

Garth 021 143 9114 Ocean Running Club Every Tues 5k Family Fun Run or Walk during Daylight Saving. Registration at Mt Ocean Sports Club, Pilot Bay from 5.15pm. Walkers start from 5.30pm runners 6pm. $5 entry, free drink & spot prizes. Phil 021 383 354 Otumoetai Toastmasters Leadership skills, speaking skills. At Lyceum Club rooms, 68 1st Ave 7.15-9.30pm. Alan 544 5989 Petanque Twilight Tuesday’s at Club Mt Maunganui 5.30pm. All equip available but bring your own if you have it. 572 3768 Separated Fathers Have you recently been served papers? Have you recently separated & don’t know who to turn to? We may be able to assist. Union of Fathers meet every Tues at 538 Fraser St, Tauranga 7.30pm. 928 4323 Sequence Dancing Tauranga Social & Leisure Club, St John’s Anglican Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai. First dance for 2015 today 7pm, thereafter on Tuesday’s 7-9.30pm, second Tues of month 3-5.30pm. John 578 9716 South City Bowling Club Club night & working bee at Greerton Hall 7.30pm. New members welcome.

Mary 541 0687 Take a Break with Craft Every 2nd Tues at Monowai St Chapel. All ladies welcome. Betty 574 3042 Taoist Tai Chi New beginners class at Tauranga Club Rooms, 15 Koromiko St 7pm. 578 9116

Tauranga Continuing Education (50+) Group At Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga, 3rd Tues of month.

Lectures start 10am. & $3 charge to cover expenses.

Speaker: Prof Shaun Holt, University of Waikato ‘Evidence based natural health.’ 578 2691 Tauranga Orchid Society Annual auction at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave 7.30pm. Bargains & fun night visitors welcome. Natalie 543 0847 Tauranga Pakeke Lions Club Third Tues of month at Tauranga RSA Inc 12pm. Jenny 544 7215 Tauranga Scrabble Club Every Tues at Tauranga Bridge Club, Ngatai Rd 9am. 3 games $3. New players welcome. 544 8372 Tauranga Tango Practica Great opportunity to practice Argentine Tango in an informal setting. At The Citz Club, 170 13th Ave (opp Boys College), Tauranga 7-9.30pm.

Free of charge. www.facebook.com/ tangointauranga Tauranga Toastmasters Tga Lyceum Club 7.15-9.30pm. Confidence building, speaking skills, leadership skills. Alan 544 5989

Wednesday 18 February 6 Week Social Beginner Dance

Class Starts Feb 18 or Feb 20 both 8pm at Tauranga Primary School, 5th Ave. Learn Rock & roll, Cha Cha, waltz & more. Sonia, Supreme Dance Centre 544 2337 or 027 322 1786 or just turn up.

Badminton Every Weds at Mount Indoor Sports Centre 7-9pm. Trial it for free, then only $5pp. Racquets available. Eve 021 906 481 Baywide Community Law

Service Drop in clinic every Weds at 63 Willow St 5-6.30pm. No appointment necessary. Free legal assistance. 571 6812. Every Tues morning at Te Puke Clinic. For appointment 573 5614. Every Thurs morning at Katikati Clinic. For appointment 549 0399 Bowls Indoor Every Weds & Fri at Mt Maunganui Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd names in 12.45pm.

575 4650 Cards Do you play cribbage or would like to learn the game? Every Weds at Tauranga RSA 1pm. New members welcome. Rona 578 7939 Club Mt Maunganui Every Weds Indoor bowls stats tonight. Jim 572 1983 Concerned about Internet Safety?

What everyone needs to know. Presentation at Katikati Community Resource Centre on the issues & dangers associated with the inappropriate use of computer, mobile phones, digital cameras & the internet. 2 sessions available 1-2pm & 6.30-8.30pm. To book ph 549 0399 or email: ace@katikatiresource.co.nz

Fernlands Spa Water Exercise Classes Weds 10.45-11.45am. Held

rain or shine but not during school holidays. New participants planning to attend ph Jennifer 571 1411.

Classes recommence Feb 2015, date to be advised.

Freemasons Gate Pa Lodge meet at Hairini Freemasons Masonic Centre 7.30pm. Ph/txt Glen 027 918 9096 Global Hearts Exercise Group Weds 2pm & Fri 11am. Provides group activities combined with health education that encourages members to live a healthy & active lifestyle as well as social friendship gatherings monthly. No special clothing required. First 2 classes free to try.

Global Fitness, 150 Newton St, Mt Maunganui. Amber 575 0470 Healing Rooms Every Weds at Bethlehem Town Centre cnr shop behind PO/Bookstore 1-3pm. Christian prayer for healing. 021 110 0878 or www.healingrooms.co.nz

Mount Healing & Spiritual Centre

Fellowship & celebration at Omanu Bowling Club, Golf Rd, Mount.

Doors open 7pm for 7.30pm start. Guest speaker: Yasamika Koombala - “Nuts & bolts of

spirituality.” Door charge $3. Janet 027 264 0226 Ninja Knits Every 2nd & 4th Weds at The Incubator, Historic Village 7pm. Knitters, crocheters, felters etc. Yarnbomb, swap patterns & teach each other new skills. On Facebook.

Otumoetai Lions Club Meet at Hotel Armitage cnr Willow & Parks Sts, a social meeting. Fellowship from 5.45pm & dinner 6.30pm. Guest speaker: Mark Whitworth - Port of Tauranga, customer cargo & services manager. Alan 570 2630 Papamoa Garden Circle Meet in the Dune Room, Papamoa Sport & Rec Centre 1pm. Elaine 575 5044 Scottish Country Dancing Every Weds at Senior Citizens Hall, Maunganui Rd, Mt Maunganui. Beginners class 6-7.30pm. 573 5055 Single Coffee Club 60+ Mixed company of singles 60+ that meet up once a week of coffee, enjoy socialising & meeting new friends. Email: mixandmingle@xtra.co.nz or 027 439 3267 Table Tennis Tauranga At Memorial Hall, QEYC every Weds 1-3pm & 7-9pm & every Fri 7-9pm. Bill 578 1662 www. sportsground.co.nz/tabletennistauranga

Tauranga Library Friends Book Group Meet at Papamoa Library 10am. Visitors & new members welcome.

Tauranga Mid-Week Tramping Club

Papamoa Hills walk or pre-arranged meeting for members. Easy walk, 4-5hrs. Pat 544 0670 Toastmasters City Early Start The 6 F’s Club - Fast, focused, flexible, feedback, friendly & fun. Confidence & leadership building. Every Weds at Avgas Cafe, Classic Flyers 6.50-8.15am. 021 044 5654 LaniDTM@gmail.com or http:// cityearlystart.toastmastersclubs.org T.S Chatham (Sea Cadets) Weds during school term at TYPBC, Keith Allan Drive, Sulphur Pt 6.15-9pm. Micah 021 336 719 or cucdr@tschathamorg.nz or www. tschatham.org.nz

Thursday 19 February Building Expo for the Trades

Feb 26 - Expo dedicated to the building professionals. Held at Tauranga Yacht & Powerboat Club 4pm. $5 entry fee. Win lots of prizes. www.taurangabuildit.co.nz

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Bye bye blu-rays â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the future looks bleak Sunday 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Blue Sky Boys Mount RSA 5-8pm.

Friday 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Tony Wellington 7.30pm.

The Matua Saturday 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Shy & Retiring Co Sunday 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Blarney Boys 7.30pm.

3-6pm.

Sunday 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Helen Riley Wednesday 18 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A Taste of 4.30pm.

Country Night 7.30-10pm.

The Crown and Badger Welcome Bay Sports Bar Friday 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cougar Alert.

Friday 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Karaoke with Saturday 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; One One One. Paulena 8pm.

My favourite video store is closing at the end obscure movies, â&#x20AC;&#x153;festivalâ&#x20AC;? fare, foreign ďŹ lms, art-house stuff. of this month; Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in mourning.

These are not ďŹ lms widely trumpeted; That may seem like an extreme reaction. But I like video stores, in the same way that I like bookshops and those quaint places where people used to buy CDs. Sometimes itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard not to feel on the wrong side of history. CDs are, of course, a thing of the past. Or so we are told. We were told that about vinyl more than a decade ago, which makes it hard to explain the constantly increasing section of records at JB Hi-Fi. I still enjoy an hour browsing through Tracs. As far as bookshops go I can easily lose an afternoon in Book A Plenty.

often you only know they are available by seeing them on a video store shelf.

They are also not ďŹ lms that are promoted (or valued) by TV services, be they terrestrial or online. And to ďŹ nd

Closing down

If I heard that any of those were closing down it would bother me. Just like sex, despite the ease â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and often economy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; of doing it online, nothing quite compares to physical contact.

But the closing of Video Ezy in BrookďŹ eld, the store that for many years supplied DVDs for review here at the Sun, has got me thinking in broader terms. And the picture I get of a possible future is not a happy one.

Not that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a surprise. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been told for a while that with the rise of downloading â&#x20AC;&#x201C; legal or not â&#x20AC;&#x201C; sales and rental of DVDs/blu-rays would suffer. So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not hard to imagine an eventual future in which there are no video stores after it becomes uneconomical to compete with â&#x20AC;&#x153;convenientâ&#x20AC;? online content.

With the prospective disappearance of video stores â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not suggesting theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to vanish overnight; this is more yer crystal ball gazing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; two big questions arise for movie buffs: How are you going to know about movies being released in New Zealand? And how are you going to watch them in decent quality? This is particularly a concern for more

them the question becomes: which TV service has the rights?

Because the online TV market looks set to become a nightmare.

Online nightmare

What was promised to be a thing of vast consumer choice offering everything you ever wanted, seems to be enacting an audiovisual train wreck of burgeoning cost and inconvenience.

In the near future you will have several online services â&#x20AC;&#x201C; TVNZ on Demand, 3Now, Lightbox, NetďŹ&#x201A;ix â&#x20AC;&#x201C; all of which have rights to different programmes.

So, if you want to watch your favourite programmes youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to dig around

several services to ďŹ nd them. For movies, as far as I can tell, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll need at least two monthly subscriptions plus SKY and its not inexpensive movie channels.

That will mean pricey movies â&#x20AC;&#x201C; if you can ďŹ nd them, wherever they are.

High deďŹ nition

Then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the next problem.

Us ďŹ lm fanatics like to watch ďŹ lms in pristine high deďŹ nition, blu-ray quality. Even SKY does that â&#x20AC;&#x201C; HD, albeit of a lower quality â&#x20AC;&#x201C; on movie and other channels. But the problem with downloading your movies (or TV) in HD is that it takes a lot of bandwidth.

This is okay if you live close to the centre of town, can access high-speed broadband and have an unlimited data plan. That does not apply to many many people in the Tauranga area. We have caps; crap connections; and Taurangaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s broadband coverage is generally disgraceful.

But check this: one hour a day of hi-deďŹ nition content will use 70gb per month. One measly hour. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lower level hi-def than blu-ray. (You wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, in fact, be able to get blu-ray quality, even if you have the bandwidth).

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a ďŹ lm buff I hardly need to explain the ramiďŹ cations of this. No video stores means no obscure movies, no more DVD/blu-ray extras, directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commentaries, deleted scenes, no bluray quality hi-def movies. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re stuffed.

In the meantime, Video Ezy BrookďŹ eld is selling off their stock before February 28. I wish everyone there my sincere best. Goodbye and thanks for the ďŹ sh.

...Continued Community Bible Study International

Young Parents Group (For ages 23 &

Join us at 14th Ave Gospel Centre 10am - 12pm for a non denominational Bible study. Jack/Betty 544 3809 Fitness League Safe, effective, low impact exercise to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed for females. Complementary ďŹ rst class, every Thurs Central Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave & Cameron Rd 9.30am & Weds at Katikati Memorial Hall 10am. Pam 549 4799 or 021 117 170

under) every Thurs at Plunket, 471 Devonport Rd, Tauranga 12pm. Lunch provided.

Text Rozi 027 924 6526

Forest & Bird Walk Tauranga Branch Okataina East - Lake

Okataina foreshore; Maori Pa site.

Moderate. $15. Leader Carole 576 5698.

Note: change from previous programme.

Keynotes 4 Part Harmony Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chorus meet every Thurs at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave 6.45pm. Sing for fun & health. Nora 544 2714 More Than Craft Every Thurs at Greerton Bible Church Hall 9.30-11.30am.

10 crafts with talented tutors. $3 entry.

Colleen 574 6665 Relationship Addiction Anonymous A supportive self-help group for women whose relationships with men have, up to now, usually been destructive. Every Thurs at Hanmer Clinic, 1235 Cameron Rd, Greerton 10-11.30am. Liz 0274 362 800 Schizophrenia Support Group Support for people who have a diagnosis of Schizophrenia 1-2pm. Junction 579 9890 for info or if you need a ride.

Tai Chi Qingong Every Thurs at Settlers Hall, Ohauiti Rd 11am. Class takes approx 1 hr. $1pp. Eric 577 1988 Tauranga Heart Support Group Low impact group exercise for those with or at risk of heart disease. City Church, Otumoetai 9.30-10.30am. $3.50pp includes light refreshment. Hannah (Clinical Exercise Physiologist) 0508 227 342 Tykes on Trikes Fun event for under 5 years. Race around our bike track & over fun obstacles. Decorate your bike & be in to win some great prizes. At Memorial Park, Devonport Rd, Tauranga 10-11am

Friday 20 February

Baypark Family Speedway Baypark Mini Stock Madness. www.bayparkspeedway. co.nz Cancer Society Relaxation series at 111 Cameron Rd, Tauranga 2-3.30pm. 571 2035 Chess Tauranga Every Fri at Tauranga RSA, Greerton 6pm & 7pm onwards for the whole family. Werner 548 1111 http:// www.westernbopchess.weebly.com/ Free Immigration Clinic Every Fri - legal advice & information on immigration issues. For appointment, Baywide Community Law 571 6812 Mobile Phone Workshop Not sure how to use your mobile phone?

Book now for lessons & learn the basics. Gayle 578 1878 or Age Concern 578 2631 Nak Rop Muay Thai Kickboxing A unique & challenging from of self discipline & ďŹ tness. Term 1 kids classes every Fri at The Martial Arts Academy, 154 1st Ave West 4.30-5.30pm. 578 5344 info@tmaa.co.nz The Sociables 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s/40â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s age group of males & females that meet up once a week to socialise by dining out or participating in local activities & event. Email sociables@ outlook.co.nz

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Blues and laughter at final twilight gig Katikati’s final twilight concert for 2015 at the Haiku Reserve from 6pm tomorrow night will be full of songs, costumes, jokes, lines and gimmicks from ‘The Blues Brothers’ movie.

The NZ Blues Brothers Tribute show caps off the summer series, offering concert-goers an evening of quality blues entertainment with The NZ Blues Brothers “on a Mission from God” on-stage.

The ‘brothers’ are Dean Heazlewood on guitar, lead vocals and harmonica, Tony Baird on bass guitar, Steve Tree on vocals, drums and percussion, Andrew Dixon on saxophone, vocals and keyboard, and Gary Morris on lead guitar and backing vocals.

Concerts spokesperson Jenni Wilson says the show has a full professional stage presentation, which “is in demand in New Zealand, Australia and the South Pacific”.

“The night starts with The NZ Academy of Steel Pan playing as concert-goers arrive and get settled in,” says Jenni.

“We then have three young Katikati College students who will do solo numbers and then team up for a duet and possibly a trio number.”

Harmony Robinson-Grant, Louie Campbell and Tenneille Davies have been friends since age two – and will perform together tomorrow before The NZ Blues Brothers charm the night away.

“It’s fitting they’re all going to be performing at the same concert and are supporting each other with their rehearsals in preparation for the big night,” says Jenni.

The NZ Blues Brothers will offer quality music and laughs at Katikati’s final 2015 twilight concert tomorrow night.

The NZ Academy of Steel Pan players will perform as concert-goers arrive and get settled in.

Louie’s been singing and playing music “for as long as I can remember”. Playing base and acoustic guitar, he’s part of Zuhana, which competed in Band Quest and Smokefree Rockquest in 2014.

Harmony got her first guitar at age three and has been hooked ever since. Now 13, she isn’t shy of an audience and “has a beautiful voice and the confidence to go with it”.

And Tenneille has always loved singing and just 18 months ago decided to learn to play the guitar “and is now playing and singing whenever she gets the chance”.

The February 14 NZ Blues Brothers Tribute Show concert is at the Haiku Reserve, off Main St, Katikati.

Gates open 5pm and show starts 6pm.

Gate tickets cost $20 each. Children under 15 enter for free with an adult. For concert updates, call the info line 07 549 3549 or see www.katikaticoncerts.co.nz

Spotlight on sustainable backyards Sustainable Backyards Month celebrates its 10th birthday this March, with Bay of Plenty residents invited to join the party.

A youngster at the Envirofest in March, 2014.

The flagship programme of community-based environment centre Envirohub BOP promises a busy calendar of events, showcasing successful environmental and social initiatives, with more than 70 events scheduled throughout the Bay. The party begins in style on February 28 with Envirofest – a family friendly festival at Mount Drury from 3pm to 10.30pm.

The diverse programme features everything from the practical aspects of worm farming, solar power, dune restoration, food rescue and community gardens – to caring for injured wildlife, investigating carbon options for the city, divestment from fossil fuels and much more.

Little Big Market stalls will be on-site and the evening concludes with a screening of local movie ‘The Z-Nail Gang’ at the Night Owl Cinema. The full programme will be online at www.envirohub.org.nz from February 17, or pick up a copy from your local library or Bayfair Shopping Centre from February 20 and look for the full page spread in local newspapers.

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Keeping home clean and tidy

Sisters Michelle Savage and Selene Larae are at your service.

Sisters Selene Larae and Michelle Savage love to clean and tidy. It’s in their nature – and they’re good at it.

It’s why they’ve introduced a new personal organising and home cleaning business in Tauranga called At Your Service Home Clean and Tidy.

At just $25 per hour, for a minimum two-hour clean, Selene and Michelle can clean and organise your

home free of clutter and chaos.

“We’re perfectionists and we like to organise as well,” says Selene.

“It’s just something that comes second-nature to us.”

Their motto is: “Sparkling clean with Shell and Lene”.

Selene says business has been good so far, with clients offering positive feedback.

“We’re freeing up weekends for busy parents, people working long business hours, or elderly people who may find it a struggle to keep up with it all – and simply making their lives a lot easier.”

Based in the Bayfair area, At Your Service Home Clean and Tidy covers Tauranga, Mount Maunganui and Papamoa.

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¾ We cover the whole of the Bay For Prompt, friendly local electricians telephone 0800 322000 or 021 564 560 www.phase1electrical.co.nz

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HON SIMON BRIDGES MP FOR TAURANGA

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MP FOR BAY OF PLENTY Simon Bridges MP and Todd Muller MP will meet with constituents most Fridays at 184 Devonport Rd, Tauranga. Appointments necessary.

Simon Bridges MP | P: 07 579 9016 | E: taurangamp@parliament.govt.nz Todd Muller MP | P: 07 578 0175 | E: Todd.MullerMP@parliament.govt.nz Authorised by Hon Simon Bridges and Todd Muller MP, 184 Devonport Road, Tauranga 3110

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Advisor: Contact Centre Tauranga is on a journey to become a talented and innovative city full of opportunity; a city with heart and soul; and a city of great spaces, places and environments. The Council’s long term plan will guide us to achieve this vision, and our people will be the driving force to make it happen.

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To assist us to meet this vision, the Council is currently looking for two exceptional people to join our Contact Centre - people who are customer focused and go the extra mile.

We are currently recruiting for: CASUAL ADVISOR CONTACT CENTRE • Hours will be as and when required

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THIS WEEKS GARAGE SALES! OHAUITI 2 Parnwell Place Saturday 7am Outdoor furniture, BBQ, gas heaters, dream baby security gate and smaller household items

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Skimming walls, make good ceilings, walls, Cornice Cove, Plasterboard Stopping. Small Jobs. Free Quotes. Contact Stan 0211 302 621 ROOF PAINTING and maintenance. Roofs rescrewed.

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Free quotes! Ph Mark 543 3670 or 021 0273 8840 TREE SHRUB and hedges trimming, topping removal, rubbish removal, palm pruning or removal,

satisfaction guaranteed free quote. Ph Steve Hockly 571 5958 or 027 498 1857 WINDOW CLEANING & HOUSE WASHING Soft wash option available, interior/exterior.

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ANOTHER 3 DAY Autumn Rail Cart Tour. Join this outstanding and unique journey from Taumaranui to Whangamomona.

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Ph Zealandier Tours 575 6425 25 Feb EXPLORE Orakei Karako. Described by Lonely Planet as NZâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best thermal area.

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Looking for a house to rent?

Yes it’s been busy out there and the landlords and property managers can pick and choose from plenty of applicants who they want to rent to.

Consider it as seriously as you would a job interview. This is because first impressions count.

Dress smartly, have all your application paperwork completed, and make sure your references are good and reliable – yes, they do get checked!

If you have rented in the past it’s always helpful to have a reference from your previous landlord.

Often a credit check is undertaken too.

Crockfords don’t do property management but I’m always very clear when I’m working with investor buyers that the next most important thing, once they have bought their property, is to find the right tenant.

After all, the tenant can make or break a rental property – and I’ve seen plenty of broken ones. Often this is a result of an absentee landlord, who doesn’t take care of their property, or a tenant who cares even less.

Cycles of generosity John Wesley wasn’t afraid of challenging people. He said some very uncomfortable things to the rich and famous, as well as to fellow clergy.

At Oxford University, he asked those in privileged positions – fellows, students, scholars – to consider what example they were setting and to ask how deeply they were committed to God’s purposes.

He viewed education as a privilege and felt the university was established by the generosity and goodwill of earlier generations, or in his words: “The beneficence of our forefathers”.

In contrast, today’s schools and universities struggle to stay resourced and most courses are user-pays.

In order to complete tertiary education, today’s students go into debt that remains with them for much of their working life – even though they use their student loans wisely.

What might Wesley say to the generation who readily found work training and significant funding towards their own studies, yet make it so hard for their children and grandchildren to receive a similar advantage in life? It’s termed ‘inter-generational theft’.

Jesus encouraged his followers to be generous, with the consequence a cycle of generosity. He suggested it’ll be the meek who inherit the earth, not the greedy. If John visited our churches and preached in our public places today, maybe he’d remind us of these words of Jesus.

By Viv Whimster, Ministry assistant, Wesley Methodist Church

I suggest a landlord could walk through their property with their new tenant and video the condition of the house.

This protects both parties should a dispute arise over repairs and maintenance. If this happens, make sure you get a copy too.

The bottom line is: there are more tenants than rentals out there at the moment.

So potential tenants need to look their best – and make sure the car is clean and tidy too, because this is often checked to.

If your vehicle doesn’t reflect your appearance it could be the difference between getting that rental or not.

By Shirley Wells, Crockford Real Estate

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What does 2015 hold for you?

As I’ve watched, listened and heard various news sources since the beginning of 2015, there is – so it seems to me – to be great differences of opinion as to what the year holds for each one of us.

I’m sure, at least in part each, one of those articles holds some truth.

Since I’ve followed the Christian faith I’ve observed the real truth is held within the unchanging word of God – The Bible.

Amos 3:7 reads: “Surely the Lord God does nothing, unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets”. So what does 2015 hold for you? In my experience The Lord God Almighty is talking to us all the time. Our

problem is to hear Him. Some people think He stopped talking to folks 2000 years ago.

Not so, from my experience.

Here is a hint – I almost guarantee will greatly assist you in hearing from The Lord.

Start reading your Bible out loud to yourself.

It will change your life and help you greatly through this year.

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